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  1. So wtf does MS do for the 5%?

  2. Re:Want people to know what they're doing online? on Web Literacy Standard Announced By Mozilla · · Score: 1

    Step 3: Show a throbber when a page is loading. IE doesn't give any indication that it is doing something.

  3. Re:This won't do anything for Linux on desktops on Torvalds: SteamOS Will 'Really Help' Linux On the Desktop · · Score: 2

    Linux beats Windows.

    Order of easiest OS installs I did the last 2 years:
    - Debian (about 6 times pressing [enter], and once a down button or something, takes about 20 minutes between second to last [enter] and the [enter] to reboot)
    - Ubuntu (needed a few more down buttons and [enter], so, a couple of more minutes before the download+install happens)
    - Windows pre-install on a Dell system (takes about 10 minutes, reboot, 15 more minutes, reboot, 10 more minutes, reboot, 20 more minutes, etc.)
    - MS-DOS 4 on a modern PC using magnets
    - Windows pre-install on a HP business system

  4. Re:2 hard things in comp science on Ask Slashdot: What Are the Hardest Things Programmers Have To Do? · · Score: 1

    And that's the 4th time this joke was posted.

  5. Easy answers on Police Demand Summary Domain Takedown, Traffic Redirection · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The money decides what's illegal.

  6. Not Valve's operating system on What Valve's Announcements Mean for Gaming · · Score: 1

    Valve's putting the very source code of its operating system in the hands of everyone who wants it just to see what happens.

    Valve took our OS, improved it, and is going to give it back. It's the Open Source way.

    However, there are still a bunch of propriety extensions in SteamOS. But at least with Valve's effort non-Steam users will also benefit.

  7. Console controller? on Valve Announces Steambox, Sort Of · · Score: 4, Insightful

    That device is called a "gamepad" and has existed on the PC for years.

  8. Marination on Ask Slashdot: Does Your Work Schedule Make You Unproductive? · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Solving problems is like marinating meat. It takes time. If you rush it, you get a quick solution, but not the best. A quick solution might be acceptable for one meal, but not for future meals.
    The "Eureka effect" isn't something new.

  9. It's a trap on Code For America: 'The Peace Corps For Geeks' · · Score: 2

    Why? Because:

    1) "cloud", it's usually nothing but a vendor lock in
    2) executed by companies with no interested in empowering the community

    The people will not get better by these projects. Remember: the government is there to serve the people.

  10. And yet on Teens Actually Care About Online Privacy · · Score: 2

    most of their life they post on facebook

  11. Re:Read a little of it on Yahoo Deletes Journalist's Pre-Paid Legacy Site After Suicide · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Why isn't he entitled to decide when he has lived enough? Why does he need valid medical reasons?

    I think you're right, it's a failing of society. Society rather plays for god and decide who lives and who dies.

    (I only hope he performed a clean suicide rather than jumping in front of a train, or something)

  12. Re:Public Domain should be the default on Open Source Licensing Debate Has Positive Effect On GitHub · · Score: 1

    Maybe not completely correct, but parent is right. A side effect of the Berne convention is that the public domain option is not possible until copyright has expired.
    "Do What the Fuck You Want to Public License" comes close to public domain, but it's not completely the same.

  13. Re:curious, as Oracle has its challenges growing on Larry Ellison Believes Apple Is Doomed · · Score: 2

    Are you talking about Oracle or Apple?

  14. Right for privacy!? au contraire on 9th Circuit Court Elevates Celebrity Privacy Rights Over Video Game Portrayals · · Score: 1

    Keller sued EA claiming that the game infringed his right of publicity

    It's about the right for publicity, not the right for privacy.

  15. What a surprise on UK ISP Filter Will Censor More Than Porn · · Score: 4, Insightful

    And in the future years it will also include sites critical of the government, large corporations, etc.

  16. Re:Signed integer overflow on PayPal Credits Man With $92 Quadrillion · · Score: 1

    But how did he manage to underflow the balance. That would mean he owed $92 quadrillion.

  17. Re:Memory hog on Firefox Takes the Performance Crown From Chrome · · Score: 1

    I think this is due to Firebug and some websites. Quite often I have to restart Firefox because it has become sluggish after using Firebug for a while. I haven't taken the time to further investigate the issue.

  18. now owned by Oracle? on Java API and Microsoft's .NET API: a Comparison · · Score: 1

    the official Java API (now owned by Oracle)

    Oracle does not own the Java API. They own the Java trademark, and they are the current curators of the API.

  19. Re:I don't understand this on Facebook and Microsoft Disclose Government Requests For User Data · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Wait. I thought Snowden was a liar. So how could he be a traitor to [USA] public interest?

  20. Re:How Facebook innovated on Don't Panic, But We've Passed Peak Apple (and Google, and Facebook) · · Score: 1

    To summarize: facebook didn't innovate anything, they just provided a popular version of something that already existed.

  21. Re:No! on Google Rolling Out Gmail Redesign · · Score: 1

    You say mail thread, but neither Outlook nor GMail's webinterface actually support threads. GMail even has this stupid concept of conversations that groups unrelated emails into the same flat list of emails (this is really helpful for system/monitoring messages).
    Instead of tabs Google should have implemented actual threads already (and proper quoting support).

  22. Google giveth. on Google Code Deprecates Download Service For Project Hosting · · Score: 2

    Google taketh away.

  23. Re:Nothing wrong with the Trades on Bloomberg To HS Grads: Be a Plumber · · Score: 1

    Just as we need [...] Lawyers (I can't believe I'm including Lawyers!),

    Explain to me why we need lawyers again?

  24. Re:Really? on Astronaut Chris Hadfield Performs Space Oddity On the ISS · · Score: 1

    Space is the future. Anyone with an actual personality is welcome up there.

    And even if it fails for humanity, we can use the space for lawyers.

  25. Gun control however... on California Lawmaker Wants 3-D Printers To Be Regulated · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'll bet you get a free gun when you buy one of those 3-D printers in some states.