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  1. Re:Oracle doesn't care about developer people on Is MySQL Slowly Turning Closed Source? · · Score: 1

    i think they were planning on using it so they could get sales people into mysql houses. company buys support for mysql, consultant says they need to upgrade to oracle.

  2. Re:I had this issue on Ask Slashdot: I Want To Read More. Should I Get an eBook Reader Or a Tablet? · · Score: 1

    you can buy cheap battery powered external led lights if you won't have one of the newer ones with built in lights. i'm assuming they last a while before they need charging or whatevs because they're led but i've never used one.

  3. Re:Staying with gnome2 on GNOME: Possible Recovery Strategies · · Score: 1

    in theory it is

  4. Re:The reality... on How Google+ Punk'd The Oatmeal · · Score: 1

    if people start linking up their android phones with each other more it will catch on quickly (random guess), they probably need to link it closer to google talk though. i'm reserving judgement for a couple of years.

  5. Re:SteamOS ? on Productivity and Creativity Software Coming To Steam · · Score: 0

    Must... resist... -1... disagree...

  6. Re:They don't teach languages on Will Online Learning Disrupt Programming Language Adoption? · · Score: 1

    Uni instruction teaches you shit all about being a good programmer in my experience. data structures don't take 3 years to learn. we've got a guy who's been doing part time uni working on some of our systems, last week he learned how to use constructors. It's August. Note that i said *use* not *write*. Not to mention when he comes back with some bullshit a lecturer seems to have just made up and we have to tell him to just forget it after the exam.

  7. Re:Approach no. 4 - Do nothing on UEFI Secure Boot and Linux: Where Things Stand · · Score: 1

    how the fuck to you stick with the ribbon for a month? after a couple weeks i just turned it off and learned keyboard shortcuts

  8. If they don't want to reveal stuff in court on Apple Comes Clean, Admits To Doing Market Research · · Score: 2, Insightful

    If they don't want to reveal stuff in court, maybe they should stop suing everyone

  9. Re:After Rage on John Carmack: Kudos To Valve, But Linux Is Still Not a Viable Gaming Market · · Score: 1

    it's not panic, it's a calculated shot across the bow at microsoft

  10. Re:Direct3D can do better on Is It Time For an OpenGL Gaming Revolution? · · Score: 1

    sorry, my point was i would be spending money for no reason, each pc does exactly the same thing as the other, though i do miss the snap window when i'm not on my windows 7 box.

  11. Re:The real power of IPv6 on US IPv6 Usage Grows To 3 Million Users · · Score: 3, Insightful

    just wait till you get double natted and see how you feel

  12. Re:IPV6 on AT&T Residential DSL on US IPv6 Usage Grows To 3 Million Users · · Score: 1

    heh, if you're that worried about it just nat your network

  13. Re:IPV6 on AT&T Residential DSL on US IPv6 Usage Grows To 3 Million Users · · Score: 1

    i have this high tech piece of software on my pc called notepad...

  14. Re:Direct3D can do better on Is It Time For an OpenGL Gaming Revolution? · · Score: 2

    what for? i have 3 pcs, i'm not buying 3 new copies of windows every 3 years

  15. Re:No.. on Is It Time For an OpenGL Gaming Revolution? · · Score: 1

    where exactly are you pulling these bullshit numbers from?

  16. Re:I'll believe it on Oculus Rift Virtual Reality Headset Blows Past Kickstarter Goal · · Score: 2

    they figured out a way to draw on retinas with lasers years ago, wonder why that never caught on.

  17. Re:uh... only if you run it on JavaScript Botnet Sheds Light On Criminal Activity · · Score: 1

    it's true, and i'm not even sorry

  18. yeah, on Microsoft: Surface Tablet May Alienate OEM Partners · · Score: 1

    you should worry about everything microsoft does, sooner or later they'll do something mean that actually succeeds

  19. Heh on HTML5 Splits Into Two Standards · · Score: 1

    either they just came up with a process to explain why they can't finalize html 5 or they just decided to split the people who are dragging their feet out of the equation.

  20. Re:My own band can't advertise on Google on Australian Sex Party May Sue Google Over Ad Refusal · · Score: 2

    sure, they have the right to suck, however it doesn't mean they don't suck.

  21. Re:Wrong place to do a Q&A on Rob CmdrTaco Malda AMA On Reddit · · Score: 1

    meh, i'm getting modded down for having an opinion someone doesn't like

  22. Re:Wrong place to do a Q&A on Rob CmdrTaco Malda AMA On Reddit · · Score: 1, Troll

    increasingly i find reddit to have a much higher standard of comments on it than slashdot. on slashdot there's a real theme of "everything sucks, especially if it's new or been posted about more than twice in the last month" on reddit there's almost no hate and depending on which sub-reddits (especially askscience) you are in you can find some really interesting stuff posted.

    digg is pretty much dead, youtube isn't even really a comment system, you might as well turn those off and facebook depends entirely on who your friends are so you really have only yourself to blame.

  23. Re:Gold and Lead... on Valve Software Launches Linux Blog, Confirms Work On Steam Client for Linux · · Score: 1

    good point, it's an awesome hedge bet on the off chance MS manage to get a working store together and apple will be succeeding in totally replacing steam in the next 5 years in my opinion. Not to mention people keep throwing android at things plugging into TVs and one of those boxes might actually take off. not a bad idea to keep that card up your sleeve for the cost of 3 or 4 developers.

  24. Re:whatever on Valve Software Launches Linux Blog, Confirms Work On Steam Client for Linux · · Score: 4, Funny
  25. Re:Market economy to the rescue on What Is an Astronaut's Life Worth? · · Score: 1

    life insurance people put dollar values on life all the time.