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  1. Re:It astounds me on Traffic-Flow Algorithm Can Reduce Fuel Consumption · · Score: 1

    I feel your pain. Some places in Portland have sensors that will detect bikes, but often times it's easier to just find a different route. But when they're there, the bike sensors work well-- there are even a couple of intersections with sensors that go diagonally through the four-way from one bike path to the other.

  2. Re:why on Google Stops Ads For "Cougar" Sites · · Score: 1

    Freedom includes the freedom to sell what you want, not just buy what you want.

    Tell that to all the people hating on Apple's App Store process.

  3. Re:Apple on Android Sales Surpass iPhone Sales · · Score: 1

    Because those ever-more awesome Android phones are always being released somewhere else with an approximate U.S. release date of "six months to never".

  4. Re:'Green'? on Ubisoft Says No More Game Manuals · · Score: 1

    Although a CD case holds the same sized disc and is half the size.

  5. Re:Are they really that great? on New MacBook Pros Launched · · Score: 1

    Current MacBook Pros support up to 8GB. Mine's over a year old and I know it supports at least 4GB.

  6. Re:Given two programmers on Math Skills For Programmers — Necessary Or Not? · · Score: 1

    In most schools, Computer Science is a math discipline; it's largely discrete mathematics. Computer and Information Sciences degrees, however, tend to be less math and more application development oriented.

  7. Re:And here come the pundits... on Here Come the Linux iPad Clones · · Score: 1

    No, no, every tablet computer after the iPad is an iPad killer...

  8. Re:Simon on Rock Band 3 Officially Announced For Holiday 2010 · · Score: 2, Insightful

    str_replace("machine", "sheet music", $comment)

  9. Re:You know Android has hit the big leagues on HTC Android Phones Found With Malware Pre-Installed · · Score: 1

    Parent forgot their tags.

  10. Re:Beer on Scientists Discover Booze That Won't Give You a Hangover · · Score: 1

    Next you'll be saying that they should stop mixing the nitrogen into Guinness...

  11. fink on Google Android — a Universe of Incompatible Devices · · Score: 1

    This is in stark contrast to a Mac where you will first download your app and then be told to manually sort out dependencies.

    So just install fink, open Terminal, type "apt-get install kdenlive". Ta da!

  12. Re:Yeah, right. on The 25 Most Dangerous Programming Errors · · Score: 1

    This, coupled with the fact that most software is written using software written by other people. Plus, the mathematical proofs of even the simplest functions are insanely long... *shudder*

  13. Re:Nicely done. on Does Microsoft Finally Have a Phone Worth Buying? · · Score: 1

    I'm guessing it's because, like me, they used Windows Mobile 5 (or earlier) and, having been burned by having a phone that locks up on them all the time (usually when trying to answer the phone), haven't tried anything newer. Fool me once and all that. But one would hope the situation would have improved since 2006.

  14. Re:Notes on Pen Still Mightier Than the Laptop For Notetaking? · · Score: 1

    Yeah, it's just as bad as writing on a chalkboard or whiteboard. I'll stick with the trusty cheap Bic pens.

  15. Re:All glass is liquid on Spray-On Liquid Glass · · Score: 1

    Sorry, it was the crown glass which was thinner on the outer edge. The link cited above says that, in general, it was the opposite.

  16. Re:All glass is liquid on Spray-On Liquid Glass · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Neither structural or aesthetic; glassblowers made the window panes by spinning the glass into large circles which were then cut. The glass circles were thinner towards the outer edge and installed thicker-side down for stability. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glass#Behavior_of_antique_glass

  17. Re:They're artificial limitations. That's the prob on iPad Is a "Huge Step Backward" · · Score: 2, Insightful

    So, like electric vehicles and charging stations, then?

  18. Re:Enter the Matrix was OK... on Failed Games That Damaged Or Killed Their Companies · · Score: 1

    Aladdin for the Genesis was awesome, and I'm not a big Disney fan. As mentioned elsewhere, the Wolverine game was good enough that it erased the movie from my mind. Spider-Man 2 was great, as well.

  19. Re:Who cares? on Grigory Perelman and the Poincare Conjecture · · Score: 1

    As a random aside, supposedly Lazlo was based on one of the founding CS professors from Cal Poly Pomona, Dr. Laszlo from his time at Caltech. A strange guy, to be sure, but by far one of my favorite professors.

  20. Re:Nit-picking review on Website Owner's Manual · · Score: 1

    Perhaps that was the point, as your experience with the above review mirrors the reviewers experience with the book: it was difficult to get much out of it because of these annoying details.

  21. lolcats on 26 Gigapixel Photo Sets New World Record · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...and 20 minutes later, the world's largest lolcat was created. ("i can haz gigapixelz?")

  22. Authorized MP3s on Not All iPods — Vinyl and Turntables Gain Sales · · Score: 1

    Another reason to like vinyl is that a lot of new records come with coupons for a high quality MP3 download of the tracks on the album. Contrast this to CDs, increasingly plastered with anti-piracy warnings and new DRM measures (with rootkits thrown in for good measure), and I know which format I would rather support, to say nothing of the archival quality.

  23. Re:RUN AWAY FROM VERIZON WIRELESS! on Verizon Droid Tethering Comes At a Hefty Price · · Score: 1

    Sounds similar to my home-phone experience with them, where they slammed me with a new ISP (MSN) and I was on the phone with them for an hour or two for four months straight, trying to get the charges for unwanted services removed; every call ended with promises made that were not kept. A month after it finally got straightened out, I moved to a new home and haven't had home phone service since (this was five years ago). In other words, I totally agree.

  24. Re:40 MILLION USD on LHC Successfully Cools To 1.9K In Lead-Up To Restart · · Score: 1

    Bubble? Where the hell do you live? Housing prices around here are 1/5th what they were just a few years ago. That's lower than pre-bubble prices, while the population has been growing the whole time.

    What does population have to do with it? There's no demand; the ratio of housing prices to income is still too high, houses are still unaffordable. As a nation, median household income grew by 60% from 1990 to 2006, but median home prices more than doubled (see http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/14/AR2007091401170.html, http://www.jchs.harvard.edu/son/index.htm). In a lot of places, it was much worse than the median. A correction was and still is due if you expect people are actually going to buy any of these houses.

  25. Arcade comes with 512MB on Xbox 360 Update Will Lock Out Unauthorized Storage · · Score: 1

    The drive-less Xbox 360 Arcade unit is cheap ($199) but to realistically use it, you'll need to buy a "Memory Unit"...

    Not strictly accurate; I purchased an Arcade a few months back to replace my dead Elite, and they now come with a built-in 512MB. They've had at least 256MB internal memory since late 2008.

    Also note that there are third-parties with "authorized" storage solutions, this isn't a carte blanche ban on all third-party storage. Still, it seems like a random anti-feature.