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  1. Re:Documentary on Vast New Tomb Now Covers The Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster Site (slashdot.org) · · Score: 2

    You also get an increased chance of getting warning letters and/or a summons in the mailbox.

  2. Re: Interjection! on Linux.com Announces The Best Linux Distros for 2017 (linux.com) · · Score: 1

    You know, you could use both and get the worst of both worlds! Just wanted to point out another option.

  3. Re:In the beginning.... on Linux.com Announces The Best Linux Distros for 2017 (linux.com) · · Score: 2

    What about sls and slackware? LFS and Gentoo? Redhat and Mandrake? Your story is missing large parts of history. Also, Ubuntu was corrupted by the sin of systemd!

  4. Re:Why not? Ask Lenovo on Razer Built a Laptop With Three Screens Because Why Not? (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    Many doing dev work in business also game. This machine allows most of the desktop flexibility for both in a relatively portable package. The catch is price.

  5. Re: Why not? on Razer Built a Laptop With Three Screens Because Why Not? (engadget.com) · · Score: 2

    I will say that an nVidia Shield tablet with bluetooth input devices can do pretty well for internet-based game streaming, and it's a shit-ton cheaper than a born-to-die gaming laptop.

    Yeah, if you like laggy controls and running into bandwidth caps with all that ugly, overcompressed mpeg video, it's just fine. Then there's the fake 'purchasing' akin to 'buying' movies on cable on-demand movies. If your customer is at work, it's likely he doesn't have the bw to run such a thing, certainly without being noticed. Even when things are optimal, game streaming is a laggy, hitchy experience. Inexpensive laptops with low grade geforce gpus give far better results.

    Because of its screens, this machine is interesting if you do dev work remotely as well as game in your off hours. It offers desktop real estate and performance superior to what most employers give local devs, and when it's time to move on to the next burning village, the whole thing packs up neatly into a ~12lb package, perfect for a backpack. If this is your lifestyle, it should fit really well. Clevo-chassis desktop-component 'transportable workstation' options with multiple screens would be interesting as well, but only with beefy gpus and they'd likely be much heavier. Of course, the pricetag is an issue with both.

  6. Re:News for nerds indeed on 'Forza Horizon 3' Update Accidentally Published Unencrypted Build of the Game (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    Sometimes, video games are played precisely because they aren't the real thing.

  7. haha.. Kinda defeats the purpose though. A fridge isn't exactly portable.

  8. Re:I'm sure there's a reason... on New HDMI 2.1 Spec Includes Support For Dynamic HDR, 8K Resolution (techhive.com) · · Score: 1

    You're blind and deaf, apparently, too. Ignorance is bliss I guess. While the jump isnt' as impressive as 240i to 1080p, it's still there. The bit about audio is certainly not true.

  9. So many people without clues these days. Around here, I expect more understanding, even if the reader's needs don't fit the niche.

    If your primary interest is in performance, especially when overclocking, a laptop chassis isn't going to have the thermal dissipation.. Hell never mind that, just try a 5 hour video encode on most laptops.. I wish you luck. They'll hit max temp and throttle big time. I've seen some with warped boards from excessive heat damage..

  10. Re: No. on Ask Slashdot: Is Computing As Cool and Fun As It Once Was? · · Score: 1

    Popularity is mostly based on looks and athletic ability which are both mostly dependent on the genetic lottery. Losing a few pounds at the gym will not make up for bad genetics and turn you into a popularity powerhouse.

    Hell, these days, we're also proselytized to with 'fat acceptance' and 'body diversity/positivity' propaganda. Caught between this sentiment and yours, it's amazing there are any sane, normal people at all.

  11. Re:Remember this when they decide fake news... on Facebook Is Sorry for Taking Down a Photo of a Nude Neptune Statue (fortune.com) · · Score: 1, Insightful

    That flag is about as good as the 'troll' flag is on slashdot at identifying intent. It's just as likely that the flagger is the one attempting to bias output...

  12. Re:Coming soon: screen lag? on AMD Debuts Radeon FreeSync 2 For Gaming Displays With Stunning Image Quality (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 2

    Essentially, g/freesync is variable refresh rate capability. This is different than the old fixed refresh standard which comes from the old days of CRT refresh strobes. Regardless of what the video chip was doing, the screen had to be refreshed before the phosphor decayed too much or all the eye would see is a flickering mess. The 'multisync' monitors that came later still operated at fixed rates once a mode was set (60hz, 75, 120 etc). LCD panels mimicked this behavior to retain compatibility with established video standards but there's no reason for them to be bound by this limitation. The benefit of gpu driven refresh is that it offers lower latency for applications that can't render at a high fixed refresh rate on the hardware. Because the gpu no longer has to skip frames waiting for the monitor's next cycle, all are displayed, resulting in the smoothest progression of motion possible.

    Theoretically, this is also a boon for emulators of hardware that used oddball or variable refresh rates.

  13. Re:This is fucking awesome on Family Sues Apple For Not Making Thing It Patented (nymag.com) · · Score: 1

    Maybe the answer is just to tear down the cell towers along roadways.. People will just work around whatever limiters are put into the phones.

  14. Re:This is fucking awesome on Family Sues Apple For Not Making Thing It Patented (nymag.com) · · Score: 1

    That too, of course.

  15. "The Edge: The beer, beer-drinkers drink when they're not drunk."

  16. Re:This is fucking awesome on Family Sues Apple For Not Making Thing It Patented (nymag.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    No. This is a clear cut case of irresponsibility on the part of the driver who was driving distracted. The problem with blame-chain games like this is that they are too easily weaponized to target specific links that happen to be political/corporate competition. The end-game is a society completely risk adverse to rocking the boat or trying anything new from fear of completely manufactured legal attacks.

  17. So who decides? on Germany Considers Fining Facebook $522,000 Per Fake News Item (heatst.com) · · Score: 1

    Who decides what's 'fake' news? The ministry of truth?

  18. Re:Evaluate the U.S. government? No, too many secr on Washington Post Retracts Story About Russian Hackers Penetrating US Electricity Grid (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    I said his statements were alarmist and non-sequitur relative to the discussion. I did not say anything else on the subject of american prisons.

  19. It's not like the north Vietnamese regime was benevolent and peaceful either.

  20. Re:Evaluate the U.S. government? No, too many secr on Washington Post Retracts Story About Russian Hackers Penetrating US Electricity Grid (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 2

    Compared to how many deaths by the Russians? By the Germans? At this point, I don't think any country with any sort of history measured in centuries can claim the high ground on violent acts.

    Then you follow with non-sequitur alarmist speak. How are you different than Alex Jones again?

  21. Would you have preferred being left to the russians?

  22. ..or perhaps you've just fallen for someone else's propanganda. The US government isn't the only guilty party in the world.

  23. Re:Free Motorcycles on Self-Driving Cars Will Make Organ Shortages Even Worse (slate.com) · · Score: 1

    Yeah, cause you know, fuck those evil young men amiright?

  24. Re: privacy is overblown on Firefox 52 Borrows One More Privacy Feature From the Tor Browser (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 1

    Privacy is important for individual mental health, something you obviously lack.

  25. Re: privacy is overblown on Firefox 52 Borrows One More Privacy Feature From the Tor Browser (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 1

    Possibly for the same reason you're using 'anonymous coward'. Of course, trolling isn't the only use for anon/pseudonymity.