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  1. Re:Slashdot: Disneyland shouldn't exist for anyone on An iPhone App Store That Apple Doesn't Control · · Score: 1

    It would be more accurate to summarize the opinion as "Disneyland should have an exit".

  2. Re:Truth, Justice, and the American Way on 1938 Superman Comic Sells For $1M · · Score: 1

    The "American Way" actually wasn't an original part of the phrase, but added first during WWII and then again during the Cold War. Siegel and Shuster were liberal Jews and the early stories reflected that. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/30/opinion/30lundegaard.html?_r=1

  3. Re:Bastards! on 1Mb Broadband Access Becomes Legal Right In Finland · · Score: 1

    I don't understand how the urbanization number is calculated, but the population density is going to be artificially low because Finland has a lot of territory where almost no one lives.

  4. Re:Must be some treadmill on Using a Treadmill and Wiimotes To Run and Fly in Aion · · Score: 1

    A non-motorized one maybe?

  5. Re:Silly Stuff on Ask Jazz Technical Lead Dr. Erich Gamma · · Score: 2, Insightful

    The real question is, what happened to Erich Alpha and Erich Beta?

  6. Re:What is the alternative? on Controversial Web "Framing" Makes a Comeback · · Score: 2, Informative
  7. Re:Upgrading on Mac Tax, Dell Tax, HP Tax · · Score: 1

    I recently bought two 2GB SODIMMs for my MBP from Crucial. The brand and specs were identical to the 1GB sticks that came with it originally.

  8. Re:How... on Developing "Eyes-Free" Gadgets and Applications · · Score: 1

    Well, he did make tetris.

  9. Re:Easy Remedy for Those Looking to Avoid on New York State Budget Relies On Entertainment Tax · · Score: 1
  10. Re:Issues and Problems on New York State Budget Relies On Entertainment Tax · · Score: 0
  11. Re:The book may be out of date soon. on Practical Django Projects · · Score: 1

    Why would you be doing production work with a trunk version of an external library?

  12. Re:Program Manager on Non-Programming Jobs For a Computer Science Major? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    You're basically right. Nevertheless, I'd be incredulous to see someone with an astronomy degree who could not operate a telescope.

  13. Re:Unanswerable? on The Smartest Browser and OS · · Score: 1

    Imhotep is invisible.

  14. Re:Cut taxes until the federal government collapse on DHS to Begin Collecting DNA of Anyone Arrested · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The ultimate form of revolution is tax cuts. The more you cut taxes, the more the government will collapse. Yes, it's great that the federal government never, ever spends money it doesn't have.
  15. Re:Google you just did evil on Google Ends Silence On C Block Auction · · Score: 3, Interesting

    The bidding system is basically a government tax on something that's free, the airways. The airways are "free" only in the same sense that natural resources like oil, gold, and lumber are: the government may not have paid anything for them, but they are still in limited supply. Should the government not charge for mining rights on public land?
  16. Re:I just don't understand... on Tetris Creator Claims FOSS Destroys the Market · · Score: 1

    The fallacy is that some people seem to think there is only a fixed amount of software work to be done, and only enough people to cover that amount of work will have jobs. In practice the requirements for software seem to grow at least as fast as our ability to produce it.

  17. Re:Sommeliers vs. Sommeil? on Cell Phone Sommeliers on the Way? · · Score: 4, Informative
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sommelier:

    A sommelier (pronounced /smlje/ or suh-mal-'yAy), or wine steward, is a trained and knowledgeable wine professional, commonly working in fine restaurants, who specializes in all facets of wine service. The role is more specialized and informed than that of a wine waiter. French, from Middle French, court official charged with transportation of supplies, pack animal driver, from Old Provençal saumalier pack animal driver, from sauma pack animal, load of a pack animal, from Late Latin sagma packsaddle.
  18. Re:265 Million Processor-Hours On What Processors? on DOE Awards 265 Million Processor-Hours To Science Projects · · Score: 1

    And how much is that in abacus-fortnights?

  19. Re:Make this a daily update on The Dreamcast is Still Dead · · Score: 2, Funny

    But what about Generalissimo Francisco Franco?

  20. Re:Carcassonne on Microsoft To Offer Xbox 1 Games For Download, Celebrates Live Anniversary · · Score: 1

    Part of the skill of the game is planning for future tiles, e.g. setting up positions where your opponent has only bad plays if they draw certain tiles. The game would take around three or four times as long to play if you had several tiles to choose from each turn.

  21. Of course on Are Cheap Laptops a Roadblock for Moore's Law? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    In much the same way that Americans have given up their SUVs en masse for tiny European two-seaters.

  22. Re:pronouncing words "properly" on Is Speech Recognition Finally 'Good Enough'? · · Score: 1

    closest to the intended pronunciation I'm curious; who intended this pronunciation? I'd like to meet the inventors responsible...
  23. Re:In Short: Bandwidth-Starved and Overpriced on Affordable DX10 - GeForce 8600 GTS and 8600 GT · · Score: 5, Funny

    Thank you for explaining some letters and numbers I don't understand in terms of some other letters and numbers I don't understand.

  24. Re:Just Wikipedia? on Should Schools Block Sites Like Wikipedia? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I would expect that Wikipedia articles are on average far more reliable than the average high school American history textbook. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lies_My_Teacher_Told_ Me

  25. Re:Imagine... on Bill Gates Talk From 1989 Surfaces · · Score: 1

    But if you used a computer case instead of a car door, it would be twice as beige and *thwack* ow...