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  1. Well, my Windows 7 laptop at work takes 10 minutes to be usable, but then it's 32-bit and probably has software problems. My personal laptop has similar specs, but runs far better.

  2. So tell me, why should he update?

    Because his car pollutes more than a new one? Because a new car is safer in an accident?

  3. My laptop, which IT unwisely loaded with 32-bit Windows 7, has only 2.9 GB available.

  4. He said security advantage, not "structural difference".

  5. Re:This is new? on Why Birds Fly In a V Formation · · Score: 1

    Mythbusters doesn't cover shit (aside from their corporate asses), what with their "secret sauce" concoctions, proprietary procedures, and other censored-"science" bullshit.

    Poison the well much? I watched the 2011 episode in question, and it was pretty solid. Although they couldn't directly measure bird flight, they performed the experiment with planes and found the V saved fuel and was very stable.

  6. Re:DOOOOOOOMED on Doomsday Clock Remains at Five Minutes to Midnight · · Score: 1

    And people are being paid for this useless, purely political exercise.

  7. Re:Raise Taxes! on U.S. Science Agencies Get Some Relief In 2014 Budget · · Score: 1

    Raise everyone else's Taxes!

    FTFY

  8. Re:Working men top out around $120k on The Mystery/Myth of the $3 Million Google Engineer · · Score: 1

    The reason $120k seems to be a limit is because that's about as high as people genuinely would be willing to pay others for "work". Anything higher than that isn't payment for work, but a cabal of people paying each other more than their "work" is worth, because they can.

    Keep telling yourself that, so you won't ever feel the need to excel.

  9. Re:subsidy misnomer on Khosla, Romm Fire Back At '60 Minutes' Cleantech Exposé · · Score: 1

    The second biggest source of this "subsidy" number includes tax deductions. The difference between these and the handouts given to green energy companies is quite obvious. The free money to green companies is like your dad buying you a car outright. The tax deductions are like you working your butt off to buy a car, then your dad being so impressed that he gives you the money that you spent to buy it.

  10. Re:Agreed, XBMC. Your "server" can be NFS or Samba on Ask Slashdot: Suggestions For a Simple Media Server? · · Score: 1

    I also have a Sony BluRay player, and I tried to use it in a pure DLNA environment with Serviio as the DLNA server and BubbleUPnP as the controller. Sony's DLNA player just likes to fail in the middle of my playlist all the time, so I'm probably going to have to go with XBMC on the Windows server instead of Serviio and the Sony.

  11. Re:Only in America on Man Shot To Death For Texting During Movie · · Score: 1

    Well, they're working on banning pointy kitchen knives! Give them time!

  12. Re:Double bind on Man Shot To Death For Texting During Movie · · Score: 1

    Nothing GUARANTEES liberty, of course.

  13. Re:Double bind on Man Shot To Death For Texting During Movie · · Score: 2

    My cynicism is directed at those who oppose logical and reasonable restrictions on guns (universal registration and background checks for starters)

    The problem is that progressives like you want "logical and reasonable restrictions" for "starters". The ultimate goal is full prohibition.

  14. Re:Double bind on Man Shot To Death For Texting During Movie · · Score: 1

    Ad hominems and straw men still aren't part of a valid argument-- no matter how intelligent you think you are.

  15. Re:Double bind on Man Shot To Death For Texting During Movie · · Score: 1

    Why not?

    Why would you use encryption on your personal emails?

    Why would you expect privacy as you're traveling to work, to the store, or some other mundane activity?

  16. Re:Is it bad that I instantly assumed it's in the on Man Shot To Death For Texting During Movie · · Score: 1

    This is mostly accurate. How is that police can argue they need access to things like modern fully-automatic weapons when non-law-enforcement citizens don't have access? Training? Anyone can receive equivalent training.

  17. 40 rods to the hogshead... and that's the ways I likes it!

  18. Re:yeah because imperial on Ampere Could Be Redefined After Experiments Track Single Electrons Crossing Chip · · Score: 1

    The formula describing my response to the introduction of the midichlorians in Episode 1 is as follows:

    FinA!

  19. Re:Shocking on Lawsuit: Oracle Called $50K 'Good Money For an Indian' · · Score: 1

    I find it hard to believe that a high-performing salesperson would only be paid $50K, or even $60, especially in California. I'm sure that's his base salary, to which his commission will be added. Regardless, the fact that Oracle management openly tried to squeeze an extra dime out of the budget based on the man's country of origin is despicable.

  20. Re:9.1 on Windows 9 Already? Apparently, Yes. · · Score: 1

    They made the most fascinating species in the universe nearly extinct. That's a capital offense.

  21. Re:9.1 on Windows 9 Already? Apparently, Yes. · · Score: 1

    Come on-- Troi drunk on scotch and Picard shooting Borg with a Tommy gun? What's not to love?

  22. Re:Reduced Friction? on Using Nanotechnology To Build Thinner, Stronger Condoms · · Score: 1

    Customer 1 is using the condom sizer while another (creepy customer watches).

    Customer 2: Are you jellin'? *snicker*
    Customer 1: No. Are you jelly? (points to size on screen)

  23. Re:Level the playing field on How Good Are Charter Schools For the Public School System? · · Score: 1

    By teenagers, you mean 18 and 19 year olds, right? That would be illegal, of course. As for the younger ones, that's why we have these things called "parents".

  24. Sounds familiar on How Good Are Charter Schools For the Public School System? · · Score: 1

    So what's not to like? Plenty, according to Salon's The Truth About Charter Schools, in which Jeff Bryant delves into the dark side of the charter movement, including allegations of abuse, corruption, lousy instruction, and worse results.

    Like many public schools, then.
    There are problems, so let's abandon this idea and just keep doing what we're doing, which also doesn't work but at least it's comfortable. That doesn't sound very progressive to me.

    Also troubling Bryant is that the children of the charter world's biggest cheerleaders seem never to attend these schools

    They don't attend public schools, either. Therefore, we must also shut down the public schools.
    I imagine the rich people's kids don't use OLPC or school lunch programs, either.

  25. Re:PCI DSS? on Target Confirms Point-of-Sale Malware Was Used In Attack · · Score: 1

    I assure you that PCI DSS is quite comprehensive. Any system in a LAN that touches cardholder data is normally in scope. Any system that stores cardholder data is especially restricted and monitored.