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  1. Re:Related question on Ask Slashdot: Do You Trust When a Vendor Tells You To Buy New Parts? · · Score: 1

    Actually, the dealer for me is about half as much as Jiffy and doesn't push any unneeded upgrades. If you want new wiper blades/lights/etc, you have to ask.

  2. Re:Please Die on To Avoid Confusion: Oracle's Confusing New Java Numbering Scheme · · Score: 1

    That's not Java(TM)

  3. Re:Unbelievable. on Facebook Home Flagship Phone, HTC First, May Be Discontinued · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Every phone is already integrated into facebook to a certain degree. If this were the only phone to ever allow you to see or update facebook, then yes it would be a smashing success. However, it is not. Even the marquee feature of the the "facebook home launcher" is available on other phones. There is nothing the phone can do that others can not.

  4. Re:Stop breathing on CO2 Levels Reach 400ppm at Mauna Loa For First Time On Record · · Score: 1, Troll

    Pish Posh, not breathing is old hat. I modified my lungs to work on CO2. I used a weird trick that the UN Hates! Click Here to find out More and vote if we should impeach Obama for Benghazi and Being a Muslim Terrorist while working from home! You'll save thousands! I know I did.

  5. Re:P.R. on Space Station Crew Prepare For Emergency Spacewalk · · Score: 1

    Makes sense to me. The best engineer NASA ever had was German.

  6. Re:Why wouldn't they work? on ATMs Compromised, $45M Taken · · Score: 1

    I think they are trying to emphasis that the thieves only needed to fool the machines with a card that could easily be detected by the average joe as fake. Its pretty obvious fact. Its stupid news reporting. Local news does it all the time: " Woman who died choking on hot dog did not expect to die watching a baseball game, in fact none of us do either!"

  7. Re:nt on When Vote Counting Goes Bad · · Score: 1

    Uh, yes, yes they do run on the platform of not raising property taxes. And they often win. Then, when confronted with the reality of the financial situation, they sometimes go back on their promises, confirming their ascension to the rank of politician.

  8. Re:Piracy? Lets look at that. on It's 2013, and Windows Activation Is Still Frustrating · · Score: 1

    Maybe I did get Win 8 ( non pro) can't keep up with the Version naming scheme.

  9. Re:Piracy? Lets look at that. on It's 2013, and Windows Activation Is Still Frustrating · · Score: 1

    I don't know, I bought a legal OEM version of windows 8 Home Pro for under a hundred. That's cheaper than I could have found for windows 98 ( which was the last version I bought before activation). I think I got windows XP PRO OEM for just over a hundred from a shady website.

    I think the price decrease ( if there has been one) is more of a sign of increased competition from Macs ( and linux to a certain extent), than the activation reducing piracy.

  10. Re:Linux on the Desktop on It's 2013, and Windows Activation Is Still Frustrating · · Score: 1, Funny

    What the hell is wrong with you? The Java plugin is the last thing you'd want to install anywhere...

    Its like trying to find a way to run visual basic scripts on Linux.

  11. I stand corrected. Reddit and Discus do use Posgress in a capacity I thought only Mysql was used. Yahoo, it should be noted, also has a large mysql presence.

    Thanks for the info.

  12. Because many do write articles about their architecture and the tools they use. Twitter, facebook, google, yahoo, flickr, and other smaller ones have talked about their architecture and the tools they use. I've never come across one that mentioned postgres.

  13. Postges seemed positioned to be an oracle replacement, while Mysql always seemed to be Web OLTP focused. I haven't seen a real useful comparison in years. So much has changed performance wise in Mysql, that it would be worth another look. One of the new features which really speeds up Mysql under heavy load is the thread pool, which isn't available in the free version oracle gives out. I think Maria DB has an alternative written by the same guy who now works for Maria.

    Despite all of the Postgres users saying its much better, I'm not aware of any large websites using it as a backend at scale.

  14. Re:no hardwood here on Is Buying an Extended Warranty Ever a Good Idea? · · Score: 1

    Plus, you can power hammer stuff to get it to stay. Any day using a power hammer, is a good day.

  15. Re:Too caught up on appearances on Is Google Glass Too Nerdy For the Mainstream? · · Score: 1

    Fanny packs are very susceptible to pickpockets, So I won't wear one for that reason. Purses suck, I don't want to carry one because they aren't efficient, IMHO. Other than that, I'd agree with the attitude: do what you need to, don't care about how you look.

  16. Re:Simulation of what? on LLNL/RPI Supercomputer Smashes Simulation Speed Record · · Score: 4, Funny

    No, those events are Who. Simulating is How. What is calculated.

  17. I too have difficulty stealing things from people who don't have the things I want to steal.

  18. Re:C++ on KDevelop 4.5 Released · · Score: 1

    http://scummos.blogspot.de/ I guess its not released as stable yet, my understanding from reading about the release was that it was. I have been using kdevelop as my python editor for a while. Haven't tried the new release yet. I tend to stick to the versions my distro provides updates for.

  19. Re:C++ on KDevelop 4.5 Released · · Score: 1

    Kdevelop supports python. This new version supports it even better.

  20. Re:I wish more people plan for "when" instead of " on LivingSocial Hacked: 50 Million Users Exposed · · Score: 1

    Either that's a nice joke, or you don't understand that he was talking about using a unique password for each site.

    In any case, something like OATH as a second factor works pretty well as an additional measure of security.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Initiative_For_Open_Authentication

    Wish more sites supported it.

  21. Re:Some other relevant stories on Crowdsourcing Failed In Boston Bombing Aftermath · · Score: 3, Funny

    That's why I've gone one step further and completely disavowed my involvement with next weeks crime spree. I will not be the person underneath the ski mask. So don't wast my time processing any dna evidence or finger prints, or reading any state ids that might fall out of my pocket as I commit the cool crime of burglary, next week at the first federal bank downtown between the hours of 3-4 PM Wednesday in myTown, USA.

  22. Re:crowsourcing did NOT fail - here's why on Crowdsourcing Failed In Boston Bombing Aftermath · · Score: 1

    There should really be a corollary to godwin for 1984.

      I think I need to write a sequel to 1984 called 4891 which an organization uses terrible analogies based on popular fiction to take power.

  23. Re:crowsourcing did NOT fail - here's why on Crowdsourcing Failed In Boston Bombing Aftermath · · Score: 1

    I have no idea what they were thinking or planning on doing. Its possible that the photos changed their plans.

  24. Re:Some other relevant stories on Crowdsourcing Failed In Boston Bombing Aftermath · · Score: 1

    The fact that the bombers were interviewed by the FBI, is relevant. The rest is not. Its like me drilling you on the sandwich you had last week. Did you or did you not use lo fat mayo? what do you have to hide ? We know you ate it. And it wasn't kosher. Why would you lie about your sandwich being kosher? You aren't even Jewish! Or... are you a mossad spy? Why are you spying in the US, an ally of yours? Did the Us government subcontract the sandwich rouse to throw us of the chase of the *real* thing your contact did while you distracted the cameras with your sandwich eating?

  25. Re:Some other relevant stories on Crowdsourcing Failed In Boston Bombing Aftermath · · Score: 1

    The information got to him somehow. I don't know how many layers of researchers/crack heads it had to go through before it got to him.