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  1. Re:college has lot's of forced classes and lot's o on Parent Questions Mandatory High School Chemistry · · Score: 1

    And the parent has a choice which highschool their children attend. If you don't like the public schools, pony up for private and/or move. Or exercise your civic duty and run for the school board to advance your flexible agenda. There are options, but he'd prefer to complain.

  2. Re:Dear sir.. on Parent Questions Mandatory High School Chemistry · · Score: 1

    What? No. Where is that illiegal? That's pretty much the basis for homeschooling for %99 of the people I know who were homeschooled.

  3. Re:What are we really talking about here? on Reiser4 File System Still In Development · · Score: 2

    ReiserFS was the best FS out there for a while. This is the next version of it. I'm curious about it, just for that reason.

  4. Re:Atlas Shrugged on Ask Slashdot: What Books Have Had a Significant Impact On Your Life? · · Score: 1

    I'm not above responding to bad logic with even worse logic to prove a point to everyone else except the person I'm replying to.

  5. Re:Developers love USDP on Windows 8: Do I Really Need a Single OS? · · Score: 1

    Yup. QtCreator or KDevelop. KDevelop is a bit more lightwieght and better suited to generic programming, but QtCreator is pretty cool.

  6. Re:Atlas Shrugged on Ask Slashdot: What Books Have Had a Significant Impact On Your Life? · · Score: 1

    Most of the people who defend Atlas Shrugged haven't read it, even if they say they have. Its a terrible book. I second the condemnation!

  7. Re:Atlas Shrugged on Ask Slashdot: What Books Have Had a Significant Impact On Your Life? · · Score: 1

    Yeah, the exact same reason why the left behind series were such a hit.

  8. Re:this doesnt make much sense. on Libertarian Candidate Excluded From Debate For Refusing Corporate Donations · · Score: 1

    Every highly political person says that "MOST Americans don't understand the high brow points". It all boils down to one word: Complex. Shit is complex. It can't be destilled into a talking point or internet post. Its not all of the things I think and none of the things you think. I don't have all the right answers, but I don't think you or anyone else does either. The best I can do is do all the research I can, draw conclusions from it, and yet remain open to the fact that it still might be wrong. Why? Because shit is complex. There is no best ideology, no more than there is a Grand Unified Theory of the fundemental forces. Use the stuff that works best, when its been proven to work best, where its been proven to work best, but keep measuring to make sure its still the best.

  9. Re:misleading title on Libertarian Candidate Excluded From Debate For Refusing Corporate Donations · · Score: 1

    Says a guy that's never adopted. Babies aren't $5k. Even internationally, they're closer to $20k.

  10. Wait... What? on Libertarian Candidate Excluded From Debate For Refusing Corporate Donations · · Score: 0

    He's a libertarian candidate whining about what a private tv company chooses to do with its own resources. Why the hell should a libertarian complain aobut it? Shouldn't he be applauding them for doing whatever the hell they want with their stuff? Who should step in and "Fix" the problem? An agry mob?

    He's more than free to find a different tv station to host the debates. The beauty of the free market.

  11. Re:the 90% on Dotcom's New Site "Megabox" Almost Ready · · Score: 1

    Because the definition of "complete" changes daily for 95% of the project's duration.

  12. Re:Purity vs Relevance on Alan Cox to NVIDIA: You Can't Use DMA-BUF · · Score: 1

    HURD has no users because HURD was rewritten a gazillion times for different microkernels. It has never been stable, much less attractive to any non os geek.

  13. Re:Honest Question on Alan Cox to NVIDIA: You Can't Use DMA-BUF · · Score: 4, Insightful

    How much of a "competitive edge" is really in their driver? And what kind of IP would be "open sourced"? This is GPL V2 we are talking about, they don't have to abandon any patents covered by the code or anything.

    Intel and AMD actually do open source drivers for linux. Those can make use of the wizbang. Who is at a competitive edge in that case? The one that makes a driver that can use the wizbang, or the one who cant*?

    Note there is a non Nvidia sponsered open source driver for their cards. They are more than welecome to add any whizbang they want with that.

  14. Re:Best Linux Donation? on Ubuntu Asks Users To Pay What They Want · · Score: 1

    What Fedora is related to RedHat!?!? Scandal! Scandal, I Say! Who would have ever thought that both hat named Linux distributions would be related somehow?

    There is a balancing act between bleeding edge and stable but old. Everyone has to find where they fit on the spectrum. I've found Fedora fits me the best.

  15. Re:Hours to weeks. on Ask Slashdot: How Often Do You Push To Production? · · Score: 1

    And when you're done testing, go back and review the tests you didn't write to save 2 seconds and then write those.

  16. Re:Canadians Reserves on Where Has All the Xenon Gone? · · Score: 1

    We do have one, Its called "Iowa".

  17. Re:What are they thinking?!? on WikiLeaks Tests Donation Pop-Ups For Leaked Material · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Do you really have to ask who at wikileaks made this decision? Is there anyone with any power to do that other than the obvious answer? Can it be any more clear how dedicated the site is to the promotion of one individual's ego over the stated mission?

  18. Re:Probably weren't even looking for it. on Apple Maps Accidentally Reveals Secret Military Base In Taiwan · · Score: 1

    So, they were suicidal, then?

  19. Re:Best Linux Donation? on Ubuntu Asks Users To Pay What They Want · · Score: 1

    While that title is inviting flames, I'd suggust Fedora for its numerous contributions to upstream projects. while not soely responsible, It is very responsible for the joy that is Linux today. I'd also suggust Suse, but the whole MS cross license deal when it was owned by novell turned me off.

  20. Re:I'm a gamer at heart on Humble eBook Bundle Lets You Pay What You Want For eBooks · · Score: 1

    maybe I should be. I speell things with as much respect as they deserve. Its a slight nod to my Joycean tendencies.

  21. Re:I'm a gamer at heart on Humble eBook Bundle Lets You Pay What You Want For eBooks · · Score: 1

    Awesome. With a single comment I've equaled the litterary output of Gaimen. MIssion Completed. Now to retire ot Splain.

  22. Re:Valuation on Once Valued at $1.8B, OnLive Was Sold For Only $5M · · Score: 1

    I can do better. I once sold 1/10 billionth of my remote controlled shower head idea to my younger brother for $1.00. Therefore its worth 10 billion dollars, and I am a billionaire. My accountant advises me to keep it in paper to prevent paying capital gains tax.

  23. Re:I'm a gamer at heart on Humble eBook Bundle Lets You Pay What You Want For eBooks · · Score: 0

    Well, I'll diss him. His writing sucks. Its brittney spears for nerds in book form.

  24. Re:Yawn... on First Community Release of Diaspora · · Score: 1

    No, No, No. If you really care about privacy, you have to have security as your number one goal. Everything else is just frosting on top. They screwed up securty so badly in the first release, it was clear they had no idea what the hell they were doing.

  25. More phone calls from strangers? Yes please! on Sprint Now Offering Vanity Phone Numbers Aliases With **Me Service · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Let me pay for the oppretunity to be easily reached by any and all marketing companies with scketchy products and willingness to violate the do not call list? Where do I sign up? Can I have two for three times the price? Is sprint really charging enough money for this? Can they possibly sell these lists to such marketing companies that will promise to offer me worthless crap with a robotic message recorded by a non native english speaker, to make up for the low, low price for such awesomeness?