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  1. Re:A 14 year old can 'Master the Unreal Engine on Nintendo's Engineers Have Embraced Unreal Engine (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    No you don't, but even if you did it's irrelevant to the question at hand.

  2. Absolutely not. If that was allowed to happen then before you know it they'd be acting as an army (except with different coloured uniforms) and we all know that'll never happen because FREEDOM and NUMBER ONE!

  3. Although Arkell v. Pressdram was a libel case in Egland, the principle is still applicable here.

    Namely, what would happen if the ISPs told the MPAA to fuck off?

  4. It was something like that. I remember being rather surprised that anyone would buy in on those terms but hey, look, a unicorn!

  5. Re:That's what I thought. But it's growth on 'Fundraising Rounds Are Not Milestones' (ycombinator.com) · · Score: 1

    It's much easier to occupy terrain than to take it.
    --
    Clausewitz (or maybe it was Yogi Berra).

    But try to make sure it's the right terrain.
    --
    Sun Tzu (or maybe it was the Grand Old Duke Of York)

  6. Re:Podcasts are magic on Slashdot Asks: Your Favorite Podcasts? And Why? · · Score: 1

    This may sound stupid, but I find listening to things helps me sleep - even if they're things I find interesting. Occasionally it doesn't work, but then if I'm awake I might as well listen to it.

  7. Re:It's dramatic how quickly the shift happened on Slashdot Asks: Your Favorite Podcasts? And Why? · · Score: 1

    Some formats support chapters/sections.

  8. Re:So now under Trump... on DC Inauguration Protestors Are Being Hit With Facebook Data Searches (citylab.com) · · Score: 1

    They weren't a government. They may have claimed to be, but me and the lads down the pub can do that.

  9. Re:A 14 year old can 'Master the Unreal Engine on Nintendo's Engineers Have Embraced Unreal Engine (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    Could a 14 year old write his (or her, if AmiMoJo is watching) own engine?

    Hmm. So look at it this way, they're getting 95% of something they wouldn't have had otherwise.

    Leaving aside that 3k per title per quarter is exempt anyway, which you conveniently omitted because you're a 'tard.

  10. Re:Dan Carlin on Slashdot Asks: Your Favorite Podcasts? And Why? · · Score: 2

    Was going to suggest him, so I'll second the above and add the url.

    http://www.dancarlin.com/

  11. Re:It's dramatic how quickly the shift happened on Slashdot Asks: Your Favorite Podcasts? And Why? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Some things lend themselves to videos. Often these are things where it involves moving your body (sport, martial arts, dancing) or part of it (arts & crafts, DIY, using tools). Some mathematical things work well too.

    Some things are awful on video. Anything that involves making settings on a computer is an utter PITA as you miss what you're doing, rewind back, try to jump forward, jump forward too far, rewind back again. That'd be better served by text. Even screenshots aren't absolutely necessary, though I quite like them.

    Horses for courses, innit? The start of being a craftsman is knowing what tool to use - and which *not* to use.

  12. Look, it's one of Joe Dragon's classmates from remedial English.

  13. Are you suggesting it's a sufficient number that a civil war would be plausible? I think that's stretching it. Whether the military attracts that kind of people or conditions them that way, they tend to be authoritarian - like Trump.

    Tell them that the other side are queers or communists and most of them will be happy to shoot babies all day.

  14. I wouldn't rush to invest in torch & pitchfork futures if I were you. What if a new series of Honey Boo Boo comes out?

  15. At least in Zimbabwe they genuinely believe that black lives matter.

    OK, only if they're of the right tribe, but it's a start.

  16. The Virg. For people who find Wired too demanding on If You Owned a PC With a DVD Drive You Might Be Able To Claim $10 (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    ... the settlement administrators are simply collecting names, email addresses, and the number of drives owned at the moment.

    At the moment I have about a dozen.

    Oh, that's not what you meant? Learn to fucking write then: " ... at the moment, the settlement administrators are simply collecting names, email addresses, and the number of drives owned [at the time]".

  17. Pity, because he was could make his own shoes.

  18. Don't bother closing the door on 'Fundraising Rounds Are Not Milestones' (ycombinator.com) · · Score: 1

    a culture of optimizing for short term showmanship instead of making something people want and creating lasting value.

    Don't bother closing the stable door. The horse is almost over the horizon.

  19. These tightly specced protocols, are they the ones developed by teh gubmint when it was still called ARPANET?

    He must be talking about a different internet - one that's 100% capitalist and free from communism.

  20. Re:Am I lost??? on China Is Now the World's Largest Solar Power Producer (digitaltrends.com) · · Score: 1

    My comment certainly wasn't intended as "funny", but I might be missing the joke again.

    Don't beat yourself up, there's a lot of it about. Yuuuge amounts - believe me, folks.

  21. They may w^Hvalue education, but the education they value isn't particularly valuable. Too much rote memorisation, and on top of that all the cheating. http://www.independent.co.uk/n...

    I've known some excellent people who were ethnic Indians, but they'd been through the UK or US educational system, college at least if not HS too.

    Indians from India? Unable to admit they don't know, unwilling to speak up when a bad idea is proposed. Just do the needful and bill the timesheet old chap!

  22. Re:And the shift to Databases away from Oracle on Oracle Effectively Doubles Licence Fees To Run Its Stuff in AWS (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    If it's not his money, then yes.

  23. What are the odds that he claimed two lots of expenses?

  24. They did it wrong. They didn't get enough of the poor on their side, and neglecting the army (or as they're called in the US, the police) is fucking retarded.

    You don't see skinny coppers & soldiers in Zimbabwe.

  25. Re:Am I lost??? on China Is Now the World's Largest Solar Power Producer (digitaltrends.com) · · Score: 1

    So is hydro.