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  1. Re:Why is this creepy? on Disney Wants To Track You With RFID · · Score: 1

    Maybe my copy of 1984 was defective? Where did it cover voluntary donation of tracking data while at an amusement park?

  2. Re:Business article only on Reason On How and Why 38 Studios Went Bust · · Score: 1

    The things that went wrong weren't on the technical or software side, so there's nothing to discuss there. They made 1 complete and functional game and were working on an MMO. The money and management ARE the "what went wrong."

  3. Re:Procedural Magick on Elite Looks Set To Make a Comeback · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Are you trying to say R-Type, which came out in 1987 in the arcade, was the model that Elite, which came out in 1984 for a home computer, had to compete with?

  4. And? on What's In Steve Ballmer's Inbox? · · Score: 1

    So it's just like any other CEO's public inbox, then?

  5. Re:Consoles are the set top boxes not tvs on Intel's Rumored TV Plans Would Compete With Apple, Google · · Score: 1

    Awesome. I'm totally down with that. Can I play that file on my android phone or tablet or other third party boxes? Oh? No? Then I don't own it and I don't want any part of the whole affair.

  6. "Stifle descent?" on New Documents Detail FBI, Bank Crack Down On Occupy Wall Street · · Score: 5, Funny

    Really? "Stifle descent?" You couldn't have corrected that to something that makes sense?

  7. Re:good luck with that on Dell Gives Android the Boot, Boots Up More Windows 8 · · Score: 1

    So you don't have any competent Windows administrators? That's all I got out of this.

  8. Don't forget housing and condo boards on Solar Panels For Every Home? · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Housing and condo boards will also be total assholes about this. I've had them browbeat me about satellite dishes even after showing evidence that there's a federal law that says they can't tell me how many dishes I'm allowed to have (I had 2). All they care about is that every house looks the same and their devotion to local housing politics pays off in the form of pushing people around.

  9. Weird on Bennett's Whimsi-Geek Gift Guide For 2012 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    There seems to be a lot of crossover between "whimsi-geek" and "useless executive desk toys" but whatever makes you happy. I'd rather get an arduino or another raspberry pi or something.

  10. Re:I have an idea on Dotcom Drags NZ Spook Agency Into Court · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Yes, because we should put people in jail based on wether we like them or not.

  11. Some of us are grown-ups on Richard Stallman: 'Apple Has Tightest Digital Handcuffs In History' · · Score: 5, Insightful

    "And therefore they can be herded into giving up their freedom by a combination of convenient features, pressure from institutions and the network effect." Or, perhaps, they judged what they want and what they are giving up and chose something of their own accord because they don't care about the same things in their computing experience that RMS does. Crazy, I know.

  12. Re:slightly overegging it on Book Reviews: Lockpicking Books From Deviant Ollam · · Score: 2

    Sadly, most most locks are easily opened by "bumping," (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lock_bumping) which is something any casual thief can do, and which is discussed in one of the books. I wish it got more time in the review.

  13. Re:Looks like a legit patent. on Form1 3D Printer and Kickstarter Get Sued For Patent Infringment · · Score: 1

    Oh. That sounds pretty valid. My bad.

  14. Re:Looks like a legit patent. on Form1 3D Printer and Kickstarter Get Sued For Patent Infringment · · Score: 3, Insightful

    To me this looks like the 3D printing version of an " X but on a phone" patent. Using a break-away scaffolding on a solid object is a classic part of casting.

  15. Re:Android apps on Chrome OS on $250 Chromebook With Ubuntu Linux Is Very Fast · · Score: 1

    There is not. Chrome OS is literally that: an OS that runs a browser and only the apps that work inside of it.

  16. Re:Now that ARM is faster than Atom... on $250 Chromebook With Ubuntu Linux Is Very Fast · · Score: 1

    Find me the Atom chip that has more performance per watt. Go ahead.

  17. Re:Now that ARM is faster than Atom... on $250 Chromebook With Ubuntu Linux Is Very Fast · · Score: 1

    I read the whole review where the Atom N570 fared extremely poorly in comparison for more power draw. Nothing in that review supports anything you are saying. And I don't see any links to any Haswell demos in any of your quotes. If you can find me anything showing equivalent performance per watt on the Intel side, please link it. I would be interested in seeing it.

  18. Re:Now that ARM is faster than Atom... on $250 Chromebook With Ubuntu Linux Is Very Fast · · Score: 2

    I was thinking of EXACTLY that review, where they mention all it needs is a lower clock speed. As opposed to the much slower atom used there, which has a higher consumption, or the apparently equal performing atom used in the test above which has a 35W draw AT IDLE with chipset. The Exynos 5 chromebook as a whole system including display has a draw of just over 11W when running a benchmark. So no, the Atom isn't even close on power draw, and clocking it down will not make it work in a phone.

  19. Re:Now that ARM is faster than Atom... on $250 Chromebook With Ubuntu Linux Is Very Fast · · Score: 1

    What the hell? Maybe if the Atom was operating in the same power margins. The whole point is the arm is using way less power, hence why you can see it in phones.

  20. Re:250$ buys you a lot of netbook... on $250 Chromebook With Ubuntu Linux Is Very Fast · · Score: 2

    They do compare it to an Intel Atom based netbox, which is the desktop form factor of your "regular Intel CPU based netbook."

  21. Re:or more realistically on John McAfee Launches Blog, Offers $25K Reward For "Real Killers" · · Score: 2

    Reading the blog is sounds like he is on the lam with his 20 year old girlfriend and has left the 17 year old one at the house.

  22. Re:PowerPC on Imagination Technology Buys MIPS · · Score: 2

    A lot of people still have Power-based IBM workstations and servers, too. AIX is still alive and...sort of...well on them.

  23. Re:VA - Hour long wait, record lines on U.S. Election Day In Progress: What's Been Your Experience? · · Score: 1

    Same experience here. That's a good thing.

  24. Re:We don't need any more of those. on Killer Asteroids Are Good For Life · · Score: 1

    I was talking specifically of his list of other alternatives.

  25. Re:Did you ever wonder why on Nate Silver's Numbers Indicate Probable Obama Win, World Agrees · · Score: 4, Funny

    So we can vote the right way! How will I know who to vote for if I don't know who everyone else is voting for?