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  1. Re:2041-2060 on More Hot Weather For Southern California, Says UCLA Study · · Score: 1

    weather != climate.

  2. Re:But... on Apple Commits To 100% Renewable Energy Sources for NC Data Center · · Score: 3, Insightful

    would it be better to consume coal energy for the life of the datacenter, or spend a bit of (possibly dirty) energy to build renewable alternatives?

  3. Kickstarter on Engineer Thinks We Could Build a Real Starship Enterprise In 20 Years · · Score: 1, Funny

    Sounds like a good kickstarter project. I'll chip in.

  4. Re:There are Viking Robots on Mars? on New Study Suggests Mars Viking Robots Found Life · · Score: 2

    This is the best comment I've read on slashdot in years. I don't know if that's a good thing, or just sad.

  5. Re:Yeah yeah on Climate Change To Drive Weather Disasters, Say UN Experts · · Score: 1

    "a theory at best".... A theory is something testable that has withstood the tests subjected to it (contrast that with a hypothesis, which may not be yet tested). The word you and other "let's legitimize the scientific method" people are looking for is a "hunch". Global warming is not a "hunch".

  6. Best of both words on New Programming Languages Come From Designers · · Score: 1

    You can write incredibly performant code that is easy to reason about in Common Lisp or Clojure. We don't have to choose between performance and usability.

  7. Re:Government Contractors on Mechanic's Mistake Trashes $244 Million Aircraft · · Score: 2

    Why would privatizing these jobs magically cause them to be done competently? I've seen plenty of incompetence in the private sector.

  8. uninspired programmers on "Learn To Code, Get a Job" According To CNN · · Score: 1

    The last thing the world needs are more "day job" uninspired programmers.

  9. terrible on Are Programmers Ruining the Design of eBooks? · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Well, most programmers are terrible at everything- including programming. That said, most people are terrible at what they do. :P

  10. Re:What a steal! on DigiTimes Lends Credence To Apple-Branded TVs For 2012 · · Score: 2

    Is that $200 TV an IPS LCD screen, or some POS TN display? APple products tend to have high-end features too.

  11. Re:Oh good on DigiTimes Lends Credence To Apple-Branded TVs For 2012 · · Score: 1

    "Well, none of that applies to Apple's other devices (apart from apps for the iOS devices), where you can watch whatever content you like, and they cost far less than twice their competitor's price as you suggest. But haters gonna hate...."
    Only on slashdot would this be modded a troll. while its parent is "insightful".

  12. Google what? on Boxee 1.5 Will Be the Last Supported Desktop Version · · Score: 1

    I don't think you can call the Google TV "stiff competition". It was a complete flop.

  13. Re:This is being whitewashed from the white house on LightSquared Disrupts 75% of GPS Connections In Government Test · · Score: 1

    "I'm not saying Republicans are angles or anything like that. " Oh they're angles alright... RIGHT angles!

  14. Incompetent morons on Why Everyone Hates the IT Department · · Score: 2

    Part of the reason is most companies hire incompetent morons to staff their IT departments. Just b/c you passed a few certification tests doesn't mean you can tell your face from your ass.

  15. Re:I've got to hand it to the administration on White House Responds To Software Patents Petition · · Score: 1

    Amazing. What the fuck do you guys want Obama to do? When he tries something that is inevitably going to fail b/c of the Republicans, you fault him for trying. When his administration points out the realities of the patent system, you fault his administration for not acting where they cannot act. I doubt there is anything Obama could do to appease you.

  16. Re:Did it "confirm" it was caused by man? on Global Warming 'Confirmed' By Independent Study · · Score: 1

    Did you RTFA? Any idiot would at least read the article before writing 3 paragraphs asking questions about it.

  17. Re:falling ahead? on Nexus Prime, And Ice Cream Sandwich, Go For a Video Tour · · Score: 1

    I;ve never used vba/.net, but Objective-C dynamic typing isn't a nightmare. :D Objective-C was heavily influenced by Smalltalk, like Ruby.

  18. Re:falling ahead? on Nexus Prime, And Ice Cream Sandwich, Go For a Video Tour · · Score: 1

    I don't quite understand how I was "taken to school" by someone who obviously knows very little about Objective-C and C++ UI programming, for that matter.

  19. Re:falling ahead? on Nexus Prime, And Ice Cream Sandwich, Go For a Video Tour · · Score: 1

    I don't think objective-c has much of a learning curve at all- and being a dynamicly typed language makes it a joy to develop in. I'm an iOS developer and I used to be a Java dev. C++ is certainly more difficult and less suited for GUI development. Objective-C has some first-class frameworks.

  20. Re:falling ahead? on Nexus Prime, And Ice Cream Sandwich, Go For a Video Tour · · Score: 1

    awesome!

  21. Re:falling ahead? on Nexus Prime, And Ice Cream Sandwich, Go For a Video Tour · · Score: 1

    Higher performance? By what measure? Last I checked Android's entire UI is predominantly CPU-bound. iOS renders _everything_ using opengl- that's why paging between screens of apps is so damn smooth and is able to track your finger perfectly on even the original iphone. iOS apps are also far more optimized for performance (objective-c/llvm) and for battery (close attention paid to app lifecycle/background tasks, etc).

  22. Re:any signal can be found and killed on North Korea Forced US Reconnaissance Plane To Land · · Score: 1

    I'm sure it was an emergency landing done with an abundance of caution. They expected to have GPS, GPS went away so they landed. It's not like they were on an attack mission. It's not like they were forced to land in hostile territory. They maintained control over the siutation rather than venture into the unknown during a military exercise.

  23. Re:Amateur on Citi Hackers Got Away With $2.7 Million · · Score: 1

    What is 'Insightful' about this post? This is your standard 'fuck the man!" BS post with no substance.

  24. don't you mean on Homemade 'Mars In a Bottle' Tortures Bacteria · · Score: 2

    Enhanced interrogation?

  25. Not absurd on Apple Rips Off Rejected App, Says Wireless Sync Developer · · Score: 1

    Apple must defend its trademarks, or risk losing them. Apple owns a trademark on 'AppStore' and amazon used just that. Calling it absurd is absurd.