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  1. Pointless waste of investors' money on Is Facebook Working On a Smartphone? · · Score: 2

    In an age of quickly evolving smartphones, where today's hottest releases are soon forgotten, Facebook is blowing IPO money on this.

    Does anyone even remember the HTC ChaCha??

  2. High School Concept on 'Inexact' Chips Save Power By Fudging the Math · · Score: 2

    The concept works by allowing processing components â" such as hardware for adding and multiplying numbers â" to make a few mistakes, which means they are not working as hard, and so use less power and get through tasks more quickly.

    This concept was used a lot back in my high school.

  3. Re:DRM-free Torrent? on Diablo III Released · · Score: 1

    After being burned by the always-on requirement of Starcraft 2, I'll be 2nd in that line.

  4. Musicians, You're Being Replaced by Keyboards on Photographers, You're Being Replaced By Software · · Score: 1

    This is the same LOL as before.

  5. Re:At least Kickstarter don't make a living from i on Kickstarter Leaves Project Ideas Exposed · · Score: 1

    > Kickstarter is a genuinely useful website.

    Until someone pulls off the imminent millionaire scam and flees to Aruba, beyond the reach of any legal system.

  6. Nothing new on The Dutch Repair Cafe Versus the Throwaway Society · · Score: 1

    The dutch are insanely thrifty people. Americans and wasteful people in general have a lot to learn from them

    No, I'm not dutch.

  7. E.T. = Extra Terrorists on U.S. In Danger of Losing Earth-Observing Satellite Capability · · Score: 1

    Maybe if NASA said they can use them to track terrorists, they could divert some funding from the DoD.

  8. Urgh!!! on Bethesda Announces Elder Scrolls MMO · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Last thing I want is an MMO in Tamriel.

    First, the MMO market is totally saturated and this game just won't get the attention it deservers from fans and the media. As a result, it'll become yet another niche MMO for a few longtime diehard fans of TES.

    No, it won't be the next WoW either. The saturation factor alone prevents ANY MMO from being the next WoW, no matter how uber awesome.

    Secondly, all TES games are inherently FREAKING HUGE!!!! Huge world to explore, hugely deep lore, lots of side-quests. In theory, this would go hand-in-hand with an MMO concept, except for all the technical limitations imposed by current network technologies.

    Case in point: SWTOR. I had EVERYTHING to be a hell of a great MMO, but due to technical limitations, it was watered down to a theme-park-ride MMO. A Star Wars game with on-rails space combat?? Only half-dozen playable races??Seriously??

    DONOTWANT TES MMO, TYVM!!

  9. Re:Surely just any thinking at all would do it on Analytic Thinking Can Decrease Religious Belief · · Score: 1

    The world was built in a garage in Cupertino.

  10. God is an idiot. on Egg-laying, Not Environment, May Explain the Size and Downfall of Dinosaurs · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    If he really exists, then he's an idiot.

  11. Reactive cheaper than Proactive on Spoiler Alert: Your TV Will Be Hacked · · Score: 1

    Why is this news? Being reactive has ALWAYS been cheaper than being proactive, in any field, not just technology.

    Companies/government/etc. will go proactive to avoid accidents/hacks/RRODs/etc. if you're willing to pay more. Are you?

  12. Re:Oh, Journal paywalls... on Intelligence Map Made From Brain Injury Data · · Score: 1

    I'm sure they'll port it to Linux soon, though.

  13. If your customers aren't always right... on IT Calls of Shame · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Please send them my way. My compay will thrive with the new business. I treat customers right, which usually results in new transactions from the same customers. Whuch, in turn, recommend my business to their friends/family/co-workers.

    But hey, it's much easier to blame tough times on stupid customers and Obama (obviously).

  14. Women and Children First on Supreme Court Approves Strip Searches For Any Arrestable Offense · · Score: 1

    I'm sure this will be a cop who's a closet-pedo/stalker dream come true.

    While the TSA are under federal supervision, I can't imagine what kind of insane abuse cops out in the sticks (say, in Gidding, TX) will do "to protect and to serve."

  15. Re:International service on With Cinavia DRM, Is Blu-ray On a Path To Self-Destruction? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    And on TPB, thankyouverymuch.

  16. Sister Who?? on Sale Or License? Sister Sledge Sues Over ITunes · · Score: 1, Interesting

    If it were Metallica or U2 this legal brawl would be interesting to follow, as both bands have a pile of cash and an army of lawyers ready to take on one of the big record labels, maybe even set a precedent.

    Whatever money these sisters have left over from their drug abuse won't even tickle Warner.

  17. Didn't they teach this guy? on Former Google Exec: Traditional Search Market Shrinking · · Score: 1

    You shouldn't trash your former employer? Especially in public?

  18. Re:BS Summary and Article title on Australian Scientists Discover 'Oldest Living Thing On Earth' · · Score: 1, Funny

    TY, you beat me to it.

    It's almost like saying I'm 80,000 years old because I inherited a gene from a Neanderthal.

  19. Clone Wars (or Sensationalist Headline) on Australian Scientists Discover 'Oldest Living Thing On Earth' · · Score: 4, Informative

    Just to be clear, the actual plant isn't nearly that old. The original plant that started the cloning process was 200,000 years old.

  20. So what? on Mitt Romney, Robotics, and the Uncanny Valley · · Score: 2, Interesting

    As a non-American who lived in the USA for 10 years, I find it amusing that you guys worry so much about your presidential candidates' private lives.

    I remember the presidential blowjob incident. The SAME people who thought Clinton was a great president decided he was no good anymore because he screwed an intern.

    Now we find out Mitt Romney is a dork when he's off the limelight. So fucking what?? Is he able to get the job done should he get elected?? If you think so, vote for him.

    Finally, does your boss worry and judge you based on what you do in private, off the clock?? How about your customers, co-workers, subordinates, etc.??

    No, no, and no, right? Then why the fuck do you care about the candidates' private lives.

    Disclaimer: like I said, I'm not America, no longer live in the US, don't vote, don't care.

  21. Too much Hollywood for you?? on Pentagon Drafts Kids To Build Drones and Robots · · Score: 2, Insightful

    "In a world where warfare is fast becoming fielded by remote controlled and autonomous robots..."

    You've been watching way too many sci fi movies to make that statement.

    Besides that US, I don't think any other country has the kind of robotic arsenal you're dreaming of.

  22. Because Segways were a raging success on The Chevy Segway Keeps On Rolling (Video) · · Score: 1

    Nothing like watching GM blow its bailout money on this turd.

  23. Why We Should Teach Our Kids To on Why We Should Teach Our Kids To Code · · Score: 1

    A CS nerd will want to teach his kids to program as much as a fisherman will have the urge to teach his kids to fish.

    What if the kid isn't cut for programming, will you still shove it down his throat??

    captcha: choice is good.

  24. Re:How do you determine healthy food? on IBM Granted Your-Paychecks-Are-What-You-Eat Patent · · Score: 1

    Like I always say, it's an "economic food piramyd." There's just no way in hell that eating more carbs (bread, pasta) than protein (fish, meat) is the ideal diet for people.

    Thing is, producing bread is cheaper than producing meat, and the economy would collapse if demand for high protein food suddenly went up, way above that of unhealthy carbs. Remeber we ALREADY have a serious food distribution problem in the world, ever since we learned to use food to speculate in the commodities markets.

    Which brings me to another point. How the fuck are people supposed to eat healthy food on a low salary?? They seriously expect people to eat better food earning minimum wage???

  25. Re:Overpowerful. on AMD Radeon HD 7970 Launched, Fastest GPU Tested · · Score: 2

    Yes, it's really a shame that 30 fps became an acceptable framerate for games nowadays, thanks to crappy underpowered consoles.

    Funny, however, is that back in 1999 (Dreamcast days) any console game that didn't run at a solid 60 fps was considered a potential flop.

    This framerate crap is one of the many reasons I'll never go back to console gaming.

    Times change, no?