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  1. Re:Waiting for user experiences... on OS X Mountain Lion Review · · Score: 1

    I'll wait for 10.8.1. Let them iron out some of the inevitable .0 bugs.

  2. Re:Apple still makes computers? on OS X Mountain Lion Review · · Score: 2

    Yeah, Apple is going to phase out Macs, because disposing of billions of dollars of profit every quarter makes perfect sense, right? Apple makes lots of money from Macs. That is only one of many reasons that they're in no danger of dying off.

  3. Re:Gizmodo has a much more interesting article... on OS X Mountain Lion Review · · Score: 2

    Eh, it's a double-edged sword. You can only play it safe for so long, but on the other hand, a radical shift can alienate the userbase. Just look at all the flak Metro is getting.

  4. Re:Good news everyone! on Developer Drops Game Price To $0 Citing Android Piracy · · Score: 4, Insightful

    And Apple is still making more from iPhones and the app ecosystem than the rest of the smartphone market combined. Yep, they sure got steamrolled!

  5. Re:Remember when Street Fighter II came out for SN on EA Outs Battlefield 4, Plans To Charge $70 For New Games · · Score: 1

    SNES cartridges carried a much higher cost than a plain stamped optical disc or downloaded content.

  6. Re:The google's way ? on Ask Slashdot: How To Get Old Commercial Software To Be Open-Sourced? · · Score: 1

    The submitter also missed Marathon, which Bungie open sourced years ago.

  7. Re:It is called PARENTING on Ask Slashdot: Good Low Cost Free Software For Protecting Kids Online? · · Score: 1

    Do you really think a parent hovers around their kid 24/7?

  8. Re:Protip: on Ask Slashdot: Good Low Cost Free Software For Protecting Kids Online? · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Spoken like someone who does not have any kids. Newsflash: Even the best kids don't always listen to what mommy and/or daddy tell them. Furthermore, I'd say this is also to prevent unintentional access to nasty stuff. You can't sit there watching over their shoulder ever second they're online. Put the computer in the living room, sure, but it's not just deliberate access to the more visceral parts of the internet that you'd need to be worried about. At that age, it's probably more about the kids not realizing where they're clicking until they're watching 2 girls, 1 cup.

  9. Re:Correlation/Causation? on Women's Enrollment In Computer Science Correlates Negatively With Net Access · · Score: 5, Funny

    Putting up with creepy neckbeards in the CS major? I've certainly seen it with the scant few women that were CS majors at my school.

  10. "Potentially designing video games" on Study Shows Teen Gamers Like Tech, But Don't All Crave IT Jobs · · Score: 1

    From what I've seen, most of them think this means coming up with a few ideas and then finding someone else to do all the hard stuff. It's pathetic. Maybe 1% of that 50% will actually take it seriously, and even then a bunch of them may get 2-year technical school degrees that come printed on Charmin 2-ply. If they're lucky, they can get a job at EA getting paid peanuts while being chained up in the basement and eating hardtack and swill.

  11. Re:No, really more like 1440x900 on Analyzing the New MacBook Pro · · Score: 1

    You can fit more actual data if the software is built for it. For example, FCPX is now built for it, so you'll probably be getting real 1080p resolution out of that video without filling the whole screen.

  12. Re:No dvd drive is too soon for me on Analyzing the New MacBook Pro · · Score: 4, Informative

    Because Apple isn't selling a Thunderbolt -> Ethernet adapter for a whopping $29 or anything.

  13. Re:has no user-replaceable parts at all on Analyzing the New MacBook Pro · · Score: 2

    You mean iPod Touch or click-wheel iPod? The latter really isn't that tough.

  14. Re:Retina Display is good and all, but... on Apple News From WWDC and iPhone 5 Rumors · · Score: 1

    Not necessarily. Apple has been working resolution independence into OS X for years now. Things that don't take advantage of the higher res may be doubled, but I think a lot of UI elements and such will be built to take advantage of the resolution without doubling.

  15. Re:ethernet dongles (likely at added cost on $2k+) on Apple News From WWDC and iPhone 5 Rumors · · Score: 1

    Nope. $29 for the TB adapter. That's actually surprisingly cheap.

  16. Re:Until you can prove them wrong on In America, 46% of People Hold a Creationist View of Human Origins · · Score: 1

    No afterlife for computers? But where do all the calculators go?

  17. Re:And this is news how? on Andromeda On Collision Course With the Milky Way · · Score: 2

    This. I read this in an astronomy book a long time ago. Maybe now it's more certain, but really, this isn't big news.

  18. Re:strategy of tension on 'Eco-Anarchists' Targeting Nuclear and Nanotech Workers · · Score: 1

    Double post all the way across the forum! What does it mean?

  19. Re:strategy of tension on 'Eco-Anarchists' Targeting Nuclear and Nanotech Workers · · Score: 4, Insightful

    A lot of people who call themselves "Anarchists" these days really aren't. Some still subscribe to the idea of no government and believe that it would work out for the best, but too many with that name are just assholes who want to break things.

  20. Re:What is wrong with you people? on Can You Buy Tech With a Clean Conscience? · · Score: 1

    As opposed to ACs, who seem to turn everything into utterly absurd hyperbole and ludicrous exaggeration?

  21. Re:I agree with this sentiment on US CIO/CTO: Idea of Hiring COBOL Coders Laughable · · Score: 2

    You left out "And get off my lawn!"

  22. Re:Cue huge pushback from the AMA in 3...2... on FDA May Let Patients Buy More Drugs Without Prescriptions · · Score: 1

    I never had a "fitting" appointment. One for an regular checkup and prescription adjustment, and that was that.

  23. Re:How about a study that shows.... on What Various Studies Really Reveal About File-Sharing · · Score: 4, Insightful

    And I may not disagree, but that sure as hell does not justify the lying, fraud, thuggery, bribery, and the rest of the long list of nasty things the **AA organizations have done. I daresay they've done far more damage overall than people downloading a few tracks.

  24. Re:Not hacking on 15-Year-Old Arrested For Hacking 259 Companies · · Score: 1

    Well, you can be an asshole if you just throw crap for defacement or you can be an asshole if you build your own custom software and find a new exploit to steal a bunch of SSNs for identity theft. Skiddie is almost universally negative, but someone could use such tools for a good cause. Shame that it's so rare.

  25. Re:Not hacking on 15-Year-Old Arrested For Hacking 259 Companies · · Score: 2

    I'd say it's more the level of understanding that differentiates. If you get the tools, have no idea how they work, don't care how they work, etc, then you're a skiddie. If you do know, understand, try to, maybe tinker with them on the lower levels, then maybe you're something more.