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  1. Re:Meh on Bring Back the 40-Hour Work Week · · Score: 1

    Brilliant. The "It doesn't happen to me, so you must be the problem" retort.

  2. Re:Visual Studio, stupid on Wine 1.4 Released · · Score: 1

    I've been able to use VB6 and VC++6 in WINE forever. There are hurdles, however. WINE doesn't have a MSVBVM60.dll replacement, so you need this for VB6. VC++6 has SOME issues with cross-process debuggering, especially when mixing windows threads with COM's apartment threading.

  3. Re:This isn't nearly as bad as the division bug on AMD Confirms CPU Bug Found By DragonFly BSD's Matt Dillon · · Score: 2

    Yes really. From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_754:

    Finite numbers, which may be either base 2 (binary) or base 10 (decimal). Each finite number is described by three integers: s = a sign (zero or one), c = a significand (or 'coefficient'), q = an exponent. The numerical value of a finite number is (1)^s × c × b^q
    where b is the base (2 or 10). For example, if the sign is 1 (indicating negative), the significand is 12345, the exponent is 3, and the base is 10, then the value of the number is 12.345.


    The coefficient can always represent a whole integer without rounding errors.

  4. Re:This isn't nearly as bad as the division bug on AMD Confirms CPU Bug Found By DragonFly BSD's Matt Dillon · · Score: 1

    I spent a summer of working and saving to buy myself a copy of PDS (QuickBasic) 7.1. Back then, I preferred it, as I previously grew with GWBasic->QBasic->QuickBasic. Severely limited, I wouldn't call it. Its graphic routines were amazingly simple and was taken care of by the runtime. The floating point on it, while slow, didn't suffer from what C/C++ and likes had with inaccurate representations. With the right compiler settings and good structure, your executable could be "C/C++ fast", or likely came close enough. Also, you can take a C/C++ .lib file and convert it to a .qlb file, which imported the libraries functions right into the project. And ultimately, if you REALLY needed to get nitty gritty, You could have always use CallAbsolute() to call in memory segments of code (granted, you had to compile asm outside of the project, but the fact that a BASIC could do such was good enough for me). The only real thing I longed for was an actual class type definition.

  5. Re:Not smart Enough? on Scientists Say People Aren't Smart Enough For Democracy To Flourish · · Score: 1

    Personally, I have a ... thing ... where I have to go exactly the speed limit. Sure, I'm an asshole just as much as the dick tailgating me or the grandma I can't pass. My point being, people take the "left lane is for us passers!" wrongly, because there is scenarios where the left lane can't be a passing lane. You imply that this is the 1%, but this is true for every 4+ lane road in Florida I have ever seen.

  6. Re:Not smart Enough? on Scientists Say People Aren't Smart Enough For Democracy To Flourish · · Score: 0, Troll

    Driving in the left lane but not passing anyone. (you should be in the right most lane unless you are passing or making room for someone merging in)

    Wrong. Not all left lanes are passing lanes. Plenty are turning lanes. Turning lanes, by definition can't be passing lanes, because the traffic patterns for turning vehicles kills any chance so safely passing anything.

    Also, your gripes infer that people just aren't going as fast as you want to go. Are you sure they are the problem?

  7. Re:im not sure we should promote terrorism on Leaked Assassin's Creed 3 Screenshots Show American Revolution · · Score: 1

    How is experiencing a moment in history, in a video game, admiration of the actions?

  8. Re:What do you run internally? on Ask Slashdot: What Is the Best Distro For Linux Lessons? · · Score: 0

    One of the reason Windows is popular in companies is because they have really bloody good development tools, as well as drag-and-drop widgets/libraries to interface with their "platforms"

  9. Re:Will be worse with self-driving cars on Car Hacking Concerns On the Rise · · Score: 3

    Just because the software for a system can be compromised doesn't mean that you can make it grow legs and breath fire

  10. Re:What are the chances on One In Eight Chance of a Financially Catastrophic Solar Storm By 2020 · · Score: 1

    So the risk is spread evenly, at remarkably convenient divisions of one year? Back to math class for you!

  11. Re:"Unlimited data" on After Complaints, AT&T Solidifies, Increases Data Limit · · Score: 1

    Ok, so you point out that they may be using the ambiguity of WHICH [speed/bandwidth] is unlimited, however, as you imply it means "speed", speed isn't unlimited either. You are LIMITed by the technology of the wireless network.

  12. Re:"Unlimited data" on After Complaints, AT&T Solidifies, Increases Data Limit · · Score: 1

    We watch Netflix/Hulu in 4 different rooms in the house (no cable/satellite tv). Throw that on top of having a VPN connection to the office to do work, I can easily break that. What I am doing may appear "excessive", but more and more people will be doing the same things in the future.

  13. Re:Not to mention the Streisand Effect on Spanish Company Tests 'Right To Be Forgotten' Against Google · · Score: 4, Funny

    Sure, that worked when they renamed Camp Crystal Lake to Forest Green

  14. Re:Why are people surprised? on Facebook Denies Accessing Users' Text Messages · · Score: 2

    FYI, "grow" isn't perfectly synonymous with "increase", AND you sound like a poser.

  15. Re:windows only app up on Intel Joins LibreOffice · · Score: 1

    How many people go out of their way to buy a custom motherboard vs. some OEM prefab machine? Of those, how many are going to follow such a niche as Splashtop (let alone understand it)? Where exactly is the motivation (financial or otherwise)?

  16. Re:The Mayans were not "killed off" on Study Suggests Climate Change-Induced Drought Caused the Mayan Collapse · · Score: 2

    Propaganda from Wikipedia: "Propaganda is a form of communication that is aimed at influencing the attitude of a community toward some cause or position."

    Ok, I'll bite. Why would there be motivation to spread propaganda about the Mayans being killed off?

  17. Re:Hate crimes... on Dharun Ravi Trial: Hate Crime Or Stupidity? · · Score: 2, Informative

    According to Rick Santorum, you can just stop being gay, so this guy brought it on himself!

  18. Re:Won't someone think of the children? on NYC To Release Teacher Evaluation Data Over Union Protests · · Score: 2, Insightful

    The solution isn't that clear cut. In Florida (at least where I lived), we were allowed to choose any school we wanted for the child, so long as it was within their little district/area. What ended up happening is the more well off families filled the new, nice, "good" schools and all of the children with broken/criminal/poor families populated the one or two schools that were left at the end. Your solution may solve YOUR problem in your head, but it completely ignores any ramifications of such an act.

  19. Re:Won't someone think of the children? on NYC To Release Teacher Evaluation Data Over Union Protests · · Score: 0, Troll

    It is irresponsible and dangerous for a teacher to get involved like that. He isn't a bouncer and there is a messload of potential casualties around. It was an attempted stabbing. Call 911 and do your best to protect the others.

  20. Re:The lesson here isn't about free speech on Man Ordered To Apologize To Wife On Facebook · · Score: 1

    This is only true if sound is recorded. That is what is known as a two party consent. Both parties must be aware of the recording if it is deemed legal evidence.

  21. Re:Apache Never Again on Apache 2.4 Takes Direct Aim At Nginx · · Score: 1

    I don't know why anyone listens to assholes like you. "I never had a problem so you must suck enough to be pinned to the shit of the profession" bullshit isn't a valid retort at all. It is bullying in hopes to win your online cock-affirmation.

  22. Re:INspector is Right on School Sends Child's Lunch Home After Determining it Unhealthy · · Score: 1

    Get the average kid to drink water, let alone constantly. You won't do it! Apparently from some other post, milk should be thought twice about as well. What do you expect these kids to drink that isn't seen as OMGPOISONRUNNNN!!!!11

  23. Re:INspector is Right on School Sends Child's Lunch Home After Determining it Unhealthy · · Score: 2

    This is the second post about how milk is ~unnecessary~. Some people will argue so is meat. Hell, so is fish, and just about anything else. I'm truly curious as to why milk is targeted? Will kids be better off drinking kool-aid? Tang? Orange Juice? coffee? Dr Pepper?

  24. Re:BOGUS STORY on School Sends Child's Lunch Home After Determining it Unhealthy · · Score: 3, Informative

    The fats in milk promote mental development, the calcium is a good source for GROWING bones, and the protein of both helps GROWING muscles. These kids are GROWING. They need a little bit of everything and a bit more of a few of them

  25. Re:What does this sentence mean? on Antibiotics Are Useless In Treating Most Sinus Infections · · Score: 1

    That has to be the worst idea I have heard all day. Making things illegal to force a person to act a certain way is, I am sorry, stupid. In this case, people would just buy antibiotics from shady drug manufacturer in Mexico. I think it would be more reasonable that a doctor would simply not see you anymore if you failed to listen to his/her instructions.