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  1. Re:Aaaaaaannd..... on Let Spouses of H-1B Visa Holders Work In US, Says White House · · Score: 1

    Does Bob Eubanks do the questioning?

  2. Re:seems like a back door on Let Spouses of H-1B Visa Holders Work In US, Says White House · · Score: 1

    Meanwhile, speaking as an H1B worker,

    And what evidence do we have that you are, in fact, an H1B worker?

  3. Re:seems like a back door on Let Spouses of H-1B Visa Holders Work In US, Says White House · · Score: 1

    Believe me

    If you want us to believe you, you can start by not posting anonymously.

  4. Re:...and that costs? on Microsoft Cheaper To Use Than Open Source Software, UK CIO Says · · Score: 1

    But however much it costs, it's still easier to get support if more than one company can look at the source code.

  5. Re:Recruiting policy on Microsoft Cheaper To Use Than Open Source Software, UK CIO Says · · Score: 1

    OK, Yeah, because Canonical is the only company that can support Raring Ringtail. Nobody else could possibly read the source.

  6. Re: Windows Linux for small business on Microsoft Cheaper To Use Than Open Source Software, UK CIO Says · · Score: 1

    Then there's Excel, which is far, far easier to use than the Libre version.

    Not for everything. How do you get a function to return an array in Excel? In LibreOffice, you click a checkbox. In Excel, it's F2, then control-shift-enter.

  7. Re:Recruiting policy on Microsoft Cheaper To Use Than Open Source Software, UK CIO Says · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Yeah, because Ubuntu is the only company that can support Raring Ringtail. Nobody else could possibly read the source.

  8. Re:Primary school might be too late on Programming Education Making A Comeback In Primary Schools · · Score: 1

    Are all uses of degrees computationally complex?

  9. Re:Primary school might be too late on Programming Education Making A Comeback In Primary Schools · · Score: 1

    Should I do a 3.14159 from my previous statement?

  10. Re:Primary school might be too late on Programming Education Making A Comeback In Primary Schools · · Score: 1

    (b) learning angles, areas and volumes with degrees.

    How did you learn areas and volumes in terms of degrees?

    Radians are a far more intuitive concept.

    Radians are more intuitive with respect to some things, but degrees are better for discussing angles. 37 degrees is easier than its equivalent in radians,

  11. Re:Gates wants your children on Finding the Next Generation of Teachers With "Innovative Microsoft Ads" · · Score: 1

    Pay too well for a job and you get people interested only in the pay, not doing the job well.

    Do you include CEOs?

  12. Re:Gates wants your children on Finding the Next Generation of Teachers With "Innovative Microsoft Ads" · · Score: 1

    But to get their we would start by firing all the current teachers.

    To get their what?

  13. Re:Gates wants your children on Finding the Next Generation of Teachers With "Innovative Microsoft Ads" · · Score: 1

    Maybe your acquaintances are the exceptions.

  14. Re:Ivy League Schools on Minerva CEO Details His High-Tech Plan To Disrupt Universities · · Score: 1

    Which state governments are on the verge of collapse, and why?

  15. Re:Ivy League Schools on Minerva CEO Details His High-Tech Plan To Disrupt Universities · · Score: 1

    Manju, is that you?

  16. Re:Ivy League Schools on Minerva CEO Details His High-Tech Plan To Disrupt Universities · · Score: 1

    And what are state interests as opposed to the interests of a state's citizens?

  17. Re:It's a start on Windows 8.1 Update Released, With Improvements For Non-Touch Hardware · · Score: 1

    Ribbons do have some actual practical advantages over menus and toolbars. They dynamically and predictably scale to fill available screen space,

    Is this scaling an advantage? How does the ribbon know how much space is available? What if the user is running other programs?

  18. Re:Because... on Why Are We Made of Matter? · · Score: 1

    Dammit, Jim! I'm a doctor, not a spelling geek!

  19. Re:Ah, antimatter on Why Are We Made of Matter? · · Score: 1

    Couldn't you achieve the same effect by having sufficient gravity to break the electron shells?

  20. Re:Because... on Why Are We Made of Matter? · · Score: 1

    I don't think 1960s Michelle Nichols had to travel to an alternate universe to get hit on.

  21. Re:Ah, antimatter on Why Are We Made of Matter? · · Score: 1

    no electromagnetism to promote "clumping" into atoms

    The formation of nuclei with more than one proton requires the strong force.

  22. Re:Ah, antimatter on Why Are We Made of Matter? · · Score: 1

    Religion is a cheap thing.

    Have you seen the Vatican? Or Joel Osteen's safe?

  23. Re:Say what? on P vs. NP Problem Linked To the Quantum Nature of the Universe · · Score: 1

    What if nature is simply part of the universe, rather than a simulation of it?

    And are those laws written in some language?

  24. Re:Say what? on P vs. NP Problem Linked To the Quantum Nature of the Universe · · Score: 1

    If "nature" is really just a computer running a simulation that we live inside

    Then what is it simulating?

  25. Re:Linus is getting old and cranky on Linus Torvalds Suspends Key Linux Developer · · Score: 4, Interesting

    That's a feature, not a bug.