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  1. Re:US Metric System on Petition For Metric In US Halfway To Requiring Response From the White House · · Score: 2

    Err I'd disagree. Doing something better and more efficiently is by definition more advanced.
    Hence the easier unit conversions are by definition more advanced.

    Metric helps you not crash mars rovers in to the ground at a stupidly high speed.

  2. Re:Gee haven't heard that before... on Blizzard Reportedly Planning A Linux Game For 2013 · · Score: 2

    Err the code is already done and working? Doesn't exactly require much more time and money to tar it up and post it online.

  3. Re:Huh?? on Patent Troll Targeting Users of Scanners; Wants $1000/Employee · · Score: 3, Funny

    Err....what general legal logic?

  4. Re:Here it comes... on Scientology On Trial In Belgium · · Score: 1

    Yes. Christians have never actually realised that they believe in 3 gods so they still claim to be monotheistic.
    They aren't a particularly fast bunch. Wiki Trinity.

  5. Re:I don't understand the version control complain on Google Docs Vs. Microsoft Word: an Even Matchup? · · Score: 1

    No need to copy and paste. You can just restore the revision (unless you've made changes since that you want to keep).

  6. Too east on Ask Slashdot: What Was Your Favorite Web Comic of 2012? · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Best art in a web comic has to be http://xkcd.com/1110/

  7. Re:Specs, still on TI-84+C-Silver Edition: That C Stands For Color · · Score: 1

    Ah so its the buttons which cost 80% of the entire device.

  8. Re:Do you heat your house? on Is It Worth Investing In a High-Efficiency Power Supply? · · Score: 2

    Well technically the waste heat from a power supply is 100% efficient. Any inefficiencies from it producing heat are used to power the computer.

  9. Re:statement pulled from ass? on Hagfish Slime Could Make Super-Strong Clothes · · Score: 1

    Good thing no one carved something that looked like Mickey Mouse on a cave wall.

  10. Re:Industrial espionage on The Trouble With Bringing Your Business Laptop To China · · Score: 1

    Makes you want to do something funny like boot up OS/2 or put up a fake boot up sequence resulting in massive crashes unless it is you booting your computer.

    Bonus points if you activate the web cam and record the person's reaction.

  11. Re:Congress Sucks on Congressional Committee Casts a Harsh Eye On Vaccination Science · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Australia's health care system works pretty well.

  12. Re:Americans to cops: on Cops To Congress: We Need Logs of Americans' Text Messages · · Score: 2

    Yes but every single phone isn't tapped and recorded for 2 years.
    This is slightly different.

  13. Re:Holy shit on Inside the Raspberry Pi Factory · · Score: 2

    Yes its just you.

    You will always get shit code. Removing JS doesn't help that at all.
    Geocities caused horrible atrocities without any JS.

  14. Re: Homebrew on Cheap Indie Games Make Wii U a Better Value · · Score: 1

    There was quite a fun Tower Defence game on it which I burned quite a few hours on.

    The pity is its difficult to spend an awful lot of time working on a good game for homebrew when a tiny percentage of consoles can ever play it.

  15. Re:RURAL MEANS THE BOONIES !! on Least-Cost Routing Threatens Rural Phone Call Completion · · Score: 1

    Err isn't the entire point of the subsidized cost to make it affordable in rural areas?

  16. Re:ext4 unless there's a good reason not to. on Ask Slashdot: Best File System For Web Hosting? · · Score: 2

    ext2 which is what ext4 is based on beats xfs by a year. 19 years old. :)

  17. Re:Bing will save us all! on Notch Expands On 0x10c, Microsoft and Quantum Computing · · Score: 1

    Yes that birds eye (45 degree) shot does look clearer than Google.

    However Google kicks their butt by a big margin (IMHO) for top down view.
    I have no clue how they have clear 45 degree footage but over sharpened rubbish for top down.

  18. Re:Surprised? on Dell's Ubuntu Ultrabook Now On Sale; Costs $50 More Than Windows Version · · Score: 1

    Just a honest question, how many commits did they make? Where can we see their commits?

  19. Re:Curious how they did that ... on Swedish Stock Exchange Hit By Programming Snafu · · Score: 1

    Account balance = $100
    -6 * $16,000 $100
    Transaction approved

  20. Re:use mysql on Ask Slashdot: Which OSS Database Project To Help? · · Score: 1

    Yeah some of the quirks in that video are like Javascript's ones.
    They appear to be major wtf's however real world usage never hits them.

    The quality of a product isn't determined by the number of quirky edge cases it has.

  21. Re:Instead of flaming war between pro and antivacc on Researchers Investigating Self-Boosting Vaccines · · Score: 1

    Well in Australia, health care is free so if there are complications for whatever reason there is no financial impact.

    Our CSIRO does an awful lot of work with vaccines (most recent example is a vaccine for horses against the Hendra virus which can jump to humans) and they aren't financially motivated at all.
    I'm not 100% sure about our testing procedures however having the CSIRO involved maintains impartiality.

    If everyone did take vaccines for some of the more dangerous diseases we could add more diseases that have been wiped out in most of the world like Polio.
    Sure you don't have to take every single vaccine you can get your hands on, but I see the main ones as fairly crucial.

  22. Re:How to shred on Confidential Police Documents Found In Confetti At Macy's Parade · · Score: 2

    If you shred it and let it flutter down in to the incinerator it would probably burn quite vigorously.

  23. Re:Better get used to it, THQ on THQ Clarifies Claims of "Horrible, Slow" Wii U CPU · · Score: 1

    Why would they need it? My phone has 1gig of ram and I'm pretty sure it would not do anything with 16gig.

    Ram in devices except computers doesn't do anything beneficial if it isn't used.
    If they figure that maybe 0.1% of games would need 3gig of ram, then going for 2gig is a very sensible option.

    Remember that some Wii games are around the 200 - 300mb mark as well. You could easily load the entire disk in to memory.

  24. Re:Instead of flaming war between pro and antivacc on Researchers Investigating Self-Boosting Vaccines · · Score: 1

    Your 'Do no harm' doctrine is the cause of thousands of kids getting sick of preventable diseases.
    I'm not sure about you, but that seems to be causing an awful lot of harm.

    Are you disputing that vaccines work at all? Or just paranoid about possible side effects?

    Vaccines are taken by the vast majority of Australians. I don't know about the US.
    I have not heard of any ill effects on a wide scale from them. Just the standard effects of perhaps a mild fever after some (which is because you are fighting the virus).
    Personally I am up to date with all my vaccines that are recommended.

  25. Re:Well one thing is certain... on Fox News Parent NewsCorp May Face Corruption Investigation · · Score: 3, Informative

    I loved Futurama's return after being cancelled. They were quite blatant with the insults against Fox.

    http://www.comedycentral.com/video-clips/mw3sok/futurama-back-in-action
    http://theinfosphere.org/Box_Network