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  1. Re:"Fgt fgt, bite my buuuutt" -- Po about Tinky Wi on The Boy Who Loved Batman · · Score: 1

    Ironically, the actress who played Po would go on to portray a lesbian in a British TV drama.

  2. Re:FFS. Steve Jobs is not god, you dimwits. on How Steve Jobs Changed Google Plus · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Apple themselves readily admit their own mistakes.

    "You're holding it wrong." "Just avoid holding it that way." "Upon investigation, we were stunned to find that the formula we use to calculate how many bars of signal strength to display is totally wrong."

  3. Re:Somewhat welcome news on Analyzing Climate Change On Carbon Rich Peat Bogs · · Score: 1

    It depends on the state. The North Carolina legislature, for example, has just thrown out any climate models that don't solely rely on historical data.

  4. Re:If they don't like it on A Day In the Life of a "Booth Babe" · · Score: 1

    Handy advice for all those laid off engineers around Silicon Valley I guess.

  5. Re:Fantastic. Now let's see NASA push further! on After Trip to ISS, SpaceX's Dragon Capsule Returns Safely To Earth · · Score: 1

    Or Mir, which has hosted 8 of the 10 longest spaceflights.

  6. Re:You WILL watch... on Designing the World's Tiniest Manned Suborbital Vehicle · · Score: 1

    You've been reading too much To Serve Man; humans aren't spam.

  7. Re:Good reason not to go there... on London Hacked Its Own Traffic Lights To Make Sure It Got the Olympics · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Oh, you mean British citizens also don't want to be held accountable for their government's actions, just like American citizens? Who knew?

  8. Re:So, they returned a server on FBI Caught On Camera Returning Seized Server · · Score: 4, Funny

    Apparently now they need to get a return warrant.

  9. Re:Men in Black? on FBI Caught On Camera Returning Seized Server · · Score: 1

    Because it would have totally been not suspicious if the server that was seized by the FBI was returned by some unknown guys in t-shirts and jeans?

  10. Re:School inquiry? on Automated Dorm Room Causes a School Inquiry · · Score: 1

    He's more than welcome to innovate. The issue is whether or not his modifications violated the terms of his dorm lease, which is ehy residence hall officials want to talk to him. For example, if you sign a lease contract that says you can't drill holes into the walls, and then your landlord heard from folks that you did that anyway, do you expect to be let off the hook for the damages because you've come up with a revolutionary new way of line-drying your laundry?

  11. If you had to wade through 30,000,000 returns... on Is Siri Smarter Than Google? · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...on the sort of basic questions Siri's capable of answering, something went horribly wrong with your query.

  12. Re:Fine, except... on Newspapers Pollute Less On E-Readers and Tablets · · Score: 1

    If you're fine with credential sharing, then yes, the New York Times allows you to access it on different devices. As for your Economist subscription, a digital subscription costs the exact same as a paper + digital subscription. If you don't need to read the paper version then going digital-only would reduce GHG emissions.

  13. Re:Many problems foreseen... on Pay Less If You're a Nice Person: Valve's Freemium Model For DOTA 2 · · Score: 1

    It wasn't a real system; he was just throwing ideas out there. The reason this was brought up (and this interview occurred LAST May) was simply an off-the-cuff example of a mechanism of rewarding players who give back to the community. The fact that they haven't actually implemented that exact system should clue you into a possible reason why they didn't actually do it.

  14. No need to worry. on Pay Less If You're a Nice Person: Valve's Freemium Model For DOTA 2 · · Score: 1

    It's not a real proposal; it was taken out of context (this Q&A happened months ago). He was just throwing things out there.

  15. Re:Number One! on 12 Ways LibreOffice Writer Tops MS Word · · Score: 1

    Ribbon? I just use keyboard shortcuts.

  16. Re:I'm confused on Zuckerberg Made Instagram Deal Alone · · Score: 1

    Because they originally wanted $2 billion. Seriously.

  17. Re:Continuing to split versions? on The Three Flavors of Windows 8 · · Score: 1

    >Then they should simplify since Apple shows it does a better job of making money.

    Apple does a better job of making money because they ignore the business market and sell consumer products at high margins; this isn't a criticism of them, but a statement of fact: Apple would never have done a $300 netbook.

    You know, Apple has separate two operating systems that share a good deal of code as well: OS X and iOS. Would we even be having this discussion if Metro wasn't in 8/8 Pro and Windows RT was officially called something like Leaf OS?

  18. From the article:

    But these outings were focused more on introducing the general public to the basic tasks of each organization. The proposed projects in the works now are being designed for trained professionals to further hone their skills.

    Not recruiting, training. The government has two options when it comes to employing virtual environments for training purposes: write their own specialized code, or take something from off-the-shelf and mod it.

  19. "Dont get me wrong, games can be high stress, but not nearly as high stressed as one wrong move and you cease to exist, games a have reset button and a spawn location"

    Well shit, I guess we better give up on all training because you can always restart a training session and it won't have as much urgency as the real thing.

  20. Re:Still working on it. on Chrome OS Introduces Aura Window Manager · · Score: 0

    "And since they were stupid enough to put Intel chips in the machines they don't even get a power/battery life advantage."
    Oddly enough, the latest Chrome OS prototypes that were leaked were running on ARM.

    "The problem is the whole net centrism of Chrome OS."
    The average computer user -- i.e., not you or me -- these days spends most of their time in the browser, so this really isn't as big a problem as you think it is... for the average computer user.

    "Don't think Chrome itself is available on Linux/ARM but the unofficial Chromium almost certainly is."
    Considering that most of the Chrome source code is drawn from Chromium project, calling Chromium "unofficial" is somewhat of an insult.

  21. Lenin was wrong. on GAO Sting Finds More Fake Military Parts From China · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Turns out, the capitalists won't be selling the rope with which they'll be hanged. They'll be paying for it themselves.

  22. "Anime and manga" on Canadian Charges Against US Manga Reader Dropped · · Score: 4, Informative

    From the press release: "Moreover, they should also be aware that although anime and manga is legal in many areas of the United States and Japan, etc., to possess and utilize..."

    The hell? Makes it sound like all anime and manga have naked children in them. Also, Matheson didn't get off scot-free: "Mr. Matheson has agreed to plead to a non-criminal code regulatory offense under the Customs Act of Canada."

  23. Re:Don't load real credit card number into iWallet on Apple Wins Patent For "iWallet" · · Score: 2

    "A more practical short term solution may be to use the debit card number for your checking account."

    That's a fantastically terrible idea. There's a lot of fewer protections if you debit card info gets swiped than for credit cards. You might as well use a prepaid cash card so that the only money you lose is whatever was on the card, and that's assuming you aren't able to revoke it.

  24. Re:Not *totally* drug resistant on Totally Drug-Resistant TB Emerges In India · · Score: 1

    "Overuse"? Preventative? Pray tell, what is the preventative function of taking antibiotics -- which kill bacteria -- to treat a cold, which is caused by viruses?

  25. Re:I want to die peacefully in my sleep like my Da on How Doctors Die · · Score: 2

    When you have two EMTs, there is no interruption. One guy does the compressions, whereas another uses an squeezable apparatus (the name escapes me at the moment) to pump air in.