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  1. Re:Proactive on Is Innovation the Most Abused Word In Business? · · Score: 2

    At least you'll die with clear skin...

  2. Re:I'm confused. on Microsoft Denies Windows 8 App Spying Via SmartScreen · · Score: 1

    Is this your entry to the English grammar obfuscation contest? Wow, my head hurts.

  3. Re:I wonder what a beowulf cluster of these would on Ask Slashdot: Best Use For an Old Smartphone? · · Score: 1

    DistCC cluster for native arm/android compiling

  4. Re:Apple store? Really? on Samsung Opens New Apple Store In Australia · · Score: 1

    I've been here for almost 2 decades :) With the exception of the stores that they cram into old tatami stores, you're right. All the ones where I live are pretty big.

  5. Re:Apple store? Really? on Samsung Opens New Apple Store In Australia · · Score: 3, Informative

    Looks like a standard Japanese cell phone shop to me. Nothing innovative there.

  6. Re:Definitely Unfinished on Only English Final Fantasy 2 NES Cartridge On Sale for $50K · · Score: 1

    The character's name is "Guy". In Japanese it says "Guy" also.

  7. Re:Old Idea on Ask Slashdot: Using a Sandbox To Deal With Spambots? · · Score: 1

    I just make it so someone has to have at least 2 manually approved comments or posts in order to be able to post automatically. No spam after that that isn't automatically captured. Just gotta clean out the posts every once in a while.

  8. Re:First steps in reverse engineering on Ask Slashdot: Understanding the SNES? · · Score: 1

    The ASVAB is a placement test. Depending on your scores in various areas, it makes it easier for them to place you based on your answers for mechanical, electrical, language ability, math skills, etc...

    It isn't a test like say, the SAT, it's more of an aptitude test.

    ASVAB: Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery

  9. Re:The Golden Girls wish you a great day! on How Haiku Is Building a Better BeOS · · Score: 1

    That's not a haiku
    please try harder next time k?
    i end this debate

  10. Re:$10,000 CHALLENGE to Alexander Peter Kowalski on Bedrock Linux Combines Benefits of Other Linux Distros · · Score: 1

    Wow. The perfect mix of trolls. Timecube, mycleanpc, gnaa, apk... this is great!

  11. Re:Of course it should be made public on Microsoft, IBM Want to Seal Patents Agreements With Samsung · · Score: 1

    A pram is a type of baby carriage.

  12. Re:Partisan content? on NBC Purchases MSNBC Rights From Microsoft · · Score: 1

    History Channel?

  13. Re:Much better than Google's approach on MIT Creates Car Co-Pilot That Only Interferes If You're About To Crash · · Score: 5, Informative

    Actually, the autopilot will usually take you to the "minimums" which is usually set to several hundred feet above the deck at which point, an audible alarm is sounded "Minimums!" and the pilot is expected to take over the throttles and yoke. If that does not happen, the AP will make an attempt at landing using nothing but the ILS and glidescope, provided you are nav and gs captured (which you should be while landing).

  14. Re:whales on Sea Level Rise Can't Be Stopped · · Score: 1

    You marinate your hippies in beef and oyster sauce too? Wow, what a weird coincidence...

  15. Re:Hopefully... on Julian Assange Served With Extradition Notice By British Police · · Score: 1

    Actually, your assumption is wrong. My email is owned by a private entity. Myself. The government is a public entity, hence, the running of the government and it's actions should be available for public review. That is the assertion being made.

  16. Re:One acknowledges the existence of the other on Belief In Hell Predicts a Country's Crime Rates Better Than Other Factors · · Score: 3, Informative
  17. Re:Public Restroom Announcements on A Faster Jigsaw Solving Algorithm · · Score: 1

    Twice. Both times it turned out badly. I recommend against this.

  18. Gotta love this on Pro-ACTA Site Says 'Get the Facts' · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Members of Europe's Parliament have come under considerable pressure to "look the other way" on the fight against counterfeiting and piracy - a global problem that impacts virtually every product category in every sector worldwide.

    If that "considerable pressure" is being brought by the people who live in the EU, then perhaps it's not something they want. Why pass laws that nobody who lives in the EU wants? Doesn't sound like this is in the best interest of the population in Europe...

  19. Re:I wonder on Emacs 24.1 Released · · Score: 0

    Hmm....

    root@www:~# time emacs -nw -Q --eval "(kill-emacs)"
    -bash: emacs: command not found

    real 0m0.001s
    user 0m0.000s
    sys 0m0.000s
    root@www:~# time vi -nw -Q --eval ":q"
    VIM - Vi IMproved 7.2 (2008 Aug 9, compiled Jul 12 2010 02:35:13)
    Unknown option argument: "--eval"
    More info with: "vim -h"

    real 0m0.004s
    user 0m0.004s
    sys 0m0.000s
    root@www:~# apt-get install emacs
    Reading package lists... Done
    Building dependency tree
    Reading state information... Done
    The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
        webmin-virtual-server-mobile usermin-virtual-server-mobile
        webmin-virtualmin-dav webmin-virtualmin-svn
    Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
    The following extra packages will be installed:
        anthy-common emacs23 emacs23-bin-common emacs23-common emacsen-common
        libanthy0 libcroco3 libfribidi0 libgif4 libgsf-1-114 libgsf-1-common
        libm17n-0 libotf0 librsvg2-2 m17n-contrib m17n-db
    Suggested packages:
        emacs23-common-non-dfsg emacs23-el m17n-docs librsvg2-bin gawk
    The following NEW packages will be installed:
        anthy-common emacs emacs23 emacs23-bin-common emacs23-common emacsen-common
        libanthy0 libcroco3 libfribidi0 libgif4 libgsf-1-114 libgsf-1-common
        libm17n-0 libotf0 librsvg2-2 m17n-contrib m17n-db
    0 upgraded, 17 newly installed, 0 to remove and 27 not upgraded.
    Need to get 28.7 MB of archives.
    After this operation, 98.7 MB of additional disk space will be used.
    Do you want to continue [Y/n]? n
    Abort.
    root@www:~#

    Wow. 98.7 megs for emacs? Really? vim is like what? almost 2 megs?

  20. Re:Obligatory question on South Korea Surrenders To Creationist Demands On Evolution Textbooks · · Score: 1

    And if you'd care to explain how sexual reproduction...

    I know we're all slashtards here, but still. A car analogy if you will:

    Say you want to make a car. It can be simply an engine with wheels right? Then, you need some more fine speed control so you add a transmission. Oh, and you'd like to steer a bit better so instead of a lever connected directly to the wheels you come up with a gearing system. Ahh, need to stay out of the rain and such, so let's add a roof. Oh, want to stop? Brakes are a good thing. Let's develop those too. Hmm, seems hitting objects at high speed are detrimental to the people inside the car. Let's add seat belts too. Oh, want to get out? Let's add doors! It goes on and on...

    Just taking individual parts of a car and saying "None of the systems can exist without the others so they must have been `designed` at the same time to work together" is just bullshit.

  21. Re:Obligatory question on South Korea Surrenders To Creationist Demands On Evolution Textbooks · · Score: 4, Informative

    SO... What facts do you think creationism either gets wrong or ignores?

    There are no creationist facts. Name one. Go ahead, I'll wait.

    With facts on one side (science) and no facts on the other side (creationism), how do you expect to make a comparison?

  22. Re:half a day: excellent battery life ? on LG Aims To Beat Apple's Retina Display · · Score: 1

    Except for the battery life, you're looking for the Casio G'z One.

    Also, my au IS03 (Android) by Sharp had the retina display in it when I bought it 2 years ago.

  23. Re:Quite nice from Osaka this morning on Rare 'Annular Solar Eclipse' Tonight · · Score: 1

    Yup, good here in Okinawa as well. I snapped about 350 pics. Can't wait to get home from work and get to processing them...

  24. Re:Douglas Adams Edition Pulsar on Ask Slashdot: Wrist Watch For the Tech Minded · · Score: 5, Informative

    Geek watch? Check. Good Looking? Check. Conversation Piece? Check.
    http://www.firebox.com/product/3525/Devon-Tread-1-Watch

  25. Re:A high schooler? on Judge to Oracle: A High Schooler Could Write rangeCheck · · Score: 1

    Depends, is it a meter stick or a yard stick?