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  1. Re:Someone actually listens to NPR? on Penny Arcade On NPR · · Score: 1

    You could also take from that study that people in the general populace who identify themselves as liberal as actually moderate. These terms just get thrown around with little meaning. People should identify themselves by the individual issues and not have an overall label.

  2. Re:Gee, thanks for the notice on Leap Second To Be Added Dec 31, 2008 · · Score: 1

    What?

    I don't even read the comments. What am I responding to?

  3. Re:Second! on Leap Second To Be Added Dec 31, 2008 · · Score: 1

    In other words, do not feed the puppies.

  4. Re:Packer on Walmart Photo Keychain Comes Preloaded With Malware · · Score: 1

    Limited to 2 GB? What resolution is this frame? You might try resampling the photos to that, because having the pictures at 4096×3072 or whatever won't make them look better, especially since the frame probably employs a shoddy algorithm for resizing them.

  5. Re:Only 52 hours of homework? on Microsoft Invents $1.15/Hour Homework Fee For Kids · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I did less than 52 hours of homework in the entire four years. I didn't get great grades, mind you, but I did pass. Getting high grades on tests was the key. I pissed a lot of teachers off that way because they all knew that I was intelligent and hated giving me low grades that didn't reflect that.

    My view on homework was that I didn't need it to learn the material, so I didn't do it. Homework should be optional and given as a resource to study with. Students need to learn to handle their own education. If a student doesn't use that resource and in turn gets bad grades it's their fault, and only then should it be manditory. The self-efficacy gained from this will be great later in life because they realize that they are in control of their life and learning will continue throughout it. Forcing homework on them will cause them to not know how to educate themselves and they'll end up learning nothing after high school.

  6. Re:Microcontroller? on DIY USB Servo-Guided Water Gun · · Score: 5, Informative

    Oh wait, nevermind, they're just trying to sell their kit. You might as well buy an Arduino since it's cheaper and has more applications. The only thing it lacks compared to the other is an LCD screen, but I figure it makes up for it by having a big community.

  7. Microcontroller? on DIY USB Servo-Guided Water Gun · · Score: 1

    I don't see why a microcontroller is necessary for this. There are much simpler and cheaper ICs to control servos.

  8. Re:Too Bad on Judge Rules Fox Has Copyright Claim To Watchmen · · Score: 1

    Wow, and I thought that Das Boot: The Director's Cut was long at 209 minutes. Apparently there's a 293 minute version too. Still it's better than the 80–90 minute shit that gets passed as movies all the time.

  9. Re:Hmmmm... on Thai Premier Spams Nation, Prompts Consumer Outcry · · Score: 2, Informative

    The charge is from the mobile network, not Saree.

  10. Registration required on Blind Man Navigates Obstacle Maze Unaided · · Score: 5, Informative

    From bugmenot.com:
    Username: arizonafrank
    Password: poochie

  11. Re:Hmm on Zoe's Tale · · Score: 1

    The only things that I can think of that come close are the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, which was great, but is more comedy than science fiction, and various Ray Bradbury works. I could see myself getting interested, howerver. Perhaps you could recommend something?

    And I would imagine that to an Anonymous Coward, "sitting back with Hemingway" implies some sort of innuendo that I dare not contemplate.

  12. Re:But What About The Children/Terrorists/Etc. on Security Flaws In Aussie Net Filter Exposed · · Score: 1

    I truly love any site where a serious analogy made to galactic governmental politics in a fictional work is rated informative. :-)

  13. Hmm on Zoe's Tale · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I feel as though I'm the only geek that doesn't read science fiction.

  14. Re:Don't take the bait on Chrome Complicates Mozilla/Google Love-In · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The only thing keeping me on Firefox is the complete lack of a standard interface in Chrome. Seriously, why can't it just look like every other program running on my computer? Instead of getting the Windows Classic interface that I have set, I get a huge chunk of Luna blue with a non-standard title bar, non-standard minimize and close buttons, and non-standard menus. It's fine to be innovative, but with interfaces I expect a bit of predictability.

  15. Re:Octopi are Awesome! on Octopuses Have No Personalities and Enjoy HDTV · · Score: 1

    Ha, if you visit the xkcd forums, you'll find that with each comic he draws come quite a few people saying, "Get out of my head!"

  16. Re:without any humans ever having been involved on Using Speed Cameras To Send Tickets To Your Enemies · · Score: 1

    And who conducted that study? I'm sure that the state has no interest in the state's interests, right?

  17. Re:Octopi are Awesome! on Octopuses Have No Personalities and Enjoy HDTV · · Score: 1
  18. Re:AI on The Slow Bruteforce Botnet(s) May Be Learning · · Score: 1

    Rarely is the question asked, "Is our botnets learning?" It is a question that we must face.

  19. Re:Novell already did this on New Contest Will Seek the Best "I'm Linux" Video · · Score: 1

    This is somewhat redundant, but you have a fucking great idea there. You might not be able to make a video out of it yourself, but try to push that idea where you can.

  20. Re:Wow on Diskeeper Accused of Scientology Indoctrination · · Score: 1

    It seems that Will Smith is a Scientologist too.

    I'm avoiding all of their movies.

  21. Re:Another Reason to Avoid Windows on Diskeeper Accused of Scientology Indoctrination · · Score: 1

    You know what the fun thing is? I agree with you.

    What? That's not very fun! I find disagreements much more fun, especially when they turn violent.

    To get it started: vi sucks.

    Good day.

  22. Re:Film and TV producers also call for action on RIAA To Stop Prosecuting Individual File Sharers · · Score: 1

    My point was that you shouldn't expect to make more money by learning a language solely on the basis that it's popular for college students, though I can see the usefulness of learning varieties of Chinese and Arabic.

    I remember that approximately a fourth of students learning a foreign language in high school were learning German, and out of those that I asked why, I never got a good explanation. None of them was moving to Germany, and none of them was planning on a career that relates to Germany or German-speaking people outside of the ordinary. Usually it was only because they were of German heritage or because it sounded cool/angry. College would be a bit different because it could be assumed that if they were paying to learn the language then there would probably be a good reason, but probably not much since it might be a required class.

  23. Re:Film and TV producers also call for action on RIAA To Stop Prosecuting Individual File Sharers · · Score: 1

    Learning Latin will improve my income? The only thing you would get out of that is possibly a minor understanding of the roots of some words in the romance languages. You might as well go all out and learn Proto-Indo-European.

    You won't make more money by learning a language just because its class is popular for American college students.

  24. Re:Just look for the Chinese restaurants on RIAA To Stop Prosecuting Individual File Sharers · · Score: 1

    Sorry, but I don't really understand. You give a story about how the people spoke English and that makes Chinese useful? Or were those quotes supposed to be the translation of the Chinese they were speaking?

  25. Re:Film and TV producers also call for action on RIAA To Stop Prosecuting Individual File Sharers · · Score: 1

    I spilled espresso on my desktop once, and it was very difficult to clean it up, especially the keyboard.

    Wait, Esperanto?