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  1. Re:Pay more in taxes on Why Buy Microsoft Milk When the Google Cow Is Free? · · Score: 1

    My father is a retired teacher, and my wife is a teacher, so I'm very pro-teacher. That said, saying she'd rather see companies pay more in taxes ...I read it as, "we'd rather you give us more money so we don't have to learn how to use different software. I certainly don't think is fair to ask a company like Google to pay higher taxes so the school district can continue to spend money on Microsoft licenses, especially when they have a completing product that they're willing to offer for free. ...sounds like pure laziness.

  2. Re:Not the only reason..... on Why Buy Microsoft Milk When the Google Cow Is Free? · · Score: 1

    Have you even seen a modern distro's desktop? Practicallty every one I've used for the past 5 years has some sort of "Software Center" app for software installation that functions very much like iTunes or Google Play on iOS & Android. Open the "Software Center" app -> search for the application you want to install -> select it and enter your password to complete the installation. It's so easy, even a Windows user could do it.

  3. Affecting so many on Bing Censoring Chinese Language Search Results For Users In the US · · Score: 1

    Bing users...living in the U.S....who speak Chinese and no English. This has got to affecting a massive amount of users.

  4. Re: The move to Linux on Ask Slashdot: An Open Source PC Music Studio? · · Score: 1

    I haven't had any issues with Linux and NTFS support for years. I share files with Windows computers across a network all the time. Set up the share on the Windows computer, and mount the folder from Linux. Then you can save files to it as you would any other folder on your local computer.

  5. Re:The move to Linux on Ask Slashdot: An Open Source PC Music Studio? · · Score: 1

    I relocate a while back, and since that time most of my recordings have been basement home studio stuff. Along the way, I picked up a Phonic Helix Firewire 18 board to use as my audio interface. For what I've been recording, it does the job. I've had it recording 14 tracks at once, and neither it, nor the computer flinched. There are many inexpensive Firewire or USB audio interfaces that can handle most home recordings.

    I only use the Intel AD198x sound card for playback when I'm not recording.

    One other thing. I bought the Firewire board because I was using it with a Mac. Firewire on Linux can be a pain in the ass to get working. I spent a few frustrating evenings trying find the right combination of driver and JACK versions to get my working smoothly. You might consider USB as your first option.

  6. Re:The move to Linux on Ask Slashdot: An Open Source PC Music Studio? · · Score: 1

    My Ubuntu Studio machine is set up similar to this FYI...It originally came with Win 7 installed, but instead of using a VM, I just set it up as a dual boot system. I was afraid of what latency issues I might cause myself with a VM.

  7. The move to Linux on Ask Slashdot: An Open Source PC Music Studio? · · Score: 5, Informative

    I've been writing and recording since the early 80s. I own several computers and tonnes midi/audio recording software, (e.g. Protools, Cubase, Garage Band, Sonar, Sibelius...). I've also been using Linux on my desktop since Mandrake 7. Recently, I set up a computer with Ubuntu Studio, and I love it. I've barely touched any of the other systems since....mostly just to export tracks. There was a bit of a learning curve, but I'm finding that once I got the hang of using Jack, there was no turning back.

    Primarily, I'm using Ardour (http://ardour.org/features.html) for multi-track audio recordings (LV2, VST and LADSPA plugins are all supported), MuseScore (http://musescore.org/) for scoring, Timidity/Qsyth (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TiMidity%2B%2B) for MIDI tone generation.

    Also, I've never had any issues sharing tracks with users of other programs, nor have I had any issues exporting from other programs/platforms into those in Ubuntu Studio.

  8. Re:Cellphones during the movie was debated.... on Man Shot To Death For Texting During Movie · · Score: 1

    Cellphones during the movie was debated, but WEAPONS not?

    IF he was carrying legally, of course not. We dont debate the merits of cars when a drunk driver kills a family by doing stupid things with a car.

    bad people do bad things with inanimate objects. Talk about the REAL problem, (idiots) not the object.

    Right, guns don't kill people, people kill people...faster, more efficiently, and in greater numbers USING guns.

  9. Hello...tech support on Microsoft's New Smart Bra Could Stop You From Over Eating · · Score: 1

    > Hello, tech support...my Windows bra is not working.

    | Are you sure your bra is on?

    > Yes

    | Have you tried re-dressing?

    > Yes

    | Okay, let's try starting in safe mode...re-clasp the bra while tapping your left nipple

  10. It's a marketing problem on Hardly Anyone Is Buying 'Smart Guns' · · Score: 1

    These products are designed to sell to gun owners. Any product with "Smart" in the name is going to scare them off.

  11. Re:Looking at it wrong... on UN Debates Rules Surrounding Killer Robots · · Score: 1

    Right, everyone should own a killer robot. It's the only way to keep law abiding citizens safe.
    If we outlaw killer robots, only crimals will have them.

  12. Re:"Loaded and inflammatory" on RIAA Chief Whines That SOPA Opponents Were "Unfair" · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Yep, using the term "censorship" is "loaded and inflammatory"...unlike the term "pirate."

  13. Do they still make Windows? on What's Keeping You On Windows? · · Score: 1

    /s I don't game on my computer, so I can't speak to that, but all of the software that I use runs on *nix platforms. I switched years ago and never looked back. The only time I ever use a Windows machine is when I don't have access to a Mac or Linux box.

  14. Re:Follow the data! on New NASA Data Casts Doubt On Global Warming Models · · Score: 1

    Ha Ha! Yeah, you got me...except, I never claimed to be trying to disprove anything. I was simply asking a question.

  15. Re:Follow the data! on New NASA Data Casts Doubt On Global Warming Models · · Score: 1

    If it really has been the warmest decade on record, why would anyone need to study and publish research on why the Earth hasn't warmed since 1998?

    July 30, 2011
    "A new study demonstrates why global surface temperatures defied a decades-long trend and didn’t continue to rise between 1998 and 2008"
    http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/332152/title/Sulfur_stalls_surface_temperature_rise_

  16. Re:Goes to prove the point . . . on Gates: Not Much To Show For $5B Spent On Education · · Score: 1

    Guess I should have actually read my preview...should have said...

    - Children who grow up in a home with parents who value education do well in school. Children who grow up in home with parents that do not value education do poorly.-

  17. Re:Goes to prove the point . . . on Gates: Not Much To Show For $5B Spent On Education · · Score: 1

    Amen! Children who grow up in a home where with parents who value education do well in school. Children who grow up in home that do not value education do poorly. PERIOD. Highly trained teachers, smaller classrooms where children can get more individualized attention, better resources, can help, but not nearly as much as quality parenting.

    The highest performing school system in the state of Indiana is in a suburb just North of Indianapolis. It is a unionized public school system. Many of the poorest performing schools in the state are in downtown Indianapolis (both public and charters, btw). If one were to switch the populations around, (the suburban children were shipped into town, and the urban children shipped to the suburban school), there would be little, if any, change in the scores of either population...because, generally speaking, the suburban children are raised with the expectation that they will work hard in school, go on to college, and land a well paying job. Conversely, generally speaking, this is not the case for inner city school children.

  18. Re:$5B spent on education "reform" on Gates: Not Much To Show For $5B Spent On Education · · Score: 1

    That's funny...I remember, while searching for a job in 1999, seeing so many job postings with requirements that couldn't possibly be met. The one that made me laugh the most was..."job requires 15 years experience with Windows 1995." I actually emailed them and asked how one was to acquire 15 years of experience with a technology that was only 4 years old. They never did respond.

  19. Ah yes, I'm sure this is going to fix everything.. on Gates' Future of Education Straight Out of '60s · · Score: 1

    ...because having something available (educational videos) is automatically going to motivate a child to learn. The inner-city thugs will trade in their weapons for computer terminals and the back-woods yee-haws will all take up book-learnin.' Give me a break. Make these types of systems available, and students who want to learn will utilize them, those that don't won't. Anyone who wants to learn can learn, and no one can make someone learn who is not raised to see the value of an education. And that's the issue no one wants to touch...CULTURE. Sure, it's easy for some to talk about personal responsibility when we're discussing health care, but no politician has the balls to say, "If there are other children taking the same classes with the same teachers at the same school that are succeeding, and your child is failing, take some personal responsibility. It's your child. Be a parent. Make sure they're not skipping class...make sure their completing their assignments and turning them in on time...make sure their studying for tests. If your child is doing everything that is required of them in school, and they don't have a learning disability, then lets see if it's a problem with the school.

  20. Re:Ololololo on Scientists Cut Greenland Ice Loss Estimate By Half · · Score: 1

    ...This year we have had 3 investigations: All of which failed to turn up any evidence of scientific malpractice.
    It's interesting that the "skeptics" can't seem to explain the contradictions between their predictions and reality!

    fox guards hen house.

  21. Re:Science at work folks on Scientists Cut Greenland Ice Loss Estimate By Half · · Score: 1

    Ah yes, the AWG religion...

    * God=Gaia (Earth's Climate)
    * Prophets=Climate Scientists
    * Priests=Democratic Politicians
    * Prophecy Fulfillment=Any Natural Event Will Suffice
    * Oracles=Climate Models, Magic 8 Ball, Broken Clock
    * Gospel=All "Peer Reviewed" Scientific Papers, or Random Blogs that support, or can be manipulated to support, prophecy
    * Sins=Gluttony, Greed, Sloth
    * Divine Retribution=Everlasting Destruction, Fire and Brimstone
    * Basic Tenant=Man Is Sinful
    * Heretic="Believer" who questions any portion of Prophecy or Gospel
    * Infidel="Non-Believer" a.k.a (Ignorant Redneck, Republican, Big Oil Puppet...)

  22. TNT on Will Smith In For Independence Day 2 & 3 · · Score: 1

    Great! I'll give the thumbs up to any movie that will add to option of Saturday afternoon movies on the Will Smith channel (aka: TNT).

  23. StatCounter disagrees on IE 8 Is Top Browser, Google Chrome Is Rising Fast · · Score: 1

    According to the most recent StatCounter stats, Firefox 3.5 is the World's "most used" browser.

    http://gs.statcounter.com/#browser_version-ww-weekly-200827-200951

  24. Re:two possible futures now cut shorter.... on Universe Closer To Heat Death Than Once Thought · · Score: 2, Funny

    Only 22 billion years left? Nobody panic! ...We still have time to exit the Universe in a "disorderly" manner.

  25. I guess that answers the question... on Italian Scientists Put Robot Spiders In Your Colon · · Score: 1

    who put that bug up the boss's ass