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  1. Re:KUTMSN on Microsoft Axing Messenger On March 15th · · Score: 2

    Agreed. I'm on two private networks for my employer, and two public networks. Total of 27 channels, for various purposes from socialization to design or problem response. Works great.

  2. Re:Gee haven't heard that before... on Blizzard Reportedly Planning A Linux Game For 2013 · · Score: 1

    What you say is somewhat true for open source applications, though variations in drivers, kernel versions, and graphics managers make it non-trivial. But for binaries, which are released pre-compiled, things are a little more complicated.

  3. Re:It's Japanese, not French on Brewing Saké in Texas for Fun and Profit (Video) · · Score: 1

    People say "A drink, please" or "Another round", which is similar...

  4. Re:And nothing of value was lost on Why Do You Want To Kill My Pet? Zynga Shuts Down PetVille, 10 Others · · Score: 1

    The slot machine at least has a chance at payout.

  5. Re:Government goes with lowest cost on Lockheed, SpaceX Trade Barbs · · Score: 1

    He said financial cost. Not cost in lives.

  6. Re:Definitely NOT Earth 2 on Possible Habitable Planet Just 12 Light Years Away · · Score: 1

    That is only the case if it is the same size as earth. If it is larger the effective weight will be lower.

  7. Re:A shame on Google Nixes Some Calendar Features and Other Software Offerings · · Score: 1

    They are switching their servers. Hopefully more clients will follow. The servers support more than one protocol.

  8. Re:Spy? C'mon on Google Nixes Some Calendar Features and Other Software Offerings · · Score: 2

    This really doesn't look much like legalese to me. Seems a lot like plain english. Let me guess, you never actually read it? http://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/

  9. Re:Remove the obvious structural weaknesses on White House Must Answer Petition To 'Build Death Star' · · Score: 1

    Perhaps it has to do with something like phases or synchronizing the peaks and valleys in current to keep the targeting systems aligned. I know that it's harder to power things from multiple sources, it's why buildings usually have one entry point for power, and use batteries and a switch box for the generator instead of just leaving it all linked up all the time. It's one of the complexities in having wind and solar power at your home. And that's just tying it into the grid. If you're talking about providing possibly differing amounts of power to super lasers targeting something in front of your very expensive weapon you could knock off alignment of the blast.

  10. Re:New features on Google Nixes Some Calendar Features and Other Software Offerings · · Score: 1

    Then encourage your app provider to support the open standard if they do not already. Or switch to an app that supports it. Or write an app that supports it. Or switch to a provider that supports it, like my employer, Rackspace where it's about $3/mo for a mailbox. They were having to pay licensing fees. They got tired of it. So you can pay the licensing fees, through paying for the service, or you can switch to a different app.

  11. Re:Spy? C'mon on Google Nixes Some Calendar Features and Other Software Offerings · · Score: 1

    Everyone aggregates your data and then make business decisions off of it. It's the way of the world now. Based on housing prices, average income, population, cultural diversity, etc, is how a lot of businesses decide where to open up new branches. They don't just drop a pin on a map and hope. They aggregate data about groups of people and then target them to sell things to them. It's how the world works. See also: Preferred Customer Cards and your online puchasing accounts.

  12. Re:A shame on Google Nixes Some Calendar Features and Other Software Offerings · · Score: 2

    They're getting rid of the "Exchange nonsense". They're switching from the exchange MAPI protocols to open protocols.

  13. Re:You just have to use the gmail app for push on Google Nixes Some Calendar Features and Other Software Offerings · · Score: 2

    Since it's an open source protocol, your other mail apps are welcome to implement the feature. Or you could switch to one that supports open source protocols for all your email. Perhaps contacting the developer might help?

  14. Re:New features on Google Nixes Some Calendar Features and Other Software Offerings · · Score: 1

    You're not losing the calendar. They're just switching to an open source alternative to microsoft's proprietary connection protocol.

  15. Re:This on White House Must Answer Petition To 'Build Death Star' · · Score: 1

    Yep. We'll get a carefully worded letter stating "We heard you. Vote for us. Now, bugger off."

  16. Re:This on White House Must Answer Petition To 'Build Death Star' · · Score: 1

    Which is why they never let the gungans into politics before that...

  17. Re:HALOPERIDOL on White House Must Answer Petition To 'Build Death Star' · · Score: 1

    There were probably about as many boats capable of making the cross-atlantic voyage as there are craft capable of delivering payload to space right now: not that many. But just as we did there, we'll make more of them, and then more efficient ones, and then one day people will look back and wonder "gee, I wonder why they didn't get out here a thousand years earlier. There weren't *that* many technological hurdles..."

  18. Re:Question on Schmidt On Why Tax Avoidance is Good, Robot Workers, and Google Fiber · · Score: 2

    The Fair Tax is a sales tax, but it gives the same refund check to every American citizen from Bill Gates to a single mom of four, based off the entire amount of taxes that they household would pay if they were earning money to live at the poverty level. That means if you live below the poverty level, you pay negative taxes. At the poverty level, no taxes. At double the poverty level, half taxes. And as you approach "omgwtfbbq-super-rich" it approaches, but never touches the rate of 23.5%. No other tax breaks, loop holes, etc, and we can get rid of the IRS and replace it with a much more efficient system to collect taxes from businesses and track the households to return the refunds to. It's very progressive, not at all regressive. Perhaps you'd like to read more about it?

  19. Re:Remove the obvious structural weaknesses on White House Must Answer Petition To 'Build Death Star' · · Score: 2

    Different classes of reactor are different sizes. The main reactor in the Death Star was a super efficient class of reactor only otherwise used (IIRC) on the Star Dreadnaughts. They needed a single huge reactor like that to power the main gun.

  20. Re:Remove the obvious structural weaknesses on White House Must Answer Petition To 'Build Death Star' · · Score: 1

    Womp rats are a 6' long pest that attacks travelers and carries pestilence. Keeping their numbers down is an act of civil service. Also, the blankets they make are warm on those cold desert nights.

  21. Re:Question on Schmidt On Why Tax Avoidance is Good, Robot Workers, and Google Fiber · · Score: 2

    Start calling them out on the treason that is accepting bribery. Stop voting for the parties in power, and start voting for those that would change things. Looking at parties that support the Fair Tax or one of the more flat taxes is a good start.

  22. Re:WTFGA on LG Introduces Monitor With 21:9 Aspect Ratio · · Score: 1

    I have a normal one 23" on turned sideways on the right which I use for terminals and web browsers and it works fine. Just a regular widescreen.

  23. Re:WTFGA on LG Introduces Monitor With 21:9 Aspect Ratio · · Score: 1

    Not so strange when you take into account economies of scale. Just about everyone I've shown split screen features in Win 7 has loved it. One window to the left, and one to the right, both tall and relatively narrow, meaning they can research while typing, or keep up facebook while browsing pinterest. Myself, I use multiple monitors for work (and don't use windows) but the point stands that different people have different needs, but most people are pleased when you give them the ability to have multiple windows.

  24. Re:WTFGA on LG Introduces Monitor With 21:9 Aspect Ratio · · Score: 1

    Why not get the bigger monitor, and then fix the ratio of the window of the app to the 4:3 ratio you desire (at 1440 px wide) and then use the other 540 pixels for something tall and narrow like stock tickers or status graphs or rss feeds or something else your company might find useful? You end up with a slightly larger, and higher resolution view of the information you were looking for, and have room to use other things? Or was it poorly designed and only works full screen?

  25. Re:water is wet on How Corruption Is Strangling US Innovation · · Score: 1

    I hate to break it to you, but there was a small matter at a theatre...