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  1. Re:Resolution on Surface Pro 3 Has 12" Screen, Intel Inside · · Score: 1

    Do you mean that the modern Windows (post-Vista, since this is what I have) can truly scale desktop apps, not just kinda-sorta scale the fonts with inconsistent results between apps using different APIs?

  2. Re:ARM is the new Intel on Intel Pushes Into Tablet Market, Pushes Away From Microsoft · · Score: 1

    What's the battery life for you?

  3. Re:Oh I see, portyanki are modding today on Russia Wants To Establish a Permanent Moon Base · · Score: 1

    No such option either, you asshole.

  4. Oh I see, portyanki are modding today on Russia Wants To Establish a Permanent Moon Base · · Score: 1

    And no, there's no "-1 Disagree" mod option.

  5. Re:There isn't enough rubles in Moscow on Russia Wants To Establish a Permanent Moon Base · · Score: 1

    You should tell it to those who suffer today (and who pay their taxes, too).

  6. Re:There isn't enough rubles in Moscow on Russia Wants To Establish a Permanent Moon Base · · Score: 1

    Well, I personally see invading Ukraine as another pointless mega-project.

  7. Re:There isn't enough rubles in Moscow on Russia Wants To Establish a Permanent Moon Base · · Score: 0

    There may be no ultimate solution to these problems. But, as I said already, there are lots of people here today who could be alive or not suffer as horribly as they do now. As long as we do have taxes, it's unethical to spend taxpayer money on moon flights and Olympics instead of this.

  8. Re:There isn't enough rubles in Moscow on Russia Wants To Establish a Permanent Moon Base · · Score: 0

    There are things that must be given a higher priority, given that extinction remains very much an improbable event, despite your evidence. Public health, roads, you name it. Heck, every day lots of people here die an extremely painful death from cancer because they cannot afford proper treatment. It's unethical to spend public money on travels to the Moon and other fancy toys like Olympics as long as these problems have not been solved.

  9. Re:There isn't enough rubles in Moscow on Russia Wants To Establish a Permanent Moon Base · · Score: 2

    The American people, and especially the American politicians, lack the will.

    As a Russian, that's probably good for you. I'd prefer my government not to spend awful lots of money on pointless mega-projects.

  10. Re:Snowden's leaks has gone off the rails on More On the "Cuban Twitter" Scam · · Score: 1

    I like how you're bitter about Maidan. But I have to agree with the wording you chose. It may or may not be the former or the latter, that's for sure.

  11. Re:Sneaky. on More On the "Cuban Twitter" Scam · · Score: 1

    Should the native government's propaganda be labeled that way, too?

  12. Re:Three interesting things on More On the "Cuban Twitter" Scam · · Score: 1

    Which also raises the question whether blocking social media is an act of censorship or an attempt to neutralize foreign involvement in internal affairs.

    It can well be both. And foreign involvement in the so called internal affairs can be a good thing, too. No, you are not free to oppress your own citizens. And no, the USA is not always in the right. But neither are the governments of the countries you listed.

  13. Re:They'll be printing money next! on The 3D Economy — What Happens When Everyone Prints Their Own Shoes? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Don't worry, the government will get involved much earlier. Since the shoes that you've 3D printed can be argued to be more valuable than the raw material, they'll just tax the difference.

  14. Re:Libreoffice? on Microsoft Launches Office For iPad: Includes Word, Excel, and PowerPoint · · Score: 1

    There is Softmaker Office for Android (commercial) which is said to be good. I personally use their Windows/Linux versions, and compatibility and interface-wise, they're the best.

  15. "Technical means" on Russian Army Spetsnaz Units Arrested Operating In Ukraine · · Score: 1

    "Technical means" is just "equipment".

  16. Re: Does Firefox still run on Win8 desktop UI? on Mozilla Scraps Firefox For Windows 8, Citing Low Adoption of Metro · · Score: 2

    Offtopic, but in addition to LibreOffice/OpenOffice.org, FreeOffice (the free version of Softmaker Office) is very handy. Download it at freeoffice.com.

    I mainly use Office 2003 with modern format addons, but also have LO and Softmaker Office Pro installed. The latter two saved me several times when Office 2003 freaked out on some docs.

  17. Re:Nobody cares on Ars Technica Reviews Leaked Windows 8.1 Update · · Score: 1

    This is emphatically NOT true. Softmaker Office is not based on OpenOffice.org at all. It is an independently developed software suite, even using a custom proprietary cross-platform widget set.

  18. Re:Nobody cares on Ars Technica Reviews Leaked Windows 8.1 Update · · Score: 1

    A great proprietary alternative to Microsoft Office is Softmaker Office. It is really the best in compatibility.

  19. Re:Where have we heard this before? on Russians Suspected of Uroburos Spy Malware · · Score: 1

    WTF? I mean, wouldn't then America be the trendy bad guy of that week, and not only in Russia?

  20. Re:Where have we heard this before? on Russians Suspected of Uroburos Spy Malware · · Score: 1

    Yeah, and a footcloth can have mod points, too, who woulda thunk?

  21. Re:Where have we heard this before? on Russians Suspected of Uroburos Spy Malware · · Score: 0

    It takes NOT to invade a neighboring country to avoid being a trendy bad guy of the week. Yeah, I know, that's too big a challenge for some.

  22. Re:NATO expansion. It's all that simple on WikiLeaks Cables Foreshadow Russian Instigation of Ukrainian Military Action · · Score: 1

    Go salmon up some tuna, you footcloth.

    CassidyJames is Putin's propaganda sockpuppet, and this is his first comment.

  23. Re:It's incredibly frustrating... on US Democrats Introduce Bill To Restore Net Neutrality · · Score: 1

    In what sense is it govenment-imposed? Do you mean some regulation or licensing? (I'm genuinely ignorant, being non-American.)

  24. Re:Will they also bill me? on Amazon: We Can Ship Items Before Customers Order · · Score: 1

    A culture implies a set of ethical and aesthetic values. Two cultures with opposite values are inferior from the POV of each other (there can't be any objective answer to that), just as within one culture a person is deemed inferior to the extent he/she is inclined to violate the ethical and/or aesthetic code of that culture. Not all cultural differences are seen as relevant from within the different cultures, and this is the extent to which multiculturalism can sustainably exist.

    The actual hypocrisy would be to claim that a culture with values substantially contrary to yours is equal to your own culture. By this you basically assert that you don't share your own values.

    Examples of cultures that I find inferior would be cultures where slavery, female genital mutilation, or shitting on the streets is practiced. The first two examples are inferior ethically, the last is inferior aesthetically.

  25. Re:Will they also bill me? on Amazon: We Can Ship Items Before Customers Order · · Score: 1

    Yep, in the modern usage, "racism" has become an umbrella term. I agree it's not the optimal situation. The provocative sig is partly about that.