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  1. Re:Wait... What? on NASA To Catalog and Release Source Code For Over 1,000 Projects · · Score: 1

    But that cost $1 million and now it costs $300 to get it almost perfect. Billions of people having $300 computers has revolutionized the world.

  2. Re:so the new clock is 3x as accurate as the old o on New US Atomic Clock Goes Live · · Score: 1

    I thought you were being funny, but it turns out you're totally serious. I didn't know the current clock was that accurate.

  3. Re:Ah another seemingly benign NIST approved stand on New US Atomic Clock Goes Live · · Score: 1

    It's in the US. What do you think? Of course it's using that old "60 seconds in a minute, 60 minutes in an hour" bullcrap!

  4. Re:What about number-crunching performance? on .NET Native Compilation Preview Released · · Score: 1

    This only helps the first load. After that, either one should be the same if the JIT is worth anything.

  5. Re:So when is MS Office going to be built with .NE on .NET Native Compilation Preview Released · · Score: 1

    No, what failed was coming up with RT instead of just using .Net (and by that for ARM I mean Mono) to begin with.

  6. Re:It produces performance like C++ on .NET Native Compilation Preview Released · · Score: 0

    Given the number of unintended buffer overflows I've seen in C programs over the years, apparently so. BTW, I have never seen an unintended buffer overflow problem in C# or Java.

  7. Re:Holy **** did they get cheap fast on An SSD for Your Current Computer May Save the Cost of a New One (Video) · · Score: 1

    Yeah. Where will you ever come up with that $16?

  8. Re:how do you convince microsoft on An SSD for Your Current Computer May Save the Cost of a New One (Video) · · Score: 1

    Let's just say that you were lucky. I have re-authed Windows many times, just for changing the amount of RAM or the hard disk or network card.

  9. Re:Obviously? on An SSD for Your Current Computer May Save the Cost of a New One (Video) · · Score: 1

    Only time it was useful was on XP32. I could only see 3 GB of my 4 GB. I made a RAM disk out of the other 1 GB and put my swapfile, temp files and browser temp files on there. It was good to use the "unusable" RAM.

    I would say that most PCs would still benefit by putting their temporary internet files on a RAM disk.

  10. Re:Max RAM? on An SSD for Your Current Computer May Save the Cost of a New One (Video) · · Score: 1

    My laptop has 4GB and I notice. Luckily it has a 256GB SSD, but it's not as fast as my other machines with 8GB.

  11. Re:Max RAM? on An SSD for Your Current Computer May Save the Cost of a New One (Video) · · Score: 1

    Unless you're rendering or the like, the bottleneck now is internet connection.

    I have 100 Mbps, you insensitive clod!

  12. Re:Not only for Tesla or videos on 60 Minutes Dubbed Engines Noise Over Tesla Model S · · Score: 1

    Maybe they could all play "the hamster dance" song

    But only if you have a Kia wagon...

  13. Re:Because Hollywood. on 60 Minutes Dubbed Engines Noise Over Tesla Model S · · Score: 1

    As that higher frame rate becomes more common, more people's expectations will match yours...

    As accurate Foley sounds become more common, more people's expectations will match yours...

  14. Re:Because Hollywood. on 60 Minutes Dubbed Engines Noise Over Tesla Model S · · Score: 2

    Consider a scene where the Dukes are waiting by the side of the road, and leave in a hurry. They hop in their car, step on the gas, and rush off from a standstill. Sure, visually you can see it's a soft shoulder, but audibly, your brain hasn't bothered to think about dirt or gravel noises. The first sound most audiences associate with a fast departure like that is a squealing tire.

    This has actually been pointed out by everyone I know, including my kids. You're the only ones who think that we don't all notice and think it's totally wrong. Hence, you are a moron.

  15. Re:3 Companies on 60 Minutes Dubbed Engines Noise Over Tesla Model S · · Score: 1

    PayPal was good in the early days. Don't forget he sold it to eBay in 2002! That's when the problems started.

  16. Re:Meanwhile, BTC is down to around US$450, yet on China Cracks Down On Bitcoin, Cuts Off Exchanges' Bank Access · · Score: 1

    Yep. Because a secure worldwide ledger that can send large amounts of money anywhere in the world for free can be the basis of many a killer app. And once that killer app hits, the price will rocket through the stratosphere. Or it could never come, and then I will lose what I can afford to.

  17. Re:As they should... on China Cracks Down On Bitcoin, Cuts Off Exchanges' Bank Access · · Score: 1

    But you can never tell me the identity of a miner. (Well, the NSA probably could.)

  18. Re:Idiots: on China Cracks Down On Bitcoin, Cuts Off Exchanges' Bank Access · · Score: 1

    This. People keep asking me if I lost any bitcoins in the Mt. Gox fiasco. Um, no. Because I don't leave my bitcoins on exchanges. The wallet is pretty easy to use.

  19. Re:Chinese getting uncomfortable... on China Cracks Down On Bitcoin, Cuts Off Exchanges' Bank Access · · Score: 1

    Get out? Why? Bitcoin still has so far to go. Still haven't lost any money on it. BTW, did you hear that Bitstamp just started taking deposits in Yuan?

  20. Re:Chinese getting uncomfortable... on China Cracks Down On Bitcoin, Cuts Off Exchanges' Bank Access · · Score: 3, Informative

    Sure. When people are spending all their money building fake malls and fake cities, that's "totally working". [Thumbs up!]

  21. Re:longer to crack than the age of the universe? on NYU Group Says Its Scheme Makes Cracking Individual Passwords Impossible · · Score: 1

    Creationists believe the universe exists. But they probably think that Jesus is coming back a lot sooner than the average scientist. That's followed by a 1000-year reign of Christ on earth and then a "little while" longer. After that, the earth as it is now will be destroyed and everyone alive will live in a sinless place (the new earth, commonly referred to as "heaven"). So, most creationists probably only see this earth as existing for another 10,000 years, tops.

  22. No, because most of them would get network errors.

  23. If you limit people to 3-5 guesses through the interface, then how are they going to hack it?

  24. Re:Politcs vs. Science on NASA Halts Non-ISS Work With Russia Over Ukraine Crisis · · Score: 1

    No, because everybody hated Saddam.

  25. Re:So what was the problem again? on Indie Game Jam Show Collapses Due To Interference From "Pepsi Consultant" · · Score: 1

    Adriel is a woman. And she has things flying in space right now that are running her code. Saying that "her team is at a disadvantage" because she's a woman and "can she use her looks to win?" is completely insulting. She's there because she's really good.