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  1. Re:Bandwidth? on New Rules From the FCC Open Up New Access To Wi-Fi · · Score: 1

    Unfortunately, you just described 'the fear of thousands of unorganized Lilliputians', not 'the fear of God.'

    OK, let me be more specific then: the fear of the DOJ.

    And it worked well enough with AT&T until the big push for de-regulation started again.

  2. Re:apple? on Documents Indicate Apple Is Building a Self-Driving Car · · Score: 1

    And after the first dozen accidents, Apple will trot out experts who claim that the 'drivers' were 'sitting in it wrong' and iCar 8 will fix the problems current drivers are having, but you'll need a new car to get the benefits. Plus, you won't be able to drive and listen to music at the same time, and if you buy the car with an AT&T plan, you'll only be able to drive 50 miles a week before you have to pay for more mileage.

    Plus, every OS update will make your car run slower.

  3. Re:Bandwidth? on New Rules From the FCC Open Up New Access To Wi-Fi · · Score: 1

    You will not see community wireless internet spring up not unless city hall is burned down and the mayor and all the council are in stockades on the lawn being pelted with rotten food.

    Or, we won't see community wireless until the 3 biggest telecoms are broken up into itty bitty pieces and prosecuted for anti-competitive practices.

    Nothing like putting the fear of God into big, shitty companies to make things better quickly.

  4. Re: Who would name a phone that? on Commodore Smartphone Hits Trademark Opposition · · Score: 1

    It's Sinclair... That was my first computer. :)

    My first computer was ENIAC. I'm hoping they make an ENIAC phone.

  5. Re:Thanks anonymous reader! on How to Quash Firefox's Silent Requests · · Score: 1

    You think this'll change back when Firefox updates?

  6. You wouldn't have pretty game graphics if it wasn't for people who obsessed over datapath architecture.

    They're outsourcing all the obsessing over datapath architecture.

  7. Re:Fuck you, Cridland on UK Industry Group Boss: Study Arts So Games Are Not Designed By 'Spotty Nerds' · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Hey feminists, see that? That's how people treat us.

    "Us"? Which "us" are you talking about, game designers or spotty nerds?

  8. Is it just me, or do these two ideas seem contradictory?

    It couldn't be more contradictory unless he made it, "designed by a spotty nerd with nice straight teeth".

    Where is this Brit planning on importing all the game designers from?

  9. Re:Spotty Nerds? on UK Industry Group Boss: Study Arts So Games Are Not Designed By 'Spotty Nerds' · · Score: 1

    WTF does the term "Spotty Nerds" translate to in America.

    Mark Kern.

  10. after that don't complain about the avalanche of COD clones all with the same engine but sporting "engaging storyline" which will probably include: explosions, sex, cars and stupid stereotypes in the same line of Hollywood blockbusters

    Actually, a COD clone with the same engine, an engaging storyline, explosions, sex, cars and stupid stereotypes in the line of Hollywood blockbusters sounds pretty darn good right about now.

    Beats the hell out of another Early Access point and click mess that will never see an actual release.

  11. Re:Many of the greatest works of art on UK Industry Group Boss: Study Arts So Games Are Not Designed By 'Spotty Nerds' · · Score: 1

    I personally thing we should teach children:

    Languages

    I thing that might be a good idea.

  12. Killing two birds with one cup on Robotic Lawn Mower Gets Regulatory Approval · · Score: 2

    If I didn't go out and push the lawnmower around on Saturdays, I'd never get a chance to see my milf-y neighbor sunbathing.

    I don't even have to use my hands to push the mower.

  13. Re: Republicans want the death penalty... on Robotic Lawn Mower Gets Regulatory Approval · · Score: 1

    So can I marry this here lawnmower?

    If you really can't find a human mate, there are probably better alternatives than lawnmowers.

  14. Re: When you start low, it's easy to get high perc on The Fastest-Growing Tech State Is... Minnesota · · Score: 1

    It is when compared to the other big tech states, asswipe.

    You understand that 11 out of 50 means way above fucking average, right?

    Minnesota has more tech jobs than Florida, Illinois, Ohio, Iowa and thirty-five other states.

    Alabama is not a fair comparison.

  15. Government records are records ABOUT the government. FOIA exists so the people can inspect government records to find wrongdoing by the government. Apple's EEO statements have NOTHING to do with the government or potential government wrongdoing.

    When the government collects EEO statements, they become government records. It is quite common for those records to be then FOIA'd.

  16. Re:Growth percentages on The Fastest-Growing Tech State Is... Minnesota · · Score: 1

    Would be better if your understanding of math improved. Has nothing to do with their employment ratios and everything to do with basic math.

    Minnesota has the 11th largest number of tech workers of all US states.

  17. Re:Github Code of Conduct: White male discriminati on GitHub Desktop Launches To Replace Mac and Windows Apps · · Score: 1, Troll

    Be careful in the words that we choose: we are a community of professionals, and we conduct ourselves professionally. Be kind to others. Do not insult or put down other participants. Harassment and other exclusionary behavior aren’t acceptable.

    Those GitHub monsters! How dare they censor my freeze peach. It's that SJW bullshit that's killing all the fun stuff.

  18. Re: When you start low, it's easy to get high perc on The Fastest-Growing Tech State Is... Minnesota · · Score: 1

    What is your point? Many simply means more than a few. What? Like 5 or 10? That is not very informative.

    Minnesota is #11 (out of 50) for total tech jobs.

    So, the denominator is not so small.

  19. Re:What a silly misuse of statistics on The Fastest-Growing Tech State Is... Minnesota · · Score: 1

    With total tech employment slightly larger than tech job _growth_ in CA.

    What does that mean in regard to total population?

    Minnesota is in the top 12 states for total tech jobs.

    So, once again, stupid: The denominator is not low.

  20. Re:When you start low, it's easy to get high perce on The Fastest-Growing Tech State Is... Minnesota · · Score: 1

    Wow, you are going to call me stupid. You really make yourself look like a complete moron then! You did see that it is tech growth, not all employment, right. Oh, perhaps that is too complicated of a sentence for someone as brain-dead as yourself.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

    The University of Minnesota trained many computer specialists who decided to stay in the Minnesota rather than move to sunny California. Minnesota thus preceded the better-known industrial districts of Route 128 around Boston and Silicon Valley.[20] An active high-technology sector is represented today by Alliant Techsystems, Ceridian, Cray, Digi International, Digital River, Geek Squad, Hutchinson Technology, Imation, IBM Rochester, Lawson Software, Medtronic, St. Jude Medical, Stratasys, SPS Commerce, 3M, and more than 400 smaller software companies.

  21. Re:What a silly misuse of statistics on The Fastest-Growing Tech State Is... Minnesota · · Score: 1

    Each additional employee in Minn. is therefore a larger proportional addition.

    Way to double down on the stupid:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

    An active high-technology sector is represented today by Alliant Techsystems, Ceridian, Cray, Digi International, Digital River, Geek Squad, Hutchinson Technology, Imation, IBM Rochester, Lawson Software, Medtronic, St. Jude Medical, Stratasys, SPS Commerce, 3M, and more than 400 smaller software companies.

  22. Re:NC on The Fastest-Growing Tech State Is... Minnesota · · Score: 1

    The only racist in evidence here is PopeRatzo (965947) who not only doesn't think that blacks can be republicans

    They can. They just know better for the most part.

  23. Re:It's those damned midwest liberals on The Fastest-Growing Tech State Is... Minnesota · · Score: 1

    Pick your poison. 101F in austin today which is DOWN from yesterday, high sales tax, high property tax.

    Yeah, but they make up for it with spectacular BBQ. Except for certain parts of the Minneapolis metro area, you just cannot get good barbecue in Minnesota.

     

  24. Re:Law of large numbers on The Fastest-Growing Tech State Is... Minnesota · · Score: 1

    Whether something is the fastest growing has a lot to do with where it started.

    Another genius. Minnesota has traditionally had among the highest employment-population ratios in the country from before these latest statistics.

    http://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/20...

  25. Re:What a silly misuse of statistics on The Fastest-Growing Tech State Is... Minnesota · · Score: 1

    When you start with a small denominator

    Minnesota has had among the highest employment-population ratios in the country since 1976. So no, they did not start with a "small denominator". You could have learned that easily enough.

    http://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/20...