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  1. Re:Weird money on SOPA Makes Strange Bedfellows · · Score: 1

    ...but all major league teams have a history of being just as bad as the RIAA or ASCAP when it comes to situations in which they can get more money for the thing they already do

    There, fixed that for you.

  2. Re:When did an open mind become political death? on Are Engineers Natural Libertarians Or Technocrats? · · Score: 1

    Because those more consenting politicians can't get anything done, because those who stick to their beliefs are willing to fight as hard as they can.

  3. Re:BASIC on Open Source IDE GAMBAS Reaches 3.0 · · Score: 2

    AMOS for Amiga was even better, it had some multimedia extensions (playing sound, sprites, bobs (blitter objects - like a sprite, but could be the size of a whole screen), mouse zones (for fast mouse position testing for buttons) and even special instruction which waited for vertical refresh. It was about as easy as basic.

  4. Re:In other words, we hate updating software on HTC Unlocks Bootloader For All of Its Devices · · Score: 1

    No idea, but I've looked into api and this is one example of functionality required by newer versions of android.

  5. Re:In other words, we hate updating software on HTC Unlocks Bootloader For All of Its Devices · · Score: 2

    USB Host mode (you could connect some usb h/w to your phone). Not every older phone supports it and new software may not help if usb chip doesn't support this. That is the case in my Samsung Galaxy 551.

  6. Re:Is this April first? on Canonical To Remove Sun Java From Repositories, Users' Machines · · Score: 1

    Red5 hangs more often on openjdk ;)

  7. Re:Hmmm on How Does the CIA Keep Its IT Staff Honest? · · Score: 1

    [...]I was offered less than another job at a low-paying startup, which in turn was 20% less than the SF Bay Area startup salary I had had before I was laid off six months prior.

    [...]ten years later, am at least making what I was making before, at the Bay Area startup.[...]

    I see some pattern here.

  8. Re:Print link on Self-Contained PC Liquid Coolers Explored · · Score: 1

    Your link doesn't work, they probably detect referrer and send user to normal version when link is not clicked from their site.

  9. Re:Idea on How 3D Printing Could Help Keep the ISS In Orbit · · Score: 1

    Would a waste plastic extruder interest you? http://www.appropedia.org/Waste_plastic_extruder It takes waste plastic and makes filament usable for extruding.

  10. Re:This should be illegal on Two SOPA Writers Become Entertainment Lobbyists · · Score: 1

    remove the power and you remove corruption. then you get people doing this because they want to and because they want to affect good change.

    I fear that day. America would start a religious war. Why?
    1. Most people have their own lives which they just want to live (like me).
    2. There are some people who STRONGLY believe everyone other should live as they do. Most of them are strongly religious.
    3. Those that don't care have better things to do than sit at boring votings and vote on boring things. Those with strong beliefs will want to have power to make changes they want, so will sit at those votings until they make the changes.

    Effect - we will live under rules made by vocal minority who want to make people happy against them.

  11. Re:Windows 7 theme on The Condescending UI · · Score: 3, Informative

    I love pinned apps, but only after I enabled showing app title, not only icons. If you enable titles, pinned apps are just icons, opened apps have titles. When they are opened, you don't have opened app AND icon in quicklaunch bar anymore, so it conserves some space.

  12. Re:A new browser interface for a website? on Google, Facebook Upset By Ad-Injecting Apps · · Score: 1

    Been there, done that even yesterday. Why? Because apple push notifications work only with native apps. If not this, I would use "bookmark" app (if you add some magic metadata to page, webpage can behave almost like native application on iphone).

  13. Re:vibrating and not vibrating? on Quantum Entanglement of Macroscopic Diamonds · · Score: 1

    No, they can't really influence each others. If one of the entangled particles is under ANY influence, you have decoherence and they are not entangled anymore.

  14. Re:Why not use their own sites? on New Media Giants Take Out Print Ad Against SOPA · · Score: 5, Insightful

    A page with explanation instead of no page would be better.

  15. Re:Frankly... on The Political Assault On Los Alamos National Laboratory · · Score: 1

    This definitely shows that there is either no god or he/they hate us all: http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=198

  16. Re:Frankly... on The Political Assault On Los Alamos National Laboratory · · Score: 1

    THE only way to escape suffering is death.

  17. Re:How Do You Prime/Put a Swarm Into This? on Gadget Allows You to Keep Bees In Your Apartment · · Score: 1

    If water is freezing, bees won't even try to fly anyway.

  18. Re:Oh Bother! on Ohio Emergency Responders Stage Mock Zombie Invasion · · Score: 1
  19. Re:Maintenance? on The Real Job Threat · · Score: 1

    If the ownership is social, it means no one is responsible. THAT was the problem with communism. If those robot's can't repair themselves, no one will repair them.

  20. Re:Sweet Invention! on Big Brother Calls 'Shotgun' In Illinois · · Score: 1
  21. Re:Crash! on Outlining a World Where Software Makers Are Liable For Flaws · · Score: 1

    Exactly this. I'm a programmer. If my software has errors, I have to fix them and it's not client who is paying for this... Also clients check if application works correctly. If something doesn't work, they don't pay until it works as stated in documentation. Rather simple isn't it?

  22. Re:Dog and Pony Show on Boston Dynamics Unveils AlphaDog Quadruped Robot · · Score: 1

    When compared to a donkey or mule, 4 legged robots have a long way to go. I live in Colorado and have done pack trips with animals. Here's what comes to mind:

    - Animals are cheaper and can self replicate.
    BigDogs won't be working day and night, animals need food (and water) constantly. They can self replicate, but it takes awfully long and takes animal out of service.
    - Animals walk almost silently. Anything that stomps can be heard for miles.
    Donkeys also make sounds. They are pretty noisy too.
    - Animals can run pretty darn fast, and can cut and quickly dodge.
    Try to convince a donkey to run 20 miles.
    - Animals auto detect nearby predators and have more sensitive hearing.
    BigDog doesn't need to fear predators, also it won't try to escape at first sight of a predator. It can run predators over.
    - Animals usually can auto-refuel themselves using locally available materials.
    Not in deserts.
    - Animals can be a real buddy.
    Soldiers also bond with their bomb disposing robots and give them names.
    - Animals blend in a bit more in a rural setting.
    With 200lb of payload? You can just cover bigdog with some masking, it won't move and can look like a pile of hay.
    - You can eat your buddy if you are starving.
    You can lit a fire using fuel from bigdog and eat locally available materials.

  23. Re:Because we all know... on Coffee-Powered Car Breaks World Record · · Score: 1

    Yep, I understand. Hence "But if this holds on, not for long.". Sorry for not being clear enough.

  24. Re:Because we all know... on Coffee-Powered Car Breaks World Record · · Score: 1

    Used coffee is cheaper than oil. Essentially free as it's waste product. But if this holds on, not for long.

  25. Re:Can I build it with a 3D printer? on Work Underway To Finally Build Babbage's Analytical Engine · · Score: 1

    (Failing that, I heard they were going to make a computer simulation of it first to "test" it. It would be great if they could use some commonly used engineering program like Pro-E or Solid Works and build the model in that. Then we could all play with it!*)

    Probbly someone will do it in minecraft...