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  1. Re:Great marketing on Volvo Self-Parking Car Hits People Because Owner Didn't Pay For Extra Feature · · Score: 1

    Your post has absolutely nothing to do with reality. It is not your fault as the article and summary are hogwash. However, there are some comments that clearly explain it so I won't bother repeating them. Refresh will help you out if you scroll up and read some of the posts.

  2. Re:Great marketing on Volvo Self-Parking Car Hits People Because Owner Didn't Pay For Extra Feature · · Score: 1

    That is the average. There were only three in 2014 but 7 and 6 in 2011 and 2009.

  3. Re:Will Technology Disrupt the Song? on Ask Slashdot: Will Technology Disrupt the Song? · · Score: 1

    That may be a structure for a verse, but entire songs often have a similar structure: verse-refrain-verse-refrain-BRIDGE-refrain, where each "verse-refrain" unit is kind of like a big "A," the bridge introduces contrast, and then the final return to the refrain (often transformed or at a higher energy level) provides a satisfying conclusion.

    That is a fantastic post, it deserves a +5. The only thing(s) I would add or change is that the Bridge may lead to a solo (or solos if live, for example). I would also share, as you seem interested and knowledgeable, that if you are a guitarist then instead of AABA change the A to Amin and the B to a B7-Dim9th. I may have screwed up the latter but I am pretty sure it is correct.

  4. Re:Will Technology Disrupt the Song? on Ask Slashdot: Will Technology Disrupt the Song? · · Score: 1

    I gave them two tries, Further Fest and a concert at Great Woods... Anyhow, as much as I love their music, the Black Crows are not a band to see live. I had a sibling that I warned who did not believe me and paid way too much for a couple of tickets. He too had the same experience I had. (They headlined at Further and while I was looking forward to them I did not attend to listen to them specifically. I was more interested in the remainder of the Grateful Dead - specifically Mickey Hart and the Planet Drum. I was also greatly interested in the acid.) Surprisingly good? Meatloaf. An old band still rocking it out live on stage (they are all like 70+ now) is Three Dog Night. I found the latter more amazing than the first but the first was pretty surprising. I had only gone to see Meatloaf because I figured I had never seen them live and that I must do so when they were only a two and a half hour drive away and I had nothing better to do.

  5. Re:Will Technology Disrupt the Song? on Ask Slashdot: Will Technology Disrupt the Song? · · Score: 2

    The Doors were the ones to pretty much break the two minute barrier. Songs two minutes long were pretty much all that got radio play. They broke that because they had music people wanted to hear even though it was longer than two minutes. Short songs is not new. Densmore discusses it in his book and it is discussed in the book The Doors though I have forgotten the author's name - the one with the yellow and red cover with a bad depiction of Jim on it.

  6. Re:Graffiti on Creationists Manipulating Search Results · · Score: 1

    Those goalposts won't move themselves.

  7. Re:"What happened to the dinosaurs?" on Creationists Manipulating Search Results · · Score: 1

    It is a name. Pronouns are usually capitalized, I think?

  8. Re:The name didn't help. on Mandriva Goes Out of Business · · Score: 1

    I already downloaded and burned Mageia. :D I will install it tomorrow as it is late.

  9. Re:He's not dead on Mandriva Goes Out of Business · · Score: 1

    I hadn't noticed him in a long time. I figured dead or in a psyche hospital.

  10. Re:Why is this dribble on the front page? on Creationists Manipulating Search Results · · Score: 1

    I might agree to follow the Silver Teapot religion, I like me some tea. Just think, we could have a TeaParty. It would be an excellent art project.

  11. Re: How sad on Mandriva Goes Out of Business · · Score: 1

    Thank you but I am not seeking the game. I am just trying to remember the distro.

  12. Re:"What happened to the dinosaurs?" on Creationists Manipulating Search Results · · Score: 2

    That does not explain their curmudgeon attitude and other idiocy. It can't (I hope) be entirely due to their lack of intellect or logic. There must be a physical component and I am thinking it is due to frustration for a disaffected libido.

    Hmm... Disaffected Libido... Band name, maybe? I have never typed that before and I hope I never type it again. It was wrong and I should feel bad.

  13. Re:Murderer assistant on Microsoft Bringing Cortana To iOS, Android · · Score: 1

    "...charged with killing his friend..." You know, I am sick of that. If you killed them they were NOT your friend.

  14. Re:FRISt PSOT on Microsoft Bringing Cortana To iOS, Android · · Score: 1

    Umm... +5 for effort maybe?

  15. Re:Cortuna, when my wife calls... on Microsoft Bringing Cortana To iOS, Android · · Score: 1

    That domain name is available... Yes it is...

  16. Re:It's actually surprising... on Microsoft Bringing Cortana To iOS, Android · · Score: 1

    The "trouble" is that Microsoft has a lot of money still. They can stay in the phone game at a loss (it is only a partial loss) for many many many years. They can market lots of things at a loss and stay financially solvent for a very long time.

  17. Re:It's actually surprising... on Microsoft Bringing Cortana To iOS, Android · · Score: 1

    I confess, that would be awesome and I would take one of the shits I give about the NSA back just for having a cool op like that working for them. I wonder if you need to be in a phone call or will a dial-tone work for landlines?

  18. Re:It's actually surprising... on Microsoft Bringing Cortana To iOS, Android · · Score: 1

    I thought it was over Texas and Oklahoma. The Cloud is just downloading some info there.

  19. Re:It's actually surprising... on Microsoft Bringing Cortana To iOS, Android · · Score: 1

    There is a lot of race in the above comment. Achievement unlocked: race race...

  20. Re:It's actually surprising... on Microsoft Bringing Cortana To iOS, Android · · Score: 1

    They'd just spend the money on black chicks. Wait, no... They would spend it on black projects. Not Black Projects in the Hood. (Hard to type this without seeming racist. I suppose I could be racist but, well, I am a quarter black, a quarter native, and half white. I am not sure what race I would have to pick if I wanted to be racist.)

  21. Re: How sad on Mandriva Goes Out of Business · · Score: 1

    That is very likely the name of the game. I am not an avid gamer so I played it simply due to the novelty of being able to play a game while the OS installed in the background. It may have been the installable Knoppix? It was not RedHat nor Suse. Mint was not out then. Ubuntu was not out then. Hmm...

    Thank you - any other hints? My Google-fu has failed me. I suck and should feel bad.

  22. Re:root knows all on Creationists Manipulating Search Results · · Score: 2

    And this is the first time I have heard of this God thing being referred to a programming tool. That analogy makes more sense than you may have intended but I will assume you meant it in a broader scope as well.

  23. Re:Why is this dribble on the front page? on Creationists Manipulating Search Results · · Score: 1

    Perhaps you missed the fiction part? Either way, do not think it bothers me. I truly appreciate your reply and am grateful for it. It is nice to read it and I even picked up something new from it so it is of great value to me personally.

  24. Re:Corruption? In Russia? on Russian Space Agency Misused $1.8 Billion, May Be Replaced · · Score: 1

    At least the Russians can get people into space...

  25. Re:Graffiti on Creationists Manipulating Search Results · · Score: 2

    Google is not public property...