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  1. Re:PC + Steam on Console Manufacturers Want the Impossible? · · Score: 1

    Your 70" TV only accepts RCA in or something?

  2. Re:Wake up on Ask Slashdot: Moving From Contract Developers To Hiring One In-House? · · Score: 1

    No. A car is a mass produced vehicle. That gives you one standard for what to expect.

    Contracting a software project is a one off, bespoke item. Built to your stated requirements (which are unlikely to be perfect in themselves.) It's not rational to have the same expectations as a mass produced item.

    So much THIS (replying since you're already at 5). Even COTS software is buggy and it's closer to the analogy of "production line" than bespoke business systems.
    The best specs in the world won't change the fact that a custom system is inherently more risky than you think it is. MOST large software projects fail. Expecting those that don't to be bug-free is just naive.

  3. Re:Gizmo? on Charge Your Cellphone In 20 Seconds (Eventually) · · Score: 1

    But will it power my kajigger's and whatnots?

  4. Re:No chance of passing on Reps Introduce Bipartisan Bill To Legalize Mobile Device Unlocking · · Score: 4, Funny

    Looking for the +6 mod. WHY IS THERE NO +6 MOD?

  5. Re:Yawn on Printable Gun Downloads Top 100k In 2 Days, Thanks to Kim Dotcom · · Score: 1

    Do you always go around posting rhetoric that has nothing to do with what the comment you're replying to says?

  6. Re:Yawn on Printable Gun Downloads Top 100k In 2 Days, Thanks to Kim Dotcom · · Score: 1

    I think the point is that cost and availability are not currently impediments to gang members who want guns. So solving those "problems" changes nothing.

  7. Re:Stop. Hammer time. on WD Explains Its Windows-Only Software-Based SSHD Tech · · Score: 2

    Boat anchor? How large do you think these drives are?

  8. Re:After 3.9, what? 4? 3.10? on Linux 3.9 Released · · Score: 1

    His email says 3.10.

  9. Re:Time to petition? But this time... on Futurama Cancelled (Again) · · Score: 1

    Man, how you can talk about how good American Dad is and not mention Roger is beyond me. He's 90% of the reason to watch the show.

    Off to get some pecan sandies...

  10. 3. #2 also applies to gays. They should have a right to live how they wish like everyone else. They don't deserve the special privileges or attention they get from the left.

    The hell?

  11. Re:Subsidization on T-Mobile Ends Contracts and Subsidies · · Score: 1

    Reading is *hard*!

  12. Re:Depends on the source on Can You Really Hear the Difference Between Lossless, Lossy Audio? · · Score: 1

    This article is a pretty good explanation of why 16/44.1 is as good as anyone needs for playback.

    kinda like 640K?

    Not even a little.

  13. Re:Decide [Re:Shove the laptop to one side] on Ask Slashdot: Monitor Setup For Programmers · · Score: 2

    I've seen folks use a ream or two of copy paper. Works like a charm.

  14. Speed. on GNU Texinfo 5.0 Released · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I love how a language that was "fast enough" in the '90s is now suddenly "too slow" in 2013.

    What's with the "I need all my code hyper-optimized" crowd on /. these days? We running a Gentoo help forum I didn't notice?

  15. Re:Stupid NOT on NetBSD To Support Kernel Development In Lua Scripting · · Score: 2

    Won't somebody think of the precious CPU cycles!

  16. Re:Build? on DIY Web-Controlled Robot That Takes 1 Hour To Build · · Score: 1

    If you want to build a robot you must first invent the universe...

  17. Re:Get on with it! on Obama Proposes 'Meaningful Progress' On Climate Change · · Score: 2

    Just so you know - the government is under no obligation to respect your religious beliefs when establishing law. Ask the Mormons about polygamy, or various cults about animal sacrifices, etc.

  18. Re:Well that proves it on BEST Study Finds Temperature Changes Explained by GHG Emissions and Volcanoes · · Score: 5, Informative

    I think you missed the point. The Koch brothers are typically anti-AGW in their funding. So this study that was in part funded by people who disagree with its conclusion should in fact be biased "the other way." Yet it is not. It could be that facts are difficult to find a bias in...

  19. Re:Would have loved this... on LEGO Announces GNU/LInux-Powered Mindstorms EV3 Platform · · Score: 1

    10 micrometers = 0.01 millimeters

  20. Re:Don't be evil on Google Backs Down On Maps Redirect · · Score: 0

    It would seem not...

  21. Re:How To Make PC Gaming Better on How To Make PC Gaming Better · · Score: 1

    Moving goal-posts is fun!

  22. Re:Passed by a Democrat controlled congress in 200 on Senate Renews Warrantless Eavesdropping Act · · Score: 1

    Can't this get modded up more! Nothing underscores the need for a third party to supplant one of the existing parties more than this.

  23. Re:Point Taken on Want a Job At Google? Better Know Microsoft Office! · · Score: 1

    Word does if you have a Sharepoint server. It does so very well actually.

  24. Re:truth hurts on Want a Job At Google? Better Know Microsoft Office! · · Score: 1

    Unfortunately Google Docs is about as "powerful" as MS Write is. Many people know about MS Write but don't use it, preferring Word instead.

    I'm a Google fan as much as most but Docs is *very* simplistic. It needs a ton of work to compete well.

  25. Re:programming on Ask Slashdot: How Does an IT Generalist Get Back Into Programming? · · Score: 1

    PowerShell is what a Windows IT admin would be using these days.

    I would recommend Java or C# for the questioner. Both are easy to find work in.