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  1. Re:Mass Transportation in America on The Specter of Gasoline At $5 a Gallon · · Score: 1

    Mass transportation simply isn't economically viable on our scale

    Eventually rural living won't be viable either so you can expect the list of US Ghost Towns to get much bigger.

  2. Re:Cognitive dissonance on The Specter of Gasoline At $5 a Gallon · · Score: 1

    In what universe do they live in where they don't realize pressuring an oil-producing country is going to raise oil prices (and hence gas prices, it doesn't fall from the sky)?

    A universe that their principal voters don't understand.

  3. Re:Welcome to our world on The Specter of Gasoline At $5 a Gallon · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I think this is why younger people are focusing their lives in the urban centres where possible. The benefit of mass (cheap) transit and shorter commutes trump rural idylls. Eventually it will be come untenable to live in the countryside unless you have work there.

  4. Re:Yes on Are Rich People Less Moral? · · Score: 1

    He who has the gold makes the rules.

    Yes, it's always the lecherous old men. He who wears Old Spice controls the Universe.

  5. Re:If you steal money that has been stolen .. on Nigerian Scam Artists Taken For $33,000 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Scam Artists don't have a lobbying group with high-powered lawyers protecting their interests

    Hmm.....

    Dear Nigerian Prince,

    I am representing a group of 5 (five) lawyers assist business men such as yourself who have becaming victims of crime. For the initial fee of $10,000 (ten thousand dollars) I will represent you at no more cost in all your future legal problem. You can completely have a faith in this offer.

    Your,
    Whitey Bigshot (QC)

  6. Re:dongle on Ask Slashdot: Copy Protection Advice For ~$10k Software? · · Score: 1

    Protools and Waves are iLok 1.

  7. Re:dongle on Ask Slashdot: Copy Protection Advice For ~$10k Software? · · Score: 1

    iLok 1, not iLok 2.

  8. Re:dongle on Ask Slashdot: Copy Protection Advice For ~$10k Software? · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Yeah, as far as I know, iLok 2 hasn't been cracked yet. I have only heard of it being used for music software but I can't think of a reason why it couldn't be used for other varieties. No idea how much it costs though.

    Can I suggest a counter argument though? It was piracy and ease of acquisition that made things Windows and Photoshop popular.

  9. Re:Adobe complaining about bloat? on A Rant Against Splash Screens · · Score: 2

    I remember reading that Apple discourage using the splash screen as a 'splash image' and instead you should use a screen grab of your app's first view on loading. This gives the impression of speedy loading. So if you're wondering why your iOS app seems unresponsive at first, this is probably why.

  10. Re:Genesis 6:3 on Why People Don't Live Past 114 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Boring, wake me up when there's begetting and pause it for me if you can see tits.

  11. Re:missing verb on If You're Fat, Broke, and Smoking, Blame Language · · Score: 5, Funny

    I do blame language. Ruby and Python developers do look a little bit more chubby.

  12. Re:EU Linux Mags Rock on Ask Slashdot: Does Europe Have Better Magazines Than the US? · · Score: 1

    The problem with Computer Music is that it's aimed at beginners. It all looks interesting for the first year or so, but after a while the content all starts to looks suspiciously familiar*. They can't move on from beginner level stuff because they would never encourage anyone new to start buying it. For this reason I would recommend it's older sibling Future Music (by the same publisher) or even better, Sound on Sound, which is the daddy of music production magazines. Avoid Music Tech. It's shit.

    * "There is the theory of the Moebius, a twist in the fabric of space where time becomes a loop. where time becomes a loop. where time becomes a loop. where time becomes a loop..."

  13. Re:Facebook Innovation? on Facebook Expected To Go Public Next Week · · Score: 1

    Ooops, looks like someone angered Apple Boy.

  14. Re:Translation: on The High-Radiation Lives and Risks of Nuclear-Nomad Subcontractors · · Score: 1

    Translation: Temporary contract workers do work that the plant workers won't do is riskier.

    Using the same translator as Zero Wing? :)

  15. Re:How much is a political bribe in Canadian dolla on The Behind-the-Scenes Campaign To Bring SOPA To Canada · · Score: 1

    US lobbyists are absolute fucking cretins. At least the China and Iran stick their firewall on their side instead of buggering everyone else with it.

  16. Re:Europe is broke , Linux to the recue on Spanish Extremadura Moving 40,000 Desktops To Linux · · Score: 4, Funny

    No one expected the Spanish Extremadura... to switch to linux desktop.

  17. Re:Too late? on CEOs of RIM Step Down · · Score: 2

    Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balisillie are stepping down from their roles as Co-CEOs

    I suppose this is their last RIM job.

  18. Re:abortion is legitimate question on Indonesian Man Faces Five Years For Atheist Facebook Post · · Score: 1

    Here's a weird conundrum for staunch anti-abortionists:

    If you could go back in time and kill Hitler, would you abort him or wait until he was born before fucking up his shit?

  19. Re:Can it be done effectivly without an FPU? on Faster-Than-Fast Fourier Transform · · Score: 1

    To be specific I'm talking about multi-band graphic analysers, not just overall volume. Most software analysers as far as i was aware are similar underneath to something like Specan32 or even Voxengo Span.

    These implement FFT to split up the signal into different composite frequencies. The different bars represent the volume of each of the frequencies. The size of the FFT window contributes to how many 'bars' you can accurately represent.

  20. Re:mp3s are already in the frequency domain on Faster-Than-Fast Fourier Transform · · Score: 1

    Not EQ, though you can do FFT -> EQ -> FFT but it introduces latency that other methods avoid.

  21. Re:Let the sharing begin... on Police Investigate Offensive Wi-Fi Network Name · · Score: 2

    Ok my SSID is "8==D~~~ (.|.) Horny!" it's good to advertise, it may pay off one day!

    Like when your grandmother visits you and wants to connect her ipad?

  22. Re:Can it be done effectivly without an FPU? on Faster-Than-Fast Fourier Transform · · Score: 3, Interesting

    The Spectrum Analyser. This is one of the most common uses is staring you right in the face in almost every mp3 player.

    The interesting thing is that the greater time window over which the FFT operates, you can observe finer frequency detail within that particular window at the expense of how quickly the graph or bars change over time (in simplistic terms). I wonder how this new algo will change the frequency detail/transient time detail trade-off. Do we see more detail in both domains? Less? The same?

  23. Re:One thing's for sure on NYC To Open 1st High School Dedicated To Software · · Score: 2

    But low on bullies and crack-head kids maybe?

  24. Re:Its not the drones that are the problem on Drone Guides Fuel Shipment to Alaskan Town · · Score: 1

    But that's what courts are for.

  25. Re:Great. So now all we need... on Statisticians Uncover the Mathematics of a Serial Killer · · Score: 4, Funny

    I wonder if it also correlates to how often you post on Slashdot. We don't know who you are AC, but we know when you'll strike next.