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Comment Anthropomorphizing data (Score 2, Interesting) 245

Data is not "consumed." That is a ridiculous way to put it. Tt has no shelf life, it produces no waste byproducts, it can be reused indefinitely. It is transmitted, stored, deleted, and maybe in there it delivers information to a brain. Even then, do we really delete data, or just representations of data?

Comment Re:Good Move (Score 1) 309

" Andre-are you at work today? Gimme a call - 301-555-5555. Gerry" You think Gerry's not already getting a call from someone looking to cash in, or who just thinks they're being funny?

How many of these numbers still ring up the person who carried the device in 2001? Probably not many. Vanishingly small number, in fact. This was before the whole cell phone number portability thing. I don't think I have a single phone number from 2001 that is still in use for me.

Comment ReAtom != 32bit CPU (Score 2, Informative) 1012

Wrong Answer Folks - Atom = 32bit CPU

Except when it doesn't. Current Atom offerings include the 32-bit, no-hyperthreading Z-series aimed for UMPCs, the 32-bit, hyperthreading N-series aimed for netbooks, and the 64-bit, hyperthreading, single-core 200-series aimed for "nettops", and the 64-bit, hyperthreading, dual-core 300-series aimed also aimed for "nettops".

Comment Re:Mac OS X for generic machines. (Score 1) 1012

The expense of adding the support personnel to handle the 9 million driver problems that pop up and the stupid little proprietary pieces of kit on the motherboards are not really worth the effort. Hardware and software from one source, I KNOW who to scream at when it doesn't work! If you like the OS so much buy the hardware, if you don't buy the hardware you don't get the OS you want. It's that simple. The myth that it's vastly overpriced just gos to show how lazy the person perpetuating that myth is.

Comment Because SVG fonts aren't already enough ... (Score -1, Troll) 206

Seriously mozilla, I'm rapidly losing faith in you.

We already have SVG fonts. Why exactly do we need ANOTHER one?

Fix the abomination your browser has turned into and focus on the reason you exist. Its got to the point where IE is going to be less bloated than Firefox.

You've got PLENTY of bugs to fix already, and you can't even agree with anyone on existing compatibility issues.

We don't want more features, we want Firefox to stop running like Navigator did in the late 90s.

Are you trying to become another Novell? Once a respectable company with a good product, but now a has been with nothing of real value to offer? Stop fragmenting the web, we don't need another freaking font format.

FOCUS.

again

FOCUS

Before you become obsolete, of course, with Chrome, it may well be too late.

Comment Re:Liquids on planes (Score 1) 560

Any security focused organization that doesn't listen to its people on the ground is failing at its mission. Not to mention that an inability to provide feedback is a good way to kill moral in an organization.

Well, yes, and I think this is the most apt description I've read so far of the TSA.

They are failing at their mission, which is supposed to be "protecting the Nation’s transportation systems to ensure freedom of movement for people and commerce." They are actually restricting the movement of people and commerce, and without increasing the protection of either.

And I can't think of a job with lower morale. People hate you, your job is boring repetition, and it serves no actual purpose. Plus no one higher up cares about the problems or inefficiencies you see day-to-day.

Comment Re:Digital distribution has been needed for a whil (Score 1) 406

Erm, so MS would instead give out a stub program that people download in ten second and then launches, which then downloads, in the background, the ISO, and when it's downloaded burns it to a CD.

Of course, it should first check to make sure there's a CD-R in the system, and possibly even make people insert a blank CD to prove they have one. (So some fool doesn't try to use an AOL CD.)

Of course, for experts, they could have a torrent with just the ISO. (Or even use a torrent system in their downloader, and just let other people access it directly.)

It's not rocket science.

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Journal Journal: Acheivement notation? 1

I don't get the notation of the Slashdot Achievements.

Multiple instances of a particular achievement seem to be denoted with a subscripty-type number (for instance, my "Days Read In A Row" is at 2 6) I can't quite figure out what the final value is for this achievement in calculating the total Achievement Score.

Comment Re:When will they learn? (Score 1) 520

Waste of time, money and reputation.

The Wii is a casual - family-oriented - gaming platform. Wii Fit an instant hit among young women.

This is how Nintendo builds its reputation and sales and it needs the modder about as much as a car needs a fifth wheel.

The geek has no sense of scale.

His place in the overall scheme of things.

Comment Re:cue exploding battery packs.... (Score 1) 650

Of course, when one can drive a big comfortable car full of their family for 1000 miles and only spend 1/4 the cost they would now... I suspect that many people will drive rather than take mass transit for longer trips.

Sure trains and planes are great for trips, however the more people you bring the greater the cost. When I vacation with my kids we almost always drive for exactly this reason. Here in the US a flight to my wife's home state of Florida is about $300 per person (more near holidays). So for $1200 plus the cost of a rental car, we can fly. For about $400 we can drive, sure it takes a couple of days off the vacation time, but $800+ in savings is worth the "lost" time driving. If that $300 drops by 75% and only costs me $75... I don't suspect I would even bother to check the cost of the flight.

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