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Comment Independence Day (Score 3, Interesting) 330

...has lost all meaning. Who cares this chunk of dirt on the western hemisphere has independence from a different chunk of dirt on the eastern hemisphere? I also no longer consider this to be the United States of America. America used to mean -- to me -- a free and fair land to be proud of. Just United States now. Although I admit, better than a lot of hell holes on other parts of this spinning blue marble. Still could be better. Much better. Stop F'ing the poor and good F'ing the corporations.

Comment Re:Missing options (Score 1) 267

Actually I think being called a dork is sometimes meant positively. Something my girlfriend would say to me "you are such a dork," or my best friend's wife, "you two are such dorks." when we act amusingly weird.

Comment Both mostly the same. (Score 5, Interesting) 267

A geek and a nerd are mostly the same. I've always thought nerds like learning for the sake of learning, and geeks obsess about certain topics and learn about those. Nerds are more introverted (like me) and geeks are more extroverted. Basically geeks are nerds that want to be socially accepted while nerds -- who still like positive attention -- don't expect social acceptance. Geeks have more friends, nerds have less. Actually geeks may have more acquaintances than close friends, while nerds have more close friends than acquaintances. I consider myself a nerd, if anyone wants to know "who in the hell typed that?" Okay, thank you for your time, please return to your regularly scheduled program already in progress.

Comment Re:Fanboys overstating minor problems (Score 1) 99

Why does it seem when major problems like this arise companies are quick to dismiss/deny/ignore whatever as the first response?

I am not sure of your personal beef, but from the article which identifies a minor bug "have contacted Samsung to report the issue." Where is Samsung dismissing or denying...or ignoring the problem.

Calm down there sparky, I'm no Samsung fanboy (although I am looking at a Samsung monitor right now), I was just referring to the summary "So far Samsung didn't acknowledge the problem though it seems to affect all S3 phones." I guess I should never trust /. summaries to be accurate in any way, shape or form.

Comment 4k? Okay, but... (Score 1) 286

High pixel density is one hurdle we're getting over but color gamut should be focused on too. Density beyond what the human eye could ever differentiate and the entire gamut of colors possible would be drool worthy. Hmm. While I'm at it, add an extra thin profile, IPS v2 (complete 180 degree viewing angle, though completely pointless. HEY, I can see the side of the TV AND the movie! THIS IS SOME TECHNOLOGY!) anti-glare, touch compatible, under 5 lbs., 100W max load, 0.001mW standby, built-in wireless petabit internet, built-in 500 exabyte Super-SSD (30x faster than current SSD technology!) and an 8 slice toaster.

Comment Fake "Market" (Score 1) 91

I've never understood the stock market and never will. It feels completely fake to me, like a real-money MMO. It's like a rigged game where most people get shit on and the elites get all the loot. Let's all pretend we're "buying" a part of a company! Maybe it was a good idea at one point, but it's just a big joke now.

Comment Mandatory study for Lawyers and Judges... (Score 5, Insightful) 120

...should be a course in Computer and Internet Obviousness (naughty words omitted to make it sound more official, fucking god dammit). And certified as passing this course should be a requirement to be a judge or lawyer in the US with a 6 month renewal term. Any lawyer not holding a certificate should be disbarred post haste and any judge should be removed from his/her seat post haste. Post haste. Haste.

Comment Browsing vs. "Browsing" (Score 1) 300

If I'm just surfing my usual sites, 1-5; if shopping for something, 6-10. I love to shop and I love to browse. Wait, I love to window shop and I love to use my browser. Wait, I love to shop for gadgets, clothes, ways to feed my expensive hobbies, and I love to browse for the same. While using my browser. Browser. Browser browser browser browser browser okay it's a weird word now.

Comment How about something helpful instead of Ban Ban Ban (Score 1) 433

Really any distraction is bad, but absolute zero distractions is almost impossible. Our minds just aren't *that* focused all the time. OOH LOOK KITTY but what I'm tryin to say here is maybe free nation-wide turn-by-turn GPS with a soothing voice and occasional personal compliments. A calm mind can more easily focus. That, and occasional free Cadbury eggs. Ohhhh Cadbury my anti-drug.

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