I haven't heard about ACM since I left school and I wasn't interested then.. so why join now?

That's not what average means. You mean "median".

The reason I'm going to leave /. is the fuck beta comments, not the beta itself.

This is almost as bad as the reddit /r/atheism crap from a while ago.

I dont' like the changes, but the comments are worse than the changes. I'm glad they are being removed.

I buy Apple and Google devices - so no bloatware anywhere to be found.

Sure, I'd love to remove a few of the Apple apps.. but you toss them in a folder and forget they were ever there. They're small.

I was wondering why they only operate in the northern hemisphere.

It's because it requires cold water to cool its reactor. Tropic water is apparently not cold enough, so it can't get to the southern hemisphere without exploderating. Or something.

Snowden: 100% accuracy so far.

RSA: For profit company that looks really bad right now and there's no downside to them lying.

I'll go with the 100% guy with nothing to gain.

What a peasant. I don't know what you do on a laptop, but 1080p is a terrible resolution.

If nothing else, there's not nearly enough vertical resolution -- but in general 1080p is a very low resolution for any computer to have.

I don't think you understand how long it would take and how expensive that would be.

The US is one of the least dense countries in the world -- especially at its population.

You don't get cable? I have comcast and get ~30 Mbps in Seattle for less $.

I believe there is a strong difference between commercial and non-commercial copyright violations.

When you take what someone is trying to sell and sell it yourself, you've clearly crossed all moral boundaries. You've removed people who demonstrably will pay for the content from the pool of people to pay the creator.

whoooosh!

I've heard of something else that lets you buy stuff you don't need at any time.

It's called a store. There's a lot of them. They're not usually considered to be unethical.

What? Your point is masked in your.. rant.

I don't know exactly how you define the "thermals" to be "terrible". The card is a beast. Pretend 40% is 100%. It's the best card on the market - price at no object (also it's cheaper than the top 2 nVidia cards). The fact that it can do more if you ask it to should just be a bonus.