Comment Re: From the TFA (Score 1) 389
Any three Greek letters, or just those combinations that are already established? Do you believe that the name IBM (three English ketters in succession) should not be trademarkable?
Comment Re: Uh oh (Score 1) 389
How dare you equate fine, upstanding kiddy diddlers with the true scum of the earth, those evil, satanistic music pirates?
Comment Re: going after arcade operators with a Guitar Her (Score 1) 389
Citation? As a GH fan, I honestly don't remember hearing this and would like to read more about it.
Comment Re:I might be missing something but.. (Score 1) 456
Pretty sure they don't make Amigas anymore. And no, the PPC "Amiga" boards (not accelerators, but the boards with no classic hardware) don't count.
Comment "Commodore PC"? Really? (Score 3, Informative) 456
Couldn't take the three additional characters to write "Commodore Amiga"?
Yes, I know, the Amiga is technically a "PC", but since Commodore did actually release a line of PC clones that were actually branded "Commodore PC", I consider the headline inaccurate.
How Much Python Do You Need To Know To Be Useful? 263
Nerval's Lobster writes: Since Python is a general-purpose language, it finds its way into a whole lot of different uses and industries. That means the industry in which you work has a way of determining what you actually need to know in terms of the language, as developer Jeff Cogswell explains in a new Dice piece. For example, if you're hired to write apps that interact with operating systems and monitor devices, you might not need to know how to use the Python modules for scientific and numerical programming. In a similar fashion, if you're hired to write Python code that interacts with a MySQL database, then you won't need to master how it works with CouchDB. The question is, how much do you need to know about Python's basics? Cogswell suggests there are three basic levels to learning Python: Learn the core language itself, such as the syntax and basic types (and the difference between Python 2 and Python 3); learn the commonly used modules, and familiarize yourself with other modules; learn the bigger picture of software development with Python, such as including Python in a build process, using the pip package manager, and so on. But is that enough?
Comment Re: Why is it worth that much? (Score 0) 143
You're a tool. All of them should be preserved when possible.
Comment Re: I'm betting that... (Score 3, Insightful) 143
She dropped the computer off for recycling. If you throw out a bunch of stuff, and unbeknownst to you there is a mint copy of Action Comics #1 in that stuff, them once you throw it out it is no longer yours. In fact, the local municipaloty may have a stronger claim than you do in such a case.
I have no sympathy for her if she tries to push for more than the $100,0000. She's lucky the recycling center is ethical enough to offer it to her, as they're otherwise not obligated to give her a penny.
Comment Fuck you T2 (Score 1) 81
Time to go pirate some GTA games.
Comment Re:Why no high motion LD/ED? (Score 1) 60
Pretty much, because Youtube sucks. They haven't rolled out 60fps to the mobile apps yet, even though many mobile devices can easily handle 60fps (I know for a fact that the iPad Air supports up to 1080p60).
Comment Re:Force his hand..."Sue me! Sooner than later..." (Score 1) 379
Nope. Detention was after school. ISS is during the school day - instead of reporting to your normal first period class, you report to the ISS room.
Comment Hyperbole much? (Score 1) 392
I fail to see how USB-C to Lightning cables would be indicative in any way of a dystopia. I quite enjoy the Lightning port, myself. It's compact, reversible, and robust. As long as the cable connects to standard USB, I fail to see the issue. The only issue I see is the rabid anti-Apple zealots who would seek to force Apple away from Lightning.
Comment Re: Gain Control of Your iPhone Environment? (Score 1) 223
Or jailbreak (stay off 8.1.3!) and enjoy the style and smoothness of even the current base-level device (currently, iPhone 5c) with the freedom and customization available when you knock down the wall. Hell, my iPad has a command-line multi-system assembler that can, among others, handle 6502 and 68000 code. Can your mobile device assemble Sega Genesis code? Mine can
Comment Re: You're not supposed to ask that (Score 1) 223
Jailbreak for packages distributed via Cydia (or
Say again that sideloading is impossible on iOS without mentioning 8.1.3 and you're not telling the whole story.
Comment Re: Because (Score 1) 263
Motion detection is a horrible idea. It just needs to be set to snap pics as often as they normally change the menu (or have it be triggered manually in a simple, push-button fashion).
