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Amazon Reviewers Take on the Classics 272

Posted by samzenpus on Monday April 05, 2010 @12:47PM from the eye-of-the-beholder dept.

Not everyone is a fan of great literature. In particular, reviewers on Amazon can be quite critical of some of the best loved classics. Jeanette DeMain takes a look at some of the most hated famous books according to some short tempered reviewers. One of my favorites is the review of Charlotte's Web which reads in part, "Absolutely pointless book to read. I felt no feelings towards any of the characters. I really didn't care that Wilbur won first prize. And how in the world does a pig and a spider become friends? It's beyond me. The back of a cereal box has more excitement than this book. I was forced to read it at least five times and have found it grueling. Even as a child I found the plot very far-fetched. It is because of this horrid book that I eat sausage every morning and tell my dad to kill every spider I see ..."

Comment Re:"User error"? (Score 1) 626

by TwoBit on Sunday November 01, 2009 @02:22AM (#29939827) Attached to: Why Computers Suck At Math

>> b) According to the summary, 36 hours would still be a complete miss (a third of 687 meters is still 229)

It's not linear. Read the paper: http://www.fas.org/spp/starwars/gao/im92026.htm

Comment Re:Hmm... (Score 1) 442

by TwoBit on Monday August 31, 2009 @06:30PM (#29267495) Attached to: EA Spends 3x on Marketing Than Development

In fact most markets are like this and not just games.
Most of the food people buy at the supermarket falls under this.
Most of the clothes people buy falls under this.
Most of the TV people watch falls under this.

Comment Re:Hardware (Score 1) 177

by TwoBit on Friday July 31, 2009 @05:05AM (#28893619) Attached to: Next Console Generation Defined By Software, Not Hardware

>> It lost last gen to the slowest (PS2)

That's a deceiving misstatement. The only thing faster than the PS2 was the XBox, which came out far too late to have an effect on the PS2 market.

Also, in the current generation you can't really say that the PS3 is faster hardware than the XBox 360. The XBox has a faster CPU(s) and GPU, whereas the PS3 has only the SPUs (which are less accessible than CPU or GPU).

Comment Re:it's pretty obvious, isn't it? (Score 1) 921

by TwoBit on Wednesday March 18, 2009 @11:39PM (#27251435) Attached to: Study Finds the Pious Fight Death Hardest

I find it hard to believe that these death bed efforts by the religious are due to an edict by God to preserve the gift of life. The 'snarky' theory makes a lot more sense.

Microsoft Programming Contest Hacked and Defaced 151

Posted by kdawson on Monday October 06, 2008 @10:16PM from the star-developers dept.

davidmwilliams writes "Microsoft followed their major annual Tech-Ed event in Australia with a week-long programming contest called 'DevSta,' to find 'star developers.' While the quantity and quality of submissions suggest a poor turnout, it certainly caught the attention of at least two hackers who left their mark. Here is the low-down on the contest, what happened, by whom, and screen shots for posterity in case it's been fixed by the time you read this. And unless the volume of submissions increase dramatically within the next few hours, someone may be awarded an Xbox for doing nothing more than rewriting the Windows calculator as a .NET app."

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