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Comment: Re:nope (Score 1) 737

by BTWR (#43498315) Attached to: Windows: Not Doomed Yet
Along the way, there were numerous failings - Windows 3.0, Windows 95 (while successful, was buggy) Windows ME, Windows Vista.

Good post.So what you're saying is that every-other Windows release is successful. Sales-wise and review-wise you'd be correct. We shall see what happens with Windows 9

Comment: Re:/. has servers that stay up - that's why, nerds (Score 1) 1105

by BTWR (#43455677) Attached to: Explosions at the Boston Marathon
I agree. As someone living in NYC at the time, none of our cell phones worked and television was knocked out for a while (I think it was CBS that was still broadcasting because their antenna was on the Empire State Building.).

A largely text-only site like Slashdot is the best scenario for such situations.

Comment: This will get struck down (Score 3, Interesting) 228

by BTWR (#43448127) Attached to: Will the Supreme Court End Human Gene Patents?
The masses don't know about this story yet. Once the Gay Marriage debate dies down a bit (or once the decision is released) and this becomes the next big court case, you will see overwhelming popular support for eliminating gene patents.

Then again, I supposed Citizens United is very unpopular too, and that seems to have passed...

Comment: Re:How Much Does It Cost? (Score 1) 175

by BTWR (#43442403) Attached to: Nintendo To Cancel Weather, News, and Other Built-In Wii Apps In June

Lets say it costs 1 dollar.

That is 1 dollar less that they can use for something else.

If it costs $1 to keep this story off of Slashdot, engadget and joystiq then it's worth it. If it costs $10 million, not so much. That's why knowing the cost of this service would be helpful.

Comment: Re:did people really use them? (Score 1) 175

by BTWR (#43442369) Attached to: Nintendo To Cancel Weather, News, and Other Built-In Wii Apps In June

I had a surprisingly good time spinning the globe and looking at weather around the world, and zooming in and out and learning a little geography along the way. I spent a good amount of time with it, to be honest. That was the great thing about it -- it was just a really nice 3D-ish/VR-ish globe that you could zoom in and out of, like Google Maps.

I did the exact same thing. I used to zoom all the way out until you saw outer space and stars behind Earth, then I'd spin the globe around like Superman.

Comment: Re:Age old "issue" (Score 1) 426

by BTWR (#43414745) Attached to: "Micro-Gig" Sites Undermining Workers Rights?
I agree that people should be paid a living wage, but the problem is that a living wage in New York is very different than a living wage in India. Paying someone $100 for a week's worth of work may not buy food for your family of four, but it will in other parts of the world. I'm not saying that this is right, I'm just saying...

Comment: Re:People want better ads. (Score 1) 978

by BTWR (#43135337) Attached to: Game Site Wonders 'What Next?' When 50% of Users Block Ads
There's no value system anywhere that says you should.

I'll correct your typo for you: There's no value system that says you should [except the value system set up by the site owner who pays his writers to post. But I have a really great reason why that value system is stupid, so I will declare it doesn't exist. I may have a point, I may not, but I will deny that the website owners have a value system. Therefore, is it a correct statement to say "There's no value system anywhere that says you should."].

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