Forgot your password?

typodupeerror

Comment: I tried to install iTunes on Windows once. (Score 3, Interesting) 512

by Kaenneth (#43727841) Attached to: iTunes: Still Slowing Down Windows PCs After All These Years

I tried to use iTunes once, but I couldn't complete the installations because a required entry drop down list wasn't in the dialog tab order, and I didn't have a mouse available, just a keyboard at that time.

Their graphics/design guys are good, but Apple developers/testers just seem lazy to me, missing something so basic.

Comment: Re:Climate change? (Score 4, Insightful) 690

by Kaenneth (#43705817) Attached to: "Dramatic Decline" Warning For Plants and Animals

A more recent poll showed that 2/3rd of statistics are made up.

How about you get labeled a Climate Hysteric? There are too many of those for my liking.

People who don't care one way or the other are not 'denialists' they just might have diferent priorities, and not consider GW the MOST IMPORTANT THING EVER, as opposed to, keeping their job, keeping their house, not getting cancer, etc.

"With us, or Against us" has been used many times in history; but it's not always true.

Comment: Hoping for realtime voice (Score 1) 157

by Kaenneth (#43689591) Attached to: Realtime GPU Audio

I can't wait until real-time synthesized voices escape the uncanny valley. Neal Stephenson was pretty prophetic in 'The Diamond Age' of having live voice actors behind dynamically scripted content; not that we have that, but that we still don't have good voice generators.

Voice 'acted' games without requiring actors to pre-record every possible phrase would be great.

Comment: Re:Restrict elected positions (Score 1) 572

by Kaenneth (#43643705) Attached to: "Terrorist" Lyrics Land High Schooler In Jail

From looking at the story, it seems like some prosecutor here wants to come off as tough on crime and terrorists to further their political career.

...and that is the problem right there. Prosecutors should not have a political career, except in rare circumstances. The US system where practically all public jobs are directly elected just does not work well at all. Apart from the fact that most of the electorate don't even know what some of the jobs are let alone who will do them well it results in people who want to look competent more than they want to be competent...like most politicians.

You really need to try the system most of the rest of the democratic world uses: have your elected officials appoint/hire people for lower public offices like the attorney general. This provides enough insulation from political concerns while still having the electorate ultimately in charge. Politically bad but nevertheless correct decisions (like not prosecuting someone) can then be made without the prosecutor fearing for his/her career.

No, the opposing party will just hold the appointer responsible (in their attack ads)

Dead? No excuse for laying off work.

Working...