Comment Re:A couple simple rules (Score 1) 635
Yeah I'm sure you're the epitome of healthiness with a soup-only diet. There's a difference between staying fit and losing weight.
Comment Stupid (Score 1) 240
This is a stupid, stupid question.
Comment Re:Overlapping ranges (Score 1) 441
<= 2.0, then. 2.01 goes to the first, 2.52 goes to the second, 3.03 goes to the third, 3.54 goes to the fourth. Make a compromise. It's an estimation, obviously, but it would give an idea of the range of GPAs.
Comment Re:Overlapping ranges (Score 1) 441
What's wrong with:
- < 2.0
- 2.1 - 2.5
- 2.6 - 3.0
- 3.1 - 3.5
- 3.6 - 4.0
- > 4.0
?
Comment The game still has its flaws (Score 1) 147
I hope it's a rather small subset of their employees that are exploring this console thing. The game needs a lot of work to be even close to its full potential, and I would think their time would be much better spent working towards that.
Comment Re:What we need is a modular and hackable approach (Score 1) 445
You also have a choice to not buy a car. If it's important enough to you, make the dash system one of the deciding factors when choosing a car.
Comment Re:Like Apple? (Score 1) 198
You're giving reasons other than luck for all of those things, though. Luck has nothing to do with them. Timing, maybe? Or some kind of knowledge? Not luck.
Comment Re:Like Apple? (Score 1) 198
#1 and #2 aren't luck. They're just the way things happened. "Could haves" don't imply luck at all.
Submission + - Parent questions mandatory high school chemistry (washingtonpost.com) 1
Ollabelle writes: David Bernstein, a nonprofit executive who lives in Gaithersburg, Md., has two sons, ages 7 and 15. He has previously written about how schools fail students with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. Now he turns his attention to mandated curriculum in public schools, and argues that his sons shouldn't be forced to take any science class.
Comment Re:Do what with daily records? (Score 1) 540
Replace 'to' with 'towards'. I think that's the meaning they're trying to convey.
Submission + - Windows 8 Tells Microsoft About Everything You Install (nadim.cc)
musicon writes: "According to Nadim Kobeissi, Windows 8 is configured by default (using a new featured called Windows SmartScreen) to immediately tell Microsoft about every app you download and install. This is a very serious privacy problem, specifically because Microsoft is the central point of authority and data collection/retention here and therefore becomes vulnerable to being served judicial subpoenas or National Security Letters intended to monitor targeted users. This situation is exacerbated when Windows 8 is deployed in countries experiencing political turmoil or repressive political situations.
Additionally, it may be possible for a 3rd party to intercept SmartScreen’s communications to Microsoft and thus learn about every single application downloaded and installed by a target."
Additionally, it may be possible for a 3rd party to intercept SmartScreen’s communications to Microsoft and thus learn about every single application downloaded and installed by a target."
Submission + - Why Professors Love (and Loathe) Technology (insidehighered.com) 1
dougled writes: "Survey of 4,500 college professors (and campus technology administrators) reveals what faculty members think of digital publishing (they like it, but don't do it very much), how much they use their campus learning management systems (not nearly as much as their bosses think), and how digital communication has changed their work lives (they're more productive, but far more stressed)."
Submission + - Who cares if Samsung copied Apple (hbr.org)
hype7 writes: "The Harvard Business Review is running an article that's questioning the very premise of the Apple v Samsung case. From the article: "It isn't the first time Apple has been involved in a high-stakes "copying" court case. If you go back to the mid-1990s, there was their famous "look and feel" lawsuit against Microsoft. Apple's case there was eerily similar to the one they're running today: "we innovated in creating the graphical user interface; Microsoft copied us; if our competitors simply copy us, it's impossible for us to keep innovating." Apple ended up losing the case. But it's what happened next that's really fascinating. Apple didn't stop innovating at all.""
Comment Re:Take it one step further (Score 1) 160
What's it like to have knowledge that you don't understand? That concept doesn't make sense to me.
Comment Re:Getting... colder (Score 2) 78
First Mummies being a more contemporary, popular band. Everyone loves their music, thinks they're so original, pioneers, etc. Then we discover they were actually inspired by Field of Corpses?! Oh gosh!
