Comment Re:LINUX rounds numbers fine (Score 1) 764
That weird powdery feeling goes away after using the keyboard for a while. I don't mind that feeling, but I don't miss it either.
Comment Re:Just wanna say (Score 1) 572
Saying thank you at least acknowledges that the other person did something for you and it didn't go unnoticed. Even if there's no emotion behind it or anything, that's still something.
Comment Slashdot ads (Score 1) 1051
I haven't ever read Ars Technia (except for following links from slashdot), but I did try to whitelist ads for this site. Unfortunately, I would have to allow javascript from whatever ad servers slashdot uses. Disabling adblock on this site and allowing javascript from this domain isn't enough to view ads, so I don't see them. It would be nice if I could support slashdot by viewing ads without trusting javascript from an ad server.
Comment Re:It's closed so it's perfect (Score 1) 137
You could probably get people to pay to have that removed. No one will pay to have it put on their device.
Swiss Experimenter Breeds Swarm Intelligence 144
destinyland writes "Researchers simulated evolution with multiple generations of food-seeking robots in a new study of artificial swarm intelligence. 'Under some conditions, sophisticated communication evolved,' says one researcher. And in a more recent study, the swarms of bots didn't just evolve cooperative strategies — they also evolved the ability to deceive. ('Forget zombies,' joked one commenter. 'This is the real threat.') 'The study of artificial swarm intelligence provides insight into the nature of intelligence in general, and offers an interesting perspective on the nature of Darwinian selection, competition, and cooperation.' And there's also some cool video of the bots in action."
Comment Re:How time flies (Score 1) 1124
That was my first thought too.
Comment Re:It's Not About Safety, It's About Macho (Score 1) 553
No, they're from 18 year olds that are too busy text messaging to look both ways when entering the street.
Comment Re:"dumb down?" (Score 1) 276
Tap with two fingers, or put two fingers on the trackpad and click.
Comment Re:Location, location, location (Score 2, Informative) 586
This may not make you hate Apple laptop keyboards any less, but you can use fn + delete to delete characters.
Comment Re:Only when registering (Score 2, Insightful) 849
This means we no longer need to confirm passwords twice when registering.
Yeah, just like we don't have to confirm email addresses right now.
Comment Re:The whole event was crap. (Score 1) 770
It makes more sense if Apple gets a cut of the 2-year contract revenue.
Comment Re:Cells are NEW but also STOLEN (Score 3, Informative) 235
Screwed up moderating, posting to fix.
Comment How to deal with opposing views (Score 1) 394
Release more versions of Windows 7, that way everyone can get exactly what they want.
Comment Re:I think it starts with lizards... (Score 1) 1032
How does that get modded informative?
Comment Re:Keyboard shortcuts and CLI (Score 1) 431
GMail has keyboard shortcuts (although I wish they were customizable, I'd like to add a few more).
There's an addon in Google Labs (Custom keyboard shortcuts) that will let you customize them.
