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Comment Re:Here's a tip (Score 2) 125

Now, there's plenty of automatic algorithms that already improve this in popular videoprojectors and TV sets, but I haven't experienced it first hand so I can't vouch for it.

Be glad you haven't seen that yet. Those "upscale" (for the lack of a better word for it) algorithms make the picture look absolutely horrible, much like a cheaply produced VHS Porno. Now, there's nothing wrong with pr0n, but I'm not especially a fan of the cheap 80s porn esthetic. I'd rather scratch my eyes out than watching a complete movie that way.

Comment Re:Arch Linux: what's the differentiating factor? (Score 1) 103

But there's one result that sticks out. The Arch wiki [archlinux.org] provides a nicely organized richly linked list of things you might want to configure, and how to configure them. This is how you collect and present useful information. I figured, if I find myself consistantly using the documentation for a distro, maybe I should check out the actual distro.

That's what happens to me a lot, too, lately. Previously it used to be the Ubuntu Forums where you could find a lot of useful information, but nowadays it's the ArchLinux Wiki that sticks out a lot in search results. May give it a try in a VM soon.

Comment Re:Reading the early comments... (Score 4, Interesting) 536

Modded you down personally as "overrated" on said Firefox post, I still remember that I thought that your writing made it clear that you lack the technical skills to judge what you wrote about. I still remember that I wanted to write an answer to your post, but that would've undone all my previous moderation. What you posted *was* highly overrated, IMHO, so I rather modded you down instead of correcting you. Not everybody is out there to get you. You seem to be pretty vocal, though, looks like it's pretty easy to get annoyed by your posts. Don't take that as an offence, just as an outside observation.

Comment Re:Money. (Score 1) 439

[...] (no, I'm not calling "Bild" a newspaper. Compared to it, even Fox News is fair and accurate...) [...]

Have you actually watched Fox News? Compared to their venom spouting gibberish fake news BILD would be a quality newspaper.

And I hate BILD with a passion...

Comment Re:Are his customers happy? (Score 1) 515

it's unknown whether or not his delaying the surgery lead to his death.

It's not a matter of too soon, it's a matter of we don't know what ultimately did him in. We don't know if it metastasized or if something else was going on.

Well, I believe he had expressed regret about taking time off pursuing alternative medicine. (Heard it from someone who heard it from someone, take with a grain of salt, confirm yourself. But it fits with someone going to alternative medicine and then returning to modern medicine.)

Says so in his official Biography.

Comment Re:Good to see... (Score 1) 285

Only if you distribute binaries, which Google never did.

You could probably argue this point either way. Samsung may have physically made the phones but the Nexus series phones are Google branded and ship with Google's Android binaries. [...]

And there has never been a Honey Comb for any Nexus device so far, so what's the point?

Comment Re:Or just maybe... (Score 1) 798

Since they quit using the way we used to mount drives, I don't know what drive is what any more. I know that all my drives have long ass character strings, but I don't even know how to get a list of drives any more as "sudo mount" doesn't do shit.

Not sure if you're referring to UUIDs, but a ls -Al /dev/disk/by-uuid should take care of that... shouldn't it? Been a while since I've used Ubuntu, but Debian lists all devices by UUID this way.

Comment Re:Score (Score 1) 775

complete with speaking in tongues. This was in a public school in Georgia, mind you.

Just read up on "speaking in tongues" at Wikipedia and, boy, my mind is blown! Really??? This person really muttered idiotic, incoherent syllables and wasn't fired/institutionalized on the spot, but did so regularly, in public? I'm still trying to wrap my mind around that. Wow, just wow. I don't get how someone that insane can be seen fit to teach children.

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