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Comment Re: ADHD = poor lifestyle choices (Score 3, Informative) 98

Absolutely untrue. It's a clinically proven neurodivergent condition that can significantly impact a person's ability to learn, socialize, and perform within "norms" at work, school, and life. Before assuming and dismissing something you obviously do not understand, try and learn about it first before posting such an ignorant reply.

Submission + - Graph-view of collaborative development (flowingdata.com)

VindictivePantz writes: In an interesting graphical view on collaborative development, FlowingData writes: "GitHub is a large community where coders can collaborate on software development projects. People check code in and out, make edits, etc. Franck Cuny maps this community (with Gephi), based on information in thousands of user profiles."
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Submission + - Windows 7 Team on Battery Notification Messages (msdn.com)

VindictivePantz writes: The Windows 7 team has posted a new blog entry discussing the latest about the reported Windows 7 battery failures.
"...every single indication we have regarding the reports we’ve seen are simply Windows 7 reporting the state of the battery using this new feature and we’re simply seeing batteries that are not performing above the designated threshold...As we always say with regards to any reports on the quality of Windows 7, we are going to continue to be diligent and use all the tools at our disposal to get to the bottom of a report that has the potential to require a code change we would distribute to customers. We are as certain as we can be that we have addressed the root cause and concerns of this report, but we will continue to monitor the situation. In particular, we will continue to have focused communication with our OEM partners as they monitor their customers and PCs over time."

Comment A bigger audience than Superbowl sunday (Score 1) 609

Another reason for their launch outside saber-rattling and chest-puffing is simple: cash. They have essentially launched (no pun intended) a global advertisement to potential buyers of the technology they have been touting (though it was not a successful "product demonstration".) Though theoretically propped-up by China and/or Russia, having an income source outside of state sources gives you more political flexibility; that, and the possibility that their technology could be refined/used by "rogue" states/organizations would result in further political chaos, keeping them at or near the center of attention.

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