Comment It actually already works if you add more context. (Score 1) 217
When you add "while I was at the farm", google translates correctly to french.
EN: While I was at the farm, I put the pig in the pen.
FR: Pendant que j'étais à la ferme, j'ai mis le cochon dans un enclos.
I actually think it's logical for the AI to only translate like this with the extra context. I mean, are you sure nobody puts pigs in writing tools?
Comment Rimless screens (Score 1) 257
That's what I want. A full surface screen.
That could make your phone beautiful.
Comment Re:Really, Slashdot? (Score 1) 107
Ooops, wrong parent. Sorry
Comment Re:Really, Slashdot? (Score 1) 107
This is one of my favorite trolls, because you can set your watch by how long it takes for someone to post a link to the Jitterbag and saying, "here you go, Gramps."
Comment Re:Let Me Explain (Score 1) 550
Oops, that was supposed to be "except when you have a sitter." And then, unless you are insane, you will get the hell out of the house.
Comment Re:Let Me Explain (Score 1) 550
Everything will become so needy you will have no time at all.
Except when you h
Comment Re:When Credit doesn't count (Score 1) 177
You can get it (Calculus Made Easy) for free: http://books.google.com/books?id=BrhBAAAAYAAJ
Comment Re:Overpriced (Score 0) 177
The people running the UC system now come from the world of business. Most are Republican appointees (look up the list of regents) with little background in education or the public sector. They see the UC as a brand, and that brand as an asset to bring in revenue. That's why they're destroying it.
Comment Re:LibreOffice? (Score 1) 243
This story attracts the usual solipsistic ignorance of IT drones about what other people actually do. Excel is simply more advanced than Google Spreadsheets. For many casual spreadsheet users, that doesn't matter. But accounting and finance (especially for firms doing business internationally) requires a lot more than figuring out sums and averages.
Comment It was the year without a Santa Claus... (Score 1) 153
At least we'll get the Heat Miser.
Comment Re:As a northern Californian... (Score 1) 352
Trust me, if we can solve LA at rush hour, quantum computing, protein folding and FTL travel will be a breeze.
Comment Re:The actual reason (Score 5, Insightful) 375
I agree. Tablets fit with the changed computer behaviour.
Computers and laptops are made for a desk and for work. But when I come home from work, i don't want to work anymore. I want to use my computer as entertainment (facebook, newssites, youtube,
My laptop/netbook is not ergonomic to use on the couch, and my phone is too small. So i use a tablet.
Tablets are here to stay. And they will become the remote (or hub or whatever) for your tv.
Comment Re:Focus on correctness, not speed Mod up! (Score 1) 330
I wish I had mod points for you.
But honestly, thomasvs, when you come this late to the discussion, AND you have something this interesting to say, I think you are allowed to post it higher in the thread, even if it's not 100% on topic.
I mean, you're politically correct to post it here, but nobody will read it. Isn't that worse than posting SLIGHTLY off-topic higher up in the thread but where it can be an added value to people because they will read it?
Comment Re:"Scholarly" my ass. (Score 4, Insightful) 252
My god, there are a lot of smug/reactive, insular and almost anti-intellectual neckbeards on this thread.