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Comment Re:Meet the new boss, same as the old boss (Score 1) 646

by ihuntrocks (#33718806) Attached to: Obama Wants Broader Internet Wiretap Authority
Wow...you're entire argument is made up of a single contiguous logical fallacy (argumentum ad Nazium). Impressive. Entirely ignorant, but still impressive. That's okay, ignorance is fixable. Perhaps try checking up on murder rates for countries who currently have strict gun control, such as Japan and Australia.
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Submission + - Windows 95 Turns 15

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: 15 years ago on this day, Microsoft's then new Windows 95 was released. Among other things it moved users away from the archaic file manager and program manager to Windows explorer and the start menu. Compared to today's "social desktop", I'd much rather have the simpler and more sparese (pre Internet Explorer integrated) Windows Explorer, though I do not like the (lack of) stability that Windows 95 offers. Of course if you were alive then, you've probably seen the commercials.

Comment Re:Libraries (Score 1) 137

by ihuntrocks (#32922884) Attached to: Why 'Gaming' Chips Are Moving Into the Server Room
I know I posted this like a little bit above, but this sounds like something you might be looking for. Any card with the PowerXCell setup. http://www.fixstars.com/en/products/gigaaccel180/features.html If you check under the specs section, you'll see tha BLAS, LAPACK, FFT, and several other numeric libraries are supported. Also, the GCC can target Cell. All around, not a bad set up for physics modeling.

Comment Re:OK, going to attack the source (Score 1) 799

by ihuntrocks (#32206694) Attached to: Gulf Gusher Worst Case Scenario

That happens after the Christians disappear in chapter 3 iirc. And since we're all still here...

I'm not certain this hasn't already happened. Given that the vast majority of the people who practice Christianity as outlined in the Bible have virtually ceased to exist, that may well have come to pass.
Granted, I am not an expert on the work of fiction in question, so take that with a grain of salt.

Comment Re:OK, going to attack the source (Score 1) 799

by ihuntrocks (#32206612) Attached to: Gulf Gusher Worst Case Scenario
My college education consisted of a major in geology, double minor in physics and math. I'm not going to touch any of this guy's numbers, since I have serious reason to believe that his data is not accurate. Then again, I'm not touching any of the other numbers being released because I haven't managed to locate data that I can verify to be accurate enough to start using. One thing I can say though is that BP is only legally liable for $75 million in damages at a maximum currently. This will not change without new legislation. I'm not sure how much this will end up costing, but I'm reasonably certain it will exceed $75 million. BP is a corporation. Corporations typically tend to depend on profit, which is easier to generate if you pay only what you have to. BP may have promised to pay it all, but, like the queen's ass, this remains to be seen.

Comment Re:Show me a single molecule quantum device (Score 1) 246

by ihuntrocks (#32143210) Attached to: 1 Molecule Computes Thousands of Times Faster Than a PC
Then, by your comparison, I guess we would have to consider the grid that delivers the power to your computer to be part of your computer, and the plant which produces it, along with all of the various things which go into power production, up to and including the planet itself because we extract resources from it to do this. Perhaps it should even include the sun.

Comment Re:Quantum computers aren't X times faster. (Score 1) 246

by ihuntrocks (#32143176) Attached to: 1 Molecule Computes Thousands of Times Faster Than a PC
So, you are trying to tell me that with this molecule, there was no deliberate process for transforming one or more inputs into one or more results, with variable change? You obviously have no idea what a calculation actually consists of. The concept of calculation is not bound up with arithmetic. Almost counter-intuitively, it doesn't even necessarily have to mathematical.

Comment Re:Using it since Alpha 1 (Score 1) 366

by ihuntrocks (#31594682) Attached to: Ubuntu's "Lucid Lynx" Enters Beta

Not only that but Mark's Comments towards the end of this bug report posted in a previous slashdot story have really opened my eyes as to what a dick he really is when talking to his users.

There's lots of reasons to keep the close buttons on the right by default and yet Mark can't come up with one reason to move them, just a lot of nonsense about "his plans" which he doesn't want to share.

He is absolutely not being a dick. Just take a look at the rubbish people are throwing his way. Nothing he's said could be considered harsh to any but the most sensitive and fragile of souls out there and it's usually those fragile fools throwing the most mud.

The design team made a decision, and they've said they'll take on board any reasonable criticisms but most of what's going on is cry babies with their, "Listen to me, I want it this way, just because, and if you don't do what I say then I'll take my bat and ball and use another distro."

It's fine to take the view that you don't like where the buttons are and it's easily changed too. Just because someone wont do what you want just by crying and screaming at them via bug reports, etc. without being reasonable is hardly unusual. If I demand you to stop reading Slashdot just cause I want you to with no good reason and being a baby while I ask would rightly be met with a no. It's not the end of the world where the buttons are now and there's a way to put them where you want. How most of the posters can justify their positions on this in any way mystifies me.

There there, Mark Shuttleworth. You didn't have to post as AC in order to throw your temper-tantrum. We're all friends here. It's okay *soothing, cooing noises*.... You can pu

Comment Re:It's the parents (Score 1) 1343

by ihuntrocks (#30988740) Attached to: Students Failing Because of Poor Grammar
I had already tried policing them at by that point. Those who were going to do the assignment were doing it, and those who had already decided not to sat in silence giving me dirty looks. What else was I to do? The assignment was to copy definitions, and answer a few questions from a section review. In the review, the answers came from the vocabulary words and definitions they copied. I did not have a single student question all day.

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