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  1. Re:Diet sodas on Do Developers Need Free Perks To Thrive? · · Score: 1

    Citation?

  2. Re:rather have money on Do Developers Need Free Perks To Thrive? · · Score: 1

    Could just try diet soda, or seltzer.

  3. Re:rather have money on Do Developers Need Free Perks To Thrive? · · Score: 1

    Unfortunately, not an option when one parent is staying home with the baby/toddler.

  4. Re:First tired cliche! on NTSB Recommends Lower Drunk Driving Threshold Nationwide: 0.05 BAC · · Score: 1

    No, I'm 6'5"

  5. Re:First tired cliche! on NTSB Recommends Lower Drunk Driving Threshold Nationwide: 0.05 BAC · · Score: 1

    according to this, it should be 187-229 lbs for men, 162 - 198 lbs for women. so that is seriously underweight. I'm 6'5", and I was at one point 192, and you could see all my ribs and I got sick a lot. No idea how you are walking at 128.

  6. Re:First tired cliche! on NTSB Recommends Lower Drunk Driving Threshold Nationwide: 0.05 BAC · · Score: 1

    If I weighed 160lbs Id be bedridden from malnutrition

  7. Re:Decade long dearth of any good television? on The Dark Side of Amazon's New Pilots · · Score: 2

    Big Bang theory is painful. Why is there a laugh track every 10 seconds. Makes it damn near unwatchable.

  8. Re:Thats fucking it!!! on Futurama Cancelled (Again) · · Score: 1

    You need to look on the PPV channels then. It may cost you 14.99 per 90 minutes, but its there all right.

  9. Re: Keep it Vintage on Of the Love of Oldtimers - Dusting Off a Sun Fire V1280 Server · · Score: 1

    You know M4000 are nearing end of their run as well, right?

  10. Too bad it's not a T series on Of the Love of Oldtimers - Dusting Off a Sun Fire V1280 Server · · Score: 1

    Too bad it isn't a T-series. T series represents a whole different paradigm of processor and tuning for it. Having 128 simultaneous threads is pretty fun ( and maddening) to tune for. Especially when you learn how far the (effective) clock speed of each individual thread drops when you use all 128.

  11. Biometrics on Google Declares War On the Password · · Score: 2

    Isn't there already biometrics for this? You cant forget your finger in the car, and nobody can discretely steal it. They could steal it with a pair of bolt cutters, but then you have much bigger issues.

  12. This wasnt a normal Taser on New Hampshire Cops Use Taser On Woman Buying Too Many iPhones · · Score: 1

    "Officers used a “dry force” taser, said Hansen, which is less painful than the type of taser that shoots electrodes at the target to deliver the shock. A dry force taser has no probes, and is instead pressed directly to the skin."

    From the boston.com article

    Not saying I agree that this was a shining moment in the history of the Nashua Police, but lets get the facts straight.

  13. Re:Don't jump to violence, Apple on New Hampshire Cops Use Taser On Woman Buying Too Many iPhones · · Score: 1

    What if she's blocking the register?

    There is no register

  14. Re:That is not reasonable security on The Man Who Hacked the Bank of France · · Score: 3, Interesting
    What that Gary McKinnon wiki proves to me is that NASA reads /.

    In 2006, a Freedom of Information Act request was filed with NASA for all documents pertaining to Gary McKinnon. NASA's documents consisted of printed news articles from the Slashdot website, but no other related documents. This is consistent with NASA employees browsing internet articles about Gary McKinnon; the records of such browsing activity are in the public domain. The FOIA documents have been uploaded to the internet for review, and can be downloaded.[45]

  15. Life Remotely on Taking Telecommuting To the Next Level - the RV · · Score: 1

    Friend of mine has been telecommuting while driving from Seattle through South America. If he can be successful with that, seems its pretty doable.
    He has some good articles about challenges he has faced here

  16. Re:t-mobile on Ask Slashdot: A Cheap US Cellphone Plan With an Unlocked Phone? · · Score: 4, Informative

    540k people city *is* the boondocks. Sorry. If your city doesn't crack a million it's not even in the top 50 cities

    Is Boston then a boondocks city? It has 625,087 people as of 2011. How about San Francisco or San Jose? You are way off base that if a city doesnt crack a million its not in the top 50, only 9 cities actually crack a million, a city with 540k would be #33

  17. Re:Hitchhikers Guide - 4th book on Ask Slashdot: What's the Most Depressing Sci-fi You've Ever Read? · · Score: 1

    Mostly Harmless is book 5 of 3 as I recall. Elgin Schafer made a 6th book in the trilogy after Douglas Adams died, that attempts to work around the whole Vogon multidimensional explosion thing, but if you stop at book 5 it's a pretty depressing end to such a light hearted series.

  18. Re:Rules on EA Sues Zynga For Copying Sims Game · · Score: 1

    You forgot Face Jam

  19. Re:well.... on Arizona Attempts To Make Trolling Illegal · · Score: 1

    this article disagrees

    "As a State Senator, Huppenthal helped pass Arizona’s HB 2281, which banned public school courses that advocate the overthrow of the United States, promote racial resentment, or treat students as members of an ethnic group rather than as individuals. The law targeted Tucson’s Mexican American studies program specifically. "

  20. Re:Yeah, it's a danger to my sanity on Doctor Warns of the Hidden Danger of Touchscreens · · Score: 1

    What kind of phone does that?

  21. Re:Just another... on Feature Phones Make Java ME, Not Android, the #2 Mobile Internet OS · · Score: 3, Informative

    There are more Android PHONES than iOS PHONES, that is true. When you factor in the iPad and iPod Touch that swings way around in favor of Apple. Hence Mobile Devices

  22. Re:But the Wii doesn't even do HD! on Aging Consoles Find New Life As Video Streamers · · Score: 1

    Not true. A good portion of the content is available in HD, and is shown as such when you play back on a PS3 with a fast enough connection(FiOS)

  23. Re:Hitachi Makes a Touch Screen That's Pressure Se on Next Apple iPhone To Have a 4 Inch Display? · · Score: 1

    Sure about that?

  24. Re:Swords into Plowshares. on Cold-War Missile Launches Military Satellite · · Score: 1

    Oh cool, so now the military can tap 1 white mana to Remove target creature from the game entirely. Creature's controller gains life points equal to creature's power

  25. Re:FFX killed it for me on Square Enix Admits Final Fantasy XIV Damaged Brand · · Score: 1

    I have played all of the Final Fantasy Games with the exception of XI(Finished all but IIj and VIII), and I I actually really enjoyed FFX. I personally like the customizable level up aspect in FF-X and FF12. The gambits in FF12 arent for everyone, but the performance-tuning nerd in we was entertained by them.