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  1. Re:Go for an old console instead on Ask Slashdot: Best Console For the Kids This Holiday? · · Score: 1

    Or better yet, keep the PS3 and buy the Sega collection for Mega Drive/Genesis and hit the Playstation store for the other Sega titles

  2. Re:So... on Google Targets Android Fragmentation With Updated Terms For SDK · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I would have thought that it was targeting OUYA from forking the SDK and bundling it within their console.

  3. Re:Corporate use on IE 10 Almost Finished For Windows 7 With Final Preview · · Score: 2

    It can be done in about:config by editing "network.negotiate-auth.trusted-uris"

  4. Re:Probably looking for quick cash on AMD Hires Bank To Explore Sale Options · · Score: 1

    The Wii U is using GPUs only, the leaked details of the XBox and Playstation dev boxes have them using AMD for both CPU and GPU.

    Also wasn't there an article a few weeks ago that AMD was looking to sell ARM based servers.

  5. Probably looking for quick cash on AMD Hires Bank To Explore Sale Options · · Score: 3, Informative

    The article text actually says that they are not pursuing a sale strategy but they need to fix their profitability. AMD is the GPU supplier for the Wii U, and early development boxes for the new xbox and playstation are running AMD chipsets. So AMD should just need to stay afloat until all the next gen consoles are released to return to being profitable.

  6. Re:Nothing weird on The Release Candidate For Linux Mint 14 "Nadia" Is Out · · Score: 1

    The thing I find interesting is that the Distrowatch ranking is counting the number of hits per day from each distribution (unique IPs only). Does this mean that Mint users are comparing features, looking to change distributions, or there is a subset of users pushing up the ranking?

    My occasional visits to Distrowatch have generally been when checking whether changing distributions is worth it. Currently, I've gone with installing Cinnamon onto Ubuntu 12.04 LTS.

  7. Re:Don't complain about crime then on Facebook Won't Take Down Undercover Cop Page In Australia · · Score: 1

    Your speedometer can legally overstate your speed by 10%, so if your speedometer says 110km/h then your actual speed can be between 99 and 110 legally. However, if your actual speed is higher than what the speedometer says then your car (in Australia) is not roadworthy, so car manufacturer's always set the speedometers to say you're going faster than you actually are. (The Australian Design Regulations also specify that the speedometer must be accurate up to 40km/h)

  8. Re:Microsoft cares about privacy on Advertisers Blast Microsoft Over IE Default Privacy Settings · · Score: 1

    Isn't that what Adsense is supposed to do? Display ads based on the page content.

  9. Re:Hypocrites on MakerBot Going Closed Source? · · Score: 1

    I'm sure the actual system won't take long to manufacture, considering Google did all the hard work of creating the controller APIs and incorporating it into the SDK. What they'll be spending the development time on is the app store infrastructure so they can take their cut of sales.

  10. Re:And the electronic garbage pile expands on Apple Confirms iPhone 5 Preorders Top 2 Million In 24 Hours · · Score: 1

    Put them on ebay, there are people who would be happy to buy them.

  11. Re:Total number on Apple Confirms iPhone 5 Preorders Top 2 Million In 24 Hours · · Score: 1

    Even though they killed the Meego line I'm looking at getting an N9, because I've realised that I don't really use any apps that aren't available on all phone OS's and Nokia's are still the best phones for making actual phone calls.

    Maybe if Jolla produces a popular phone Nokia may revisit the decision to produce only Win phones and they can return to topping smart phone sales.

  12. Re:Two hates do not make a right on Apple Announces iPhone 5 · · Score: 1

    According to the media that I've been reading neither Samsung or HTC have submitted their LTE patents to the FRAND pool.

  13. Re:Most valuable private company ever at $910/shar on Apple Is Now the Most Valuable Company In History · · Score: 1

    Saudi Aramco was estimated to be worth $781 billion in 2005

  14. Re:Between the lines on Google Delays Nexus Q Launch, Pre-Orders Get It Free · · Score: 1

    If they were to package it with a wireless game controller then it would be a be a viable game system as well

  15. Re:Someone might want to tell HTC on In UK, HTC Defeats Apple's "Obvious" Slide Unlock Patent · · Score: 1

    The answer to each of those is "No" btw, and I'm actually trying to recall when phones got cameras, I'm pretty sure that was prior to the iPhone, but front facing and video calling were iPhone firsts, I think. Also, IIRC, BES came into being quit a bit before the iPhone was released, and was one of the reasons BB was at the top of the smart phone heap.

    A quick check on google indicates that cameras were being added to phones in the 90s and according to the Apple site the iPhone 3GS didn't have a front facing camera; which means my Nokia N70 (released in 2005) clearly beat Apple to video calling and I know that it wasn't the first.

  16. Re:7 and 8 inchs sizes at LogicSupply on Ask Slashdot: Hobbyist-Ready LCD Touch Panel For Embedded Projects? · · Score: 1

    Another option would be to convert a non touch solution with a conversion kit. eg http://www.touchscreen-me.com/touch-screen-conversion.php

  17. Re:Mandatory G+ signup clarification on The Google+ Name Game Continues · · Score: 1

    1) When signing up I said I was in Uzbekistan which might have skewed the results. 2) My system has a fair number of Google related cookies.

  18. Re:Get over it... on The Google+ Name Game Continues · · Score: 1

    I tested the signup process about 10 minutes ago through gmail.com and it doesn't create a g+ account. There is a bolded option in the profile window to join but it isn't that prominent

  19. Re:Mandatory G+ signup clarification on The Google+ Name Game Continues · · Score: 1

    I just tested with the signup from the gmail page and required fields for personal information are first name, last name, gender and DOB. None of these have to be correct as the account I made has a name of test test and was born 1 Jan 1912. It also did not link to a google+ account or create a public profile

  20. Re:A theoretical future call to Disney on US Supreme Court Upholds Removal of Works From Public Domain · · Score: 1

    But it's also the title of several public domain films. Looking on IMDB shows 19 other films/documentaries either named "Snow White" or some derivation of it.

  21. I meant that the copyright owner is the one who should be hiring some guy to verify the infringement before sending a takedown notice as they are the ones who have identified these videos as infringing.

  22. But surely they should have time to check the results of whatever program they are using to flag videos as infringing. Assuming a music video is 5 minutes long a single employee paid to watch flagged videos would be able to 12 per hour, there are approximately 250 working days per year Which means one employee could check 12*6*250 = 18,000 clips for infringement. So unless music companies are sending more than 18,000 DMCA notices per year the cost of verifying infringement is not particularly high.

  23. Re:Never going to happen. on What Microsoft Should and Shouldn't Do For the Xbox 720 · · Score: 1

    I would think they could make a deal with Toshiba and have exclusive production of HD-DVD. This would enable a backwards compatible optical device while ensuring that piracy is kept to a minimum due to the lack of consumer devices able to write to HD-DVDs.

  24. Re:and ordered Apple to pay court costs on Australian Federal Court Ends Ban On Samsung Galaxy Tab Sales · · Score: 1

    Looking at the table of transactions it looks like the board members selling full shares and then exercising options to get the same amount they just sold. So Jung Andrea still has the same amount of AAPL stock but happens to also have an extra $1.8 million in the bank.

  25. Re:GO GOOGLE! on Google Throws /. Under Bus To Snag Patent · · Score: 1

    Another solution would be check accounts that have higher ratio of down mods to up mods and reduce the mod point allocation accordingly.