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  1. Re:Crazy tech? on Leaked Manual Reveals Details On Google's Nexus 5 · · Score: 5, Informative

    The best camera is the one you have with you.

  2. Re:What would make it sell... on Microsoft Makes Another "Nearly Sold Out" Claim For the Surface Line · · Score: 1

    'better' is subjective. HDMI's ubiquity cant be ignored.

  3. Re:What would make it sell... on Microsoft Makes Another "Nearly Sold Out" Claim For the Surface Line · · Score: 1

    Did you SEE Xbox One's debut debacle? They dont get consumers at all.

  4. Re:We can trust them on Microsoft Makes Another "Nearly Sold Out" Claim For the Surface Line · · Score: 3, Insightful

    We keep repeating it because other morons keep forgetting it.

  5. Re:give proper credit on The Story of the Original iPhone's Development · · Score: 2

    IOS 7 is just NOW getting the palm card-style interface as a task manager. My wife saw it and even said 'o it works like my Palm does'. When iphone came out i had a palm Pre as well, and it wasnt until Iphone 4s that i thought Apple had a worthy replacement for my Palm.

  6. Re:Intel i3 on Steam Machine Prototypes Use Intel CPUs, NVIDIA GPUs · · Score: 2

    An i3 is part of the premium family line. Its a solid chip with no real weaknesses compared to i5 other then processor count. i5s come with only 2 cores too.

  7. And thats why I have a hard time ever taking the Supreme Court seriously, they rule far more for the State then the individual liberties spelled out in the Constitution. DUI checkpoints, commerce clause, default tap on all comms. Its horrifying that people still think they are doing the job that they were intended to do.

  8. THere are a few circumstances where you can get allodial title in the US, but its very rare. And it still assumes a ground state of the government owns all.

  9. Why didn't they just get a warrant to begin with? Or am I missing something?

  10. Re:The USA is ruled on Lavabit Case Unsealed: FBI Demands Companies Secretly Turn Over Crypto Keys · · Score: 1

    It is also human nature to bloodily and violently depose of those that would enslave us.

  11. Re:Dating service to come? on Personal Genomics Firm 23andMe Patents Designer Baby System · · Score: 1

    What useful function can the 98th percentile accomplish from this association? What does Mensa actually do?

  12. Re:I think they plan to compete on the premium end on Ask Slashdot: Can Valve's Steam Machines Compete Against the Xbox One and PS4? · · Score: 1

    Yes, but they arent sinking billions into hardware like MS and Sony has to. They are sidestepping some of the larger risks on launching a 'traditional' console, especially the financial ones. This isnt a risk for Valve except for their reputation. If it falls flat on its face, Valve loses very little.

  13. Re:If Valve had a big marketing budget on Ask Slashdot: Can Valve's Steam Machines Compete Against the Xbox One and PS4? · · Score: 1

    I was referring to the tech that went into the scripted live cutscenes. The NPCs moved with you and maintained eye contact. It was immersive as hell at the time.

  14. Re:I think they plan to compete on the premium end on Ask Slashdot: Can Valve's Steam Machines Compete Against the Xbox One and PS4? · · Score: 1

    Im pretty sure they are hammering away at the windowing system for sure. Working with nvidia for driver support etc. It costs money. Honestly its the only place i see them actually outlaying sunk cash for this project.

  15. Re:everybody is naked under their clothes on California Outlaws 'Revenge Porn' · · Score: 2

    Some people would argue that the reaction it causes in the viewer is what makes porn 'porn' i.e. 'I know it when i see it'. Not me, i wouldnt argue that, but other people do.

  16. Re:So... can they do it pre-breakup? on California Outlaws 'Revenge Porn' · · Score: 1

    If INTENT is the only separator, i can upload them anonymously and good luck proving I leaked them. You have to prove I did it with the explicit intent of harm. I could intend to release them as art, it is incidental if it caused the subject harm.

  17. Re:So... can they do it pre-breakup? on California Outlaws 'Revenge Porn' · · Score: 1

    Where did you get the idea that i cant put surveillance video online? You are very wrong.

  18. Re:Developer Count on Ask Slashdot: Can Valve's Steam Machines Compete Against the Xbox One and PS4? · · Score: 1

    Both Sony and MS have at least an order of magnitude more sunk costs in their respective consoles. Valve is doing this all on the cheap, relatively speaking.

  19. What do you mean you need specs? The hardware is out there now. Valve is aiming for good, better, best categories of existing, OTS hardware.

  20. Re:Google Play model... on Ask Slashdot: Can Valve's Steam Machines Compete Against the Xbox One and PS4? · · Score: 1

    IN a few years time this will be irrelevant. Minimum graphics will be strong enough and games will scale to hardware

  21. Re:If Valve had a big marketing budget on Ask Slashdot: Can Valve's Steam Machines Compete Against the Xbox One and PS4? · · Score: 1

    Just NO. There was a TON of tech that went into HL2 beyond physics 'gimmick'. The NPC spatial awareness alone was impressive.

  22. Re:I think they plan to compete on the premium end on Ask Slashdot: Can Valve's Steam Machines Compete Against the Xbox One and PS4? · · Score: 0

    You are very wrong about it being another OUYA. This Valve initiative is more about gluing together off the shelf stuff then re-inventing the wheel. Valve can only grow from these initiatives, there is no downside other then the sunk cost of developing Linux, which they see as essential for survival.

  23. Re:How many Steam games run on Linux? on Ask Slashdot: Can Valve's Steam Machines Compete Against the Xbox One and PS4? · · Score: 1

    PS4 runs into the same EXACT issue with PS4/VitaTV. A HUGE chunk of this issue that people are having a hard time wrapping their heads around is that we need to focus on Gaming PCs and no trying to turn your workstation into a console.

  24. Re:I think they plan to compete on the premium end on Ask Slashdot: Can Valve's Steam Machines Compete Against the Xbox One and PS4? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Valve is not entering the console market in the traditional sense. It is taking off the shelf hardware and applying some glue to tie it all together. Its not a new product, its a remix of what we already have. This is not a 3DO/Neo-Geo situation. Everything that works today will be able to be integrated with Steam OS machines too.

  25. Re:Tor compromised on Silk Road Shut Down, Founder Arrested, $3.6 Million Worth of Bitcoin Seized · · Score: 1

    Anything that you want to keep secret cannot pass over public infrastructure. This is the new reality. TOR is dead and we need to remind people to stop using it.