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  1. Win 8 tablets as shims on Lenovo Halts Sales of Small-Screen Windows 8.1 Tablets Due To "Lack of Interest" · · Score: 1

    I bought my Dell Venue 8 Pro for one reason only, to act as a shim when i get roadblocked by something 'on mobile'. Its a full x86 machine that presents as a regular computer to the web. If not for that i would have NEVER bought it.

  2. Re:But scarcity! on Verizon's Accidental Mea Culpa · · Score: 1

    Thats why we need to play hardball and explain to Verizon that if they dont stop we are going to going to revoke their right-of-way.

  3. Re:105 megabits per second on Comcast Customer Service Rep Just Won't Take No For an Answer · · Score: 1

    Impose quotas and QoS. Establish your nerd dominance.

  4. Re:105 megabits per second on Comcast Customer Service Rep Just Won't Take No For an Answer · · Score: 1

    Local compression is faster than the internet is most places. Compress 10:1 or 8:1 and transmit. I get what you are saying, but there are many ways to skin that cat that dont rely on pure brute bandwidth.

  5. Re:105 megabits per second on Comcast Customer Service Rep Just Won't Take No For an Answer · · Score: 2

    You are oversimplifying. In tech we reach plateaus of 'good enough' for the time and resources involved.

  6. Re:Study first, then appeal on Court Rejects Fox's Attempt to Use Aereo Ruling Against Dish's Hopper · · Score: 1

    All that needs to be done is for Congress to repeal their protectionist law on the subject. We are in this mess because of case law from the 70s.

  7. Re:Can't use duck test and rational argument on Court Rejects Fox's Attempt to Use Aereo Ruling Against Dish's Hopper · · Score: 1

    The whole problem is Congress passed protectionist legislation when this was brought up in the 70s. This protectionist legislation is what stopped Aereo, not actual logical law.

  8. Re:Overstating things.... on Massive Job Cuts Are Reportedly Coming For Microsoft Employees · · Score: 1

    Do you blame us for not accepting Microsoft's 'me too' handsets? There is very little that is compelling on the windows phone platform compared to the competition .

  9. Re:Overstating things.... on Massive Job Cuts Are Reportedly Coming For Microsoft Employees · · Score: 1

    Moto E is $129 and worth using. I have the Moto G and its UTTERLY fantastic for its price ($219 unlocked 4G LTE).

  10. Re:You Can make a Rasberry Pirate Radio on New Raspberry Pi Model B+ · · Score: 1

    You can go Thunderbolt to Ethernet.

  11. Re:A lot of them will be returned on Home Depot Begins Retail Store Pilot Program To Sell MakerBot 3-D Printers · · Score: 1

    WHAT? I see them RETAIL at MicrosoftStore, Microcenter and other places. They take returns.

  12. Re:You Can make a Rasberry Pirate Radio on New Raspberry Pi Model B+ · · Score: 1

    Mini-ITX means a relatively BIG power supply. I own several ITX cases including Antec 300-150 and 310, Cooler Master 110, and 130., plus an Antec 110. All of them have power supplies that are massive in comparison, even with external bricks. Mini-ITX isnt jsut a step up, its a giant leap. Intel Bay Trail NUCS are MUCH closer to what you have in mind of a cheap x86 machine.

  13. Re:Micro SD on New Raspberry Pi Model B+ · · Score: 1

    Yep, i had to super glue a SD-to-microSD adapter into the SD socket. After that i bought the half-length SD to micro SD adapters to avoid that issue. http://www.adafruit.com/produc...

  14. Re:Slow CPU, crippled network, too little RAM on New Raspberry Pi Model B+ · · Score: 1

    Buy a battery with a 5v adapter already on it. You can get them by the dozens at retail for charging cell phones. I mated an Adafruit Solar Li-Po charger and a Minty Boost to get 5v from 3.7v batteries, but whatever. The stuff is out there.

  15. Re:Movies on FAA Pressures Coldwell, Other Realtors To Stop Using Drone Footage · · Score: 1

    Thats not Liberty at all.

  16. Re:Perfectly appropriate action for the FAA to tak on FAA Pressures Coldwell, Other Realtors To Stop Using Drone Footage · · Score: 1

    By very good you mean anyting labeled 'commercial' costs three times as much....yeah its been fucking great.

  17. Re:Not a rule on FAA Pressures Coldwell, Other Realtors To Stop Using Drone Footage · · Score: 1

    They have already been slapped down by the courts over this once. I would be happy to slap them again.

  18. Re:Capabilities on The Pentagon's $399 Billion Plane To Nowhere · · Score: 2

    Not to mention the TERROR is instills in the enemy. Every human has that has ever heard the GAU-8 open fire knows what death sounds like. A true warcry of metal fury.

  19. Re:Moral of the story on Tor Project Sued Over a Revenge Porn Business That Used Its Service · · Score: 1

    If you are going to take nude pics, know how to handle data properly and securely. DONT take them with a device that is connected to the internet.

  20. Re:i remember when on Meet the Muslim-American Leaders the FBI and NSA Have Been Spying On · · Score: 1

    While i hate that he did it, you have to agree his need was greater than any other's before or since.

  21. Re:Probable cause on Meet the Muslim-American Leaders the FBI and NSA Have Been Spying On · · Score: 1

    You could make the same list for Catholics....

  22. Re:Another child making unsupported claims on 15-Year-Old Developing a 3D Printer 10x Faster Than Anything On the Market · · Score: 1

    Ah yes, appeal to emotion, what a compelling retort.

  23. Re:Another child making unsupported claims on 15-Year-Old Developing a 3D Printer 10x Faster Than Anything On the Market · · Score: 1

    So are most of us on this forum. It doesnt mean we get to make wild claims.

  24. Re:Illegal and Dangerous? on The View From Inside A Fireworks Show · · Score: 1

    Sensationalism sells.

  25. Re:How is this different from sensory deprivation? on Study: People Would Rather Be Shocked Than Be Alone With Their Thoughts · · Score: 1

    "Sitting there idle, doing nothing isn't really all that great."

    YES IT IS TO SOME PEOPLE! You dont HAVE to always be doing something more. Thinking is work. Processing stuff takes time and reflection, this is not pointless.