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  1. Re:More information on Washington Post Hacked, a Day After New York Times · · Score: 2

    There are sequels to the Mote? Must... read...

  2. One more test, now it should work for real.

  3. Re:Reporting on events in 2002? on Chain Reaction Shattered Antarctica's Larson B Ice Shelf · · Score: 4, Funny

    Almost everyone here says that Slashdot was so much better ten years ago. Now, the editors listened.

  4. This is only a test as well

  5. Re%3Atest on As AOL Prepares To Downsize Patch, CEO Fires Employee During Meeting · · Score: 0

    Also+just+a+test.+

  6. Re:To help AOL he should have fired himself! on As AOL Prepares To Downsize Patch, CEO Fires Employee During Meeting · · Score: 5, Funny

    The firings will continue until morale improves!

  7. Re:Links? on After Lavabit Shut-Down, Dotcom's Mega Promises Secure Mail · · Score: 2

    Timothy's razor: Never attribute to browser bugs that which is adequately explained by Slashdot "editors".

  8. Re:Hammer is coming down on Samsung Infringed On Apple Patents, Says ITC · · Score: 1

    Giving local companies preferential treatment isn't a bad thing.

    Yes, it is. It might not look bad in the short term, but you're both depriving your population of better/cheaper imported goods and removing incentives for innovation in local companies.

  9. Re:not again on Samsung Infringed On Apple Patents, Says ITC · · Score: 1

    Check out the new Slashdot iPad app.

    The description doesn't really say much, does it support posting? And if so, how?

  10. Re:Tell me about it on Why You Shouldn't Trust Internet Comments · · Score: 5, Funny

    just imagine a beowulf cluster of insensitive clods!

    I think this is the perfect description of Slashdot.

  11. Re:Manipulation on Why You Shouldn't Trust Internet Comments · · Score: 1

    Ok, in this instance it was votes. I would say this is only a minor difference, the herd mentality still shows.

  12. Re:Manipulation on Why You Shouldn't Trust Internet Comments · · Score: 1

    In other words, people tend to post review where there already are reviews. It's as though we were social animals.

  13. Re:Tell me about it on Why You Shouldn't Trust Internet Comments · · Score: 1

    I haven't even seen a Beowulf cluster, you insensitive clod!

  14. Re:Kaboom! on Acer Pulls Back From Windows To Focus On Android and Chromebook · · Score: 2

    Oh the developers!

  15. Re:Most Africans are pretty sensible people on Malaria Vaccine Nearing Reality · · Score: 1

    your average European or American is generally pretty rational.

    Then why does the average American support TSA and why is the average European against nuclear energy?

  16. Re:African parent vs autism on Malaria Vaccine Nearing Reality · · Score: 1

    Why not? Do you feel that Africans are, on average, more rational than Europeans and Americans?

  17. Re:Google can't track.... on Mozilla Launches Persona Identity Bridge For Gmail · · Score: 2

    From this identity bridge, Google only gets one authentication request, and it is from Mozilla.

    However, considering their yearly donations to Mozilla, they might have other means of accessing it.

  18. Re:And this is impressive why? on Mozilla Launches Persona Identity Bridge For Gmail · · Score: 5, Informative

    This is impressive. It's basically separation of powers. Google has your account, but doesn't know what sites you visit. Mozilla doesn't have your account, but knows what websites you visit*. The websites themselves have nothing, except a confirmation that the e-mail address is really yours.

    I, for one, trust Mozilla more than Google, and both much more than the average website.

    *: I think I read some time ago in the documentation that Mozilla can't see what websites are requesting the auth. I'm not sure I remember it right, and I never checked the claim, and it might have changed since that time. For now, I assume the information is visible.

  19. Re:Of course! And you never need more than 640K RA on Hybrid Hard Drives Just Need 8GB of NAND · · Score: 1

    Let's say you play at most four games _regularly_. That's 20-30 GB. It's also nice to sometimes open an old one and play for an hour or two, so let's round it up to 50GB. Add 20GB for the system, some music and movies and you're still not even close to 256GB. Now, 256GB SSDs are about twice the price of a 1TB rotating disk, but you get the benefit of faster everything.

  20. Re:Of course! And you never need more than 640K RA on Hybrid Hard Drives Just Need 8GB of NAND · · Score: 1

    Very few people need 1TB on a laptop. Have a large external disk at home, and a smaller SSD in the laptop.

  21. Re:What about games on Hybrid Hard Drives Just Need 8GB of NAND · · Score: 1

    Depends on the game. RPG's, probably not. Strategy? All of it at once.

  22. Re:There are no NIMBYs in space... on Elon Musk Admits He Is Too Busy To Build Hyperloop · · Score: 1

    I'm not an American, but I suppose for most people that "big" gap is between suburbs and the city center. Those gaps, also referred to as "cities", tend to not be empty.

  23. What about games on Hybrid Hard Drives Just Need 8GB of NAND · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The games I download from Steam are around 5GB each. So if I try playing two games in one day, only the first one will load quickly?

  24. Re:The usual solution... on Elon Musk Admits He Is Too Busy To Build Hyperloop · · Score: 1

    Is to hire some competent management team to execute on his vision. Or is it that he is unable to devolve responsibility? How do you think IK Brunel managed so many achievements in what was a relatively short lifetime? Or for those yankee doodle dandy's who cant relate to anything outside their own culture and sphere of experience, look up Vannevar Bush and what he was able to achieve through the management of good people.

    You had me at "competent management".

  25. Re:There are no NIMBYs in space... on Elon Musk Admits He Is Too Busy To Build Hyperloop · · Score: 1

    Yes, the middle of the country is empty, but you want to build rail where there will be people to use it.