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  1. Re:Sprint on Verizon Cracks Down On Jailbreak Tethering · · Score: 1

    The $25/month plan that your girlfriend is on includes 300 minutes, not 250.

    They also increased prices on July 20th, and while your girlfriend gets her old rates, new customers are paying $35/month for her plan.

  2. Re:Autowipe? on Ask Slashdot: How Do You Protect Data On Android? · · Score: 1

    I'm glad someone mentioned Autowipe. It's free, and it's awesome.

    There are options to wipe your phone and SD card via a password sent by text, too many incorrect unlock attempts, someone sticking their SIM card in the phone, etc.

    If I ever lose my phone or it's stolen, one text message from me to my phone and the whole thing is wiped.

  3. Re:Ethernet was over-specced on The History of Ethernet · · Score: 1

    Nope. enjoy the same speeds because 95% of the sites on the internet are connected to a pipe that is far slower than 10mbps.

    I don't think that's correct.

    Every server I've had, going back to the late 90s, has been on a 10mbps or better ethernet connection. My current server is sitting in a datacenter on a 100mbps ethernet drop connected to a combined total of 90GBPS to the backbone.

  4. Re:Meh. on Digital Generation Rediscovers Analog Wristwatches · · Score: 1

    They need an Apple-like brand in terms of design that gets in there and promotes nice materials like a sapphire crystal face, clean lines, and minimalism. A digital watch almost always has ugly styling or just has too much going and is too busy looking. In fact, maybe an iWatch wouldn't be a bad idea.

    I think you just described Movado watches. Clean, simple elegant designs. Almost all of their watches are quartz, and expensive. They're almost like the Apple of the watch world, IMHO.

    I own one, and like it, but I also have some mechanical automatic watches as well that I like better.

  5. Re:1994 called. on Digital Generation Rediscovers Analog Wristwatches · · Score: 2

    I'm 32. A lot of people my age growing up simply used their cellphones and didn't see the need for a watch. Until 3 years ago I hadn't owned a watch since I was about 12. I now own a quartz watch and two mechanical automatics, and have my eye on a couple of others.

    Most of the people I know don't know anything about watches, don't care, and just wear something that looks nice to them. A lot of them think Fossil is a great brand. Some just grab a cheap Casio/Timex and when the battery needs to be changed they throw it away and buy a new watch. However I do have a couple of friends that are really into watches and only buy mechanical.

    I was at a wedding the other weekend and was pleasantly surprised to see practically the whole under-30 crowd sporting some kind of wristwatch.

  6. Re:Mechanical on Digital Generation Rediscovers Analog Wristwatches · · Score: 1

    I agree. I have two mechanical automatic watches, they never need winding or a new battery. One of them has a see through backing, and it's fun to watch the gears work. A nice mechanical watch really is almost a work of art.

  7. Re:Your own domain on 7 Days In Email Hell · · Score: 1

    No, they let you use the gmail service for your own domain name. The service is free, the domain is not.

  8. Registrars that support DNSSEC on Ask Slashdot: Which Registrars Support DNSSEC? · · Score: 4, Informative

    Name.com and Network Solutions are two of the big, well-known registrars that support DNSSEC. .org was the first to support DNSSEC.

    Here's a list of registrars that support DNSSEC for .org: http://www.pir.org/get/registrars?order=field_dnssec_value&sort=desc

  9. Re:Daaammiiitttt on GoDaddy Sells To Investor Group · · Score: 1

    I've transferred domains a ton of times and never had an issue. Your nameserver settings will remain the same, unless you're transferring a .eu domain. For .com/.net/.org you won't have any downtime.

  10. Re:I have a domain at GoDaddy on GoDaddy Sells To Investor Group · · Score: 1

    There are many better domain registrars out there. Namecheap, dynadot, and internet.bs are good options.

  11. Re:No longer good on GoDaddy Sells To Investor Group · · Score: 1

    There are a lot better registrars out there than hostgator. I prefer dynadot, fabulous, internet.bs.

  12. Re:the geek response to 9/11 on Time To Close the Security Theater · · Score: 1

    Raise your hand if you are perfectly willing to:

    1 "bare handed" attack a hijacker on your flight

    Damn right I would be willing to bare-handed attack a hijacker. For one, I've had martial arts training. For two, there will be other people assisting me. Also, there are numerous improvised weapons that can be utilized, such as a belt, a pen, a lady's high heeled shoe, the spine of a hardback book. Those are just the few that came to mind immediately, but there are other options.

    People are willing to fight for their lives, and there have been a few instances on airlines that have proven that.

  13. Re:memory of rhm on Early UNIX Contributor Robert Morris Dead at 78 · · Score: 1

    Love the story, thanks for sharing :)

  14. Re:command line death on Early UNIX Contributor Robert Morris Dead at 78 · · Score: 0

    Robert Tappan Morris is the son of Robert Morris. You might know RTM as the creator of the first computer worm on the internet in 1988.

  15. Re:AG on Google's New Design · · Score: 1

    http://duckduckgo.com/ reminds me of the old google, simple and clean.

  16. Re:Looks like time to find a new search engine on Google's New Design · · Score: 1
  17. Re:Pointless on British Student Faces Extradition To US Over Copyright · · Score: 4, Informative

    TVShack wasn't just seized once, it was seized TWICE.

    tvshack.net was the original domain, which switched to tvshack.cc after it was seized. They then put up a video of the song "Fuck the police" on the homepage. They were seized a second time.

    http://www.domaincensorship.com/2010/11/tvshack-cc-seized-again/

  18. Re:Jurisdiction on British Student Faces Extradition To US Over Copyright · · Score: 1

    some ccTLD domains, like .cc, are controlled by a US-based registry like Verisign. Which puts it under the reach of the US gov.

  19. Re:The list is about what I expected on Inside the DOJ's Domain Name Graveyard · · Score: 1

    A fair number of the seized domains weren't hosting pirated material, but linked to sites that streamed media.

  20. Re:What TLD's can they seize? on Inside the DOJ's Domain Name Graveyard · · Score: 2

    Each of the seized domains were using a TLD/ccTLD extension where the registry was in the United States. .cc is administered by Verisign.

  21. Re:seizedservers.com on Inside the DOJ's Domain Name Graveyard · · Score: 1

    seizedservers.com, seizedservers.org and seizedservers.net each have different owners.

  22. Re:Cricket on Ask Slashdot: Best Smartphone Plan For a US Vacation? · · Score: 1

    Cricket's coverage map shows coverage, but I can't sign up with them in Minnesota (for example) because their coverage here is provided by a roaming partner.

  23. Re:Does anybody have a useful response? on Ask Slashdot: Best Smartphone Plan For a US Vacation? · · Score: 1

    You can definitely get a prepaid account without a contract.

  24. Re:Wow on Comcast Helps Fix Pirate Bay Connection Problems · · Score: 1

    Because I've never seen Comcast go out of there way to help out a website before? Do you expect them to hand out free tech support for every website that has problems? THAT is why I'm surprised by this.

  25. Wow on Comcast Helps Fix Pirate Bay Connection Problems · · Score: 1

    I'm surprised to hear this, but good for Comcast for lending some technical assistance.