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  1. Can't use the device while charging on Cutting the Power Cable: How Advantageous Is Wireless Charging? · · Score: 1

    At the end of the day when my phone battery is in the red, I usually plug in and continue using the device. I can use the device for as long as its plugged in. With a wireless charger, there's no way to use the device while it's charging -- unless you tap gently and keep it on speaker. It'll work, but not as well as charging via USB.

  2. Re:Many questions arise on Google's Self-Driving Cars: 300,000 Miles Logged, Not a Single Accident · · Score: 1

    -Can it go where there are no roads?

    Where we're going, we don't need roads.

  3. Re:Reality bites on Mark Zuckerberg's Big Facebook Mistake · · Score: 1

    Really? A TL:DR summary for 3 sentences? That's what we've come to?

    TLDR: Fuck

  4. Re:T-Mobile on AT&T Introducing Verizon-Style Shared Data Plans · · Score: 1

    I'm currently on Verizon, but once the iPhone 5 comes out I'm seriously considering buying one at the full price and moving to T-Mobile. They'll be further into their LTE rollout by the end of the year and they're the only major provider that actually offers a discount for bringing your own phone. The only issue I'm worried about is the iPhone's incompatibility with T-Mobile's HSPA+ network. If there's no LTE service, iPhones will be stuck on EDGE. I'd go with Straight Talk, but I've heard nightmares about their customer service. I've read stories of people having their account shut down and numbers sent back into the national pool due to billing errors.

  5. Re:All part of Israel's new humanitarian plan on Israel Passes Photoshop Law To Combat Anorexia · · Score: 3

    Exactly! Since the major problem of Palestinian-Israeli relations cannot be immediately solved, Israel should abandon all efforts to solve its domestic issues.

  6. Re:Uh, Have You Heard of Distribution Channels? on Student Charged For Re-selling Textbooks · · Score: 1

    They should consider lowering their prices to target their first works markets. I shouldn't need to devote a giant chunk of my student loans to buy a book I'll use for 6 months or forced to buy a web key for a textbook I get second hand.

    As for the thick paper and hard covers of US textbooks: I suspect is has to do with making consumers feel like they're getting something tangible for their dollars.

  7. Re:Okay... on Gawker Media To Require Commenters' Facebook, Twitter, Or Google Logins · · Score: 1

    The NYTimes allows anonymous posts. I'm not sure what you're getting at here. If it's about the paywall, you need to understand that Gawker bloggers can sit in in NYC all day to do their jobs. NYTimes has to maintain a giant international staff, field offices, etc. That kind of quality comes at a price that I am more than happy to pay.

  8. Re:Religion vs. Science on University Makes 80,000 Einstein Documents Publicly Available · · Score: 1

    Israel is a pretty secular country with booming tech and science industries. Climb out of your hole.

  9. Re:TL;DR on Sony Outlets Control Electricity Through Authentication · · Score: 1

    Well, I should have asked "how proprietary is it?" I assumed that it would be proprietary being that SONY made it, but I was hoping that these devices would play well with others. I can't imagine building proprietary technologies of that sort into a permanent structure. It's one thing to swap out a video player, it's another to tear up dry wall.

  10. TL;DR on Sony Outlets Control Electricity Through Authentication · · Score: 1

    Is it proprietary?

  11. Re:One example at Target: Neato XV-12 on Retail Chains To Strike Back Against Online Vendors · · Score: 1

    How does Target expect to get any strategic advantage out of this?

    Most customers don't know any better.

  12. Cover on A Data Center That Looks Like a Mansion · · Score: 2

    This would be a great cover for a grow house.

    Power company / police: "Why is your power consumption so high?"
    Owner: "I'm running a data center."

  13. Re:I'm more interested in their California locatio on Inside Newegg's East Coast Distribution Center · · Score: 1

    I live in NY. Most of the state is within UPS' "one-day" range for shipments out of this facility. Free overnight shipping -- it's a beautiful thing.

  14. Streisand Effect on Censored Religious Debate Video Released After Public Outrage · · Score: 2, Insightful

    "Censored Religious Debate Video Released After Public Outrage"..... to an audience 20x larger than would otherwise be present.

  15. Obligatory XKCD on Vim Turns 20 · · Score: 0
  16. Re:We're overlooking the obvious here: on Court To Prisoner: No Xbox 360 For You · · Score: 0

    Israel is a small county, and many urban areas are densely built and wifi signals aren't obstructed by barbed wire. It would also be feasible for an associate to set up a wifi network from a car outside the prison. Hell, a MiFi brought in during visitation -- if it were just on and in the building for an hour without being transferred to a prisoner -- could give prisoners in their cells the opportunity to do their thing.

  17. Re:Obama's no longer using his Blackberry? on First Android Device Certified For DoD Personnel · · Score: 0

    That article is over 2 year old. That's half a term, and long enough to for him to have received a new device.

  18. Re:Also, people are dying on Retailers Respond To HDD Squeeze By Limiting Purchases, Raising Prices · · Score: 0

    Yes, people are dying and it's terrible. You can read about that everywhere else. Slashdot is a site that covers tech news. As such, you'll get the tech side of news stories, like this one.

  19. Re:A tale of two cities on District Attorney Critiques Gizmodo Emails In iPhone 4 Prototype Case · · Score: 0

    I think that the criticisms of the search rest on the fact that Apple employees allegedly participated.

  20. Re:Missed one... on Mass. Court Says Constitution Protects Filming On-Duty Police · · Score: 0

    I agree, I'm just pointing out that trouble she causes for the public perception of the "photographing police" cause. Average Joe will will see her on TV and categorize the issue as one for extremists rather than one we can all get behind.

  21. Re:Missed one... on Mass. Court Says Constitution Protects Filming On-Duty Police · · Score: -1, Troll

    Unfortunately for the Rochester case, the woman in question happens to be an EXTREMELY annoying protester who organizes sit-ins and human chains for things as mundane as evictions and foreclosures. She is still well within her rights to film on-duty officers but her history just kind of sucks the legitimacy out of her case.

  22. Re:These guys already lost my trust on Internet-Based Political Party Opens Doors · · Score: 1

    ...forgot to log in there.

  23. Re:These guys already lost my trust on Internet-Based Political Party Opens Doors · · Score: 1

    the adobe website states that the font is available with a "print & preview" license, which seems to allow web embedding. why would you jump to the conclusion that the party has not purchased this license?

  24. Re:Beginning of the End on Facebook Announces Video Calling With Skype · · Score: 1

    Facebook has already has a google+ circle clone. They restructured facebook groups a while back to provide essentially the same function, they just haven't pushed the feature.

  25. Plaintext on What LulzSec Logins Reveal About Bookworms, and Passwords · · Score: 2

    There should be laws created to impose massive fines for sites storing plaintext passwords. There's absolutely no excuse for this. I understand that you can't govern the entire internet, but I would be content with American laws governing American sites. It would be a nice start.