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  1. Re:GigaPower isn't Gigabit Bandwidth on The Mere Promise of Google Fiber Sends Rivals Scrambling · · Score: 1

    I always thought there was something fishy about "Chicken of the Sea"

  2. Re:Monopolies? on The Mere Promise of Google Fiber Sends Rivals Scrambling · · Score: 1

    Parallel networks in many places are prevented by legislation, not by cost.

  3. Re:Competition on The Mere Promise of Google Fiber Sends Rivals Scrambling · · Score: 4, Informative

    It's also amazing how people choose to live far from infrastructure and then cry when stuff isn't handed to them on a plate. I'm not a huge fan of big cities but I understand that by choosing not to live in one, I'm giving up on some things. If I lived halfway up a mountain, I wouldn't be expecting anyone to beat a path to my door with gigabit broadband either.

  4. Re:Beats sound like garbage on Apple Reportedly Buying Beats Electronics For $3.2 Billion · · Score: 3, Funny

    Apple and beats? Sounds like a badly conceived pie.

  5. Re: 3.2 B on Apple Reportedly Buying Beats Electronics For $3.2 Billion · · Score: 1

    It doesn't even require that level of sophistication. Within a mix, if you aren't using some kind of normalization, older music often just sounds quieter and requires increasing the level.

  6. Re:3.2 B on Apple Reportedly Buying Beats Electronics For $3.2 Billion · · Score: 2

    He who pays the piper calls the tune.

  7. Re:How long? on BMW Unveils the Solar Charging Carport of the Future · · Score: 1

    Depends completely on jurisdiction. Best not to generalize.

  8. Re: Undefined on Autonomous Car Ethics: If a Crash Is Unavoidable, What Does It Hit? · · Score: 1

    This is true. I also remember a theory that it's not the width of the vehicle as such as that the brain uses the two headlights to judge angle quickly (possibly using the same wiring as for a predator's eyes?). Single or no headlight and that information is missing and an impact threat is not noticed..

  9. Re:Yours to keep on Wretched Ride: PS4 Driveclub Game Rental Tied To Paid Subscription · · Score: 2

    Insert Obama paraphrased quote here.

  10. Re:Slackware on Ask Slashdot: Practical Alternatives To Systemd? · · Score: 2

    I've been Slackware for a long time. I had been stuck on 12.something for a long time and recently jumped up to 14.1. Very impressed with the changes.

  11. Re:gummiboot on Ask Slashdot: Practical Alternatives To Systemd? · · Score: 1

    I have an EFI system and I'm thinking of moving back to LILO. It's not the fault of the boot managers, it's that if I happen to try and boot without the hard-drive plugged in, the motherboard forgets the hard drive from whatever table it's in and it will no longer boot (though the hard-drive itself is detected fine). This is with a fairly modern motherboard. Back to legacy boot until it matures a little, I guess.

  12. Re:Slackware on Ask Slashdot: Practical Alternatives To Systemd? · · Score: 1

    To be frank, something better needed to come along. I'm not sure if systemd is it or whether it will become just another place to have to look when things go wrong. If a distribution is going to go one way, it should go that way all the way. Cron has become just as bed, I now have to look in three places anytime I want to track down a script if I don't already know where it is.

  13. Re:If this catches on... :( on In SF: an App For Auctioning Off Your Public Parking Spot · · Score: 1

    Perfect. For an area where parking is at a premium, reduce availability by 3-16%

  14. Re:App for Women's restroom on In SF: an App For Auctioning Off Your Public Parking Spot · · Score: 1

    "Striking" might be the word.

  15. Re:This ends in destruction of property on In SF: an App For Auctioning Off Your Public Parking Spot · · Score: 1

    I dunno, they might go after them for production of CO2 from unlicensed combustion though.

  16. Re:That's annoying! on In SF: an App For Auctioning Off Your Public Parking Spot · · Score: 1

    If you do it, it might be a sham.

    Or you might be a politician.

  17. Re:Vigilante on In SF: an App For Auctioning Off Your Public Parking Spot · · Score: 1

    "Zombie John Wayne is my copilot"

  18. Re:Undefined on Autonomous Car Ethics: If a Crash Is Unavoidable, What Does It Hit? · · Score: 1

    Make no decisions or choices, brake in a straight line.

  19. Re:Death sentence on Melbourne Uber Drivers Slapped With $1700 Fines; Service Shuts Down · · Score: 1

    Perhaps it could proceed through a process of "tipping". You pick someone up, take them where they want to go and at the end, they tip or not whatever they feel like.

    The catch? The drivers can review past tipping actions of people and decide whether or not they are inclined to pick them up. I'm sure it can be gamed but I suspect it would possibly still work out well overall. It's possible to skip out on a cab fare too, after all.

  20. Re:Death sentence on Melbourne Uber Drivers Slapped With $1700 Fines; Service Shuts Down · · Score: 1

    Sadly, I'm sure many jurisdictions require a license to be a dog groomer.

  21. Re: Hey Tim on First Arrest In Japan For 3D-Printed Guns · · Score: 1

    The hardest part is the rifling.

  22. Re:Same problem as always... on Average American Cable Subscriber Gets 189 Channels and Views 17 · · Score: 1

    I think I would draw 600 out of the bank, put it on the table and say "Yours to spend if I can cancel the cable". You may have to work out a deal for subsequent years. Also no backsies unless paid for.

  23. Re:Oh yeah right on Average American Cable Subscriber Gets 189 Channels and Views 17 · · Score: 1

    Sure. But not all of us wanted the "popular" channels. There were only two channels we actually wanted at the time we decided to cut the cord and I believe one of those had just been moved out of the basic tier.

  24. Re:Oh yeah right on Average American Cable Subscriber Gets 189 Channels and Views 17 · · Score: 1

    Or it is now, at least.

  25. Re:Oh yeah right on Average American Cable Subscriber Gets 189 Channels and Views 17 · · Score: 1

    No, he is right. It would be cheap because it is low demand. If it is unable to cover its costs, it will go away. This is how things should be.

    However, likely such a channel would include lots of advertising so it may even be able to survive at a price of 0.