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  1. Re:Just resting, Monthy Python style on Skype For Linux: Dead? Or Just Resting? · · Score: 0

    It's just a flesh wound!

  2. Re:Gravity is not constant... on Ampere Could Be Redefined After Experiments Track Single Electrons Crossing Chip · · Score: 1

    Aflac!

  3. Re:doesn't make sense on Baseball Software Can't Score What Jean Segura Did Friday · · Score: 1

    He never left the base path... so he in fact, wasn't out. More info is available here: http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-big-league-stew/jean-segura-steals-second-then-steals-first-bizarre-103642855--mlb.html

  4. Re:Why support proprietary systems? on Turning a Kindle Fire HD Into a Power Tablet · · Score: 2

    Just because I can't afford a $500 tablet, doesn't mean I can't afford a $300 one.

  5. Re:Why support proprietary systems? on Turning a Kindle Fire HD Into a Power Tablet · · Score: 1

    With new tablets coming out so frequently... I'm not so sure "future proofing" would get you very far.

  6. Re:Why support proprietary systems? on Turning a Kindle Fire HD Into a Power Tablet · · Score: 2

    Oh don't get me wrong... I wouldn't mind the better item... but I couldn't justify the extra cost (especially considering the Amazon gift cards and amazon points I had saved up). I'm happy with the Kindle.. it does what I need it to, and I generally buy e-books and music through Amazon, anyway. But, while the situation made sense for ME... it doesn't mean that for someone else, a different solution wouldn't be better.

  7. Re:Why support proprietary systems? on Turning a Kindle Fire HD Into a Power Tablet · · Score: 5, Informative

    That's ridiculous. YMMV, but I set a budget, saved up my money a little bit at a time, and bought what I could afford. Just because someone can't buy the best thing out there, it doesn't mean they should go without. What it does mean, is that one should temper their expectations and not complain if their choice doesn't perform like the best thing out there.

  8. Re:Why support proprietary systems? on Turning a Kindle Fire HD Into a Power Tablet · · Score: 1, Informative

    If you've got the money, then by all means... the Nexus 10 has better specs... but if money isn't so easy to come by.. you buy what you can afford.. and then use nice articles like this to make your experience more enjoyable.

  9. Re:Why support proprietary systems? on Turning a Kindle Fire HD Into a Power Tablet · · Score: 1

    It gets a little harder to find a comparably priced and specced tablet for the 8.9" version.

  10. zx81? on Current Radio Rules Mean Sinclair ZX Spectrum Wouldn't Fly Today · · Score: 1

    Yes.. but what about the zx81/TS1000?

  11. Are you listening Blizzard? on Ubisoft Ditches Always-Online DRM Requirement From PC Games · · Score: 3, Insightful

    If we could only get Blizzard to do away with the requirement for Diablo III.

  12. Re:Sad on Heathkit Educational Systems Closes Shop For Good · · Score: 1

    I think it is less that "people" aren't interested in how things work, anymore, and more that nobody cares about amateur radio or clunky robots.

    I guess that's why there are over 700k licensed amateur radio operators in the US alone.. and why the ranks have been increasing.

  13. Available at GOG on Computer Games That Defined RPGs In the 1980s · · Score: 5, Informative

    Alot of those games are available for purchase at GOG.com Disclaimer: Not affiliated with GOG.. just a customer. :-)

  14. How about the Galaxy Player? on Samsung Reconsidering Android 4.0 On the Galaxy S · · Score: 1

    Does anyone know if the Galaxy Player will get an ICS update? thanks, Christopher.

  15. SAS on Ask Slashdot: Successful Software From Academia? · · Score: 1

    The basis of SAS came from while a student at NCSU. From Wikipedia: SAS was conceived by Anthony J. Barr in 1966.[2] As a North Carolina State University graduate student from 1962 to 1964, Barr had created an analysis of variance modeling language inspired by the notation of statistician Maurice Kendall, followed by a multiple regression program that generated machine code for performing algebraic transformations of the raw data. Drawing on those programs and his experience with structured data files,[3] he created SAS, placing statistical procedures into a formatted file framework. From 1966 to 1968, Barr developed the fundamental structure and language of SAS.

  16. Altitude? on When Did Irene Stop Being a Hurricane? · · Score: 1

    Does it matter at what altitude the wind speeds are measured? The buoys and measuring stations are at or near ground/sea level... while the aircraft are considerably higher. I remember a local forecaster stating that he was seeing 70mph winds less than a mile up near Raleigh.

  17. Re:Nonsense! on New "Last Dinosaur" Find Backs Asteroid Extinction · · Score: 1, Funny

    Apparently you weren't paying attention. The Flying Spaghetti Monster put the bones out there for people to find, there weren't any dinosaurs as the world is only a few thousand years old!

  18. This... on iPhone and Location: Don't Panic · · Score: 1

    sounds like a good reason to stick with my stupid phone.

  19. Alot of companies matching donations w/ Red Cross on Carriers Delay Paying Japan's Texting Donations · · Score: 1
    There are alot of companies that will match donations that employees give through the Red Cross. You can see here if your company has signed up.

    http://www.matchinggifts.com/redcross/

  20. Just don't need one. on Why Dumbphones Still Dominate, For Now · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I use the phone to make calls and send texts. I don't have a need for the added features of the "smart" phone, and can't justify the extra expense for the new toy or it's higher cost data plan.

  21. "Relatively Few" customers affected? on Sandy Bridge Chipset Shipments Halted Due To Bug · · Score: 1

    Isn't that the same line they fed the public about the Pentium FP bug?

  22. Re:Happiness is mandatory on Fed Goes Hunting For Malcontents · · Score: 2

    The beatings will continue until morale improves!

  23. Re:Oh Yea? on Intel Threatens DMCA Using HDCP Crack · · Score: 1

    Please tell me you're not asserting that every laptop or desktop PC has Intel inside.

  24. Re:No Oil on Another Gulf Oil Rig Explodes · · Score: 1

    Post @ 11:53am EST on CNN: Asked about concerns regarding oil leaks or pollution, [U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer Bill] Colclough said "there are reports the rig was not actively producing any product, so we don't know if there's any risk of pollution." I'd hardly give that a "No Oil"... I'd rather wait and see the facts... but "No Oil" sounds better, right? In the mean time, they'll have to put out the fire, and tend to the 13 rig workers who went overboard.

  25. OS/2 Warp on Steam Not Coming To Linux · · Score: 2, Informative

    I think hes talking about the OS/2 Warp versions.... version's 3 and 4. There was a blue spine version 3 that included the windows code (red spine did not). And then Warp 4 included the windows code. (I just installed v4 on an old omnibook 800ct just for giggles). Actually, OS/2 is still being developed as ecomstation. You can see it at www.ecomstation.com