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  1. Re:Greater marketshare and still be Crappy on Woz Misquoted About Android Dominating iOS · · Score: 4, Informative

    Indeed. BTW, this Slashdot story misquotes Woz too. He did say that Android would likely dominate. What he was misquoted about was the quality of Android vs. iOS. He said he prefers iOS apps over Android apps but he thinks Android as an OS will likely dominate over time.

  2. Apple just made a deal with Unisys on Apple To Discontinue Xserve · · Score: 0

    Perhaps there is more to the deal with Unisys than previously reported. Maybe this is what Unisys is getting out of the deal? Probably not but still fun to speculate.

  3. Problem was it is open source on DOS Emulator In and Out of App Store · · Score: 1, Insightful

    I believe Apple's terms still specify you can't use code that is publicly source licensed, which this program is a derivative work of DOSBox. Additionally the company would have to release their own source to the app under the GPL to be in compliance with the GPL terms. So there you have it...

  4. Comic Sans on Hard-to-Read Fonts Improve Learning · · Score: 2, Informative

    But Comic Sans still makes you look stupid.

  5. Kin on Microsoft Holds iPhone Funeral Event · · Score: 2, Funny

    Funny... nobody showed up for the Kin's funeral.

  6. German Military Braces? on German Military Braces For Peak Oil · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I was just reading that headline and for a moment thought it was about dental fixtures.

  7. Re:Eh? No. on Gubernatorial Candidate Wants to Sell Speeding Passes for $25 · · Score: 0

    Having driven through Nevada (not just in Vegas) many times I have to say that you certainly wish the speed limit was much higher. Once you get outside of a city so much of it's just desolate, barren land for 100s of miles in every direction. Much of it is very boring often with very few other cars on the road. I have no statistics but I'll bet that a large percentage of accidents that take place in the rural areas of Nevada (99% of it is rural) are related to falling asleep or driver distraction while trying to find something to do to keep them awake.

    But yeah, this law would likely increase the accidents significantly just out of driver inexperience at those speeds. Also most inexpensive tires aren't rated for over 85 mph for long distance driving, which is all you do in Nevada.

  8. Re:WD40 on AMD Hates Laptop Stickers As Much As You Do · · Score: 0

    Meanwhile Intel is working on requiring laser etching their logo...

  9. Re:Ebay on Oscilloscopes For Modern Engineers? · · Score: 0

    Or go to a local surplus electronics shop where you can turn one on and test it before buying. You can find working used ones for pretty cheap.

  10. Re:Well, just send the sys admin on Mars Rover Spirit May Never Wake From Deep Sleep · · Score: 0

    Reminds me of my favorite scene from "Office Spaceman":
    " Mmm... Yeah I'm gonna need you to come in and work on this over the weekend ".

  11. Hell Pizza = Pizza in CA on Pizza Lovers Suffer Data Breach From Hell · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Hell Pizza sounds like pizza you get in California. As a New Yorker who moved to CA I find it damn near impossible to get decent pizza. Some say it is because of the minerals in NY water that you get a good pie. I don't know. But pizza in California is Hell.

  12. Re:Glad AT&T is not being evil (this time) on AT&T Won't Block Black Hat Eavesdropping Demo · · Score: 0

    You think the FBI isn't already there? They've played a game called Spot the Fed for years. It's damn near a tradition. They are there to learn what's going on in the hacker community. It's beneficial to them too.

  13. Re:Glad AT&T is not being evil (this time) on AT&T Won't Block Black Hat Eavesdropping Demo · · Score: 0

    One of my uncles was a researcher at AT&T's Bell Labs and later BellCore. Most of the researchers in BellCore were let go and replaced with pencil pushers and lawyers. Today it is known as Telcordia and they no longer do R&D in the old facility. He now works at a bay area startup designing next generation solar panels. He often talks about missing doing raw science.

  14. Re:Free on Valve Releases Updated Alien Swarm For Free With Code Base · · Score: 0

    The game was ported to Valve's own Source engine. No UT code involved.

  15. Re:'Bout time on Apple Offers Free Cases To Solve iPhone 4 Antenna Problems · · Score: 0

    No, it's not he-said, she-said. It's the CEO saying something and a reporter saying something else.
    A CEO is held to a higher account than a reporter. A CEO can be held accountable for stating a falsehood especially one that is publicly traded like Apple.
    A reporter can state damn near whatever they want because it is protected speech.

  16. Re:Awesome excuse on 3D Displays May Be Hazardous To Young Children · · Score: 0

    I'm not so sure the same problem exists with the type of 3D that the 3DS uses.

  17. given time on FBI Failed To Break Encryption of Hard Drives · · Score: 0

    As long as there are no statute of limitations preventing it they can still go after him. Given enough time 256 bit encryption will likely become weak enough to brute force it as computing power grows. It might take 20 years but it's possible. That is assuming he's still around by such time...

  18. Re:Sorry, I don't buy it. on Uwe Boll, Other Filmmakers Sue Thousands of Movie Pirates · · Score: 0

    I think Uwe realized he'll probably make more money suing filesharers rather than selling tickets.

  19. Re:Are we smarter or stupider? on NASA Ends Plan To Put Man Back On Moon · · Score: 0

    It seems to me the debate is over [i]why[/i] to bother with putting a man on the moon. I get why people question the reasoning since the Cold War ended. Unfortunately I don't think people see it as the investment in the future that it truly is.

  20. Funding on Porn Sites More Infected Than Thought · · Score: 0

    Wonder where they got the porn for their study? Did they submit their own collections? Or did they purchase it? Love to see the PO on that one.

  21. Re:Fusion Reactor... Crisis?! on ITER Fusion Reactor Enters Existential Crisis · · Score: 0

    Existential fusion reactor crisis = Emo meltdown.

  22. Re:BIOS vs. EFI on BIOS Will Be Dead In Three Years · · Score: 0

    It's too bad Open Firmware isn't embraced instead. It had a lot of really interesting far thinking technologies that best both BIOS and EFI.

  23. Re:Fire them on Doctor Slams Hospital's "Please" Policy · · Score: 0

    I suspect this will just result in the forms being revised to add a checkbox for a "Please".

  24. Re:Flamebait on Google Reportedly Ditching Windows · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I understand the point you are trying to make but it really isn't possible to compare how Google and Sun operate. Very different companies, cultures, mindset, visions. And that's ignoring the differences in computers too.

  25. Re:IBM is headed that way too on Google Reportedly Ditching Windows · · Score: 0

    Just curious if the searches you did were as an IBM employee or a non-employee. It is possible that their shop could have a different selection for employees.