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  1. Re:They take one on Fee Increase Attempt Inspires 'Dump Your Bank Day' · · Score: 1

    There are AMEX cards that don't have monthly fees. In fact, I use one everytime I go shop at Costco.

  2. Re:I did on Fee Increase Attempt Inspires 'Dump Your Bank Day' · · Score: 2

    Generally if the bank can't do an electronic transfer with bill pay they will print up and mail a check. This is how I used to pay my rent to a landlord who didn't accept electronic payment. I personally have not drafted a check in years, but my bank had done so on my behalf once a month for the last 2 years (before I moved that is) and mailed it to the landlord for me. I do this for anyone who doesn't take an electronic payment. For the record my sample size of "bank" is only 3, but all 3 had this service.

  3. Re:Not a troll but.... on Ask Slashdot: GNU/Linux Laptops? · · Score: 1

    er...1680x1050 is the resolution I was referring to.

  4. Re:Not a troll but.... on Ask Slashdot: GNU/Linux Laptops? · · Score: 1

    The 15" 2011 MBP hi-res screens are 1650x1050, which while a 16:10 resolution is not 1920x1200. (Though I'm not sure how 1920x1200 would look on a 15" screen the pixels would be tiny as hell.)

  5. Re:Not a troll but.... on Ask Slashdot: GNU/Linux Laptops? · · Score: 1

    I looked up System 76 as you suggested, but this only served to support my point. System 76 does not offer 1920x1200. (All of their systems I looked at all the way up to the 17.3" only offer 1920x1080). So going back to my original point if you want a 1920x1200 screen your choices are Apple or HP (and maybe not HP for long).

  6. Re:Not a troll but.... on Ask Slashdot: GNU/Linux Laptops? · · Score: 1

    The big thing for me as a programmer is that the 17" MBP is one of the only laptops that still does 1920x1200 resolution. My current Dell Precision has that resolution but Dell discontinued using those screens all new Precision models only go up to 1920x1080. So your only choices if you want a 1920x1200 screen on a laptop are an Apple MBP 17" or an HP EliteBook, and they are both expensive. To top it off I recall hearing somewhere that HP was discontinuing its EliteBook line, which will then leave Apple as the only source of a laptop that does 1920x1200.

  7. Re:No way... on The Dark Side of Making L.A. Noire · · Score: 1

    That's why he said software sales (gross), not net revenue.

  8. Re:Funny That on ICANN To Allow .brandname Top-Level Domains · · Score: 2

    The other annoying part will be resolving unqualified hostnames on your local domain will conflict more easily with fully qualified domain names. I mean suppose I had a box named 'apple' on my network now I won't be able to just type 'ssh user@apple' because it might try to connect to Apples website. Now you will have to fully qualify everything. Annoying.

  9. Re:Both LibreOffice and MariaDB on History of Software Forks Favors LibreOffice · · Score: 1

    Hudson has support from Sonatype. I'm not saying that is good or bad but Sonatypes contributions to open source java build tools thus far have been awesome.

  10. Re:Or worse on Bizarre Porn Raid Underscores Wi-Fi Privacy Risks · · Score: 1

    You will note many claims of IP's not being tied to a single person. Except that it was, they had the right guy, the owner of the router. So, they identified the right IP, yet a large number of posts claims IP's can't be traced to the right person... reason doesn't work on these people. But don't worry, their kind grows up to be the worsed kind of conservative. So they balance each other out.

    Except for the part where it wasn't owner who committed the crime, yet he he was the one who had his door busted down. Seriously a search warrant and a door knock by some special agents and a few uniforms would have figured this one out, there is absolutely no reason they needed to raid the suspects house. When they go in guns drawn it increases the possibility of someone getting hurt that shouldn't, it is completely reckless.

  11. Re:Consistent Enforcement on Can Android Without Dalvik Avoid Oracle's Wrath? · · Score: 1

    Ah, but you forget OpenJDK is released under GPL2 which comes with a patent grant. http://openjdk.java.net/legal/gplv2+ce.html

  12. Re:China called on Judge Rules Against China In 'Green Dam' Suit · · Score: 1

    I suppose the US could bill them for it in outstanding T-bonds :)

  13. Re:China called on Judge Rules Against China In 'Green Dam' Suit · · Score: 1

    There is probably at least 2.3b worth of PRC government assets on US soil that could be seized pursuant to a judgement.

  14. Re:No password encryption on Is Algeria Deleting Facebook Accounts? · · Score: 1

    Except you have no way to know you who you were talking to you when you registered in the situation you described above. I think CA's and SSL is fine, but I think the browser should flag EVERY cert the first time you've seen that particular fingerprint, so that the motived among us could scrutinize the CA chain every time it changes.

  15. Re:Social Security Pays for Itself on Science Programs Hit Hard By Proposed Budget · · Score: 1

    That will only be true for a handful of years more (2014 projected, so two more years) at most, as more baby boomers retire Social Security will start contributing to the deficit instead of helping it and it will only get worse with each passing year. Its true that Social Security won't bankrupt until around 2039, but the problems with it start long before that.

  16. Re:In other words on Online-Only Currency BitCoin Reaches Dollar Parity · · Score: 1

    Yes. That is actually one of the reasons why deflation is a bad thing.

  17. Re:Copyright and Innovation on Takedown Letters For WP7 Tetris Clones · · Score: 2

    Clearly anyone who doesn't agree with you is a sock puppet. Seriously how hard is it to make a clone and then call it something that doesn't sound like Tetris, its not a hard concept to grasp. The problem here isn't that he made a clone or called it something similar to tetris it is the fact that he made a clone AND called it something similar to Tetris. This is something that trademark law was designed to prevent and has nothing to do with copyright.

  18. Re:Data mining gone wrong. on Familial DNA Testing Nabs Alleged Serial Killer · · Score: 1

    I disagree. As long as the collisions can be eliminated as suspects there is no problem. See this post right above yours. http://news.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1716874&cid=32880320

  19. Re:If you do most of the work... on Retrieving a Stolen Laptop By IP Address Alone? · · Score: 1

    I'm willing to bet that being in possession of stolen property is a crime in Ohio despite the actual robbery happening in Indiana.

  20. Ant on After Learning Java Syntax, What Next? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Learn to use Apache Ant. When I was in school they didn't cover Ant at all, it wasn't until I got in to the "real world" that I encountered Ant.

  21. Re:Non-issue? on Fingerprint Requirement For a Work-Study Job? · · Score: 1

    Um, if you read TF Summary this system is for clocking in and out not for access.

  22. Re:We know what this is really about on Microsoft Tweaks Browser Ballot As EU Deal Nears · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Explain to me why they can't go to OEM's like Dell and convince them to install Opera?

  23. Re:I do it too on Hunting the Mythical "Bandwidth Hog" · · Score: 1

    Probably the most insightful comment made on this topic and completely passed over by moderators. People who complain about this are victims of there own wishful thinking and lack of understand how the world works. The meaning of "up to" is pretty clear, if you want a guaranteed connection with and SLA be prepared to pay a business class price for it.

  24. Re:Netbeans just isn't there on Oracle Outlines Plans for Sun Products, Casts Doubt on NetBeans · · Score: 1

    I agree with you on the point that Eclipse can be complicated, but if there is one thing in Eclipse that really shines its Mylyn and Issue tracking integration. Being able to "switch tasks" and have it remember what you were looking at is pretty awesome, or being able to tag a bug with a Mylyn context, its pretty cool.

  25. Re:NetBeans? Really? on Oracle Outlines Plans for Sun Products, Casts Doubt on NetBeans · · Score: 1

    I don't know about the GP, but J2EE is old hat, its been Java EE for while now, and Eclipse has some nice tools for working with Jboss (Red Hat even releases a customized version of Eclipse). To the parent though, Glassfish is Sun's Java EE baby now and its much better than the former "strict SUN impl".