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  1. If they're paying the contracted amount... on Universal Reportedly Wants Spotify To Scale Back Its Free Streaming · · Score: 1

    As long as Spotify is paying the licensed amount, Universal has no say in it.. until the next contract negotiations.

    (I generally don't use ANY of these streaming services, btw.. because of the ads and limited amount of skips.. in THEORY I'd love to find a lot of new similar music to what I have, but I seem to usually already own the various things it thinks are similar to the bands I choose.)

  2. Re:Wait on Why Is the Grand Theft Auto CEO Also Chairman of the ESRB? · · Score: 1

    Yeah, such legislation would almost definitely be unconstitutional; but some sort of legalist slurry, similar to the one that made 'obscenity' mysterious-but-constitutionally-unprotected, would almost certainly have been emitted and might well have worked.

    As long as it didn't actually ban anything, why would a labelling law be unconstitutional?

    Also, it only covers 'indecency', not 'obscenity', which you used, but most people don't realize that the FCC's power to restrict content on OTA stations (basic cable & satellite are _voluntarily_ following approximately the same standards) between 6AM to 10PM. Late nights, your stations _could_ be airing indecent stuff if they wanted to.

  3. Re:Bad move by Konami on Hideo Kojima To Depart Konami; Metal Gear Franchise Changing Hands · · Score: 1

    While the PS2 had a completely broken Z-Test

    What is this referring to?

    Is it http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z... ??

    If so, can you give a real world example of this being used in a game?

  4. Re:Good Riddance on Hideo Kojima To Depart Konami; Metal Gear Franchise Changing Hands · · Score: 1

    Ooh, which ones are the God of War clones?

  5. Re:Read between the lines though. on Tag Heuer Partners With Google and Intel To Create Luxury Apple Watch Rival · · Score: 1

    The computer you're posting from isn't something that anyone _needs_.

    You need water, air, food, and shelter.

  6. No way. on Obama: Maybe It's Time For Mandatory Voting In US · · Score: 1

    Absolutely not.

    In theory, I want people to want to vote.

    But hey, if you're too lazy/stupid to vote, better for me, since my vote then "matters more".

    (BTW, I purposely don't vote on a lot of things, from propositions I don't know enough about or care either way, or most local political votes.)

  7. So, pay the fee... on ICE Tells Reporter Its Secretive Drone Program Isn't Newsworthy · · Score: 1

    Why should news organizations not have to pay the fee anyway?

    (BTW, the FOIA is available for _everyone_, not just news agencies..)

  8. "Apple Keyboard" on Ask Slashdot: Good Keyboard? · · Score: 1

    "Apple Keyboard". The ADB keyboard that originally shipped with the SE.. through an ADBUSB converter.. (I'm typing this on a Retina iMac.)

    I'm also using a Kensington TurboMouse through the same adapter.

  9. Re:so lets have a breakdown on Apple's "Spring Forward" Event Debuts Apple Watch and More · · Score: 3, Insightful

    They said *competitor*.

  10. Re:A laptop with almost no ports?! on Apple's "Spring Forward" Event Debuts Apple Watch and More · · Score: 1

    ..and maybe their lungs, eyes, and kidneys to *current* generations?

  11. Re:Funniest headline I've seen all day on Star Trek Fans Told To Stop "Spocking" Canadian $5 Bill · · Score: 3, Funny

    Never tell me the odds.

  12. Re:Armegeddon for indigenous marine life. on World's First Lagoon Power Plants Unveiled In UK · · Score: 1

    No, it's not that horrible. England have about 16.000 miles (kilometers? I don't remember) of coast. The proposed generators will take about 30 miles.

    So they're going to ring around the country twice?

    (JUST KIDDING -- , vs . attempt at joke)

  13. Re:White balance and contrast in camera. on Is That Dress White and Gold Or Blue and Black? · · Score: 1

    Interesting, yours is the first time I've seen someone say specifically that the absolute same image appeared differently.

    Even on TV coverage, I've seen them show "white and gold" and "black and blue" next to each other or right after each other..

  14. Re:Video over LAN on VLC Gets First Major Cross-Platform Release · · Score: 1

    Never really made it off the desktop?

    This thread is about such a "made it off" release, plus a previous version has been on iOS for quite a while. I've been using it for a year or two on iOS.. (I use it to watch documentaries and news shows faster than realtime, just like how I listen to podcasts.)

  15. Re:I got a butt chewing for giving my daughter hon on Study: Peanut Consumption In Infancy Helps Prevent Peanut Allergy · · Score: 1

    You using soap is "a patch on your unsanitary practices", by that argument.

  16. Re:Pinky and the Brain on Xeroxed Gene May Have Paved the Way For Large Human Brain · · Score: 1

    I guess everybody thought of Pinky & the Brain first..

  17. Re:I got a butt chewing for giving my daughter hon on Study: Peanut Consumption In Infancy Helps Prevent Peanut Allergy · · Score: 1

    Irradiation would be good for many things (I did see the reply saying it isn't 100% in this case).

    People are too afraid of "radiation" though.. (Yet use a microwave oven every day.. which I think is unjustly not at pretty much the top of modern conveniences.)

  18. Re:Cash is so much better. on Google Teams Up With 3 Wireless Carriers To Combat Apple Pay · · Score: 1

    I get so sick and tired of seeing people use some sort of a card or device to pay for small purchases. It's never as quick as cash is.

    Ridiculous. It's way quicker to pull the card out, swipe it, and put the card back in... than it is to pull cash out, figure out the right amount of bills, wait for change, get change (INCLUDING ANNOYING COINS), put bills back in wallet, put change in pocket..

    It's faster AND cheaper (due to cash back) to use my credit card. Yes, prices are theoretically higher overall, but at each individual purchase, it's the same price.. and as I said, more convenient to use a card.. Will be EVEN more convenient when my preferred card (which has the best cash back for restaurants) supports Apple Pay.

  19. Safari Extensions on Ask Slashdot: Most Useful Browser Extensions? · · Score: 1

    My favorite Safari extensions..
    OpenAtEnd -- makes new tabs go to the far right
    Right Exit -- closing a tab moves you to the next tab on the right, not the left
    ClickToPlugin -- the superset of ClickToFlash

  20. Re: Be careful not to justify government corruptio on Silk Road Drug Dealer Pleads Guilty After Federal Sting · · Score: 1

    Who's mocking someone's beliefs?

    Remember, it's "principal", because he's your pal!

  21. Re:If he actually did all that... on Ross Ulbricht Found Guilty On All 7 Counts In Silk Road Trial · · Score: 1

    ...and he had the key used to sign the Dread Pirate Roberts emails on his computer.. ...and they were able to trace many millions of dollars' worth of Bitcoin transactions to his personal Bitcoin acct.

  22. Re:The Zynga business model on Sony Sells Off Sony Online Entertainment · · Score: 1

    I *think* I have all of the "spam FB" stuff turned off. The only times I have them post to FB is the direct "get me access to more levels" stuff, and I specifically pick the people who have sent the same kind of thing to me. ...though I don't see how this relates directly to spending money.. Plenty of things _want_ to spam to FB. Heck, one grocery store has a "share & save" program to get some very good deals (sometimes free items, very often 50% off)... and whenever I do it, I always change it to share to "only me" every single time, so I'm not spamming FB.. but I still get the deal.

  23. I applaud him! on One Man's Quest To Rid Wikipedia of Exactly One Grammatical Mistake · · Score: 1

    I applaud someone trying to do that. I correct grammatical mistakes on Wikipedia too, and point out others' misuse on other pages (e.g. of "begs the question" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B...).

  24. FYI, subsidiary of Sony Computer Entertainment on Sony Sells Off Sony Online Entertainment · · Score: 1

    OK, maybe this is obvious since it contained the word "Online" in the name, but this was a subsidiary of Sony Computer Entertainment.

    I was worried I'd no longer get "free" Sony games (reimbursed on my Sony credit card, at higher rates than I get from other credit cards, for certain areas).

  25. Re:The Zynga business model on Sony Sells Off Sony Online Entertainment · · Score: 1

    Make social network and mobile games that are free to play but require you to buy in-game items in order to complete quests and become better.

    Umm, I play Words with Friends & Candy Crush daily, and have never spent a cent in them.