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  1. Re:dd on Ask Slashdot: How To Clean Up My Work Computer Before I Leave? · · Score: 1

    any person worth their salt doesn't store the company data on a machine. you always store company data on the server to remain backed up.

  2. Re:DBAN! on Ask Slashdot: How To Clean Up My Work Computer Before I Leave? · · Score: 2

    I second this - the UBCD4Win project also has it built in.

    But running dban is a surefire way to nuke all your files permanently. The autonuke option is sufficient to all but the most determined state agencies.

  3. Re:Two words. on Scientists Resurrect 500-Million-Year-Old Gene Inside Modern Organism · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Jurassic. Park.

    so in other words?

    What could possibly go wrong....

  4. well good for them on ACTA Rejected By European Parliament · · Score: 3, Funny

    Its nice to see some political critters with a shred of common sense still. Of course the MPAA/RIAA's of the world over there are thinking what the hell happened and if they didn't donate enough.

  5. Re:It *should* be part of the marketing on Google On-shores Manufacturing of the Nexus Q · · Score: 2

    The tablet is $199 for the 8GB model and $249 for the $16GB model.
    https://play.google.com/store/devices/details?id=nexus_7_8gb

  6. Re:It *should* be part of the marketing on Google On-shores Manufacturing of the Nexus Q · · Score: 4, Informative

    Except this is not the phone or tablet. This is their social media player.

    The Nexus 7 tablet is not what is being discussed here and that is still at $199

  7. Re:Because insurance pays for them on Ask Slashdot: Why Are Hearing Aids So Expensive? · · Score: 1

    that is not always the case. Prior to switching to the HSA eligible plan our deductibles where only $10 per paycheck higher. So they hey look at these we saved you $10 a paycheck but we increased your deductible 8x. I once worked for a insurance company it is amazing how much the same plan vaires between employeers as to what the patient will pay for items. And the funny thing about working for an insurance company is that we got stuck with the highest premium and copay of any plan that they offered.

  8. Re:Because insurance pays for them on Ask Slashdot: Why Are Hearing Aids So Expensive? · · Score: 2

    that is sometimes easier said then done when you have kids with expensive conditions that requires costly medication to that is refilled monthly in addition to their medical bills. Not to mention there is a limit to what you can contribute each year (pre-tax anyways). Remember once you tack family on to the plan the deductible sometimes doubles / triples for the whole family. Yes the individual deductible is still the same but you have it for everyone.

  9. Re:Because insurance pays for them on Ask Slashdot: Why Are Hearing Aids So Expensive? · · Score: 4, Informative

    the main downside to the HSA eligible plans is the high deductibles. There is a requirement that your minimum yearly deductible is $1000 to even qualify for the HSA. And often times it is even higher than that.

    Yes they are nice especially when your employer matches your contribution up to $xxx amount. I have had one for 2 years now, and while it does help mainly at the pharmacy it can be burdonsome around the start of the year when that high deductible kicks back in. Unless you managed to get some saved up over the later part of the year.

    other issue as to why hearing aids costs so much in the US. Once you add "medical" tag to it here you can instantly increase the price 10x.

  10. Re:Video vice Reading, try Khan on Ask Slashdot: Teaching Chemistry To Home-Schooled Kids? · · Score: 1

    I was going to mention Khan Academy as well. but I had been foiled by doing work at work

  11. Where is his next job lined up at? on FCC Boss Backs Metering the Internet · · Score: 1

    AT&T, Comcast, Verizon, Time Warner?

    Inquiring minds want to know. This just reeks of getting agreements pushed to screw the customers only to retire from the FCC to his nice plush job at

  12. Re:Actually 12% And Some Other Notes on Facebook Shares Retreat Below IPO Price · · Score: 4, Informative

    The hilarious part of this is that some of the investment firms are trying to get compensation from Nasdaq as well regarding lost profits from issues with the IPO - http://www.nasdaq.com/article/update-nasdaq-confronts-liability-on-traders-losses-in-facebook-ipo-20120521-00766

  13. Re:370 MB? on Apple Auto-Disables Old Flash Players In Mac OS X 10.7.4 · · Score: 1

    it comes in at 370 MB for my Mac Pro

  14. Re:Bye Bye Hulu! on Hulu To Require Viewers To Have Cable Subscriptions · · Score: 5, Informative

    Well I was tossing between hulu and netflix after I cut the cord. But they just made my decision all the easier.

  15. Re:Who is going to want to live/work there? on 1 World Trade Center Becomes the Tallest Building In NYC · · Score: 1

    Like Bankers, Lawyers, and Wall Street Hedge Fund Managers?

  16. Re:Apple will decide where you can and can't trave on Why Apple's Next Revolution Should Be In Your Car · · Score: 0

    But then would the response from apple be "You are just driving wrong"?

  17. But he is still arrogant. on Tim Cook Prefers Settling To Suing and Has a Huge Quarter · · Score: 3, Insightful

    To bad the summory missed the best quote of the conference call

    Finally, one analyst dared ask a question about Apple's litigation battles when it comes to patents. "I've always hated litigation and I continue to hate it," Cook said, but "we just want people to invent their own stuff."

    He is still an arrogant ass (yes I will probably lose some karma for that one)

  18. Re:Even More Curiously on Patent Suit Targets Every Touch-based Apple Product · · Score: 5, Informative

    Except for those that read TFA - The patent is actually narrowly defined.

    "However, the patent quite narrowly claims a system used to "throw" objects off a screen when the "velocity of the touch exceeds a predetermined threshold," It also describes some specific gestures to move objects on the screen, none of which appear similar to gestures used in either iOS or Mac OS X.

    It's not clear from a cursory reading of the patent, nor from FlatWorld's infringement claims, exactly how Apple's products infringe. However, we discovered that some of Apple's own patents relating to the iPhone cite Milekic's original patent—it seems likely that the company was aware of the patent and did not believe its particular implementation of a touch-based interface infringed on its narrow claims"

  19. Re:Get ready for it on Amazon's Cloud Now 1% of Internet Traffic · · Score: 2

    This already happens due to most people not disabling scripts on most sites. My wife has an amazon account and often gets offer emails on products availible related to things she has been looking at or searching for.

    so wouldn't be anything new.

  20. 600,000? on Flashback Trojan Hits 600,000 Macs and Counting · · Score: 1, Troll

    So what you are telling me is they managed to get all of them?

  21. Re:Not just Eel on Battling Fish Fraud With DNA Testing · · Score: 1

    Alight, I must have misread that somewhere. It has been a long day, but that still doesn't make it wrong to mis-label a product.

    Fraud is fraud.

  22. Not just Eel on Battling Fish Fraud With DNA Testing · · Score: 2, Informative

    This seems to be a growing problem in both fish markets and sushi shops. Shops are trying to sell off one type of fish as another that looks and tastes similiar. Other issues come from labeling as wild caught vs farm raised.

    Take salmon for example. Wild caught will stay pink as it cooks where farm raised will not. But they look the same when raw.

  23. I am Legend on Killing Cancer With Engineered Viruses · · Score: 2, Insightful

    yea what could possibly go wrong?

  24. What could possibly go wrong? on Solving Climate Change By Bioengineering Humans? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Suprised this hasn't been mention. If any thread fit that tag, this sure enough would.

  25. Re:But still slower then a "real" video card... on Early Ivy Bridge Benchmark: Graphics Performance Greatly Improved · · Score: 2

    The sad thing though is that us gamers/enthusiasts are basically paying for a GPU we'll never use. It would be nice if these CPUs were sold also without an integrated GPU.

    They actually do exist, check out the Core i5 2550 for example. It has a higher clock than the 2500 for the same price. The difference is they removed the iGPU from the chip.