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  1. Re:I prefer to browse real bookstores on Seattle Bookstores Embrace Amazon.com · · Score: 1

    Same for movies too, sites like Amazon have a huge catalogue but I am just browsing then it's hard to beat an actual store.

  2. Re:Problem with releasing an underpowered console on Titanfall Dev Claims Xbox One Doesn't Need DX12 To Improve Performance · · Score: 1

    Which was all the more odd when so many games still come out in only 720.
    Seems like it takes a re-release to ensure it happens, otherwise it'll be 720 for the release copy.

  3. Re:Problem with releasing an underpowered console on Titanfall Dev Claims Xbox One Doesn't Need DX12 To Improve Performance · · Score: 1

    Also of note...

    PS1 to PS2 had DVD support at a time when TVs had only one input.
    Then PS2 to PS3 had Bluray support at a time when a player could cost as much as the console itself.

  4. Re:Whatabout we demand equal time of our views ins on Creationists Demand Equal Airtime With 'Cosmos' · · Score: 3, Insightful

    And for each viewpoint...

    So we got Christians, Atheists, FSM, Muslims, Buddhists, Hindu, Scientologists, etc... Keep things going and it'll only be like one second for each every service day.

  5. Re:Jenny McCarthy on Survey Finds Nearly 50% In US Believe In Medical Conspiracy Theories · · Score: 1

    Well some do have a bit of truth to them...

    The CIA did infect many Guatemalans with STDs without their knowledge or consent back in the 40's. They were trying to see if penicillin could prevent infections, not just cure it, so gave people the drug and disease and watched.

    http://www.nbcnews.com/id/3945...

  6. Re:Just like where I work ... on Top U.S. Scientific Misconduct Official Quits In Frustration With Bureaucracy · · Score: 1, Insightful

    You can often see such a position argues in favor of having Private industry take over Public work in some areas.

    > The Government is bloated and slow and has no incentive, but the Private sector is competitive and results driven, so they should manage our prisons, red light cameras, etc...

    But then as it turns out the Private firm overestimated the cost savings and ends up cutting costs while costing the government the same or more for less quality service.

  7. Re:Just call the credit card company and tell them on Google Sued Over Children's In-App Android Purchases · · Score: 1

    Regarding your example, there was likely something on the menu about having that gratuity added for parties over a certain size; so you pretty much committed theft.

    If you don't like the rule and dont want to be committed to a tip regardless of service, eat someplace else. You don't get to change the rules of the establishment unilaterally on a whim. Otherwise I could decide when the check came I did not agree with the stated menu prices and only pay a fraction of them.

  8. Re:Why? on Google Sued Over Children's In-App Android Purchases · · Score: 1

    It's a setting you can choose. By default it's like 5 or 15min, and as a parent you can change that to Always requiring a password.

  9. Doubt there is anything for a bus like this, but if you look at a Prius there is quite a bit of data on the maintenance costs.

    The rengertice breaking saves on brake pad wear, to the point that Toyota reports they don't need replacment till 100,000 miles. The Power Shift transmission has fewer gear sets, resulting in less wear on them, and has no clutch, CVT belt, or torque converter. Plus there is no timing belt, alternator, starter. And since the ICE is not running all the time it's experiences less wear and Toyota reports you don't need to replace the coolant till around the 8 year mark.

    Of course this is countered by the lump sum of the battery and expensive dealership rates for when repairs are needed; but this wouldn't be a comparable factor on this kind of bus since you'd need the manufacturer to repair it regardless; and the poor MPG the old ones had would more then makeup the cost of a replacement battery years down the line.

  10. Re:Privacy on Apple Refuses To Unlock Bequeathed iPad · · Score: 1

    Except by your reasoning the entire drive would need to be wiped before it could be turned over.
    Any journals written by the person would also need to be erased somehow, since according to you, they turned over the journal not what was written in it.

  11. Re:So they don't even have the Apple ID on Apple Refuses To Unlock Bequeathed iPad · · Score: 1

    It's also illegal to impersonate a solicitor/layer in both the US and UK; if it is a scam it went from petty theft to actual jail time and a $5000 fine.
    Having one sign off is comparable to a Notary in the US witness and stamp a document.

  12. Re:Good. on Apple Refuses To Unlock Bequeathed iPad · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Hell, make it simpler, if someone leaves me their computer, does the drive need to be wiped and all the programs and OS repurchased, even if they came with the computer?

  13. Re:On The Bright Side on Comcast Turning Chicago Homes Into Xfinity Hotspots · · Score: 1

    Because a MAC address cannot be cloned, or hell just trash a dirty NIC.

    > Wasn't me officer, none of f the computers in my home have that MAC.

  14. Re:Geez... on Will Peggy the Programmer Be the New Rosie the Riveter? · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Yea, there was a Ruby workshop I was interested in attending; but seems it was only open to women.
    If they felt men as a gender would be disruptive then that should be handled on an individual basis regardless of gender, and even then I find it hard to believe that it'd be a widespread issue.

    As it stands, women probably have a far greater opportunity advantage from Diversity Quotas, Gendered Scholarships, and Classes. lsu many of the complaints can be attributed to the female dominated HR field; which has shown that women in HR will not hire other women they consider to be prettier then themselves.

  15. Re:RS is liable on The Emerging RadioShack/Netflix Debacle · · Score: 1

    Same here, that's the only reason I got by RS now.

    I might pay an inflated price, but it's still only $1 in store compared to $0.25 online; so no big deal.

    Their less techinal stuff, like an audio exten cable, are just bullshit though; $20 for a 3' stereo cable, not even a Monster, it was RS's store brand.

  16. Re:Net Neutrality laws? on ISP Fights Causing Netflix Packet Drops · · Score: 1

    Also Netflix has made the offer available to setup CDN servers in the local providers facilities to ease the BW usage on their peers. Google uses this; but Verizon, Time Warner, and Comcast do not, who then whine about the BW use.

  17. Re:Same old bore on The Ultimate Hopes For the New Cosmos Series · · Score: 1

    Or Brian Cox, who has already hosted several science shows on the BBC.

  18. Re:There is at least hope. on The Ultimate Hopes For the New Cosmos Series · · Score: 1

    Yea, plus if you've seen him on stage with his peers he can come off rather negatively.
    There was that one panels he did a couple years back alongside Cox and Nye in which he kept interrupting Nye and arguing semantics throughout. By himself he's great, but along side people whose opinions mean the same as his and not so much.

  19. Re:Producing good TV is Expensive... on Ask Slashdot: Is Crowd Funding the Future of Sci-Fi? · · Score: 1

    Yea, remember that failed scifi show, Terra Nova?
    Thing cost $2million an episode.

    Game of Thrones?
    $6million for the first season episodes.

    Short of something unprecedented with Kickstarter it's won't be crowdfunded. While the cost drops over time, you still need a ton of money to get it off the ground and sustain it for several years.

  20. Re:what price increases? on Time Warner Deal Is How Comcast Will Fight Cord Cutters · · Score: 1

    You're forgetting they've been getting additional taxes and fees from every land line and internet user in the nation since the 90's with the express purpose of improving the US's infrastructure.

  21. Re:Cellular is the business model on Time Warner Deal Is How Comcast Will Fight Cord Cutters · · Score: 1

    Not just by law... My Apt complex has an exclusivity deal with one local company, that charges out the ass for shit service. If i don't like it I can move. No other service I take advantage of, would require that I completely move where I live in order to change providers.

  22. Re:Cellular is the business model on Time Warner Deal Is How Comcast Will Fight Cord Cutters · · Score: 3

    You're conflating the issue....

    The sender may pay the your local government for the permit but the end recipient is not. Whereas with this deal, that's what OP Is saying. Same for the USPS, no one has to pay to receive their mail in a bulk package and then filter out the wanted and unwanted.

    It's not like cellular since if I have 10 minutes left on my plan and I need to make a call I know exactly how long I have and can end it without any overages. Whereas with the internet I have no control over if I get DoS'ed, and even if I am, any firewall I install will be past the point of meter so I'll still be charged. Plus video advertisements which would then be directly costing me money.

  23. Re:What the frak? on With HTTPS Everywhere, Is Firefox Now the Most Secure Mobile Browser? · · Score: 1

    Not the first time either... IDK why the admins can't impose a rule about duplicate posts in the comments.

    How many cases are there that one user would need to make a dozen identical posts of over 1000+ words?

  24. Re:I'm male but... on Getting Young Women Interested In Open Source · · Score: 1

    And having female only educational opportunities is not going to do jack shit.
    You'd have to basically start from birth and not raise the child in anything we could even convince to be a gender role.

    Current plan seem to be to have rendered classes and financial aid to help promote more women, but of course if they are not interested to begin with, they either wont sign up; or wont have a passion for the field.

  25. Re:Secret nominations? on Edward Snowden Nominated For Nobel Peace Prize · · Score: 3, Informative

    Officially it seems you're right, so either it's a rumor or someone did let it slip.

    http://www.nobelprize.org/nomi...

    > What about the rumours circling around the world about certain people being nominated for the Nobel Prize this year?
    > Well, either it's just a rumour, or someone among the invited nominators has leaked information. Since the nominations are kept secret for 50 years, you'll have to wait until then to find out.