User: lenzm

Re:Surprised?

On: Dell's Ubuntu Ultrabook Now On Sale; Costs $50 More Than Windows Version

It's probably more like the lack of kickbacks from the shitware vendors

Absolutely.

I would not reward Dell for their whoring.

Whoring? Really? If they didn't do that, they'd just have to charge you $50 more.

Re:Strange Anniversary

On: Below-Expected Earnings For Google Posted Early, Trading Halted

Panda/Penguin were to weed out spammers in the organic results, not the CPC results.

Common Service != Collusion

On: Interview With Mozilla's Ryan Merkley: Tracking the Trackers

Just because two websites use the same service doesn't not mean that data is shared between those two customers, eg. Google Analytics,

Re:Well done, Google

On: Google Incrementally Dropping Support For Older Browsers

My IT dept.

Re:In rural Greece we have a word for that

On: Local Atmosphere Heated Rapidly Before Japan Quake

Here in Chicago we call that Tuesday.

Re:Meanwhile, in Japan

On: 68% of US Broadband Connections Aren't Broadband

The point is that American companies can't keep up with what broadband is.

Re:Democrats loved the Pentagon Papers

On: Compiling the WikiLeaks Fallout

I think this argument is ridiculous, it's close to an argument that people make for no right to privacy - that you shouldn't do anything that you wouldn't want other people to see. By that logic you wouldn't mind having a camera on you 24 hours a day - in your bathroom, in your bedroom.

Re:How will it work for travelling situations?

On: Emergency Broadcast System Coming To Cell Phones

I'm guessing the alerts would be based on whatever cell you are in

I'm Drunk

On: What Do You Look For In a Conference?

As someone who is currently drunk returning from a conference (SES Chicago) I believe I can speak with authority. 1. Don't host your conference in Bumfuck, I don't care what state 2. Big names = credibility, shallow but true 3. Give vendors free tickets for their clients (that's me, hint hint) 4. WHY CAN'T I FORMAT THIS POST!!!

Re:I've got an even more simple pattern

On: Pi Calculated To Record 2.5 Trillion Digits

A 621 mile circle and a pretty big tape measure?

Nope, the curvature of the earth would be very noticeable at that point

Re:Linux: Debian

On: Debian Decides To Adopt Time-Based Release Freezes

All releases are artificial constraints. There's always new features that could be included.

Re:Translation: Please help me with my porn...

On: Choosing Better-Quality JPEG Images With Software?

Pfft, 50 GB? This is slashdot, I'm sure he's got a dedicated RAID array.