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  1. Re:"Linux Command Line Tirckery" HA! on Windows 8 Features With Linux Antecedents · · Score: 2

    Compare this to Right-Click -> Mount. Which is also available on some distros of Linux depending on DE and such.

    No, two lines of fucking arcane bullshit isn't ease of use. It's nerdy crap.

  2. Re:Audiophiles on Pink Floyd Engineer Alan Parsons Rips Audiophiles, YouTube and Jonas Brothers · · Score: 1

    You're right, I meant the English word Audiophile and not the made up term. I guess he did quote it..

  3. Re:Yes on Online Privacy Worth Less Than Marshmallow Fluff Six Pack · · Score: 1

    On that note, my comment should've read 'browsing history' whenever I wrote 'search history'. Sorry for the mistake because it's an important distinction, but I think in both cases the important part is the opt-in.

  4. Re:Audiophiles on Pink Floyd Engineer Alan Parsons Rips Audiophiles, YouTube and Jonas Brothers · · Score: 2

    But then aren't you just buying audiophile equipment but different one?

    I mean, I wouldn't go back to my $50 pair of Sony headphones I picked up at radio-shit 5 years ago after using A700s this entire time. Anyone who can't tell the difference is probably deaf, it's completely absurd to claim there is none.

    Realize that there is affordable audiophile equipment and some that is a lot more expensive.

  5. Re:Yes on Online Privacy Worth Less Than Marshmallow Fluff Six Pack · · Score: 4, Interesting

    The vast majority of people might just do less weirdo shit on their computer than you? What exactly is wrong with Google having access to my entire search history with my consent? Microsoft Windows has a similar feature where you can turn on performance counters in the OS and aggregated data is then used to make features shaped more like the user wants them.

    It's not like they're saying "We'll read your entire search history, tough shit", they're offering people to willingly give them that information, and for the bother, they are compensated with a minor bonus.

  6. Re:Some things I agree with, some I don't on Cops Set Up Extortion Sting On Symantec's Source Code Thieves · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The cesspool is you and me. They aren't any more dumb or smart than the individuals that compose them at any given time. Nothing is surprising about this unless you haven't been on the internet for a while.

  7. Re:Except it's not $100B. on Facebook Orders Banks To Stop Leaking IPO Details · · Score: 0

    Apparently yes, given your reply.

  8. Re:No, Siri won't run on the iPhone 4 because... on A5 Mystery Solved (Why Siri Won't Run On iPhone 4) · · Score: 1

    Or if you have a reference phone:

    1) Wait for the updates to come to your phone automatically
    2) Start flashing Cyanogenmod the day the phone comes out of support, with a single command needed for the bootloader unlock.

  9. Re:Gosh, you must be brain dead on Moglen: Facebook Is a Man-In-The-Middle Attack · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Things you do in public aren't private. More news at 11. Face it, the only thing that Facebook changed about that was exposure. You didn't give a shit before because it wasn't cool back then to hate on Facebook. If you don't want people to know about that stuff, either don't do it, or be a social shut in and prevent people from taking pictures. This applies regardless of the existence of Facebook.

  10. Re:GERMANY on German Government Endorses Chrome As Most Secure Browser · · Score: 1

    Because people are misinformed. Especially paranoids, apparently.

  11. Re:GERMANY on German Government Endorses Chrome As Most Secure Browser · · Score: 1

    Neither. Who cares? Just get the open source code and compile it. I guess you were too much of a retard to figure that one out huh?

  12. Re:retards. on Google In Battle With Its Own Lawyers · · Score: 1

    That's just Notepad is a fucking badass and isn't afraid of anything. Open up them locked files, busting a cap in them handles.

  13. Re:Adobe worship much? on German Government Endorses Chrome As Most Secure Browser · · Score: 2

    Bundling of Flash is a plus because basically everyone ends up installing it, and by having it in the browser, then theoretically it's kept up to date better for non-technical users. I don't know if there's a way to disable it for the very paranoid though, I'd hope so.

  14. Re:GERMANY on German Government Endorses Chrome As Most Secure Browser · · Score: 1

    Chrome isn't proprietary you fuckerlord, if you don't want Flash bundled, then get the source and unbundle it.

  15. Re:Chrome still crashes sometimes on German Government Endorses Chrome As Most Secure Browser · · Score: 1

    I think he means Firefox 4.0, where a lot of drooling retards didn't realize that just because the version number changed faster didn't mean it was somehow impossible to keep up.

  16. Re:Endorsed as Most Secure? Must have a back door on German Government Endorses Chrome As Most Secure Browser · · Score: 2, Insightful

    It's open source, where the fuck are they going to put the backdoor? If you're really paranoid, compile it yourself after reading the source code over.

  17. Re:Sadly so on Firefox 10 Released · · Score: 1

    You accidentally added 'never' to that sentence.

  18. Re:And we care because... on Firefox 10 Released · · Score: 2

    Do you also not have a Facebook account and do you refuse to use texts? AKA who gives a shit?

  19. Re:Dart Maybe? on Self-Guided Bullet Can Hit Targets a Mile Away · · Score: 1

    I just read the article and it says nothing about 2.475 miles. Where did you read it?

  20. Re:Culture loss? on Outgoing CRTC Head Says Technology Is Eroding Canadian Culture · · Score: 1

    The accident was listening to Deadmau5.

  21. Re:Culture loss? on Outgoing CRTC Head Says Technology Is Eroding Canadian Culture · · Score: 1

    By committing worse atrocities?

  22. Re:RIM is already dead on Research In Motion To Be Sold, Possibly To Samsung · · Score: 1

    The problem is that just -connecting- can cost an arm and a leg. If you dare start transmitting data (which your phone will do as soon as you are connected), you're going to lose the rest of your members.

    This is why people don't really care about the 80K feature. Either you want to connect, or you don't.

  23. Re:RIM is already dead on Research In Motion To Be Sold, Possibly To Samsung · · Score: 1

    Is the Blackberry OS so shit that there is no "Turn off data when roaming" option? Because on real phones what you said just never has a chance to happen.

  24. Re:FYI, Adblock Plus no longer blocks ads :-( on Notes On Reducing Firefox's Memory Consumption · · Score: 1

    Of course it's not stupid. It's the whole reason for the feature in the first place. So that 'acceptable' ads can be shown and used to support the websites you visit. They need the money, you know. The reason it's on by default is that the ads are specially screened for their acceptability, and only ads that are deemed not annoying to users are presented.

  25. Re:i'll do my own tests on Notes On Reducing Firefox's Memory Consumption · · Score: 1

    Maybe you should learn to report bugs. Because hundreds of thousands of people are running the browser with no issues.