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  1. Re:Not me! on The Nation Is Losing Its Toolbox · · Score: 1

    Ever try replacing a thermostat on an Audi 2.8L 12valve engine? It's behind the timing cover and timing belt. You're working for a flat rate, right? COME ON OVER!

  2. Re:Exit Interviews are always flowery on Being Honest In Exit Interviews Is Pointless · · Score: 1

    Three if you include the Caps Lock key.

  3. Re:Bigger != Better on Don't Super-Size My Smartphone! · · Score: 1

    Put your money where you mouth is, it's called the Motorola Razr Maxx. Take one of the thinnest phones on the market, and double the battery size and when you end up with is your perfect phone.

  4. Re:usual stuff on 12 Dead, 50 Injured at The Dark Knight Rises Showing In Colorado · · Score: 1

    and in other news, in europe those beasts prefer hand to hand combat with knives last I checked.

  5. Re:While you're at it... on Man Tries To Live an Open Source Life For a Year · · Score: -1

    WHOOOSH!

  6. Re:The last time i tried this on A Fresh Look At Multi-Screen PC Gaming · · Score: 2

    You need a 30" for the 20" to fit right, but they are a perfect match both in physical size and in resolution. Too bad none of the manufacturers support this mode properly. But it can be done, just in windowed mode. Meaning a single GPU at least on AMD.

    I personally run 3 23" 1920x1600 monitors, on a pair of unlocked 6950s. Granted I've only played a couple of games, it does work extremely well.

  7. Re:Just about time on General Motors To Slash Outsourcing In IT Overhaul · · Score: 2, Funny

    I think the reason you can't get a job is mainly because you're a whiny little bitch who blames everybody but themselves.

  8. Re:Too bad no one will get it on Android 4.1 Jelly Bean Review · · Score: 1, Troll

    And if you never install windows, I'm guessing you'll never get Windows 8.

    Going to cry about being stuck on XP? DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.

  9. Re:Adopting it to other OSS project? on HP Releases More WebOS Components for the TouchPad · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Before I got ICS installed on my Touchpad, I have to say WebOS > Android except for one major shortcoming: Apps. If WebOS had the same apps as Android I'd still be using it. But now, ICS multitasking is at least as good as WebOS, and it has all the apps. The notification system in ICS brings Android to par with WebOS as well.

    Shame WebOS was too little, too late, too small. Because overall it really had a lot of things right.

  10. Re:Wait on PadMapper Gets C&D From Craigslist Over Apartment Listing Maps · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Sounds like you're one of the idiots who posts an ad on craigslist and omits all of the information possible. It's not a newspaper ad limited to 20 words. You can actually tell me a little something about the car you're trying to sell.

    "Van for Sale" does not a good ad make.

    Tell me what works, what doesn't, what year it is, what brand it is, what model it is, how good the tires are, yes, whether it runs or not, how many miles. Don't omit pertinent facts and I won't have to email you to ask stupid questions. And yes, even if this is a $1000 beater. Take the 30 seconds to write a meaningful ad and take decent pictures and your stuff will sell in a reasonable amount of time with minimal hassle. Also use big words that confuse rednecks.

  11. Re:...overkill...? on Will Dolby's New Atmos 62.2 Format Redefine Surround Sound? · · Score: 1

    Could it be perhaps that those $10 'classics' in the bin at Best Buy aren't the most representative of the capabilities of Blu-Ray?

    Surprise! Old films still look old on Blu-Ray.

  12. Re:No. They'll just get their ass handed to them b on Will Microsoft Extend Surface Model And Manufacture Windows Phones? · · Score: 1

    If they are smart, they will subsidize it with Windows and Office. Last I checked Microsoft wasn't exactly broke...

  13. Re:companies don't "make" stuff anymore on Will Microsoft Extend Surface Model And Manufacture Windows Phones? · · Score: 1

    Your 4 year old Chevy Silverado was possibly built in Canada. Might want to reconsider...

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oshawa_Truck_Assembly

  14. Re:try this: on NASA Finds Major Ice Source In Moon Crater · · Score: 1

    No, do you?

  15. You must not travel a lot. on Ask Slashdot: Instead of a Laptop, a Tiny Computer and Projector? · · Score: 1

    If you did travel 'a lot', you'd be an elite frequent flyer and get at least one bag checked free. I don't even travel that much compared to someone who claims to 'travel a lot', and I have free baggage privileges with two major airlines on an ongoing basis for the past 5 years.

    Furthermore, I travel for a week or two at a time and I manage to carry not only my full size 15.4" Dell Latitude, but also a external USB screen. And I don't check luggage. Fairly small laptop bag + carry on sized luggage = All my computer hardware, cables, chargers, clothes, toiletries, beard trimmer, second pair of shoes, and paperwork. I do laundry at the hotel/get drycleaning done locally. And buy a lot of toiletries when I get there, rather than carrying all of them around (though I can fit everything I need to be completely self sufficient.)

    So basically, you're approaching this problem all wrong.

  16. Re:Intel: 59% of market on PowerVR To Make Mobile Graphics, GPU Compute a Three-Way Race Again · · Score: 1

    I don't know about you, but my Latitude work laptop has an Nvidia GPU so I'm not sure what you're trying to say.

  17. Re:comparing retail with ebay on Where Are All the High-Resolution Desktop Displays? · · Score: 1

    2560x1440 27" displays are nothing exotic or hard to find from any number of us based sources. It's just a lot cheaper to order from Korea.

  18. In other news.... on Geezers Pick Stronger Passwords Than Young'uns · · Score: 1

    Old Geezers probably write their passwords down more often as well. Just a hunch based on casual observations of old people with stickynotes all over their monitors.

  19. Re:Google Beta on Google Gets Driverless License For Nevada Roads · · Score: 0

    Because it's FREE, just like the USA. So go fuck yourself.

  20. Re:A fork for old machines on Linux Support Fades For 3Dfx Voodoo, Rage 128, VIA · · Score: 1

    The Voodoo Rush predates both the Voodoo 2 and the Banshee card. FYI.

  21. Re:A fork for old machines on Linux Support Fades For 3Dfx Voodoo, Rage 128, VIA · · Score: 1

    Incorrect.

    The Voodoo Rush and Voodoo Banshee were both single card solutions that pre-date the Voodoo 3. I've had all three.

  22. Free Market? on Pricing: Apple Defies Australian Government · · Score: 0

    Is Australia not a free market? If people are willing to pay the premium price, then Apple has priced appropriately!

    Lots of Australian Whining. Why don't you guys try making your own shit domestically? Or buy items abroad and import them?

    Oh, it's a pain and expensive to import stuff? No kidding.

  23. Re:I need more information on Comcast Launching $9.95 Low Income Broadband Plan · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I think you're confused as to what a "right" is.

    It doesn't mean it's given to you. It means you are given the opportunity to pursue it without undue harassment by the Gov. In a sense, things that are rights can also be a privilege if there is an associated cost. Really, all rights, natural and otherwise come at a cost. Even freedom is directly free, but in indirectly has a cost in that at some point you have to fight for it.

    I personally think this is bad news bears all around. The infrastructure is already spread thin - at least judging by my internet speeds and costs. Last thing we need is a flux of new subscribers that are low-income (read: jobless or underemployed) who have all the time in the world to suck up my precious bandwidth.

    If people want internet, they can work for it just like I have to. It's not a necessity to survive. Last thing these people need is another incentive not to succeed.

  24. Re:Interesting applications for ethanol on New Chip Can Identify Liquids, Encode Messages · · Score: 4, Informative

    Flex Fuel vehicles already monitor this with a fuel composition sensor. It measures Ethanol content from 0-100% with a variable frequency between 50-150Hz, and Fuel temp with a pulse-width between 1 and 5ms.

    Too bad it costs at least $400 or it'd be fun to play with.

  25. Re:Complaining IS blending in on TSA Investigates... People Who Complain About TSA · · Score: 2

    Good one but in truth virtually nobody complains at the actual checkpoint, to TSA people. I fly a lot more than most people, generally at least twice a month. My experience is in general everybody falls in line, does what they are told and gets the hell out of there as fast as possible. Rare is the case when somebody is outwardly angry. Even people who have to dump out entire bags of over 3.4oz size toiletries do so with a smile and only complain once they've made it through.

    So yes, somebody who is bitching and moaning is going to stick out.