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  1. If win 8 were exclusively for mobile devices on Gut-Check Time For Windows 8, Microsoft · · Score: 1

    It would somehow seem to make sense given ARM support. Putting it on a desktop seems ridiculous

    and a marketing feature. The idea that I would want to use my fingers on a desktop screen (or even worse page up / down) is

    one that caters to the lowest market segment of finger dragging imbeciles. No thank you, I don't need EVERYTHING gestural.

  2. I can't wait... on HD Transfer of Star Trek: TNG To Arrive This Year · · Score: 1

    For all the HD Troi and Beverly pictures.

  3. Internet toughguy syndrome on Aussie Blogger Hit With DDoS Death Threats · · Score: 1, Insightful

    No, the people doing this are not going to hop on a plane,rent a car and find your house.

    Unless you live in russia, then you better cut that shit out and hide.

  4. Re:Actually... on Amazon Folds In California Sales Tax Deal · · Score: 1

    On the other hand, the poorer person may spend most of their money on food and items which may not be taxed while the wealthier will be taxed on non-essential purchases.

    All truly wealthy people make such purchases by using a non-profit trust. Say you want a yacht, you have your assets in the trust and it purchases it for you indirectly. The outings on the yacht are for fund raising or meetings, etc. Any money you spend is under the trust or tax deductible as a charitable donation.

    As a business owner I am taxed only when I take money out and spend it. What I do is purchase everything I need under the company as an expense, which means food, travel, everything. Say you have your shares donated to the trust. Every year you can give a cash gift tax free to every member of your family.

    Meanwhile, if you work for someone you pay income tax, sales tax. It's effectively a double dip, dip on earn, dip on spend. I pay approximately 2-3% effective tax and I get a lot of that back in tax breaks from the feds.

  5. Remove free mail for non-profits and religion on USPS Losing Battle Against the E-mail Age · · Score: 1

    Problem solved

  6. No one is going to wear a glove to control a PC on Google Patents Glove For "Seeing With Your Hand" · · Score: 3, Informative

    Imagine people waving their single gloved hand, like so many Michael Jacksons.

    This is about patenting and limiting gestural control competition.

  7. Clearly wikileaks must be stopped !!! on Canada Encouraged US To Place It On Piracy List · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Can't have people getting used to the truth now, can we ?

  8. Much like the radio industry on Ask Slashdot: What Will IT Look Like In 10 Years? · · Score: 1

    Computers become phones, phones are disposable and aren't serviced or repaired. Home computers become more expensive to build as demand lessens.

    Internet anonymity nearly gone and illegal in many countries. You history tracked and everything taxed. A two tier rich man / poor man internet.

    A fee for everything. Network priority fee, cloud access fee, music playback license, tv viewing fee.

  9. 300 million dollar helicopter on Pakistan Lets China View US Stealth Technology · · Score: 0, Troll

    Anyone else find it stupid we would spend so much on a helicopter? Only the U.S....

  10. Like all relics it will be deemed on Start-Up Claims Immortality For Data With 'Stone-Like' Disc · · Score: 1

    religious or ceremonial, the catch all of confused scientists.
    "What were all the microscopic pits for?"
    "To catch their souls of course!!!"

  11. So can you sue people who make your group wipe? on Blizzard Reveals Diablo 3 (Real Money) Auction House · · Score: 1

    After all, you will be incurring real tangible monetary loss.
    Mess up that pull? That will be $5 to cover my repair costs please.

  12. DDOS protection? on Google Announces Google CDN · · Score: 1

    Would this have google take all DDOS hits and not my server? Sounds good.

  13. Unlikely on James Murdoch's Defense Crumbles · · Score: 4, Insightful

    People forget the power wealthy people have, especially one who owns most of the media. I doubt it will impact him past a year.

  14. Chinese employees cannot be trusted with secrets on Chicago Mercantile Exchange Secrets Leaked To China · · Score: 0

    It's been proven time and time again, they will steal and send to china internal documents, critical data and other secrets.

  15. This is going to seem really funny in in 5 years on Facebook Blocks KDE Photo App, Deletes Users' Pics · · Score: 2

    when facebook is myspace

  16. You mean companies want to make profits? on EVE Online Players Rage, Protest Over Microtransactions · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Companies always want to milk the cow. Has it ever been any different in the history of man?

  17. Probably a proxy box on FBI Seizes Servers In Virginia · · Score: 1

    They'd have to be pretty stupid to use a server located in the USA.

  18. All printed in on State of Alaska Prints Out Palin's E-Mails; Online Distribution 'Impractical' · · Score: 1

    Wingdings or Comicsans I imagine.

  19. Re:I will never buy ati again on AMD Betting Future On the GPGPU · · Score: 1

    I bought a 4870X2 which cost $400 appx. What I got was buggy drivers, gimped performance, and I was tossed to the curb once they had a new chipset out. I have to use very old drivers because the new drivers have the habit of not using half the gpus, etc. Never buy ATI, even if it seems more powerful on paper. Nvidia will provide drivers with performance increases for years, unlike ATI.

  20. I will never buy ati again on AMD Betting Future On the GPGPU · · Score: 4, Insightful

    solely based on their mediocre driver support.

  21. Re:Consoles Done For? on Sony Won't Invest As Heavily In PlayStation 4 · · Score: 1

    The current console model used by sony and microsoft is broken. They lose money on everything. Microsoft has yet to make a dime on xbox 1 and xbox 360. The lose the money to get marketshare. Sony doesn't have the bank roll to make a 100% in house console anymore. The CPU for the ps4 will be made by ibm, the gpu by them or ati. Anticipate it to have a much more off the shelf components and not so expensive wrapper like the 60GB ps3. All they need is lots of ram (8-12GB) a good gpu + cpu and as little complications as possible. Programmers weep at the though of having to deal with the Sony ps3 SPI units. Lots of power, but hard to use. That's why the far less powerful 360 looks better than ps3 in most games.

  22. I would like to remind everyone on Verizon Customers: Say So Long To Unlimited Data · · Score: 3, Informative

    That virgin mobile has unlimited internet plans starting at $25 a month, plus you can carry over your existing number.

  23. Re:What is the next step? on NSA CS Man: My Tracking Algorithm Was 'Twisted' By the Government · · Score: 1

    What can we do when our own government disobeys our laws??? Can the NSA be dissolved by presidential decree?

  24. Worst merger, ever on Square Enix Facing Big Losses For 2010 · · Score: 2

    In square-enix, the square is silent.

  25. Re:Disable it on Cellphones Get Government Chips For Disaster Alert · · Score: 2

    Well import an unlocked phone from europe, or a cheap chinese phone.
    Of course they would have to make imported unchipped phones illegal, for safety of course.