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  1. Re:Hear that? on Data-Mine Your Own Facebook Data With Wolfram Alpha · · Score: 1

    Nothing you said contradicts GP, but carry on.

  2. Re:apple just doesn't want to touch that on Apple Rejects Drone Strike App · · Score: 2

    You should tell Apple that, they did the same thing with the ad.

  3. Re:Well that's a narrow perspective on Ask Slashdot: How Did You Become a Linux Professional? · · Score: 1

    Pfft. Real professionals consider all POSIX compliant OSs.

  4. Re:how much per phone is 1 billion? on Apple v. Samsung Jurors Speak, Skipped Prior Art For "Bogging Us Down" · · Score: 4, Insightful

    You don't need to get anything from Apple; for example, owners of the Galaxy S II - not an Apple device - saw their local search feature get removed by an update due to the lawsuit.

  5. Re:Not so fast on Republican Platform To Include Internet Freedom Plank · · Score: 1

    A study by a Harvard Business School professor shows that Utah outpaces the more conservative states -- which all tend to purchase more Internet porn than other states.

    http://www.sltrib.com/business/ci_11821265

  6. Re:Which VPS provider? on Should Developers Be Sued For Security Holes? · · Score: 1

    Inception Hosting, but they only show the plan on this page: https://clients.inceptionhosting.com/cart.php?gid=9

    These are the US based ones, I got one based on the Netherlands since I'm in Europe.

  7. Re:SQL operator IN on Should Developers Be Sued For Security Holes? · · Score: 1

    One of my VPSs costs $3.2 / month and runs a PHP based blog engine just fine, plus my mail server. I doubt you can find any decent web host for several times less per month.

  8. Re:None of the Above on IT Industry Presidential Poll: 'Not Sure' Beats Both Obama and Romney · · Score: 1

    Can't you just put nothing on the ballot? At least where I live, blank votes are valid and counted separably from spoiled ones.

  9. Re:Preference cascade on IT Industry Presidential Poll: 'Not Sure' Beats Both Obama and Romney · · Score: 1

    You forgot one option: they have no reason to believe that the alternative would be any better regarding the economy, and therefore have to choose based on other issues.

  10. Re:Dont. on Ask Slashdot: Explaining Role-Playing Games To the Uninitiated? · · Score: 1

    Why did you had to ruin a perfectly good answer with your chauvinist tirade?

    Also, maybe you should pay more attention to the summary. Final Fantasy is not a "tabletop roleplaying game", OP is talking about a very different kind of RPG.

  11. Re:Right on Paying Through Facebook May Become a Reality · · Score: 1

    Demand is not the same as enforce. But yes, they do, just in an inconsistent way. That "God" just needs to piss some people off enough for them to mass report him.

  12. Re:Right on Paying Through Facebook May Become a Reality · · Score: 1

    That's because they not only demand it, but also enforce the rule in an inconsistent and unpredictable way, which is even worse since a strict enforcement might get people to pressure them to change the rule.

    But it definitively does happen, you just need a friendly anonymous coward to report you: http://www.thevine.com.au/life/tech/odd-names-banned-on-facebook/, http://www.tmz.com/2012/08/05/selena-gomez-banned-facebook/

  13. Re:Privacy on Paying Through Facebook May Become a Reality · · Score: 1

    No, they're also for targeted advertising, by doing statistical analysis of the purchases:

    About a year after Pole created his pregnancy-prediction model, a man walked into a Target outside Minneapolis and demanded to see the manager. He was clutching coupons that had been sent to his daughter, and he was angry, according to an employee who participated in the conversation.

    âoeMy daughter got this in the mail!â he said. âoeSheâ(TM)s still in high school, and youâ(TM)re sending her coupons for baby clothes and cribs? Are you trying to encourage her to get pregnant?â

    The manager didnâ(TM)t have any idea what the man was talking about. He looked at the mailer. Sure enough, it was addressed to the manâ(TM)s daughter and contained advertisements for maternity clothing, nursery furniture and pictures of smiling infants. The manager apologized and then called a few days later to apologize again.

    On the phone, though, the father was somewhat abashed. âoeI had a talk with my daughter,â he said. âoeIt turns out thereâ(TM)s been some activities in my house I havenâ(TM)t been completely aware of. Sheâ(TM)s due in August. I owe you an apology.â

    http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/19/magazine/shopping-habits.html?pagewanted=all

  14. Re:Right on Paying Through Facebook May Become a Reality · · Score: 1

    Slashdot doesn't demand you use your real name.

  15. Re:TSA screens rape victem, further traumatizing h on Booted From Airplane For Wearing Anti-TSA T-shirt · · Score: 1

    I'm sure that you can understand that there's a big difference between "pointing out that X is possible" and "claiming X is true".

  16. Re:LTE on 19 Million Americans Cannot Get Broadband Access · · Score: 1

    On the other hand, "broadband" is 3mbps+, not 50-100mbps fiber as (parent claims) Iceland has.

  17. Re:TSA screens rape victem, further traumatizing h on Booted From Airplane For Wearing Anti-TSA T-shirt · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Why do you want me to prove something I didn't claim? Why didn't you demand proof from the person who actually _did_ claim something?

  18. Re:TSA screens rape victem, further traumatizing h on Booted From Airplane For Wearing Anti-TSA T-shirt · · Score: 2

    Israel profiles, & has no hijackings.

    Since I started walking with a rock in my pocket, I have never been robbed. Clearly rocks in pockets prevent thefts.

  19. Re:What would you do if you had a million dollars? on 10 Internet Connections At Same Time · · Score: 1

    But it's not the law, otherwise they would be paying!

  20. Re:What would you do if you had a million dollars? on 10 Internet Connections At Same Time · · Score: 1

    That's not an argument for a regressive tax system, that's an argument for no tax system.

    All human interactions should be voluntary.

    And I would like a pony. The difference is that my wish is actually feasible.

  21. Re:Still tapes? on Amazon Wants To Replace Tape With Slow But Cheap Off-Site "Glacier" Storage · · Score: 1

    Asked what IT equipment Glacier uses, Amazon told ZDNet it does not run on tape.

  22. Re:Not a problem on German Government Wants Google To Pay For the Right To Link To News Sites · · Score: 1

    Nope. News, unlike e.g. investigative journalism, are mostly fungible commodities.

  23. Re:Why is it legal at all? on Judge Rejects Settlement In Facebook Sponsored Stories Case · · Score: 1

    No. Also, property is often not enough, here in Europe we have image rights, which are independent of copyright.

  24. Re:Another reason... on Windows 8 Changes Host File Blocking · · Score: 1

    I'm not defending Microsoft's decision. I'm saying that there are simple alternatives. And there's no real security threat unless you're opening your firewall to let the DNS server get queries from the outside, and there's no reason to do that.

  25. Re:Another reason... on Windows 8 Changes Host File Blocking · · Score: 0

    There's no such thing as "no DNS yet". You don't need globally accessible domains to use DNS: just configure your local DNS server, or install one on your machine if you can't.