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  1. All the tabs on Chrome Set To Take No. 2 Spot From Firefox · · Score: 1

    Really what are people doing with all these tabs open? I've had maybe 8 at the most open at work when looking at things like datasheets. At home its rarely more than a few. I usually close the browser and just open it again later. Its cached already and opens instantly. What are people doing with 50 tabs open?

  2. Look at history on Man Charged in Model Airplane Plot To Bomb Pentagon · · Score: 2

    Name me a time when there wasn't violence going on in the middle east. It was all rainbows and unicorns until Israel showed up and ruined the peace party.

  3. ClamWin is garbage on Essential Open Source Tools For Windows Admins · · Score: 1

    It might be ok for checking a suspicious file or two but scanning an entire drive would take days. Its THAT slow, seriously.

  4. I'd buy a USRP2 receiver on Security Researchers Crack APCO P25 Encryption · · Score: 1

    But they cost $1700! No thank you. How many people are even using them at that price?

  5. yeah they're fucking expensive on Is There a Hearing Aid Price Bubble? · · Score: 1

    I was wondering this myself since my grandmother is just about deaf and could really benefit from a pair. At this point they are worth more than their weight in gold or even diamonds. Theres nothing that fancy inside. The better ones are programmed to only amplify the frequencies where your hearing is effected. Its a racket pure and simple with inflated prices like diamonds.

  6. No just lower prices on Amazon Folds In California Sales Tax Deal · · Score: 1

    The 10% savings on sales tax is a nice bonus but the real reason is Amazon offers the same items for 1/3 less than retail stores. How is that my problem? Makes a difference when a hardcover reference book is $99 at Borders plus sales tax when Amazon can sell the same thing for $66 without taxes and free shipping. Don't get me started on their $25 DVDs and $19 CDs that Walmart sells for way less...

  7. No, really? on Laptops In the Classroom Don't Increase Grades · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Who would have thought giving kids an even bigger distraction would not increase grades? Kids today can barely sit still and concentrate on one task at a time let alone sit in front of a laptop and be expected to only take notes. What kids really need now is someone to tell them to sit down, shut up, and listen. If a disruptive student doesn't want to be there then they should be able to leave. Forcing them to be there is not helping them or anyone else who is trying to learn.

  8. Wish Samsung would play hardball on Apple Claims Samsung and Motorola Patent Monopoly · · Score: 1

    Given that Apple is suing Samsung while at the same time using Samsung chips in their products, Samsung should halt all production of chips to Apple and see what happens. But of course nobody is that crazy...

  9. In other news on European Firms Assisted Gaddafi's Internet Monitoring Regime · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Money talks, whats the real story here?

  10. Can't wait on Xbox 360 Reset Hack Yields Unsigned Code Execution · · Score: 2

    For all the usual emulators to get ported. Is it really that big a deal to run a Sega Genesis emulator on your Xbox? If you want a media player then you might as well buy a netbook for around the same price but with a larger hard drive and much lower power requirements.

  11. Try and remove some icons on Smartphones: the New Home of Crapware · · Score: 1

    Try and remove a lot of the default icons like the stock app. You can't unless you jailbreak it.

  12. Re:You'ld be surprised. on Accused Teen Bomber Finds FBI Surveillance Team's Wireless Network · · Score: 1

    I know your post is complete bullshit but I'd report that van as suspicious and then mention some young Arab men who come to check on it. Sit back and enjoy the show.

  13. Pure FUD on Sandy Bridge-E CPUs Too Hot For Intel? · · Score: 2

    Intel chips overheat? I don't think so

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSGcnRanYMM

    So many of these comments are outright lies. Intel sells OEM chips without a heatsink and retail kits with a pretty decent stock heatsink. Here is a stock intel heatsink for a P3 cpu.

    http://cgi.ebay.com/Intel-1U-Socket-370-P3-Heatsink-Fan-Sanyo-Denki-/310132647048

  14. Merger will still happen on Leaked AT&T Letter Damages Case For T-Mobile Merger · · Score: 2

    So can anyone name a merger that the government has successfully stopped?

  15. Google search worthless now on Why Google Needs Firefox · · Score: 0

    Good luck trying to find anything on google these days. Try searching for a USB driver for a Pantech Breeze cell phone. Find me one link that ISN'T part of a link farm or SPAM, Hell I don't even remember finding Pantech's or ATT's site.

  16. Doesn't matter on The Biggest Dangers to Your Fiber · · Score: 1

    A co-worker of mine used to operate a backhoe and told me the power company came out and spray painted the safe place to dig. Well they were wrong and the high tension line melted the bucket and blacked out the neighborhood. So call before digging is BS.

  17. Try Andromeda on $1.5 Billion Star Trek Theme Park Coming To Jordan · · Score: 1

    No really try watching it. I'm halfway through the last season and like it better than Voyager and Enterprise.

  18. What? on Law School Amplifies Critics Through SLAPP Suit · · Score: 2

    Can someone please make sense of that summary. All I can gather is a law school is suing a blogger from Georgetown?

  19. So? on Syrian Hackers Deface Anonymous' Social Network · · Score: 1

    What are the secret police going to come over here and get him?

  20. 6 Warnings on ISPs Will Now Be Copyright Cops · · Score: 5, Funny

    Alright 6 warnings! Now I know to cut it out after the 5th.

  21. Who just happen to be black on Philly Answers Youth Flash Mobs With Curfew Enforcement · · Score: 3, Informative

    Google black flash mob and you'll see this is becoming a more frequent and frightening phenomenon. The one previous to this was at the Wisconsin State Fair. Here's the link if you think I'm lying http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/126828998.html

  22. George? on Lucas Loses Star Wars Stormtrooper Copyright Case · · Score: 1

    George Lucas has a slashdot account?

  23. Re:The youtube of... on Sharing Electronic Schematics · · Score: 1

    Thats great if you only need a few but good luck when you are dealing in quantity. Want to program 10,000 chips? Even if you used ICSP you still need a connector or contacts of some sort.

    Engineering is using the right tool for the right job. The 555 has been in production for so long for a reason and it can't be purely for hobbyists.

  24. Scary on For Texas Textbooks, a Victory For Evolution · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The scary part is that this subject was even up for debate.

  25. And movies have too much on The Loudness Wars May Be Ending · · Score: 1

    Ever since DVD movies came out the dynamic range became too great. I turn up the volume to hear dialog and then a car horn or dog barking blows me off the couch. The normalizer setting on VLC is not what I want. I want something like this:

    The volume is set to a certain level, that is the level I want and nothing should ever go louder than it. Is that too much to ask for?