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  1. Qimo Linux is the best way to start on Ask Slashdot: Easiest Linux Distro For a Newbie · · Score: 2

    And the best way to start? By the hand that rocks the cradle! Qimo linux is geared towards young children, but is so simple even a Parent can use it!

  2. Re:Weird... on Scientists Play World's Oldest Commercial Recording · · Score: 1

    OMG you're right...

    I hear the Klaxons... HIDE

  3. I applaud the DOT for fostering this advancement on DOT Exempts Maker of 'Flying Car' From Road Vehicle Safety Rules · · Score: 1

    of completely hare-brained ideas that looked great in the cartoons I grew up with but are not currently feasible. Who knows? Maybe they'll make the darn thing work and not cost a mint!

    Don't let regulation stand in the way of Gravity; the later is a cruel master and an important teacher.

  4. Re:Google+, the social network you cannot join! on Google To Rebrand Blogger & Picasa For Google+ Integration · · Score: 1

    That sounds like the performance problems of Wave.

  5. seriously; $10 additional a month? on DVRs, Cable Boxes Top List of Home Energy Hogs · · Score: 1

    Try $250 additional per month in the winter.

    Gotta love electric heating! (For reference, I have a set of new Bryant Evolution heat pumps.)

  6. Re:Neuromance not really about the 'net on Neuromancer Movie Deal Moving Forward · · Score: 2

    indeed, it's a story about self-actualization. The uniting of the two different AI halves is very zen.

  7. Yep, a little movie called BLADE RUNNER on Neuromancer Movie Deal Moving Forward · · Score: 1

    based on feel alone.

  8. Re:Professional help... on 35% Use Mobile Apps Before Getting Out of Bed · · Score: 1

    yeah, near-realtime NexRad weather radar is a godsend...

    "hmmm felt a few drops, should we stop walking the dogs and turn around?"
    *beep* *boop*
    "Nah, nothing heavy headed our way for at least a half hour. We can keep going."

  9. Chindogu: unuseless invention on Face-Mounted Nose Stylus Created For Phones · · Score: 1

    This is pretty much text book chindogu; it certainly solves the problem at hand, whilst creating a whole new array of follow-on issues... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chind%C5%8Dgu

  10. Re:Unencrypted = Stupid on 77 Million Accounts Stolen From Playstation Network · · Score: 1

    This french D&D site: dnd.ezael.net. I used a modification of my toss-off password and boy was I surprised to see it sent back to me in cleartext in the "welcome!" e-mail!

  11. Re:Typewriter? on Last Typewriter Factory in the World Shuts Its Doors · · Score: 1

    Can you still read those files you saved to casette tape?
    I can still read those pages typed in 1986, even they're a little carbon smudged...

  12. Re:Care to cite some examples? on Revolution of the Science Fiction Authors · · Score: 1

    I appreciate your tact! And while I haven't finished the last one I've found them to be an enjoyable romp.

  13. Care to cite some examples? on Revolution of the Science Fiction Authors · · Score: 1

    like maybe, "His Dark Materials" trilogy?

  14. Re:Storage size... on Apple To Beat Google On Cloud Music · · Score: 1

    then the service is useless. Because cloud back-up only becomes useful when I can save my whole iPod (80gb+). Anything less is a kids toy.

  15. Tethering: managements wet dream on RIM BlackBerry PlayBook: Unfinished, Unusable · · Score: 1

    Playing devils advocate: This tethering "handicap" seems like a great feature for a CIO; "How do we let our execs/managers use this tablet?!" "Oh, the same way we let them use their blackberries, right now."

    iPad/iPhone has the consumer world by force (full disclosure: I have an iPhone) but hasn't cracked fully into the business world. Where as RIM is fully in the corporate world. Now, you can give tablets to your 10,000+ person company and not have to develop/change any security protocols or policy to give it to them. They will connect to Exchange server just like they do today.

    If I want to check work e-mail on my iPhone I can only connect through the browser to Outlook Web Access using a SecurID token, and I get no calendars (which have telecon #s in them and a surprising amount of data). This is the market RIM is trying to get.

    That being said, I always thought iPads were silly and have no use for a tablet. ;)

  16. no more PetWars? on Apple Changes App Ranks, Rejects Pay Per Install · · Score: 1

    TitanWars? Other lame-o-wars game getting into the "top apps" list simply because they confer in-game benefits for Elimnate/We Rule players?

    GOOD RIDDANCE.

  17. I just use a drill with a titanium bit on The 'Three Ton' Hard Drive Destroyer · · Score: 1

    Takes about as long, costs tons less.

    And I can put MULTIPLE holes if I'm really paranoid!

  18. Re:Lets Stop Expanding This Rights Nonsense on Berners-Lee: Web Access Is a 'Human Right' · · Score: 1

    They have responsibilities to the whole of society. But I guess if they don't like it, they have the right to leave...

  19. Re:Obvious on Are Graphical Calculators Pointless? · · Score: 1

    your point is completely undermined by your ad hominem attack.

  20. Re:An anecdote -- driving habits on Gamification — How Much of It Is Really New? · · Score: 1

    Me, too! It's a very tight feed-back loop with near-immediate rewards.

    To give you a non-video game equivalent of a tight feedback loop: jogging with my dogs. Running sucks. But when I look down and see my boys with their mouths open and their tongues hanging out having a great time, it makes me want to run faster.

  21. Re:FIRST LAWSUIT! on Tesla Sues BBC's Top Gear For Libel · · Score: 2

    You mean that greyhound (top speed:45mph) didn't really beat a car?!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VM8ArZ3o8qE, for those who missed it.

    Don't tell that to my sweet rescued "needle nosed" hound, it'll hurt his pride!

  22. no, it *is* Charlie Sheen on Fighting Fires With Beams of Electricity · · Score: 1

    but it's called WINNING.

  23. Re:Wow, what will THAT outlet look like? on Experimental Batteries Charge In Minutes · · Score: 1

    and did these UberMensch appreciated being worn by a cape?

    -and was this cape Canaveral? or cape cod?

  24. We should see practical applications on Experimental Batteries Charge In Minutes · · Score: 1

    in 5 to 7 years from now!!

    Anything more than 3 years out is a complete WAG.

  25. Re:The Gen. Z kids would say... on Facebook Photo of Stolen Ring Puts Couple In Jail · · Score: 1

    Is it bad that I know exactly what you're talking about? *sigh*