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  1. Low hanging fruit. on Firefox OS: Disruptive By Aiming Low · · Score: 1

    Firefox OS: Disruptive By Aiming Low

    The male Slashdot demographic may want to cover their genitals.

  2. Alternative history. on Intel Unveils 10-Watt Haswell Chip · · Score: 1

    The only reason you have microprocessors of any kind is because Intel invented them.

    Or Gilbert Hyatt if you believe the story.

  3. Re:Graphic Capabilities on Intel Unveils 10-Watt Haswell Chip · · Score: 1

    Correct and GPU/CPU combinations also gain the next fastest memory tier below "the register" instead of going off die like even discrete GPUs have to do for some workloads.

  4. Selling function when all one can see is the form. on Intel Unveils 10-Watt Haswell Chip · · Score: 1

    Welcome to the world of the supersmall. As real as software, and just as hard to impress when going, "see this".

  5. Re:Expect more of the same on No Opt-Out For Ads On New Kindle Fires · · Score: 1

    Of course, and here's the kicker. The people on the other side of the deal know what's going on and don't like it, and in some will not tolerate it. Ultimately the deal writers piss in the pool and make certain the rest of us can't have nice things. Truly a tragedy of the commons, with the common being the good will of others.

  6. Expect more of the same..cushy soft. on No Opt-Out For Ads On New Kindle Fires · · Score: 1

    And ad-block sites like...Slashdot.

    Anyway ads on toilet paper just might be worth it.

  7. Bad USB drivers. on Raspberry Pi Revision 2.0 Board Announced · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Has the problem with the USB drivers been fixed?

  8. Face-Time and a half. on Google Awarded Face-To-Unlock Patent · · Score: 1

    Google Awarded Face-To-Unlock Patent

    How does it deal with ugly people?

  9. "/." literacy. on Should We Print Guns? Cody R. Wilson Says "Yes" (Video) · · Score: 1

    There's a transcript (we're finally doing transcripts of selected videos) below the video for those who prefer to read instead of watch.

    What is this reading you're talking about?

  10. Cat's out of bag. on FBI Denies It Held iPhone UDIDs Stolen By AntiSec · · Score: 1

    "The FBI has denied the UDID codes released yesterday came from an agent's laptop, as claimed by the AntiSec hacker group. The FBI says it does not hold such data, and the attack never happened. However, the agent named by AntiSec is real, and some of the published UDID codes have been found to be genuine. So where did they come from?"

    Maybe from a soon to be blown case were the FBI is investigating an anonymous hacker group?

  11. Re:android clone on Leaked Photo Shows Touch-Screen BlackBerry 10 Phone · · Score: 2

    That's why Windows Phones don't look like iPhones, and it's why Microsoft is losing in mobile.

    And here we thought it was because the inertia of the poor history of Microsoft phones in general.

  12. Re:yea but on Behind the Scenes With Samsung's Factory Workers · · Score: 1

    Naw, piracy takes the potential out of virtual anything. Being exploited by the masses or being exploited by the rich is still exploitation.

  13. Staying in line. on Sprint Allows LTE Service Over Mobile Virtual Network · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Staying relevant isn't just a Sprint thing. It also applies to all the others with people fleeing contracts. The clue is in the article were the major names want a piece of the action. It's like the cable carriers giving Netflix and Hulu better terms if they get a cut.

  14. DNA wants to be free. on Harvard Creates Cyborg Tissues · · Score: 1

    Suffice it to say, if you can use a digital computer to read and write data to your body's cells, there are some awesome applications.

    Turn the human body into a biological Pirate Bay.

  15. Pavlov Postings. on Are You Gaming For the Right Reasons? · · Score: 3, Funny

    I'm 'grinding' to get 'first post'.

  16. My Little Pony (server). on PC Makers In Desperate Need of a Reboot · · Score: 1

    As an owner of both. The HP calculator division in Corvallis Oregon needs to make a comeback. The other growth market is the Microservers they offer. Most people have phones, PCs and or tablets. Fewer own a personal server of their own, and The Cloud takes some of the steam away from that idea. Most stand-alone NAS are overpriced, and underpowered for what they do, but people need need a viable place for their, ahem...sea-faring content, and a Microserver NAS is a viable proposition.

  17. Re:Great plan on Hackers Dump Millions of Records From Banks, Politicians · · Score: 2

    Slashdotters didn't have a problem with it last time I said something about Anonymous. How many more times will it take before people realize Anonymous isn't THEIR friend.

  18. Mostly following the money. on Gartner Says Application Development Is a $9 Billion Industry · · Score: 2

    mobile application development projects targeting smartphones and tablets will outnumber native PC projects by a ratio of 4:1 by 2015.

    So what they're saying is by 2015 application development will be 3/4 fluff with no real economic purpose.

    No, they're saying with the growing importance of those respective platforms, developers will follow the money.

  19. The one-click form. on Jury In Apple v. Samsung Case May Have to Agree on 700 Points · · Score: 4, Funny

    In Samsung's case, it's 33 questions long, and stretched across 17 pages. For Apple, it's 23 questions spread over nine pages.

    Well that's Apple for you. Going for ease of use.

  20. Living a "safe" life. on Widely Used Antibacterial Chemical May Impair Muscle Function · · Score: 1

    So are there any "safe" chemicals that we can use?

  21. "Fast" lane. on FCC Rules That Verizon Cannot Charge For 4G Tethering · · Score: 1

    So Verizon cannot charge for tethering on 4G service, this raises the question of whether they can continue to charge for tethering on 3G or 1x?

    Who in the world tethers a 1xRTT connection? 3G is more understandable, but still slow.

  22. Re:Wikileaks wannabees. on Anonymous Dumps Australian Telco Data Online · · Score: 1

    OK, so basically the people's information being released are being punished twice. Once due to the government mandate which I assume they can't opt-out of, and two by those who apparently couldn't influence the government to change, took it out on them. I fail to see how anonymous is the one to root for here. Anonymous isn't the one that's going to suffer from either theirs or the government's actions. Collateral damage as it were I'm sure Anonymous will rally many to their cause.

  23. Re:Wikileaks wannabees. on Anonymous Dumps Australian Telco Data Online · · Score: 0

    And if I break the window and swipe the TVs at the local electronics shop I've proven how lousy their security is.

  24. Re:The irony with Ebola on Ebola Outbreak Kills 13 In Uganda · · Score: 1

    All the more reason to move everything online were the only virus one has to worry about is computer.

  25. On equal footing. on Microsoft Won't Say If Skype Is Secure Or Not. Time To Change? · · Score: 1

    Microsoft Won't Say If Skype Is Secure Or Not. Time To Change?

    Can all the alternatives solemnly promise me that they're secure too? And to jump to the end of the ensuing discussion, where do I gain the expertise to be a subject matter expert (in several areas) and length of time in which to review all relevant code?