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  1. They might not view MS as that at first... on Microsoft Surface Drowning? · · Score: 1, Troll

    But when the average computer illiterate consumer call me to fix their infested Microsoft machine or needs to buy a new one suddenly realizes need to buy another copy of Office, I explain the how it's understood by the "stereotypical Slashdot demographic" and they quickly understand.

    Windows 8 has been great for helping me sell Macbooks and Chromebooks. The Office tax has converted quite a few people to Libre/OpenOffice and Google Docs.

    And this is why Microsoft is sinking - because they've pissed of the people who do know, and now the people who do know are telling the people who don't and driving them to competitors. And as far as I'm concerned at this point - good riddance.

    So actually, yes, quite a few people are making purchasing decisions based on the perceived righteousness of the company - at least those I talk to.

  2. A Natural Consequence on Einstein's Lost Model of the Universe Discovered 'Hiding In Plain Sight' · · Score: 2

    "a natural consequence of his general theory of relativity"

    Is this to say the general theory of relativity produces a Big Bang? As in, because GR is true, BB is? What's the short explanation for that?

  3. Yes Sir. on ChipSiP Smart Glass Specs Better Than Google Glass? · · Score: 1

    Nailed it. What good are twenty million sensors when you don't have a proper UI to control them? And that's just proper software to control the equipment - what about the rest of the ecosystem?

  4. Agreed, Laser Stoplights would be awesome!!!1 on CES: Laser Headlights Edge Closer To Real-World Highways · · Score: 2

    nt

  5. False, it currently responds to any voice... on Coming Soon: Prescription Lenses For Google Glass · · Score: 1

    If I take off Glass and give it to someone else - they can instantly use their own voice to issue commands without any calibration. If I or other people shout out commands while a random person is wearing them, it will respond.

    The chink in his example is that the target device would have to be a contact in Glass already - and at this current time, Glass contacts are exclusive to Glass - they're not pulled from Google Contacts. As far as I know, you have to say "make a call " versus "make a call to 555-555-1234".

    Yes, maybe one day we will be able to shout "ok glass allah allah jihad" for great fireworks, but that ain't even close to reality at this time. Wait, now I have an idea for an app...

  6. This sounds a lot like my ideas on cake. on Bitcoin Kiosks Coming To 5 Canadian Cities · · Score: 2

    Everyone should be able to have it, and eat it too.

  7. All bad news should be a full blown production... on How Seeing Can Trump Listening, Mapped In the Brain · · Score: 1
  8. Amen on Ask Slashdot: Good Ideas For Creative Gaming With Girlfriend? · · Score: 1

    Glad to see at least one other man reads Slashdot. ;)

  9. Re:Don't be evil (some of the time) on Google Argues Against Net Neutrality · · Score: 5, Funny

    I dunno, they're the ones that know everything about her, maybe she had it coming.

  10. Preach!! on Android On the Desktop · · Score: 1

    AMEN!!

  11. Jim Sterling is still going to buy One. on Xbox One: Cloud Will Quadruple the Power, Says Microsoft · · Score: 4, Funny

    Because he has a ton of money and incredible broadband and loves to give middle fingers too!

  12. Wait, we don't? on Why We Should Build a Supercomputer Replica of the Human Brain · · Score: 1

    Uhhh, pass the needle and thread?

  13. There should be a popularity metric to the game... on Cracked Game Released To Get Back At Pirates · · Score: 1

    The more it's pirated, the more popular it becomes, the more popular it becomes, the more skus you move. But then I guess we lose the pirating is the ultimate evil of the universe message.

  14. False. Don't space travel! on Stephen Hawking Warns Against Confining Ourselves To Earth · · Score: 1

    "God probably has life forms on every planet and star. Earth he has given to the sons of men. He wants us to stay here and don't space travel. We are to live on a perfected earth as perfect humans..God's plan for earth from the beginning..it will be done."

  15. Ask the Vet for a Twofer on Wal-Mart To Join Amazon In Providing In-Store Locker Service · · Score: 0

    And get yourself hooked up.

  16. Why not just setup a true ESXi server? on Chrome OS Remains Undefeated At Pwnium 3 · · Score: 1

    You could build a really nice server with the $1,100 left over after buying a $199 Acer Chromebook. A Pixel in this paradigm is the dick to the balls.

  17. Litigation is the Seventh Strike on In Defense of Six Strikes · · Score: 5, Insightful

    You don't. Don't worry, it's both. The "six strikes" are to build a case against the owner of the connection and after the owner "strikes out," they can expect a summons.

    That's why they ask for confirmation: "Click the button below to confirm you received this Copyright Alert"

    In court they'll say, "but your Honor, they acknowledge six times that copyright infringement was occurring and did nothing about it - exactly how many warnings do they need?!"

  18. I just hope... on Programming Immune Cells To Treat Disease · · Score: 1

    The programmer isn't a brogrammer. o_O

  19. HEEERRRPPP on Bill Gates Says Windows Phone Strategy Was Inadequate · · Score: 0

    DEEERRRPP

    Bill is starting to sound more and more like Stephen every day.

  20. You live 100% cash? on Is It Possible To Erase Yourself From the Internet? · · Score: 1

    Nice!! And just one more question - do you keep it all at your residence? Or the stores? ... Then again, NC is pretty lax on gun laws... :)

  21. Yes. on Magnetic 'Braids' May Cook the Sun's Corona · · Score: 4, Informative

    As soon as fusion is mastered. These braids are just moderating the release of energy from the star.

  22. ChromeOS Team Disagrees on Samba: Less Important Because Windows Is Less Important · · Score: 2

    Unsurprisingly... ;)

    http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=160570

    Really makes Chrome devices a pain in the ass when it comes to network shares. :/

  23. If Google doesn't deliver it, someone will. Maybe it's better that Google doesn't - you know they'll be targeted directly for "invading privacy!"

  24. "There is no polite and law-abiding majority." on How Google Glass Is Evolving As It Heads For Release To Developers · · Score: 2

    There quickly will be. Laws and rules and all the other hypocritical bullshit that plagues our society today will be erased. Justice, finally. Until they make you take the device off to enter a Government building.

  25. Accountability. on How Google Glass Is Evolving As It Heads For Release To Developers · · Score: 1

    Sucks.