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  1. Re:Not a bad deal on Mark Cuban: Facebook Is Driving Away Brands — Starting With Mine · · Score: 1

    1,000,000 users / $3000 = $0.003 per user

    1,000,000 users / $3,000 = 333.333333333 users per dollar.

    $3,000 / 1,000,000 users = $0.003 per user :-D

  2. Re:Bisected? on EXT4 Data Corruption Bug Hits Linux Kernel · · Score: 3, Funny

    If God forks the Universe every time you roll a die, he'd better have a damned good memory.

    Nah, He only needs the latest SHA1 for each roll outcome commit as that'll point up the GIT tree :-D

  3. Re:Yet another reason to dump FF on Mozilla Details How Old Plugins Will Be Blocked In Firefox 17 · · Score: 1

    One of my friend (real ones) likes to call anyone she 'meets' online through social networking as 'imaginary friends' And me personally I RARELY every use facebook. I log in maybe once every few months to clean out crap that collects and move on.. And the only time I use twitter is to promote the next Humble Bundle that unleashed new linux and mac ports in.

  4. Re:Final Version? on Firefox 16 Released: More HTML5 Support · · Score: 1

    Google has a whole blog dedicated to pumping announcements about chrome releases. What are seeing here is some noisy slashdot users who feel the need to pump slashdot full of news about the next silent update in firefox.. (oh and there is the whole huge buzz about the lasts PATCH level for Chrome today). In reality both Google and Mozilla are all about creating stir around their releases.. And the stir is mostly focused around "here's the cool new standards we are supporting for you developers". Then there's Microsoft creating the anti-climactic stir around internet explorer 10, that is only available to a small percentage of the population. And then underwhelms and you have to wait a LONG while to see the next version.

  5. Re:Final Version? on Firefox 16 Released: More HTML5 Support · · Score: 2

    I'm waiting for Firefox 42.0 -- that should be here, what, next spring give the proclivity to versionNumber++ so often...

    You do realize Google Chrome is at version 22.0?

  6. Re:Yeah right. on The Open Source Technology Behind Twitter · · Score: 1

    And how many people honestly have their twitter feed sent to their phone via SMS?

  7. Don't answer the Security questions "correctly"!!! on Secret Security Questions Are a Joke · · Score: 1

    When you fill out the "form" to define the security questions, Don't put the correct answers in.. purposely put a false answer, obviously one that only you know.. My dad makes up a "youngest son" to put in those security questions so there is no way someone can "scour" social network sites to find the answers.

  8. This is nothing new.. on HTML5 Splits Into Two Standards · · Score: 4, Informative

    This was mentioned over a year ago that this was happening? (January 2011 ! )

    http://blog.whatwg.org/html-is-the-new-html5

  9. Why??? on Scientists Work Towards Naturally Caffeine-Free Coffee · · Score: 1

    The problem I have with Coffee is the Coffee part :)

    (yeah I'm one of the few programmers who does does not turn coffee into code.. I just crank out code.. No coffee nor caffeine! )

  10. Re:Physical keyboard? on Halliburton To Dump Blackberry For iOS · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I use it all the time, and don't really have issues writing emails on it.. With any compact device it takes practice. I personally have a harder time on those mini physical keyboards than on the virtual iPhone keyboard.

  11. Re:Plugins on Mozilla Firefox 6 Released Ahead of Schedule · · Score: 5, Informative

    This is why they are encouraging extension developers to switch to the Mozilla addons SDK which provides API stability between firefox releases (and is built in in firefox 4.0+ ). the addon SDK also allows for installing plugins without restarting the browser!! YEAH!!!

    now, have you tried installing the addon compatibility reporter?

      https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/add-on-compatibility-reporter/

    with that enabled you can forcibly enable addons that claim to not be compatible and test to see if they work. Also it gives you a away to send feedback to the developer that "hey it works" or "no it doesn't". And of course if you haven't contacted the developers of those addons, then that could be why they haven't been updated.

  12. Booting up before clocking in! on The Death of Booting Up · · Score: 1

    The company I used to work for was trying to mandate that employees boot up their systems before clocking in so they wouldn't have to "pay" for the time it took them to boot their systems. Insane!!!

    Me personally I had a linux system that booted up in 20 seconds anyways and of course I rarely ever rebooted it to begin with so had no issues:)

  13. Re:Bing vs. Google on Bing More Effective Than Google? · · Score: 1

    yes, the real root problem is people not know how to search. I have that same scenario happening to me as well. Tech savvy friend A can't find info on X, I do a single google search and find exactly what he needed.. It's all about cognitive thinking or the lack there of in a large % of the population.

  14. It's a necessity for me on Do Developers Really Need a Second Monitor? · · Score: 1

    For me it's a necessity. For web development I usually have code editor on left monitor and browser(s) on the right.. Also the right monitor serves as a place for documentation and reference manuals.

    At one point my "office" system had 3 monitors.. where the 3rd monitor primarily hosed email.

    But I have found the extra screen real-estate greatly improves my productivity. So if companies REALLY want their developers to only have one monitor.. get them a nice 30" cinema screen.. :-D Though it'd be cheaper to just get then 2 or 3 24" monitors.

  15. High price, and limited devices to play on on Why Has Blu-ray Failed To Catch Hold? · · Score: 1

    Odds, are it's a combination of the following..

    1) higher price
    2) limited playability (must have a blu-ray player which you can't get for 30 bucks)
    3) requires a "newer TV" and the reality is many have tvs without HDMI (and the copy projection restriction mechanism that rides along)
    4) for many it's not all that much extra. (me personally I have a 42" tv and things do look somewhat better, but the biggest thing I notice is subtitles are MUCH crisper in blu-ray., but I have to watch it on THAT tv only)
    5) Refusal to purchase as a matter of principle of being PISSED at the movie studios for crippling DVDs..
          - Have you noticed how DVDs now have less and less special features? As an attempt to "encourage" and punish you into buying blu-ray.
    6) Can't really play blu-ray on your desktop computers.. and blu-ray is not a standard piece in computers AND software are not available for all platforms even.
    7) Netflix and Redbox.
        - Yeah I make frequent use of redbox.. I can "Try before I buy" and sift through all of the CRAP that comes out of hollywood for $1 a pop. And unfortunately there's a lot of crap so people just plain aren't going to spend 25-40 bucks to buy a piece of crap. They'll wait until it's in the $5 bin at wal-mart.

  16. Book review summary table screwed up on Book Review: Android User Interface Development · · Score: 1

    Has anyone else notice that the field are in the wrong place?

    pages = Packt Publishing?
    publisher = 304 ?
    Someone messed up on the ordering of the fields.

  17. Old Feature Reintroduced? on Google Introduces Domain Blocking To Search · · Score: 1

    Am I the only one that remembers this ability to block domains from severs YEARS ago that google had and yanked? (As I had experts exchange blocked back then)

    All this buzz about a old feature that WAS there and google removed it and is now just adding it back in "reincarnated"

    And I'm sure that experts-exchange will probably think about filing something against google for allowing people to block their site:-D

  18. Business Cable blocking Port 25? on Ask Slashdot: Is There a War Against Small Mail Servers? · · Score: 2

    My dad's server is on Business Cable and Port 25 is not blocked and we have had no issues running our mail server on that connection.. Now one thing that we did do to aid in preventing us from being blocked is requesting our 5 IPs setup with reverse DNS entries to our domains instead of the Generic "ISP looking" ones that comcast assigns by default. You should contact Comcast and Verizon to set that up.

    Also, make sure when you are testing if port 25 is "open" that you aren't yourself on an ISP that blocks 25 outbound. And make sure you setup port 587 (SMTP submission.. Authenticated SMTP) so that users can send mail from any ISP.

  19. Re:should not affect slashdot crowd on PlentyofFish Hacked, Founder Emails Hacker's Mom · · Score: 3, Funny

    When I first saw the site, I thought it was Plenty Offish :-D

  20. Re:30 Rock was almost right! on Comcast-NBC Merger Approved By FCC · · Score: 1

    Either that or NBC was just buttering up the public the the idea of a cable company owning a tv studio. Which would be even scarier.

  21. Nothing new, Sudoku Grab for iOS already does this on Google Goggles Solves Sudoku · · Score: 1

    The Sudoku Grab for the iphone has done this for quite some time..

    Nothing new here, move long.

  22. I just map the bloody thing to something else. on Google Wants To Take Away Your Capslock Key · · Score: 1

    I loath the caps lock key.. it is a completely useless key on the keyboard.. It was useful back in the old typewriter days when it was first created due to the "mechanics" of things.. but nowdays? it is an annoyance.

    All my systems have the caps lock key remapped to something else.. Usually the super key, especially on my "old" keyboards that pre-date the addition of the super keys (commonly known to Windows users as the Windows key, or the Command key to Mac users)

  23. Re:Fear mongering 101 on Students Banned From Bringing Pencils To School · · Score: 1

    It was more fun to fling the pencils into the drop ceilings over the teachers desk, and what them gradually fall on top of the teacher. At least that is what my older brother did,

    Seriously though, first our Rulers and Magnets, now Pencils? what are we supposed to DO in school?

  24. This is just plain STUPID on US May Disable All Car Phones, Says Trans. Secretary · · Score: 1

    And I'm for banning handheld cellphone use by drivers. But blocking ALL mobile devices?? that means I wouldn't be able to use my iPad (as passenger) to get directions.. Or call for directions (as passenger) or well so many other "useful" things that a passenger can do with mobile access..

    Then of course there is the "what if it goes awry" scenario and prevents me from calling help in a crash.

    Another zealot not thinking things though.

  25. USB High Speed vs Full speed all over again. on HDMI Labeling Requirements Promise a Stew of Confusion · · Score: 4, Interesting

    It's a good idea to learn from the mistakes of others who like adding confusing naming.