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  1. Re:Bad Panda on How Flickr Is Courting the Next Generation of Photographers · · Score: 1

    And they still haven't fixed the problem where when you are browsing photos in a busy group it jumps around and refreshes randomly so you keep losing your place.

  2. Re:Whoosh on How Flickr Is Courting the Next Generation of Photographers · · Score: 1

    Well said. They put all their resources into screwing up the interface into an unholy mess, while never fixing obvious things like being able to follow discussion threads, which would actually help bolster a community.

  3. Re:Baaah... on FBI Completes New Face Recognition System · · Score: 2

    And all that "tagging" of photos in Facebook, the database is pretty much ready-made for them. Crowd-sourcing backfire?

  4. Re:Editors ! Explain terms, then add the story on Why Apple Should Open-Source Swift -- But Won't · · Score: 1

    You could have binged it in the time it took to ask that question..

  5. Re:What Microsoft could do on Turning the Tables On "Phone Tech Support" Scammers · · Score: 1

    99.9% of regular users never go to microsoft.com. Actually, I take that back, what is the default home page in IE? That would be the place to put a warning..

  6. Re:Drug dogs on CBC Warns Canadians of "US Law Enforcement Money Extortion Program" · · Score: 1

    Money sniffing dogs? Much more profitable than drug sniffing dogs..

  7. Re:We need more like this on German Court: Google Must Stop Ignoring Customer E-mails · · Score: 1

    No, I want my privacy back.

  8. Re:Good luck on Chinese Man Sues State-Owned Cell Phone Company For Blocking Google · · Score: 1

    Lots of Spanish words can be guessed at because they are similar to English. One notable exception is "Embarasada", it doesn't mean embarrassed, it means pregnant, so it can lead to some funny misunderstandings. Like, "why are you embarrased?" ... "I'm not, I'm pregnant!".

  9. Re:Maybe we need an HTML tag for image/work copyri on Microsoft Takes Down Slideshow-Building Tool After Getty Images Lawsuit · · Score: 1

    I put my copyright info and website address in the EXIF data of all my images, actually all modern digital cameras can do this automatically.

    In case anyone doesn't know about EXIF data, you may be surprised at the amount of data your phone is adding to every image you take with the phone's camera. GPS coordinates, time and date, phone make and model, etc.

  10. Re:Jesus Christ on Ask Slashdot: Best Service To Digitize VHS Home Movies? · · Score: 1

    If he was George Lucas he would be digitally editing his home movies to add CGI.

  11. Re:Around or on top of millitary bases? on Mysterious, Phony Cell Towers Found Throughout US · · Score: 1

    The Mexican drug cartels have been building their own cellular network, maybe it's spread into the US? http://www.wired.com/2012/11/zeta-radio/

  12. Re:yet if we did it on Deputy Who Fatally Struck Cyclist While Answering Email Will Face No Charges · · Score: 2

    I heard his family got a bill for the damage to the police car..

  13. Re:Poetry? on The Grumpy Programmer has Advice for Young Computer Workers (Video) · · Score: 1

    A good number of IT people I know are either into photography or music, some are into both.

  14. Re:Hmmm ... on $75K Prosthetic Arm Is Bricked When Paired iPod Is Stolen · · Score: 2

    If he would only read the manual, you only have to pull the thumb and bend the elbow for 3 seconds to put it in pairing mode.

  15. Is there really a correlation? on Students From States With Faster Internet Tend To Have Higher Test Scores · · Score: 1

    Yeah, before the Internet, everybody had the same test scores across the board.

  16. Re:And when the video feed dies... on Airbus Patents Windowless Cockpit That Would Increase Pilots' Field of View · · Score: 1

    Unless you have a BSOD, then you have to reach down and hit the reset button.

  17. With no "right to be forgotten".

  18. Re:Simple solution on Unintended Consequences For Traffic Safety Feature · · Score: 1

    You can put a grid over the light .. you can see through the grid when looking at it from straight on, but move a few degrees left or right and you can't see through it any more.

  19. Re:Discovery of self-hosted videos on Google: Indie Musicians Must Join Streaming Service Or Be Removed · · Score: 1

    If I'm really interested in a band, I'll go to their website first. Usually they have links to their music and videos, it doesn't matter where they are actually hosted (Youtube, Vimeo, their own servers, etc).

    Maybe it's just me, but I think of Youtube as having "unofficial" content, it wouldn't be the first place I look for a bands official content.

  20. Re:... and with systemd. on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Released · · Score: 1

    Just ignore him, he's an XP user..

  21. Re:Dibbs on Britain Gets National .uk Web Address · · Score: 1

    Crap, fc.uk is already taken..

  22. Re:No steering wheel? No deal. on Google Unveils Self-Driving Car With No Steering Wheel · · Score: 5, Funny

    A quick call to google's helpdesk is all that's needed to stop the car in an emergency.

  23. Re:skyrocket to the top on Steve Ballmer In Talks To Buy Los Angeles Clippers · · Score: 1

    Ahh, new logo for the team shirts!!

  24. Chairs to throw... on Steve Ballmer In Talks To Buy Los Angeles Clippers · · Score: 4, Funny

    There are a lot of chairs to throw in an NBA stadium..

    Just sayin.

  25. Re:Professors poor in geography on Professors: US "In Denial" Over Poor Maths Standards · · Score: 1

    A Canadian here. Agreed, we were taught the same thing in school.

    And NAFTA, the North American Free Trade Agreement, involves Canada, US and Mexico.