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  1. Re:Dumb question on Study: Peanut Consumption In Infancy Helps Prevent Peanut Allergy · · Score: 1

    Make sure the dirt is mixed into some peanut butter for flavor and the added health benefits. This doesn't seem like a joke, after reading it, as it might actually make sense to do this.

  2. Only 100 meters on UK Scientists Claim 1Tbps Data Speed Via Experimental 5G Technology · · Score: 2

    This will be a breakthrough when they can get their desired 5G speeds at 15 kilometers, or greater distances. Until then it's only PR.

  3. 450 MB/sec over USB 3.0 is likely untrue on Samsung's Portable SSD T1 Tested · · Score: 1

    I do not believe the claim of 450 MB/sec. data transfer rates on USB 3.0 with data going in both directions. Typically, I see USB 3.0 data transfer rates with SSD's to peak at 180 MB/sec. using HD Tune. I have different USB 3.0 docks and sell various USB 3.0 enclosures and hard drives. I'd believe Samsung's figures if they were using a SATAIII port. No way are they getting an honest 450 MB/sec.on a USB 3.0 port.unless it's non-standard or actually a USB 3.1 port.

  4. The best part on Wheel of Time TV Pilot Producers Sue Robert Jordan's Widow For Defamation · · Score: 2

    The best part of the pilot was the opening credits. The actual storytelling was annoying. It was truly terrible.

  5. Freedom Pop .. no thanks on Cellphone Start-Ups Handle Calls With Wi-Fi · · Score: 2

    Personal anecdote here. I signed up for Freedom Pop last year. After three weeks the phone arrived. After using it for five weeks I gave up. Each and every call had drop outs, severe distortion, or a disconnect. Freedom Pop ignored all my email and phone calls about the poor service. I was asked to call different numbers that did not resolve their poor VOIP implementation. The issue is Freedom Pop has a great idea but horrible implementation. I use the phone as a Square register now. Every now and then I check the call quality. It's still horrible over both WiFi and Sprints 4G data network. I advise others to skip Freedom Pop if you plan to use the phone with the intention of having conversations that are intelligible by both parties.

  6. Re:Where's the crossover? on Microsoft Releases Windows 10 Preview For Phones · · Score: 1

    When you pull the tablet from the keyboard the OS reverts to the touch screen UI. When the keyboard is connected, or on conventional computers, the desktop UI is presented. This is how Windows 8 should have functioned had Microsoft not blow off our early feedback and told us to "live with it". It took 3 years for Microsoft to undo the mess that Windows 8 was, with the latest preview of Windows 10. Hopefully, as more builds are released they'll continue to make Windows 10 more user friendly, something that we actually want to use...

  7. Sad. Just sad. on Mood-Altering Wearable Thync Releases First Brain Test Data · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    I'm too old to believe in magic devices anymore. They just don't work. OTC nutritional supplements, vitamin infused water, and magic gadgets, are as useful as downloadable RAM or free range pasta. If you want to reduce stress, take a few deep breaths. It works better than voodoo science,and fake technology.

  8. Re:"Not intentional". Right. on Samsung Smart TVs Injected Ads Into Streamed Video · · Score: 1

    Trust was not broken if it never existed. Companies have always tries to con-vince people to accept their double speak through advertising, PR, mailings, store placements and end caps, etc. Astroturfing is just a newer way to plant ideas to manipulate the public.

  9. Re:The whole idea is crazy on Quantum Equation Suggests Universe Had No Beginning · · Score: 1

    It's just a hypothesis. To "get it", consider the universe as being infinite in all directions. Just don't think about it too long.

  10. Free alternatives exist on Microsoft Trademarks "Windows 365" · · Score: 1

    Chromebooks and Chrome boxes will give free OS upgrades. Chrome OS currently does most of what a typical user wants. Our local schools use it. Teachers love it as they can not only get assigned homework the can tell when it was posted on Google's cloud. The biggest hurdle for consumers, outside of no web based alternatives to some programs, is that local printing needs to be have automatically installed drivers and not just Google cloud printing, which is not simple for some people to set up..

  11. Re:Leftover Ash? on Mystery Ash Clouds Rain In Parts of Washington, Oregon · · Score: 1

    You nailed it. How can last years wildfires produce volcanic ash? Definitely sounds like a pulled-from-ass level of comment. Fine ash blown west from a Russian eruption is more logical.

  12. Read the fine print on Science's Biggest Failure: Everything About Diet and Fitness · · Score: 1

    Scott Adams apparently skips the fine print in vitamin and supplement ads which very clearly state "These claims have not been tested by the FDA and are complete bullshit".

  13. Re:Raspberry Pi 2 but not Surface RT? on Microsoft Announces Windows For Raspberry Pi 2 · · Score: 1

    I wouldn't presume that the "Windows 10" they are referring to is not a highly stripped down product, or a port of RT with some Windows 10 features.

  14. Re:License? on Microsoft Announces Windows For Raspberry Pi 2 · · Score: 0

    I sometimes see a message from someone named Colonel Panic. Who is this guy?

  15. Expensive on Telomere-Lengthening Procedure Turns Clock Back Years In Human Cells · · Score: 1

    I suspect that this will be one of the most expensive treatments ever. If so, only the very, very, wealthy will live well past 120 years and still be vigorous.

  16. Re:cancer on Telomere-Lengthening Procedure Turns Clock Back Years In Human Cells · · Score: 1

    For an old premed course, cells that divide past (roughly) fifty times and don't then die become tumors.

  17. Two things on Obama Proposes One-Time Tax On $2 Trillion US Companies Hold Overseas · · Score: 1

    1.The Republican Congress will never approve this idea. Never. 2. Europe closing tax havens? Africa is ripe to be next with new tax havens and super cheap manufacturing centers.

  18. Re:This is Comcast's Entire Culture on Comcast Employees Change Customer Names To 'Dummy' and Other Insults · · Score: 1

    Skynet should run Comcast?

  19. Re:Government Intervention on Ask Slashdot: When and How Did Europe Leapfrog the US For Internet Access? · · Score: 1

    US politicians are subsidized by the telcos and cable companies. who were subsidized in return, etc. We were conned by them all. Our local telco's DSL was never called broadband. It's called high speed Internet. That's a very truthful name when you compare it to dial-up.

  20. Re:And how many weeks will NBD support take?` on Dell 2015 XPS 13: Smallest 13" Notebook With Broadwell-U, QHD+ Display Reviewed · · Score: 1

    I presume that this was not brought before your company's lawyer to act on it. I believe that he could have created enough stink that Dell would have taken care of you. The "bigger" customer that received better service likely had their lawyers do the talking for them, with bad publicity held out as a battering ram to motivate Dell to act. The squeaky wheel gets the grease.

  21. Re:What are the practical results of this? on FCC Officially Approves Change In the Definition of Broadband · · Score: 1

    Consumers can demand better service from their ISP's. Nag them enough and they may act.

  22. Not enough information on New Micro-Ring Resonator Creates Quantum Entanglement On a Silicon Chip · · Score: 2

    The linked article states "As photons exited the resonator, the researchers were able to observe that a remarkably high percentage of them exhibited the telltale characteristics of entanglement. ". What number constitutes "remarkably high"? There is no value in the article as there is nothing to be learned other then the researchers are likely looking for more grant money to continue their quest to a "really remarkably high" percentage of something that has "characteristics of entanglement". What are the specifics that lead them to believe that? Is it cold fusion level science?. I see this as useless.

  23. Use AV-Test and AV-Comparitives as your guide. on Ask Slashdot: Best Anti-Virus Software In 2015? Free Or Paid? · · Score: 1

    Everyone has an opinion on AV programs. Anecdotes aren't really useful, however. I show our customers the latest results from AV-Test.org and AV-Comparitives.org so they can choose based on test comparisons. I have had hundreds of customers that claim they had no problems until "yesterday". Manually scanning the pulled hard drive usually shows malware files from as long as a couple of years ago. They just happened to pick up a particularly nasty one the day before, and then noticed pop-ups, extreme slowness, or other issues. We currently recommend Kaspersky for business use, as it isn't as bloated as Trend Micro or as buggy as Bitdefender. All three are highly rated currently. Others fall short on the test results. Among the free choices Avira is a top performer. 360 Total Security is currently even better, as long as you manually select the add-on Avira and Bitdefender engines. People in general tend to recommend what they use no matter how good it really is in comparison to the competition.

  24. Re:What if you're emailed a 2016 formated docx? on Microsoft Announces Office 2016 and Office For Windows 10 Coming Later This Year · · Score: 1

    Office 2000 through 2003 users can download Microsoft's Office 2007 compatibility pack to read and save in .docx, xisx, etc. formats. Here's the link: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us... Or, if Office 2016 format is changed, they could just install the version of LibreOffice that will be released just after MS Office 2016, which will open MS formats.

  25. Re:faster then speed of light? on Scientists Slow the Speed of Light · · Score: 1

    Nope. Can't slingshot light faster than the speed of light. It'll leave the slingshot without any acceleration. Speed limit of light has not yet been broken in normal spacetime.