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  1. Re:Basically an Ammeter on Not All USB Power Is Created Equal · · Score: 3, Funny

    Typical slashvertising

    Impossible, I disabled ads thanks to

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  2. Re:Faster isn't always better on Not All USB Power Is Created Equal · · Score: 1

    The Fukushima rods would indirectly charge anything very fast. But they won't die any time soon, unfortunately.

  3. Basically an Ammeter on Not All USB Power Is Created Equal · · Score: 4, Informative

    Instead of that ugly one, you may get something that gives an exact value, like this one. A new iPhone/iPad expects 2A, the MacBook (10W) expects also 10/5 = 2A.

  4. The Moon side facing us (unlike the other side) is riddled with craters that may have appeared around that time (~-65My). A big chunk of the ejected rocks on Earth may simply have landed on the Moon.

  5. Re:Calculator on Ask Slashdot: Cheap Second Calculators For Tests? · · Score: 1

    Hmmm yes, again I submitted too fast. The logic hidden behind my comment was that since the hp48 looks oldish, and since exam people never ever saw a hp48 in their (usually young) life, and thus don't know about these 'complex and powerful features', they'll let the wolf into the fold.

  6. Re:Calculator on Ask Slashdot: Cheap Second Calculators For Tests? · · Score: 1

    Why the HP 48[SG]X would be not welcomed? it has this oldish look (well, it's pretty old actually) that hides complex and powerful features [besides programming, I like the fractional to quotient feature, the PI as a logical entity, undo, RPN, stack, extendable ... ].

  7. Get a Triumph-Adler on Ask Slashdot: Cheap Second Calculators For Tests? · · Score: 1

    Get a triumph adler. If it's still not welcomed, then try a slide rule.

  8. $500 to $80 on Nathan Myhrvold's $500 Cookbook Now an $80 iPhone App · · Score: 2

    They're gonna sell 6.25 times more anyway, thanks to iPhones and the like.

  9. Re:So many improvements on Linux 3.13 Kernel To Bring Major Feature Improvements · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Unfortunately it won't any time soon. The reason? MS Office, and its billions of unmaintainable macros that keep most companies from being able to switch to something else. Sad, but true.

  10. Re:Will not work. Period. on US Intelligence Wants To Radically Advance Facial Recognition Software · · Score: 1

    On the contrary, it will work. That will give an even more legitimate excuse to stop/arrest/interrogate/annoy/... anyone anywhere "that was identified thanks to a - sorry - yet inaccurate facial recognition technology".

  11. Re:Not really solving the puzzle. on Study Explains Why Lunar Craters Are Bigger On the Near Side · · Score: 1

    Troll? I thought Slashdot readers are mature enough to rate that as Funny.

  12. Re:Wonder about the mileage on First Arab Supercar Costs $3.4 Million, Has Diamond-Encrusted Headlights · · Score: 1

    He likes Back to the Future, and Batman, that's for sure.

  13. Re:As a Web Designer... on Google Ends Internet Explorer 9 Support In Google Apps · · Score: 1

    Some applications are made for XP or even for older OSes, ok. But IE is a browser... It is meant to browse and view the Internet world.
    Considering IE6 to be mandatory on a PC because its upgrade would cost an arm and a leg, ok - but in this case, companies should allow a modern browser, eg chrome, to be installed and used for anything other than that medical application.

  14. Re:As a Web Designer... on Google Ends Internet Explorer 9 Support In Google Apps · · Score: 1

    Of course. And I'm glad to hear such news, IE9 upgrade to be encouraged... But there are still many companies using IE7, or even the unfamous IE6.
    In what world do they live?

  15. Re:Why not a "Super Bowl"? on Why There Shouldn't Be a Chess World Champion · · Score: 0

    Is there a way to mod Informative + Insightful?

  16. Re:Not a mistake on Taiwan Protests Apple Maps That Show Island As Province of China · · Score: 1

    Not necessarily, Google can perform the same trick as for the "Japan sea": for a long time Google Maps just removed the label: the sea had no name (Recently they gave it back to Japan...).

  17. Re:We can always hope on Adobe Breach Compromised Over 38 Million Users, Photoshop Source Code · · Score: 1

    Well, if the source code is as intuitive and well designed as Photoshop, they've nothing to worry about.

  18. Re:Easy one... on Why Does Windows Have Terrible Battery Life? · · Score: 1

    In that case, we need nested comments /* /* */ */, because I'd put a /* on line one and a */ at the end...

  19. Re:As a manager on Most IT Workers Don't Have STEM (Science, Tech, Engineering, Math) Degrees · · Score: 1

    It all comes down to liking what you do

    While I basically agree with this - that's not enough. I've met great, willing and dedicated guys who did a fantastic development job for 99% of the project lines of code. The rest, 1% of the code, was typically what makes a difference when you hold a degree: algorithms. One guy had a hard time assessing the complexity of his own algorithms - even roughly - this is math. Another one had no clue about race conditions. The problem is the 1% may take 99% of the dev time to get identified / fixed / rewritten.

    Please stop hiring unqualified people.

  20. Waiting on Windows RT 8.1 Update Pulled From Windows Store · · Score: 1

    Waiting for 8.1.1

  21. a new trial for ex-Cisco employee Bradley Cooper on Court Orders Retrial In Google Maps-Related Murder Case · · Score: 1

    A bad hangover probably

  22. Re:Holy summarization, Batman! on MyOpenID To Shut Down In February · · Score: 2

    Thanks Larry for providing a service I've been using for a long time.

    However, while it's not written in TFS, there may be another reason while myOpenID was not that popular: reliability?
    It is rather annoying when one cannot login to a bunch of sites because myOpenID is unreachable...

  23. Re:Thanks to the competition on Amazon Finally Bundles Ebooks With Printed Books · · Score: 1

    No Starch Press for instance.

  24. Thanks to the competition on Amazon Finally Bundles Ebooks With Printed Books · · Score: 2

    Fortunately, Amazon is not alone on the online books market. Other companies (eg some publishers) sell books online along with a free PDF. This is why competition has to be kept alive, and Amazon should not be the only choice when it comes to purchasing books, movies or music.

  25. Re:so he did in fact break the law on Snowden Spoofed Top Officials' Identity To Mine NSA Secrets · · Score: 3, Insightful

    What makes him -not- a whistleblower? He spotted illegal actions from his client (NSA) and used his privileges to prove him right.