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  1. You can also kiss your battery life goodbye on Study: Smartphones Just As Good As Fitness Trackers For Counting Steps · · Score: 1

    At least that has been my experience with fitness tracker apps.

    But they do seem to work fine otherwise.

  2. Re:They are just trolls with lots of money on $10K Ethernet Cable Claims Audio Fidelity, If You're Stupid Enough To Buy It · · Score: 4, Funny

    I have those speakers. The sound from them is so much "warmer" than from modern offerings.

  3. Re:On loan??? on Neil Armstrong's Widow Discovers Moon Camera In Bag · · Score: 0

    If that was NASA stuff, it most certainly is US Government property. Good luck getting *any* government to act reasonably.

  4. Risks and Challenges on Hobbyists Selling Tesla Coil Kits To Fund Drone Flight Over North Korea · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Interesting that "Starting a War" does not appear in that section.

  5. Was he arrested by a SWAT Team? on Swatting 19-Year-Old Arrested in Las Vegas · · Score: 2

    That would make it all the more sweet.

  6. Re:Longer sentences on Swatting 19-Year-Old Arrested in Las Vegas · · Score: 1

    Screw that. 15 years hard labor.

  7. It is self serving on Does Showing a Horrific Video Serve a Legitimate Journalistic Purpose? · · Score: 1

    Increased rating/ad revenue. It is all about the profits.

    The fact that terrorists exploit this to pass along their message - the media really does not seem to care about.

  8. Not just farmers on Farmers Struggling With High-Tech Farm Equipment · · Score: 1

    Soldiers, park rangers... anyone that works in the/a field.

  9. Re:Ah hell why not on GPG Programmer Werner Koch Is Running Out of Money · · Score: 1

    Now get back to work, you.

  10. Ah hell why not on GPG Programmer Werner Koch Is Running Out of Money · · Score: 1, Informative

    20 euro for you

  11. That mushy spongy thing in your head on Ask Slashdot: What Tools To Clean Up a Large C/C++ Project? · · Score: 1

    That is about the only thing that will really help.

  12. Better hurry up and buy that patent on Smartphone Attachment Can Test For HIV In 15 Minutes · · Score: 0

    Says an evil pharma CEO....

  13. Welcome to Spycraft 101 on Some Hackers Unknowingly Gathering Intel For the NSA · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Because this isn't at all obvious.

  14. Re:Oh look, it's the Java killer... on Microsoft Open Sources CoreCLR, the .NET Execution Engine · · Score: 2

    God forbid Microsoft be the one to do something cool.

  15. Well all have a hobby on One Man's Quest To Rid Wikipedia of Exactly One Grammatical Mistake · · Score: 1

    I suppose that is his.

  16. The should have a choice, actually on New Jersey Gov. Christie: Parents Should Have Choice In Vaccinations · · Score: 1

    They can pick any doctor they want.

  17. Re:Windows on Pi? on Microsoft Announces Windows For Raspberry Pi 2 · · Score: 1

    They will after I write a driver for them, which for all three of those is pretty much a cake walk.

  18. Re:Microsoft is so dead. on Microsoft Announces Windows For Raspberry Pi 2 · · Score: 1

    Oh shit you are right!

  19. Then I'll take a cab. on Don't Sass Your Uber Driver - He's Rating You Too · · Score: 1

    Screw Uber. I just want to get from A to B. Don't really care how.

  20. Re:Microsoft is so dead. on Microsoft Announces Windows For Raspberry Pi 2 · · Score: 1

    Indeed - they only made $5.2 billion in profit in 2013. Looks like roughly the same in 2014. Utterly laughable.

  21. Re:That Microsoft License Agreement on Microsoft Announces Windows For Raspberry Pi 2 · · Score: 1

    Internet Thingy.

  22. Re:IoT isn't on Microsoft Announces Windows For Raspberry Pi 2 · · Score: 1

    It's things on the internet.

  23. Hell I'll join. on Microsoft Announces Windows For Raspberry Pi 2 · · Score: 1

    No harm in taking a look.

  24. AKA a swamp cooler on The "Cool Brick" Can Cool Off an Entire Room Using Nothing But Water · · Score: 1

    Which works fine, but use water which is a problem in the desert.

  25. Re:Sold my car on Craigslist on Police Stations Increasingly Offer Safe Haven For Craigslist Transactions · · Score: 1

    That bank teller verified the bills. Bro.