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  1. Re:A naive question on Carriers, Manufacturers Are Strangling Android · · Score: 1

    I thought all the Boost stuff had switched to CDMA now, my bad. Thank you.

  2. Re:What is the point? on Carriers, Manufacturers Are Strangling Android · · Score: 1

    T-Mobile supposedly pressured google to remove a tethering app from the Android Marketplace, but I've been told by numerous T-Mobile corporate employees that no one really cares and nothing bad will happen to me. I've been tethering happily on tmo for 2 years with no ill effects yet...

  3. Re:A naive question on Carriers, Manufacturers Are Strangling Android · · Score: 1

    I'm pretty sure that was just an example...

  4. Re:A naive question on Carriers, Manufacturers Are Strangling Android · · Score: 2, Insightful
  5. Re:A naive question on Carriers, Manufacturers Are Strangling Android · · Score: 1

    Sprint and Verizon both use CDMA.
    T-Mobile and AT&T are both GSM, however T-Mobile (for reasons that baffle me) decided to use a non-standard frequency for it's 3G UMTS service. Phones that don't support this will still work, but on the older, slower EDGE network.
    Nextel used iDEN, and as far as I know is the only carrier in the United States to do so. Sprint/Nextel no longer sells iDEN devices.

  6. Re:I guess you missed the part on US McDonald's Wi-Fi Going Free In January · · Score: 1

    Fyi, an iMac is a desktop computer. The Macbook, iBook, Powerbook, etc are laptops.

  7. So? on Gravatars Can Leak Users' Email Addresses · · Score: 1

    Maybe I am missing the point, but who cares?
    I understand that there is this huge number of people that think that an email address is private information, but why?

  8. Re:Scientology: It can't even fail properly on Prison Terms For Spammer Ralsky, Scientology DoS Attacker · · Score: 1

    9,139 threatening phone calls*

  9. Re:Not a lazy man at least on Prison Terms For Spammer Ralsky, Scientology DoS Attacker · · Score: 4, Informative

    He didn't hire a small army, he was part of a small army.
    http://encyclopediadramatica.com/Chanology - NSFW
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chanology

  10. Re:IE on Microsoft Aims To Close Performance Gap With Internet Explorer 9 · · Score: 1

    I ment to type "(as far back as 3.1)" gg me not reading the preview. :(

  11. Re:of-course not on Microsoft Denies It Built Backdoor Into Windows 7 · · Score: 1

    ITT: me replying seriously to a joke.

    Running anything on a computer is normally more convient then irl. Could you normally play solitaire on a crowded bus?

  12. Re:Hmm.. on Google Releases Source To Chromium OS · · Score: 1

    People are making up new words for products that already have names at an alarming rate. If we don't put a stop to this soon new products that are not yet named (or even exist) will need even more ridiculous names made up for them.

  13. Re:of-course not on Microsoft Denies It Built Backdoor Into Windows 7 · · Score: 1

    Twas a joke, sir.
    Don't think I was not aware linux had their own version of the primary reason people have been upgrading windows all these years - new decks.

  14. Re:of-course not on Microsoft Denies It Built Backdoor Into Windows 7 · · Score: 1

    Solitaire. ;)

  15. Re:Not really necessary on Microsoft Denies It Built Backdoor Into Windows 7 · · Score: 2, Informative

    "You are world delivered.... to the NSA."

  16. Re:Hmm.. on Google Releases Source To Chromium OS · · Score: 1

    What the fuck is a smartbook?

  17. Re:IE on Microsoft Aims To Close Performance Gap With Internet Explorer 9 · · Score: 1, Informative

    Processes on windows (as far as as 3.1) could have more then one window, or no windows, or whatever. The feature isn't unique to Apple OSes.

  18. Re:I have to ask on The First Windows 7 Zero-Day Exploit · · Score: 0

    The way you put the post made it seem like the only use of that port is viruses, and if it is in use you _are_ infected.

  19. Re:OMG it is Meta EEE! on Microsoft Open Sources .NET Micro Framework · · Score: 0

    Whoosh

  20. Re:IT staff? on The First Windows 7 Zero-Day Exploit · · Score: 0

    You refuse to help your wife with her computer? Why do women marry assholes?

  21. Re:I have to ask on The First Windows 7 Zero-Day Exploit · · Score: 0

    Incorrect. Don't spread fud to unsuspecting slashdot users. Someone might believe you.

    There is so much ignorance when it comes to viruses, etc.

  22. Re:on or before the vendor knows about it on The First Windows 7 Zero-Day Exploit · · Score: 0

    Whoosh

  23. Re:Projector? on Fujitsu's Latest Mobile Phone Splits In Two · · Score: 0

    This is japan. Their phones do more then most people's offices and living rooms do together.

    Ironically, most japanese people hate this, and want a device that is just a phone.

  24. Re:That's fine on OS X Update Officially Kills Intel Atom Support · · Score: 0

    I'm not sure if this is supposed to be a joke or not.
    No one here has posted any source code or any legit backing for their argument.
    We have either:
    1. The Atom processor doesn't support some instruction set used by 10.6.2, and support has been unintentionally broken due to compiler settings or any number of changes. (Irrelevant, since Apple has no obligation to make their products to your specification.)

    2. Apple has added checking for a specific CPU ID, and calls panic() or whatever because it's not an Apple approved device. (Irrelevant, since Apple has no obligation to make their products to your specification.)

    Anyone care to post some evidence?

    (On a side note, people who refer to companies by their stock symbol are pretentious bastards.)

  25. Re:Start complaining, "free" software people on OS X Update Officially Kills Intel Atom Support · · Score: 0

    What are you talking about? Maybe if you're talking about microsoft's latest DRM document format... Oh wait MS Office runs on OS X.

    What data formats are you unable to open on OS X?