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  1. Re:Ask your kids. on Ask Slashdot: Xbox One Or PlayStation 4? · · Score: 1

    That's different then, OP seems determined to find reasons not to buy anything new despite his clear desire to. Not everybody can use the same advice.

  2. Ask your kids. on Ask Slashdot: Xbox One Or PlayStation 4? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Seriously, ask your kids. You seem to have plenty of negatives in the direction of both consoles, but you should ask your kids so that they can be able to use the device which better matches with their own social circles, since that doesn't seem to be a factor on your part of your decision.

    Also I agree with the First Poster. This doesn't belong on an Ask Slashdot.

  3. Re:NYC taxi system could DESTROY uber on Taxi Owners Sue NYC Over Uber, While Court Overrules Class-Action Appeal (thestack.com) · · Score: 2

    This is what Virginia does for Uber and Lyft, at the very least for picking up and dropping off at the airports (DCA and IAD)

  4. Re:Dell, HP, Panasonic on We'll Be the Last PC Company Standing, Acer CEO Says · · Score: 1

    As opposed to a $300 watch? http://www.amazon.com/Motorola...

  5. ASCAP and BMI on Legislation Would Force Radio Stations To Pay Royalties · · Score: 5, Interesting

    So what you're saying is my college radio didn't need to pay ASCAP and BMI?

  6. Re: Shouldn't they be after Google? on Microsoft Asks US Court To Ban Kyocera's Android Phones · · Score: 4, Informative

    IIRC Google negeoated patent protections/licensing for certain things in android, anything beyond that is the responsibility of the phone manufacturers because it's their software changes

  7. Re:Watches on Pebble Time Smartwatch Receives Overwhelming Support On Kickstarter · · Score: 1

    idk, i had a problem with having trivial texts on my non-smart phones too.

  8. Don't plead guilty on MegaUpload Programmer Pleads Guilty, Gets a Year In Prison · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I'd imagine he didn't have the money or patience to fight it and didn't want to set a precedence by losing in court.

  9. Re:So how is that going to work on Chinese Vendor Could Pay $34.9M FCC Fine In Signal-Jammer Sting · · Score: 2

    I'm sorry, you seem to be forgetting why the guy in Florida was fined. It wasn't solely the cell phone communications, it was more because he was jamming the 800MHz Public Safety band on either side of the 850MHz GSM allocations, because it's not really possible to make a "neat magical jammer" that only gets the cell bands. it's going to spill onto adjacent public safety and land mobile allocations.

  10. Re:What about flat cards? on Clueless About Card Data Hack, PF Chang's Reverts To Imprinting Devices · · Score: 2

    Chip & sig is being rolled out by some national banks right now. Expect Target to start taking chips soon, and Wal-Mart already does.

  11. Re:It was stupid, so fine him, but 50k is excessiv on FCC Proposes $48,000 Fine To Man Jamming Cellphones On Florida Interstate · · Score: 1

    i don't know, I'm pretty sure that jamming Sheriff's communications (read in TFA) is pretty likely to result in a lot of deaths :)

  12. Re:Jamming is a terrible solution. on FCC Proposes $48,000 Fine To Man Jamming Cellphones On Florida Interstate · · Score: 1

    Clearly you haven't seen some of the fines handed out to holders of GMRS and Ham licenses who have interfered with Public Safety bands intentionally...

  13. Bu the wasn't fired on Mozilla CEO Firestorm Likely Violated California Law · · Score: 5, Informative

    He fucking resigned.

  14. Re:The usual suspects on Ask Slashdot: Preparing For Windows XP EOL? · · Score: 1

    don't forget make a disc image if you ever need to restore that machine

  15. Re:Must keep running XP on Ask Slashdot: Preparing For Windows XP EOL? · · Score: 1

    That said this is 100% the case the Library of Congress said was okay to do as fair use last time they did a DMCA review.

  16. Power of Attorney? on Apple Refuses To Unlock Bequeathed iPad · · Score: 1

    Does the UK have anything like Power of Attorney in place that the executer of the estate would have to in fact say that for all legal purposes they ARE the deceased?

  17. Re:Why the negative doomsday tone? on Apple Closes OpenNI the Open Source Kinect Framework · · Score: 1

    Why would you use Kinect specific code for an iDevice app?

  18. Coke Fountain Machines on Coca-Cola Reserves a Massive Range of MAC Addresses · · Score: 1

    uhhh... freestyle machines? Or is that too obvious to be true?

  19. Re: Distributed architecture, anyone? on IsoHunt Settles With MPAA, Will Shut Down And Pay Up to $110 Million · · Score: 1

    I think he wants us to screw around in 2.4 and 5 GHz to make sure we keep our priority on the bands over Wifi

  20. Re:At four on Ask Slashdot: Suitable Phone For a 4-Year Old? · · Score: 1

    I wish so hard i had mod points to mod you up for this.

  21. Re:Yet another story... on Work Halted On Neal Stephenson's Kickstarted Swordfighting Video Game · · Score: 3, Informative

    New kickstarter rules actually require hardware prototypes before they can get on the site to help avoid things like this...

  22. Can't Reproduce on iOS 7 Lock Screen Bug Leaves Certain Apps Vulnerable For Access · · Score: 1

    I can't reproduce this. Is is possible it's specific just to the iPhone 5/s/c?

  23. Re:Sounds good to me on U.S. Gov't Still Fighting the Man Behind Buckyballs; Guess Who's Winning? · · Score: 1

    If he was stupid enough not to form an LLC or an S-Corp, it's perfectly normal for him to be held personally liable for this, since in the cases of a sole proprietorship the individual and company are one in the same.

  24. Re:Uh huh on The Steady Decline of Unix · · Score: 5, Funny

    If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck it isn't a duck unless it is branded a duck?

    It's not a DUCK®, it's a Waterfowl That Attenuates Quacking Noises. For copyright reasons, of course.

  25. Re:Of course... on Used Game To Survive? EA Plans To Drop Online Pass · · Score: 2, Insightful

    because it was for console games, and those are more to the whim of the console's network maintainer than the publisher