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  1. How to know this is fake: it says there will be a Mac Mini refresh.

  2. cheap shot on CmdrTaco Launches Trove, a Curated News Startup · · Score: 2

    No Android client. Less editors than Reddit. Lame.

  3. Re:having it both ways on Did Apple Make a Mistake By Releasing Two New iPhones? · · Score: 1

    Are you saying the story is just speculative nonsense?

    Hmm. I wonder what I was saying in the gp...

  4. having it both ways on Did Apple Make a Mistake By Releasing Two New iPhones? · · Score: 1

    This story makes two primary points:

    1. The 5c is selling poorly.
    2. The 5c will cannibalize 5s sales.

    Anybody see a problem here?

  5. half-and-half cubicle on Ask Slashdot: What's Your Take On Stand-Up Desks? · · Score: 1

    I dwell in cubicle-land, and at the end of last year I raised half of my work surface, including my keyboard/monitor/mouse, to standing height. Within my small work group we have a variety of approaches, with almost everybody at least partly at standing height. One has a tall chair; another has dual monitors with one at each level.

    Most of us are pretty happy standing most of the time, and agree that part time sitting is an important component. I think I may eventually go with a second monitor, since I don't do all that much work that doesn't involve my computer. Some days I don't sit at all.

  6. Re:Nothing new on Former Microsoft Exec: Microsoft Has "Become the Thing They Despised" · · Score: 1

    Actually, no. Ballmer wasn't a founder. He was hired about five years after Gates & Allen started MS.

  7. I'm waiting for googolphonics on Will Dolby's New Atmos 62.2 Format Redefine Surround Sound? · · Score: 1

    with a moon-rock stylus.

  8. Re:Dark Side on 1st Video of Moon's Far Side · · Score: 4, Informative

    Just in case you're not joking -- there is no dark side of the moon. At least, no permanent one -- of course, one side is dark at any moment, but it's constantly changing. The moon only presents one side to us earthlings, but all sides to the sun.

  9. Re:Sure, if you're rich on Building the Bionic Man · · Score: 0

    if the wealth gap keeps growing like it is

    In the US that gap has been closing for a few years, and by one measure is back to the level it was around 15 years ago.

  10. Re:Unfortunate on Netflix CEO Comments On Recent Decisions · · Score: 1

    What I don't understand is why Hastings believes that the major studios will allow Netflix to operate the online distribution at the price levels consumers demand. ...the recent price increase...

    Might not the recent price increase be an indication that Hastings knows full well that the studios are determined to get more money out of streaming? Megan McArdle recently wrote an interesting piece about this very topic. Faced with choosing among only bad alternatives, it's no surprise that Netflix picked a bad one.

  11. Moblin, Maemo, Meego, Tizen on Intel Drops MeeGo · · Score: 0

    Wasn't that Mutt Lange's count-in on a Def Leppard song?

  12. Re:Double standards and people on Interview With 'Idiot' Behind Key Software Patent · · Score: 2

    “The awful thing about life is this: Everyone has his reasons.”
    Jean Renoir

  13. Re:BURN THE WITCH!! on Emacs Has Been Violating the GPL Since 2009 · · Score: 1

    No, but they weigh the same as a duck.

  14. Re:Can't actually store 135TB of data on Build Your Own 135TB RAID6 Storage Pod For $7,384 · · Score: 1

    The 135TB figure is what it would be if you used RAID 1

    Actually, RAID 1 (mirroring) would cut the usable space in half; RAID 0 (striping) would keep it at 135TB.

  15. Re:Dear Apple.... on 'Back To the Mac' Media Event On October 20th · · Score: 1

    "write off" -- I do not think this means what you think it means. It's still an expense, which may or may not be partially offset by a reduction in tax. Partially, unless you're in the mythical 100% tax bracket.

  16. Re:Were there androids dreaming... on Testing the Safety of Tasers On Meth-Addled Sheep · · Score: 1

    I'd have gone with "Do addicts dream of meth-addled sheep?"

  17. Re:USB? Firewire? on Spec Will Cut External Drive Power Cords · · Score: 1

    unless you count FW800, which I will as soon as I see a device that supports it

    Here are two: my coupla-years-old Powerbook G4, and the external drive that sits on my desk at home.

  18. Re:Undisputed? on Oracle Buys BEA · · Score: 2, Informative

    > declare that the official upgrade path for their software is onto your own product's software track

    That probably is the norm, but Oracle is not doing this to PeopleSoft & JD Edwards customers. At least, they're not pushing hard and fast. They've announced (and in fact have been delivering) multi-year support, including non-Oracle-Applications (i.e., "Fusion") upgrades.

  19. usage Nazi: "begs the question" on The DRM Scorecard · · Score: 2, Informative

    No. Nope. Uh-uh. It does not beg the question.

  20. Re:I prefer Mozilla, not Firefox on Firefox Usage Climbing · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I don't find Ctrl+ or Ctrl- a couple of times to be all that awkward.

  21. Mao != Kennedy on Congressman Quizzes Net Companies on Shame · · Score: 1

    Although many people do comment on China's education system which puts Mao on a pedistol, it is no different to what the US does with Kennedy

    I beg your pardon? How about the tens of millions Mao killed?

  22. Re:Commodore 64, baby! on What Was Your First Computer? · · Score: 1

    did a lot of work on the TRS-80 when I was in junior high (yikes...just dated myself there).

    I think most of us "dated ourselves" a lot in junior high...

  23. Re:Pass on Fight Tooth Decay with Electricity · · Score: 1

    I stripped a "live" television cable with my teeth... who knew that electricity ran through them

    Uhhhm... how else would the signal travel through a cable?

  24. Another (p)review on Adobe Lightroom Review · · Score: 5, Informative

    Here's another page that goes into the nitty-gritty a little more.

  25. ratio on Searchable C/C++ DB surpasses 275 million lines · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... of "foo" to "bar."