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  1. An awesome replacement for google reader on Feedly Forces Its Users To Create Google+ Profiles · · Score: 1

    Just use Tiny Tiny RSS.

  2. Here tis on The World Fair of 2014 According To Asimov (From 1964) · · Score: 1
  3. That's true. Only zombies live in Fukushima now.

  4. Re:Self-hosting is an alternative on The Old Reader Will Stay Open To the Public Thanks To US Corporation · · Score: 1

    I ended up going with tt-rss. I'm very happy with it. Just wish I could work out the shortcut key for saving tags.

  5. Re:It actually is a big deal on How To Hack Twitter's Two-Factor Authentication · · Score: 1

    You should be using a VPN over a public wifi network.

  6. Re:Sony will figure out a way on Sony Launches Internet Service Offering Twice the Speed of Google Fiber · · Score: 1

    You might think so, but the amount of red tape you would have to jump through would likely negate that.

  7. What's it supposed to do? I can't think for myself on Google Glass Specs Hit the Web · · Score: 1

    THANK YOU! I was starting to think that slashdot readers couldn't think for themselves. Augmented reality apps is where Google glass will really shine.

  8. Snotty nosed brat on North Korea's Twitter and Flickr Accounts Hacked By Anonymous · · Score: 1

    If you think back to the school yard, if some snotty nosed brat kept shooting off his mouth he would eventually get some sense knocked into him. In this case, the snotty nosed brat is Nth Korea. The softer approach (sanctions) clearly isn't working. Is there any other way to knock some sense into them without going to war? I'd personally like there to be no war, but I'd also like the bs to stop.

  9. Re:No Magic Bullets on Ask Slashdot: How Do You Stay Fit At Work? · · Score: 1

    The wii title "Just dance!" is pretty good for exercise on the wii. I've tried a few of the wii sports games, but they just didn't do it for me.

  10. Kill your competition? on Australian Govt Forces Apple, Adobe, Microsoft To Explain Price Hikes · · Score: 1

    Why would you even say that? Work for ADOBE much?? While Gimp has a lot to be desired, on a basic level it does the same thing. If you don't believe me- "GIMP is a freely distributed program for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring. It can be used as a simple paint program, an expert quality photo retouching program, an online batch processing system, a mass production image renderer, an image format converter, etc. " "Adobe Photoshop is a ...graphics editing program used for image creation, motion graphics editing, and advanced image analysis features." While Adobe Photoshop is far superior in many ways it doesn't have to be that way. "GIMP is expandable and extensible. It is designed to be augmented with plug-ins and extensions to do just about anything."

  11. Make the competition on Australian Govt Forces Apple, Adobe, Microsoft To Explain Price Hikes · · Score: 1

    Instead of paying for photoshop, we should download GIMP and donate the price we would have paid.

  12. Re:Valve / Steam... on Australian Govt Forces Apple, Adobe, Microsoft To Explain Price Hikes · · Score: 1

    I wish I could upvote this.

  13. But does it unlock??? on Untethered iOS 6.1 evasi0n Jailbreak Arrives For iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch · · Score: 1

    No unlock, no love.

  14. Knowledge takes many forms. on School Board Considers Copyright Ownership of Student and Teacher Works · · Score: 1

    It's not all about academics. Schools provide opportunities to develop and hone social skills, to forge friendships and to discover new interests. Home schooled students need to be involved in these things (granted this is quite possible). I don't quite understand the problem of standardized tests. If you don't have a standardized test, how will you compare the students? The test should be a guideline as to what is considered common knowledge for students of a particular schooling level. Take it with a grain of salt.

  15. Cautiously optomistic? on Details of Chinese Spacecraft's Asteroid Encounter · · Score: 2

    I agree with you and yet I felt deeply uneasy while reading the article. Why? I guess I'm kind of hoping for the best while expecting the worst.

  16. Scaremonger on Putting Biotech Threats In Context · · Score: 1

    Even better, make the virus then sell the vaccine. Repeat ad infinum!

  17. Divided on Wolfram Alpha Gives a New Window On Facebook Data · · Score: 1

    I have two accounts. It would be interesting to see the differences between them.

  18. Average Joe on PayPal Preparing To Address Frozen Funds Policy · · Score: 4, Informative

    I believe that the average Joe can now accept credit payments using 2CO https://www.2checkout.com/

  19. Re:Old dog on Microsoft Going Its Own Way On Audio/Video Specification · · Score: 2

    It becomes a problem when each browser has their own specification and you have to support all of them.

  20. Re:VERY possible! on Instagram User Drop Claims Overblown · · Score: 1

    My gf stopped using it because of the TOS. Most of her instagram friends were the same.

  21. Re:No Death Penalty on Search For "Foolproof Suffocation" Missed In Casey Anthony Case · · Score: 1

    How do you know he wouldn't be the one giving it?

  22. Re:No Death Penalty on Search For "Foolproof Suffocation" Missed In Casey Anthony Case · · Score: 3, Interesting

    and why is that exactly?

  23. Marketing meeting on Climate Change Could Drive Coffee To Extinction By 2080 · · Score: 1

    "How can we make people interested in climate change???"

  24. Re:66 and retired -- but not by choice on Why Coding At Fifty May Be Nifty · · Score: 1

    bummer dude. sorry to hear that.