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  1. Re:We're not that stupid! on ICANN Extends New Domain Deadline Because of Bug · · Score: 1

    This behavior was so strange, we're dropping the price to $175,000!

  2. Re:Best Buy lies to consumers on Best Buy CEO Brian Dunn Resigns After $1.7 Billion Loss · · Score: 1

    I was helping pick out a laptop for my dad, and the salesman tried to sell me on some anti-virus software. I told him I was just going to set it up with Microsoft Security Essentials. He made some claim about how they were legally required to block no more than 70% of viruses. I don't know if there is any grain of truth in that, but it was a hilarious claim--mostly in that it doesn't make any sense. What is that supposed to even mean? He couldn't really give me an answer beyond that.

  3. Re:Culmination of a dream on The Supreme Court To Rule On Monsanto Seed Patents · · Score: 1

    That is an interesting point. I'm just thinking that with the replicating machine, the self-replication is a product of the invention, whereas seed naturally self-replicates. That is not something they developed specially. Doesn't that seem significant?

  4. Re:Better way to give out tickets on Google I/O Sells Out In 20 Minutes · · Score: 2

    Didn't they see my I/O machine?? I should be going there for free!

  5. Re:Using Google on Google Is Planning To Penalize Overly Optimized Sites · · Score: 1

    Sometimes I use private browsing for this, even if I don't need the privacy part of it, just because it separates the session data. So, I can be logged out of my account in the new window/tab or logged into a different account without logging out of my primary one. Still couldn't tell you about the logging via IP.

  6. Re:It's not consistent on Google Introduces Programming Challenge In Advance Of GoogleIO · · Score: 1

    Yeah. This is really frustrating! I just had one working, and then it mysteriously broke. And I can't imagine that sharing them via G+ would get much more than a bunch of "uhh.. it doesn't work, idiot" responses.

  7. Re:That's because there's no profit motive. on Study Confirms the Government Produces the Buggiest Software · · Score: 1

    So how would you determine when the program is "bug free" or even "bug free enough"? I'm not sure a contractor would accept a flat payment to be received at the tail end of an indefinite span of bug fixes. But then again, maybe they would. Somebody tell me.

  8. Re:Springfield's answer to a question no one asked on Book Review: Google+: the Missing Manual · · Score: 2

    ...the manual nobody knew was missing

  9. Re:Exploitation on Marketing Agency Uses Homeless As Wi-Fi Hotspots · · Score: 1

    If you notice in the video, his shirt says, "I'm Clarence, a 4G hotspot." So, if it makes it any better, he is at least 4G hotspot with a name.

  10. Best product unveiling ever on Asus PadFone Combines Smartphone, Tablet, Keyboard · · Score: 1

    PadFone had the best product unveling ever. Can't get over it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2ANnpHnUrc

  11. Re:As opposed to clay pigeons on Hunters Shoot Down Drone of Animal Rights Group · · Score: 1

    It would be like Duck Hunt! (with pigeons)

  12. Re:I have always been annoyed by splash screens on A Rant Against Splash Screens · · Score: 1

    Maybe I'm misunderstanding you, but I can't remember a version of Windows that had a splash screen that was more than a looping animation.

  13. Re:Stupid headline on Google Wallet Stores Card Data In Plain Text · · Score: 2

    I tried contacting them a bunch of times, but they never answer their phone...

  14. Re:Evaporation on Chinese Government Ramps Up Weather Control Efforts · · Score: 1

    But, I only drink rainwater and pure grain alcohol. By taking all the rain water, the Chinese are trying to force me to drink fluoridated tap water!

  15. Re:From HyperCard to PhotoCard on Why Was Hypercard Killed? · · Score: 1

    From what I've read, Jobs was much the same way himself, rejecting whatever was being developed until he saw something he liked.

  16. Re:So... on Paper On Super Flu Strain May Be Banned From Publication · · Score: 1

    And then the current .01% would become the new, hated 1%!

  17. I propose... on Facebook Denies Disputed Page To Both Mercks · · Score: 2

    cutting the URL in half! Then we will see who it truly belongs to.

  18. Re:Useless people prefer to talk. on Europe's Largest IT Company To Ban Internal Email · · Score: 1

    Although the article doesn't seem to draw the distinction quite as clearly as the /. headline, I think the emphasis is on internal email.

  19. Re:Anti-Trust on MS To Build Antivirus Into Win8: Boon Or Monopoly? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    They already have one: Security Essentials, and it's actually pretty good. Well, for one, I doubt it's significantly worse than a commercial AV package, and two, it doesn't constantly pester me with upgrade or renewal offers/warning/persistent, annoying popups.

  20. Re:Dont' do it! on Energy Firm Wants To Be First To Mine the Moon · · Score: 1

    With the words "mining" and "moon" in the headline, that was my first thought too. But that monolith--don't forget about the monolith.

  21. Dont' do it! on Energy Firm Wants To Be First To Mine the Moon · · Score: 1

    I saw 2001: a Space Odyssey. You just don't know what you'll find.

  22. About that HTML5 on Occupy Flash? · · Score: 2

    So how long before people start grumbling about HTML5 like they have been about flash? And by people, I mean the occupiers here. I mean, HTML5 seems great, but it's sure to have its own set of headaches. Just seems a bit over-zealous.

  23. Re:People also hated... on Ask Slashdot: Unity/Gnome 3/Win8/iOS — Do We Really Hate All New GUIs? · · Score: 1

    I prefer the sheer elegance of Windows 3.1--a real work of art

  24. Fisker... on $529M DOE Loan Spawns $97K Made-in-Finland Cars · · Score: 1

    Don't they make scissors? Pretty high quality scissors, actually. Oh wait, different company.

  25. adtmag sources... on How and Why Wall Street Programmers Earn Top Salaries · · Score: 1

    Anyone think it was a little strange that half of the quotes in the ADTMag article were just pulled from Slashdot comments? I mean, there are some great comments on here and all, but that seems like some lazy reporting to me.