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  1. Re:Evolution in action, or the bees' revenge... on Why So Many Crashes of Bee-Carrying Trucks? · · Score: 1

    No, we all know it's from systemic pesticides in the plants that they're pollinating. Otherwise they'd have just equipped the bees with tinfoil hats and solved this a long time ago.

  2. Re:Bitcoin on Value of Bitcoin "Crashes" · · Score: 1

    So you're saying Wall Street bankers fried my motherboard and video card that one time?

  3. Re:Bitcoin on Value of Bitcoin "Crashes" · · Score: 1

    Sure, but bottle caps will go throw the roof!

  4. Re:Most comments will be- on Renaming the Very Large Array · · Score: 0

    Real Men(tm) proofread right after they comment their code.

  5. Re:BART on Renaming the Very Large Array · · Score: 1

    How about "The Still Very Large Array"?

  6. Re:Federal Sales Tax on Amazon Pushes For National Internet Sales Tax · · Score: 1

    True. But GP still has a point, sales taxes should never be levied.

  7. Re:Remember the good old days? on Was the iPod Accessory Port Inspired By a 40-Year-Old Camera? · · Score: 0

    Just forgot my old password after several years of neglect and no longer have access to that email address any longer. My original id was about half of yours, so it's likely you don't remember those days because you came in after it was normal business to suck the cock of anyone associated with Apple.

  8. Remember the good old days? on Was the iPod Accessory Port Inspired By a 40-Year-Old Camera? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    You guys remember the days when every piece of bullshit spewed by an Apple fanboy wasn't immediately posted on the front page of slashdot?

  9. Re:For something far more rewarding... on News From Apple's iPhone Event · · Score: 1

    Or unless you like watching people say the name of some product or service, tell you two sentences about that product or service, and then say "and that's [name of product]." If that's your jam, you can't beat watching an Apple product announcement.

  10. Re:heh on Amazon Disables 3G Web Browsing For New 3G Kindle Touch · · Score: 1

    As a hobby I guess poisoning does offer a lot of benefits. Sure, you don't get repeat customers, but you'll be able to put it down and pick it up again whenever you want without some strung out 9-year-old bashing on your door looking for their next fix.

  11. Re:heh on Amazon Disables 3G Web Browsing For New 3G Kindle Touch · · Score: 1

    You can have your files (such as PDFs) converted for free by sending them to [yourkindlesname]@free.kindle.com. That'll deliver it free wirelessly via wifi or allow you to download the file to your computer and copy it manually to the device.

    Full details:
    http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html/ref=hp_navbox_email_200375630?nodeId=200375630&#email

  12. Re:heh on Amazon Disables 3G Web Browsing For New 3G Kindle Touch · · Score: 1

    You're supposed to lace the candy with narcotics to get the kids hooked and then get them to steal their parents' money to buy more. I don't see what profit you can derive from poisoning. That's no way to seed demand!

  13. Re:heh on Amazon Disables 3G Web Browsing For New 3G Kindle Touch · · Score: 1

    You know, my grand dad bought a model T when he got his first job. It could drive him to work every day and allowed him to make a living and raise a family. All you can do on a $79 Kindle is read books purchased from Amazon. I don't think I'll be upgrading to a $79 Kindle until it can drive me to work and allow me to earn a living.

  14. Re:No 3G and No Touchscreen Keyboard? on Amazon Disables 3G Web Browsing For New 3G Kindle Touch · · Score: 1

    The cheap Kindle is for people who didn't want to spend $114. Did you just crawl out from under your rock for the first time since 1997?

    The removal of 3G web browsing is likely the result of their contract with whatever wireless carrier they're working with now. Still AT&T?

  15. Re:No 3G and No Touchscreen Keyboard? on Amazon Disables 3G Web Browsing For New 3G Kindle Touch · · Score: 1

    Actually, the refresh on Kindle isn't a problem at all for navigating menus. Maybe you've used an older model, or another ereader, but on the third generation Kindles the refresh allows for fast menu navigation and these newer models can only have improved on that.

    Plus, with Kindle Touch you've got to touch the screen to change pages. I'd much rather have the physical buttons for that.

  16. Re:Does this mean on Amazon's Silk: SaaS Is Closing the Net · · Score: 1

    Do you really think Amazon would do such a thing? The following lawsuit would be immense, even if anyone there were stupid enough to think it a good idea.

  17. Re:How do they handle SSL? on Amazon's Silk: SaaS Is Closing the Net · · Score: 1

    Amazon doesn't ship to Nigeria.

  18. Re:Already been done on A Game of Thrones RTS Game Released, RPG On the Way · · Score: 1

    If that were a real game it'd only be the greatest thing ever. Though Jaime Lannister's Kingslayer attack seems to be missing. Maybe you learn it at a higher level, but you'd think he'd start the game with it.

  19. Re:Wait, what? on Amazon In Talks With HP To Buy Palm · · Score: 1

    I offered them $5 and a grilled cheese sandwich. The real question is what happened to my offer! They already ate the sandwich and now they're talking to Amazon?!?!

  20. In related news... on Science and Religion Can and Do Mix, Mostly · · Score: 1

    85% of scientists surveyed are wrong.

  21. Re:Kindle Touch on Amazon Kindle Fire Surfaces · · Score: 1

    The ads actually aren't intrusive at all. Even if the "Special Offers" were never useful, which they often are, they add a bit of variety to the sleep screen, which gets old fast with the stock two dozen or so images on a regular Kindle.

  22. Re:Kindle Touch on Amazon Kindle Fire Surfaces · · Score: 1

    Surely the prices have come down, but you should also note that the $79 version comes with "Special Offers." I actually prefer the "Special Offers" Kindle to the regular one, but for those who don't like the ads the new "5-way controller" Kindle is $109.

  23. Re:Kindle Touch on Amazon Kindle Fire Surfaces · · Score: 1

    It's really disappointing that the Kindle Touch doesn't at least have page turn buttons. The ones on Kindle 3 are perfectly placed when holding the device. Seems like it's a step backward in functionality to make you tap the touch screen to perform the same function.

  24. Re:what!? on Bethesda's 'Scrolls' Lawsuit Going Ahead · · Score: 1

    Textbook case of trademark trolling. I'm not sure most people associate the name "Elder Scrolls" with Bethesda's games, let alone the word "Scrolls" by itself. This is almost as absurd as the guy who goes around suing anyone who uses the word "Edge" in any relationship to video games.

  25. Re:Fascinating... on Wild Parrots Learning To Talk From Escaped Pet Birds · · Score: 1

    If an "opinion" is based on facts that are entirely made up or just incorrect, that opinion is certainly "wrong." This notion that an idea is impervious to facts merely because it is an "opinion" is not only incorrect, it's fucking stupid.

    What Fox News does is attempt to muddy the waters between opinion and fact so that the dim-witted clowns of the earth will defend outrageous misrepresentations and lies about incontrovertible facts. Clearly this strategy has been incredibly successful.