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  1. Re:RIP Steve Jobs on Was the iPod Accessory Port Inspired By a 40-Year-Old Camera? · · Score: -1

    umad bro?

  2. Wha...? on Ask Slashdot: Best Way To Destroy Hard Drives? · · Score: 0

    More importantly, how can an oyster be well hung?

  3. The justification is absurd... on Why We Don't Need Gigabit Networks (Yet) · · Score: 0

    420Mbps is still four times faster than 100Mbps... How is that not worth it?

  4. Re:Hill Valley 2015 Scorecard on Nike to Unveil Self Lacing Shoes? · · Score: 0

    The flat panel screen in the movie could be rolled up like a projector screen. We're nearly there, but not yet.

  5. Energy on Japan's MagLev Gets Go Ahead · · Score: 0

    Oil will run out before coal. Construction will ramp up when flying becomes less affordable.

  6. Re:openness on Clinton Calls For "Ground Rules" Protecting Internet · · Score: 0

    By legal definition, of course. And in a court of law all circumstances are considered. But when it comes to the media, he might as well have picked her up of the street, gagged her and had his way. They had sex the night before... my point is that it doesn't deserve an umbrella label, not that he shouldn't be prosecuted.

  7. Re:openness on Clinton Calls For "Ground Rules" Protecting Internet · · Score: 0

    I do recall reading claims that in one of the cases, the morning after he slid his johnson back in while she was asleep, and when she asked if he was wearing a condom he replied "I'm wearing you". Doesn't quite fit the rape label but if they're legitimate claims I wouldn't really call that "willingly".

  8. Nom nom nom on Google Hiring Android Devs To Close the 'Apps Gap' · · Score: 0

    The thought of multithreading without blocks and GCD... ack, gross.

  9. Re:PHFT! Nothing new! on Sharks Seen Swimming Down Australian Streets · · Score: 0

    It'll never happen, we're borrowing $250 million a week from other countries. We're on the way to become the Ireland of the south pacific- we're just doing it a week at a time.

    Just give in and become an Australian state already.

  10. Re:And then what? on Cheaters Exposed Analyzing Statistical Anomalies · · Score: 0

    They did say since the program started in 2006... so that implies if they caught 100 people in its first year they caught 30 in its fourth. However, I'm sure the algorithms have changed over time to reduce false positives and now the students know what they're up against so the cheating methods will change as well. The statistic probably isn't made up, but it's completely unreliable.

  11. Re:My Location on Google Declines To Turn Over Harvested Wi-Fi Data · · Score: 0

    So then what did they collect that's causing such controversy?

  12. My Location on Google Declines To Turn Over Harvested Wi-Fi Data · · Score: 0

    Has anyone else noticed that "My Location" -- the service which allows Google Maps to find your location without GPS by analysing the MAC addresses of the wifi routers around you -- suddenly appeared at around the same time this "accidental" data collection ended up in the news? If the data wasn't harvested for My Location, then where the hell did they get a billion WiFi MAC-address-to-lat-long translations from?

  13. Congratulations Nokia, you accomplished nothing. on Nokia Builds a Touchscreen Display Made of Ice · · Score: -1, Troll

    Projector-based touch surfaces have existed for years. All Nokia have done is, rather than using the conventional surface material (glass with a matte finish), they've made a few blocks of ice to use instead and played with a few thresholds. Sounds to me like an attempt to sound edgy to the masses when really they're way behind.

  14. Re:Um.. on PS3 Jailbreaks Galore Released · · Score: 1

    What I find most concerning is that I'm actually going to take note of this advice...

  15. Fail... on Microsoft Patents OS Shutdown · · Score: 1

    "Well, it's a bit more complicated than that, because you need to ask the user if they really want to shut down and if unsaved documents should be saved." .................. No, the OS notifies the applications that they're about to be killed, and they take care of prompting and user interaction. The only difference is whether the OS decides to force KILL or not if the app doesn't close.

  16. Re:You got to wonder sometimes on Australian Buyers Say They Were Told "No iPad Without Accessories" · · Score: 4, Informative

    You might want to actually read the forum it references. This was not Apple. This was a regional manager of JB Hi-Fi.

  17. Smarter on Does the Internet Make Humanity Smarter Or Dumber? · · Score: 1

    We go to school to learn how to think. They teach us discourses in English to show us that things may not be what they appear on the surface. Subjects like math and science show us that some of the things beyond our comprehension, previously attributed to God, can be explained through logic. Until you understand how our current knowledge was derived, it is difficult to analyse it in perspective and build on it. The internet is just an extension of this, the same way books are. Consequently, I strongly believe that it is making us smarter.

  18. Hmmmm on Exam Board Deletes C and PHP From CompSci A-Levels · · Score: 1

    This is a triumph. C will never die, but the more they keep grubby young hands away, the more C programmers will be worth.