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  1. Re:Two words... on Like a Redstone Cowboy · · Score: 1

    This is usually above a little "drive, passion and concentration". These people are designing 3D Printers and CPU's inside a GAME using basic logic built in, that wasn't really planned for anything else than closing and opening doors.

    You go build a 16-bit CPU, and see how you feel when everyone says "nothing special, move along". You WILL feel pride for your project, and you will be saddened when no one shares that pride.
    And when those first videos popped up, the CPU being one of the earliest, there was no guide or any documentation n how to do it. They used regular information from the real world, and translated that to the game's built in logic.
    So stop bing such a tool and appreciate what these people have done with their minds.

  2. Re:Tablet Battery Life? on Amazon's Android Tablet Expected This Fall · · Score: 1

    It's more than just "less eye-strainy than the iPad". I'm fairly sure it is almost impossible to get eye strain on the Kindles e-ink screen. It gives off no light or anything different than a piece of paper. Though you probably could get eye strain if the font is too small or something similar, but that is user adjustable.

    Battery life is crazy on the Kindle. I'll typically go a month before needing to charge it, maybe 2-3 weeks if I have WiFi on and I go to the web browser to check something.

    Comparisons between the Kindle and any tablet are null since the Kindle is meant to be a dedicated reading device with some bare-bones extra features, like web browser or basic music playback.

  3. Re:So China has samples of the stealth skin? on Pakistan Lets China View US Stealth Technology · · Score: 1

    That helicopter must have been carrying the joke as it whooshed past your head.

  4. Re:I say buy all of them on Star Wars Coins Issued By Pacific Island Nation · · Score: 2

    Read the grandparent. There is this lovely little thing called "context".

  5. Re:Best idea on 8 Ways To Circumvent the PROTECT-IP Act · · Score: 1

    Why did you give the person OUTSIDE of America the stereotypical redneck-american accent?

  6. Re:For some people it might make sense... but on Do Two-Screen Laptops Make Sense? · · Score: 1

    That's exactly what this is, except you don't need any additional cables or cases for the second monitor. Woo!

  7. Re:10 pounds on Do Two-Screen Laptops Make Sense? · · Score: 1

    It's not that much. My current "Desktop Replacement" laptop is a 10lbs, 18.4" beasty. It can be a pain to lug around, but the screen real estate is worth it. If I could have double the useable screen space for about the same weight/form factor, I would definitely go for it.

  8. Yeah, that seems fair. on NH Man Arrested For Videotaping Police.. Again · · Score: 1

    Pick up that can, citizen.

  9. Alright... on Anonymous Creates Its Own Social Network · · Score: 1

    ... all we need to register you is: Your name, address, parent's name, pet's name, birth weight, DNA sample (hair or saliva), and $29.95 for the cranial implant. We can also import information from your MySpace or Facebook. Welcome to Anon+.

  10. Re:New Kindle.. we'll see on Amazon Plans iPad Competitor (and 2 New Kindles) · · Score: 1

    EPUB is understandable, but software like Calibre can easily convert it to MOBI. SD Card is moot. The Kindle now comes with 4GB of memory. Few books are bigger then a few hundred kb, and you should use something else for music.

  11. Not until... on PayPal Predicts the End of the Wallet By 2015 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    ... they are certified as a bank, and are required to offer the same protections and liabilities as one. I've never had problems with PayPal, but I've heard horror stories of lost money and account freezes with no real hope on recovering what you lost.

  12. Re:About Al on Franken Bill Would Protect Consumers Location Data · · Score: 2

    Y means Yea.? I would have thought it meant Year. Interesting.

  13. Why? on White iPhone 4 Coming Today · · Score: 2

    Why is this even a news story? I understand Apple products tend to get a lot of attention when being released, but come on. This is a colour alteration, not a brand new phone. We don't see every Android phone get an article, and those are at least different from each other. Is page views really all Slashdot cares about?

  14. Re:Wait a minute... on Pandora App Sends Private Data To Advertisers · · Score: 1

    Any app that uses internet could find out where you are by your ip address. I think the bigger issue is that when installing an app and the user is told what permissions the app is asking for, they probably don't know what half those permissions could correspond too. It's very much like an EULA. They need to be more detailed, explicitly saying that they are using the permissions to access certain files, the fies should then be listed, and clicking on them gives them a description of that file. When a user sees that an app is asking for all the things this Pandora app was looking for, a think a lot of people will decide against installing it. Also, you should be able to decide which permissions it gets. The ones you deny should just get blank data sent to the app. E.g. name/age/male should something like john doe/100/male, or GPS data should always be Google's HQ.

  15. Re:Trademark confusion on Takedown Letters For WP7 Tetris Clones · · Score: 1

    If you can't be original, don't make the game. It is that simple.

  16. Re:What's the Catch? on Egypt Cuts the Net, Net Fights Back · · Score: 1

    Maybe France sympathizes with the Egyptians. They are familiar with a revolution.

  17. Wait for Honeycomb on When Should I Buy an Android Tablet? · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Wait for tablets that tout Android 3.0 Honeycomb as that version is geared towards proper tablet support. The tablets out now are hack jobs to be able to run the older versions of Android, such as faking accelerometers and other hardware Android specifies.

  18. Re:what the gay? on Scotland Yard Has Been After Anonymous For Months · · Score: 1

    I thought it was common knowledge that Scotland Yard was NOT in Scotland. It's in London.

  19. Re:Get rid of all these stupid useless keys on Chrome Does Have a Caps-Lock Key After All · · Score: 1

    If they are older keyboards. then all they would have to do is remove the unnecessary keys and place plastic cards over the mechanisms so they can't be pushed. Problem solved.

  20. Re:fa6o8z on Google's New Meta-Tags For News Story Authors · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Maybe you should check the link your trolling with still works before you use it.

  21. Re:Protection from copyright infringement? on P2P Litigation Crippled In DC District Court Ruling · · Score: 1

    I'm not sure how the monitoring of use or how the protocol works, but the fact that you are already connected to another peer and that they are uploading to you means they could probably get your IP from the list of leechers.

  22. That's no bubble on Massive Gamma Ray Bubbles Discovered In Milky Way · · Score: 3, Funny

    It's a space station.

  23. Star Trek on Construction On Spaceship Factory Set To Begin In the Mojave · · Score: 1

    I just pictured the ship yards from Star Trek and then I squealed a little to loud and woke up the dog.

  24. Skinsuit eh? on Skin-Tight Bodysuits Could Protect Astronauts From Bone Loss · · Score: 3, Funny

    |Well then let's hope they start picking some sexier astronauts.

  25. Re:good on Microsoft Is a Dying Consumer Brand · · Score: 1

    No, apparently you're alone with a marketing book from the 90's.