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  1. Re:another try at the paperless office on British Govt Debates Swapping Printers For iPads · · Score: 1

    I dread to think of the makework that they'll have all those freed government employees doing in order to keep government rolls at current levels of employment and how much extra work it'll mean for anyone having to interact with that bureaucracy.

    Someone's going to have to constantly train and re-train the users on how to turn the device on, where their documents are located, how to save, how to tie their shoes...

  2. Wasted money on Maine School District Gives iPad To Every Kindergartner · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Meanwhile, I'm still having to supply basic community-use classroom materials that the school should be supplying (kleenex, hand sanitizer, paper towels, etc.).

  3. Re:Hey Speeedy, you want to go chase the pussy cat on Anonymous Kills Websites, Cartels Kill Bloggers · · Score: 1

    Common wheres Taco bell going to get its ingredients from ? .... talking of mexican try hard cartels with no substance .... I though food was a drug these days ? .... anonymous to what ?

    LOL WUT

  4. Re:Too big on US House 'Creator' of TSA Wants To Kill It · · Score: 1

    with the original creator of the TSA and pretty much every sane person opposed to it, that should be possible

    And yet, it will never happen.

  5. Too big on US House 'Creator' of TSA Wants To Kill It · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The TSA is a bureaucratic monster that has grown to big to dismantle (or indeed, even control anymore). It's already starting to branch out into areas that are far beyond its mandate, all in the name of "security", of course. We'll always have that little bogeyman.

  6. Barracuda Networks on Ask Slashdot: Network Backup Solution Out of the Box? · · Score: 1

    Barracuda has a Disk-to-Disk-to-Cloud backup server. They recently introduced a new feature that allows you to use a second Barracuda at a remote site instead of their cloud services. The network backup sends deltas instead of the entire backup set. It's not free (or cheap), but it will do exactly what you want.

  7. Time to Usable on Windows 8 To Feature 'Fast Startup Mode' · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Can we start talking about "Time to a Usable Desktop"? My laptop boots to a login prompt in 15 seconds, but after login it's another 2-5 minutes before it's done thrashing the hard drive. There are precious few (useful) tools available to track down everything the system is doing, and even fewer to help you improve the situation.

  8. Re:Two questions: on $5M In Torrented Files Presented As Art · · Score: 2

    First, so the harddrive does not contain files, it contains one file with links to torrent files?

    Second, THAT'S ART?!

    It provoked an emotional response in you and it caused you to talk about it with other people. I'd say that classifies it as art. Maybe not GOOD art, but art nonetheless.

  9. Re:After taking the picture... on Satellite Captures Burning Man From Space · · Score: 1

    They're still working on smelloscope technology.

  10. Re:Ah wonderful on BMW Working On Laser Headlamps · · Score: 1

    So, you didn't even read the summary, much less the article?

  11. Re:Password protected CSV? on There's Been a Leak At WikiLeaks · · Score: 0

    "Pedo mellon a minno"

  12. Re:WTF IS THIS ADVERTISEMENT ARTICLE BULLSHIT? on VMware vSphere 5 Released · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I didn't see this kind of rage when the new Linux kernel release hit the front page of Slashdot on Sunday. How about when the Fedora 16 release was announced on Tuesday? Or when KDE Frameworks 5.0 development was announced? Must be tough to be so focused on only what matters to YOU and not what might be of interest to anyone else.

  13. Re:No really new news ... on Was This the Phishing E-mail That Took Down RSA? · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I wouldn't necessarily say it was something "really dumb". It looked like a legitimate e-mail from a legitimate contact, exploiting a zero-day flaw in a system. From a user standpoint, I'm not sure they could have done anything different to avoid getting infected. Users still have to get their work done. Your average user can't spend twenty minutes researching every attachment to make sure it doesn't have a zero-day attack in it.

    That said, could RSA as an organization have done anything different to prevent this? Of course they could have, starting with not running an OS that's two major revisions out of date (let's not get into a Windows vs. *nix discussion here). But let's not put all the blame on the user for this.

  14. Wake up voice on P2P Alarm Clock Service · · Score: 1

    The service allows you to choose whether you want to be called by a male or a female stranger, and it has a robot – CallO'Bot – lined up in case no one is available at the time you have to wake up.

    So, in other words, your choice is a male or a bot?

  15. Re:He just used more solar cells on 13-Year-Old Uses Fibonacci Sequence For Solar Power Breakthrough · · Score: 4, Insightful

    You can't see the back side of the flat array. I bet there's another ten on the other side. I also think there are probably 20 on the tree, not 18. I can't see the whole tree clearly enough to get an accurate count. It seems to me that a young man smart enough to work out a design like this would not overlook something so simple as the number of cells in use during his experiment and I'm willing to give him the benefit of the doubt when the only proof against him is a single incomplete photo.

  16. Re:WHAT!?!?!?! on Coming Soon, Shorter Video Games · · Score: 2

    So I can spend 50 -60$ on a 20 hour game? Yeah, that's EXACTLY what I'm after. Sounds like a good way to keep development costs low and reap in more profit. I call bullsh*t on this.

    +1

    I don't mind a shorter game, but I better see a lower price tag as well.

  17. I wonder when we'll have enough? on Cop Seeks Wiretapping Charges For Woman Who Videotaped Beating · · Score: 1

    Seems like no matter how many injustices we hear like this, we never to anything to put a stop to it. He'll be back on the job and busting heads again in no time. And we'll let him.

  18. Directional antenna on Ask Slashdot: Overcoming Convention Hall Wi-Fi Interference? · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Why not simply use a narrow-field directional antenna for your demo? If you're just feet away from it, it seems unlikely that other nearby networks would be strong enough to drown out the signal.

  19. Supermarket? on Australian ALDIs Sell Conficker-Infected Hard Drives · · Score: 1

    We're just going to gloss over the fact that a grocery store is selling hard drives (and that people actually go there to buy them)? I'm the only one to comment on that?

    Is ALDI different in Australia than it is here? I have to assume it's more like a department store (similar to Walmart) than just a grocery store.

  20. Re:It's not really "unseen" on 35% Consumers Want iPhone 5... Sight Unseen · · Score: 2

    They're probably people like me who own the 3gs (or older), still had time too much time on their plans (or who thought the 4 didn't quite justify an upgrade), and believe the next one is likely a good time to step up.

    I'm out of my current plan and my next one will be either an Android or an iPhone. For a variety of well-considered reasons, I'm leaning towards an iPhone, but I know how the markets work for Apple products and accessories. I'd just as soon wait two months for the next rev to come out before I switch.

  21. Re:Wanted to like WebOS on Android User Spends 60 Days In WebOS Land · · Score: 1

    I really really wanted to try out a WebOS phone. It's Linux, you can get root without cracking or jailbreaking, there are development tools for Linux, the form factor is nice.
    BUT to use one you HAVE to have a data plan through your cell phone provider. I do not have a data plan. I get wireless for my N900 for free at home, work, the church, the pool, my favorite restaurant, starbucks, the library, my friend's homes, etc.
    On top of that HP strongly recommends that you get an unlimited data plan because WebOS chews so much data. Great, especially now that providers are dropping their unlimited plans.
    Oh well. My next plan is to offer someone an absurd amount of money for a N950.

    I had a Pre almost since they came out and I really really wanted to love it as well. WebOS is fantastic. The hardware, however, is complete garbage. Palm (and the HP) continued to string us along with promises of API releases for camera and microphone access, as well as Flash. Promises that never materialized. It lagged farther and farther behind as it continued to lack, in features, things that everyone else had for months or longer. They had an opportunity to make a good dent in the smartphone market but they completely blew their opportunity.

  22. What if on Hotmail To Ban Common Passwords · · Score: 0

    What if you really love cats?

  23. Re:Only banned during last hours before polls on Facebook/Twitter Banned In Thailand For Election · · Score: 1, Troll

    So, since it's only a little bit of government censorship, it's OK? How much until it's not OK anymore?

  24. Re:No paralegal? on RightHaven Lawyer Says Browser Ate His Homework · · Score: 1

    I think he worked for many hours on the document and tried to perfect it at the last minute when he got the surprise. The CM/ECF software is the only way a court will accept the document and this guy got screwed. My hunch is he had Windows update put IE to 9 and listing to us geeks he always says yes to auto updates.

    It's NOT IE9's fault. It's HIS fault for not leaving himself adequate time to deal with technical problems.

  25. No paralegal? on RightHaven Lawyer Says Browser Ate His Homework · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Are you kidding me? Mr Big Shot lawyer is the ONLY ONE in his law firm with a computer? He doesn't have a single para working for him that knows how to work a web browser and can submit it for him? No partners who can submit (or at least lend him their computer)? I am 100% on the side of the MBA commenters in this thread. If you can't get it in on time, IT'S YOUR DAMN FAULT. FIND A WAY TO DO IT. Mail it, fax it, sneaker-net it, just get it in. "My browser ate it" is a lame-ass excuse and his censure should be doubled as a result of shoveling that plateful of crap at the court. He had two weeks to submit it and he waited until the last second before trying. His excuse is 100% pure weapons-grade bolognium.