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  1. Re:Microsoft is running out of milk cows on China Prefers Sticking With Dying Windows XP To Upgrading · · Score: 2

    My last mouse lasted 10 years. It was still working when I upgraded it for a r.a.t.7 which lasted a year :(

  2. Don't talk to the poilce on Anonymous Member Sentenced For Joining DDoS Attack For One Minute · · Score: 1

    "An law school professor and former criminal defense attorney tells you why you should never agree to be interviewed by the police. "
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wXkI4t7nuc

    It is an old clip and I've never been to sure about the UK use of this information regarding the Silence gives consent maxim of common law.

  3. Re:These people on Anonymous Member Sentenced For Joining DDoS Attack For One Minute · · Score: 1

    Are you making a sarcastic point about disproportionate punishment and there being no difference between vigilante and misrepresentation of 'IN the best interests of the people' regarding corporate corruption of the courts / private companies acting as courts?

  4. Loggin unknown people on Xbox One Released · · Score: 1

    So if you go around a friends house would their Xbone start logging your face and wanting you to make an account?
    Fuck that. I wonder how many criminal it will catch?

  5. Re:Booze Bus on Texas Drivers Stopped At Roadblock, Asked For Saliva, Blood · · Score: 5, Funny

    A school is an institution for educating children.

  6. Re:Why is it broken out of the box? on PlayStation 4 Released · · Score: 1

    that sounds convenient.

  7. Re:Assembly == SLOW ; JAVA == FAST! on MenuetOS, an OS Written Entirely In Assembly Language, Inches Towards 1.0 · · Score: 5, Funny

    These are the words you keep inside when you report to board level.

  8. Why are the surprised? on Astronomers Discover Largest Structure In the Universe · · Score: 3, Funny

    Space is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind- bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist's, but that's just peanuts to space.
    - Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

  9. Re:Sue them... on Could Slashdot (Or Other Private Entity) Sue a Spy Agency Like GCHQ Or NSA? · · Score: 5, Insightful

    if you're lucky. the other choice being ending up dead inside a padlocked suitcase which you locked yourself into. Your death will be an Accident!

  10. Re: O'rly? No wai! on Protect Your Android Phone By Killing All Its Crapware · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I agree. I've twice deleted the google+ accounts i didn't want,

    getting rid of an adwords account is even harder.

    1. Get a throwaway email address from gmail (or anywhere).
    2. Log into your personal account.
    3. Send invitation to the new email address.
    4. Log out completely from all Google properties.
    5. Click on the link in the email (the new address)
    6. Select "I already have an account" and continue.
    7. This adds the new address to your account.
    8. Log out
    9. Log back in with the old address.
    10. Confirm the addition and promote new user to admin
    11. Log out completely.
    12. Log in with the new address.
    13. Remove your old address from the account
    14. Log out completely
    15. Proceed to accept invitation to the new account. (Select "I already have an account")

    WFT!

  11. Re:O'rly? No wai! on Protect Your Android Phone By Killing All Its Crapware · · Score: 2

    It's the link bait update report. V important if you want to stay up-to-date with the latest link bait.

  12. Re:Jimmy Savile on Edward Snowden Leaks Could Help Paedophiles Escape Police, Says UK Government · · Score: 1

    mod points of +1 insightful if I had them!

  13. Re:So anonymous is celebrating on Anonymous Clashes With D.C. Police During Million Mask March · · Score: 1

    NOOOOOO! He is real, you take that back!

  14. Re:There really is no point on 4K Ultra HD Likely To Repeat the Failure of 3D Television · · Score: 2

    It is a shame people still feel the need to hide in the closest in this day and age.

  15. Re:Fix HD First on 4K Ultra HD Likely To Repeat the Failure of 3D Television · · Score: 1

    100% correct. The old CRTs and analogue gave a nicer image. Nothing worse than some lovely blue sky vista ruined by the 4 colours it bands and steps over the horizon.

  16. Re:Great on 4K Ultra HD Likely To Repeat the Failure of 3D Television · · Score: 1

    It's chicken and egg for the content Vs TV upgrade. Moving from a CRT to 1080p made sense 5-8 years ago. People will not want to throw away that expensive T.V. they just bought for many more years.
    Cable companies will have to upgrade or go out of business - just as ever.
    The huge amounts of data will be an issue; but not many people will buy the TVs right away. Also if you can buy high end kit you've got the cash to get better data into the house. Poor people get to wait their turn - as ever.
    4K Blu-rays are being made; but dead in the water as the downloads are the way to go. PCs get a sales boost as you have to update your rig to be able to drive that screen. Mmmmm more lovely tech.
    Lack of content is an issue.
    Waiting for the hdmi updates is an issue.
    Ps4s not being able to drive basic 4k games is a missed opportunity.

    The Oculus rift and Jeri Ellsworth's system for head mounted displays make 4k less interesting; but as always .... This isn't an investment. It's an expensive waste of money and fun!

  17. Re:There really is no point on 4K Ultra HD Likely To Repeat the Failure of 3D Television · · Score: 1

    Why are bigger screen insane and being closer impractical?

  18. Re:Good on First New Top-Level Domains Added To the Root Zone · · Score: 1

    No one should own any of the domains.

  19. Re:the point of diminishing returns? on Next-Gen GPU Progress Slowing As It Aims for 20 nm and Beyond · · Score: 1

    We are a long way off from real time photo realistic graphics. Think holo deck level or The Matrix. Add in the extra to create the fantasy worlds and you've got the maximum level.
    But I think most want the game play and story (pant shitting system shock 2) that has nothing to do with the level of graphics we can achieve.

  20. Re:Corrective lenses adaptation? on Improved Image Quality For HMDs Like Oculus Rift · · Score: 1

    Having a screen display your prescription so you don't have to wear lenses or glasses? Is that even possible?

  21. Re:If you've nothing to hide you've nothing to wor on David Cameron Wants the Guardian Investigated Over Snowden Files · · Score: 1

    To follow up this. could be the interview.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rk8NONpx7BE

  22. If you've nothing to hide you've nothing to worry on David Cameron Wants the Guardian Investigated Over Snowden Files · · Score: 5, Insightful

    National security and putting people in danger seems like a smoke screen at this point.

  23. Re: Piracy rationalizations in 3... 2... 1... on UK MPs: Google Blocks Child Abuse Images, It Should Block Piracy Too · · Score: 1

    The subtle point missed regarding mixed currencies is fines from the USA regarding copyright issues to other countries that have nothing to do with US law. That's why I switched those.
    No matter. The structure is real crimes when compared to downloading a file, tend to have a balance issue with sentencing.
    The joke was: a person downloading child porn on their computers getting arrested for copyright infringement rather than the childporn issue. The corporate over the humane angle.
    I know you didn't get any of that and may want to argue a point I'm not making; So take away the above as being the intention.

  24. Re:Make more Greenhouse Gas on Upper Limit On Emissions Likely To Be Exceeded Within Decades · · Score: 1

    :) promise?

  25. Make more Greenhouse Gas on Upper Limit On Emissions Likely To Be Exceeded Within Decades · · Score: 1

    All the people will die - The planet will get better and keep on going. Problem over.