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  1. Speed and cost on Do Kiosks and IVRs Threaten Human Interaction? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I just want to check-in faster. I don't care if it's with a person or a kiosk. And if you charge me to talk to a real human, I'll use the machine.

  2. Re:Not as strange as it sounds on State Rep. Says Biking Is Not Earth Friendly Because Breathing Produces CO2 · · Score: 5, Funny

    This post has merit and should feel good about itself

  3. Re:Just hold on a minute there, cowboy. on The Next Revolution In Medicine: Genome Scans For Everyone · · Score: 1

    It will probably be something more along the lines of medical companies using it for data collection and risk assessment. Actuaries formulating rates and risk assessment would kill for this information

  4. Re:"In-browser popups?" on What a 'Six Strikes' Copyright Notice Looks Like · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I imagine it's through using their DNS

  5. Sigh on LG Not Working On Windows Phone 8 Devices · · Score: 2

    I like my Quantum, but it is aging. Unfortunately, there is a severe shortage of mid range or highend phones with physical slideout keyboards. I guess this means no Quantum 2

  6. Re:Apple and Yahoo don't have the right jobs on Why Working Remotely Needs To Make a Comeback · · Score: 1

    Exactly. They benefit because you're cheaper(ancillary things like facilities), you benefit because you get to work in your undies and save on everything that goes with a commute. Win win that most people don't voluntarily give up.

  7. Apple and Yahoo don't have the right jobs on Why Working Remotely Needs To Make a Comeback · · Score: 2

    I've worked for 3 massive software companies that hire 10s of thousands directly or contractually, and they all have allowed remote workers for about 15 years. It doesn't matter if Apple and Yahoo don't, many companies that hire more in roles that allow you to work remotely(application development, support, implementation, training, marketing, etc) do allow the practices.

    Apple wants to look cool with its giant campus and onsite amenities because it's fostering an image of oneness. It's also a company that people use as a stepping stool, like Google, Yahoo, SpaceX,etc. Your average company doesn't care and wants their employees to be happy enough to stay there for a while, and working from home is a huge benefit that fosters long term loyalty.

  8. Re:Why do freezers always seem to help recover dat on Unscrambling an Android Telephone With FROST · · Score: 1

    Again, no one here here claimed they came up with it. There is no "academic honesty" in play. Purely for demonstration purposes only. Do you fault the science teacher for demonstrating a concept he didn't come up with? Is that academic dishonesty? And that's ignoring the fact that the article that demonstrates it gives credit and links to the original study. Keep on keepin' on, AC

  9. Re:Why do freezers always seem to help recover dat on Unscrambling an Android Telephone With FROST · · Score: 3, Insightful

    He didn't claim they came up with a new hack. He said they demonstrated the concept. Words mean things.

  10. Re:Of course HBO are pirates on Software That Flagged HBO.com For Piracy Will Power U.S. 'Six Strikes' System · · Score: 2

    Not sure why Insightful rather than Funny.

  11. Re:fname.lname.incrementer on Ask Slashdot: Name Conflicts In Automatically Generated Email Addresses? · · Score: 1

    Yep. I know a good deal of larger public agencies that share their domain across tens of thousands of employees that are going this route(employee ID or badge number for public safety). Student IDs are no longer social security numbers, so there is very little from a security perspective to worry about.

  12. Re:US Metric System on Petition For Metric In US Halfway To Requiring Response From the White House · · Score: 1

    Why change something for the sake of change? That always works well, just ask Microsoft, Canonical, Apple, etc.

    Instead, why not let the scientific community continue to use metric for their measurements and let the plebes continue to use imperial for theirs. It works fine as is.

  13. Re:nuff said on Researcher Warns That Military Must Prepare For "Mutant" Future · · Score: 1

    An ethics professor at a polytechnic university discusses the ethics and consequences of supersoldier engineering. What's the problem?

  14. Re:Favorite Comic on Ask Slashdot: What Was Your Favorite Web Comic of 2012? · · Score: 1

    Nah, Spoderman is.

  15. Re:An Object Lesson For Web Site Designers on News Corp's The Daily iPad App Shutting Down On December 15 · · Score: 2, Insightful

    No, that is Fox News' target audience. Rupert Murdoch knows how to make money and he knows that putting all your eggs in one basket is an easy way to kill your business. Jason Whitlock, one of the most prominent and controversial columnists for Fox Sports, is decidedly anti-gun(as noted this weekend on national television) and decidedly a minority(might as well assuming you're going full derptard in your vitriol). That won't stop him from continuing to be one of the most prominent and controversial columnists for Fox Sports because people read his work and that makes money.

    You seem to think that News Corp/Murdoch cares about ideology. You would be wrong, unless you consider making money an ideology.

  16. Misread on Google Warns Against UN Net Conference · · Score: 3, Funny

    Read that as UUNet.. instantly brought back memories of hatred and despair for them ruining my Quake ping times

  17. Re:Hmmm .... on Thousands of Natural Gas Leaks Found In Boston · · Score: 1

    1-31-07
    Never forget

  18. Re:Does Boston really smell that bad? on Thousands of Natural Gas Leaks Found In Boston · · Score: 5, Funny

    That's like saying you're the smartest retard on the shortbus

  19. Re:When are people going to learn on Coffee and Intellectual Property · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Star Trek is fictional. Roddenberry made a shit ton of money off his intellectual property, which he fiercely guarded.

  20. Re:If only more companies acted on their thoughts on Valve: Linux Better Than Windows 8 for Gaming · · Score: 1

    I don't think the difference is Steam, I think the difference could be the rumored Steam gaming appliance, which I imagine will run their own customized Linux similar to what Sony did for PS2 Linux. That will count as "Linux adoption", but, realistically, it will be another semi-walled garden more akin to the Linux based Chrome OS than standard Linux distros.

  21. Re:I'm for fully switching as well. on Valve: Linux Better Than Windows 8 for Gaming · · Score: 2, Insightful

    7>XP. Sorry, AC Chief.

  22. Re:If only more companies acted on their thoughts on Valve: Linux Better Than Windows 8 for Gaming · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Because "better for games" doesn't mean "viable for games" or "good for games".

    My TI82 is better for games than my typewriter.

  23. Re:cause and effect on Hurricane Sandy Nears East Coast · · Score: 1

    Which is why I like living on the West Coast. There's no global warming equivalent for earthquakes. No herp in this derp. Thank Jesus.

  24. Re:disclaimers on Spammers Using Shortened .gov URLs · · Score: 1

    Some bulletin board/message board softwares have the option as well.

  25. Re:2*WTF on Spammers Using Shortened .gov URLs · · Score: 1

    Most link aggregators I know of use the same technique