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  1. Re:first April Fool post on Debian, OpenSUSE, Arch, Gentoo and Grml Merge · · Score: 1

    Achievements?

  2. Re:well, he might be right on MS Global Strategy Chief: Tablets Are a Fad · · Score: 1

    Need a resistive screen for stylus input unless they allow bluetooth peripheral pens

  3. Re:well, he might be right on MS Global Strategy Chief: Tablets Are a Fad · · Score: 1

    Because typing on it is a bitch? And my Eee gets about 8 hours already on Ubuntu

  4. well, he might be right on MS Global Strategy Chief: Tablets Are a Fad · · Score: 1

    Netbooks shot way up then crashed. Tablets? We'll see. The one thing that tablet has for it that the netbooks didn't is the iProduct base

  5. Re:The what now? on Saving the UK Games Industry · · Score: 1

    And Psygnosis is dead(effectively). And you didn't even show their best/most well-known games of the 90s(GPolice, Colony Wars, and the best racing game ever Wipeout XL). Very sad. One day I hope someone competent resurrects some of their great franchises.

    DMA Design(GTA) was also out of UK

  6. duh on Censorware Vendors Can Stop Mid-East Dealings · · Score: 5, Insightful

    As long as investors care more about quarterly profits than corporate ethics, this type of shit will never stop

  7. Re:If they own the copyright... on Ultima IV — EA Takedowns Precede Official Reboot · · Score: 1

    You probably can't force the work into the public domain, but the rest of the point stands and has been demonstrated in property law

  8. Re:Sounds like a headache on US Contemplating 'Vehicle Miles Traveled' Tax · · Score: 2

    Sure, but you have to tear everything down first. Put people out of their homes, businesses out of business. Essentially, you're asking for OCP to come in and tear down Cadillac Heights to build you Delta City. I saw that movie, it sucked.

  9. Re:Capitalism At Its Finest on Amazon Stymies Lendle E-book Lending Service · · Score: 1

    That's actually only the Nook Color, and Microsoft is suing because of Android, not because of anything B&N did in particular. The Nook E-Ink, which is a superior eReader than the Color(much like the Sony and Kindle E-Ink varieties), are not in this lawsuit because they do not run Android.

  10. Re:Capitalism At Its Finest on Amazon Stymies Lendle E-book Lending Service · · Score: 2

    Heres a few:
    1) People are more apt to support their own than others. This extends to cultural and socio-economic groups. A homogeneous culture benefits from this aspect of basic human behavior. With the small size of the population of Norway, the community aspect becomes more pronounced.
    2) A much smaller problem, but still a problem, comes from supporting people of many different ethnicities on a large scale. Medically(as Norway is used as a prime example for social medicine done right), the lack of diversity will assist in keeping costs down as there are a number of medical issues that have prevalence based on ancestry(like sickle-cell anemia). Not a major issue, but one that costs money regardless.

  11. Re:LOL at Grandpa Dunlap on My $200 Laptop Can Beat Your $500 Tablet · · Score: 1

    Poor? What does it have to do with poor? What does my laptop fail to do that a brand new tablet will do?

  12. Re:LOL at Grandpa Dunlap on My $200 Laptop Can Beat Your $500 Tablet · · Score: 2

    Why is it a dumbass point to bring up the battery swap? I just replaced my battery in my 7 year old Dell laptop yesterday. Still runs fine, still plays CSS, EVE, Rome: TW, and BF2 fine(which is more than any tablet in existence can say), but batteries cease to function over time/use. Instead of completely replacing it, a 50 dollar battery makes it portable again.

  13. Re:T-Mobile supports the iPhone on How the iPhone Led To the Sale of T-Mobile · · Score: 1

    Yes. My brother works for Apple and purchased an unlocked iPhone through them. He uses T-Mobile

  14. Re:Capitalism At Its Finest on Amazon Stymies Lendle E-book Lending Service · · Score: 2

    Sure, but your socialistic policies and programs work much more smoothly and efficiently because you also have severely restricted immigration, a 90+% homogeneous population, and less people in your country than the Los Angeles metro area. Kinda easy to make blanket statements when your total immigrant population is half a million people across the entire country.

  15. Re:Capitalism At Its Finest on Amazon Stymies Lendle E-book Lending Service · · Score: 1

    Conversely, instead of this stupidass rant, you could just get a Nook and not have these ridiculous restrictions that Amazon has for book lending. Because, you know, choice.

  16. Re:Irrelevant. 99 cent iPad games killed the 3DS on Nintendo 3DS Battery Is Quick To Die and Slow To Charge · · Score: 1

    That's the biggest problem, and probably where the PSP shines the most against the DS, where the target genre is similar to touch devices.

  17. Meh on Nintendo 3DS Battery Is Quick To Die and Slow To Charge · · Score: 1

    Doesn't really bother me, but I'm not getting one anyways. My son might. Either way, more juice than my PSP(which I don't mind) or my laptop.

  18. Re:Why don't they go to Tachi Station? on Legacy From the 1800s Leaves Tokyo In the Dark · · Score: 2

    Actually we're both wrong. It's Tosche

  19. Why don't they go to Tachi Station? on Legacy From the 1800s Leaves Tokyo In the Dark · · Score: 5, Funny

    Tachi Station sells power converters.

  20. Re:Lets face it on Potentially Great Sci-fi Films Still Due In 2011 · · Score: 1

    Why Predator? First, what's wrong with it as a "solid science" movie? Second, Predator is as good as Aliens. Very similar movies, very similar premises, very different creatures and cast, and very awesome. You get suspense, action, etc without the tongue in cheek Arnold of earlier films(particularly Commando) and the "I'm trying to be funny" Arnold of later films(starting with Red Heat and Twins, but Twins was great). No horrible CGI, awesome creature effects, memorable characters, etc.

  21. The science of liquid bread? on The Science of Stout Beer · · Score: 1

    The science of liquid bread?

    Get me a pilsner, please. It goes well with this pudding.

  22. Re:Microsoft has been changing on Microsoft Reportedly Ends Zune Hardware Development · · Score: 1

    Just get a Sansa Clip+/Fuze, or a View if you need to see video. Cheap and replaceable. My Cowon was great, but the processor was sluggish for higher quality oggs, and it died within a year(port went bad, wouldn't recognize being plugged in).

  23. Re:The Net on Ask Slashdot: Worst Computer Scene In TV or Movies? · · Score: 1

    Watch out for those pi's

  24. Re:WarGames on Ask Slashdot: Worst Computer Scene In TV or Movies? · · Score: 1

    Hackers also used social engineering significantly

  25. Re:Hackers... on Ask Slashdot: Worst Computer Scene In TV or Movies? · · Score: 0

    Gibson is a reference to William Gibson