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  1. Re:Doubtful on USB 3.0 100W Power Standard Seeks To End Proprietary Chargers · · Score: 1

    I personally hope apple doesn't change to a USB charger for their laptops. The magnet based cords have prevented a number of accidental laptop floor crashes.

  2. Time for a new king of the Hill. on Google Wants You to Use Your Real Name on YouTube · · Score: 1

    Well, too bad google's turning to shit, who wants to start something new?

  3. Re:once again, it's the parents, stupid on Obama Wants $1 Billion For "Master Teachers Corps" · · Score: 2

    Yeah, that's kind of hard for the parents who don't understand things themselves. There are lots of adults who don't understand algebra, yet their kids are in algebra class and need help. Therefore it's up to the teacher to pick up the slack.

  4. Re:Well that's wrong... on Judge Rules iDevice Speaker Docks Don't Infringe On Bose Patent · · Score: 1

    agreed. Even the iPod classic had the ability to play video games on it. I use to play tetris on it regularly when commuting to work (via train).

  5. Axis of Awsome already figured out the formula. on Chords To 1300 Songs Analyzed Statistically For Patterns · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Don't need no computer analysis for that.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pidokakU4I

  6. What's he going to call it? on Oracle's Ellison Vows "Most Comprehensive Cloud On Earth" · · Score: 4, Funny

    The "rain cloud"?

  7. Skype enabled TV on Ask Slashdot: Skype Setup For Toddler's Room? · · Score: 3, Informative

    Get a TV Then go here.

    http://www.skype.com/intl/en-us/get-skype/on-your-tv/

    Look it's 2012!

  8. Re:Hell yeah! on Photographers, You're Being Replaced By Software · · Score: 0

    If only my moderator points didn't expire yesterday. +1 Funny

  9. Re:Generally, when prescription drugs.... on FDA May Let Patients Buy More Drugs Without Prescriptions · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Right, but the difference between becoming 100% over the counter and what is being suggested is that they are still prescription drugs, you are just prescribing them to yourself by answering a list of questions. Making it so a person like me who has been sucking on the same albuterol inhaler for 20 years doesn't have to go to the doctor every time it's time for a refill, which is usually every couple months. Or for a refill on the Advair dry inhaler which is EVERY month. For something that hasn't changed in years, I see no reason why the doctor still needs a cut. It would also make it easier for asthmatics who run out of meds during the weekend. Do you know how long it takes to get the doctor on call to return your call? It's faster to go to the ER which I have done for just that reason. Helping increase our healthcare costs. I am all for this.

  10. Re:Watts aren't a unit of energy. on Power-Saving Web Pages: Real Or Myth? · · Score: 1

    Funny I spent 4 years in a vocational highschool and this is what we were taught, guess my teacher who worked on apollo project is dumb eh?

  11. Re:Watts aren't a unit of energy. on Power-Saving Web Pages: Real Or Myth? · · Score: -1

    Watts are calculated using Voltage and Amps therefore it is a unit of energy.

    Voltage mutiplied by current in Amps equals Watts.

    If it weren't a unit of energy why on earth is that how people for the last 100 years have chosen their lightbulbs when they want to save "energy".

  12. Re:Debit cards == crap. on Surviving the Cashless Cataclysm · · Score: 1

    Actually, you're wrong. Because I had 2 checking accounts and my savings account. The debit card was attached to 1 account, which I only kept pocket money in, the rest of my money was either in the account that I paid my bills out of or in my savings account. If I needed to make a big purchase I would transfer the money in an hour before, or I'd open my iPhone and transfer it at the time of purchase. So the risk was not nearly as great as you say it is/was.

  13. Debit Card = Cashless. on Surviving the Cashless Cataclysm · · Score: 2

    When I lived in he US, I rarely carried cash. I used a debit card for 90% of my purchases, including food purchases. I saw no point on carrying anything but a $20 on me for the random times a place I frequented didn't have a mag strip reader for my card.

  14. distractions are bad on Ask Slashdot: What Are Your Tips For Working From Home? · · Score: 1

    If you cna have a home office, with no TV or distractions, as you'll get nothing done. Also if you're wire/significant other has a job, keep the same work hours as to not b disturbed when you need to get work done.

  15. Re:Where is the things we need? on NASA Rocket Barrage Will Light Up Mid-Atlantic Coast · · Score: 0

    i doubt japan will have a fully capable elevator this year. They are working on it but everything I've read says they are a decade away from it.

  16. Re:What, no cable? on World's Tallest Free-Standing Broadcast Tower Completed · · Score: 2

    Most people in Japan don't have cable. They have satellite with an antenna for local broadcast channels. We only have an antenna because the only channels my father-in-law watches are available for free that way. I don't want TV often enough to warrant the cost of cable/satellite, so why pay the extra?

  17. Re:Prioritize... on Ask Slashdot: Tech-Related Summer Camps For Teenagers? · · Score: 2

    I actually kind of have to agree. You've stated you know a bunch of programming language already, which tells me that you really don't need "camp" to help you learn something that a book will. If you are being forced to choose a camp to go to by the paternal units, do something different.

  18. Re:Smaller sized adults? on Face-Scanning Vending Machine Denies Children Access To Pudding · · Score: 2

    In the US this would fall under handicap discrimination laws. They don't need a specific law. Everything must be accessible to people with disabilities.

  19. Re:Smaller sized adults? on Face-Scanning Vending Machine Denies Children Access To Pudding · · Score: 1

    not all of them.

  20. Smaller sized adults? on Face-Scanning Vending Machine Denies Children Access To Pudding · · Score: 4, Interesting

    So what about a person who has a growth problem and doesn't grow any bigger than the size of a 10yr old. This is a law suit waiting to happen.

  21. Re:Here let me fix that for you. on iPhone 4 Prototype Finder Gets Probation · · Score: 2

    As someone who lives in Japan, that doesn't surprise me one bit. MOST Japanese people are extremely honest, they may borrom your umbrella from the stand at the convenience store if it's pouring out but they'll return it on the next day.

  22. Re:*yawn* on Oracle's Ambitious Plan For Client-Side Java · · Score: 0, Troll

    So when you moving out of your parent's basement?

  23. *yawn* on Oracle's Ambitious Plan For Client-Side Java · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    I stopped caring about Java in 2002, I still don't care about it, and will care even less tomorrow.

  24. Re:Punished before found guilty? on Irish Judge Orders 13-Year-Old To Surrender Xbox · · Score: 1

    > Being that he steals.

    So you've already convicted him. You should be proud of yourself. How do you know he doesn't have part time work?

    I never said I wanted to let him off. I want him to get a fair trial, and be presumed innocent until he's found guilty, unlike you who's ready to throw him under the bus. [sarcasm]We need a lot more people like you. That'd make this place worth living in.[/sarcasm] I hope you get busted for something you didn't do (not that I have assumed him innocent) and then get similar treatment. Then maybe just MAYBE you'd fucking understand what i'm saying.

  25. Re:Accused but not yet convicted on Irish Judge Orders 13-Year-Old To Surrender Xbox · · Score: 0

    How do you know the kid wouldn't have had enough money. Bail for a first time offender here is $25US (well last time I had to pay it). Any kid with a paper route could get that.