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  1. Re:Why on Greg KH Leaves SUSE For Linux Foundation · · Score: 5, Informative

    Novell purchased the SUSE brand/trademark in 03. Novell has since been purchased by Attachmate.

  2. Re:Type II Diabetes on Gut Bacteria Can Control Diabetes · · Score: 1

    So letting your sibling kill herself quicker is nicer than having to stand up and tell her to manage her levels? Interesting. You and your sister both sound like quitters, "ehh, cant change for the better, so ill become complacent and tell myself im doing all that I can...".

    Her quality of life with blood sugars in the 600's is far worse than having to prick your fingers everyday and take some insulin. Boo-hoo, you have a disease that requires supervision for the rest of your life. Grow up and deal with it. I was diagnosed when I was 3. Do you think I liked getting stuck with needles and having my fingers poked for my blood sugar checks? No, but Ive had it for so long that its become second nature. I check my numbers, I take my insulin and I maintain a A1C of less than 6.5.

    As I said, your sister will live a much shorter life due to high blood sugars being very tough on internal organs. But it sounds like you are cool with that.

  3. Re:Facebook is waste of time! on Facebook Adds Ads To News Feed · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Negative Ghost Rider, this is the "me" generation.

    Everyone in the world needs to know about "me" all the time. What im doing, where im going, what im buying, what im watching, etc.

  4. Re:Kinect - Gathering In Junk Closets Everwhere on Kinect For Windows Releasing On February 1 · · Score: 1

    Please site evidence of every positive review being paid for.

  5. Re:Type II Diabetes on Gut Bacteria Can Control Diabetes · · Score: 1

    You might want to tell your sister with Type 1 goodbye, as she is significantly reducing her life span and her quality of life that she has left by letting her glucose levels run rampant like that.

    Ive had plenty of people think that after I tell them I'm a Diabetic they think that I cant have sugar, like its a poison of some type. After I explain than I am a Type 1 and what that means and how it differs from a Type 2, they are properly informed and will hopefully pass on that knowledge if ever needed again.

    Its my disease, not theirs. I'm not offended that they don't know the details of it, even at a high level. Then again, im a fairly private person that doesn't really care what people think of me. I left that crap behind long ago in high school. Some people on here are far too concerned that the general public doesn't know everything about their disease and are bent on changing that I guess.

    To each their own.

  6. Will it require a constant connection to Blizzard? on Diablo 3 Coming To Consoles · · Score: 2

    Will the console version need a Internet connection to play single player though? Or can offline play finally be achieved? If it can be played offline, I would be tempted to buy it for a console.

  7. Re:Type II Diabetes on Gut Bacteria Can Control Diabetes · · Score: 1

    I've been a Type 1 diabetic for almost 25 years now. I've never once taken offense or gotten frustrated when people unknowingly refer to Type 2 diabetes as "Diabetes". If anything, it opens the door on educating people on the differences as you have just done above. There are so many medical conditions with difference nuances and particularities these days that its not worth getting upset over the fact that an average person doesn't know the difference about a medical condition that you have.

  8. Re:I will never adopt 3D on Makers Keep Flogging 3D TV, Viewers Keep Shrugging · · Score: 1

    Har Har. Regular glasses are a requirement for many. 3D glasses are a gimmick to make a crappy product profitable.

  9. Re:Hmmmm . . . on Firefox 3.6 Support Ends April 2012 · · Score: 1

    More like FF9. FF4 was so 2011...literally.

  10. I will never adopt 3D on Makers Keep Flogging 3D TV, Viewers Keep Shrugging · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I hate having to wear glasses just to watch something. More so, it looks and feels like a gimmick.

  11. Re:3.5k was available for RAM in the Vic-20 on Looking Back At the Commodore 64 · · Score: 1

    Speaking of little RAM, this reminds me of my Mattel Aquarius that I still have. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mattel_Aquarius

    4K of RAM and Microsoft BASIC. Good times.

  12. Re:Is No One Excited? on FreeDOS 1.1 Released · · Score: 2

    I have OS/2 Warp 4 running in a VM right now...why? So I can make this statement as needed.

  13. Re:Fun / Not fun on Google Engineer Builds Ultimate LAN Party House · · Score: 1

    Interesting, my wife is all three. Stereotypes aren't true for everyone, but darn if they aren't fun to bitch about on the Internet.

  14. Re:Having run a gaming room at a convention... on Google Engineer Builds Ultimate LAN Party House · · Score: 1

    or POO or ASS or...

  15. Re:Can you screw me now? on Verizon Considering Purchase of Netflix · · Score: 1

    9.99 to 15.98 is doubled? hmmm...

  16. Hardware always seems to be ahead of software on Why Android Upgrades Take So Long · · Score: 1

    Reminds me of the original A64 procs from AMD. "Hey we have the first x64 procs for desktops" Great, no software will be able to take advantage of it for the next 3-5 years.

  17. Re:Can't someone sue the carriers? on Android Dev Demonstrates CarrierIQ Phone Logging Software On Video · · Score: 2

    Rooting the phone is the biggest part of the battle. If you can root your phone, a custom ROM is mere seconds away. It was ridiculously easy to install Cyanogenmod on my Evo Shift and I will never go back to Sprint's factory ROM.

  18. Re:Why Android? on Dual-Core Android PC Now Comes On a USB Stick · · Score: 3, Informative

    Though the current prototype runs Android 2.3, Borgar told us that the ARM-based hardware can run Ubuntu Linux currently and future versions should be able to run the ARM version of Windows 8.

    With Ubuntu installed, the Cotton Candy can even be turned into a mobile file or web server!

    RTFA next time.

  19. Re:Website /.ed on Dual-Core Android PC Now Comes On a USB Stick · · Score: 1

    I got into the site right has the story was posted, it was sluggish. You can still get into it, its just very slow now. Site hasn't totally crashed though.

  20. Ignore it... on Ask Slashdot: Best Tools To Aid When "On Call"? · · Score: 2

    In all honesty, I set the on-call phone to vibrate and goto bed. Problems can wait till 7 AM. Does this work for everybody? No.

  21. Re:Excess ports on Via Launches a New Mini-ITX System · · Score: 1

    Our brand new Dell Optiplex 790's have PS/2 ports on them...I don't get it. The last model that we used that had PS/2 ports were the Optiplex GX270's *shudder*. From the GX280 to the Optiplex 755, none of those had PS/2 then out of the blue, PS/2 ports on the 790's. These are all SFF chassis. We just laughed and shook our heads when I pulled the first one out of the box.

  22. Re:I already have the patent on Military Labs Develop Caffeinated Jerky and "Zapplesauce" · · Score: 1

    Macho Man is that you?

  23. Re:That seems like a poor choice... on Military Labs Develop Caffeinated Jerky and "Zapplesauce" · · Score: 1

    I'm glad they're not using servicemen as guinea pigs in the process

    Gulf War Veterans might say otherwise...

  24. Re:We're doomed on Hacked MIT Server Used To Stage Attacks · · Score: 1

    Windows Me it is then.

  25. Re:Ron Paul should give away his money on Ron Paul Wants To End the Federal Student Loan Program · · Score: 1

    My local banks/credit unions all have student loan programs. Again, why is it necessary that the government pays for someone to go to college?