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  1. Re:An obvious hired shill on Japanese Man Already Lined Up To Buy iPhone 6 · · Score: 1

    My wife once told me not to get her anything for Valentine's day... so I didn't (I'm an engineer). Don't ever do that.

  2. Re:Does anybody believe Aereo? on Supreme Court To Hear Aereo Case · · Score: 1

    If Aereo isn't actually using one antenna per customer, then they're broadcasting and they'll lose any fight they have. They have absolutely no incentive not to have one antenna per customer. If you can prove otherwise, I'm sure the Broadcast companies will love you.

  3. Re:question.. on Supreme Court To Hear Aereo Case · · Score: 1

    Splitting the signal from a few antenna's counts as broadcasting, and broadcasting requires big fees. Using one antenna per customer negates broadcasting. It's necessary for legal reasons, not for any engineering reasons.

  4. Re:what's the point? on Supreme Court To Hear Aereo Case · · Score: 2

    The point is that not everyone in the viewing area can put up an antenna and get decent reception.

  5. Productive testing on Web Surfing Improves Motor Skills · · Score: 1

    Instead of playing Pong, shouldn't they have been gold mining in WOW?

  6. Re:Make metal ilegal too... on Australian Police Move To Make 3D Printed Guns Illegal · · Score: 1

    You should print out a plastic gun.

  7. Re:The definition of PC on Apple Yanks "Sweatshop Themed" Game From App Store · · Score: 1

    And being in the black financially is a good thing.

  8. Re:Leave Google Alone! on Congressman Warns FTC: Leave Google Alone · · Score: 1

    That would work a whole lot better if this were at all analogous to being hit.

  9. Re:What the fuck on Steve Ballmer: We're a Devices and Services Company · · Score: 1

    No, it would finally mean the year of the Linux Desktop. That's why it will never happen.

  10. Re:Misquote on For Obama, Jobs, and Zuckerberg, Boring Is Productive · · Score: 1

    Wait a minute. Who wants to think while reading Slashdot? We all need to conserve our mental energy. Personally, I'm hoping for a mental energy Tax Credit.

  11. Re:Nothing to see here on US Agricultural Economists Say Bacon Shortage Is Hogwash · · Score: 3, Funny

    Are Americans so obese that they can't live without cutting their bacon intake in half?

    I just came back from the store where I purchased the largest chest freezer that they have. I intend to stockpile a month's worth of bacon for myself until the crisis recedes. My wife indicated that perhaps I should have also purchased a freezer for her.

    Is she planning to freeze herself until the crisis is over?

  12. Re:Apple hating ? on Meet Two Security Researchers Apple Hates (Video) · · Score: 0

    Or it could be that the sensationalist headline doesn't have any justification whatsoever.

  13. Re:Pentalobe is not proprietary on iPhone 5 Teardown Shows Boost To Repairability · · Score: 3

    I looked at Google stuff too, and found nowhere that claimed the Pentalobular is a NEW design by Apple. Torx has a Pentalobular in various sizes; I'd presume they've been around for a while, especially since they come in sizes not used by Apple.

  14. Re:Lightning vs micro-usb on iPhone 5 Teardown Shows Boost To Repairability · · Score: 1

    The new lightning connector isn't USB 3.0, it's still 2.0 I doubt if USB 3.0 would make much difference on any current phones; I don't believe they can even saturate USB 2.0.

  15. Re:Hope it's not IMPORTANT documentation on FAA Permits American Airlines To Use iPads In Cockpit "In All Phases of Flight" · · Score: 1

    You're pretty close, but it's the Mode 3 transponder. Mode C is used for altitude.

  16. Re:Bring back Einstein I say. on Government Lawyer Says Patent Trolls Are a 'Concern' · · Score: 1

    Austria's having patent troll problems too?

  17. Re:It finally happened on Steve Ballmer: We Won't Be Out-Innovated By Apple Anymore · · Score: 1

    No, Apple wouldn't have announced their strategy.

  18. Re:Apple or Jobs? on Steve Ballmer: We Won't Be Out-Innovated By Apple Anymore · · Score: 1

    I don't see any signs that today's Apple without Jobs is the same as the previous Apple without Jobs.

  19. Re:He doesn't get it. To hell with innovation. on Steve Ballmer: We Won't Be Out-Innovated By Apple Anymore · · Score: 1

    Innovation isn't coming up with something new. That's invention. Innovation is improving something that's already there.

  20. Re:"the big worry" described above on GPS Spoofing Attack Hacks Drones · · Score: 2

    There's a third reason it's highly unlikely to have happened the way the Iranians said; there was only 1 drone crashed. There's never been another.

  21. Re:No, our science education is dismal on Taking Issue With Claims That American Science Education is 'Dismal' · · Score: 2

    No, you were told that homework was a part of your grade, and you decided not to do it. You should expect low grades; understanding of the material was not the only grade criteria.

  22. Re:WTF?? on NIH Study Finds That Coffee Drinkers Have Lower Risk of Death · · Score: 3, Funny

    It's evident to me that Grandma didn't drink enough coffee.

  23. Re:Great but on iMac Gets Thunderbolt I/O, Quad-core · · Score: 1

    Actually the 27 inch iMac has 2 thunderbolt ports. So you'd use that for your scenario.

  24. Re:How about the most relevant question on Osborne 1 vs. IPad 2 · · Score: 1

    When I'm "on a mission", I'm pretty sure the iPad would be more useful. When I'm on a "critical mission", time is of the essence, and the iPad is definitely easier to deploy.

  25. Re:monopolies on Is Apple Turning Into the Next "Evil Empire"? · · Score: 1

    "anythingbutipod.com" as a source that ipods are bad? Sounds completely unbiased to me.