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  1. Re:Wi-Fi toothpick on Wi-Fi Light Bulbs Shipping Soon · · Score: 1

    Balanced by the energy they save? I don't think people understand how much more efficient LED lights are than incandescents.

  2. Re: Wi-Fi toothpick on Wi-Fi Light Bulbs Shipping Soon · · Score: 1

    The bulb will last more than 15 years.

    Because that's what the manufacturer says?

    They've been in modern use for 50-ish years and are well understood. I'm not sure what you're trying to ask so maybe I helped.

  3. Re:Wi-Fi toothpick on Wi-Fi Light Bulbs Shipping Soon · · Score: 1

    If you're still using incandescent lights an LED will save a few times its cost in electricity.

  4. Re:Lumens per watt? on Wi-Fi Light Bulbs Shipping Soon · · Score: 1

    Speaking for LED lights everywhere: Whoosh!

  5. Re:Philips already has this on Wi-Fi Light Bulbs Shipping Soon · · Score: 1

    Hue lights can do more than be turned off remotely.

  6. Re:Smarthome networked LED lightbulb on Wi-Fi Light Bulbs Shipping Soon · · Score: 1

    There is no good reason that a light bulb that is designed to screw into a standard socket should ever use any kind of wireless technology for it's control. The thing, by it's very nature, is already connected to a wired network in the home. Using wireless pollutes the WiFi spectrum while simultaneously exposing the device to hackers.

    OK, Debbie Downer.

  7. Re:Smarthome networked LED lightbulb on Wi-Fi Light Bulbs Shipping Soon · · Score: 1

    Meanwhile, WiFi devices are inherently somewhat chatty; they all spend a significant portion of their time broadcasting "Hey, here I am! I'm still here! I'm still here! I'm still here! Hey, everyone! I'm still here! Are you there? Good! Because I'm still here!"

    WiFi is Facebook?

  8. Re:This makes no sense. on Wi-Fi Light Bulbs Shipping Soon · · Score: 1

    Screw in adapters typically cause problems with lights fitting in fixtures. Forget about enclosed lights and they can also cause problems with cans or even fitting under the harp.

  9. Re:Wi-Fi toothpick on Wi-Fi Light Bulbs Shipping Soon · · Score: 1

    LEDs will save you more in electricity than they cost (even now). Your 45 cent light bulbs cost a lot more over time than an LED when you include the energy costs.

  10. Every time I see a picture of myself from the 80's on Transgendered Folks Encountering Document/Database ID Hassles · · Score: 2

    I know exactly how they feel. The puzzled stares... The uncomfortable questions... It's gnarly.

  11. Re:It's no longer your problem on Ask Slashdot: What To Do When Another Dev Steals Your Work and Adds Their Name? · · Score: 2

    The code you developed for your client was most likely never yours to begin with. Despite well-meaning suggestions made here, you really have no right to go back to the client and demand anything. Present the code as your own to prospective clients, explain the situation, and leave it at that.

    Thank you for saving me the time to create a response like yours and doing it better than I could have. I've sat on both sides of the table and if the situation was presented to me as you describe I wouldn't raise an eyebrow.

  12. Re:Clear your name, don't give up! on Ask Slashdot: What To Do When Another Dev Steals Your Work and Adds Their Name? · · Score: 1

    Actually, it was "Working Girl" (Harrison Ford, Melanie Griffith, Sigourney Weaver). Apparently Abraham stole it and put his name on it.

  13. Re:Oh no... on Northern Hemisphere Pollution a Cause of '80s Africa Drought · · Score: 1
  14. Re:Join MSDN Technet on Ask Slashdot: Getting Exchange and SQL Experience? · · Score: 1

    Good advice. Also, Microsoft has free fully functional Exchange downloads for evaluation, and IIRC on-line virtual labs for hands-on. Their 70-662 Training Kit (book) includes setting up a virtual environment and guys at work do it on their desktop with VMware Playah.

  15. Re:Not good enough on First Looks At Windows 8.1, Complete With 'Start' Button · · Score: 1

    You do realize that you described no more than a couple of minutes of launch time for those apps on a desktop with current hardware and some horsepower?

    Just to let you know, you lost me at "starting everything from scratch would take foh-eh-vah". If you can't quantify it I think you are whining and I don't care.

  16. "Blanket" the US like wireless coverage? on Tesla To Blanket US With Superchargers In Two Years · · Score: 1

    If so they'd better include a pair of sneakers with the purchase of each car.

  17. Re:Because on World's Biggest 'Agile' Software Project Close To Failure · · Score: 5, Funny

    You wouldn't understand it.
    You would exploit it.
    You wouldn't do anything to make it better.
    You would waste time complaining about everything.

    Burma Shave!

  18. Re:Eh? on Scanner Identifies Malware Strains, Could Be Future of AV · · Score: 1

    (I only read TF ./ summary though, so correct me if I'm wrong.)

    This is /. You were correct to read only the summary and comment.

  19. Re:I want one on How BlackBerry Is Riding iOS and Android To Power Its Comeback · · Score: 1

    I don't disagree, but to be fair you can turn on iCloud backups and simply restore it all back.

  20. Re:I want one on How BlackBerry Is Riding iOS and Android To Power Its Comeback · · Score: 1

    apple has nothing like this, do they? normally, its an all or nothing wipe, just like outlook 'wants'.

    Moxier, a 3rd party iOS app.

  21. Re:Would most people be better off undiagnosed? on Psychiatrists Cast Doubt On Biomedical Model of Mental Illness · · Score: 4, Funny

    Would most people be better off undiagnosed? When it comes to mental "illness", often the only (or at least the best) treatments are behavioral therapy, in which the "illness" is trained away.

    I agree. And so do I.

  22. Re:I figured out the problem on Flying Car Crashes In British Columbia · · Score: 4, Informative

    If a meter is not equal to a metre, where are we going ? A liter not being equal to a litre ? A ton not being equal to a tonne ? A gallon not being equal to a gallon ?

    He demonstrated that an ass is the same as an arse.

  23. Name the 50 sites on Backdoor Targeting Apache Servers Spreads To Nginx, Lighttpd · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The actual quote is, "50 are ranked in Alexa’s top 100,000 most popular websites." Quite different than the summary but would still be interesting to know.

  24. Re:Who owns the data on it? on Most Companies Will Require You To Bring Your Own Mobile Device By 2017 · · Score: 1

    To answer the question in your subject, the company owns the company data and you own your data. Unfortunately, on most devices without a third party solution your personal data is wiped along with the company's. The capabilities of Mobile Device Management software are very intrusive.

  25. I expect to get the living hell modded out of me when I say the iPhone has been a secure platform for BYOD for awhile now (I don't remember if it's the 3GS or 4 where security was tightened up). Besides the Configurator, something as humble as ActiveSync can manage them. Same goes for many of the latest Android devices. The point is it's easy to natively get strong security on a mobile device. How good it meets your needs depends on your needs.