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  1. Can some doctor please... on LG's 0.7mm Smartphone Bezel Is World's Narrowest · · Score: 1

    ... treat the CEOs of all mobile phone makers until they drop this stupid obsession with thinness and work on giving us decent battery life?

  2. The performance difference only matters... on PCGamingWiki Looks Into Linux Gaming With 'Port Reports' · · Score: 1

    ... if you can be bothered to reboot. I have a perfectly good Windows installation for gaming on my multi boot PC. I just can't be bothered to use it so I play whatever's available on the "other operating systems" natively and whatever works fine in Wine. At this point, I think only Witcher 3 is capable of making me reboot.

  3. And in the fine print... on New Microsoft Garage Site Invites Public To Test a Wide Range of App Ideas · · Score: 1, Insightful

    ... you indenture your first born to Microsoft in exchange for using their apps.
    Also, you are liable for patent fees.

  4. I read that as on Google Announces Inbox, a New Take On Email Organization · · Score: 2

    We know better than you how to organize your mail.
    They can keep it.

  5. What looks like a stupid tax from the US... on Hungary To Tax Internet Traffic · · Score: 5, Interesting

    ... looks like an attempt to restrict free speech from a little closer to Hungary. The current regime has serious totaliarian tendencies and this tax (which will raise internet connection prices) leaves less avenues of communication for the Hungarian citizens.
    Note the prices for an internet connection; at 30 gbytes/month, this tax could double the entry level price. At the average salary in Hungary, the extra $18 will be felt.

  6. And this being samsung... on Samsung's Wi-Fi Upgrades Promise Speeds Up to 4.6Gbps · · Score: 4, Funny

    ... their software will look like a 2000 era flash app made by a 13 year old, be even slower than that and receive absolutely no updates; if there is even a minor problem with the standard, you will have to buy a new adapter to get the fix.

  7. Re:Excuse me... on Symantec To Separate Into Two Companies · · Score: 1

    Norton Utilities 6.0 *was* DOS :)
    You're saying their "enterprise products" aren't bloated, useless, fearmongering piles of crap?
    Maybe that's why they're splitting, no one who has experienced the consumer products will believe that.

  8. Excuse me... on Symantec To Separate Into Two Companies · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Is Symantec doing anything useful?
    I think the last useful version of Norton Utilities was 6.0, which was before the Symantec buyout?
    Now they're just marketing fear...

  9. Just because you're paranoid... on Eric Schmidt: Anxiety Over US Spying Will "Break the Internet" · · Score: 1

    ... it doesn't mean they're not out to get you :)
    But as several others said, I see this as more of a threat to Google's business model than to the internet.

  10. Closed or open... on AMD Building New GPU Linux Kernel Driver To Unify With Catalyst Driver · · Score: 1

    Do AMD linux graphic drivers actually work now? Last time I checked on winehq, there were a lot more people complaining about graphics problems on cards than on Nvidia cards...

  11. What "OS Decay"? on Will Windows 10 Finally Address OS Decay? · · Score: 1

    It's not a generic term. Call it "Windows Decay" by its proper name. I don't know of any other operating systems that have this problem.

  12. Memory? on Why the iPhone 6 Has the Same Base Memory As the iPhone 5 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The iPhone 6 comes with 1 Gb of memory. And has options for 16, 64 and 128 Gb of storage.
    Why does this even get published?

  13. Minimal and low power on Slashdot Asks: What's In Your Home Datacenter? · · Score: 1

    I still run my own handmade gateway box, but it's Atom based and uses next to no power.
    I'm not giving up on it because it's sometimes handy when you work from home.
    Other than that, backups on usb connected drives and 1.3 computers per person in the household is enough :)

  14. TFA has no idea what he's talking about? on Why Apple Should Open-Source Swift -- But Won't · · Score: 1

    Swift is a programming language. Anyone can write a different compiler for it. Open sourcing Apple's LLVM frontend would be nice, but is not required.
    If it's not open sourced and no one does a Swift implementation, we'll be exactly in the same situation as before. You had to write Java for Android and Objective C for iOS. Now you'll have to write Java for Android and Swift for iOS. I fail to see how that changes anything, except Swift being slightly less annoying thatn ObjC.

    90% of the article serves to show that the author doesn't understand the difference between a programming language and the libraries provided by OS X. The other 10%... well I didn't notice what it was about.
    And this crap makes Slashdot...

  15. Good news for those who still like small phones on Early iPhone 6 Benchmark Results Show Only Modest Gains For A8 · · Score: 1

    If the 5S and 6 have comparable performance, it means the 5S remains a long term option across OS upgrades. No need to keep a tablet in your pocket...

  16. Re:"Early adopters"? on iPhone 6 Sales Crush Means Late-Night Waits For Some Early Adopters · · Score: 1

    "Impatient kids"?
    And i say this as the owner of a few Apple devices... which i bought on my own schedule, not by queueing at launches.

  17. Balrog on Who Is Buried In the Largest Tomb Ever Found In Northern Greece? · · Score: 1

    Don't delve too deep.

  18. I don't get it on Cuba Calculates Cost of 54yr US Embargo At $1.1 Trillion · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The righteous communists have a need to trade with the capitalist imperialists? Won't the ghost of Stalin provide for all?

  19. Re:Scary-ish on 5 Million Gmail Passwords Leaked, Google Says No Evidence Of Compromise · · Score: 2

    I was wrong. This is NOT a leak of passwords from google accounts.
    I checked my account on isleaked.com and it was NOT the google password, but the easily guessed password i use for accounts that I don't care about.
    If your google password is unique, you're safe. If you reused it on low security sites... not so much.

  20. Re:Scary-ish on 5 Million Gmail Passwords Leaked, Google Says No Evidence Of Compromise · · Score: 1

    ... but I'm guilty of not ever changing the password after i created the account :)
    Until today, of course.

  21. Scary-ish on 5 Million Gmail Passwords Leaked, Google Says No Evidence Of Compromise · · Score: 1, Interesting

    I was on this list and i had an unique (for me) password for the google account. I've had the account since you had to beg for an invite to get in as well.

  22. Re:And I have an 1000Mbps subscription in Romania on AT&T Says 10Mbps Is Too Fast For "Broadband," 4Mbps Is Enough · · Score: 1

    Yeah, this is where Eastern Europe laughs their ass off at the "developed" world :)
    But it may be some kind of cycle. Today we're in front, but at some point even AT&T will be forced to upgrade their network, while our ISPs will fossilize and then *we* will be the ones behind. I'd say 30 years.

  23. Your company's fault actually on The Frustrations of Supporting Users In Remote Offices · · Score: 3, Insightful

    ... for not having contacted a local tech contractor with some english speaking skills that could help. Someone that comes in a couple hours now and then to solve any issues.
    Remote tech support is all fine and dandy, but sometimes you do need (technically literate) hands and eyes on the ground. I've taken care of servers on a different continent - 99% of the time I just ssh-ed in. The 1% I've had someone local - and technical! - drive in with a laptop and help.

  24. Maybe, but... on Do Readers Absorb Less On Kindles Than On Paper? Not Necessarily · · Score: 1

    ... an e-reader saves a LOT of shelf space, making it WORTH it!

  25. The fear mongering industry... on Your Phone Can Be Snooped On Using Its Gyroscope · · Score: 1

    ... has moved to smartphones.