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  1. that's completely insane on Hardware Is Dead — At Least Most Expensive Hardware Is · · Score: 1

    This reminds of the people that come to my custom build/repair shop and say they saw an ad in the paper for a $300 computer so why should any cost more than that. Then they complain that my answers are lies. I hope that eMachine's Deer power supply burns their house down. In the last infoworld study, they found that 1 of their deer power supplies exploded and the other caught on fire during testing so it's a 50/50 shot. I've seen so many broken AOC tablets and I'm still shocked that AOC makes tablets. Let's say for a given product there's price X and prize Z and Y is the exact median price. I don't think I've ever seen anything prices below Y work worth a damn. I guess maybe Realtek-based Rosewill wireless adapters for $11 and that's about it.

    Just remember, the inverse is not true. Paying $30 for a keyboard and mouse at Best Buy doesn't make it good. It's a $15 set with a Best Buy price on it.

  2. everyone here already knew this! on Warp Drive Might Be Less Impossible Than Previously Thought · · Score: 1

    Okay, raise your hand if you didn't know already that the shape of your warp field has to be precisely perfect for it to work efficiently? That was on 3 if not 4 star trek series multiple times :-P

  3. Re:500kg mass-energy on Warp Drive Might Be Less Impossible Than Previously Thought · · Score: 1

    Not if antimatter is introduced to that 500kg mass. That's actually what they mean by mass-energy, right? I have no idea myself, lol.

  4. Re:An eclipse is NOT more common in S. hemishere on Curiosity Rover Sees Solar Eclipse On Mars · · Score: 2, Funny

    You forgot to factor in the ancient mayan priest ghosts that can control the eclipses at will.

  5. Re:I made a sculpture of Mohammed on Google Blocks 'Innocence of Muslim' Video In Indonesia and India · · Score: 1

    But you can't just put muslims in a box and say they're all violent and one specific way. They're all, every single one of them, everywhere universally not like that :-P Oh wait...

  6. the netbook fiasco - part duex on The Passing of the Personal Computer Era · · Score: 1

    Netbooks sold like crazy until people realized they sucked, the screens were too small, and they were slow as hell. Everyone said it was the end for laptops. Now my shop hasn't gotten a request for a netbook in over a year. Now they made something called a tablet which is a netbook with a like 2" larger screen. They're like a netbook in that they're not amazingly fast and they don't have an optical drive but these have the added benefit of being impossible to type on. Netbooks just made it hard but tablets require telekinesis to beat 30WPM. I can blast out some serious WPM on my phone's physical keyboard but still under half the speed of my PC keyboard. You add complete incompatibility with 99% of all software ever written due to a lack of x86 capability and you've got a real winner there. With Apple, you might as well just hand them your wallet if you want to use your ipad for anything. With android, you just have to download virus-rigged free versions of apps to lose your money (when they steal your financial login creds lol).

    People are still at the "ooh, I want a tablet. They're so neat looking" stage. As in LOOKING. 1 facebook wall post typed on a tablet later and they hate it. Hurray for marketing and unwise people. Can't wait for them to crash.

    Something tells me Microsoft Metro designers didn't actually fall for it either. Windows CE was a joke, remember? They're counting on tablets being a flop just in time for Windows 9 so people jump on it for a double dip purchase over like 2 years.

  7. not necessarily, I know of 1 microwave weapon on 50 Years of Research and Still No Microwave Weapons · · Score: 1

    I'm fairly certain that microwaves can be used as a weapon. There are many documented cases of people unplugging microwaves and throwing them at other people, be it a domestic dispute or even to stop a robbery.

  8. really just a show on The Implications of Google Restricting Access To Anti-Islam Film · · Score: 1

    A popular meme in the Information Age is that the Internet spreads democracy by enabling citizens to organize and speak out, but we forget that much of that speech is now hosted by third-parties who are under no obligation to protect it

    I would bet Google wasn't the only one hosting the video at that point and I would also bet they know that. That way everyone gets what they want. They look slightly better like they're doing something while at the same time, they know there's probably 50 mirrors of the video so they already let it "get out."

  9. whoa whoa whoa this isn't about us on Chicago Teachers Rip 'Big Money Interest Groups' · · Score: 2

    I'm from Wisconsin so after reading "The striking Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) is holding a massive 'Wisconsin-style rally' Saturday as ongoing negotiations try to bring an end to the strike" I feel I should mention that teachers going on strike is illegal in Wisconsin. It's actually against the law.

  10. Re:Unionize on Ask Slashdot: When Does Time Tracking at Work Go Too Far? · · Score: 1

    That would cause almost as many problems as it would fix. What he needs to do is hack it and reprogram all the bathroom buttons to say slashdot :-P

  11. Re:A nail for XP? lol np on Google Kills Apps Support For Internet Explorer 8 · · Score: 1

    It's from 2010 and the company behind it got acquired by another since then. Also, it works flawlessly on IE9 and I wouldn't expect anyone to support Firefox's bullshit monthly releases.

  12. Re:A nail for XP? lol np on Google Kills Apps Support For Internet Explorer 8 · · Score: 1

    It's from 2010 and the company behind it got acquired by another since then. Hey, can I borrow $30,000 to buy new software? You seriously have NO CLUE how corporate IT departments work.

  13. Re:A nail for XP? lol np on Google Kills Apps Support For Internet Explorer 8 · · Score: 1

    Oh yeah, it's really that easy. Hey clueless guy, sorry, our CRM software (Oasis CRM) at work doesn't accept form data correctly from Firefox 15.0 so it's unusable. I'm not going to test and made a new deployment pack every month either and their CSM versions suck. Since 95% of the systems are XP, IE8 is it. I guess I can cross google off the list for competitive products. You go your workplace and "just switch" to Firefox and let me know how that goes.

  14. my preference on Google Glass: Future of Movies Or Monkey Cam 2.0? · · Score: 1

    I'd rather see a monkey with a VHC cam than anything any of my friends do ever, lol. They're just not as interesting as a roller skating monkey. Not even close actually.

  15. only 2 really on What Windows Phone 8 Needs To Do To Succeed · · Score: 1

    1. cost less
    2. not suck
    it's that simple. Those 2 alone would result in majority sales over Apple. I do somewhat agree with the patent part but how do you avoid BS patents that Apple holds? They probably have a patent on making phone calls with the device held up to your face at this point.

  16. Completely incorrect on YouTube Refuses To Remove Anti-Islamic Film Clip · · Score: 2

    to balance free speech with legal and ethical concerns in an age when social media can impact world events

    No, it's oversensitive, murderous psychopaths impacting world events. They're actively looking for a reason. If there weren't so many maniacs like them following that fake, evil religion, there wouldn't be a problem. The video itself isn't doing anything. It's just a video. It can't come out of the screen and shoot something and youtube isn't reponsible for how viewers may react. Ohhhh no, Ms Peach's legendary fried chicken music video might make someone a racist who will join the KKK. Not youtube's problem.

  17. considering it's Windows 8... on Intel Says Clover Trail Atom CPU Won't Work With Linux · · Score: 1

    Considering it's Windows 8, at least we can safely assume Windows 8 won't work on that chip either since Windows 8 doesn't work. Way to level the playing field.
    By the way, what chip has ever been designed specifically to include Linux? They still make it work.

  18. It's not about nuclear, it's about stupid on Japan Aims To Abandon Nuclear Power By 2030s · · Score: 0

    So what are they instead going to fail to maintain and properly test? Hydrocarbons? Wind and waves and all that? It's not nuclear that was the problem. Other power plants can't melt down but they can explode, just without all the radiation. I think we all know from playing Sim City 2000 what happens when space-based, solar-powered microwave transmitters miss their collection dish target rofl.

    Welcome to Asia, where you make everything as cheap and crappy as possible to compete, never test it to save money, and thus bring honor to your family by being such a shrewd business man. Then when it fails horribly, blame everyone and everything but yourself then do the same thing over again with a different product. Remember China's maglev train problems? Classic example.

    If you don't maintain and properly test your backup and backup-backup cooling systems, your plant will explode. If you don't maintain pressure properly in a coal power plant, it will explode. Once again, not nuclear's fault. It's just messier to clean up.

  19. Re:Except... on Cameras To Watch Cameras In Maryland · · Score: 1

    There's no possible way someone would think of destroying the camera-observing-camera BEFORE the speed camera.

    Then you end up with TWO broken cameras, and didn't accomplish anything.

    Except anonymity of both crimes lol.

  20. another moron wrote an article on Is iPhone Battery Usefulness On the Decline? · · Score: 1
    from TFA:

    As explained around the web, milliamps hours (mAh) are something like a gas tank, and voltage (V) is the amount of fuel the device is drawing

    I stopped reading right there.

  21. Bigfoot! on Unusual Discovery of New African Monkey Species · · Score: 1

    Aww, never mind, it's not bigfoot :-( But I'm sure he's next lol.

  22. Re:this works great though on BMW Cars Vulnerable To Blank Key Attack · · Score: 1

    That's stupid on so many levels it barely merits a reply. Anyone could walk off with a car if you can crank start it. Later models involved the use of a key regardless. You're clearly just a selfish idiot who wants to push a pretty button and feel all special and high tech. A laser-cut, 2-axis metal key with no chip is more than sufficient to stop digital theft (obviously) and costs about $2.75. As soon as your car starts with 0's and 1's, it's gone.

  23. Re:This explains it! on WD Builds High-Capacity, Helium-Filled HDDs · · Score: 4, Informative

    In case anyone didn't get that, there's a worldwide helium shortage at the moment.

  24. Re:Why not a vacuum on WD Builds High-Capacity, Helium-Filled HDDs · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Because that would give off electromagnetic radiation lol. That and magnets and hard drive platters don't get along.

  25. this works great though on BMW Cars Vulnerable To Blank Key Attack · · Score: 0

    If you're too much of a lazy fat ass to turn a physical metal key and you have to push a button instead, you deserve to get your car stolen. If you're stupid enough to buy a car with a system like this, you especially deserve to get your car stolen.