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  1. Re:Apple apologist on GPS Maker TomTom Submits Your Speed Data To Police · · Score: 2

    It should actually allow the area to consider raising the speed limit. Just sending police out sounds like a kneejerk reaction. OMG YOU ARE SPEEDING!!!

    The chance of you dying in your life is 100%.... may as well live a little.

  2. Re:The task manager is definitely the best feature on Another Windows 8 Pre-Beta Surfaces · · Score: 1

    I agree. The whole "turn in your geek card" got me fired up for no apparent reason. I don't disagree with the fact that it's useful.

  3. Re:The task manager is definitely the best feature on Another Windows 8 Pre-Beta Surfaces · · Score: 1

    Here's a suprise for you. Not all geeks care about it that much. I can count on one hand how many times I've wanted to know how svchost.exe instances matched up with services. So no, I'll be retaining my geek card, tyvm.

  4. Re:Too good on Why Has Blu-ray Failed To Catch Hold? · · Score: 2

    To be fair, John Madden has been a zombie for some time. He just didn't want to admit it.

  5. Re:Former employee? on Hacker Claims He Broke Into Wind Turbine Systems · · Score: 1

    He'll be taught all the joys of port address translation.

  6. Aperture Science on Google Teaches Computers "Regret" · · Score: 1

    And here I thought Aperture pioneered this first.

  7. Re:Slashdot the wedding on Couple Sends Record Player Wedding Invitations · · Score: 1

    You had me wondering what the hell Final Fantasy 4 on Linux would have anything to do with this article.

  8. Re:Welcome to business. on Google Ties Employee Bonuses To +1 Success · · Score: 1

    Actually, wouldn't that be 50k*.10*.7 = 3500? (Given you get .01% for every cent OVER 50 cents?)

  9. Re:Either way.... on Feds Prep For E-Gov Shutdown · · Score: 1

    We're more than 4 months in; from what I saw on the news yesterday, the budget runs from October to October....

  10. Re:Tax junk food on Arizona Governor Proposes Flab Tax · · Score: 1

    A small soda at a fats food joint

    I almost spit coffee on my keyboard.

  11. Re:Accomplishments? on Vatican To Digitize Prohibited Archives · · Score: 1

    Accomplishment? OH NO!

  12. Re:Static & resolves? on Can You Really Be Traced From an IP Address? · · Score: 1

    You bring up excellent points. This also spiked me to think about my last interaction with my local Cable provider regarding an internet service outage. Each time I would call a Level 1 technician, they were always asking for my MAC address on the modem. Why wouldn't they just have this tied to the customer record? It's possible they were just verifying, but the tone of their voice made me feel otherwise....

  13. Re:Good life on How Viewing a "Virtual You" Can Help You Save · · Score: 1

    You're mistaken in that you need to be young to appreciate Vegas.

  14. Re:The Real Real problem on US Contemplating 'Vehicle Miles Traveled' Tax · · Score: 1

    It's a shame that someone modded you insightful. Have you taken two seconds to realize that $20/gallon gasoline will do much more than make people with SUV/Pickups rethink their mode of transportation?

    A rising gasoline cost will cause EVERYTHING to go up. Let's face it - the SUV/Pickup crowd will bitch, but we'll all feel it. At the grocery store, at the clothing store, restaurants. Cost of living will follow.

  15. Re:Good. on Chinese Phone Maker ZTE Turns Down WP7 · · Score: 1

    WM6.5 (still running it) as well as 6.1 fully syncs with Google's contact list via activesync (m.google.com). Yea, the Outlook thing freaked me out at first too - until I started doing some homework.

  16. Re:This is just silly on Is the Business Card Dead? · · Score: 1

    Why would you want to put your public key on a business card? Isn't the whole point of PKI to not have to manually distribute keys, or am I missing something? (yes, I'm sort of clueless on this....)

  17. Re:If you want CD-quality audio, buy CDs on Why We Should Buy Music In FLAC · · Score: 1

    Sometimes it can also be how the original source file was mastered. I've heard some mp3s that were kind of shitty - even at a high enough bitrate to not be an encoder error - but in the end it seems that once I track down an original CD, the mastering is crunched so hard it just sounds like crap because it just is.

  18. Re:Oblig xkcd on Tsunami Warnings Now Faster, More Accurate · · Score: 1

    What, a 404 not found???

    http://xkcd.com/723/

  19. Re:This is worst than in the movies on 8.8 Earthquake Near Japanese Coast · · Score: 1

    The problem with a Big Fucking Hammer is that underwater you may not be able to get enough momentum to actually break the glass. This enclosed system in an auto punch will work underwater and transmit a similar amount of energy in or out of water.

  20. Re:Upgrade every year? Not needed. on How the PC Is Making Consoles Look Out of Date · · Score: 1

    Amen. A co-worker gave me a q6600 and a 280gtx since he was upgrading his to the latest sandy-bridge whatever that Intel has. For free. That's a nice upgrade from an e6400 and an 8800gt.....

  21. Re:Nope on Police Chief Teaches Parents To Keylog Kids · · Score: 1

    hot metal, p0rn,

    This just gives me an odd vision.

  22. Re:The only people they're stopping... on Goodbye, HD Component Video · · Score: 1

    Man, there's one in every thread about tv. Usually more than one. YES, some people like to watch TV. Some people like to unwind with a series at the end of the day. Some people have children and they like to have a movie-theater like experience with them, maybe with popcorn and such.

    Other people don't. I suspect you're in that boat.

  23. Re:Good on Samsung Unveils Galaxy Tab 10.1, Galaxy S II · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Seriously, why would I want a PDMI or whatever other type of port? I'm seriously getting sick of having to buy adapters for every device just for the sake of simple communication.
    I currently have to have a breakout connector for my HTC Fuze (yes, I know, outdated - but I'm holding out for dual core goodness) and am just as miffed at it for not having a dedicated 3.5 audio jack. I mean really, what's the point? Having to carry another breakout cable with me to gain basic functionality is something I will not consider again in a portable device.

  24. Re:More tech detail on Asus, Gigabyte To Replace All Sandy Bridge Boards · · Score: 1

    The transistor is embedded in the Northbridge somewhere - there's no physical way to turn it off without replacing the chip. They state in the article that it's as simple as turning it off - and I've seen others tripped up by this (in comments on the site) but replacement is still required.

  25. Re:Which makes sense to have on Egyptians Find New Ways To Get Online · · Score: 1

    Problem here is that most larger companies are in the centralization phase now; the need for servers at remote locations is being scrutinized more than ever. Having essential services located in data center hubs is the growing trend.