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  1. Re:For once Bill Gates is right on Internet.org: Altruistic, Or the Ultimate In Cynicism? · · Score: 1

    Your probably right, though I can't see how it would help Facebook. They don't actually get more money, since these people wouldn't be the target of any advertisements.

  2. Re:so glad to see EA is back in the game again. on EA Takes Over Scrabble App, Wipes Player Histories and Switches Dictionary · · Score: 1

    True, but EA has been doing it longer, and they're better at it, at least in the gaming comunity.

  3. Re:Feeding the Beast on EA Takes Over Scrabble App, Wipes Player Histories and Switches Dictionary · · Score: 5, Interesting

    They own a lot of brands that USED to be great before EA bought them, and ran them into the ground. Before EA bought Bioware, I used to buy Bioware's games without knowing much about them because Bioware always made outstanding games. Since EA bought them, the quality of those games has went down the toilet, and I honestly doubt I'll buy the next dragon age game that comes out simply because DA 2 was complete shit. Honestly, it was the same with the Mass Effect games. Same with Maxis, and a dozen other brands.

  4. Re:Introducing the new Slashdot Phone! on Firefox OS Phone on Display at LinuxFest NorthWest (Video) · · Score: 1

    Damn, nothing about 3D printers, Arduinos or Raspberry Pi?

    They've gotta save SOMETHING for the Slashdor Phone 2

  5. Re:recovery, not prevention. on Boston Tech Vs. the Bomber · · Score: 1

    It's my understanding that they found a tumor that might have (though it wasn't conclusively proved) caused him to loose control and kill all of those people.

  6. Re:More facetime on SendGrid Fires Employee After Firestorm Over Inappropriate Jokes · · Score: 1

    Based on her comment "Black People CANNOT BE RACIST", I highly doubt she has wised up any.

  7. Re:Anonymity? on Copyright Trolls Order Wordpress To Disclose Critics' IP Addresses · · Score: 1

    Hey, where did all of those people who say anonymity on the Internet isn't necessary run off to?

    He's Spartacus!

    No, I am Spartacus.

    No, I am Spartacus.

  8. Re:OK, I'm clueless here... on E-Mail Hack Exposes Bush Family Pictures, Correspondence · · Score: 1

    There other ways to crack someones mail account than using passwords, like exploits. Especially if it's webmail.

  9. Re:Closest thing I've found... on Ask Slashdot: Tablets For Papers; Are We There Yet? · · Score: 1

    Most e-readers allow annotations, including kindles.

  10. Re:Kindles are the way to go on Ask Slashdot: Tablets For Papers; Are We There Yet? · · Score: 1

    Yeah, they're handle PDFs, but you have to turn them on their side because of the small screen size. That can make it inconvenient, but I personally don't have problem with it.

  11. Re:Kindles are the way to go on Ask Slashdot: Tablets For Papers; Are We There Yet? · · Score: 1

    I'll keep that in mind for the next e-reader I get.

  12. Kindles are the way to go on Ask Slashdot: Tablets For Papers; Are We There Yet? · · Score: 3, Informative

    Or any e-reader tablet that uses e-ink (unlike kindle fires). I find that it's just as easy to read as print without the eyestrain that comes from reading LCD screens. Also the battery on those things are AMAZING. I rarely have to charge mine more than once per month.

  13. Re:How does their per-capita on Germany Exports More Electricity Than Ever Despite Phasing Out Nuclear Energy · · Score: 1

    Yeah, I'm the same way. I lived near Dallas, Texas for close to a decade, and the 100+ degree temps in the summer combined with high humidity was terrible. Like you, I'm living in OK with a more tolerable climate, and decent AC (it keeps my apartment cool during the summer), which is a challenge, since I keep a computer in just about every room, have an HTPC, and keep a reef aquarium (which releases TONS of heat into the room, thus requiring the AC to be on all day, even at work).

  14. Re:Fascist bloodlust on Bradley Manning Offers Partial Guilty Plea To Military Court · · Score: 3

    He didn't even try to work within the system, he went completely around it, which something that you just don't do in the military. He didn't even try to go up the chain of command. The inspector generals exist for a reason. And failing that, he could have gone all the way to the President if need be. Instead, he gave the documents to someone else - documents that he knew were classified, but had no idea just what was on them. He knew that they could contain information that put american lives at risk, as well as the lives of anyone working with the military.

  15. Re:Fascist bloodlust on Bradley Manning Offers Partial Guilty Plea To Military Court · · Score: 1

    Absolutely. He had quite a bit of time to think this over before he handed Assange the data. There is also the issue of leaking the names of informants who worked with us. He put their lives in danger, and may have gotten some of them killed. Everyone seems to be ignoring THAT issue.

  16. Re:Not another one... on AOL's New Alto Client Is Visual Email, and You Don't Need a New Address · · Score: 2

    Right now, I get all of the mail from my gmail account forwarded though my company mail server with no ads, so I'm not so sure if they will.

  17. Re:They got it all wrong on Aero Glass UI No More On Windows 8 · · Score: 1

    Except that in Windows 8 they didn't remove the click. The hot corner still makes a "button" appear, but you still have to click on it to get into the start screen.

  18. Re:Funny story... on Nigerian Scam Artists Taken For $33,000 · · Score: 1

    And then there is this incident where the guy got the scammer to pay DHL thousands in shipping costs before he caught on to what was going on.

  19. Re:SWEET! on Linux Mint Developer Forks Gnome 3 · · Score: 1

    Agreed. They were with 4.0, which was still better than Gnome 3, but they've made long strides since then.

  20. Re:You're... on Linux Mint Developer Forks Gnome 3 · · Score: 1

    While I agree that there has been progress on the unified notification, there has been 3D accelerated composited desktops (which IMO look better than Aero and Aqua) for a while now in the form of Compiz. Yeah, it may be tacked on, but in many ways, it can integrate well with Metacity and Kwin. I even still use it in KDE4 over it's built in compositing as it adds more options, and generally runs faster (for me anyways). I never really understood why neither desktop just didn't stick with that instead of reinventing the wheel.

  21. They will have confidence until... on Why Do Companies Backup So Infrequently? · · Score: 1

    They will have confidence until their raid goes south, or there's a fire the day before their yearly backup.

  22. Re:Isn't that just electroshock therapy? on A 9V Battery To Your Brain Can Improve Your Gaming · · Score: 3, Informative

    It's not banned. Just regulated.

  23. Re:Expedited Process on 'Spam King' Released From Prison, Now Lives In Seattle · · Score: 1

    Even 11 trillion minutes in prison would be enough. And fair to boot, since it be send him to prison equal to the amount of time wasted by other people deleting said spam.

  24. Re:Missed some on The Seven Types of Hackers · · Score: 1

    There is No Such Agency like that....

  25. Re:Self-terminating on American Redneck Society Formed · · Score: 1

    True enough. Jeff Foxworthy himself worked for IBM doing mainframe maintenance.