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  1. Re:Post PC on Preparing For Life After the PC · · Score: 1

    Automobiles have rendered the bicycle a fringe niche in the USA used primarily for recreation, not transportation.

  2. Re:Post PC on Preparing For Life After the PC · · Score: 1

    significnt need for a device that has a real keyboard for all the people who write a lot of text every day

    You mean the 1/2% who can't figure out how to make voice recognition work? They are going to lose their jobs to high mobility people who can.

  3. Re:We're gonna lose a lot. on Preparing For Life After the PC · · Score: 3, Insightful

    There are apps (cloud or device driven) for mobiles to make internet selling easy. I would have argued that's a perfect example of someone who doesn't need a pc rather than someone who does.

    And you're wrong on gaming too. Mobile gaming is now higher volume than pc/console combined. It's only lower in cash volume because the price point fixed lower early on. Both Sony and MS have big worries about whether or not their next platforms can turn a profit given the direction the market is heading (because they initially sell the hardware at a large loss, they need to sell a lot of expensive games to make up the difference).

  4. Re:We're gonna lose a lot. on Preparing For Life After the PC · · Score: 1

    Hacking the device (jailbreaking) has been ruled legal by the courts, in spite of big money's objections. Are you anticipating a reverse course on that?

  5. Re:Citation needed on IT Salaries and Hiring Are Up — But Just To 2008 Levels · · Score: 2

    How many times does history need to beat us over the head with the untruth of the claim that getting out of the way is the best thing a government can do for the economy before people start from a position of getting regulation right instead of getting regulation gone?

  6. Re:Citation needed on IT Salaries and Hiring Are Up — But Just To 2008 Levels · · Score: 3, Insightful

    And the point of the response was that we have proof this doesn't work. Disastrous proof.

  7. Re:who gives a fuck on Firefox Notably Improved In Tom's Hardware's Latest Browser Showdown · · Score: 1

    Again, if you don't know how to deploy application changes without going through their packaged installer, I'm not clear that you're qualified to do so.

  8. Re:who gives a fuck on Firefox Notably Improved In Tom's Hardware's Latest Browser Showdown · · Score: 4, Informative

    firefox tools/options/advanced/update
    But you may not be qualified to install firefox if you couldn't figure that out.

  9. Re:Lucky on Ask Slashdot: Old Dogs vs. New Technology? · · Score: 2

    Lots of people. But, notably given the context, not me.

  10. Re:Lucky on Ask Slashdot: Old Dogs vs. New Technology? · · Score: 2

    It's also fundamentally easier to work long hours when you are younger. The added flexibility makes it possible to try the bleeding edge. With fewer hours, the older must be more conservative with their choices. Both can be leveraged positively by a sufficiently wise organizational structure, but usually aren't.

  11. Re:aka... on Feds Plan 'Fog of Disinformation' To Track Information Leaks · · Score: 1

    Of course if they are creating the situation by which the enemy would think there is a disinformation campaign going on, then there is one going on.

  12. really? on A Critical Examination of Bill Gates' Philanthropic Record · · Score: 1

    Is that really a common perception? I mean, the guy does hundreds of billions of dollars of damage to the computer industry, costs who knows how many lives, and the few billion he gives to charity makes it all better?

  13. best way to survive on Ask Slashdot: How Does Your Company Evaluate Your Performance? · · Score: 3, Informative

    Within: Is to remember that the ratings are subjective. Make friends. Particularly make nice with the boss. Then perform competently so they have no reason to downrank you, while having reasons to rank you above the other competent people.
    Without: Is to leave for a place that uses a sane management system. There are plenty. Some of them are eating Microsoft's lunch right now. People who are actually competent software engineers are in extreme demand right now, there's no shortage of jobs for that skillset. A recruiter can get you a list of a few hundred positions for you to choose from on a moment's notice.

  14. Re:D to C++? on Open Source Morrowind Version 0.16.0 Released · · Score: 5, Funny

    Because of the 3 guys who know D, two weren't gamers.

  15. Re:I've got a better deal on Microsoft Writes Off $6.2 Billion From aQuantive Acquisition · · Score: 1

    Before: 6B in cash and stock banked. No advertising platform.
    After: $0 cash and stock, tax benefit of a few hundred million, no advertising platform.

    A clear win for shareholders.

  16. Re:Microsoft is like Ford Motor Company... on Microsoft Writes Off $6.2 Billion From aQuantive Acquisition · · Score: 1

    Aside from Ford not doing that, it sounds better than MS current strategy.

  17. will even one MS VP lose their job? on Microsoft Writes Off $6.2 Billion From aQuantive Acquisition · · Score: 1

    I doubt it. MS seems to have decided that they should be a failure incubator.

  18. Re:Privacy issue in Europe on Ask Slashdot: Are Smart Meters Safe? · · Score: 1

    A lot of these meters can now be read remotely. So where before someone would have had to walk up to your house, potentially becoming liable for trespassing, they can now steal your electric usage info by drive-by.

    But the real bottom line is ... do you really care? Unless you're growing pot, that is.

  19. Re:Thank you WELL_HUNG_OYSTER on Caffeine Linked To Lower Skin Cancer Risk · · Score: 3, Funny

    THE_WELL_HUNG_OYSTER, please. It's not like he's just ANY_WELL_HUNG_OYSTER. He's the one.

  20. Re:Why stop at salt? on Making Saltwater Drinkable With Graphene · · Score: 1

    If you don't, it's probably because you haven't gotten out in the world enough.

  21. Re:majority of americans wrong on Majority of Americans Think Obama Is Better Suited To Handle an Alien Invasion · · Score: 1

    I probably wouldn't have categorized those as an 'invasion' (more of a visit). I was definitely assuming the hostile definition of invasion, and I admit I could have been wrong in assuming that about the article as well.

  22. majority of americans wrong on Majority of Americans Think Obama Is Better Suited To Handle an Alien Invasion · · Score: 1

    I'm pro Obama, but I'm sorry, both candidates are equally unqualified as it's a complete lost cause. We cannot beat a civilization capable of invading us.

  23. Re:People must be blind.. on U.S. Judge Grants Apple Injunction Against Samsung Galaxy Tab · · Score: 1

    I have to admit, that's the first time I've seen that phrase in a context in which it is not provably incorrect.

  24. Re:People must be blind.. on U.S. Judge Grants Apple Injunction Against Samsung Galaxy Tab · · Score: 1

    I don't call a change in design innovation unless it's positive. I mean, I could design a cell phone with razor edges that would mutilate you upon use. Innovation!

  25. Re:Roku Box on Ask Slashdot: Best Way To Watch TV In 2012? · · Score: 1

    Just for the sake of argument: for me cable tv is basically a free add on for my internet service. The difference in price for naked cable internet vs cable package including tv is only $5 per month. And that nets me infinity on demand which has pretty much the same streaming stuff as netflix.