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  1. Re:so why would i want to wear a computer? on Intel Puts a PC Into an SD Card-Sized Casing · · Score: 2

    OMG, such an effort to wait the 15 minutes to preheat an oven. and how much are you going to pay in utility costs to have your oven on while you're commuting home? and how hard is it to notice that you only have say 2 eggs left.

  2. Re:The Internet of THINGS! on Intel Puts a PC Into an SD Card-Sized Casing · · Score: 1

    so if someone breaks in and robs you while you are 3000 miles away, what are you going to do? take the next plane back?
    in the old days people were friendly with neighbors who checked on their homes while they were gone

  3. Re:so why would i want to wear a computer? on Intel Puts a PC Into an SD Card-Sized Casing · · Score: 1

    i had the same thing but the point is the paper says you have a high cholesterol. if the doctor ignored it and you got very sick then in theory you can sue the doctor for malpractice for not taking the proper actions as defined in the physician's desk reference

  4. Re:so why would i want to wear a computer? on Intel Puts a PC Into an SD Card-Sized Casing · · Score: 1

    so what would i do with a computer in my fridge, toaster, oven, AC, on my clothing, etc? all wired into the internet and open to hacking?
    i still need to put the toast into the toaster to actually make the toast, although i'm sure some technofiends will put the toast in, walk away and use an app via wifi to start the toasting process

  5. Re:so why would i want to wear a computer? on Intel Puts a PC Into an SD Card-Sized Casing · · Score: 1

    i can see real medical uses for this as well, but having this sold at retail will just fill up emergency rooms and doctor offices with hypochondriacs wondering why their heart rate is .0001% above last week's

  6. so why would i want to wear a computer? on Intel Puts a PC Into an SD Card-Sized Casing · · Score: 1

    still trying to find a use case outside the crazy data driven people and the attention starved 20 somethings who want to share everything

  7. Re:The future of the internet on AT&T Introduces "Sponsored Data" Allowing Services to Bypass 4G Data Caps · · Score: 1

    youtube bought a superbowl ad which made them popular, rode the wave and then sold out to google

  8. Re:Tradeshows are bad period on Why CES Is a Bad Scene For Startups · · Score: 1

    you're supposed to sell to best buy and other retailers at these shows
    not to end customers

  9. cheaper to pay robert scoble on Why CES Is a Bad Scene For Startups · · Score: 0

    or one of the other dozen gurus to tweet or post you gizmo to google plus or wherever. or call their "journalist" buddies to have them write an article on their website or blog

  10. Re:4K videos of russians crashing into each other on YouTube Goes 4K — and VP9 — At CES · · Score: 1

    not really, most movies from the last few years were shot with 4K cameras. just like most movies starting in the late 90's were shot on HD cameras in anticipation of blu ray and HD adoption.

    the studios need to get the 4K masters and put them on a new format for 4K

  11. Re:So how's it look? on YouTube Goes 4K — and VP9 — At CES · · Score: 1, Funny

    you can see the individual brain cells of the russian drivers splatter on the camera as they get hit by trucks on the highway

  12. 4K videos of russians crashing into each other on YouTube Goes 4K — and VP9 — At CES · · Score: 2

    well worth the $3000 TV and the $100 a month internet bill to go with it

  13. Re:So? on Public Domain Day 2014 · · Score: 0

    unlike 100 years ago, books are so cheap now its ridiculous. public domain is not that big a deal. and thanks for amazon, publishing your own work is easier than at anytime in history. write a story and publish it to the kindle store

    its not that hard to make up a story original enough not to get sued. i'm finishing up one now to sell, i have at least a dozen ideas for the future and read new books almost every week with original ideas

  14. Re:Sherlock Holmes on Public Domain Day 2014 · · Score: 1

    the latest 10 SH stories aren't in the public domain, only the earlier ones are

  15. So? on Public Domain Day 2014 · · Score: -1

    its not like thousands of new works of art, literature and music haven't been made in the last 40 years
    most of them are a lot better than the post war crap i grew up on

  16. use apps not the browser on Is a Super-Sized iPad the Future of Education? · · Score: 1

    you get a lot better performance from native apps on IOS and not the browser
    and apple has a free ibooks textbook creation program to make textbooks for schools. they can even do it themselves and not buy from the big publishers

  17. Re: Why Wave? on Ask Slashdot: Best Way To Implement Wave Protocol Self Hosted? · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's the perfect geek social network
    No one uses it

  18. how to beat the gubment on How the Dark Lord of the Internet Made His Fortunes · · Score: 2

    scam the public
    make money
    hire lawyers
    throw some cash at the gubment
    profit

  19. the games haven't changed much on Ask Slashdot: Will You Start Your Kids On Classic Games Or Newer Games? · · Score: 2

    the graphical beasts of today are nothing more than slightly more complex interactive movies of the 90's
    walk in line,
    talk to NPC's
    kill someone
    grab loot
    repeat

    at least on the consoles. if you want different genres you have to play on the PC for strategy and mobile for puzzle games. even then there is no need to play the original Sim City to enjoy today's farm or city or whatever building games.

  20. isn't the ice supposed to be melted by now? on Antarctic Climate Research Expedition Trapped In Sea Ice · · Score: 0

    every summer there are stories of the ice melting and falling into the ocean and whatever and how there won't be any ice left soon

  21. They named a country after a bird? on Prime Minister Wiretapped — Vast Corruption Upending Turkey's Government · · Score: 0

    That you eat?
    And there is corruption there?
    No way

  22. mobile is for a quick check on the go on Ask Slashdot: Why Do Mobile Versions of Websites Suck? · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    not for hours of detailed surfing on a site

    if you want a good experience for mobile, code an app

  23. People watch netflix on a computer? on Run Netflix On OpenSUSE · · Score: 2

    Why?
    There is this thing called a tv with 40" inch screens

  24. what about VM's at work? on Ask Slashdot: Do You Run a Copy-Cat Installation At Home? · · Score: 2

    chances are you have some oldish hardware from the last 5 years that you can run vmware or hyper-v on and roll any instances you want to fool around

  25. Re:no iOS 5 love on Apple Pushes Developers To iOS 7 · · Score: 1

    your mom can still use those apps at their current versions and if she resets her ipad she can still download the older versions of those apps

    what's the problem? new features need the new API's in the newer version of the OS