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  1. Re: If you were paranoid about the NSA having it on Stanford's MetaPhone Project: Crowdsourcing Metadata To Challenge the NSA · · Score: 4, Funny

    Hi, I work for the NSA
    I just checked and I know for a fact that you rarely call your grandma. In fact I see she calls you and you don't pick up

    I sent a note to your local police department to harass you until you call her. And I set your phone on autodial her number to help you out

  2. Re:Whose networks are those? on Legislation Would Prohibit ISPs From Throttling Online Video Services · · Score: 1

    interstate commerce, the government can regulate them

  3. Re:Alright... on Legislation Would Prohibit ISPs From Throttling Online Video Services · · Score: 1

    you're an idiot

    he wants to amend a law that congress has been amending for decades to keep competition in the marketplace

  4. Re:Not going to happen on Legislation Would Prohibit ISPs From Throttling Online Video Services · · Score: 2

    depends on the video

    youtube has caching servers to cached the most popular videos inside the ISP's network, everything else has to fight for bandwidth

    i've had youtube problems on AT&T, verizon, ios, android, on almost any platform.

  5. Re:Build their own system? on Pentagon Readies Contingency Plans Due To BlackBerry's Uncertain Future · · Score: 1

    because there is no reason to reinvent the wheel

    a lot cheaper to buy iphone or android and pay someone to code your internal apps

  6. Re:Risk Mitigation on The Second Operating System Hiding In Every Mobile Phone · · Score: 1

    yes, im sure you can install a cell tower on any building in NYC and no one will notice. not even the building management

  7. Re:20% failure rate in 3 years is LOW? on 25,000-Drive Study Gives Insight On How Long Hard Drives Actually Last · · Score: 2

    i'm sure they have data on more hard drives than what you have handled

  8. Re:Um.. on 25,000-Drive Study Gives Insight On How Long Hard Drives Actually Last · · Score: 5, Insightful

    over the last 20 years i've used almost every brand of hard drive and have had all the brands fail at least once. every single brand has had quality issues at one time or another

  9. MS did the first cloud service before dropboxq on Stop Listening and Start Watching If You Want To Understand User Needs · · Score: 3, Interesting

    i was an alpha tester back around 2008

    there was no cloud storage, but you could sync files between your computers running the client. i left my home PC on and sent files while on vacation 1600 miles away. Everyone testing it said how awesome it was on MS Connect. Of course MS didn't do anything with it and dropbox was born

  10. HP and Dell have "free" tools on Ask Slashdot: Tools For Managing Multiple Serial Console Servers? · · Score: 1

    to manage their servers including console access via a special NIC port and the ability to push the power button remotely through a web browser

    basic features are free. remote console is a $400 per server option called iLO Advanced on HP servers. the management software is free as well with some features licensed per server

  11. Re:does everyone REALLY have IP-connected TV? on Blockbuster To Close Remaining US Locations · · Score: 1

    i just bought a $99 smart 3d blu ray player from best buy. it does netflix, amazon, vudu, cinemanow and flixster along with dozens of other services and porn
    i also have an apple tv
    before that i used to own all three consoles from the last gen that streamed netflix and other services

  12. Re:About time on Blockbuster To Close Remaining US Locations · · Score: 1

    never had this problem with apple tv or streaming Vudu to my blu ray player

    if you stream over compressed pirated copies, that's your problem. i watch them too and buy some on blu ray since the sound is screwed up on the pirated copies

  13. Re:So a commission to cut your own throat? on Amazon Offers Cut of Ebook Sales To Book Stores Selling Kindle · · Score: 1

    Kindle books always go on sale, and lots of sites to track it

    the entire kindle version of the song of ice and fire is on sale for $22.59 now

  14. Re:So a commission to cut your own throat? on Amazon Offers Cut of Ebook Sales To Book Stores Selling Kindle · · Score: 1

    not like their profit margins are close to 100% as it is now

  15. Re:What's the point? on Nintendo Announces $99 Wii Mini For US Release · · Score: 1

    might buy it for the kids

  16. does it work through walls? on Chinese Professor Builds Li-Fi System With Retail Parts · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    i only ask because homes in the USA have them

  17. inmarsat still around? on Ask Slashdot: Good Satellite Internet For Remote Locations? · · Score: 0

    in the 90's when i was in the army we used their phones with special modems to send data from europe to africa and back the other way

  18. Re:Insurance on Atlanta Man Shatters Coast-to-Coast Driving Record, Averaging 98MPH · · Score: 1

    more like dropping coverage for modifying his car

  19. Re:When will he be arrested? on Atlanta Man Shatters Coast-to-Coast Driving Record, Averaging 98MPH · · Score: 0

    arrest all of them since everyone drove

    and the idiot actually documented what seems to be illegal modifications to his car including the use of illegal devices to foil the police

  20. Re: so tell me again... on Microsoft, Apple and Others Launch Huge Patent Strike at Android · · Score: 3, Insightful

    all the important work was given to the standards bodies
    once you assign your patent to a standards body for inclusion in a standard you lose a lot of power over that patent
    all the technical work for wifi/LTE and other tech are now SEP patents which they have to license at the same rates to everyone

  21. Re:No replaceable battery as far as I can see on Android KitKat Released · · Score: 1

    i know worldwide you have to pay full price, but here in the USA its all around the 2 year contract. even then at $349 most people won't keep it longer than 3 years

  22. Re:No replaceable battery as far as I can see on Android KitKat Released · · Score: 1

    out of the ten iphones and ipads i've had over the years i have never had a problem of the battery degrading to the point of it being unusable after two years

    but then again being in the US and the two year contract thing here i just buy a new phone every two years and pass my problems on to someone else

  23. Re:No replaceable battery as far as I can see on Android KitKat Released · · Score: 2, Insightful

    i'll have a third kid then just for you

  24. Re:Galaxy Nexus on Android KitKat Released · · Score: 1

    your phone still works, what is the problem?

  25. Re:No replaceable battery as far as I can see on Android KitKat Released · · Score: 1

    when i'm in the office i just plug my iphone and galaxy s3 in and keep them plugged in all day
    if my battery is less than 50% on my iphone at bed time i'll charge it
    i have a USB port in my car that also charges my iphone
    the power is there, might as well charge it

    i see no point in buying extra batteries unless i was working in a job that kept me away from a power source all day