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  1. Re:If uploads are expensive, cap them specifically on EFF Slams Google Fiber For Banning Servers On Its Network · · Score: 1

    because people will go over the limit and complain and say its not their fault. the cell phone carriers had this problem when minutes were rationed out on plans long ago

    it is cheaper to sell unlimited plans and set rules limiting what you can do with a consumer plan than pay people to answer customers' phone calls

  2. Re: Who cares what it is on EFF Slams Google Fiber For Banning Servers On Its Network · · Score: 1

    Isp's care about uploads since it costs them money to send data to another network operator

    This is why business service costs more
    They assume you will send more data to other networks

  3. it takes 30 seconds to upload the soul on Neurologists Shine Light On Near-Death Experiences · · Score: 1

    like the cylons in the BSG remake

    the electrical activity is the soul uploading out of the body

  4. Re:CEOs are overrated on Larry Ellison Believes Apple Is Doomed · · Score: 2

    there was some demand at the time for stylish PC's. Alienware started in the 90's and some computer makers did release nice looking computers.

    apple was able to sell a bundled computer/monitor/software where people were willing to buy it where a lot of computer makers would leave money on the table allowing people to buy another branded monitor

  5. Re:Um...as a patient, I'm hoping you MEMORIZE it on Ask Slashdot: Best Software For Med-School Note-Taking? · · Score: 1

    no one can remember that much info on a long term basis

    that's why all doctors are in some specialty and most of their problems are the same ones every day so they can remember some frequently used info

  6. evernote +1 on Ask Slashdot: Best Software For Med-School Note-Taking? · · Score: 2

    you can write your own notes and tag them
    you can clip websites and news articles as well and tag them

    60MB per month for the free account and $45 per year after that. and it works on a computer, phone, tablet

  7. Re:Government Jobs on Losing the War Data For Iraq and Afghanistan · · Score: 2

    yeah, because if someone were to take a paperclip home from the office and the media found out and ran some story about employees stealing from the government people would be outraged.

    every time people get outraged, more rules are added. then people get outraged about the rules

  8. Re:Nature's solar panel on Looking Beyond Corn and Sugarcane For Cost-Effective Biofuels · · Score: 1

    so how much of the energy is lost in the transmission and storage? how many toxic chemicals do you need for all these batteries?

  9. Re:Sugar Beet on Looking Beyond Corn and Sugarcane For Cost-Effective Biofuels · · Score: 1, Insightful

    tell that to the red staters who can only grow corn in the USA passing legislation to only support corn

  10. Re:Nature's solar panel on Looking Beyond Corn and Sugarcane For Cost-Effective Biofuels · · Score: 1

    how does your solar panel work on cloudy days, rainy days, snow days and at night?

  11. why would i want to live on a space station? on Could Humanity Really Build 'Elysium'? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    when the earth has everything?

  12. Re:Once iOS and Android Licensed Exchange on BlackBerry Officially Open To Sale · · Score: 4, Informative

    blue chip companies are in the process of rolling out iOS and android and dumping blackberry

  13. Re: AOL still around ? on As AOL Prepares To Downsize Patch, CEO Fires Employee During Meeting · · Score: 2

    engadet. the guys who started the verge used to work for engadget and didn't like what AOL was doing

    lots of others, but i don't remember what they are. but i think it was dozens of different brands

  14. Patch for NYC sucks on As AOL Prepares To Downsize Patch, CEO Fires Employee During Meeting · · Score: 1

    don't know about everywhere else, but the NYC edition sucks. Gothamist, dnainfo and some of the local blogs are a lot better. AOL and this google genius should have bought them out or just put Patch under Huffington Post when AOL bought them

  15. Re: AOL still around ? on As AOL Prepares To Downsize Patch, CEO Fires Employee During Meeting · · Score: 1

    Aol owns lots of the big brands on the Internet

  16. Re: diabetes is no joke! on Study Ties High Blood Sugar To Dementia · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Quinoa
    Millet
    Brown rice
    Wild rice

    Lots of low glycemic grains out there

  17. what happens if the chick get pregnant? on One-Way Ticket: Mars One Project Applicants Top 100,000 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    will they sterilize the women first or will they risk children being born on Mars?

  18. Re:isn't wifi like the old layer 1 hubs? on Bad Connections Dog Google's Mountain View Wi-Fi Network · · Score: 1

    the receiver still receives on that frequency, so my guess is that its still going to spend time filtering the signal

  19. Re:Abuse of tool? on Bad Connections Dog Google's Mountain View Wi-Fi Network · · Score: 1

    how often do printer drivers change and people have to download them?

  20. isn't wifi like the old layer 1 hubs? on Bad Connections Dog Google's Mountain View Wi-Fi Network · · Score: 5, Interesting

    you transmit into the air and everyone receives the signal and the receiver has to filter out any traffic that is not meant for itself

    too much data being transmitted by people in the area and the connection is useless. even my home wifi is almost useless during peak times at night since i have two dozen or so other people with wifi around me

  21. Tmobile is the cheapest if you don't use a lot of on Crunching the Numbers On Shared Cellphone Contracts · · Score: 1

    4 lines can be had for $150 if you buy your own phone and don't use a lot of data
    I have a work smartphone as well and wifi at home and work so I rarely use more than 1gb if that much

  22. Re:I'm not that surprised. on Microsoft Will Squeeze Datacenters On Price of Windows Server · · Score: 1

    and how much per instance if you virtualize them?

    with Windows 2012 R2 you can pay once for the server license and get unlimited virtual licenses of the OS for that server

  23. Amazon always has free books "on sale" on Have eBooks Peaked? · · Score: 1

    I have a huge backlog of reading in front of me
    Dozens of free books every day with some really good ones in there

  24. Re: Fine with me on Microsoft Will Squeeze Datacenters On Price of Windows Server · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Not much in real dollars since you get unlimited virtualization rights with datacenter and with current hardware you can decrease your server count

  25. Re:Give me 1TB on my phone and tablet on Memory Wars May Herald Mobile Devices With Terabytes of Capacity · · Score: 1

    if you have a galaxy s3 you can transfer via the NFC chips in the phones