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  1. Re:Flamebait summary on Apple vs. Microsoft: a Tale of Two Mobile Updates · · Score: 1

    If you choose to wait for your carrier to roll out a bloated OTA Android update, you are free to do so. If you choose not to wait, you are free to use one of the many alternative distributions or even roll your own without fear of repercussion.

  2. This isn't news and has little to do with the fund on PayPal Freezes Support Account For Bradley Manning · · Score: 1

    Just try opening a PayPal account yourself with one way transferral of funds. PayPal will only allow you if you give them unfettered access to your account. It has been their policy for years. You can't use pre-paid debit cards either.

  3. Re:NOK is in trouble. on Windows Phone 7 Update Jams Some Phones · · Score: 1

    Samsung is not the only manufacturer to trail the bleeding edge. At least with an Android phone, you have the option of reaching out on your own for replacement firmware with all the fancy features.

  4. Re:Not a problem for the slashdot crowd on 'Dating' Site Imports 250k Facebook Profiles · · Score: 1

    Or, "if your wife is cruising date sites and sees you, maybe you should take the hint that she's already done with you."

  5. Re:1st A... on Anniston, Alabama To Censor Employees' Facebook Pages · · Score: 1

    If they said employees could only attend a Baptist church, would you feel any different?

  6. Re:Vendor dependence on Is Samsung Blocking Updates To Froyo? · · Score: 1

    In my experience, limited as it may be, a bricked phone is just a temporary state. I suppose you can truly screw yourself if you try hard enough.

  7. Re:2.2 froyo is on mine on Is Samsung Blocking Updates To Froyo? · · Score: 2

    Would you really want the OTA version? Complete with all the carrier specific crap they load?

  8. Re:Vendor dependence on Is Samsung Blocking Updates To Froyo? · · Score: 1

    Just as you can root a phone, you can restore the factory ROM "unroot" it. It isn't even hard on HTC devices. I don't know about other manufacturers.

  9. Re:Please don't use SORBS blocklist on Hackers Blamed For MessageLabs Spam Blunder · · Score: 1

    SORBS does create problems, but in this case, they got it right. ML was passing spam through their network. SORBS identified it and blacklisted them. There are plenty of reasons to speak badly of SORBS, but this isn't one.

  10. Re:Smart Sound on Senate Votes To Turn Down Volume On TV Commercials · · Score: 1

    When I was growing up, our old Sears console had smart sound too. If you didn't want a spanking, you kept the volume down. We were smart that way.

  11. Re:Alas poor segway, I knew him not so well on Segway UK Boss Dies After Driving Off Cliff · · Score: 1

    "instantly make anyone look like a total tool"

    That's why they're used in police departments.

  12. Re:MS Windows? on Intel Wants To Charge $50 To Unlock Your CPU's Full Capabilities · · Score: 1

    Yes. Microsoft Windows Anytime Upgrade (WAU)
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Anytime_Upgrade

    The hardware aspect is used in quite a few products. MGE's Galaxy PW UPS in the 100 - 225 kVA range are identical, except for the license key used during startup. "field upgradeable up to 225kVA without the expense of added equipment or installation costs" http://www.keyitec.com/keyitec-MGE-UPS.html#GalaxyPW

  13. Re:Unfortunately, the commuter model doesn't work on Layoff Anxiety Is Top Risk To Space Shuttle · · Score: 2, Informative

    Gasoline, huh? I guess that big tank of liquid hydrogen is just used for buoyancy.

    From http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/newton/askasci/1995/environ/ENV165.HTM

    "Author: bob w whitbeck
    What kind of fuel do space shuttles use?

    Response #: 1 of 1
    Author: jade hawk
    It depends on what you mean by "space shuttle" -- the official name is Space
    Transportation System (ever wonder what the "STS" stands for in the mission
    names?). For launch the STS uses 2 systems: the main engines in the orbiter
    that burn hydrogen and oxygen from the external tank (the great big orange
    cylinder that the orbiter is attached to for launch); and the SRBs (Solid
    Rocket Boosters) that burn a solid rocket propellant that is a mixture of
    powdered aluminum and ammonium perchlorate. These are used only for launch.
    The orbiter (what most people think of as "the Space Shuttle") has two
    propulsion systems: OMS (Orbital Maneuvering System) used to change orbit and
    to return to earth, and the RCS (Reaction Control System) used for station-
    keeping and attitude control. Both systems burn hydrazine with oxygen."

  14. Re:Proving once again on Heat Ray Gun Fails Final Test; Nixed From War · · Score: 1

    No, no, no...he meant lazier, but they're not really beams. More like a bonfire with a bale of weed.

  15. Re:Hmmm... on VP8 Codec Coming To FFmpeg · · Score: 2, Funny

    most free software is usually around 5 years behind the state of the art.

    But it fits so nicely with the state of my wallet.

  16. Re:Settlements are not precedent on Special Master Appointed In Jammie Thomas Case · · Score: 1

    "For example suppose you sue me for being ugly. You really could file a lawsuit for that, stupid though it may be. If it went to trial, it'd get thrown out in preliminaries."

    Unless you're ugly. Then you should settle.

  17. Re:Linksys/Cisco SRW switches REQURIRE IE6 on Why You Can't Pry IE6 Out of Their Cold, Dead Hands · · Score: 1

    I see the warning screen on the CE500 series switches, but it's just a matter of clicking through. The configuration interface works fine in FF2, 3 & Safari as well as IE7 & 8.

  18. Re:Statistics on Officers Lose 243 Homeland Security Guns · · Score: 2, Insightful

    How about looking at personal responsibility and labeling the individual as at fault. If you do that, your statistics will mean more. One officer was issued two weapons and lost one.

  19. Re:Fucking-a. on 1,600 Names Suggested Daily For FBI's Watch List · · Score: 1

    Would spray painting with hot sauce keep the mayonnaise crew at bay?

  20. Re:I always had the impression on When Software Leaks (and What Really Goes Down) · · Score: 5, Funny

    That's exactly what I'd expect the Secret Leak Committee to say.

  21. Re:FAIL on Time Warner Cable Modems Expose Users · · Score: 2, Informative

    Then they should put the admin network on an administrative VLAN like they do their core equipment, so that the majority of the Internet can't see it.

  22. Re:Yep on Toyota Claims Woman "Opted In" To Faux Email Stalking · · Score: 1

    We'll see, won't we?

  23. Re:Don't blame t-mobile for Danger's failure on MS Says All Sidekick Data Recovered, But Damage Done · · Score: 2, Informative

    Except Hotmail

  24. Re:Too open for abuse... on Photoshop Disaster Draws DMCA Notice For Boing Boing · · Score: 1

    Valid claim or not, it was effective for the first link: "This content was removed at the request of Macmillan"

  25. Re:FICO on Attorney Sues Website Over His Online Rating · · Score: 1

    All those suits were for naught because Isaac is Fair.