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  1. Re:Pirates! on Finnish Anti-Piracy Site Pirates Thepiratebay Content · · Score: 5, Informative

    It's not pirated content. Ever notice the Kopimi link at the bottom of TPB pages? http://www.kopimi.com/kopimi/

  2. Way to go on Valve and JJ Abrams Collaborating On Half-Life, Portal Movies · · Score: 1

    Valve and JJ Abrams Collaborating On Half-Life, Portal...

    *Deep inhale of excitement*

    ... movies

    Damnit.

  3. Re:Why do you want to combine them? on Ask Slashdot: Linux Mountable Storage Pool For All the Cloud Systems? · · Score: 1

    Quite. You can get unlimited data for an absurdly cheap price.

  4. Re:Been testing Windows 8 on Intel CEO Tells Staff Windows 8 Is Being Released Prematurely · · Score: 1

    A little too obvious. Is anyone anti-shilling yet?

  5. Re:Most important question on Sony Announces 'Superslim' PS3 · · Score: 2

    If only they let you hold down the PS button on the controller, bringing up a menu allowing you to shut down the system amongst other things.

  6. Re:Absolutely not. on Can Anyone Become a Programmer? · · Score: 1

    I pick two women.

  7. Re:Seems to get hung up at 96% for me on Data-Mine Your Own Facebook Data With Wolfram Alpha · · Score: 2
    As it says in the blog post:

    If you’re doing this for the first time, you’ll be prompted to authenticate the Wolfram Connection app in Facebook, and then sign in to Wolfram|Alpha (yes, it’s free).

  8. Re:Rebirth on The Rebirth of PC Gaming? Bring On the Modders! · · Score: 1

    My sister bought a Wii early on, she played it religiously for about a month. Since then I've clocked about 10 horus on it and that's far more than she has put in.

    Did she only play it on Sundays?

  9. Re:Short Story on Ask Slashdot: What's the Most Depressing Sci-fi You've Ever Read? · · Score: 1

    There are alternate endings; I never really liked the original ending (though that could have been the execution rather than the concept). Not sure what the book ends with though (didn't know there was one).

  10. Re:or Brazil on Ask Slashdot: What's the Most Depressing Sci-fi You've Ever Read? · · Score: 1

    PoFi?

  11. Re:Manager bank accounts? on Nuance Launches Siri Rival "Nina" · · Score: 1
  12. Re:A few weeks ago in slashdot... on Has a Biochem Undergrad Solved a Cosmic Radiation Mystery? · · Score: 1

    There seems to be some consensus that it's an aurora ('wonderful' suggesting visually pleasing) and has also been described as fire from Heaven.

  13. Re:Not as simple as "use Tor!" on Berkeley Law Releases Its First Web Privacy Census · · Score: 1

    Another Opera user here. I enable cookies from only the site I visit, and they're auto-deleted when I close Opera. Coupled with the Wand and Notes/Personal info only a right-click away, it keeps a lot of the guff out of the system.

  14. Re:At the risk of sounding elitist... on Google Blockly — a Language With a Difference · · Score: 1

    Repeat forever:
    If [not wall to the left] or [wall ahead] then turn left
    Else move forward

  15. Re:Everything's unethical! on Ask Slashdot: Ambitious Yet Ethical Software Jobs? · · Score: 1

    Quite right.

    In general, the more money you want to make, the more ethics you have to drop.

  16. Re:Websites on How Many Seconds Would It Take To Crack Your Password? · · Score: 1

    A few years ago, MSN let me change my Live password online to a 16 character password. Unfortunately, Live Messenger artificially limited you to entering 8 characters when logging in.

  17. Re:All part of their retro-COBOL strategy on Microsoft Ignores Usability With All-Caps Menu in Visual Studio · · Score: 4, Funny

    Freaking Office 2010 with the ribbon crap confuses the heck out of me, because I can never find the function I want. Where's the undo function? Find-and-replace? Full justification? I know they're in that mess of Egyptian hieroglyphics, but I have no clue where.

    CTRL+Z, CTRL+H, CTRL+J?

  18. Re:Rockmelt on Is Facebook Going To Buy Opera? · · Score: 1

    Agreed. And without an alternative browser I want to use, I may just have to leave the Internet. Time to buy that yacht :)

  19. Re:The real news on The 30 Best Features of Windows · · Score: 1

    Don't waste your time clicking through all the advert-ridden pages of banality.

    http://www.pcpro.co.uk/features/374587/30-best-features-of-windows-8/print

    I know it doesn't address the rest of your comment but it's easier to read/skim.

  20. Re:How to tell whether you are infected on Flashback Trojan Hits 600,000 Macs and Counting · · Score: 1

    I have never ran antivirus on my mac, I have never been infected.

    How do you know?

  21. Re:Mystic Warlords on Wil Wheaton's New Show: Tabletop · · Score: 1

    Will Will Wheaton will wheat on Will Wheaton?

  22. Re:.4 on SAIC Settles CityTime Case For $500.4 Million · · Score: 1

    Legal fees?

  23. Re:Validity? on For Windows 8 Users, Stardock Revives the Start Menu · · Score: 1

    However, I've been kicking Windows 8 around since public release. While it performs decently, it is very cumbersome, awkward and unnatural to use on a desktop.

    I thought that too. My first thoughts were that if a tablet came with Windows 8 and a dock that housed an external graphics card (for gaming, much like the new Sony Vaio Z) it'd be a great desktop/laptop replacement (I can't get my work done on an Android tablet or iPad); but that the Metro Start interface wasn't exactly mouse & keyboard ready (the interaction felt uncomfortable and obtuse).

    However after reading up on the new keyboard shortcuts and understanding the interface a little better, I think it'll be just fine. Now I just need that dock :D

  24. Re:Co-Locate on Suggestions For Music Hosting? · · Score: 2
    From the site:

    *There are no charges for overage. We will permanently restrict the connection speed to 10 MBit/s if more than 10,000 GB/month are used (the basis for calculation is for outgoing traffic only. Incoming and internal traffic is not calculated). 100 MBit/s speed can be optionally restored by committing to pay 6,90 € (incl. VAT) per additional TB used.

    Looks alright to me. Better than most dedi packages I've come across.

  25. Re:Breaking news on FBI File Notes Steve Jobs' Reality Distortion Field · · Score: 1
    Quite. I especially like the interviewee on pages 41-42:

    He characterized Mr. Jobs as a deceptive individual who is not completely forthright and honest. He stated that Mr. Jobs will twist the truth and distort reality in order to achieve his goals.

    Then, shortly after:

    [He] concluded the interview by stating that even though he does not consider Mr. Jobs to be a friend, he (Mr. Jobs) possesses the qualities to assume a high level political position. It was [his] opinion that honesty and integrity are not required qualities to hold such a position. [He] recommended him for a position of trust and confidence with the Government.

    Is that you, Woz?