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  1. YEOW! MY PANTALOONS ARE AFLAME! on Google Wants To Be a Wireless Carrier · · Score: 2

    two words : mesh networking.

    Android phones for everybody and their dog. literally.

  2. SHITHEADS on Papa John's Sued For Unwanted Pizza-Related Texts · · Score: 1

    Why is it that advertisers think it's acceptable to be rude when asking people to buy their product?!!!
    People like that should be locked in an iron coffin with spikes on the inside.

  3. unholy slashdot army on Fukushima Ocean Radiation Won't Quit · · Score: 1

    I dunno, 50 Roland Piquepailles sounds pretty dire to me.

    did they clone him first, then zombify him, or did they zombify him then clone him? Is such a thing even possible? Either way, an abomination against nature.

  4. Re:I thought metric solved these issues on Fukushima Ocean Radiation Won't Quit · · Score: 2

    hey, watch the potty-mouth!

  5. Re:Why do companies use FaceBook anyway? on Mark Cuban: Facebook Is Driving Away Brands — Starting With Mine · · Score: 3, Funny

    It's kind of creepy that some corp will give you stuff if you "friend" them.
    Like that rich kid in school that nobody really actually likes.

  6. Re:Mark Cuban is a chump on Mark Cuban: Facebook Is Driving Away Brands — Starting With Mine · · Score: 1

    Are you employed, sir?

    DING! DING! DING!
    You are Mr. Jeffrey Lebowski, I claim my Coke!

    No. He helps administer the charities now, and I give him a reasonable allowance. He has no money of his own. I know how he likes to present himself; Father's weakness is vanity. Hence the slut.

  7. a housewarming present from the realator on John McAfee Accused of Murder, Wanted By Belize Police · · Score: 1

    I wouldn't advise trying to live in a compound in the Belize jungle without a large amount of firepower.

    They probably came with the house.

  8. Re:Pitfalls of a libertarian paradise on John McAfee Accused of Murder, Wanted By Belize Police · · Score: 1

    This thread is a great example to point to when people wonder how far Slashdot has fallen. So thanks for that I guess.

    I concur.
    Let's get back to discussing what McAfee dipped his finger in, where he put it, which finger he licked, and in what order.


    Oh, and let's not forget that Belizian police raided McAfee's home last April.

    Rich white men who come to Belize and act strangely are kind of a type

  9. you forgot Gizmondo on John McAfee Accused of Murder, Wanted By Belize Police · · Score: 1

    don't forget Stefan Eriksson

  10. Ike was right! on Wayback Machine Trumps FOI Tribunal · · Score: 1

    pfft! The Pentagon! That bunch of tree-hugging pinko commie hippies.

  11. Taking a break from all your worries on Apple Considering Switch Away From Intel For Macs · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Where you see a walled garden, I see a prison.

    Where you see a prison, I see an zombie-proof enclave.

  12. Re:don't be a chump on Ask Slashdot: Extreme Cable Management? · · Score: 2

    The stuff I'm talking about is still hook & loop fastener. Granted, it's not as "fuzzy" as the common Velcro stuff, so it doesn't grip quite as well.

    The advantages are that it should be readily available and dirt cheap. Wrap around twice if you're concerned it doesn't have enough hold.

  13. don't be a chump on Ask Slashdot: Extreme Cable Management? · · Score: 5, Informative

    velcro cable ties

    Whoa, dude, are you made of money?!!

    You can get 45 feet of Velcro ties for like $3 over in the garden center.

  14. for our Welsh /.'ers on Welsh Scientists Radically Increase Fiber Broadband Speeds With COTS Parts · · Score: 2
    Story submission translated to Welsh:

    "Scntsts wrkng ndr n fndd (3 Mlln rs) prjct t f Bngr nvrsty n Wls (ntd Kngdm) hv dvlpd cmmrclly-xpltbl wy f bstng brdbnd spds vr nd-sr fbr ptc lns by sng ptcl rthgnl Frqncy Dvsn Mltplxng (FDM) tchnlgy, whch splts lsr dwn t mltpl dffrnt ptcl frqncs (ch f whch cn b sd t crry dt), nd lw-cst ff-th-shlf cmpnnts. Th scntsts clm tht thr sltn hs th blty t 'ncrs brdbnd trnsmssn by p t tw thsnd tms th crrnt spd nd cpcty' (mst K Fbr-t-th-Hm r smlr srvcs crrntly ffr lss thn 100 Mgbts pr scnd) nd t cn d ths lngsd 'sgnfcnt rdctn n lctrcl pwr cnsmptn.'"

    I keed, I keed!
    Here's the actual Welsh translation via google:

    Prifysgol Bangor yng Nghymru (United Kingdom) wedi datblygu ffordd fasnachol-ecsploetio'n o roi hwb cyflymder band eang dros linellau ffibr diwedd-ddefnyddiwr optig drwy ddefnyddio Is-adran Optegol Amlder orthogonol Multiplexing (OOFDM) technoleg, sy'n rhannu'r laser i lawr i amleddau optegol lluosog gwahanol (yr un gellir ohonynt yn cael eu defnyddio i gario data), ac isel-cost oddi ar y silff cydrannau. Mae gwyddonwyr yn honni bod eu datrysiad y gallu i 'gynyddu trosglwyddo band eang o hyd at ddwy fil o weithiau y cyflymder presennol a'r gallu' (y rhan fwyaf DU Ffibr-i'r-Home-neu wasanaethau tebyg ar hyn o bryd yn cynnig llai na 100 megabit yr eiliad) ac mae'n gall wneud hyn ochr yn ochr à 'gostyngiad sylweddol yn y defnydd o bÅer trydanol.' "

  15. (more likely "Dixie") on GM Brings IT Dev Back In House; Self-Driving Caddy In the Works · · Score: 1

    Nathan P3L Airchime

    Please please PLEASE tell me that play "la Cucaracha"!

  16. well LA TE DA! on Software Uses Almost 1/2 the Storage On 32GB Surface Tablet · · Score: 1

    Get a load of little lord Fauntleroy here, with his floppy disk !

  17. I told 'em we already got one... on The Survival Machine Farm · · Score: 1

    Typical "not re-invented here" syndrome.
    I thought that's why we kept these beard-slashing traffic impediments around.

  18. is the election over yet? [*] on Nate Silver's Numbers Indicate Probable Obama Win, World Agrees · · Score: 4, Insightful

    This shit is ridiculous. In this age of modern speed-of-light communications, it takes TWO YEARS to choose a president. In George Washington's time, it took less time to visit every town on horseback and make his case.


    Oh, and thanks to Florida's genius governor, Rick Scott, cutting early voting short, you've got a good chance of another six weeks of court battles an recounts.

  19. Re:Masking tape on Will Microsoft Dis-Kinect Freeloading TV Viewers? · · Score: 1

    The BBR (big blue room) is just a geek urban legend. No such place exists.

  20. crap article is crap on The Evolution of the Computer Keyboard · · Score: 1

    Indeed. We need to also remember how bad things can be when you try to cut corners - Atari 400, Tandy CoCo, the original Commodore Pet, Timex / Sinclair.

  21. Re:Sure it is on Atlantic Hurricane Season 30 Percent Stronger Than Normal · · Score: 1

    Seriously, have NONE of you ever read Peter and the Wolf?

    I believe The Three Little Pigs might be more apropos.

  22. Re:Urban Data Centers -- local power generation on NYC Data Center Needs Focus On Fuel · · Score: 1

    Any Bloom box installations in the tristate area? Seems like this incident would help sales.

  23. Re:you can't store 3 days of fuel at high floors on NYC Data Center Needs Focus On Fuel · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The poor quants. Won't ANYONE think of the poor quants?

    The last 15 years have set theoretical physics and mathematics back a generation.
    But goddamned if they haven't shrunk the interval of integration on the vig! Truly benefactors of society.

  24. /. full of Edison's agents, educated stupid! on Wireless Power Over Distance: Just a Parlor Trick? · · Score: 1

    Next you're going to try to tell us that Telsa didn't invent the teleporter! [*]!


    [*] granted, it was more a remote matter duplicator than a true telporter, but there's ways of dealing with that.

  25. eh, sonny? on Wireless Power Over Distance: Just a Parlor Trick? · · Score: 1

    Isn't effective data rate directly correlated with power levels?

    So yelling at grandpa really does make him understand quicker?