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  1. Re: citizenship is irrelevant on Rand Paul Starts New Drone War In Congress · · Score: 1

    And how much oil is required to cultivate each of those acres?

  2. Re:According to the history page... on Schiller Says Apple Is the Last PC Maker From the Mac Era, Forgets About HP · · Score: 1

    He said "Every company that made computers when we started the Mac"

    Development of the Mac started long before 1984.

  3. He said "Every company that made computers when we started the Mac"

    Development of the Mac started long before 1984.

  4. Re:No "veteran gamer"... on How To Play Quake III On iPad · · Score: 1

    No, but only because of I/O latency. If you wired in mouse and keyboard a Retina iPad Mini, for example, would easily run it better than machines of Q3's era and is a hell of a lot easier to carry around.

  5. Re:Slashvertisement? on How To Play Quake III On iPad · · Score: 1

    According to the App Store description, source code is available.

  6. Re:Wrong section on How To Play Quake III On iPad · · Score: 1

    Ya, a post about Quake isn't about gaming at all.

  7. No. on Chrome Is the New C Runtime · · Score: 1

    I don't want to use a base library supported by a huge ad network, thanks.

  8. Re: Woohoo more experience on PC Plus Packs Windows and Android Into Same Machine · · Score: 1

    God yes! The term is so overused by marketing droids these days, bugs the hell outta me.

  9. Public databases on Is the World Ready For Facial Recognition On Google Glass? · · Score: 1

    This is why I never post pictures of myself publicly. Facial recognition would be fine if data was only drawn from private sources (for example a private distributed social network where I might be comfortable sharing information about myself) but as long as there is a possibility of my information used in this manner I will not provide said information.

  10. Easy solution on Disqus Bug Deanonymizes Commenters · · Score: 1

    Use different email addresses for each service. You do it with passwords, why not emails?

  11. Re: This is not a fair comparison on Nexus 5 With Android 4.4 and Snapdragon 800 Challenges Apple A7 In Benchmarks · · Score: 1

    Samsung spends way, way, WAY more than apple on marketing. I forget the figure but it's staggering.

  12. Re: This is not a fair comparison on Nexus 5 With Android 4.4 and Snapdragon 800 Challenges Apple A7 In Benchmarks · · Score: 1

    And half the size.

  13. My take... on What Apple Does and Doesn't Know About You · · Score: 1

    I don't think Apple's comment meant that they don't collect ANY information, of course they do. Anyone who runs any kind of online service wants to know know its users are and how they use the service, it helps improve and streamline it. I don't have a problem with that; If I sign up there's a certain expectation that the information I enter and the accesses I make will be logged for their own purposes. Some companies, however, have so many services that are so popular that your average internet user is almost certainly going to use them - sometimes whether they realize it or not. Or the services might be tied to a device, like Apple's or Google's. This is the class of service and data collection that is concerning to me. When it comes to those, "connecting the dots" is very much the important part.

    When deciding what kind of dot connecting a particular company may be doing, I just follow the money. Does Apple have a reason to determine every little thing about me? Do they want to know if I eat eggs or breakfast? Or drive a Ford? Does having that information help them to make money?

    Now ask the same question of Google. Personally I don't want to use an operating system that's written by an ad company because I know they'll do everything they can to connect my dots. I don't believe Apple has as much incentive to do so.

  14. Finally, an aptly named politician.

  15. Re: Cruel on Cyborg Cockroach Sparks Ethics Debate · · Score: 1

    That's probably better for the roaches, keeps poor fandroids from controlling them.

  16. Re: Cockroach rights? on Cyborg Cockroach Sparks Ethics Debate · · Score: 1

    You should be relieved she didn't kill you.

  17. Re: Cockroach rights? on Cyborg Cockroach Sparks Ethics Debate · · Score: 1

    Mosquitos don't eat you, they suck your blood to incubate their young. Squishing them is thus not only more appropriate revenge but more satisfying too, as you're likely killing lots of them.

  18. Re: "Pretty Much All of Them" on How Many Android OEMs Cheat Benchmark Scores? Pretty Much All of Them · · Score: 1

    I'd agree for iOS 7 on the iPhone 4 but it runs really well on 4S+. On Android you're lucky to EVER get any update, even security patches.

  19. Re: Or, alternatively on How Many Android OEMs Cheat Benchmark Scores? Pretty Much All of Them · · Score: 1

    Not only that but the 5S, at least, blows the doors off even most of the cheating scores.

  20. Re: China transparency on China's Web Surveillance System Employs More Than 2 Million · · Score: 1

    You might be right. So we have China being open about spying to prevent dissent and we have the US hiding spying to avoid dissent. Maybe some government should try, you know, not spying. It's odd that not doing things people dissent against doesn't seem to occur to those in power.

  21. Re: China transparency on China's Web Surveillance System Employs More Than 2 Million · · Score: 1

    The US didn't admit to that without being forced to, and Russia must not want Snowden arrested since that's where he is and he's not arrested. Anyway my point isn't that China is great, it's that it's sad the US is actually worse at anything.

  22. Re:China transparency on China's Web Surveillance System Employs More Than 2 Million · · Score: 1

    Quite the reverse - that China is more transparent about *anything* is an indictment of the US given how opaque their government tends to be.

  23. China transparency on China's Web Surveillance System Employs More Than 2 Million · · Score: 5, Interesting

    It's somewhat disturbing that China is more forthcoming about its domestic spying than the US. At least they admit that they do it.

  24. Re: I think they plan to compete on the premium en on Ask Slashdot: Can Valve's Steam Machines Compete Against the Xbox One and PS4? · · Score: 1

    "anything developed for the Steam Machine will also be available on PC"

    Some might view that as a plus - play the same game on your desktop, laptop or tv.

  25. Re:Oversubscription on Facebook and Cisco Offer Check-In Service For Free Wifi · · Score: 1

    - I'm not in the US - I don't care what carriers do as long as I get what I pay for