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  1. Re:below cost? on Judge Approves Settlement In eBook Price-Fixing Case · · Score: 1

    Does Amazon buy "inventory", a unlimited license (within a time frame), a maximum number of copies license, or metered license? If they buy "inventory" or even metered license why would book publishers care if Amazon sell books at below market value in order to get customers to buy other products.

  2. Re:Do you trust your government? on Dutch Police Ask 8000+ Citizens To Provide Their DNA · · Score: 1

    It was the first link from a Google search and it had the information I wanted to link.

  3. Re:yeah right... on Dutch Police Ask 8000+ Citizens To Provide Their DNA · · Score: 1

    Does the device have writable storage?

  4. Re:Thus... on Dutch Police Ask 8000+ Citizens To Provide Their DNA · · Score: 1

    If this doesn't exist, I think it's up to the authorities to provide one.

    That is like trusting that the FBI to not install a rootkit on your servers after they gain access to it during a criminal investigation into one of your users. At least with the servers, you can reformat and restore backups. You can't change your DNA.

  5. Re:Do you trust your government? on Dutch Police Ask 8000+ Citizens To Provide Their DNA · · Score: 2

    You use html a tags for links in Slashdot. Corrected Link

  6. Re:False Advertising on AT&T Promises To Expand LTE To More US Markets · · Score: 1

    They really should just advertise the theoretical speed (or at least the average speed) like wired internet. Why do I care what frequencies and protocols they are using if they have wide coverage and fast speeds.

  7. Re:LTE compatablity between major carriers. on AT&T Promises To Expand LTE To More US Markets · · Score: 1

    They should just have modular antennas. If you go to another country or carrier that doesn't support your frequencies/protocols, you can purchase a cheap and standardized antenna module, pop out the old one, and put the new one in. Plug-and-play.

  8. Re:Still Waiting... on Raspberry Pi Revision 2.0 Board Announced · · Score: 1

    They told me 10 weeks and upped it to 15. Why does it even take 10 weeks?

  9. Re:Still Waiting... on Raspberry Pi Revision 2.0 Board Announced · · Score: 1

    I am also wanting for an order I made months ago. Maybe I should cancel it and order the new one.

  10. Re:How do you know it's a TSA agent? on TSA Says Screening Drinks Purchased Inside Airport Terminal Is Nothing New · · Score: 1

    If a suicidal terrorist really wanted to terrorized a population, they would intentionally catch Ebola and go through an airport, train station, or to a densely populated public event. Afterward, everyone would be afraid to go out into public. Anyone could be an unwitting agent of a terrorist plot.

  11. Re:Interesting, very interesting +1 on First Impressions of Windows 8 Powered Nokia Lumia 920 and 820 · · Score: 1

    Not really. Most of the good apps tend to bubble to the top where they get a lot of exposure. Now if you like to be "trendy", you are going to have to work harder.

  12. Re:Interesting, very interesting +1 on First Impressions of Windows 8 Powered Nokia Lumia 920 and 820 · · Score: 1

    It is a OR statement. The second command will only run if the first command returns a false;

  13. Re:Like photocopying currency on Should We Print Guns? Cody R. Wilson Says "Yes" (Video) · · Score: 1

    Only if they want to significantly reduce the utility of the printers. Tube shapes are used for more than bullets.

  14. Re:45,000 Pounds? on UK Paraplegic Woman First To Take Robotic Suit Home · · Score: 1

    I hope you are joking.

  15. Re:And in the future... on UK Paraplegic Woman First To Take Robotic Suit Home · · Score: 1

    More likely that they will start making motorized, bipedal "wheelchairs" that can go anywhere a human can walk including stairs.

  16. Re:Take it to its logical conclusion. on UK Paraplegic Woman First To Take Robotic Suit Home · · Score: 3

    If something like that became easily accessible to the average person, the guards would probably have similar suits.

  17. Re:Keyboard and mouse on Valve Job Posting Confirms Hardware Plans · · Score: 1

    Start manufacturing them and I might buy one.

  18. Re:Keyboard and mouse hasn't changed for a reason on Valve Job Posting Confirms Hardware Plans · · Score: 1

    Also, games on Steam are dirt cheap during the holidays.

  19. Re:Keyboard and mouse hasn't changed for a reason on Valve Job Posting Confirms Hardware Plans · · Score: 1

    A lot of PC games now days support the Xbox 360 controller right out of the box. Also, you no longer have to constantly upgrade your system to play games well. Most of the developers are developing with console being the lowest common denominator. Since new and more powerful console do not come around very often, the games are not designed to use cutting edge hardware.

  20. Re:Mark of a shitty instructor on With 'Access Codes,' Textbook Pricing More Complicated Than Ever · · Score: 1

    Many times, the campus bookstore will outright refuse to stock previous editions of books even when a professor specifically requests and older version.

  21. Re:Or he could... you know... on Apple Rejects Drone Strike App · · Score: 2

    Does iOS or Android even have the native ability to add website shortcuts to the home screens or application menu? If they did, I think people might be more willing to use them.

  22. Re:Not like most linux users! on Ask Slashdot: Where To Report Script Kiddies and Other System Attacks? · · Score: 1, Informative

    Also, port knocking can help defeat rudimentary scans for open ports.

  23. Re:Why all the butthurt? on Misunderstanding of Prior Art May Have Led to Apple-Samsung Verdict · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I would argue that Apple's biggest asset is the apple symbol they stamp on all their products. It seems to have magical properties to make the average consumer deaf to all other alternative products.

  24. Re:Use him for appeal on Misunderstanding of Prior Art May Have Led to Apple-Samsung Verdict · · Score: 0

    How many more courts are there before they hit the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court doesn't have a jury.

  25. Re:Can you imagine... on Misunderstanding of Prior Art May Have Led to Apple-Samsung Verdict · · Score: 1

    I almost wish I was in the jury. Maybe I could have prevented the idiotic verdict.