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  1. Re:wasd + mouse on Can Newegg Survive the Post-PC Future? · · Score: 3, Funny

    I said that's why I bought it. I didn't say I was successful. ;)

  2. Re:wasd + mouse on Can Newegg Survive the Post-PC Future? · · Score: 1

    Which is why I bought a tablet and BT KB. So I could RDP into my PC at home and play my FPS

  3. Answered in the post on Ask Slashdot: Successful Software From Academia? · · Score: 1

    Posted by timothy on Tuesday September 27, @10:41AM from the how-about-ncsa-mosaic dept.

  4. Re:stop hiring out side MBA's and promote people on HP Spent Over $80M To Get Rid of Its CEOs · · Score: 1

    Well since the Carly's first order of business was getting rid of those fools who might interfere with her plans to destroy every major PC manufacturer...WAIT A MINUTE? Carly single handedly (with Michael Capellas help) destroyed the number one and number two PC manufacturers...Coincidence? I wonder if she's met Michael Dell or Steve Jobs? Hrmmmmm....

  5. Re:How do I avoid copying? on Ask Slashdot: Best ccTLD To Avoid Confiscation? · · Score: 1

    I don't see what your point is.

    Perhaps had you read the thread it might have been clearer.

    Say I write and record a song and put it up for mp3/ogg download on my web site. How can I be sure that I wasn't subconsciously copying a song that had been written a decade ago?

    Ray's defense was he did it subconsciously which is plausible since I didn't make the connection at the time until it was pointed out to me and I liked both songs. Yes Huey Lewis sued and won but in today's society all he would need to do is send a takedown notice to get the song pulled. No court needed. circumvention of justice accomplished.

  6. Re:How do I avoid copying? on Ask Slashdot: Best ccTLD To Avoid Confiscation? · · Score: 2

    Yeah but let's say the internet had been around while Ray Parker Jr. was still writing and recording songs...

  7. Re:I've seen people die... on Designer Creates "Euthanasia Roller Coaster" · · Score: 1

    You forgot the link

  8. Re:Tech support personnel on HP Begins Laying Off WebOS Developers, Potentially Firing CEO · · Score: 2, Insightful

    WAIT! hp has employees other than management? I thought the entire company was nothing but contract personnel that they laid off one week a year to satisfy the laws about putting contractors in permanent positions. Perhaps they were required to retain the Palm staff as employees for x number of days...

  9. Re:The cliche practically coined for this occasion on Samsung May Try To Block Next iPhone In Europe Too · · Score: 3, Informative

    In this case I think

    “You don't mess with the 800 pound gorilla!”

    is more apropos. Samsung is the GE of S. Korea

    Here is a list of industries under Samsung

    Electronics
    Shipbuilder
    Financial
    Chemical
    Retail
    Entertainment
    Flash memory
    Aviation
    Optical storage
    Mobile phones
    Smartphones
    Hard disk drives

  10. Re:Too Soon on AT&T and Verizon LTE Networks Compared · · Score: 1

    Just what I was thinking. If the test didn't include at least 200 devices (VERY conservative estimate) on each network node then the results might as well have been on a dedicated landline.

  11. Re:Free or Free with a catch? on DC Universe Online Goes F2P · · Score: 4, Informative
    You forgot your tl;dr

    Here are the highlights

    Free: New players will now have access to the current gameplay in DC Universe Online (including Gotham City, Metropolis, and all current raids and alerts), with the ability to create two characters, join a league and many other benefits. Free level players will be able to purchase downloadable game packs/updates, additional character slots, powers and more through microtransactions.

    Premium: Any player who has spent at least $5 USD (including former paid subscribers and new players who have purchased $5 of in-game items) will qualify for the Premium access level. Premium level players will have more benefits available to them than the Free level player, including additional character slots, additional inventory slots, and higher cash limits. Downloadable adventure packs, additional character slots, and more can be purchased in-game.

    Legendary: Maximum features and benefits are included at this level. Loaded with enhanced additional features, Legendary access will be available for a $14.99 USD monthly fee and includes all DLC packs at no cost, more than 15 character slots, more than 80 inventory slots, the ability to form unrestricted-sized leagues, and many other benefits.

  12. Re:Star Trek on William Shatner On Star Trek Vs. Star Wars · · Score: 1

    It's easier to have fun and cheer on a side when *everyone* knows it's all just make-believe.

    --Jeremy

    Because we all know everyone who is a Star Wars fan knows it's all make-believe.

  13. Re:Star Trek on William Shatner On Star Trek Vs. Star Wars · · Score: 1

    I love the fact that at its core Star Wars is a religious struggle between two extremists factions (Instead of dark and light let's call them far left and far right) in space but because these religions have cool tangible powers masses of intellectuals, agnostics and atheists brush off the religious and political overtones to cheer on their side. I remember reading an article a few years after Episode V was released talking about how George Lucas patterned the Jedi religion after Druidism. I don't know if he actually did or not but you can't deny there are heavy doses of religion throughout the series.

    BTW
    In Episode I what did Qui-Gon Jinn think would happen?

    "He is the chosen one. He will bring balance. Train him."

    The Jedi had been in power for generations and the Sith had been thought wiped out for centuries. Vader brought "balance" all right.

  14. Car Analogy on Ask Slashdot: Low-Cost Tools To Track Employees' Web Use? · · Score: 1

    So in New Zealand if somebody steals my car and uses it to rob a bank I will be arrested for robbing a bank?

  15. Alternative on Ask Slashdot: Low-Cost Tools To Track Employees' Web Use? · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Anyone who requires internet access gets a wireless broadband card in their name that they can expense. Now they are the owner of the connection and you are off the hook.
    IANAL especially not in New Zealand

  16. Choices on Ask Slashdot: Network Backup Solution Out of the Box? · · Score: 0

    1) Simple to use
    2) Robust features
    3) Inexpensive

    Pick any two.

  17. Re:AT&T seems evil on AT&T Responds To DoJ Lawsuit · · Score: 1

    How's that 3G working 4 ya?

    Thought so...

  18. Re:Lets complain about complaining on Are Games Worth Complaining About? · · Score: 1

    It was even better than that 15 years ago!

  19. Re:please please please on Google To Introduce New Programming Language — Dart · · Score: 1

    Can you discuss why you feel the need to ask an AC to elaborate or why you would "like" hearing the thoughts of an AC on something?

  20. Re:Moral of the story.... on After Firing CEO, Yahoo Puts Itself Up For Sale · · Score: 2

    But this is more common than the Dodo.

  21. Re:They're not? on Why Microtransactions In Games Are Amoral · · Score: 1

    Here is an analogy of OP

    CHAR != INT

  22. Re:But on Windows 8 Desktop 'Just Another App'? · · Score: 1

    I am quite familiar with the DNA of Microsoft's operating systems

    If that were true you would have said XP was the spiritual successor to 98. The whole reason there were two versions of windows was because NT/2K could not play games.

  23. Re:But on Windows 8 Desktop 'Just Another App'? · · Score: 1

    2000 is the spiritual successor to 98/98se. ME was just kind of... there.

    spiritual? Well it sure wasn't the architectural successor. Let me help you there.

    OS/2 begat NT (New Technology) which begat NT 3.5/3.51 which begat NT 4.0 which begat 2K which begat XP which begat Longhorn which after being completely stripped of all dignity became VISTA which begat 7.

    Windows 3.1 (By most account the first usable version) begat WFW 3.11 begat W95 which begat W98.

    ME by most accounts was simply W98SE with the registry reconfigured to prevent you from using the CLI for anything useful.

  24. Re:For Chrissakes on Apple Claims Samsung and Motorola Patent Monopoly · · Score: 1

    You say that like it's a bad thing...

  25. Re:Meanwhile, in Democracyville on Anonymous Claims Responsibility For WikiLeaks Attack · · Score: 0

    Who?