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  1. It is now! on Ask Slashdot: Is My IoT Device Part of a Botnet? · · Score: 1

    That's what you get for advertising it on Slashdot, sucker.

  2. A relevant quote on Apple In Talks To Buy Jay Z-Owned Tidal Streaming Service (9to5mac.com) · · Score: 2

    "There's a sucker born every minute." -P. T. Barnum

  3. Let me get this straight on Apple In Talks To Buy Jay Z-Owned Tidal Streaming Service (9to5mac.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Let me get this straight: they like that it's owned by artists, so they're going to buy it from those artists? Amazing how they can't see the problem with this.

  4. Re:Is he being Assanged or what? on Tor Developer Jacob Appelbaum Allegedly Intimidated Victims Into Silence and Anonymity (dailydot.com) · · Score: 1

    Tor is dead

    Long live Tor!

  5. Posted directly by the new editor on 'My Heroic and Lazy Stand Against IFTTT' (pinboard.in) · · Score: 1

    Hang on, was this posted directly be the new editor? I don't see a related submission or a referenced user?

  6. The bigger question is who is the OP? on For Microsoft, Windows 10 Charity Begins At Home · · Score: 5, Insightful

    And how do his summaries keep getting through?

    This is the second incomprehensible summary accepted from this user this week about Microsoft and Code.org. The first was "Well-Played: Microsoft Parlayed NSF Video 'Remake' into National CS K-12 Crisis" ( http://developers.slashdot.org... ) and now this.

    Apparently he's been at this for a while, too. Here's a Gawker article about the mystery of TheoDP from 2006: http://gawker.com/178280/the-m...

    Does he have dirt on the Slashdot editors?

  7. Re:Strange on Yahoo Board Approves a $1.1B Pricetag For Tumblr · · Score: 2

    Source: Yahoo! Finance

    Nothing suspicious to see here folks.

  8. Maybe Bill Gates was right on Did Steve Jobs Pick the Wrong Tablet Size? · · Score: 0

    If an iPad can get by with 16K, 640K is way more memory than anyone will ever need!

  9. Robocode on Ask Slashdot: Really Short Time Wasters? · · Score: 1

    If you're looking for a way to improve your skills, a couple of quick rounds of Robocode and changing a couple of lines of code will give you a quick distraction along with a small increase (or creation) of your Java skills. More about it here: http://robo-code.blogspot.com/

  10. Obligatory on Of the Love of Oldtimers - Dusting Off a Sun Fire V1280 Server · · Score: 1

    Find a couple more and make a Beowulf Cluster.

  11. Somebody done goofed and nobody caught it on What You Can Do About the Phone Unlocking Fiasco · · Score: 1

    The petition didn't have 57,000 signatures, it needed 57,000 more signatures. As of right now it needs 54,629 more signatures.

  12. Two years too late on OLPC To Sell 7-Inch XO Tablet In Wal-Mart · · Score: 5, Insightful

    A few years ago when there weren't many choices in the market there was a lot of demand for them to release one of their devices as an inexpensive, low power computing device. That time has passed. Now days the market is flooded with cheap alternatives. They've waited too long, they're way too late. Unfortunately they don't stand a chance.

  13. I think the real news here on Facebook Paid 0.3% Taxes On $1.34 Billion Profits · · Score: 1

    Is that Facebook is finally making a profit.

  14. ChromeOS on Running Netflix On Linux · · Score: 2

    Correct me if I'm wrong, but why not just use ChromeOS's support for Netflix in something like Virtualbox?

  15. Workaround on Petraeus Case Illustrates FBI Authority To Read Email · · Score: 1

    Does this mean if I download all messages from my IMAP account from the server, delete them from the server, and then reupload them to the server every four months that they can never view my messages?

  16. Virtualbox on Ask Slashdot: Which Virtual Machine Software For a Beginner? · · Score: 5, Informative

    Virtualbox is pretty reliable and includes acceleration on 64 bit systems along with an extremely simple to use GUI and easy to install guest additions that allow your display to easily scale. It's the one thing from Oracle that I actually use and recommend to others. For your requirements, it's licensed under the GPL v2 and works on Windows, Linux, and Mac.

  17. Old news on Switching Tasks Changes Worker Bee DNA · · Score: 1

    I noticed this a while ago. People in New Jersey, doing whatever it is people in New Jersey do, have their DNA changed to the point that their skin becomes orange and several other peculiarities...

  18. Re:Option Q on What Windows Phone 8 Needs To Do To Succeed · · Score: 1

    Oh, you mean the HP plan.

  19. If Microsoft Windows Phone 8 is going to succeed on What Windows Phone 8 Needs To Do To Succeed · · Score: 2, Insightful

    It's going to need to drop the Microsoft and Windows branding.

  20. Don't worry, I got this on It's Easy To Steal Identities (Of Corporations) · · Score: 3, Funny

    I'm the CEO of Lifelock and we're putting together a special package for corporations to prevent this kind of thing from happening. Additionally, if you'd like to invest in our company(whose stock will obviously be rising soon because of this great new service) I'd be more than willing to sell you a few shares right now.

  21. Apple's business model on Apple Says "No" To Releasing New Dock Connector Specs · · Score: 1

    1. Design new proprietary connector
    2. Threaten to sue others making said proprietary connector
    3. Manufacture connectors for cheap
    4. Sell connectors at high markup
    5. ??????????
    6. PROFIT!!!!!!!!!!!

  22. Toothbrushes on Space Station Saved By a Toothbrush? · · Score: 1

    Not just for fighting cavities!

  23. Missing from description on Leaked Photo Shows Touch-Screen BlackBerry 10 Phone · · Score: 2

    They left out the best part: QT

  24. Re:In other words... on Firefox, Opera Allow Phishing By Data URI Claims New Paper · · Score: 1

    Hey now, as Steve Jobs will tell you, that's a feature.