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  1. About three words too many.

  2. This is new? on Google Patents Frowns and Winks To Unlock Your Phone · · Score: 1

    The current facial unlock has me gurning and pulling all sorts of stupid faces at my phone. I turn it of when I'm in polite company in case people think I'm have a seizure.

  3. Typing, lots of typing on How Did You Learn How To Program? · · Score: 1

    Bashing programs from magazines into Zx81 and Spectrums.

  4. Re:The light is on but nobody's home on Facebook Home Flagship Phone, HTC First, May Be Discontinued · · Score: 1

    My first Android phones was a HTC Hero, cracking bit of kit. The wife had a Desire that she loved and converted her to Android too.

    Its a shame to see that HTC have lost their way recently, but that doesn't mean that they can't be great again.

  5. Re:COUNTDOWN TO ZERO !! on West Virgnia Auditor Finds Cisco Router Purchase Not Performed Legally · · Score: 5, Funny

    Possibly a British-ism. Tit is a common slang word for a breast LIke boob, jubblie, nork, funbag, chesticle or Bulgarian Airbag.

  6. Re:HTC has same countdown on Canonical Announcing Ubuntu Tablet Tomorrow? · · Score: 1

    Does the green '1' in the countdown have any significance?

    Green makes me think Android.

  7. Re:What exactly is a Service Pack? on Windows 7 RTM Support Ending Soon · · Score: 4, Informative

    A service pack is a roll up of all the important and critical updates into one big package. You can apply a service pack to any install to bring it up to that patch level without going through the intermediate stages.

    The service packs are often slipstreamed into install media to produce a (fairly) up to date install right off the disk.

  8. Re:Apple lost in court on Brazilians Can Now Buy an "iPhone" Loaded With Android · · Score: 1

    Snopes agrees with you.

    http://www.snopes.com/business/misxlate/nova.asp

    Every day's a school day.

  9. Re:Apple lost in court on Brazilians Can Now Buy an "iPhone" Loaded With Android · · Score: 1

    The Vauxhall Nova was renamed the Corsa in Brazil (the name was later used in other markets) due to poor sales. No-va roughly translates to No-Go in the local dialect.

  10. EN-US / EN-UK Dictionary on Digital Pen Vibrates To Indicate Bad Spelling, Grammar and Penmanship · · Score: 2

    I hope is has a better dictionary selection and retention than Word. Being constantly reprimanded by squiggly red lines that I the software thinks that I should use -ize on words that should be -ise is enough to make me gouge out my eyes with a vibrating pen.

  11. Re:Doesn't work in laptop web browser on Experience the New Slashdot Mobile Site · · Score: 1

    Same with Opera on my Droids. The stock browser manages to display content, but it's slooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow.

  12. Re:Seriously - what is slashdot's agenda? on Yes, PlayBook Does Get BlackBerry 10 Update · · Score: 2

    The balance concept is a pretty good idea. Whether it will work in the real world remains to be seen, but it addresses BYOD problems quite nicely.

  13. Re:Don't worry Iran... on A Server That Can Fall From the Sky, and Survive · · Score: 2

    I have run regular HP DL360 servers quite happily in various locations around Afghanistan. Heat is a problem, but it isn't the ambient heat that's the issue. The environment is very dusty and moving parts (especially fans) have a very short life. Once the fan is dead, the heat then becomes a problem very quickly.
    I notice the TFA doesn't mention any filtration, so these boxes are no better than OTS kit in that respect.

    Also, getting blown up and shot at tends to reduce the useful life of boxes too.

  14. Re:My question is this: on Bad Grammar Make Bestest Password, Research Say · · Score: 5, Insightful

    A paranoid colleague of mine composed passwords with a sprinkling of extended chars. He entered the whole thing on the numeric keypad with ALT held down.

    I've no idea what his password(s) were, but they caused quite a few badly written apps to explode in a spectacular shower of exceptions and unhandled input errors.

  15. Re:Simple: on Ask Slashdot: How Do I Get My Spouse To Start Gaming With Me? · · Score: 1

    My wife and I used to love the Baulder's Gate:Dark Alliance console games, but same screen co-op seems to be a rare thing these days. The Marvel Ultimate Alliance series and Dungeon Siege III are about the only current gen offerings.

  16. Overkill on detail? on NASA Achieves Laser Communication With Lunar Satellite · · Score: 4, Funny

    > Every pixel was converted into a shade of gray, represented by a number between zero and 4,095.

    Obviously 50 shades of gray wasn't enough..

  17. Sahana has been doing this for years on New Microsoft App To Coordinate Disaster-Relief Efforts · · Score: 1

    http://sahanafoundation.org/

    I applaud Microsoft's effort, but part of me thinks this might be more about PR than a genuine attempt to save lives.

  18. I'm confused on Belgian Consumer Organization Sues Apple For Not Respecting Warranty Law · · Score: 2

    Apple fans always bang on about how Apple stores go the extra mile to fix problems and replace broken products. Customer care is always pushed as a big plus and one of the justifications for the 'premium' cost of the products.

    Are they lying? Or have the courts got it wrong?

  19. Or, you could not drink yourself into Oblivion on Smart Ice Cubes Tell When You've Had Enough Alcohol · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Seriously, is it that hard to drink and have a good time without pouring crap down your neck till you're shitfaced, grand slam the bed and wake up next to something that needs to be kept wet until it can be rolled back into the ocean?

    Spend hours building a smart ice cube, or thinking, "Hmm the room is spinning, I feel a bit grim and that -2 over there is looking like a 10, I'll ease up a bit". Which is the 'Smart' idea?

  20. Re:$650 million in pork oink oink on British MPs Warn of 'Fatal' Cyber Warfare Strategy · · Score: 1

    The money certainly isn't being used to employ competent personnel. The recent codebreaker PR stunt intended to recruit new 'spooks' was for a job that paid £25k.
    Anyone that had the skills required to pass the challenge would be able to get twice that in the private sector.

  21. Rebadged H3C / 3Com on US Nuclear Lab Removes Chinese Tech · · Score: 1

    Most HP A-Series switches are just rebadged H3C hardware. Some still come direct from HP with the H3C badge on.

    Given that the A-Series firmware is present across even the HP badged hardware, are they going to throw out all HP A-Series switches?

  22. Re:They can't be serious! on Samsung And Docomo Reportedly Working on Tizen Phone · · Score: 1

    Modded: +0 Groan

  23. Re:It's just a big scam to make Windows 9 look goo on Windows 8 Even Less Popular Than Vista · · Score: 1

    Perhaps, I should have put a smiley face on the end of that last bit for those that didn't realise it was throwaway New Years morning sarcasm.

    Microsoft have lost their way. However, we all know they can afford to play silly buggers for a while without worrying too much about major damage.

  24. It's just a big scam to make Windows 9 look good on Windows 8 Even Less Popular Than Vista · · Score: 4, Interesting

    People clung on to XP because Vista was crap, then dived on Win7 and declared it to be the best thing ever. Those same folks aren't going to give up 7 until the hardware support starts to die off, at which point Windows 9 will appear and the cycle will start again.

    Assuming Microsoft are still around to make Win9 and we haven't all had to make the choice between OSX or Linux

  25. Re:.. yay :) on Ask Slashdot: What Is Your New Years Eve Tradition? · · Score: 1

    Yep, my days of sitting up to watch the sun rise are long gone too.

    These days, it's a quick drink and an early night. I think 2000 was the last time I bothered go out and celebrate.