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  1. Crap!! on Dell Gives Android the Boot, Boots Up More Windows 8 · · Score: 2, Funny

    And I was just about to buy a thousand Dell "Streak" Android Tablets to be the backbone of my business for the next 10 years. I mean - who could pass up on "America's First 4G 7-Inch Tablet"???

  2. That sound overhead on Anonymous Hacks Westboro Baptist Church · · Score: 1

    is a RTFA 747.

  3. Losers hacking losers. on Anonymous Hacks Westboro Baptist Church · · Score: 1

    And all of them jumping on the backs of dead children for their 2 minutes of fame. And the sensationalist media gladly giving it to them. Shameful what twisted purposes our hard-fought freedoms are used for.

  4. Funny as hell - Google ad. on Huge Security Hole In Recent Samsung Devices · · Score: 5, Funny

    The Google ad on the page for TFA states "Root Any Android Device In 1 Touch! Easy To Use Automatic Root Software". Talk about context-sensitive ads!!

  5. Re:Yes, I'm retarded. on Google Map App's Version of Anonymity Might Violate EU Privacy Laws · · Score: 1

    I paid $45 a month for unlimited data, text, phone on the Blackberry. Now I pay $40 a month for unlimited data, text, phone on an Android. My costs have been lower than what you propose. Until very recently, there were no cheap unlimited plans for iPhone.

  6. Re:I don't know how iPhone works. on Google Map App's Version of Anonymity Might Violate EU Privacy Laws · · Score: 0

    Meh - seems like a ridiculous standard to hold any GPS provider to - "I want turn by turn directions, and for you to redirect me when I make a wrong turn, but I don't want you to know where I'm located or where I'm headed". I guess it could be implemented, but if that's the European standard, it seems a bit silly to me. Whatever.

  7. Re:I don't know how iPhone works. on Google Map App's Version of Anonymity Might Violate EU Privacy Laws · · Score: 1

    I agree - but how do you separate out the sharing of location data with the giving and receiving of turn-by-turn directions?

  8. Find an effective collection agent. on Ask Slashdot: How To Collect Payments From a Multinational Company? · · Score: 1

    A well-established collection group will have their own attorneys, and should only charge you a percentage of the recovery rather than a hefty up-front fee.

  9. Re:I don't know how iPhone works. on Google Map App's Version of Anonymity Might Violate EU Privacy Laws · · Score: 1

    She doesn't play games. She's in college - tons of texting.

  10. Re:I don't know how iPhone works. on Google Map App's Version of Anonymity Might Violate EU Privacy Laws · · Score: 1

    Then I wonder what causes the battery drain problems on the iPhone? My daughter's 4S is constantly running low.

  11. Re:I don't know how iPhone works. on Google Map App's Version of Anonymity Might Violate EU Privacy Laws · · Score: 2

    That's incredible battery life. No, this is an older Samsung, I've had it for awhile now. I've never gotten near that kind of battery life - I should get something newer. On this phone, calls are not much of a drain, but leaving GPS on at all is a huge drain. There's no icon on the notification bar, but that may be a difference between your newer HTC and my older Samsung.

  12. Yes, I'm retarded. on Google Map App's Version of Anonymity Might Violate EU Privacy Laws · · Score: -1, Troll

    And I'm smart enough never to have used an overpriced iPhone. I went from Blackberry straight to Android, and missed out on the iPhone hit to my wallet.

  13. Re:I don't know how iPhone works. on Google Map App's Version of Anonymity Might Violate EU Privacy Laws · · Score: 0

    If you don't want help from Google Maps with your location, then why use Google Maps? Seems like that is the whole point of having it on the phone. I certainly can't see the little map well enough on a phone screen in order for the map itself to be of much use. Turn by turn directions is about the only useful feature.

  14. Re:I don't know how iPhone works. on Google Map App's Version of Anonymity Might Violate EU Privacy Laws · · Score: 1

    I haven't checked into it as far as you, but if I leave GPS checked "on", even when I'm not using Latitude, my battery life is horrible.

  15. I don't know how iPhone works. on Google Map App's Version of Anonymity Might Violate EU Privacy Laws · · Score: 1

    On Android, I can turn off all the "location" services anytime I'm not using GPS. Saves the battery from being eaten by GPS. Does iPhone give this option?

  16. Nothing on Ask Slashdot: What To Tell Non-Tech Savvy Family About Malware? · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Get them a Chromebook and save $1200+ off the price of the Mac and be done with it.

  17. I finally got to see it last night on Why The Hobbit's 48fps Is a Good Thing · · Score: 1

    in 24 FPS. Fantastic movie. Once again, Jackson was pretty loose and wild with the story line, but the movie was funny, exciting, and visually amazing. I don't know if I'll ever get the chance to see it in 48 FPS.

  18. 1998 called. on Engadget Experiences the Solidoodle 3 3D Printer · · Score: -1, Redundant

    They want their blog template back.

  19. Re:Rather than shooting with more FPS on Why The Hobbit's 48fps Is a Good Thing · · Score: 1

    Helm's Deep was in TTT movie (and book). Jackson admitted that he cut stuff from the first movie to give Liv Tyler a bigger role, whereas Lady Arwen only gets a couple passing mentions in the books. I'm assuming the Barrow Downs was one of those unfortunate cuts.

  20. Re:Rather than shooting with more FPS on Why The Hobbit's 48fps Is a Good Thing · · Score: 1

    And it could have been done SO WELL on the big screen. Would have made the first movie much more enjoyable.

  21. This is about RMS. on Why The Hobbit's 48fps Is a Good Thing · · Score: 5, Funny

    The movie has hairy, disgusting trolls.

  22. Re:Rather than shooting with more FPS on Why The Hobbit's 48fps Is a Good Thing · · Score: 2, Insightful

    And here I thought the worst part was the hundreds of pages of walking through marshes and getting eaten by midges.

  23. Rather than shooting with more FPS on Why The Hobbit's 48fps Is a Good Thing · · Score: 5, Insightful

    maybe Jackson should just try actually shooting the whole story this time. Hey Merry - where'd you get that cool magic blade that killed the Witch King? "Errr.... well err ummm. See there were these barrows, but we had to cut that from the story, but - hey, Liv Tyler is hot, right??"

  24. Re:Yes there is Chinese cheese. on Humans Have Been Eating Cheese For At Least 7,500 Years · · Score: 1

    They lived in China and were ruled by (or ruled) Chinese for many many years. And there are other minority groups that have been living in the mountainous regions and herding milk-producing mammals.

  25. You blaspheme! on Humans Have Been Eating Cheese For At Least 7,500 Years · · Score: 1

    Everyone knows that the Earth is exactly 6016 years old: "Most conservative groups within Christianity still follow the estimate of Dr. John Lightfoot, a 17th century Anglican clergyman. He estimated that creation occurred during 4004 BCE. Bishop James Ussher in the 17th century made the same estimate a decade later, and ended up with almost all the credit." http://www.religioustolerance.org/ev_date.htm