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  1. How many reasons do you need to move to Texas? on Credit Card Swipe Fees Begin Sunday In USA · · Score: 0

    No oppressive state income tax. Robust economy. Wide open choice in education. Lower housing prices. None of these credit card fees. The governor should run for President. (that last part was supposed to be funny, so before you flame me, just go ahead and piss off already, alright flametards?)

  2. Slashdot - Billions of wrong stories served. on Alan Cox Exits Intel, Linux Development · · Score: -1, Troll

    WTF Geekwire?? Do you idiots even read the crap you are "reporting" on???? FTFA: "Dear Slashdot, switching one system that run Ubuntu in a VM to Fedora into running Ubuntu does not constitute 'switching to Ubuntu'. I've been running Unbuntu for some jobs (like building Android images) for ages 8). In fact I run several distros (Fedora still included) And for that matter my goldfish boot/stress test image is a hacked Debian fs image...". This was posted by Cox LAST NIGHT.

    Twelve-year-old's with a "tech news" website - worthless as a chocolate teapot.

  3. You've got to get the charger with enough power. on Three Low-Tech Hacks for Phones and Tablets · · Score: 2

    If you get an underpowered portable charger, you've thrown away your money. My charger has both a "fast" port and a "slow" port for lower power items, and charges my phone as fast as plugging into the wall.

  4. Portable phone charger is the way to go. on Three Low-Tech Hacks for Phones and Tablets · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I used to carry the spare batteries, but the portable phone charger can charge my phone AND other devices about 3 or 4 times. My ear is not tethered to my phone, so it's not a big deal to have my phone plugged into a plastic device that's about the same size as my phone. If you can't put your phone down for a few minutes at a time, then go for the spare batteries - but then you've got to figure out when you are going to charge them. Want to spend your whole evening in the hotel charging a variety of batteries in your phone?

  5. Lighten up François. on France Proposes a Tax On Personal Information Collection · · Score: 0

    Somebody had to say it.

  6. How are we supposed to help Anonymous on Kim Dotcom's Mega Claims 1 Million Users Within 24 Hours · · Score: 1

    when they are busy ratting each other out to the FBI? What do they need help with - negotiating their plea agreements with federal prosecutors?

  7. Borrowing limit? on Belgium Plans Artificial Island To Store Wind Power · · Score: 1

    Belgium is one of only 15 nations in the world with a debt to GDP ration of about 100% or higher (the US is another by the way). Their credit rating was recently downgraded, and last year the EU forced them to implement austerity measures. Might be tough to fund something like this.

  8. What the hippies knew in the 70's. on FBI Responds To ACLU GPS Tracking Complaint · · Score: 2

    If you get a document from the FBI or CIA or IRS or SEC etc under FOIA with big chunks blacked out - challenge it as overly broad redaction. Whatdo you think all these courts and attorneys general are there for? You think they are in trial all the time? They have constitutional and statutory responsibilities toward the citizenry (as in, "you") - put them to work, don't just sit and whine about how your government doesn't respect you. And if you don't get the information, find a different court or a different attorney general.

    This is why modern "activism" will never stack up to the hippies - those folks were smart and persistent. They learned the law and applied it until they were a complete, intractable thorn in the side of every oppressor in a position of power. You think Wall Street gives a crap about OWS? The hippies would have had those bankers on their knees begging for mercy. They brought a sudden and dramatic end to the largest conflict in US history (Vietnam), despite massive entrenched special interests that were making billions from weapon sales and war support. They crippled the nuclear power industry worldwide. What have anonymous and OWS done to end the current conflicts in the middle east? Anything? Nothing? Too busy Facebooking, or launching DDoS attacks at the RIAA over their right to share music?

  9. What are you 12 years old? Its called redaction. on FBI Responds To ACLU GPS Tracking Complaint · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Do you have any actual "journalists" at geekwire? Redactions, advertorials - you kiddies act like you just found out how reporting and journalism works in the last 12 hours. Take a news reporting class at your local community college - you'll learn a thing or two that the hippies knew all about regarding the FOIA in the 70's. Or read a stinking "Reporting for Dummies" book.

  10. The money doesn't matter. on Dell Said To Be In Buyout Talks With Private-Equity Firms · · Score: 1

    The legacy is what matters - did you really innovate? I think someone like Torvalds or Sergie Brin runs circles around marketing guys like Dell and Jobs in that regard.

  11. What? on Symbian Sells Millions, Despite Nokia Pushing Windows Phone · · Score: 1

    1/10th the sales of iPhone, and 1/30th the sales of Android phone is now considered "GOOD"? MS has lowered its standards, it would seem. http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-57549482-94/smartphone-sales-up-47-percent-as-android-increases-its-lead/

  12. Agreed. on Anonymous Files Petition To Make DDoS Legal Form of Protest · · Score: 0

    Guy Fawkes kiddies take a regular beating on /. It must suck to go to jail for using DDoS tools that you don't even understand.

  13. Re:Mannequin Attack on Anonymous Files Petition To Make DDoS Legal Form of Protest · · Score: -1, Troll

    ... or smoke pot ... or have sex in (or out of) tents ... or steal stuff ... or litter ... or develop intense body odor ...

  14. Famous last words. on Online Gambling Site Bets On Bitcoin To Avoid U.S. Laws · · Score: 1

    "I don't believe we'll be doing anything wrong." Federal Judges really go for that kind of sentiment. It's the old Steve Martin excuse: "I didn't KNOW it was illegal not to pay your taxes!" - part of his comedy routine in the 70's.

  15. "Trying to shoot own foot... on GM CIO Says HP Hiring Probe "Not the Best Use Our Legal System" · · Score: 1

    ...keep missing and hitting own face for some reason. Stupid gun!"

  16. I feel like such a loser. on An Oven That Runs Android · · Score: 1

    I just have my gas grill in the backyard. Can't even play Angry Birds on it, or Pandora, or send a Tweet from it. It just sits there like a dumb hunk of metal.

  17. Re:FU google on An Oven That Runs Android · · Score: 1

    Oh, you are WAY behind on the times, aren't you? Android toilet will be released in February: http://techland.time.com/2012/12/17/android-controlled-toilet-makes-your-non-android-toilet-seem-like-a-throne-of-spikes-sandpaper-and-lameness/. Don't you have your pre-order in yet??

  18. Re:Its called AppleTV on A Least Half a Million Raspberry Pis Sold · · Score: 1

    My point is that the device itself is capable of mounting a number of USB hard drives. Whether or not the software will support it is a different story, of course.

  19. Re:CFE qualifications. on Apple's App Store Tops 40 Billion Downloads; Generates $7 Billion For Developers · · Score: 1

    Fraud comes in many, many forms. No one can be assured of spotting all types - your friend is right about that. All the CFE designation does is indicate to employers and team members that you've got an above average education and specialization in the field. Same as a lot of other certifications in that way. Most fraud examiners specialize in certain types of fraud (health insurance, banking, government benefits fraud, etc), and then within that specialty a person would normally be ultra-specialized - such as fraud examiners who only work on Medicaid dental fraud cases, or who only work on residential mortgage fraud cases. Each sub-specialty has its own specialized tools and training. Many of our chief government investigators in the US are CFE's - for example, Daniel Levinson, head of Medicare/Medicaid fraud investigations for the US government for the past 9 years (his title is Health and Human Services Inspector General) is a CFE. Once again, www.acfe.com is the website to go to for more information. I invite any interested parties to contact me for information on how to become a CFE if you have a degree in accounting or criminal justice and have fraud investigation experience - you can reach me through the Austin ACFE website: austinacfe.com. I am the President of the local chapter.

  20. Re:The iOS oven on An Oven That Runs Android · · Score: 4, Funny

    What about the Fandroids who'll lash out at anything that isn't from the hand of Google? Where do they fit into your sad little world?

    Eating badly cooked food and marveling over how "free" it is while trying to ignore a non-stop stream of advertisements screaming at them from their ovens.

  21. Re:The iOS oven on An Oven That Runs Android · · Score: 3, Funny

    Your family recipes will no longer belong to you. But, for $0.99 each, you will be able to use them on up to 5 different iOven devices. Your recipes will not work on Android ovens.

  22. Re:The iOS oven on An Oven That Runs Android · · Score: 2

    Well, since Apple's already got the patent on "method for mixing things and then heating them", it will be the ONLY oven that can LEGALLY make you a pie. Of course, if you want a pirated pie...

  23. 5 years from now? Not a problem. on An Oven That Runs Android · · Score: 4, Funny

    Windows 12 EB (EasyBake version) will be out of beta by then.

  24. The iOS oven on An Oven That Runs Android · · Score: 5, Funny

    will only cook recipes previously approved by Steve Jobs. Fanboys will quickly realize that all other food was crap anyways. It will cost $5,000 more than the Android oven.

  25. Re:Yup. on Nokia Redirecting Traffic On Some of Its Phones, Including HTTPS · · Score: 1

    Kindle Fire does it in its default browser. You aren't so much "warned" as they push it as a "feature", I suppose.