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  1. Xbox gamepad support? on Microsoft Releases Early IE12 Preview As Part of Its New Developer Channel · · Score: 1, Funny

    Finally, I'll be able to play MegaMan 2 with my Xbox gamepad running on the NES being emulated in HTML5 inside IE12 running on Windows 8.1 inside VMware Fusion on my OS X Mac.

    Sorry, Sony.

  2. Re:Out of curiosity on Microsoft Releases Early IE12 Preview As Part of Its New Developer Channel · · Score: 1

    Canabalt?

  3. Re:Sigh. on Endurance Experiment Writes One Petabyte To Six Consumer SSDs · · Score: 3, Funny

    Rejoice then, you still have 75 SSDs!

  4. Re:In civilized countries... on Starbucks Offers Workers 2 Years of Free College · · Score: 1

    The U.S.A. still doesn't have a real socialist health care system because you have private insurance companies in the mix.

  5. Re:We want driverless cars TODAY! on US Agency Aims To Regulate Map Aids In Vehicles · · Score: 1

    And the first diesel cars were run on vegetable oil and alcool.

  6. Re:Definition, please on Interviews: Ask "The King of Kong" Billy Mitchell About Classic Video Games · · Score: 2

    It's probably Omega-Centipede-Defender.

  7. Re:5G on EU, South Korea Collaborate On Superfast 5G Standards · · Score: 1

    I see what you did th--SPLAT!--

  8. Re:I thought 4G was 'Superfast' on EU, South Korea Collaborate On Superfast 5G Standards · · Score: 1

    We're gonna need plaid cases for our future phones.

  9. Re:Why not just take vitamin pills? on "Super Bananas" May Save Millions of Lives In Africa · · Score: 2

    Yeah, growing vitamin pills is so much easier than growing bananas.

  10. Re:Might be good internationally on Amazon's 3D Smartphone As a (Useful) Gimmick · · Score: 1

    Have you looked at how much Amazon charges everyone?

    No I haven't, because I'm not an author.

    As for 5$ per month for unlimited phone calls, keep in mind that HE-AAC only requires 24kbit/s for mono and HE-AAC v2 only requires 12kbits/s for mono, so it's a lot less bandwidth for one minute of conversation than you think. With HE-AAC v2, one minute of talk is only 90 Kilobytes.

  11. Re:Responsive CSS on Ask Slashdot: Best Rapid Development Language To Learn Today? · · Score: 1

    Responsive CSS does involve media queries, however nearly half of the responsive CSS tutorials I've seen do exactly what I've described above. There's no media queries for images yet, only background images.

  12. Re:Might be good internationally on Amazon's 3D Smartphone As a (Useful) Gimmick · · Score: 1

    We're talking about Amazon vs Rape-you-from-behind cellphone companies.

    Amazon wants to sell you things via their own hardware. Look at the Kindle.

  13. Re:What about the other third of the world? on Can Google Connect the Unconnected 2/3 To the Internet? · · Score: 1

    And you simply refuse to believe that any area deserved by Télébec has no other option available.

  14. Re:What about the other third of the world? on Can Google Connect the Unconnected 2/3 To the Internet? · · Score: 1

    I agree except that a target of 1Mbps is still way too low. I say 5Mbps should be the basic entry-level speed as it allows Netflix at lower bitrate/SD resolution, which Netflix Canada had to add in order to help Canadian users not bust through their monthly caps.

  15. Re:Porn on Amazon's 3D Smartphone As a (Useful) Gimmick · · Score: 3, Funny

    Fuck your porn.

    Oh, wait.

  16. Re:Might be good internationally on Amazon's 3D Smartphone As a (Useful) Gimmick · · Score: 1

    And by "fuck your emails" I meant that you should think big. If they can offer low-cost VoIP I'm sure that low-bandwidth data would also be included, so emails and Web browsing would be part of the deal. But not video.

  17. Re:Territorial pissing matches on Amazon's 3D Smartphone As a (Useful) Gimmick · · Score: 1

    BURN! - Kelso

  18. Re:Might be good internationally on Amazon's 3D Smartphone As a (Useful) Gimmick · · Score: 0

    Fuck your emails, I want free VoIP all over the planet via Amazon, with the ability to call landline and cell phones too.

    I'm pretty sure Amazon could offer extremely low-cost monthly/yearly plans, such as 5$ per month for unlimited minutes.

    That could push Amazon so far ahead of the competition that iOS and Android could soon be history.

  19. Re:Republicans hate those 2/3rds... on Can Google Connect the Unconnected 2/3 To the Internet? · · Score: -1, Troll

    I don't understand those kind of rich people. Having money is not a sign of success and surely not a sign of knowing how to do actual work with your hands, even if it's programming or designing things on a computer.

    Take all the rich people in the world, with all their cash, put them all on a deserted island. Come back one year later and I guarantee you that most of them will be dead.

  20. What about the other third of the world? on Can Google Connect the Unconnected 2/3 To the Internet? · · Score: 2

    You know, countries where affordable internet access is not available?

    Examples: USA, Canada.

  21. Responsive CSS on Ask Slashdot: Best Rapid Development Language To Learn Today? · · Score: 2

    Be very careful with the so-called "responsive CSS" that some people use. Sending a five megapixel JPEG to a cellphone and resize it via CSS is one of the stupidest thing I've ever seen.

    People with no technical background who only know Photoshop and print media have no idea of the requirements they're pushing onto the hardware.

  22. Re:It doesn't matter if we want a "connected home" on The Nightmare On Connected Home Street · · Score: 1

    If you run a wireless network inside your faraday cage, then it's pointless to have a faraday cage in the first place. You want to prevent your future appliances to connect to the Internet without your knowledge, not help them.

  23. Re:This is what happens on The Nightmare On Connected Home Street · · Score: 2

    I'm sorry, the link doesn't work anymore.

  24. I'm guessing these guys never heard about Steamboy.

    Say hello to Toho and Sony for me.

  25. Re:You do know on The Nightmare On Connected Home Street · · Score: 2

    Of course you would. Your name isn't Dave.