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  1. Re:I can already see it on Microsoft Gearing Up To Release a Smartwatch of Its Own · · Score: 4, Funny

    That's great news for my dear aunt because while she's set on buying a smart watch on the double, without a killer feature to distinguish between them she's been having a hard time selecting between them all.

  2. Re:Categorized under Android? on Microsoft Gearing Up To Release a Smartwatch of Its Own · · Score: 2

    It's either because of the Microsoft patents in Android or timothy is a Samsung fanboy.

    If you ask me, the icon for anything related to smart watches should be a Pebble icon.

  3. Re:Somehow dumber than the Apple Watch on Microsoft Gearing Up To Release a Smartwatch of Its Own · · Score: 1

    Not necessarily. You could also put a bunch of them together in a single casing.

  4. Re:Apple Watch? on Microsoft Gearing Up To Release a Smartwatch of Its Own · · Score: 1

    There's one thing The Pebble doesn't do as well as the Apple Watch, and that's running out of battery power after only a few days.

  5. Apple Watch? on Microsoft Gearing Up To Release a Smartwatch of Its Own · · Score: 1

    The smartwatch market is still in its nascent form, but with Apple releasing its AppleWatch in early 2015, things are going to change.

    I'm pretty sure the Pebble and the too-many-in-too-short-a-time Samsung watches were already changing things.

  6. I can already see it on Microsoft Gearing Up To Release a Smartwatch of Its Own · · Score: 5, Funny

    I bet it's called the X-Watch, has an x86 CPU and tries to cram the regular version of Windows into a 2" display with a tiny cursor controlled by a Kinect camera you wear on your head via the included X-BaseballCap.

  7. Prediction on Ask Slashdot: LTE Hotspot As Sole Cellular Connection? · · Score: 1

    Not only that but my seagate hard drive...

    Uh-oh, Seagate is trouble.

    ... died in my NAS last night.

    Told ya.

  8. Wait a minute on The Largest Ship In the World Is Being Built In Korea · · Score: 1

    Most of the 955,250 liters of paint used on each ship is in the form of an anti- corrosive epoxy, pre-applied to each block. Finally, a polyurethane topcoat of the proprietary Maersk brand color "Hardtop AS-Blue 504" is sprayed on.

    Can't we get the same thing for our cars? Is it available at some professional paint shops?

  9. Re:Question on The Largest Ship In the World Is Being Built In Korea · · Score: 1

    That's easy. Train A will arrive in New York forty-two minutes before train B arrives in Los Angeles.

  10. Re:Mac Mini on iFixit Tears Apart Apple's Shiny New Retina iMac · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Why the hell do people even use this garbage.

    I keep asking this question myself when I see people using Windows for anything but games.

  11. Re:how do SSD's compare to HD's? on iFixit Tears Apart Apple's Shiny New Retina iMac · · Score: 2
  12. Re:Broken link on iFixit Tears Apart Apple's Shiny New Retina iMac · · Score: 2

    Even Bob the Builder would have fixed it by now.

  13. Re:Clueless on Despite Patent Settlement, Apple Pulls Bose Merchandise From Its Stores · · Score: 1

    Can you tell us / Care to tell us

    Note to self: stop posting after midnight.

  14. Re:Clueless on Despite Patent Settlement, Apple Pulls Bose Merchandise From Its Stores · · Score: 1

    Can to tell us the brand/model of your better-than-active-noise-cancellation headphones?

  15. Re:Robot??? I don't need no steeenking robots! on Robot SmackDowns Wants To Bring Robot Death Matches To an Arena Near You · · Score: 1

    No need to throw your sabots into the whole process.

  16. Re:Battletech IRL on Robot SmackDowns Wants To Bring Robot Death Matches To an Arena Near You · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Why stop there? Can we just put everything in a virtual environment where there's no physical limits, no expenses and the robots could duke it out without damaging anything in real life?

  17. Which quote to use? on Robot SmackDowns Wants To Bring Robot Death Matches To an Arena Near You · · Score: 3, Funny

    I'm torn between "We spared no expense" and "God help us, we're in the hands of engineers".

    Are these the first steps toward the wars of the future?

  18. Re:Bring Back the Soundblaster on Ask Slashdot: Stop PulseAudio From Changing Sound Settings? · · Score: 1

    You're right, at least we knew what was going on. It also meant that computer users were at least semi-knowledgeable about how computers work.

    Today, they don't even know the difference between RAM and storage. And in ten years, I guess they won't even know the difference between local storage and online storage.

  19. Re:Bring Back the Soundblaster on Ask Slashdot: Stop PulseAudio From Changing Sound Settings? · · Score: 2, Funny

    Damn right it did!

    Right after you moved the jumper to change the address because of a conflict with your printer, moved the jumper to change the IRQ because of a conflict with your modem and moved the jumper to change the DMA because of a conflict with your HDD controller.

  20. Re:news for nerds? on Google Releases Android 5.0 Lollipop SDK and Nexus Preview Images · · Score: 1

    Damnit Jim! I'm a Web Monkey, not a tech support monkey!

  21. Re:android must be doing something right on Google Releases Android 5.0 Lollipop SDK and Nexus Preview Images · · Score: 1

    I see what you did there. Give me a break.

  22. Re:Even if they can walk... on High-Tech Walkers Could Help Japan's Elderly Stay Independent · · Score: 2

    You can say that again. But don't forget that if you have some type of mental disorder when you grow old, it won't matter much. Not to mention, you will still not really be able to perform certain tasks.

    I need to go to the grocery store now.

    Emma, have you seen my onion? I can't go outside without an onion on my belt now, can I? Oh, and get me a nickle so I can buy a newspaper, my dear. Are we out of orange juice? Are you ready yet? We're going to miss our plane for Florida! Never mind your make-up, just grab your wig!

    Oh, that darn voice thingy on the electro-typewriter is still active. Damn you, Steve Gates!

  23. Re:Too many discrite components on Tesla Teardown Reveals Driver-facing Electronics Built By iPhone 6 Suppliers · · Score: 1

    I'm currently designing a new product, and it's so integrated that it only has half an IC.

  24. Re:(some) cars are gadgets now on Tesla Teardown Reveals Driver-facing Electronics Built By iPhone 6 Suppliers · · Score: 5, Funny

    You can see a 100 year old Tesla if you're prepared to do some grave digging.

  25. Re:Makes sense on Chemists Grow Soil Fungus On Cheerios, Discover New Antifungal Compounds · · Score: 2

    Eating a raw ear of corn is disgusting though. I prefer a raw nose of corn myself.