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  1. Re:And no more EasyTransfer! on Microsoft's Attempt To Convert Users From Windows XP Backfires · · Score: 1

    Forget about easily upgrading from Ubuntu of a few years ago as well.

  2. Re:the one flaw in that on Microsoft's Attempt To Convert Users From Windows XP Backfires · · Score: 1

    If you think 7 is bad, actually try 8.

  3. Windows 8 is the problem. on Microsoft's Attempt To Convert Users From Windows XP Backfires · · Score: 1

    Offer downgrade rights with any Windows 8 OEM license, and that will help significantly.

  4. Re:Why? on The Next Keurig Will Make Your Coffee With a Dash of "DRM" · · Score: 1

    You are right, they are mostly the same, which is part of what makes the AeroPress so great. One major difference is that the filter is located on the bottom of the AeroPress. Since the coffee grounds mostly float, it is much easier to press, and results in much less sludge. Also, with the AeroPress, you are able to stop the steeping immediately, which yields much better coffee. Finally, with the paper filter, the AeroPress is able to handle a much finer grind of coffee, which makes it more efficient and allows for almost espresso strength brew.

    Remember that in the existential sense, all coffee is just ground beans with hot water... it is the subtle variations that matter.

  5. Re:wrong on New Attack Hijacks DNS Traffic From 300,000 Routers · · Score: 1

    I thought that the OP was being sarcastic at first, but maybe he really is that naive.

  6. Re: Bank account hijacking is impossible on New Attack Hijacks DNS Traffic From 300,000 Routers · · Score: 1

    The encrypted tunnel is created on submit, that is, you can have a login form on an http page and still submit encrypted via SSL if the forms action sends data via https.

    If the original form is not delivered with SSL, you can not know that the server who sent the form is authentic. The form could be a modified version that posts anywhere, and SSL will have done nothing to protect you. Remember that it is not just encryption, but also a system to establish trust.

  7. Re:Why? on The Next Keurig Will Make Your Coffee With a Dash of "DRM" · · Score: 1

    Get a modern one. I wipe coffee oil off of the grinding part of mine about twice a year. No mess rests inside, it just grinds coffee into a hopper.

  8. Re:Why? on The Next Keurig Will Make Your Coffee With a Dash of "DRM" · · Score: 1

    You should really try the AeroPress. I used to be a diehard french press guy, but I am not looking back.

  9. Re:Why? on The Next Keurig Will Make Your Coffee With a Dash of "DRM" · · Score: 1

    It is almost like brewing coffee is not really that complicated at all.

  10. Re:Why? on The Next Keurig Will Make Your Coffee With a Dash of "DRM" · · Score: 4, Insightful

    He probably has a conical burr grinder, which requires no cleanup at all.

  11. Re:Why? on The Next Keurig Will Make Your Coffee With a Dash of "DRM" · · Score: 5, Informative

    I brew my coffee in a press every morning. It takes about 3 minutes to boil, brew, and clean, an AeroPress.

    http://aerobie.com/products/ae...

  12. Putty on Ask Slashdot: What Software Can You Not Live Without? · · Score: 1

    Putty, the SSH, Serial, and Telnet utility knife.

  13. Re:isn't it used on violent prisoners? on The Science of Solitary Confinement · · Score: 1

    Not everything in the world is subjective, and nobody owes you any explanation.

  14. Re:The name, the look, the genericness on Why Nissan Is Talking To Tesla Model S Owners · · Score: 1

    It has the same problem as every other ugly, egg shaped hatchback, which was supposedly built with aerodynamics in mind. Think back to the very first ugly Japanese cars introduced in the US market, the ugly domestic cars that imitated them, and then continue your search forward all the way to our illustrious Leaf EV. Have you ever noticed that race cars are not egg shaped?

  15. Re:The name, the look, the genericness on Why Nissan Is Talking To Tesla Model S Owners · · Score: 1

    Also, the Tesla S is truly a beautiful car. I have mistaken them for Aston Martins on the road, which is really saying a lot.

  16. Re:The name, the look, the genericness on Why Nissan Is Talking To Tesla Model S Owners · · Score: 1

    I hate the taillights at least 10,000% more, and the bulging ass trunk. The car is so ugly, it is almost like they did it on purpose.

  17. Re:The name, the look, the genericness on Why Nissan Is Talking To Tesla Model S Owners · · Score: 2

    It is gratuitously ugly though.

  18. Probably not. on Does Relying On an IDE Make You a Bad Programmer? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Being a bad programmer is a state of mind, leave the tools of the trade out of it.

  19. Re:Rich, white hypocrites? Say it aint so!!! on Exxon Mobile CEO Sues To Stop Fracking Near His Texas Ranch · · Score: 1

    When it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck...

    ... you are probably using a bad programming language?

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D...

  20. Re:Rich, white hypocrites? Say it aint so!!! on Exxon Mobile CEO Sues To Stop Fracking Near His Texas Ranch · · Score: 1

    There is probably some happy middle ground, where a rational person thinks, "This seems interesting; but minus prejudice and hyperbole, it is little more."

  21. Re:NIMBY NIMBY NIMBY!!! on Exxon Mobile CEO Sues To Stop Fracking Near His Texas Ranch · · Score: 1

    That's what the article says give or take, only the headline is 100% pure bullshit. Realize that the author of the article was paid for his deceptive work, meaning he actually is a shill.

  22. Re:NIMBY NIMBY NIMBY!!! on Exxon Mobile CEO Sues To Stop Fracking Near His Texas Ranch · · Score: 1

    Do you really think AC was actually being paid?

    Me neither...

  23. Re:Rich, white hypocrites? Say it aint so!!! on Exxon Mobile CEO Sues To Stop Fracking Near His Texas Ranch · · Score: 1

    Proof by innuendo.

  24. Re:Malice? I think not. on Study Shows Agent Orange Still Taints Aging C-123s · · Score: 0

    If you aren't hearing voices when you show up, they have a drug for that, and another one to cure it.

  25. Re:So, learning scales linearly with bandwidth? on Is Google Making the Digital Divide Worse? · · Score: 1

    The article is not about education, it is only briefly mentioned among lists of potential usages of the internet. While education is first in these lists, they are presented to imply each element carries equal importance... entertainment is never mentioned.

    Re-framing this debate as a, "what will anyone ever do for the children", topic, will never bring Google Fiber to your house. Sorry. Public education already exists, it is well funded, and well equipped with technology. Children have ready access to the internet, books, and education.

    Break up cable monopolies by allowing any telecom carrier usage of public easements. Get broadband providers out of bed with TV and telephone, by recognizing them as telecom carriers, and allowing their cables on public utility poles. Our market experience is one of crony capitalism at best, and we reap the rewards every day. We are selling our souls to Comcast for public access cable channels!