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  1. Re:There's probably patents involved on Standardized Laptop Charger Approved By IEC · · Score: 1

    16.5V is not dangerous. Unless you lick the contacts....not recommended.

  2. Re: Hard to take CM privacy concerns seriously on CyanogenMod Integrates Text Message Encryption · · Score: 1

    LOL When you just gotta feed the troll, do it with style..

  3. Re:Prejudiced much? on Oracle Attacks Open Source; Says Community-Developed Code Is Inferior · · Score: 1

    America's cup....nuf said!

  4. Re:No, because reality is FUCKING BORING on Gravity: Can Film Ever Get the Science Right? · · Score: 1

    This is exactly how I felt when watching that abhorrent Will Smith movie "After Earth". So many stupid choices that didn't need to be made....

  5. Re:(sniffs cautiously) on South African Education Department Bans Free and Open Source Software · · Score: 1

    I would like to LOL at this...but it makes me sad for the students....

  6. Re:clueless management on SUSE's LibreOffice Core Team Moves To Collabora · · Score: 1

    Was going to mod you troll....but eh....so I just tried your example. New writer doc, opened a .bmp file in a photo viewer....ctrl+c...switch to writer ctrl+v and there it is a bitmap pasted into writer.

    So exactly what part are you having difficulty with? Are you trolling or is this a real difficulty for you?

    As a side note, this method works with .jpg and .png files....I didn't have any convinent files with other extensions.

  7. Re:with unity? on Ubuntu Edge Now Most-Backed Crowdfunding Campaign Ever · · Score: 0

    I have been using Linux for a long while now, and mostly that has been Ubuntu. When Unity first showed its face it was an ugly face....slow, buggy and essentially unusable.

    However it has become far more polished and useful over the years, when Ubuntu 13.04 came out I moved back from Mint, I was unhappy with the direction of Ubuntu and decided to move to Mint, initially it looked decided that Mint was where I would stay.

    Yes Unity is slow on older hardware, but I am a computer geek....I don't do slow harware, my i7 laptops and desktop don't have an issue, and 13.04 is much much better optimized then the original (10.04 / 10.10) versions.

    I'm not an appologist and I don't believe in flame wars either, if you like it use it....if you don't well there are many choices available.

    As for Unity as a phone interface, the demos/videos that have been floating around the web look really interesting and I would be happy to give it a chance against my Android device. I would judge it on its own merits as a usful/frustrating device.

  8. Re:at some point... on The College-Loan Scandal · · Score: 1

    Ok so I mostly have a problem with the 25 hours per week bit.....yea maybe as a business student....but I graduated as an engineer in 2009, 25 hours a week is closer to the amount of sleep you get not the work you do....especially in 4th year...oh and I am a New Zealander and studied in NZ so the money thing is different but I can't imagine that the required work is much different.

  9. Re:Not So on Content Most Foul: the British Library's Nanny Filter Blocks 'Hamlet' · · Score: 1

    Where are my mod points....I know AC but still on the mark

  10. Re:Piracy! on Have eBooks Peaked? · · Score: 1

    I love calibre, and yes selling an ebook for the same price as the tree meat version is utterly retarded....did they learn nothing fom what happened to and is largely still happening to the music industry......stupid publishers.

  11. Re:No on Are We At the Limit of Screen Resolution Improvements? · · Score: 1

    Just another thought, the 1920 * 1080 on my alienware M15x is too low. The screen tech is older then the zenbook, so that may be some of it.

  12. Re:No on Are We At the Limit of Screen Resolution Improvements? · · Score: 1

    1920 * 1080 is wonderful on my 13" Zenbook Prime.

  13. Re:I just say on Ask Slashdot: Should More Math and Equations Be Used In the Popular Press? · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I would generally agree; but generally don't go beyond linear algebra; and in the wonderful modern age add a link or a QR on a printed article with links to improve understanding.

    On these extra information sites have further links to more detailed information for those that are interested, further to this the same technique could be used with any technically dense subject matter...main artcle with basic scientific info ->link-> more in depth about original content ->link-> specific detail about relevant fields

  14. Re:It's not about the money on Microsoft Stock Drops 11% In a Day · · Score: 1

    LOL - half trolling - I'm sure there needs to be a song with this as its title.

  15. Re:office for linux as well they have an mac one on Microsoft Stock Drops 11% In a Day · · Score: 1

    I use Linux all the time, for MS Office compatibility I have Office 2007 installed under wine....it works well, most business users send and expect to recieve files in MS Office formats...making an official version of Office for Linux seems redundant really.

  16. Re:I'm a level 14 welder! on Better Factories Through Role Playing · · Score: 3, Funny

    Level 14 welder......but you still take orders from a level 2 manager with an intelligence score of 9....

  17. Re:Microsoft seem determined on Microsoft XBox One Kinect Will Not Work On Windows PCs · · Score: 1

    First actual LOL I have had today....thank you sir :)

  18. Re:Well, there is some logic to it. on How Not To Be a SEO Spammer · · Score: 3

    searching for "search" on nz.bing.com gives Google as the 5th result....bing no where to be seen!

  19. Re:The possibilities... on Eye Surgery By Magnetically Guided Microbots Moves Toward Clinical Trials · · Score: 1

    Well I was born 33 years ago and I find none of these things inspire disbelief, maybe if you said some one who was old 40 years ago and possibly dead now.

    I know my grandfather was always amazed by what tech I used daily before he died a few years ago at 89yrs. Computers and cell phones were a mistery to him.

  20. Re:I wouldn't mind it if... on Lawmakers Try To Block Black Box Technology In Cars, DVR Tracking · · Score: 2

    Yes you record everything on a 10 minute loop, you stop the recording 30 s after an accident occurs. That way you only ever have 10 minutes of data but you capture all accidents. SImple solution to the issue.

  21. Re:I just had this conversation with a coworker: on Microsoft Kills Xbox One Phone-Home DRM · · Score: 1

    Must be close to lunch time, I thought of steak....and had to think for a second why there were cars in the example....

  22. Re:so what is porn? on ISPs To Censor Porn By Default In the UK By 2014 · · Score: 1

    Where the hell is the edit button, I am usually more careful.....no line breaks etc...

  23. Re:so what is porn? on ISPs To Censor Porn By Default In the UK By 2014 · · Score: 2

    Are you serrious, have you no self control? Chemistry is a part yes but concious decisions are far more powerful, hell a human can hold their breath until they pass out. At which point the autonomic control kicks back in so that you don't die. I think that access to [heavy metal / rap / counrty (pick your poison)] music is far too easy and as a damaging infulence in peoples lives, so it does a lot of good for people to block their access or at least make it harder to access

  24. Re:you'll probably hear the telcos' screams on Google Floats Balloons For Free Wi-Fi · · Score: 1

    Well your NSA can just get the fuck out of my country!!!!

  25. Re:It'll do a lot for pre-installed Linux too... on XP's End Will Do More For PC Sales Than Win 8, Says HP Exec · · Score: 1

    Tried to play starcraft on a Win7 PC reciently, the graphics were all screwed up even when running in "compatability mode". Worked just fine under Wine on my Ubuntu 13.04 install.....I just though that was a little funny, I doubt Win8 would do any better then Win7