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  1. Re:Well, it's an advertisement ... on Stephen Colbert and the Monster Truck of Tivos · · Score: 1

    I'd be happy being able to watch something while recording two other things. Or for the recordings to start and stop at the appropriate time. I regularly miss the end of things because the DVR doesn't know what to stop.

    The bolded part is why it's better to have more than the two tuners you say you'd be happy with. When you have 4-6 tuners, depending on how much you record, you have enough capacity to record every show for 5-10 minutes past the station's advertised end time.

  2. Re:So... on Massachusetts Set To Repeal Controversial IT Services Tax · · Score: 0

    >"They just want your money to turn around and buy votes with programs"

    The fact that Republicans keep making this claim due to their anti-social perspective doesn't make it true, even if they actually believe it due to living in a far-right-wing echo-chamber, and only serves to alienate anyone who believes in western civilization.

  3. Re:How can anyone trust on Ask Slashdot: Can We Still Trust FIPS? · · Score: 1

    re: your sig

    I think you mean "Anthony," unless there are two Weiners in politics that like to show off their weiners.

  4. Re:Microsoft wanted to do this on Valve Announces Family Sharing On Steam, Can Include Friends · · Score: 1

    again with formatting
    > but I guarantee some of the people singing its praises are the same ones who hated the idea from Microsoft because it interfered with first sale.

    Of course, but if you have a point there, I don't see it. Steam has already taken the ability to resell away from the buyer, so that loss does not occur at the point of implementing this system like it did with the Xbox plan. People using Steam have already accepted those terms.

  5. Re:Microsoft wanted to do this on Valve Announces Family Sharing On Steam, Can Include Friends · · Score: 1

    > but I guarantee some of the people singing its praises are the same ones who hated the idea from Microsoft because it interfered with first sale. Of course, but if you have a point there, I don't see it. Steam has already taken the ability to resell away from the buyer, so that loss does not occur at the point of implementing this system like it did with the Xbox plan. People using Steam have already accepted those terms.

  6. Re:Not family sharing, more like account borrowing on Valve Announces Family Sharing On Steam, Can Include Friends · · Score: 1

    That's still pretty unclear. If my playing Borderlands 2 kicks my friend out of Borderlands 2, that's one thing. It's a totally different, vastly inferior situation if my playing Portal kicks my friend out of Borderlands 2.

  7. Re:No co-op on Valve Announces Family Sharing On Steam, Can Include Friends · · Score: 4, Informative

    I believe so. Maybe he's talking about split-screen on the same console, which seems to be available on more console games than PC games.

  8. Re:Free market, LOL! on How Car Dealership Lobbyists Successfully Banned Tesla Motors From Texas · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Demoncrats? Socialism? Congratulations, you so completely lack critical thinking skills that you've internalized the far-right propaganda coming from hate-radio, RWNJ blogs, and Fox "News."

  9. Re:Where's the led notification? on Apple Unveils iPhone 5C, iPhone 5S · · Score: 1

    LOL. You're using the remnants of an old, once excellent and popular blog, that's still very web 1.0. There's no point in upgrading the software when they've already lost much of the user-base, and the quality of articles and comments are now so low. They're just riding it out to take in as much income as possible before it completely implodes.

  10. Re:With a world population of 7 billion, on New Research Could Slow Human Aging · · Score: 1

    Aren't /. readers supposed to have a higher-than-average level of intelligence?

    No, not for several years now. You're thinking of the old pre-sellout /. before the steep fall in article and comment quality.

  11. But also the lower-priced 5C model on The iPhone 5S Hasn't Been Officially Announced, Already Has Line · · Score: 2

    "in a variety of cheaper-looking colors."

    So now even the people writing /. summaries fall into the trap of thinking their preferences apply to everyone.

    There must be something wrong with me to keep me coming to a site that's been this far gone for this long, just because it used to make me better informed years ago before it crashed and burned.

  12. Re:Other uses on Research Shows E-Cigs Might Be As Good For Quitting As Nicotine Patches · · Score: 1

    I can't tell if you're joking, or if you're an idiot. Pot isn't addictive, and nicotine is, so you're calling the wrong group drug addicts.

  13. Re:second hand e-smoke on Research Shows E-Cigs Might Be As Good For Quitting As Nicotine Patches · · Score: 1

    Blu ecigs do have a nice-looking pack, which contains a battery to recharge the ecig on the go, and the illuminated blue tip does carry brand recognition.

  14. Re:Proxies on Epic: A Privacy-Focused Web Browser · · Score: 1

    Your proxy server sucks. A properly functioning proxy server will cause lag issues with twitch-gaming, but not anything noticeable with web surfing or even streaming videos.

  15. Re:I wish media would stop referring to this as a on Man Killed By His Own Radio-Controlled Helicopter In Brooklyn · · Score: 2

    Being more expensive doesn't make it stop being a toy.

  16. Re:End of a Dream on Martin Luther King Jr's Children In Court Over MLK IP · · Score: 1

    Congratulations, you're a monster.

  17. Re:End of a Dream on Martin Luther King Jr's Children In Court Over MLK IP · · Score: 1

    OK, now I can tell that you're genuinely stupid. You're seriously going to reference the deranged freepers? Seriously?

  18. Re:End of a Dream on Martin Luther King Jr's Children In Court Over MLK IP · · Score: 1

    I can't tell if you're making fun of the deeply stupid people like Jim Hoft who actually believe that, or if you're one of those completely lost people yourself.

  19. Re:Already or in the process of being repaired on Google Admits Bitcoin Thieves Exploited Android Crypto PRNG Flaw · · Score: 2

    No, it means that devs jumped on the problem as soon as it was revealed, and at least the Android wallet I use has already been patched, and a new bitcoin address automatically created to secure my precious .0006BTC. I assume that's the case for most, if not all, Android wallets.

    Nothing you said was true. so you might want to consider the possibility that you don't know what you're talking about and are spreading FUD.

  20. Re:Who thought this was a good idea to begin with? on London Bans Recycling Bins That Track Phones · · Score: 2

    >Subject says it all. How was this allowed to happen? Garbage bins don't need to other people, they need to track when they are full and need to be emptied.

    They do if they're going to start showing targeted ads if the test-program works out.


    >I'm sure that this stems from a Government funding program in a black budget that the people of London (and other areas of the UK) have no idea they are paying for.

    Maybe you need to adjust your drug intake.

  21. Automatically setting WiFi off and on on London Bans Recycling Bins That Track Phones · · Score: 1

    I use an Android app called Timeriffic to turn radios and sound on and off based on my usual schedule, so WiFi is on at home, but not when I'm out. I expect there are similar apps that can do this for you based on geolocation.

  22. Re:Pathetic on Twinkies: The Breakfast of Champion Programmers Still Hard To Get · · Score: 1

    Twinkies were never all that great. HoHos and Dingdongs are where it's at.

    Hostess has pretty stupid product names.

  23. Re:Pathetic on Twinkies: The Breakfast of Champion Programmers Still Hard To Get · · Score: 1

    That's as stupid as the people who think people so poor that they don't pay taxes are somehow cheating us.

  24. Re:How much did Sony have to pay on LulzSec's Raynaldo Rivera, a.k.a. 'neuron,' Gets One-Year Prison Term · · Score: 2

    Is Sony a powerless individual? Yeah, I'm still really angry about that too. Companies should not be able to get away with crimes when an individual would be severely punished for the same crime.

  25. Re:they sure aren't likely to say that they used a on Talking On the Phone While Driving Not So Dangerous After All · · Score: 1

    I've seen people reading all kinds of things, including very thick books while behind the wheel. Many women do their makeup while driving too. If you wouldn't read the newspaper or do your makeup while firing a gun, you shouldn't do it while driving.