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  1. Re:every-24-hour coordination on Coordinated, Global ATM Heist Nets $13 Million · · Score: 1

    The PIN is stored on the card.

    As a hash, I hope.

  2. Mod parent down on Mobile Carriers Impose Handicaps On Smartphones · · Score: 1

    Yes. Mod me down.

    I didn't read TFA article and my above post is full of fail.

  3. Re:AT&T TCP Timeout on Mobile Carriers Impose Handicaps On Smartphones · · Score: 1

    I think you mean DHCP lease time.

    And yeah, 2 minutes seems like a pretty low number, but given the shortage of IPv4 addresses it might be necessary.

  4. Re:OMG... ONE in FOUR?! on Mobile Carriers Impose Handicaps On Smartphones · · Score: 3, Informative

    Soon to be AT&T, Verizon and Sprint.

    And after that AT&T and Verizon.

    And after that AT&T.

    Resistance is futile.

  5. Re:Of course they're sticking with Android on HTC Unlocks Its Own Phones · · Score: 1

    Still missing the point. Read my reply above. Your intense hatred for Microsoft has turned your brain to mush.

  6. Re:Why have any racial indicators? on American Grant Writing: Race Matters · · Score: 1

    You could have thrown us a bone and included a "Washington". :p

    I read a story of a white guy with the last name Washington who would put a different name of his job applications because when he put his real name he would *NEVER* get replies.

    (Something like 95% of people with the last name Washington are black)

  7. Re:Of course they're sticking with Android on HTC Unlocks Its Own Phones · · Score: 1

    I agree that the adoption of Android has facilitated huge growth for HTC, but you're missing my point a bit.

    HTC's bread and butter has always been making good hardware and slapping a third party OS with customizations on it, and for the first decade of their existence that third party OS was almost exclusively Windows Mobile.

    Without that decade of experience making smart phones, they would not have been in the position to be Google's choice as the maker of the first three Android smart phones.

  8. Re:Of course they're sticking with Android on HTC Unlocks Its Own Phones · · Score: 1

    HTC is where it's at because of Android.

    lol.

    HTC is where its at because of Windows Mobile.

    Before you head asplodes at what I just said, read up on the history of HTC.

  9. Re:It's the market on AT&T Kills $10 Texting Plan, Pushes $20 Plan · · Score: 1

    I just moved from T-Mobile to Sprint. My wife will be joining me next spring when the contract on her line expires.

    Despite their craptacular rural data network, I was happy with T-Mobile but neither my wife or I want to be AT&T customers.

  10. Re:Why have any racial indicators? on American Grant Writing: Race Matters · · Score: 1

    My guess...

    Caroline Thornton
    Phyllis Green
    Mike Paterson

  11. Re:A virus? In my MAC? on Macs More Vulnerable Than Windows For Enterprise · · Score: 1

    Market share has NOTHING to do with what platforms virus writers will target. That was already shown above.

    Where was that shown above?

  12. Re:A virus? In my MAC? on Macs More Vulnerable Than Windows For Enterprise · · Score: 1

    Would you care to point out the architectural differences between Windows and Unix-type OS's that, in your opinion, make latter so much more secure?

  13. Not a problem for me! on GPRS Can Be Hacked Easily, Claims German Researcher · · Score: 1

    I recently switched to Sprint which runs the much more secure CDMA net..............[NO CARRIER]

  14. Re:Jeep Rice on Orange Goo Invades Alaskan Village · · Score: 1

    Don't worry. They'll run a correction tomorrow on the bottom corner of page 34.

  15. Re:A virus? In my MAC? on Macs More Vulnerable Than Windows For Enterprise · · Score: 1

    Most douchenozzles write virii for kicks.

    This was true well into the 90's, but today the vast majority of malware is written for monetary gain.

  16. Re:Pick your sources wisely, PCMag on What If Android Lost the Patent War? · · Score: 1

    Florian Mueller is to Slashdot as Justin Bieber is to Youtube.

  17. Re:Another Option on PlayStation 3 Controller On Android Devices · · Score: 1

    I bought a game gripper for my Epic 4g (Galaxy S). It's not perfect, but it's good enough for 8/16 bit emulation, which is all I wanted.

  18. Re:It's only an abuse if you have something to hid on Are 'Real Names' Policies an Abuse of Power? · · Score: 2

    Don't forget George Eliot. That man could write!

  19. Re:Here We Go Again ... on Do Macs Have an Edge Against APTs? · · Score: 1

    The client applications that *access* those ERP systems run on Windows.

  20. Re:Free market vs. trickle-down economics on Are Bad Economic Times Good for Free Software? · · Score: 1

    They will, if they also produce something of value. If so, we can trade those useful things with each other, and grow our wealth

    You are missing the GP's point. Over the last 30 years, our economy has grown at a rate no faster than the rate it grew before trickle down economics policies were put into place. The only effect of trickle down economics has been to shift the collective wealth of the economy towards the top.

    That trend is unsustainable and some form wealth redistribution is the only way to keep the economy from eventually imploding on itself.

  21. Every year is TYOTLD... on Are Bad Economic Times Good for Free Software? · · Score: 1

    ...for 1% of desktops.

  22. Re:Why? on Are Bad Economic Times Good for Free Software? · · Score: 2

    The only ones who directly benefit from a higher "velocity of money" are the tax-collectors

    And the financial services sector.

  23. Re:Is there any hope? on Debt Deal Reached · · Score: 1

    Whoops. Looks like I misspoke. It was 15 billion?

    About two years ago I researched the zfact claim that the Democratic congress approved less than Reagan proposed and actually found a statement in the congressional record that coincided with their claim - about 50 billion total in his eight years.

  24. Re:Is there any hope? on Debt Deal Reached · · Score: 1

    . Every single budget that Congress approved was far larger then what Reagan wanted but had no choice but to sign it.

    This is a LIE.

    During Reagan's two terms congress approved around 50 billion LESS than Reagan asked for in his budget proposals.

  25. Re:Pirates don't want memory-upgrades then on Windows XP PCs Breed Rootkit Infections · · Score: 1

    They removed it in SP2.