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  1. Third Option: on Windows 10 Shares Your Wi-Fi Password With Contacts · · Score: 2

    OPTOUT of Windows 10.

  2. If Carley were president... on Former HP CEO Carly Fiorina Announces Bid For White House · · Score: 2

    She would spin off California and Florida as independent countries, and merge the rest of the US with Canada.

  3. What role would Carrie Fisher have? on Little Miss Sunshine Screenwriter Gets Nod For Star Wars: Episode VII · · Score: 5, Funny

    An older Jabba the Hutt?

  4. Re:It would fall to the FAA on Private Space Shuttle Flights · · Score: 1

    True only if it is wearing an "N" on it's tail. I'll bet United Space Alliance could buy a an "X3" number pretty cheap.

  5. I can just hear it... on An Indian On the Moon By 2020 · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Thiruvananthapuram, we are having a problem!"

  6. Re:Logitech BT headsets on Bluetooth Headset Roundup · · Score: 1

    - The online support is poor. There is nothing at the logitech web site. I was looking for an online (or downloadable) manual of some sort. There is none.

    Try http://logitech-en-amr.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/logite ch_en_amr.cfg/php/enduser/fattach_get.php?p_sid=lL vOW37i&p_tbl=9&p_id=2880&p_created=1125077672&p_ol h=0

  7. Re:Can he do that? on Classic Star Wars Trilogy Finally on DVD · · Score: 1

    Stan: You can't just come to a Civil War reenactment dressed up like General Lee, fatass!

    Cartman: Oh, really? I'm pretty sure I just did.

  8. Re:Sinclair ZX-80 on What Was Your First Computer? · · Score: 1

    You could buy the ZX-80 as a kit or fully assembled.

  9. We will sell no wine before its time on Why Does Beta Last So Long? · · Score: 1

    Remember when Orson Wells was hawking Paul Masson wine in the 1970's? "We will sell no wine before its time."

    While I may be anxious for software to "go gold", there is a reason why there is a wait - it's not ready.

    It may still be crap when it is eventually released, but at least its not as crappy as it would have been had it been shipped early.

  10. Job offer? on ESR Gets Job Offer From Microsoft · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Since when is a request for an interview a "job offer"?

  11. It got my foot in the door. on What's the Point of IT Certifications? · · Score: 1

    In 1998, I started toward a MCSE, doing self study. I took a couple of tests, passed, and lost interest. I was working in jobs where the cert didn't matter.

    In 2000, I went to a "boot camp" and completed the MCSE. I put it on a resume on Monster and Dice, and within three days, I had a job that paid twice what I had been making.

    My new employers said that the cert was not required or needed. But the recruiter would have never looked at my resume without the cert, I would never have gotten the interview.

    Are certs BS? Sure.

    Was it worth it for me? Absolutly. It paid for itself quickly. I would do it again, if it mattered.

  12. Re:I can see some ipod shuffle problems though.. on iPod Shuffle, Mac Mini, iLife '05, iWork · · Score: 1

    I guess they just want you to buy a sport case or an armband too...

    They do.

    When I ordered a 512 MB iPod Shuffle this morning, the sales rep was really pushing the accessories (armband, sports case, charger and dock) as well as extended service. She advised me that it is $100 to replace the battery, so the service plan was a "good deal". I told her I would just live dangerously, and passed on her "good deal".

    I just got the player

  13. If you don't like Best Buy... on Best Buy: 20% Of Customers Are Wrong · · Score: 1

    ...you can always go to Fry's. They treat 100% of their customers like crap.

  14. Re:No OGG. Again... on Creative Zen Micro Ships Today · · Score: -1, Troll

    No OGG support. Again. Fuck it. Wake up Creative!

    Wake up yourself, Noovi! Ogg Vorbis is not a driving factor in the marketplace. Size, capacity, industrial design and user interface are the driving factors.

    The portable digital player manufacters are not going to spend extra engineering resources in silicon, firmware design and testing for a feature that will not add the addtional sales to justify those resources.

  15. megapixels, shmegapixels... GIVE ME OPTICS! on Samsung Producing 5 Megapixel Camera Phone · · Score: 4, Insightful

    A high pixel count is great, but if you want a good picture, you need good optics.

  16. Re:Is it a neat read... on Crossroads for Intel · · Score: 5, Funny

    It is a neat read because I don't work at Intel anymore.

  17. I tried to RTFA... on The Monetary Economics of Thurston Howell III · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...but after a few paragraphs I couldn't stop thinking about the most important Gilligan's Island question: Ginger or Mary Ann?

  18. Re:Survey on Where Do Dummy Email Addresses Go? · · Score: 1

    ass@hole.com
    dev@null.com

  19. kill on The Latest And Greatest Console Applications? · · Score: 2, Funny

    The classics never get old.

    kill

    killall

    init

  20. Re:Good choice, Linus! on Linus Torvalds Moving to the Silicon Forest · · Score: 1

    Portland is also home of:

    Otto's Sausage Kitchen & Meat Market. (Not to be missed!)

  21. Re:Not quite right on RFID License Plates in the UK · · Score: 1

    I hope that my point survived my bad math.

  22. Re:Might as well paint your car 'Arrest me Red' on RFID License Plates in the UK · · Score: 1

    Nearly six years. Wow. That kind of experience is clear eveidence of how safe you are at fast speeds.

    /sarcasm

    Applying Newtownian physics is not the only model for safe driving. A Cadillac weighing 4000 pounds travelling on a highway at 50 mph may have the same potential energy of a 2000 pound Mini travelling at 100 mph. Which is safer?

    Let's be a little more realistic... the Caddy is going at 64 mph, along with traffic, and the Cooper is driving at an agressive 84. Whoops, around the corner, traffic is at a dead stop. Assuming each driver has the same skills and reaction times, which car is going to be more likely to avoid ramming the car ahead of them?

  23. Limited bluetooth on Diva Gem Bluetooth MP3 Player Review · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I read the headline and got excited. I read the article and was disappointed.

    The added bluetooth functionality is ONLY good for using this device with a phone. As cool as this is, this is not what I have been waiting for. I want to hide my MP3 player in my pocket, and listen without wires.

  24. Re:Maybe I should be more concerned, but... on One-Time Pads To Protect Electronic Bank Access · · Score: 1

    Online banking is a "feature" that I could subscribe to, but it is one that I have opted out of.

    My bank charges US $5 per month for this service.

    Most of my bills can be paid online via VISA / MC. I choose that route.

  25. Re:Much better in Saudi Arabia on One-Time Pads To Protect Electronic Bank Access · · Score: 1

    Does the machine still ask what language you want to use?

    I have never understood why a bit is not set in the magnetic strip for language preference. (At least for US ATMs)