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  1. Re:Early Detection Trumps Everything. on The Cure Culture: Our Obsession With Cures That Are 'Just Around the Corner' · · Score: 0

    Show me your proof! Troll.

  2. Re:Still Running Like a Champ on Ask Slashdot: What Hardware Is In Your Primary Computer? · · Score: 1

    How much of your HDD can you actually use?

  3. Just Canada? on Bell Media President Says Canadians Are 'Stealing' US Netflix Content · · Score: 1

    Just Canada? And the rest of the modern world...

  4. Re:PLEASE MOD UP on Crowdfunded, Solar-powered Spacecraft Goes Silent · · Score: 1

    sorry, my points ran out yesterday, bugger. How could it be labeled as Troll?

  5. Offs on Creationists Manipulating Search Results · · Score: 1

    A special interest group rigging search results? Oh, gosh, how could this ever happen? OFFS.

  6. 3.0? on 25 Years Today - Windows 3.0 · · Score: 1

    The original release was rubbish, it wasn't unti 3.1 that windoze started to really work. And at that time it was still tagged as a 'graphical interface for MSDOS'

  7. Battery savings on Ask Slashdot: What's the Best Dumb Phone? · · Score: 1

    too many variables. If you choose a big name provider then there are more cell towers and lower power required by the phone, thus longer battery life, and put it into flight mode at night, or turn it off, for even longer battery life. No-one ever calls while you are asleep. :-) remove all but essential apps, except messaging and phone, turn off bluetooth and Wifi, and there you have a smartphone made dumb. You didn't mention a need for CDMA, 2G, 3G or 4G, which may limit your choices.

  8. only a moron would include 'Unknown Code Words' and 'references to surveillance technologies and projects' in a resume. Seems to be over 27,000 of them.

  9. shut down your apps on Ask Slashdot: What Are the Most Stable Smartphones These Days? · · Score: 1

    Shut down the apps that you are not using or else the iPhone gets slower and slower. That's why there is a difference between older non multitasking phones and new ones. Double click the button and see how much crap is still running. Better than restarting every few days.

  10. The average smartphone will die in a day if you run FM radio, a real battery powered FM radio is the thing to have when things go to Sh!t

  11. Real world on Greenwald Criticizes Universities' Funding-Driven Collaboration With NSA · · Score: 1

    I'd say that 99 percent of the population won't change because they don't care about ES. They think more about colour change dresses than online privacy.

  12. g'day mate on Australia May Introduce Site Blocking To Prevent Copyright Infringement · · Score: 1

    firstly, we are finally getting Netflix etc in Oz, although it won't be the same as in the USA. As for blocking sites, I guess that no-one is going to give up their VPN anytime soon.

  13. The next big bubble? on Uber Rival Lyft Raises $530M, Will Beef Up IT · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I can't see that these companies can be so valuable.

  14. been said before on Swatch Co-Inventor Predicts Apple Will Bring an 'Ice Age' To Swiss Watch Market · · Score: 1

    although traditional watches may take a hit over the coming years, digital watches caused a stir, but analog mechanical watches still survive. The Swiss can't hold onto the market forever, and I think they lost it years ago. As for the Apple watch, daily recharge? cmon people, you can do better.

  15. if it doesn't suit you, DON'T buy one. They currently list 6 laptops, 4 are the same price or cheaper.

  16. Re:Ten comments in and the shills are here on New Zealand Spied On Nearly Two Dozen Pacific Countries · · Score: 1

    Are you saying that no one should collect data? ES has gone past the exposure of local collection and into a world which he judges is wrong but is a realistic function of government bodies, what is next? Can't read foreign newspapers or listen to local radios. As for the shill label, if that's your only comeback, you haven't given this whole issue much thought.

  17. someone else can be first on Schneier: Either Everyone Is Cyber-secure Or No One Is · · Score: 1

    not sure how packet injection breaks into my computer.

  18. just a small demo of my real power on 20-Year-Old Military Weather Satellite Explodes In Orbit · · Score: 1

    submit, earthlings, and I will rule you all as a benevolent dictator.

  19. Same boat different paddle on Ask Slashdot: Terminally Ill - What Wisdom Should I Pass On To My Geek Daughter? · · Score: 1

    I also have cancer, leave those behind in as good a financial position as you can, point out the need to balance geek with old fashioned fun like sports or crafts, tell them not to sweat over the small stuff in life. Talk about you not being around and any plans that you are making, don't hide the fact that are going the die, sorry for being blunt, but that's the way that I have done it. Also, don't rely on technology, put stuff in a book that can be read any one at any future time, your grandkids will want to know about you too. Good luck mate.

  20. no-cursive is the default on Why Sony Should Ditch Everything But the PlayStation · · Score: 1

    Sony makes great electronics, why dump them for some shitty console?

  21. the blame? on US Gov't To Withdraw Food Warnings About Dietary Cholesterol · · Score: 1

    while most people here are blaming the Government, remember that they acted on the advice of others, which have made themselves rich handing out crap advice. BTW, this current advice is still no reason to pig out on fried eggs and greasy bacon. :-)

  22. I thought they were selling a suspension mod for an electric car, tesla coils, silly me.

  23. Re:Now using TOR after WH threats to invade homes on EFF Unveils Plan For Ending Mass Surveillance · · Score: 4, Interesting

    if enough people were serious about TOR, they would crash it while trying to avoid NSA.

  24. first world problem on Ask Slashdot: Where Can You Get a Good 3-Button Mouse Today? · · Score: 1

    I have to middle-click all day, the stock DELL mouse with raised scroll wheel/middle button does just fine. And you may be able to get a free one from a sys admin somewhere.

  25. Too soon on UHD Spec Stomps on Current Blu-ray Spec, But Will Consumers Notice? · · Score: 1

    Blu-Ray isn't even the majority of discs being sold, so how will another format compete?