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  1. Re:test not accurate? on Are You Better At Math Than a 4th (or 10th) Grader? · · Score: 1

    so the answer to your question is 'yes'

  2. i must be old on Are You Better At Math Than a 4th (or 10th) Grader? · · Score: 1

    I got them all correct without using Google.

  3. Re:Math is a 4 letter word! on Are You Better At Math Than a 4th (or 10th) Grader? · · Score: 1

    math is for people who cannot spell longer words.

  4. thunk different on Hybrid Storage Solutions Compared · · Score: 1

    for some reason I thought this article may have been about Prius's or wind/solar power, but.....

  5. no news here on NVIDIA's Tegra 3 Outruns Apple's A5 In First Benchmarks · · Score: 1

    a Quad+1 processor out-performs and dual core processor chip? who would have thunk it?

  6. still your choice on In Australia, Immunize Or Lose Benefits · · Score: 3

    if you want the free benefits from society then you have to live up to expectations. It's your choice as to immunisation or not, but you are making a decision for your child, not for yourself, and so it is reasonable to want to protect your child from potentially fatal diseases, and teach them to swim, and to look before crossing the road. As many of these diseases can be passed on to others, it's also a community issue.

  7. no sorrow, no tears. on MS To Build Antivirus Into Win8: Boon Or Monopoly? · · Score: 1

    an industry built on the failure of MS to secure their own product, now complains when MS secures their own product. wtf? they made money out of MS mistakes and people's misfortune, now that the golden goose is keeping the eggs, they complain? tough!!

  8. red flag on Hybrids Safer In Crashes — Except For Pedestrians · · Score: 1

    A person with a red flag that walks in front of my car as I cruise through parking lots! sorry, been done. Can't see a reason for over 300 comments for a pretty lame story. I can't see them being 10% heavier, which models were tested? As battery powered cars have to have better crash protection because of the batteries, I'd say that it has nothing to do with weight and more because of design. As for quiet, yes, zero noise, but for the scratching of tyres on concrete, it seems quieter outside than inside!. The driver and pedestrians should both be looking out for each other. But I may be expecting too much.

  9. vapourware? on Dual-Core Android PC Now Comes On a USB Stick · · Score: 1

    c'mon people, how many articles and devices have we read about but have never actually been commercially available? tons, just add another item to the list. It'll have to be Less than $100 or it doesn't compete with similar, all be it larger, TV boxes.

  10. not NEW and not Apple. on Apple's New Patent Weapon — Location Services · · Score: 1

    If they Bought an existing patent from someone else then,
    a/ it's not new,
    and
    b/ it wasn't Apple that nailed down 'location services' in the first place.
    MORE anti-Apple shit!

  11. that explains a few things on Steve Jobs Wanted an iPhone-Only Wireless Network · · Score: 1

    I have an iPlod touche Gen 4 which I use in the manner that Steve had intended. I message and make VoIP and video calls via Wi-fi connections. It is cheaper that an iPhone and no contracts! Although I would like a the GPS function.

  12. Re:This is needed like 10 years ago on Startup Testing Mobile Farmbots · · Score: 1

    lots of illegals in Australia, but we only care about those that come by boat, the backpackers and students that over stay visas and work on farms are tolerated, wtf?

  13. starting saving my pennies on Heavy Duty Electric Unicycle Maker Takes On Segway · · Score: 1

    ..but I doubt that it will be allowed on the roads,just as the Segway is banned from many places, but it would be so cool see it parked in with a group of motorcycles.

  14. Re:upgradable OS? on Asus Unveils Quad-Core Transformer Prime Tablet · · Score: 1

    thanks for the info, I'm not Trolling, just generalizing.

  15. upgradable OS? on Asus Unveils Quad-Core Transformer Prime Tablet · · Score: 1

    Until Android devices become upgradable OS devices, they doomed to be throw-away toys. I want a device where new features can be added to the OS, at least for a couple of years, and not be stuck the only having the version of Android that it shipped with. And please don't reply with the 'app for that' crap! I want to buy a device with 3.0 that can be upgraded to 4.0.

  16. old news on Ballistic Clipboard Holds Papers, Stops Bullets · · Score: 1

    been done before, using recycle body armour plates. Can't be exported to other geek filled countries, IIRC.

  17. geeks UNITE!! on Ask Slashdot: Unity/Gnome 3/Win8/iOS — Do We Really Hate All New GUIs? · · Score: 1

    the days of what I would call a geek's interface on consumer computing is gone. Consumers don't care about disks and folders, and files. They want to do, and not think about the OS. Thus there maybe a niche market for a geek centred GUI? or would just a terminal window do? (I like terminal windows)

  18. red pill on Is the Apple App Store a Casino? · · Score: 1

    welcome to the real world. The case has always been that there are far more applications than could be consumed. Just because you can write a piece of software doesn't not mean that it will be a commercial success. It's the same with Android, it's was the same 20 years ago when I started writting shareware. It's a hobby! to believe that you are going to make money out of it, is fooling yourself.

  19. boring on New Mac OS Trojan Produces BitCoins · · Score: 1

    "together with several software applications" the article only says 1, possibly other apps. Bah! Stupid people not being careful deserve to get a trojan.

  20. huh? on Dennis Ritchie Day · · Score: 1

    Jobs is old news, and no-one has though of a Steve day. As much as Dennis Ritchie has contributed to UNIX and C, I can't see any reason why he should have an official day for him. In the end we all die.

  21. virtualbox on Ask Slashdot: GNU/Linux Laptops? · · Score: 1

    if you are just play with linux, virtualbox may fill your needs, and it's free. Else IBM/Lenevo.

  22. nice try on iPhone Keylogger Can Snoop On Desktop Typing · · Score: 1

    if you left your phone on a desk next to a keyboard, it'll get stolen. (but seriously, it's not much of a security risk, you would do better, IMHO, recording the sound of the keys with the phone's mic)

  23. Zune? on Microsoft 'Hut' Opens Outside Seattle Apple Store · · Score: 1

    Didn't MS kill off the Zune?

  24. OFFS what is it about fruit? Mangos, Apples, Lemons...

  25. market driven economy on Is Apple Pushing Away Professionals? · · Score: 1

    Apple doesn't have a virtual monopoly on the arts and graphics area that it once had, most vendors release stuff for Windoze and MacOSz, Adobe even does a number of Win only products and they used to be Mac only. Sadly it's about the market and as a HARDWARE and SOFTWARE bundling company, I would guess that in it's current business model, high end stuff must be a drag.