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  1. proof... on Windows NT Turns 20 · · Score: 1, Interesting

    ...that 640k was not enough!

  2. Solves the obesity problem in the US? on Door-To-Door Mail Delivery To End Under New Plan · · Score: 1

    Walking out to your mailbox may be the only exercise that some people get. :)

  3. Irony on Microsoft's Surface RT Was Doomed From Day One · · Score: 1

    MS may make more money out of Office for iOS than it would on its tablets.

  4. Bad choice on Microsoft Is Sitting On Six Million Unsold Surface Tablets · · Score: 3, Insightful

    A win8 tablet that is restricted to a small subset if software at a price much higher than an android tablet, losers. They may get the Pro to work, but the RT was/is doomed, though I'd buy one when the price halves again. my wife can use it for sudoku and card games, and I would get my iPod back.

  5. Re:Obligatory question on Microsoft Slashes Prices On Surface · · Score: 2

    Not really, but you can buy cheaper Android tablets.

  6. Re:They are in such demand on Microsoft Slashes Prices On Surface · · Score: 1

    to make it a laptop you need the keyboard/cover, which didn't drop it's overpricedness. Still it is attractive without the cover.

  7. Unlimited net access on Ask Slashdot: Video Streaming For the Elderly? · · Score: 1

    I have an Apple TV and a DVD player with streaming, and I have hit 25gig cap easily each month. My iPad streams nonATV streams via AirPlay so I don't miss anything.

  8. reason on Dropbox Wants To Replace Your Hard Disk · · Score: 1

    that's why more and more manufactures are moving to SSD, so the HD can't be removed.

  9. Re:What is this saying? on How Copyright Makes Books and Music Disappear · · Score: 1

    It's the new /. Effect, publish a 'story' that on vaguely relates to the title.

  10. Re:Slashdot V2 on British Airways Set To Bring Luggage Tags Into the 21st Century · · Score: 1

    Yes please! I'm tired of ads.

  11. This is not CNN on Egyptian President Overthrown, Constitution Suspended · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Back to /. Please! If I want global news then I'll link to CNN. Nerd news please!

  12. Epic failure on Introducing the NSA-Proof Crypto-Font · · Score: 2

    Too easy to train OCR for his font. Same glyph for same character. When they say that NSA is reading your mail, they don't mean snail mail. I'm sure that it seamed like a good idea at the time.

  13. Re:I'm still running the Original iPhone on 3.1.3 on Android Fragmentation Isn't Hurting Its Adoption · · Score: 1

    Android in the same boat, google and the phone maker has you by the short and curlies. If the phone maker decides to not offer an update for your new Android phone then you can not go any where else. A cheap phone is cheap for a reason.

  14. Re:I'm still running the Original iPhone on 3.1.3 on Android Fragmentation Isn't Hurting Its Adoption · · Score: 1

    There are two of us.

  15. Re:LOL Crapple on Best Buy Recalls MacBook Pro Batteries · · Score: 0

    They were not Apple supplied batteries and they weren't MacBook Pros. Read the article before spewing crap. It's Best Buy's error.

  16. It was always about droids on The Plight of Star Wars Droids · · Score: 1

    The whole saga is about the adventures of two droids. The humans come and go, the droids live on through all of the films.

  17. I use both, and others too. on What Keeps You On (or Off) Windows in 2013? · · Score: 1

    At work it's windoze, at home it's Mac. The only time that I NEED to run windoze at home is to submit my income tax form. I dislike the inconsistent windows interface and generally poor GUI design, and I mean deep stuff like file associations, no standard keyboard shortcuts, screen robbing menu bars in every window, etc. I am 'upgrading from XP on an old laptop to Win8 in bootcamp because I got Win8 cheap and the laptop is unreliable, after about 10 years.

  18. spark gap on Keyless Remote Entry For Cars May Have Been Cracked · · Score: 1

    maybe it's just a high voltage spark from a piezo device, like a gas oven lighter or cigarette lighter. It upsets the electronics and causes the door to unlock. Used to work on a type of public telephone, why not some types of alarm systems?

  19. half baked on Pi to Go: Hot Raspberry Pi DIY Mini Desktop PC Project · · Score: 3, Insightful

    there are better solutions. RPi in a plastic case? where is the news?

  20. Hype!!!!! on California Lawmaker Wants 3-D Printers To Be Regulated · · Score: 1

    it is cheaper to buy a metal lathe and milling machine, that can make a better 'gun', than the mid/high level 3D printer required to build a safe plastic gun. It's all hype!!!

  21. Re:not where from, where to? on World of Warcraft Loses 1.3 Million Players in First Quarter of 2013 · · Score: 1

    behind the pillows on the sofa, with the car keys and small change.

  22. tool? on Tool Reveals iPad and iPhone User Locations · · Score: 1

    the only tool here is the person who goes out of way to set up a Linux box and WiFi point to track people. If you consider that the average WiFi has to be reasonably close to the target, then you must already have some general idea about where the target is, a lot of trouble for almost nothing.

  23. choice? on WD Explains Its Windows-Only Software-Based SSHD Tech · · Score: 1

    only in black?

  24. locals? on In Australian Town, Public CCTV Off Over Privacy Concerns · · Score: 2

    a single person complained and took the action. Not a popular decision.

  25. sim? on Mozilla Launches Firefox OS 3.0 Simulator · · Score: 1

    battery life is too good.