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  1. Re:NOT News For Nerds on Supreme Court Overturns Defense of Marriage Act · · Score: 2

    It IS stuff that matters!

  2. Re:Funny results reporting on Supreme Court Overturns Defense of Marriage Act · · Score: 4, Insightful

    At this point, anyone who doubts that Fox News is putting extremely heavy spin and lies into their "news" is just not paying attention. It's an entertainment network, not a news network.

  3. Re:email to SMS gateway is badly needed on Is Google Voice Doomed To Be 2nd-Class Messaging System? · · Score: 1

    If I could get loud and noisy notifications 24/7 for emails sent from specific domains to a specific address using the gmail app, that might be a solution.
    But as of right now, that's not possible.

  4. Re:email to SMS gateway is badly needed on Is Google Voice Doomed To Be 2nd-Class Messaging System? · · Score: 1

    yes, overages.

    20 dollars a month for unlimited SMS is a ripoff

  5. Re:email to SMS gateway is badly needed on Is Google Voice Doomed To Be 2nd-Class Messaging System? · · Score: 1

    No, I want to receive emails to google voice. Like you can for verizon, att, sprint etc. email to SMS gateways

  6. email to SMS gateway is badly needed on Is Google Voice Doomed To Be 2nd-Class Messaging System? · · Score: 2

    Instead of me having to use real SMS for company pages, an email to Google Voice messaging would be a very handy replacement. Instead of being tied to a single device I could get alerts on all my google voice outlets and not worry about SMS overages

  7. Re:In Addition ... on Apple Shows Off New iOS 7, Mac OS X At WWDC · · Score: 1

    lastpass is pretty good, and a value at 20 bucks a year

  8. Re:How stupid is a Mac Pro Cylinder? on Apple Shows Off New iOS 7, Mac OS X At WWDC · · Score: 1

    It's a cube with rounded corners.... very rounded.

  9. Re:No clear window ? No LEDs ? on Apple Shows Off New iOS 7, Mac OS X At WWDC · · Score: 1

    Hardly. It's a tool, not a toy or display piece.

  10. Re:How stupid is a Mac Pro Cylinder? on Apple Shows Off New iOS 7, Mac OS X At WWDC · · Score: 1

    doesn't work ... does nothing.

  11. Re:How stupid is a Mac Pro Cylinder? on Apple Shows Off New iOS 7, Mac OS X At WWDC · · Score: 1

    This site doesn't work. It's a black cylinder, the bottom says scroll to continue but the only thing that happens is it gets even blacker.

  12. And another thing on Apple Shows Off New iOS 7, Mac OS X At WWDC · · Score: 3, Funny

    Does OSX Mavericks come with a Sarah Palin or a Tom Cruise doll?

  13. Re:In Addition ... on Apple Shows Off New iOS 7, Mac OS X At WWDC · · Score: 1

    The iCloud keychain really needs to be cross platform. Any tool like this really does.

  14. Re:How stupid is a Mac Pro Cylinder? on Apple Shows Off New iOS 7, Mac OS X At WWDC · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Which would work much better with a stackable case, no? Like you can do with existing PC hardware.

    So instead there will be a circle that has a stack of stuff near it.

  15. How stupid is a Mac Pro Cylinder? on Apple Shows Off New iOS 7, Mac OS X At WWDC · · Score: 2, Funny

    I mean really... why?

  16. Re:Yes they can on Can Microsoft Survive If Windows Doesn't Dominate? · · Score: 1

    Did you forget the premise?

    Explain how an iPad or Android tablet with a bluetooth keyboard is functionally different than a laptop running Windows?

    Yes, more than 20% of users use Word outside of work. Most non-geeks assume it's part of windows and need it for whatever

  17. Re:Yes they can on Can Microsoft Survive If Windows Doesn't Dominate? · · Score: 1

    In my estimate, more than 80% of PC users don't use copy and paste. What is yours?

    Since 75-90% of all URL sharing is done by copy and paste, I say this number is inaccurate

    Where did you pull these numbers from?

    Still 64 GB is plenty for 80% of PC users today on their casual use PC.

    So, 50% of that is the average size of a music library. this number too sounds completely wrong. The average usage seems to be closer to 80gb

    And maximum CPU usage on 80% of PC users is 30%. Except flash and anti-virus. Exercise for the reader - name 2 applications most tablets today DO NOT run.

    Word, Excel, Powerpoint, SecureCRT, the version of Minecraft on android is pitiful compared to that of windows, dbpoweramp, taxact full, decent backup software without root, SimCity, Outlook,

  18. Re:Yes they can on Can Microsoft Survive If Windows Doesn't Dominate? · · Score: 1

    > - less drive space: 64gb micro-SD cards & first-class wireless-N to a fileserver. This problem is minor.

    BS. That's a SLOW connection to a fileserver. How does that file server help you when you have no internet and aren't on the same wifi as it?

  19. Re:Yes they can on Can Microsoft Survive If Windows Doesn't Dominate? · · Score: 1

    > Most people only ever have one application on screen at once, windows is basically designed to operate that way too.

    And? That's functionally different to a tablet and a keyboard. The amount of productivity lost switching between applications on a tablet and clunky copy and paste is huge. Not being able to read the a word document or a PDF while you follow directions in another application also leads to immense loss of productivity.

    >Both android and iOS support printing.
    Very basic support
    >I'm fairly sure many tablets can support external monitors, and most will use networked storage devices.
    Did you miss the plurality? Multiple extra monitors
    Network storage is slow compared to connected storage
    That also requires the storage to be networked.

    As to tablets being more powerful than desktops from a few years ago, so what. The comparison is invalid as desktops today can run rings around multiple tablets.

  20. Re:Trending away from Microsoft on Can Microsoft Survive If Windows Doesn't Dominate? · · Score: 1

    Scheduling is paramount, indeed. From simple meeting reminders to finding free time amongst a group of a dozen people and meetings rooms.

  21. Re:Trending away from Microsoft on Can Microsoft Survive If Windows Doesn't Dominate? · · Score: 1

    As much as I hate exchange, it's far more than just email. It's scheduling as well.

  22. Re:Yes they can on Can Microsoft Survive If Windows Doesn't Dominate? · · Score: 1

    by increased dramatically you mean there are some now? Because I see three in a company of just under 5000 PCs

  23. Re:Yes they can on Can Microsoft Survive If Windows Doesn't Dominate? · · Score: 1

    multiple windows visible and usable at the same time. Much better multitasking
    Printing.
    hooking up extra monitors and external storage devices
    horsepower.

  24. Re:Oh dear on Ask Slashdot: How Important Is Advanced Math In a CS Degree? · · Score: 1

    That may impress grandma... not HR

  25. Re:I already make my own categories on Google Rolling Out Gmail Redesign · · Score: 1

    set header_cache=~/.hcache