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  1. Re:Yet they've had airline phones for years on House Committee Approves Bill Banning In-Flight Phone Calls · · Score: 1

    They're so concerned about people making calls, yet they've had airline phones for years.

    Right, but the airlines get to charge for those. They can't risk having their monopoly evaporate.

  2. Steam on Why the Internet of Things Is More 1876 Than 1995 · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Internet of Things has more in common with the age of steam than the digital revolution"

    Look, I don't know what you kids are using these days, but I still buy all my games on Steam just like they did in 1876.

  3. Re:Zenisux on John Carmack Left id Software Because He Couldn't Do VR Work There · · Score: 1

    Yes. They did publish Mirror's Edge... and shelf it forever, kind of how Zenimax treating Prey right now.

    I appreciated Mirror's Edge, but it had that unpolished, not-quite-complete feel that stinks of EA.

  4. Re:Zenisux on John Carmack Left id Software Because He Couldn't Do VR Work There · · Score: 1

    The world will be better off without Zenimax. Everything they touch turns to crap. It's like they are the new EA. Maybe the complete failure of ESO will drive them out of business.

    Dunno about that. Can you really see EA publishing a game like Dishonored?

  5. Re:Girls misuse tech talks to get into relationshi on Getting Young Women Interested In Open Source · · Score: 1

    Women push people into being sexist.

    Well, that may be the most unintentionally ironic statement I've read all day.

  6. Re:ouch! on Google Sells Motorola Mobility To Lenovo For $2.91 Billion · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Google seems willing to pay 10B to rent companies for a while...

    They didn't "rent" anything -- they paid $10 billion for Motorola's patents. The rest wasn't worth much to them.

  7. Re:Despite it's name on AMD Announces First ARM Processor · · Score: 5, Funny

    Jaguar is for tablets and seems to be designed for price point and not speed. That's why they are comparing it with the ARM stuff and not using an Opteron 6386 as a comparison.

    The question is whether Jaguar itself is really 64-bit, or if it's just the graphics processor that's 64-bit and the rest is 32-bit.

  8. Re:you know on Kentucky: Programming Language = Foreign Language · · Score: 4, Funny

    Maybe, but good luck next time you're in a foreign country trying to buy food using for loops and if statements.

  9. Snowden is Putin's ticket to a free ride on Russia Plans To Extend Edward Snowden's Asylum · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The thing you have to understand here is that Putin is an authoritarian douchebag -- but he's not an idiot. He knows that there will be extra scrutiny on his polices during the Olympics. By having Snowden around, it's a reminder that the US isn't in a position to finger-wag over such things.

  10. Photo managers on Does Anyone Make a Photo De-Duplicator For Linux? Something That Reads EXIF? · · Score: 2

    As a former Shotwell dev I might point out that most photo manager apps can do this.

  11. Meh. on Alleging 'Malpractice' With Climate Skeptic Papers, Publisher Kills Journal · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    0/10. Not very original or funny.

  12. Re:Different Servers Make It Possible on Ask Slashdot: Are AdBlock's Days Numbered? · · Score: 1

    So long as you're hosting your ads off-site, or even on a local (ad.example.com) server, we'll be able to block them.

    SHHHH! Don't tell them how to fix this!!

  13. Re:Sad Day for San Diego... and Drivers in General on Google Glass User Fights Speeding Ticket, Saying She's Defending the Future · · Score: 1

    ...this is San Diego, and pretty much everyone drives at around 75 - 80

    Somehow that sounds a lot more dangerous than one person with Google Glass.

  14. Yelp has this on Google Removes "Search Nearby" Function From Updated Google Maps · · Score: 3, Informative

    It's far from a perfect replacement, but Yelp lets you search for businesses and such by location. You can narrow it down my moving/zooming the mini-map in the sidebar.

  15. Strange question, slightly OT on CES 2014: Danish Company Promises Low-Cost Eye Trackers For the Masses (Video) · · Score: 1

    I'm working on a project that involves eye tracking while a person's eyes are closed, or at least mostly closed. Anyone know if any current eye trackers are capable of this?

  16. Re:Real mature on Oracle Seeking Community Feedback on Java 8 EE Plans · · Score: 2

    Popped in here hoping to see some insightful discussion about the future of Java, to help inform my possible decision as to whether or not to spend a lot of time and effort becoming a Java developer.

    Java EE != Java.

  17. WTF on Irish Politician Calls For Crackdown On Open Source Internet Browsers · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Seems like this rather confused politician is confusing Firefox with Tor. And I bet if he knew who was funding Tor, his head would explode.

  18. X10 on New Home Automation? · · Score: 1

    The last time I did a whole house, it was years ago, X10.

    So you clicked on one of those popup ads? HEATHEN! BURN HIM AT THE STAKE

  19. Google Plus on Google Confirms Shut Down of Schemer · · Score: 5, Interesting

    How long until they shut down Google Plus? Please tell me it's soon.

  20. Re:Just need some relays on Mars One Studying How To Maintain Communications With Mars 24/7 · · Score: 1

    It would be interesting to test how much lag existing technology can handle, but let's please do it here on Earth before we test it across the solar system.

  21. Re:Citation Needed on Google Co-Opts Whale-Watching Boat To Ferry Employees · · Score: 2

    You're missing the larger point: the Bay Area hasn't built much in the way of housing in the past 30 years, despite the fact that many successful companies have expanded rapidly.

    This problem was completely avoidable, nobody "had" to be pushed out.

  22. All of this for Foursquare? on The Math of Gamification · · Score: 2

    So much math, so little gain.

  23. More informative article on City Councilman Resigns Using Klingon · · Score: 5, Informative

    This NY Daily article has much more info, including the resignation letter.

    My favorite part is the mayor's response: "I wish him the best, live long and prosper. I don't know what else to say."

  24. Re:Not everything is about software security. on Unencrypted Windows Crash Reports a Blueprint For Attackers · · Score: 1

    Ubuntu does the same, if not worse.

    Ubuntu has better security in that in order to find this information, the attacker would have to wade through countless confusing pages on the sluggish mess that is Launchpad.net.

  25. Re:Political? Shouldn't Be on New Study Shows One-Third of Americans Don't Believe In Evolution · · Score: 0

    It's not a political debate so much as a statement of fact based on the poll results. And if you've paid the slightest attention to American politics over the past few decades, this shouldn't be a surprise.