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  1. When did Microsoft stories on "Holographic" Desk Allows Interaction With Virtual Objects · · Score: 0

    Lose the Borg logo?

  2. The proper headline: Netflix loses 2% of subs! on Netflix Loses 800,000 Subscribers After Qwikster Gaffe · · Score: 1

    Expands overseas! Raises revenue per subscriber!

    For unknown reasons, stock tanks!

  3. You forgot on Dennis Ritchie, Creator of C Programming Language, Passed Away · · Score: 1

    exit(0);

  4. Re:I can't speak for UK law, but here in the US on Illegal To Take a Photo In a Shopping Center? · · Score: 1

    What if, as a condition of entering the mall, you agreed to allow them to confiscate the camera?

    You do take time to read the list of The Rules posted at every entrance don't you?

  5. Don't see the problem. on The Cable Industry's a La Carte Bait and Switch · · Score: 2

    whereas pricey sports channels (which cable companies have to pay for) will become HBO-like premium services.

    So why is this an issue? If I don't want to watch ESPN 9, why should I pay for it?

  6. Unlike other tablets such as the Nook or iPad, on Amazon Kindle Fire Surfaces · · Score: 1

    you can't load your own content directly on it. You first have to upload that to 'the cloud' where it will be inaccessible the moment you lose connectivity. (Yes, I know, every slashdotter has a wifi hotspot in their car and backyard. You all have no objections to paying $10/hour for really slow wifi on an airplane, either.)

    Unlike the Nook, you can't put in extra storage with a mircoSD card.

  7. what 'a practical quantum computer' really is on Will Quantum Computing Make It Out of the Lab? · · Score: 1

    It has to be able to run Doom. And Barney Doom.

    And, obviously, Linux. OpenBSD would be the Big Win.

  8. After the 12th beer... on Deep-Sea Squid Mate and Run · · Score: 1

    Any of us could make that mistake.

  9. Re:Yes, but will it support multiple users...? on Google Preps Devs For One-Size-Fits-All Android · · Score: 1

    Perhaps as an option, but not by default. Otherwise people will just buy Windows or Apple devices that don't require a login to use them.

  10. Re:Proven Technology on NRO To Declassify Cold-War Spy-Sat Tech · · Score: 2

    And the answer is, well, no. Unless the license plate is laying flat on the ground, and the Hubble is in a 90 mile orbit. If the plate is on a car it's too far for a look from the side.

    And, as you said, this leaves out atmospherics.

  11. Oblig.. on Satellite Captures Burning Man From Space · · Score: 2
  12. Re:It's convenience and security. on Why the Fax Machine Refuses To Die · · Score: 1

    Fax is line switched, because it travels over the POTS network, while e-mail is packet-switched. To intercept a fax you have to physically connect wires to the phone line. E-mail you just have to compromise a server it passes through.

  13. So what you're saying is on Chinese Propaganda Accidentally Reveals Cyberwar · · Score: 1

    They're not that different from any other religion, like the 7th Day Adventists or Christian Scientists.

  14. Because of the geology on 5.8 Earthquake Hits East Coast of the US · · Score: 5, Informative

    Earthquakes in the eastern US are felt over a much wider area than those in the western US. It's one big plate, so an earthquake anywhere is felt all across it. Like hitting a pipe with a hammer.

    In the west the plates are broken up by many faults, which absorb the energy release.

  15. Never publicly flame on Fired Techie Created Virtual Chaos At Pharma Co. · · Score: 1

    someone who has your root passwords...

  16. Greg Kihn did that. on Music Copyright War Looming · · Score: 1

    If you look on iTunes you can get his re-recordings of his work.

  17. And after the mission is approved on NASA Briefing on New Mars Finding This Afternoon · · Score: 1

    It will turn out that the ship has to be built from an alloy of Unobtanium and Muchtooexpensiveium.

  18. Re:Not clear, yet, that it's terrorism. on Terror Attack On Norwegian Government · · Score: 1

    Thanks! Get answers fast around here.

  19. Not clear, yet, that it's terrorism. on Terror Attack On Norwegian Government · · Score: -1

    Only the headline makes the claim. Do they have gas lines in Norway?

  20. sales taxes are *really* messy. on Texas and Taxes: Is a Server a Business Presence? · · Score: 1

    It's a db lookup, based on zip code. The tables already exist and are used by many stores already.

    I'm waiting for states to start subpoena-ing the customer purchase histories of their residents from Amazon, and file tax evasion charges. "Buy from Amazon, go to jail!"

  21. I only use apps made by non-evil corporations on Facebook Blocks KDE Photo App, Deletes Users' Pics · · Score: 1

    Like Apple and Microsoft.

  22. There's a conflict between anonymity and on How the Web's Relationship With Anonymity Has Changed · · Score: 1

    transparency.

  23. Re:Year of the Hacker on WordPress.org Hacked, Plugin Repository Compromised · · Score: 1

    That's been every year since, oh, sometime in the last quarter of the last century.

  24. Log files on Citi Bank Reveals Attack... One Month Late · · Score: 2

    They log every access. It's not hard to implement, and many systems do it by default.

  25. From The Atlantic's James Fallows on Ask Slashdot: Software To Organise a Heterogeneous Mix of Files? · · Score: 1