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  1. Who are those middle aged dudes? on Jeff & Rob Visit Lucasfilm · · Score: 4, Funny

    Whatever happened to the scrappy twenty-somethings I met at the Hilton annex at Comdex?

  2. To quote another movie that shouldn't've been made on Blade Runner Sequels and Prequels Happening · · Score: 1

    <vader>

    NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

    </vader>

  3. Re:And who, exactly, is the enemy? on Bradley Manning Charged With Aiding the Enemy · · Score: 1, Funny

    Al-qaeda.

  4. From the Apple website on Quad Core, Thunderbolt In New MacBook Pros · · Score: 1

    http://www.apple.com/macbookpro/specs.html

    Supported resolutions: 1440 by 900 (native), 1280 by 800, 1152 by 720, 1024 by 640, and 800 by 500 pixels at 16:10 aspect ratio; 1024 by 768, 800 by 600, and 640 by 480 pixels at 4:3 aspect ratio; 1024 by 768, 800 by 600, and 640 by 480 pixels at 4:3 aspect ratio stretched; 720 by 480 pixels at 3:2 aspect ratio; 720 by 480 pixels at 3:2 aspect ratio stretched

    Took about 15 seconds to find.

  5. Re:Check the track record first... on Motorola Xoom Won't Have Flash Support At Launch · · Score: 2

    Yeah, you can buy LG! Because they're so much better! Or Apple! Or..

    Actually, I hear HTC and Samsung are pretty good.

  6. Crappy OCR is the bane of e-readers. on The True Cost of Publishing On the Amazon Kindle · · Score: 3, Interesting

    When you read the Note on the Text for the ebook of LoTR, which was excellently done, you see how much effort it takes to get a good copy. "The Victorian Internet", OTOH, is a crappy OCR. Much of the action took place in "Rritain", and sometimes entire words are rendered as "????" when the OCR broke down.

  7. Palantir probably will. on Pentagon To Spend $500 Million On Cyber Defense · · Score: 1

    They're pretty big in that space.

  8. Which is bigger? on Intel 310 Series Mini SSDs Now Shipping, Benchmark · · Score: 1

    Metric shitload, or English?

  9. Just remember, everyone on Stuxnet Struck Five Targets In Iran · · Score: 3, Interesting

    "Cyberwar" is just a propaganda term, and doesn't really exist.

    Right?

  10. The security reasearcher's story on PlentyofFish Hacked, Founder Emails Hacker's Mom · · Score: 1

    here.

    I bet PoF used double Rot-13 encryption.

  11. McLean, VA is a remote location? on Facebook Posts Mined For Courtroom Evidence · · Score: 1

    I went to high school there! On G'Town Pike.

  12. Re:The whole idea is flawed. on Autism-Vax Doc Scandal Was Pharma Business Scam · · Score: 1

    How many of these people have seen these diseases? I'm 45 and I've never seen smallpox, measles, or most other childhood diseases. I had chicken pox when I was 5 or 6, before the vaccine. That's it. I have seen kids with autism (and, like many slashdotters, probably fall somewhere in the "autism spectrum"). So which do you think most parents (in the West) are afraid of? The disease that none of them have ever seen, or the disorder that many of then have seen?

  13. Cost: on Verizon Finally Unveils Apple iPhone · · Score: 1

    $199 for a 16-gigabyte version, $299 for the 32 GB model. Comes in white or black.

  14. Re:Interesting on Hubble Confirms Nature of Mysterious Green Blob · · Score: 1

    It also counts as physical evidence for black holes evaporating,

    Or perhaps there isn't enough gas falling into it to excite it.

  15. Concerning Boiled Frogs on Bufferbloat — the Submarine That's Sinking the Net · · Score: 4, Informative

    If you put a frog in a pot of water and slowly raise the temperature it will try to jump out before the water reaches a temperature that is fatal to the frog.

  16. Here's where .Net is a Big Win for MS on Next Generation of Windows To Run On ARM Chip · · Score: 2

    Properly written .Net apps should run unchanged (needing, at most, a recompile) on Arm. I've written apps (in the .Net 2 days) that ran on XP and CE.Net devices with just a recompile.

  17. It was Red Dwarf on Reverse Engineering Doctor Who Into Color · · Score: 2

    It was supposed to be appalling.

  18. Samsung Ships. on Samsung Set To Introduce Android-Based iPod Touch Competitor · · Score: 1

    Archos doesn't. I have an old Archos 605, and really wanted to get a 70 internet tablet, which was supposed to ship in early October. It still hasn't shipped, and I have a Nook Color.

  19. Carols and trees are replaced with drinking, on A Klingon Christmas Carol · · Score: 1

    fighting and mating rituals.

    I so need to update my holiday traditions. Even the Airing of Grievances doesn't hold a candle to that.

    (Stolen from here.

  20. Freedom for who? on Obama FCC Caves On Net Neutrality · · Score: 1

    And freedom to do what?

    Who are the ISPs customers? You and me? Or are we the product?

  21. disallow the cable company monopolies on Obama FCC Caves On Net Neutrality · · Score: 1

    How? Someone (commonly referred to as a "cable company") has to run and maintain the cable. It's inefficient to have multiple cables running to the same place, which is how you end up with monopolies.

  22. Fucking Republicans on Obama FCC Caves On Net Neutrality · · Score: 1

    They gave in, and allowed the Democrats to impose regulation on the internet.

    That is the cave you're referring to, right?

  23. write passwords down or use a password manager on Learning From Gawker's Failure · · Score: 1

    Nothing wrong with that. A piece of paper in my wallet is reasonably secure, and I'll notice fairly quickly if it's missing. Especially if I use an algorithmic password.

  24. Pictures of the tourguides on Ukraine To Open Chernobyl Area To Tourists · · Score: 2

    Here.

  25. Wouldn't buy one. on Hands-On With Google's Cr-48 · · Score: 1, Informative

    Too many places I've been where you want a laptop or video viewer, but don't have cloud access.