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  1. I remember when all you had to do was replace a registry key for "shell" from explorer.exe to whatever you wanted and that was all it took to run any other front end from boot (progman.exe anyone?)
    Awh those were the days

  2. Re:Russia you were so close on Russia Quietly Passes Anti-Blogger Law · · Score: 5, Insightful

    If only they had the tools the NSA has.. They wouldn't even have to make it public!

  3. Re:I can guess who was in charge! on Under Armour/Lockheed Suit Blamed For US Skating Performance · · Score: 1

    The slashdot beta team?
    Oh come on I've kept quiet about it for 2 weeks...

  4. Re: Only partly joking... on China Creates Air Defence Zone Over Japan-Controlled Islands, Issues War Threat · · Score: 1

    Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?!?

  5. Galaxy Nexus on Android KitKat Released · · Score: 1

    Will the original GSM Galaxy Nexus be supported still? It would be nice if Google kept their customers who invested in their products at least 2 years ago invested still as Apple does...

    Pretty Please

  6. Re:Utter BS, trust no-one, including you. on Inside PRISM: Why the Government Hates Encryption · · Score: 1

    Reddit is in another castle...

  7. xkcd .. of course.. on Berkeley Scientists Plan To 'Jurassic Park' Some Extinct Pigeons Back To Life · · Score: 1
  8. Better 3D on Why The Hobbit's 48fps Is a Good Thing · · Score: 1

    Saw it last night at midnight. Once they got out of Bilbo's house and got into the scenery it was very easy to get used to the speed and clarity of the surroundings. Within the house it did seem a bit strange. A lot of the whining about the 'soap opera' affect was just FUD.

    Pseudo spoiler alert the last flyover scene with the eagles was amazing!

    I highly recommend everyone to see the high frame version first and be blown away. You won't want to go back.

  9. Re:Michigan on A Twisted Clean-Tech Tale: How A123 Wound Up In Bankruptcy · · Score: 4, Informative

    Oh perhaps the deal didnt go through just yet See here

  10. Michigan on A Twisted Clean-Tech Tale: How A123 Wound Up In Bankruptcy · · Score: 1

    This plant is right down the street from me. It will be sad to see it go out with such a whimper. Also didn't JCI buy a portion of their business??

  11. Re:great news for open source! on Microsoft Steeply Raising Enterprise Licensing Fees · · Score: 1

    WINE
    WINE is not an emulator

  12. A good read on CmdrTaco Looks Back on Fifteen Years of Slashdot · · Score: 4, Insightful

    And one that any person who reads slashdot daily should take in.
    Being slashdotted still means something to the people that were around when it happened daily...

  13. Amen!! on Zuckerberg: Betting On HTML5 Was Facebook's Biggest Mistake · · Score: 1

    Definitely not why their stock price has gone down but technology wise a very correct statement.
    The sight is slower than slow

  14. Re:We swear your honor... on Forensic Test Predicts Eye and Hair Color From DNA · · Score: 4, Interesting

    The OJ verdict disagrees with that line of thought

  15. Re:Fast forward on Slackware Documentation Project Begins In Earnest · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Actually in three months, Slashdot headline: "Slackware Documentation Project Begins In Earnest"

  16. Arrived on Order Limit On Raspberry Pi Lifted · · Score: 1

    Mine arrived today
    I plan on loading ARMed slack on it ASAP
    http://www.raspberrypi.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=56&t=6132&start=100

  17. Re:Android = fail on Android 4.1 Jelly Bean Review · · Score: 1

    ya that was pretty unbiased. thanks Anonymous Coward!!

  18. Re:Oh, yeah! on The 30 Best Features of Windows · · Score: 1

    I literally just read this post up to the cancer bit while drinking tea and almost choked to death.... Had to run to the sink to spit out the tea before it all came out my nose.... Hillarious

  19. Re:We're not dead, but an old server is. on Slackware: I'm Not Dead Yet! · · Score: 1

    Phew,
    I wasn't worried but thank you for the post!

  20. Oh I know the answer to this one.. on The Blistering Hot Exoplanet Where It Snows · · Score: 1

    It's Mars, right?

  21. AZN on Microsoft Shows Off Adaptive, Multilingual Text to Speech System · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Japanese please!!!!

  22. Re:Don't need gene therapy... on Solving Climate Change By Bioengineering Humans? · · Score: 2

    And parents will feed kids whatever they grew up eating as well..
    ITS THE CIIIRCLE OF LIIIIIIIFE

    Seriously though how do you break the cycle without legislation or "Let's Move!" type enforcement?

  23. In Soviet Russia... on Did Benjamin Franklin Invent Daylight Saving Time? · · Score: 1

    Comrade Putin used abolishing DST as a platform to run under in this recent election... Seems to have worked out well for him

  24. Re:yawn on Apple Unveils New iPad · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I saw somewhere that there are about 1300 of said Chinese co-eds at the gates every day trying to apply for a job at the plant

  25. Schmidt on Eric Schmidt: UN Treaty a 'Disaster' For the Internet · · Score: 2

    He is an American running a company based out of America. Of course we want to maintain control. We Americans have run the show pretty well since we invented this medium/protocol/standard.

    If it works.... don't break it.