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  1. Re:android market sale...? on Apple Increases Dominance of Mobile Shopping · · Score: 2

    Not necessarily, since Apple customers by very demographic have more money.

  2. Re:It won't last on Volkswagen Turns Off E-mail After Work-Hours · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Neither does serfdom.

  3. Re:It won't last on Volkswagen Turns Off E-mail After Work-Hours · · Score: 1

    You realize that was >100 years ago, right?
    Many countries have changed governmental entities in that time.

  4. Re:I have never even thought the swipe to be secur on The Problem With Windows 8's Picture Password · · Score: 1

    "trust, but verify"
    Passwords keep people on the honest side for the most part. If you don't use a password, you're open game.

  5. Re:Kinnect on The Problem With Windows 8's Picture Password · · Score: 1

    I guess the Unix folk will need a dance pad, since it's purely command driven...

  6. Re:Well of course not... on The Problem With Windows 8's Picture Password · · Score: 1

    That made no sense.

  7. Re:And there was much rejoicing !! on AT&T Officially Ends Plans To Acquire T-Mobile USA · · Score: 1

    You're not texting or whatever it is you do. Don't use acronyms constantly, it's getting super-old... especially when you have a keyboard and can type the letters in a second or two.

  8. Re:Tinfoil: They're killing the spinning Disk dvis on Hard Drive Makers Slash Warranties · · Score: 1

    What if it's a memory resident malware/spyware/virus that scans keys?

  9. Re:Single Hard Drives Are Unsafe At Any Cost on Hard Drive Makers Slash Warranties · · Score: 2

    I have never in my life seen this happen, and I've been using RAID since the Linux kernel started supporting RAID.
    Through IDE, SCSI, SATA, on NAS & SAN as well. On Sun, Intel, NetApp, EMC hardware along with software emulated RAID.
    I've had drives die lots of times in those years.
    RAID is by no means a bad idea any more than wearing a seatbelt is a bad idea.
    RAID is redundancy (keeps you from going down fast & hard), not a backup. Both should be used, since no amount of RAID can save you from yourself.

  10. Re:More racing to the bottom I see on Hard Drive Makers Slash Warranties · · Score: 1

    Kind of reminds me of a couple of times as I'm being hired on, being asked by the H.R. personnel "So, how much did you make at your last position? We need to know so your pay can stay aligned, and remain comfortable with your payscale.". Honest words, I'm not making this up.
    I never answered that question with a number, I've always answered with the usual, "how much is the position being allocated? We can discuss from there."

  11. Re:Slashdot Monkeys on Hard Drive Makers Slash Warranties · · Score: 1

    I'm posting this with Chrome, seems to work.
    Worked yesterday, and the day before, and the day before, and the day before. (that's back to thursday)
    I randomly used replied before that, never saw any issues.

  12. Re:Dell, on Dell Ditches Netbooks · · Score: 1

    Apple designed the A4 & A5 processor, and the rest of the iPad. They engineer their stuff, they just outsource the production of it.

  13. Re:Take not Google on Dell Ditches Netbooks · · Score: 1

    Netbooks/laptops aren't going the way of the dodo any more than a desktop is.
    It's just a really small, anemically powered desktop...

  14. Re:icce melts on Comet Lovejoy Plunges Into the Sun and Survives · · Score: 1

    Everyone knows they're made of turtles.
    Turtles, all the way down.

  15. Re:An unashamed Firefox fan on Chrome 15 Overtakes IE 8 For Top Browser Spot · · Score: 1

    Just tested on OSX with no other active applications
    Chrome with CNN.com loaded into 150 tabs - CPU 80% idle (changing from 95 to 80% randomly)
    Memory: 6.35GB used.

  16. Re:Is it accessible yet? on Chrome 15 Overtakes IE 8 For Top Browser Spot · · Score: 1

    ?

    That's kinda your operating systems job...
    I've never seen anything relating to 1080p on computers anyway, myself. I've seen screen DPI, but not resolution ratings.

  17. Re:Famicom on Chrome 15 Overtakes IE 8 For Top Browser Spot · · Score: 1

    Do you truly try to be an asshat?
    He obviously meant a computer shared by the family, since we're not talking about a game system invented in the 70's.
    As far as your idea that the vocal opponents to computer sharing have some sort of global say, let me just say... who the fuck cares.

  18. Re:I'm completely baffled on Chrome 15 Overtakes IE 8 For Top Browser Spot · · Score: 1

    It's okay, IE will be less popular soon.

  19. Re:Version on Chrome 15 Overtakes IE 8 For Top Browser Spot · · Score: 1

    Wow, I feel so archaic, I'm running 16...

  20. Re:AdBlock 4 Opera exists (I use HOSTS & more) on Chrome 15 Overtakes IE 8 For Top Browser Spot · · Score: 1

    PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT: The parent post has a link to Bing!
    Be careful!

  21. Re:Can't push fully on IE 9 until 2014 on Chrome 15 Overtakes IE 8 For Top Browser Spot · · Score: 1

    That was obviously considered a tongue-in-cheek sarcastic question.

  22. Re:First post from firefox on Chrome 15 Overtakes IE 8 For Top Browser Spot · · Score: 1

    Just because you don't know someone who uses it in no way means it's unpopular.
    It just means you have a rather small cadre of people you talk to.

  23. Re:Maybe this is just me on Are You Better At Math Than a 4th (or 10th) Grader? · · Score: 1

    Now, if you take the test at MEPS, it's computerized, and it basically varies the difficulty on the fly to more quickly evaluate your skill, and thus runs shorter.

    In 1993 when I took it in MEPS, it was all paper from what I remember. I don't know really what good the ASVAB test really is, but I got a 94 as well. I hated that place, with a passion.

  24. Re:Or you never visualized them in the first place on Are You Better At Math Than a 4th (or 10th) Grader? · · Score: 1

    My math teachers in schools were horrible, mostly. I had school in Maryland & Florida, USA. I moved from Maryland to Florida and started 4th grade without being taught fractions in the 3rd & the teacher wouldn't explain to me how to reduce a fraction with lowest common denominators. I was told in no uncertain terms that because I wasn't taught that in the 3rd grade, I would be failed and repeat the year and be taught then.
    I was scarred by that, since it stayed in my records and every teacher since has treated me like a retard. I did algebraic & trig style equations at home for engine designs & metallurgy in my high school years, and I learned everything out of books. School has and always will be a waste of time for those that are ambitious, IMHO.

  25. Re:Worried on Are You Better At Math Than a 4th (or 10th) Grader? · · Score: 1

    Reminds me of when I was 16 and got a job as a cashier at a gas station. I was told time and time again if the person gives you another amount other than what you pressed in as 'cash recieved', you had to void it and do it over. I was confused for 3-4 seconds (silence, as I'm blinking...) as they told me this, and asked why. They said it was because you had to know exactly how much to give them back. They wouldn't let me do it any other way, even though it's simple enough to count. (told me if I did it without voiding it, I'd be reprimanded, then fired the second time. No worry of your till's end-of-day amount.) Needless to say, I was out of there quick...