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  1. Re:Same with 1080p on Users Want Matte LCDs While Glossy Screens Dominate · · Score: 1

    Good luck finding all movies with that aspect ratio.

  2. Re:Protect your MafiaFarmPetVilleWars! on Facebook Adds Two-Factor Authentication · · Score: 1

    Is there an equivalent that runs on Windows, OS X, or Linux?

  3. Re:Lots of reasons on One-Way Sound Walls Proven Possible · · Score: 1

    That's where the Cone of Silence is useful in situations like what you've described.

  4. Re:More Info on A $25 PC On a USB Stick · · Score: 2

    What's the rationale behind having onboard WiFi but not ethernet? Is it that much cheaper?

  5. Re:Can someone explain in English? on Oracle's Android Claims Cut By 98% · · Score: 2

    Now I learned about why MKV files were named the way it was.

  6. Re:Timestamps on Apple Updating iOS To Address Privacy Concerns · · Score: 1

    I would put it in for development to give me the proper timeline of events. And if I have the time, I would either remove the timestamp or reduce its accuracy. If I have time.

  7. Re:Turning lemons into lemonade or...... on Amazon Outage Shows Limits of Failover 'Zones' · · Score: 1

    Reddit has been down for approx 24 hours--it's been on RO mode for most of the day. Pretty bad PR for Amazon.

  8. Re:This is really just... on Magical Chinese Hard Drive · · Score: 1

    Products made in China.

  9. Re:Similiar Technique used 20 years ago on Involuntary Geolocation To Within One Kilometer · · Score: 1

    I missed your point until I was watching the Nova documentary that discussed the subject.

    1. The person used Kermit to transfer his data and Cliff Stoll measured the packet delay.
    2. His initial data for the latency was 3 seconds and he used this delay to calculate that the individual was somewhere on the moon.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1swbLfrP6g

  10. Re:Cable companies. on Google Fiber Comes To Kansas City · · Score: 1

    Google owns the fiber with total control of what to do with their network. It wouldn't make sense to rent cable or telco fiber.

  11. Re:Why does this matter? on Google Fiber Comes To Kansas City · · Score: 1

    In other words, Google prefers open access for the fiber it owns while incumbent ISP-owned fiber from the likes of Comcast and AT&T want their subscribers to pay for their TV broadcast services and capping their internet services.

  12. Re:Just use the hardware you have on Ask Slashdot: How Do You Choose a Windows Laptop? · · Score: 1

    That's my main beef with today's notebooks. 15" 1366x768 screen. Wow. Not. A T8300 and 4GB of memory is plenty good for doing normal things.

  13. Re:One thing... on US Competitiveness Chief Immelt's GE Tax Bill: $0 · · Score: 4, Informative
  14. Re:What do you expect from SBC? on AT&T's Metered Billing Off By Up To 4,700% · · Score: 1

    We need to get away from the myth that bandwidth is a scarce resource like water or electricity. It is not. http://stopthecap.com/2011/03/15/congestion-pricing-myths-exposed-a-guide-to-the-bandwidth-crisis-at-att-or-anywhere-else/ I don't think we would have caps if the incumbent DSL and cable ISPs have competition or if they are disallowed to provide content. The very fact that you're advocating how to do metering properly indicates the ISPs have been successful in brainwashing lots of people in accepting it.

  15. Re:One more reason to not do metering. on AT&T's Metered Billing Off By Up To 4,700% · · Score: 1

    We already know a flat fee for unlimited bandwidth is unworkable.

    No we don't. Maybe for cable where their medium is inherently shared, but not DSL. Up to the node, everything beyond that is fiber so bandwidth congestion that supposedly exists there is a myth. In the past, the DSL providers have repeatedly said they don't have congestion since it is not a shared pipe like cable. Now U-verse is competing with unicast programs and now they claim there is congestion.

  16. Re:No one looks at the real problem... on Why the AT&T and T-Mobile Merger Is Bad For Consumers · · Score: 1

    They have a better chance of getting support from their customers/potential customers if they don't pull shit like bandwidth caps and generally screwing their customers. Recent action by AT&T don't make them appear to want to serve their customers, rather to squeeze as much money from their customers. This is the real problem, not "regulation." Their mere size all but allows them to buy their way out of this acquisition.

  17. Re:This sucks on Why the AT&T and T-Mobile Merger Is Bad For Consumers · · Score: 1

    I agree. Our household use T-Mobile's prepaid plan and once we reach Gold member status wherein the account has $100 in funds, all our minutes roll over another year with a minimum charge of an additional $10. This is great for our seldom-used cells. When we switched to T-Mobile, AT&T requires one to spend $100 to roll over unused minutes for a year.

  18. Re:Well, POOP! on AT&T To Acquire T-Mobile From Deutsche Telekom · · Score: 1

    I have T-Mobile pre-paid. It's great because after your account reaches $100, all subsequent minutes are rolled over to the next year if you just recharge for $10 for low usage individuals. AT&T does have pre-paid but it requires a recharge fee of $100 when I switched to T-Mobile from Verizon.

    I'm pretty sure AT&T will get rid of T-Mobile's generous recharge fees after the takeover because their recent changes of terms do not really benefit their customers, only their bottom line.

  19. Re:Don't worry Citizens! on AT&T To Acquire T-Mobile From Deutsche Telekom · · Score: 1

    If you get U-verse, you will need to pay them $4 for a "telecom equipment" fee. This fee is non-negotiable even if you have your own equipment.

  20. Re:Deal still subject to regulatory approval on AT&T To Acquire T-Mobile From Deutsche Telekom · · Score: 1

    AT&T actually upgrading their network instead of making people pay for usage? Don't make me laugh.

  21. Re:Why do you tolerate this? on AT&T To Introduce Broadband Caps · · Score: 1

    Americans "tolerate" it because the ISPs are the ones who are writing the rules/laws that inhibit competition. AT&T saw that Comcast's 250GB cap hasn't been met with a lot of complaints so they're doing this, too. The fact that it is 250GB tells me that this duopoly are coordinating their efforts--even though they probably don't have a formal agreement--to protect their content from competition. And I think the cap on DSL is there is because AT&T want people off DSL. An AT&T sales person came to my home last week to try to get us to go to U-verse. I specifically asked him about caps and he stated that AT&T imposed no data transfer caps.

  22. Photobooth lag on Hands On With Apple IPad 2 · · Score: 1

    Anyone notice the apparent lag from Photo Booth's effects selection screen? That lag was not there when Facetime was demoed. Curious how Photo Booth would work on an A4.

  23. Re:Wear usage? on Intel Unveils SSDs With 6Gbit/Sec Throughput · · Score: 1

    No, it doesn't work that way. Each cell contains a charge that is the pattern for a single or multiple bit. If wear leveling doesn't move the cell to another while the drive is turned on, the charges will leak and your pattern will either be all ones, all zeroes, or somewhere in between. The directory structure will also be corrupted. Yeah, you won't be able to write new data, but you probably won't reliably read what's already written.

  24. Re:Nice job, Feds. on National Broadband Map Shows Digital Divide · · Score: 1

    For that to happen it would have cost $200 billion.

  25. PATA transposer cards? on Intel 310 Series Mini SSDs Now Shipping, Benchmark · · Score: 1

    Are there any PATA adapter cards? It would extend the life of PATA-based notebooks even though the throughput would be limited.