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  1. System 76 on Ask Slashdot: Buying a Laptop That Doesn't Have Windows 8 · · Score: 1

    Please buy hardware from a Linux friendly vendor. System76 is one I know of

  2. Wrong location on Disney Wants To Track You With RFID · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Why are the collars on the wrist when they should be around your neck? Would be nice to have a tag on the collar with the name of the master and master's address.

  3. BD-live anyone? on Has 3D Film-Making Had Its Day? · · Score: 1

    What ever happened to BD-live? Seems like fewer and fewer Blu-rays have it anymore.

  4. Profits should go to stockholders on Schmidt On Why Tax Avoidance is Good, Robot Workers, and Google Fiber · · Score: 1

    If Schmidt was really a capitalist, there would be some nice dividend checks to the stockholders. Instead of maintaining the lifestyles of executives, the money would be best not going to tax havens. Stockholders should stand up and fire executives with real capitalists who put the money in the pockets of stock holders.

  5. Bikini bottom on Sandy Island, the Undiscovered Country · · Score: 0

    Yeah. Good show. Good times.

  6. 01 let's get rid of flys and mosquitos first on Designing DNA Specific Bio-Weapons · · Score: 1

    Why target 1 annoying human being when we have flys and mosquitos to kill instead?

  7. Re:Global market for labor needed on Cringley: H-1B Visa Abuse Limits Wages and Steals US Jobs · · Score: 1

    crazyjj, I was thinking in an opposite direction, that if they paid someone in China, India, etc the same as they do in the US/West, we wouldn't outsource as much. If the global price of oil dictates the prices of goods in the US/West, why is everything so cheap in other countries? Perhaps, if China did not subsidize the price of oil, Apple products would not be so cheap (one example). Just something to think about to stir up conversation. It would be good for people not in the first world to report to their managers on Monday and ask for an 80% pay raise. Not sure why you want to lower my pay. No God Bless needed here, I am not living in medieval times.

  8. Global market for labor needed on Cringley: H-1B Visa Abuse Limits Wages and Steals US Jobs · · Score: 2, Interesting

    If there is a global market on the price of oil, why is there not one for labor? Is it because global high tech customers see employees as worth less than western/US counterparts? I suspect no. People should all be treated equally and not be discriminated based on nationality.

  9. Depends if you like to code or not on Ask Slashdot: Am I Too Old To Retrain? · · Score: 1

    There are many companies that offer training. I've been looking at SetFocus for years, but am worried about no pay during training and having to repay a loan.

  10. Can they just not work on their device drivers? on AMD Preps For Server Graphics Push · · Score: 1

    I have had no fun with their software on Linux or Windows. Then again, Nvidia is not much better.

  11. RAPE is still RAPE on The Mathematics of 'Legitimate Rape' and Pregnancy · · Score: 1

    Subject says all. How the hell can rape be legitimate? This is not some abstract thing. It is a horrible.

  12. Re:I'm delighted.... on Debian Changes Default Desktop From GNOME To XFCE · · Score: 1

    I'm with you on this, brother.

  13. Happy on Debian Changes Default Desktop From GNOME To XFCE · · Score: 1

    I always liked XFCE. Wasn't this the default on Sarge?

  14. Re:Dress Code on Ask Slashdot: Is There a Professional Geek Dress Code? · · Score: 0

    lol!

  15. Re:Geek boss dress code on Ask Slashdot: Is There a Professional Geek Dress Code? · · Score: 1

    Not if you work from home.

  16. Hoodies optional as CEO on Ask Slashdot: Is There a Professional Geek Dress Code? · · Score: 1

    How you dress sets the tone in the office.

  17. Re:Apple is the new Microsoft on Apple Wins EU Ban of Smaller Samsung Tablet, Demands $2.5 Billion In Damages · · Score: 1

    Isn't that what I said?

  18. Re:Apple is the new Microsoft on Apple Wins EU Ban of Smaller Samsung Tablet, Demands $2.5 Billion In Damages · · Score: 5, Informative

    I think that you are mistaken, or perhaps young. Microsoft had restrictive licensing agreements that stated you could not install other operating systems if you used MS-DOS / Windows preinstalled. This essentially killed IBMs OS/2. At the same time, other DOS vendors were pushed out. Some were even a multi-tasking version of DOS. I guess that is all history now. The main reason to the rise of Linux is that it was free. How can you compete with free? No one would want to pay extra for an operating system, such as IBM OS/2, when the computer was already installed with Microsoft MS-DOS/Windows or latter Windows 95. Consider yourself schooled.

  19. Apple is the new Microsoft on Apple Wins EU Ban of Smaller Samsung Tablet, Demands $2.5 Billion In Damages · · Score: 4, Insightful

    When Microsoft had a majority in the PC market they behaved just as badly. With Apple have their lead in tablets, looks like they are now the new Microsoft.

  20. Mind control on Obama's Portrait of Cyberwar Isn't Complete Hyperbole · · Score: 1

    I'm more worried about subliminal (hidden) messages flashing on my monitor telling me what to buy, eat, etc.

  21. Control on General Motors To Slash Outsourcing In IT Overhaul · · Score: 1

    It is all about having control over your intellectual property.

  22. Re:water is much lighter than rock on Sea Level Rise Can't Be Stopped · · Score: 1

    Water is heavy. It will no longer be near the poles as it is fluid. It will be more centered around the equator.

  23. New disaster on Sea Level Rise Can't Be Stopped · · Score: 1

    Imagine the trenches under the water expanding and kicking off earthquakes and tsunamis. Any idea what would happen to the Marianas Trench?

  24. Unable to connect on Wolfenstein Ray Traced and Anti-Aliased, At 1080p · · Score: 1

    Firefox can't establish a connection to the server at blogs.intel.com.

  25. Microsoft BOB on If You're Going To Kill It, Open Source It · · Score: 1

    I like the interface.