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  1. Re:I only have one word for them. on 'Sony Needs a Fresh Hit' (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 2

    Years later, I still refuse to buy any Sony products. They deserve all the misfortune they receive.

  2. Re:Alternative Choices on W3C Erects DRM As Web Standard (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 2

    The Pale Moon team have publicly said that they won't be implementing it.

  3. Re:The only actor to... on Science Fiction Actor Bill Paxton Dies At Age 61 (ew.com) · · Score: 1

    He was dragged under the floor by an alien, and presumably killed off-screen, as the group escaped from the from the control centre.

  4. Re:I'm curious on Mozilla Releases Firefox 50 (softpedia.com) · · Score: 1

    Maybe they're hoping to win back market share with emoji support...

  5. In it for the $$$ on Apple Apparently Planning Mobile Peer-To-Peer Payment Service (thestack.com) · · Score: 1

    I suppose Apple will think they can get away with taking 30% of each transfer.

  6. James Cawley for Kirk on Star Trek: New Voyages, The Fan-Based Star Trek Series (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    I through Cawley did a great job as Kirk and was very sad when he stepped down from the role. In fact, I attribute a lot of the series success to his portrayal of Kirk.

  7. Re:Incompetent contracting on U.K. Government Seeking To End Reliance On Oracle · · Score: 1

    I'm confused by the units here. WTF is a dollar squared?

    I think you'll find that Oracle licenses are paid in dollar's squared.

  8. Re:Orbiting the moon on Is NASA Planning To "Terraform" Part of the Moon? Not Quite · · Score: 1

    A geosynchronous satellite around the Moon?

    It turns out that the required distance for this is outside the Moon's sphere of influence. Placing a satellite at the L1 Earth/Moon Lagrange point might work better.

  9. Re:So, what does that mean if it is true? on FBI Wants Pirate Bay Logs For Criminal Investigation Into Copyright Trolls · · Score: 1

    Well, they may have permission from the rights holder, which I guess amounts to authorised distribution. If they didn't, then this is copyright infringement and they could be nailed under a making available argument; though, that assumes that the rights holder would actually pursue the charges, which seems unlikely.

    It is going to be interesting to see how this plays out.

  10. Re:Not Needed on IT Pros Blast Google Over Android's Refusal To Play Nice With IPv6 · · Score: 1

    RFC 6106 adds the ability to specify DNS server addresses in router advertisements; unfortunately, it is not widely adopted. Even then, it is not a replacement for DHCPv6 and only serves to make stateless auto-configuration more useful.

  11. Re:The race is on on Why the World Needs OpenStreetMap · · Score: 1

    If you want an offline map in the Android maps app, you select an area to download and it does just that. Any area. There are size limits though.

    Yes, you can still do this with the "OK Maps" rubbish (WTF were they thinking?); however, it is much less functional than the old version where you just go into the menu and click "Make available off-line". This would then show you a convenient box so you know when you have hit the size limits (it goes red when the area is too large). You could then see a list of all the maps you had saved off-line, how much data they were using, when they were cached and you could also rename them.

    Measuring distance in a straight line isn't all that important.

    I disagree with you there. I often want to know the distance between two points. Also the old maps (with the measure lab) let you plot multiple lines and it did a sum for you. You could then get approximate distances between any points on the map (not just for driving). It would also give you a nice graph showing ascent changes.

    Another thing that Google removed was the terrain maps.

    Google's war on advanced users continues.

  12. Re:One more on Ask Slashdot: How Do You Protect Your Privacy These Days? Or Do You? · · Score: 1

    It's a rough question though as I have to say I'm OK with Google poking through Picasa in order to catch a real child molester.

    Right, that's a fair statement and I respect your stance; however, I ask you, how many liberties would you give up to protect the children?

    You say you would let Google go through your photos... What about your email? What about your documents, your phone calls, your home. How about the government bring you in for questioning once and a while, just to make sure you are a good citizen... Where does it stop? Where do you draw the line and say "no more".

    Our rights are being slowly eroded away, all while politicians are waving the terrorist or paedophilia flags in front of us.

  13. Re:Please stop this on How One Drunk Driver Sent My Company To the Cloud · · Score: 1

    Because it's about the cloud silly.

  14. Re:systems running mcafee are in grave danger of r on McAfee Is Doing a Live Broadcast Tonight · · Score: 1

    systems running mcafee are in grave danger of ruining slow or crashing.

    Isn't that how systems running McAfee usually run?

  15. Every tool box should have one... on Ask Slashdot: Server Room Toolbox? · · Score: 1

    I've spent many years walking the rows of data centres and I personally think that the one tool you can't do without is a clue-by-four. Most problems disappear when you produce the clue-by-four and give them a few good whacks. It is especially good for dealing with those pesky vendors.

  16. Halal intranet on Iran Set To Block Access To Google · · Score: 5, Funny

    ok... can we have your IPv4 addresses.

  17. Savage Chickens on Astronomers Watch Star Devouring Planet · · Score: 0
  18. Re:I am not sure steam is ready for non-games... on Productivity and Creativity Software Coming To Steam · · Score: 2
  19. Re:Which came first the chicken or the egg on Author Claims Apple Won't Carry Her ebook Because It Mentions Amazon · · Score: 0

    Is it time to say,"Whoa now Apple, you've just become as evil as mid 90s Microsoft?"

    They always were more evil than Microsoft, they just didn't have the market dominance.

  20. Re:I loved Witcher and Witcher 2 on The Decline of Fiction In Video Games · · Score: 2

    Yes, both are fantastic games. I love that they are aimed at a mature audience. It is nice to see that there are game developers that still take risks.

  21. Re:Phrasing on BSA Claims Half of PC Users Are Pirates · · Score: 3, Informative

    Yes, this reminds me of an episode on Yes Prime Minister where Sir Humphrey Appleby discusses this very thing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0ZZJXw4MTA

  22. Re:Forever alone on Facebook Tests the Waters With Paid Perks · · Score: 2

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  23. Re:I could go for that on Notch Wants To Make a Firefly-Inspired Sandbox Space Game · · Score: 1

    I remember playing PSI-5 when I was a kid... man that game was hard. I don't think I ever managed to complete a mission successful.

  24. Re:You know on Michael Bay To Remake TMNT As Aliens · · Score: 2

    Why the fuck do they keep hiring these people?

    Because they make money. That is all the film studios care about. They don't give a shit about the source material, they just want to use the brand name to make money.

    While you and I rage about Hollywood making endless piles of shit, there are a whole pile of people out there who just don't give a fuck and will spend money on this utter shite. Hell, they will spend a premium just to watch it in 3D!

    I wish there were a way to educate those people, but they're proven time and time again that they can't be educated.

  25. Re:Ballmer Continued: on Ballmer Slams Android As Cheap and Overcomplicated · · Score: 1

    "The biggest disadvantage we have is that nobody will touch a Windows phone with a 15 foot barge pole".

    Yes, but it's not, in fact, true. I would touch a Windows phone with a 15 foot barge pole... gladly and with some force.