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  1. Re:As opposed to actual Model Ms which are still m on Cherry's New Keyboard Switches Emulate IBM Model M Feel · · Score: 1

    They're rather good but not the same as a vintage M, even the lexmark ones. The caps aren't finished as nice, the plastic feels cheaper and, the ones I've tried anyway, have a lighter touch.

  2. Re:So don't eat maize. on Roundup Tolerant GM Maize Linked To Tumor Development · · Score: 1

    3) MSG

    Do you live on water? Glutamate is in everything.

  3. Dog? Mule? on DARPA's Robo-Cheetah Is Now Faster Than Usain Bolt · · Score: 1

    Now cheetah? This platform is everything to everybody! Has it actually found a usable man-portable power source yet or what?

  4. Re:universal connector on Apple Says "No" To Releasing New Dock Connector Specs · · Score: 1

    People just don't take care of things. I use my seven year old ipod cable with my touch and it's fine. The current cables are better built still, with sturdier ends. Do they all own rabbits or something?

  5. Re:Kindle Fire? No, thanks. on Staples Executive Outs Six New Kindle Fire Tablets · · Score: 1

    This isn't really unique to Amazon so it's hard to fault them for it. You can spend thousands upon thousands of USD on a brand new camera abroad and it won't be warranted outside of whatever zone you purchased it in.

  6. The ghost of Ken Olsen called, on HP Asks Judge To Enforce Itanium Contract Vs. Oracle · · Score: 4, Insightful

    he extends sympathies.

  7. Re:Sennheiser PX100 on Ask Slashdot: Best Headphones, Earbuds, Earphones? · · Score: 1

    Koss Porta Pros

    Yeah these are still great, still lifetime warranty too. Their Pro4AA are one of my favorite 'cheap' closed phones, but they're not especially portable.

  8. Re:Since Google wasn't the first search engine on Is Google the New Microsoft? · · Score: 1

    So... when is google auctions coming to make a google wallet worth having?

  9. Re:Another on Posting Photos of Olympics Could Land You In Court · · Score: 0

    Oh, I don't know. You've got the high caloric count to fuel some of the hardest working sportsmen in history, high protein and fat to keep their muscles, and high salt to help them with water retention. Sounds like pretty good food for world class athletes.
    Everyone else on the other hand~

  10. Re:I'm not going to make the tablet mistake again. on New iPad Jailbroken Already · · Score: 1

    I wouldn't use it for recording, but it's definitely the best synth module to come out in years. Way cheaper than a Muse, actually has developers unlike the Varios. Hell, if all you used it for was Korg iMS20 it'd be worth it.

  11. Re:Linux and Virtualization on a Mac 18 years ago on Comparing Today's Computers To 1995's · · Score: 1

    I loved the *hardware* co-processing that was available. There were radius rocket boards that could operate as either a straight upgrade or you could run multiple OSes, on multiple cards, on the same machine. The IIe card was a fully expanded IIe on a board that could use II family disks and peripherals. I seem to recall both Apple branded and third party (OrangePC?) x86 SBCs to allow for running PC stuff too. Neat stuff.

  12. Re:Nintendo.. on Iwata Confirms Nintendo Network, New Wii U Controller Functions · · Score: 1

    Now all that's left to see is if the Wii U will be Nintendo's 7800.

  13. Re:Pale Moon browser on Notes On Reducing Firefox's Memory Consumption · · Score: 1

    I was ready to head back to Opera when I found Pale Moon, it really is great.

  14. Re:Oh how I wish for some smaller vehicles.. on Why Fuel Efficiency Advances Haven't Translated To Better Gas Mileage · · Score: 1

    This a hundred times. The old Hilux, Mitsubishis, Rangers, even the small Dakotas were great little trucks. Nobody bothers with small light trucks. :(
    It's not just trucks though, look at the Civic. It's bigger than the Accord used to be! Doesn't get 50mpg on the highway anymore either.

  15. Re:Rochester on The Rise and Fall of Kodak · · Score: 2

    they should have worked on a digital camera that outputs film style pictures.

    Eh, it didn't work out well for Fujifilm. Granted their S-series models were anchored by their ridiculous xD memory format, but the later ones weren't and still didn't do well outside of, maybe, wedding photographers. Those things put out some of the nicest film-like images I've seen and the market didn't really care.

  16. Re:Overstated on Ham Radio Licenses Top 700,000, An All-Time High · · Score: 1

    I can't believe how much bulk rolls of tri-x are now :( Have you tried any of the cheap B&W films that have come out in the last few years?

  17. Re:Do you actually need it? on Ask Slashdot: Tablet With Root Access By Default? · · Score: 1

    They also just added RDP support along with the ios5 patch. It's really a great app.

  18. Good luck in retail! on HP Rethinking Wisdom of Spinning Off PC Division · · Score: 1

    Especially Best Buy which is, I'm sure, a not insignificant partner. After the complete abortion that was Touchpad, retail stores are going to be hesitant about stocking up on product. HP shipped units to them, then almost immediately tanked the price and ran.

  19. Its progeny have done it on Ridley Scott To Direct New Blade Runner Movie · · Score: 1

    You don't have to have a direct sequelâ" Ghost in the Shell and Innocence. I'd hope Scott could use familiar entities, 'Runners, Tyrell Corp, foo, to tell a new story but we'll see. If it gets out of development hell, I'll be amazed.

  20. Re:Who mentioned the iPad? on Pricing: Apple Defies Australian Government · · Score: 1

    Considering they're coming from China, it's probably *cheaper* to ship it to Oz.

  21. Re:Just imagine if Palm hadn't dropped the ball. on HP Spinning Off WebOS and Exiting Hardware Business · · Score: 1

    The iPod Touch 4G blows the doors off any PalmOS PDA I had, and frankly, I haven't looked back.

    I've been looking for PIMs as good as I had a decade+ ago on my III, on both android and iOS, and haven't found any. Let alone the desktop software integration. I stuck with a Treo because of that up until very recently... That's one place I think we've really lost sight on these days.

  22. Where's Unlimited? on World's First Cybernetic Athlete To Compete · · Score: 1

    When are we just going to get it over with and create 'unlimited' class competitions for athletics? Augmented or replaced limbs, oxygen doping, performance enhancing drugs, go nuts. Professionals do as much as they can get away with while they can get away with it anyway, let's regulate and expand it.

  23. Re:Different needs. on Nintendo Slashes Profit Forecast and 3DS Price · · Score: 1

    I think the DSi XL is the best of the lot, there are flash cards available for them. Nitrotracker is probably what I would go with if you're going homebrew, but I'm too tied to my hardware sequencer (read:old+lazy) to do tracking these days.

    DS-10+ is the enhanced version of the original DS-10, refer to the other post. It's really a great little package.
    Audio quality is surprisingly good, people are pretty spoiled these days. If you want to get crazy I've heard there are guys that modify their hardware to tap the audio before headphone opamp, but I think that's kind of silly. I can guarantee you that the outs on the MS-10 were a hell of a lot noisier then, and certainly are after thirty years. ;)

    A DSi XL, a Monotribe (or two!) and a Roland Mobile Cube would make for one hell of a portable synth rig. The monotribes do pulse sync, so you can run DS-10 as master clock. Run the audio channel through the 'tribe's filter and hold on to your butts.

  24. Re:Different needs. on Nintendo Slashes Profit Forecast and 3DS Price · · Score: 1

    I'm a long time nintendo fan and the fact that DSiware was almost universally horrible and the shop itself completely half-baked was a disgrace.
    Here comes the 3DS with the virtual console games all the DSi adopters were expecting and ~surprise~ they're all 3DS only. What good was the extra power of the DSi? Korg DS-10+ is the only title I can think of off hand that actually used it for something other than crappy camera stuff. Sorry, ninty, I'm done.

  25. They don't care on Hillary Clinton Takes Data.gov Overseas · · Score: 3, Insightful

    They don't even care to pretend to act in the best interests of the citizenry anymore. It's absolutely brazen.