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  1. Re:File this under "grandiose uselessness" on Russia Approves Siberia-Alaska Railway · · Score: 1

    Considering there is not that much traffic between US and Russia, railway like that is kind of an overkill.

    Funny how there's not much traffic between the US and Russia when there's no rail lines or roads connecting them either.
    I wonder if there might be some traffic if there were a relatively easy way to travel between them?

  2. Ted Stevens on Russia Approves Siberia-Alaska Railway · · Score: 1

    If Ted Stevens were still around this would be a done deal.

  3. Re:News for nerds? on 5.8 Earthquake Hits East Coast of the US · · Score: 1

    And the resulting tsunami was 1000x smaller too.

  4. Argentine-German connection on Origins of Lager Found In Argentina · · Score: 1

    Now we see that the "special relationship" between Argentina and Germany has been established for quite a bit longer than we thought.

  5. Re:Meh on Origins of Lager Found In Argentina · · Score: 4, Funny

    pilsner is a type of lager.

  6. Re:..windows that can be resized .. on The GIMP Now Has a Working Single-Window Mode · · Score: 1

    No link, but I'm using it, so I promise that it's true.
    However, they also added the ability to move a window from any border so sometimes when you want to resize the window you end up moving it instead. oops.

  7. Re:Relieved on Alaskan Village's Orange Goo Was Fungal Spores · · Score: 1

    No problem. My tough actin' Tinactin is ready and waiting.

  8. Re:3% of this market doesn't make you a rival. on HP's Shift On PCs Could Boost Acer, Dell and Lenovo · · Score: 1

    When that 3% earns you more money than the 20% earns the other guy, you won't be complaining.

  9. Relieved on Alaskan Village's Orange Goo Was Fungal Spores · · Score: 1

    I am very relieved to find out it wasn't a skull-boring, brain-eating crustacean.

  10. www.pornwatchers.org on A TV That Knows and Shares What You're Watching · · Score: 4, Funny

    Find out who is watching what: Only $10/month for unlimited access!

  11. Webcams on Windows 8 To Fight Piracy With the Cloud · · Score: 1

    Insider sources are also claiming that PCs booting Windows 8 will snap a picture with the webcam and send it to Microsoft as part of the boot sequence.

  12. Re:not coming back here on American Grant Writing: Race Matters · · Score: 1

    I suppose we know from the principle of ordering and the finiteness of the internet that there must be a "most racist thing" on the internet, but I doubt any slashdot discussion is capable of coming anywhere close to that superlative.

  13. Re:Retail Shipping... on Pricing: Apple Defies Australian Government · · Score: 1

    Wrong. I can buy in the US and get it shipped here and still save anywhere from 10-30%. go back and try again.

    Ok... it's because you are willing to pay more to buy the stuff in Australia rather than have it shipped from overseas.

  14. Retail Shipping... on Pricing: Apple Defies Australian Government · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Because even the inflated prices are still cheaper than buying from a foreign country and having it shipped?
    And Apple very cleverly takes advantage of that fact?

  15. Re:Itanium on HP Spinning Off WebOS and Exiting Hardware Business · · Score: 1

    Oracle already let the cat out of the bag w.r.t. Itanium.

  16. TouchPad price? on HP Spinning Off WebOS and Exiting Hardware Business · · Score: 4, Insightful

    So can I get a TouchPad for $100 now?

  17. Re:No standing? on Judge Dismisses Google's Complaint Over Android Code Viewing · · Score: 1

    That's exactly the point. If that's how open Android is, what could be so sooper secret about the code that Google didn't want anyone to see?

  18. Re:Server Names on The Computer Labs That Created the Digital World · · Score: 1

    What about Allen?

  19. That's not the only thing... on Moon Younger Than Previously Thought · · Score: 1, Funny

    That's not the only thing that turns out to be younger than you thought.

  20. No standing? on Judge Dismisses Google's Complaint Over Android Code Viewing · · Score: 2, Insightful

    What I get out of this is that the judge says that it's none of Google's business because the lawsuit is between Microsoft & Motorola.

    By the way, what is this ultra secret, mega proprietary Android source code anyway? I thought Android was open source. Didn't Andy Rubin define "open" as the ability to download and compile the source?

  21. Re:Apple II's had a GUI and mouse? on The Computer Labs That Created the Digital World · · Score: 1

    Well they had an add-on mouse-based desktop program and "mousepaint" in 1983 or so to go along with the original Apple mouse card, but Apple first implemented the windows/mouse interface in 1982 with the Lisa.

  22. Re:Give me a break on 27,000 South Koreans Sue Apple · · Score: 1

    Right. Only AT&T should have it, because while Apple is evil, AT&T is our friend.

  23. Re:GNOME3 is missing the basic utilities. on Interview With GNOME 3 Designer Jon McCann · · Score: 1

    As for which apps we do want to write in GNOME we have a list of about 6-10 that we consider a "different class of application" than core utils. Things that every computer needs to be able to do. Like managing photos, music and documents. So we want to write some of those basic utilities,

    As if no one up til now ever worked on GNOME applications to manage photos, music, and documents.

    Oh wait, I forgot those were written by some guy who no longer bothers to waste his time with GNOME, and the API has changed twice in the meantime, so they have to be rewritten from scratch, only this time we'll do them right!

  24. Re:Koreans really don't have a valid opinion on an on 27,000 South Koreans Sue Apple · · Score: 1

    Well it is true that all S Korean fans have a timer on them so that you won't accidently leave it on all night and die.
    And it is true that "death by fan suffocation" is a legitimate cause of death for S. Korean death certificates.

  25. Re:Koreans really don't have a valid opinion on an on 27,000 South Koreans Sue Apple · · Score: 1

    They also believe that artistically arranged chunks of charcoal will absorb electromagnetic radiation.
    But then again, Americans believe in alien abductions.