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  1. Re:Damn Shame on The WRT54GL: A 54Mbps Router From 2005 Still Makes Millions For Linksys · · Score: 1

    You have to pay a premium to get a product that isn't fucked up by design. Kind of brilliant if you think about it. Of course it only works because all the other consumer level routers are broken by design as well. I finally upgraded to a newer Asus router because I have so many new wifi devices in the house now that it was just too much for the hardware to keep up with. I have to say the new Asus router seems to be working fine. I'm surprised by the fact I've had zero problems with it. I used that old WRT54G for over a decade. I wish everything I bought gave as good value as that.

  2. Re:Someone finally paying their share on Volkswagen Agrees To Record $14.7B Settlement Over Emissions Cheating (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    More...it's always MORE!

  3. Re:Govt officials should go to jail too on Volkswagen Agrees To Record $14.7B Settlement Over Emissions Cheating (cnn.com) · · Score: 2

    The software was set up to detect if it was a real world or test environment. Given a test environment it would go into shitty running EPA mode. In real world it went into great motoring fun mode. Real slick until you get caught. They should have realized that sooner or later someone would catch on. You can't run any scam forever.

  4. Re:What happened? on Volkswagen Agrees To Record $14.7B Settlement Over Emissions Cheating (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    This was several orders of magnitude worse than the usual dodge. They're going to get bent over and reamed good.

  5. Re:If no one goes to jail, it means nothing... on Volkswagen Agrees To Record $14.7B Settlement Over Emissions Cheating (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    That's right, just let people that break the law walk away. Why prosecute anyone for non-violent crime then? The fact is that companies routinely break the law hoping to get away with huge profits and then when they get caught they pay up as part of doing business. This was a huge crime so the payback is very large financially but still and all if no one goes to jail it's no big deal.

  6. Re:So what's the selling point? on Ubuntu-Based Peppermint 7 Released (peppermintos.com) · · Score: 1

    I used Xubuntu before I latched onto Peppermint. I can't really quantify the difference I just liked the feel of it better. Xubuntu "feels" heavier. I currently operate Peppermint 6 on both a Dell E6500 with a 2.8ghz core2duo processor and 4GB of ram and a dual core atom 1.6ghz powered Aspire One with 2GB of ram. It's blazing fast on the Dell and quick on the Aspire. I do a lot of work on the Dell while I usually just check my bank account and e-mail and do some light surfing on the Aspire. I love it enough that I'm actually going to donate some money to the developer. It's simple but it has everything I need available. The only other distro I ever liked this much was Ubuntu before they went into the Unity insanity.

  7. Re: Why I *do* use Telegram on Why You Should Stop Using Telegram Right Now (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    It's not paranoia if they really are out to get you.

  8. Re:Sandisk is smart, like Apple on SanDisk Made an iPhone Case With Built-In Storage (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Instead I just loaded a bunch of movies and music on it. I don't know if it's 128gb for sure but I do know it's 103.48gb at least.

  9. Re:Obama blew it on Web Petition For 2nd EU Referendum Draws Huge Interest (ap.org) · · Score: 1

    I think that the way President Obama basically threatened the UK voters might actually have had a negative effect. A lot of people react badly to threats choosing to act out of spite. It was a foolish action and in the end left egg on his face and now he's petulant that they went against his wishes.

  10. Re:No deal on Web Petition For 2nd EU Referendum Draws Huge Interest (ap.org) · · Score: 1

    Short term will no doubt be harsh. Long term however I think the UK made the right decision. The EU had potential but lately it looks like they're crazy. I doubt England will be the last to leave.

  11. Re:Standard Operating Practice on Web Petition For 2nd EU Referendum Draws Huge Interest (ap.org) · · Score: 1

    This is more like how it works.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

  12. Re: No take backs!! on Web Petition For 2nd EU Referendum Draws Huge Interest (ap.org) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    No one really wants to be free. It's much safer to have your betters make decisions for you.

  13. Re:Sandisk is smart, like Apple on SanDisk Made an iPhone Case With Built-In Storage (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    I bought two 128GB evo cards off amazon for 23 and some change per each. One went into my old Samsung S5 and one into my wife's LG. Instant happiness for little money.

  14. Re:Not an iPhone on SanDisk Made an iPhone Case With Built-In Storage (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    This is why I don't have an iPhone. I wanted one until I found out you could not expand it or change the battery. I know lots of people don't care and I'm fine with that. I like to be free.

  15. Re:unlimited on SanDisk Made an iPhone Case With Built-In Storage (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Quit confusing people with facts. It's a cloud, damn it!

  16. Re:Say "Citigroup" instead of "Thank You" on Citigroup Sues AT&T For Saying 'Thanks' To Customers (techdirt.com) · · Score: 1

    I don't say Android 50 times a day. You can't see the difference between Android and Thank You? Some people might go their entire life and never say the word Android. Hell, most old people call every smartphone an iPhone anyway. Words like Thanks, Hello, Goodbye? No.

  17. Re:Say "Citigroup" instead of "Thank You" on Citigroup Sues AT&T For Saying 'Thanks' To Customers (techdirt.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It's "Thanks." I mean fuck man, it's "Thanks." I get what you're saying but it's about one of the most common terms in the English language. This entire thing is beyond fucked up. It makes me want to hate them for their arrogance in claiming the word "Thanks." I already hate Citigroup anyway but I used to hate AT&T more. Now they've moved ahead on the shitty fucking corporation list.

  18. Re:Gamergate logic? on DNC Hacker Releases Trump Opposition File (gawker.com) · · Score: 1

    Nobody will shoot Obama, Joe Biden is VP. Even the fucking Klan prefer Obama to Biden.

  19. Re:Gamergate logic? on DNC Hacker Releases Trump Opposition File (gawker.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Really I imagine he'll probably lose in the general election. I suspect further that it wouldn't matter which Republican was running they'd lose as well. In fact I think Trump has a better chance than any of the others in the field. The reason is that I know a lot of people who voted this time around who haven't voted in years. Many who have never voted and registered so they could vote for Trump. He is not a politician and all the people that hate the lying fucking whores like Hillary finally got someone else to vote for. Sure he's a blowhard and a dirty bastard but compared to a shit stain like Hillary he looks pretty damn good. She's going to continue fucking us just like the bastard before her and the bastard before him. They're all a part of the same machine they just market them differently. I have no doubt that if by some miracle Trump managed to win it'd be a very short term before his aircraft malfunctioned or some nut case shot him. Can't have someone fucking up the system.

    Sorry for the rant....I'm feeling especially cynical tonight. Can you blame me? I get to choose between a Crazy Bastard and a Crooked Bitch. Democracy??????

  20. Re:Anyone voting for Hillary should be tried... on DNC Hacker Releases Trump Opposition File (gawker.com) · · Score: 1, Insightful

    It all depends on your definition of the word "Treason." In the US today that is defined as opposing Queen Hillary. She is above the law as you very well know and can not be bothered with trivialities such as rules and regulations.

  21. Re:Radicalized through Islam on FBI Director Comey: 'Highly Confident' Orlando Shooter Radicalized Through Internet (cbsnews.com) · · Score: 1

    Lone wolfs or just the leading edge of an all out war?

  22. Re:Radicalized through Islam on FBI Director Comey: 'Highly Confident' Orlando Shooter Radicalized Through Internet (cbsnews.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Radical Islam is a problem. People that justify the worst barbarism in the name of some ideology are a problem and Radical Islam does this. Sure, they aren't the only nutcases around but they're by far the biggest group and they have a huge fan base that cheers them on. Until people stop pussy footing around the subject we will never deal with it. I pretty much despise the gay culture. Not gays themselves but the culture that you get when they congregate. That said, I just avoid them. It would never occur to me to kill them or even to wish them dead. I am appalled at what happened in Orlando and feel bad for these people's families. I'd never wish this kind of shit on anyone. Some so called Christians think it's okay to persecute and kill gay people but I and the vast majority of Christians reject and repudiate that view. God says to love everyone and that only HE is the judge. Then we get to Islam which has a more aggressive anti-gay policy. It's stoning in their own land and open season everywhere else. I know most of the Islamic people in the US aren't radical but a lot of them are, way too many. Depressingly it seems to be the younger ones who don't remember how shitty it was under Sharia in the old country because their parents fled that insanity. It seems the young Islamic generation has decided to rebel against their elders by becoming just as insane as the people the older generation fled from. I don't know if anything can stop a war but importing more Islamic fundamentalists to the US will certainly increase the chances greatly. I know that the more this type of thing in Orlando happens here it's only a matter of time before people get fed up and retaliate. It's all too likely it'll be against a Mosque or some such place.

  23. Re:Great technology, but what about the energy? on Nikola Motor Receives Over 7,000 Preorders Worth Over $2.3 Billion For Its Electric Truck (electrek.co) · · Score: 1

    Greens nice but I believe the big selling point is fuel savings. In the end it's all about the bottom line.

  24. Re:Slashdot is slow, for analysis on Feds Ask Supreme Court To Void Apple's $400 Million Award From Samsung (siliconbeat.com) · · Score: 1

    I can see where they might want to reign in all the restrictions of the US Constitution. With things like the 2nd and 4th amendments holding them back from keeping us safe from terrorists. If it weren't for that pesky old document just think how safe we'd be! There's a reason why our forefathers screamed "Give me liberty or give me death!" Living under tyranny makes dying preferable.

  25. I'm getting old and slow. You've gone for senility. From the Feds fucking Apple over after the refusal to crack the iPhone to whites fleeing vengeful ex-slaves. Quite a trip. Now that I think on it I believe it might be drug or alcohol instead of senility.