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  1. Re:Umm, how will they (and Apple) survive the Nexu on How Will Amazon, Barnes & Noble Survive the iPad Mini? · · Score: 0

    Fortunately for iPad, there will never be an honest comparison, and anyone who does an honest comparison will be beaten into submission by the Apple fanboi media.

  2. I tried to sign it, but couldn't on White House Pulls Down TSA Petition · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I tried to sign this petition several times over the last couple of weeks, but the system would not let me create an account.

  3. I tried it... on CyanogenMod 9 Achieves Stable Release · · Score: 1

    It's "ok." It's still not stable, but it's a good effort. I'll try it again in a few weeks, but the current build still crashes on my HTC.

  4. Waste has nothing to do with it on US Freezes Nuclear Power Plant Permits Because of Waste Issues · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    It's solely about destroying all sources of energy that are NOT tied to Obama's pie-in-the-sky cheeseburger-farting unicorn fantasy of solar and wind power.

  5. Re:Stop the presses! on Facebook Facial Recognition Under Scrutiny In Norway · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Please explain to me how setting the switch to the "off" position by default limits consumer access to the technology.

  6. Stop the presses! on Facebook Facial Recognition Under Scrutiny In Norway · · Score: 0

    I finally agree with Al Franken on something.

  7. No Good if Not Transparent on Are SSD Accelerators Any Good? · · Score: 2

    If it requires O/S level drivers to implement the cache, then it's NFG.

    SSD caching has promise, but it needs to be done in hardware, and be completely transparent to the O/S on top of it.

  8. Re:DOS 6 was finally usable on MS-DOS Not Stolen, New Forensic Analysis Concludes · · Score: 1

    2.11 was okay. DOS didn't really start screwing the pooch until 3.0... 4 and 5 were just godawful. 6 brought back a decent OS.

  9. Sandals and Hawaiian Shirts on The Google-fication of Yahoo! · · Score: 1

    Next step...

    Welcome back to the 1990s.

  10. Re:Public vs. Private on Australian Agency Rules Facebook Pages Responsible For Comments · · Score: 1

    Don't give them such a hard time. They probably grew up in Generation N (for Narcissism) where there is no such thing as anything in private.

  11. Gain is nothing withou linearity on DARPA Creates 0.85 THz Solid State Receiver · · Score: 1

    It may have demonstrated 0.1dB of gain at 850GHz (seriously, let's not label it THz unless it actually makes THz), but unless it is linear, it is pretty useless for digital communications.

  12. Sorry, just hate on Why We Love Firefox, and Why We Hate It · · Score: 1

    Whey they got to version 13 and it was still leaking 1GB/day of memory, that was it for me.

    Switched to another browser and haven't looked back.

  13. In other news... on Wikipedia-Sponsored Pilot Study Lauds Wikipedia Accuracy · · Score: 1

    Microsoft-sponsored study shows Windows has lowest TCO of all operating systems EVARRRRRRR

  14. Re:Phew on New Illinois Law Protecting Social Media Rights In the Workplace · · Score: 1

    It's not really that, I don't think. Since now you are a terrorist if you do not have a Facebook account, I believe it is in the interest of National Security to allow employers access to job applicants' Facebook accounts, just to make sure those accounts are real and legitimate, and not just shell accounts created to avoid looking like a terrorist.

  15. Re:Female athlete arrested on charges of rape on The Tricky Science of Olympic Gender Testing · · Score: 1

    Don't forget all the sad cases of Muslim women who are arrested every day for BEING RAPED.

  16. My 95 year-old grandmother must be a terrorist on Facebook Abstainers Could Be Labeled Suspicious · · Score: 1

    She's never had a computer in her life, and still has a rotary phone, and still grows her own chickens and vegetables, and has never had a credit card.

    She must be a terrorist.

  17. Re:Seems like a tremendous waste on NASA Considers Apollo-Era F1 Engine For Space Launch System · · Score: 1

    Standard American railroad gauge is precisely 1.4351 meters.

    Please use proper units.

  18. Testament to our lack of capability on NASA Considers Apollo-Era F1 Engine For Space Launch System · · Score: 1

    Have we really reached the point where the best our "best and brightest" can do is recycle 60 year old designs, and they have to sub out to a private firm just to do that?

  19. Re:How much does it cost? Who's paying for it? on Two More HIV Patients Now Virus-Free Thanks To Bone Marrow Transplant · · Score: 1

    Now that we have Obamacare, the procedure will be available for free to anyone who needs it.

  20. Departmental Politics on Microsoft's Lost Decade · · Score: 2

    This is the same phenomenon that destroys all large corporations slowly from the inside.

    There may be one product, but different departments responsible for different parts of that product are given competing and incompatible goals by upper management, the theory being that this will create the cheapest, highest quality solution - when the exact opposite is true.

  21. 1990s Apple All Over Again on Apple In Trouble With Developers · · Score: 0

    This same thing happened the last time Steve Jobs left. The company destroyed itself from within with one bad business decision after another.

  22. Not in a million years on NASA's First New Spacesuit In 20 Years Is Its Own Airlock · · Score: 0

    In 1992, we had the capability and know-how to put a man in space. In 1970, we could actually put a man on the moon.

    Today, NASA has the same capabilities as your average third-grade science class. So, forgive me if I say "screw you if you think I'm trusting my life to your suit, designed by third world engineers and built by the lowest bidder."

  23. You're already hosed on Ask Slashdot: How To Clean Up My Work Computer Before I Leave? · · Score: 1

    They're going to wipe the hard disk anyway, but you're already hosed. Most of the time, they keep a rolling backup going back several weeks. Once you turn in your notice, they freeze those backups so the data can be examined later.

    What you want to do is have your PC "crash" about a month before you turn in your notice, and get your IT department to re-image it. Then, don't do ANYTHING personal on it.

    It's helpful if you can find out how long that rolling window is, btw.

    Anyway, once you're satisfied that your prior image backups have rolled out (and that they don't do a "contribute" backup, where everything is saved forever, even if you delete it), then you can safely turn in your notice.

    Problem with using your work PC for personal stuff is that they can use that as a basis upon which to fire you when you turn in your notice, and deny any benefits to which you might otherwise be entitled (pensions, etc).

  24. Re:Someone needed surgery? on Feds Ban 'Buckyballs' Magnets · · Score: 1

    A country that guarantees the right to keep and bear arms in its founding documents, but does not guarantee the right to abuse, neglect, and kill your children by being a bunch of irresponsible fuckwads.

  25. Re:who ARE these people?? on City Council Ordered To Stop CCTV In Taxi Cabs · · Score: 1

    They are left wing fascists. That's who they are. They want to control every part of your life, and the first step in that is knowing what you do at all times.