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  1. Re:Sounds like win-win to me! on Man Orders TV On Amazon, Gets Shipped Assault Rifle · · Score: 4, Informative

    It used to be before assault weapon bans became popular. Now semi and fully automatic versions of the same base gun are different enough that it's now a difficult complex modification...

  2. Large print version? on Peter Jackson Announces Third Hobbit Movie · · Score: 2

    Because my old Ballantine Books paper back version is 287 pages...

  3. Translation on The DARPA-Funded Power Strip That Will Hack Your Network · · Score: 5, Interesting

    The opposition (who ever they may be) has figured out that we were using this device. Word has gotten out. We no longer need it. You may now do with it as you wish...

  4. And this is a good thing? on First Firefox Mobile OS Phones Announced · · Score: 1

    Love the iphone but I have become quite paranoid in updating apps. Even the most trusted apps that I never had a problem with a new version, I still check the reviews to make sure it's a good idea. I've had too many either break or move to some annoying freemium version that causes me to delete it...

    The last thing I want is to lose control of updating apps. Bad, bad idea.

  5. More than that... on Black Death Discovered In Oregon · · Score: 4, Informative

    From the linked article:

    Even though there are about seven cases of the Black Plague in the U.S. each year, most cases have been in the West and the Southweset, the bacterium is considerably less fatal than it once was. According to the CDC, 1 in 7 cases are fatal, but the disease can now be treated with antibiotics.

    I know, I know I'm not supposed to read the article...

  6. Why choose? on Which Fading Smartphone Company Is More Valuable To Microsoft, RIM Or Nokia? · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Just buy both in a two for one sale!

  7. Yes, yes... on Gimp 2.8 Finally Released · · Score: 2

    We all know that. Doesn't change the fact that GIMP has become the poster boy for poorly chosen acronyms. Maybe the GIMP people should grow up and admit they screwed up and come up with a better name...

  8. Really? on Gimp 2.8 Finally Released · · Score: 2

    How about you take your eyes off the screen and turn around. I bet you will find quite a few printed examples with in your field of vision.

  9. Re:The Name on Gimp 2.8 Finally Released · · Score: 4, Informative

    It used to have that connotation. Then the movie Pulp Fiction came out. Now Gimp is associated with leather bound masochistic homosexuals...

  10. Star Trek as a Religion on CBS Uses Copyright To Scuttle Star Trek New Voyages: Phase II Episode · · Score: 1, Funny

    Why could we not just declare Star Trek a religion? It pretty much is one at this point. As long as what is produced is not for profit, I would think the creation of "religious materials" might get better protection.

    Of course IANAL constitutional or otherwise...

  11. Re:Olympus PEN Series on Ask Slashdot: Mirrorless, Interchangeable Lens Camera Advice? · · Score: 3, Informative

    I just bought the E-PM1. I like it. It's smaller and easier to carry than the bulky DSLR's but still has good depth of controls, fast auto focus and shutter. Image quality is not as good as the current generation of DSLR's but it's as good as most of these proponents photographs proving DSLR's are the best that were taken with previous generation of DSLR's for what that's worth.

    Just keep in mind Olympus is currently on life support and it's not known at this time if it will survive or the camera division will be sold off to someone and what they would do with the product line and the 4/3 standard. The lenses at least are compatible with Panasonic should that happen...

  12. Re:One of the unlucky testers on Google Testing Completely Revamped Look · · Score: 5, Informative

    Click the gear icon. Select revert to classic.

    For how long this will work...

  13. Not a fan... on Google Testing Completely Revamped Look · · Score: 1

    I had no idea it was limited. As one of these random testers I'm not a fan of the new look. I just switched back to the old look for gmail and calendar. The old look while not as clean in over all design presents the information much clearer. The borders are of higher contrast and text is easier to read. Also going from gmail to calendar used to be a single link, now it requires clicking the drop down menu, going to the bottom for more, then back up to the top for calendar.

    But as I use ad block + and give google no money, I'm neither customer nor product so I guess I can't complain...

  14. Re:You left one out: on Floyd Landis Sentenced For Hacking Test Lab · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Some of can appreciate the meaning of a symbol without the brain washed devotion to it.

    I much rather people understand what the US flag stands for even if they wear, burn, make cake out of or whatever than exercise devotional purity and in doing do completely miss it's meaning...

  15. Re:Android performance on Google Rolls Out Official Android 4.0 ICS Update · · Score: 2

    At launch, no. A year later, yes. Having just upgraded my original first gen iphone, it did quite well with modern apps as long as you stayed away from games with 3D graphics.

  16. Re:HP makes more than desk top printers on HP's Strange Obsession With WebOS For Printers · · Score: 1

    Prints with a latex based ink. It's a bit less toxic than some other inks and has a 30% flex once dry. Also has good outdoor durability and a decent color gamut compared to other UV resistant outdoor inks. It's used for vehicle wrap graphics and other outdoor applications.

  17. HP makes more than desk top printers on HP's Strange Obsession With WebOS For Printers · · Score: 1

    Keep in mind HP makes good large format inkjet and latex printers (of the 36" to 96" roll paper variety). The old 5000/5500 design jet series were warhorses. They generally have many more options than your desk top printer, and you use many of those options during production. The 5000/5500 series had a horrible interface. The newer 6100z and latex printers have not expanded much on that. I could see using WebOS would improve these printers greatly.

  18. Re:Everybody will still want the real thing on In-Vitro Muscle Cells, It's What's For Dinner · · Score: 1

    Though true about the lack of cannibalism, did you actually read it? It's not a short story. My copy is 200+ pages...

  19. A fool and his money... on Who Killed Videogames? · · Score: 1

    A fool and his/her money are easily parted.

    The rest of us get a surprisingly good entertainment return on video games compared to movies/cable/clubs/whatever even with DLC...

  20. Quick? on A Game of Thrones RTS Game Released, RPG On the Way · · Score: 1

    The last book took six years to write. The first one was started in 1991 and published in 1996. Not exactly a "quick" buck...

  21. Re:Solar dies, RADIATION LIVES. on Solar Company Folds After $0.5B In Subsidies · · Score: 1

    Off-shore competitors and a significant drop in the price of silicon which made panels with thicker applications of it more price competitive.

  22. Re:According to wunderground... on Hurricane Irene Prompts Unprecedented Evacuation of NYC · · Score: 1, Informative

    "In California, you don't get much snow or ice, or sub-zero temperatures"

    Uh...I would like to introduce you to this mountain range called the Sierra Nevada. Believe me, it snows there and gets quite cold...

  23. Re:On a vaguely related note: on Ubisoft Scales Back Driver DRM · · Score: 1

    First one I have ever tried. Glad I did not play the others...

  24. Re:On a vaguely related note: on Ubisoft Scales Back Driver DRM · · Score: 1

    Well, considering I have played the demo and have expressed an opinion, "wrong" does not come in to play...

    No. I want to drive in a fairly realistic version of San Francisco. Something this game does not provide. "Changes related to gameplay" sounds to me like lazy designers...

  25. Re:On a vaguely related note: on Ubisoft Scales Back Driver DRM · · Score: 1

    Or the developers are in the UK and know SF from a map perspective and not a practical driving perspective...