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  1. Re:Is there any hope for my Lava Lamps? on 60% of Americans Unaware of Looming Incandescent Bulb Phase Out · · Score: 1

    Buy one of the halogen bulbs that are still allowed for sale. You'll end up with more light, but basically the same amount of heat.

  2. Re:What is the best way to buy some in bulk? on 60% of Americans Unaware of Looming Incandescent Bulb Phase Out · · Score: 1

    They actually generate a lot of heat. Not as much as incandescent, but they are still not all that efficient.

  3. Start smoking on Ask Slashdot: Communication Skills For Programmers? · · Score: 1

    In my experience if you really want to 'fit in' and be part of the group you need to start smoking. Those 5 or 10 minute breaks they take every hour to go outside to smoke is when they do all their social networking.

  4. Graphics.. on Intel Haswell CPUs Debut, Put To the Test · · Score: 0

    Haswell completely redefines the expectations for processor graphics.

    .. for Intel. It still seems to lag behind AMD's on-die graphics.

  5. Re:So many extra fees on Canadian Cellphone Users May Get Justice Over Phantom Charges · · Score: 4, Interesting

    My parents still have pulse dialing.. Every once in a while Bell tries to sneak the Tone dialing onto their bill and they have to call and have it taken off. The funny thing is, I bet is costs Bell more now to supply Pulse dialing than Tone.

  6. Re:6.8' on Did B&N Pass On the 6.8" E-ink Screen That Kobo Snapped Up? · · Score: 1

    336.75 miles if they are end to end. If you placed them in a diagonal you could get over 386.36 miles.

    They would occupy 0.21 square miles.

  7. Waiting for the day.. on Gartner Says 3D Printers Will Cost Less Than $2,000 By 2016 · · Score: 1

    I'm waiting for 3d printers that can print metal.

  8. Re:CD's ARE digital on Music Industry Sees First Revenue Increase Since 1999 · · Score: 1

    Compact Discs are digital. LaserDiscs can be analog.

    Audiophiles complain about music stored on digital media, its too bad Laserdiscs didn't catch on and too bad albums weren't released on Laserdisc, we'd have a much better analog source for music. Way less popping and hissing than vinyl.

  9. Re:27" FTW on Ask Slashdot: What Is Your Favorite Monitor For Programming? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    2 monitors are much better than 1 large monitor in my experience, but that may mostly be because of the habits I've gotten into. Newer versions of windows work a bit better with single monitors, but its still not as convenient as having 2 separate ones.

  10. Re:Actual Operating System on Russian Univ. Launches Course Based On ReactOS Led By Alex Bragin · · Score: 2

    I had no idea this existed, it is very cool and would make for a good learning experience. If I hadn't already posted I'd mod your post up..

    But how about the feeling you'd get if you were a student and the code you wrote or modified actually made it into an OS that you could install and run on your own computer, and that thousands of others would also install and run.. and your teacher is the guy who maintains the project, so you should have a good chance of your code actually making it in.

  11. Re:Actual Operating System on Russian Univ. Launches Course Based On ReactOS Led By Alex Bragin · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I'm assuming by 'work on' he means the actual code of the OS.

    Its impossible to do this with Windows, and Linux is already fairly feature complete. Maybe ReactOS has places where it could use some fairly simple code that would at the same time teach the students how to write code for an OS...

  12. Re:This is the long term future on A Humanoid Robot Named "Baxter" Could Revive US Manufacturing · · Score: 2

    I just read Kurt Vonnegut's first novel, Player Piano.which happens to deal with this issue. I found it quite enjoyable.

  13. Working at 14 on Nintendo Investigating Underage Workers At Foxconn · · Score: 3, Insightful

    That's the legal age in most places of Canada to start working, what's the problem? In Ontario you'd need to be 15 to work in a factory. I had my first job (part time) when I was that age.

  14. Have computers made our lives better? on Ask Steve Wozniak Anything · · Score: 1

    Have computers made our lives better? I mean, really, have they? Are we overexposed to them?

  15. Re:Commodore 64 on Ask Slashdot: Best Computer For a 7-Year Old? · · Score: 4, Funny

    I completely agree. How many of us started out with a C64 and turned out fine?

  16. Re:The what? on Debian Changes Default Desktop From GNOME To XFCE · · Score: 1

    Why would you burn a DVD? Just buy a nice fast $10 USB stick.

  17. Re:8 years ago... on Ask Slashdot: Best Way To Take Notes In the Modern Classroom? · · Score: 1

    The best way to do it is to read the text and take notes from it with pencil and paper before the lecture. Then, go to the lecture and listen. Maybe take a few notes here or there. If you didn't understand something, ask someone or go back to the text.

    When it comes time to study for an exam, refer back to your notes, and the text if necessary.

  18. Paranoid? on Samsung Says Their TVs Aren't Really Spying On You · · Score: 5, Funny

    Well, if you're so paranoid, get some tape and cover over the camera and microphone, or take it apart and disconnect it.

    But, maybe even light bulbs have cameras and microphones in them now, using the powerlines to transmit the data back..

  19. Re:Slowing down. on Baumgartner Completes 13.5-Mile Free-Fall Jump, Aims For Record · · Score: 3, Insightful

    You don't make a boom as you cross the sound barrier, you make it the entire time you are going faster than the speed of sound.

  20. Re:would be interesting to mine their data on Gamers Outdo Computers At DNA Sequence Alignments · · Score: 5, Funny

    Worst case scenario is that the crackers write a really good DNA Sequencing programs to beat the captchas.

  21. A government that seems to understand the Internet on Pakistan Looking For Homegrown URL Blocking System · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The sad thing is that the governments in these oppressive countries seem to understand how the Internet actually works.. and manage to come up with actual requirements for filtering devices.

  22. Re:Interpretation of phone movement on Gov App Detects Potholes As Your Drive Over Them · · Score: 1

    Simple, the city just waits until 500 people have hit the same pothole, and only then sends someone out to check.

  23. Flash DOES run slower on Mac on A Skeptical Comparison of HTML5 Video Playback To Flash · · Score: 2, Interesting

    From what I can tell by reading the article that says that 'Flash "does not perform consistently worse on Mac', what they really mean is that not only does Flash run slower on Mac, but Safari is also coded really poorly for Windows.

  24. Re:BUILD your own hd600 or hd650 on How $1,500 Headphones Are Made · · Score: 1

    Where did you get the parts? I've been looking for a good price on the drivers, but haven't been able to find them.

  25. Re:Sarcastic or not? on How $1,500 Headphones Are Made · · Score: 2, Informative