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  1. Partnered straight into buy outs... on Google Building a Domain Registration Service · · Score: 4, Funny

    WIX, and its other "partners" will soon be absorbed - their technical uniqueness will add to Google's own...

  2. Of course he says that... on Stephen Hawking: 'There Are No Black Holes' · · Score: 2

    ...because he calls them Hawking Holes!

  3. RAM? on Datawind Not Blowing Smoke: $38 Tablet Coming To the US · · Score: 1

    I didnt see a spec on RAM - anyone know what it ships with? I recently bought a Samsung Centura which has very similar specs as this tablet, and it has left me wanting.

  4. Re:Start8 - saved my parents... on Hands-On With Windows 8.1 Preview · · Score: 1

    bought it before the issues with the Win8 task bar was fixed.

  5. Start8 - saved my parents... on Hands-On With Windows 8.1 Preview · · Score: 1

    My parents bought a Win8 AIO monstrosity, it was nightly support calls.
    I bought them a copy of Start8 and showed them how to get to the desktop - now all is better.

  6. Lego Digtial Designer - Free 3D-ish on NASA Teams With LEGO To Offer Model Competition · · Score: 1

    http://ldd.lego.com/en-us/

    Lego has their own free 3D-ish design program. I have played with it a bit - it can be finicky, but it's pretty cool.

  7. Giorgio Tsoukalos asks... on Iron In Egyptian Relics Came From Space · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Did all these rocks fall from the sky, maybe, but, could some have been brought by ancient astronauts, as gifts to the native population?

  8. Hypnotic Voice... on Cosmos Remake Coming To Fox In 2014 · · Score: 2

    Carl Sagan had a voice that could lull you into a trance -

  9. Netflix will still live on...? on Nintendo To Cancel Weather, News, and Other Built-In Wii Apps In June · · Score: 2

    My Wii is used primarily by my 8 yro for Lego Games, and Netflix - I bet that is 90-95% of how Wii's are used anyway.

  10. Re:Who calls MS for support? on Set Your Watches For the End of Windows XP · · Score: 1

    I have called to xfer a license - and it was painless.

  11. Re:Napkin sketches not always a good idea on James Cameron Gives Sub To Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution · · Score: 1

    Its terrible when you have Stonehenge monument in danger of being crushed,,, by a dwarf. And it was 18" tall.

  12. Swamp People Tie in... on Google's Server Cooling Plan Produces 4ft Alligator · · Score: 1

    I hope that they hire Troy from Swamp People to catch it.

  13. Its a Luxury on Is Mobile Broadband a Luxury Or a Human Right? · · Score: 0

    Clean food, and water. Free basic education. A safe place to live. Those as the basic human rights - IMO

  14. Re:Do we need more speed? on The Fastest ISPs In the US · · Score: 1

    Yeah - but I might just to AT&T DSL.

  15. Do we need more speed? on The Fastest ISPs In the US · · Score: 1

    I have charter at the 30/3 increment. it costs just under $50/month. If I wasn't bundled for another 14 months I think I could get by with a slower speed, as long as I can stream some Netflix, and play a bit of CoD, or Battlefield 3 I would be happy. 10MB would probably be enough for me.

  16. Never go against the family... on Apple Blocks iOS Apps Using Dropbox SDK · · Score: 1

    This seems a bit like the mafia - Dropbox tried to circumvent the rules of protection, or make money off the books, and hence will have to be taxed...

  17. The classic Dart.... on Ask Slashdot: The Very Best Paper Airplane? · · Score: 1

    The classic Dart has always my mainstay when making planes for my son and his friends.

    I am also partial to the designs in this book : http://www.amazon.com/The-Ultimate-Paper-Airplane-Step/dp/0671555510
    ISBN-10: 0671555510
    ISBN-13: 978-0671555511

    I have a variation of the general "Ultimate" designs, and the "Harrier" that resembles a Shuttle - These used to be mandatory for my then 3yro (now 6) when we watched shuttle liftoffs, and landings.

  18. Re:Incidentally on RIM Firing (Nearly) Everybody · · Score: 1

    They tried to market to a younger culture by touting their BBM service a couple years ago - however Twitter took off and well...

  19. More gym class, and recess for younger kids... on Active Video Games Don't Make Kids Exercise More · · Score: 1

    My 6yro is a wildman when it comes to most of the Wii "active games" he gets pretty excited and jogs in place and is constantly moving - he gets fairly sweaty doing it, tho he is probably an exception to the rule.

    When I was in school we had a lot of phys ed - everyday in grade school, 3 days a week in middle school, and high school. Now I think my kid gets 2 days of gym a week. Sure there is recess, but its in 15 minute spurts, or a 30 minute lunch where half the time is spent eating his lunch.

  20. Re:News to me on Have Bad Cars Gone Extinct? · · Score: 1

    I bought a 98 Isuzu Amigo new, and drove it to 200k in just over 10 years. I would have yet today but the head cracked, and the repair was more than we had available with a new baby on the way. I opted to buy a newer used car, a 2001 Monte which other routine maintenance has been fine for 140K and counting.

    I do miss that Amigo tho - always started, and never got stuck in the Wisconsin winters.

  21. Re:Challenge 1: Landing on The Challenges of Building a Mars Base · · Score: 1

    exactly -
    And even if they do land these parts within say 50 feet of each other how are they going to move it all to put it together. Rather than that cute explorer vehicle - it will need a crane of some kind or the whole thing will need to be inflatable, and then have a catalyst that makes the walls solid.

  22. Air drop that puppy on The Challenges of Building a Mars Base · · Score: 2

    The NASA video shows them bringing whole hab in on 3 semi-trailers -
    Why not airdrop the major components in, and see if putting the thing up while encumbered with a suit is feasible.

  23. Re:Horribly inaccurate conclusion... on Aging Consoles Find New Life As Video Streamers · · Score: 1

    I agree - I have a Wii, and its strictly casual gaming, and Netflix for me - I would wager 80% of the time its Netflix.

  24. Did this 3 years ago. on Ask Slashdot: Getting a Grip On an Inherited IT Mess? · · Score: 1

    3 years ago I was dropped into a very similar position at a small state agency.
    I had some documentation, a server names list, passwords, and licenses lists. I first addressed the issues with desktops, and shored up the servers. What probably saved my sanity was I was tasked with moving most of our servers to a VM environment, and could setup things in a documented manner.

  25. Do I have to give them my real account? on Aussie Bank Wants To Trade Social Network Data For Better Deals · · Score: 1

    What is to stop you from just creating a new ID to give the bank, that you fill with pictures of puppies, and beige Corollas?

    I, like most of my friends are more mature now, but as a younger man I would have made up an assumed ID to post my pics of unacceptable behavior.