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  1. Re:An open system on Valve Announces Hardware Beta Test For 'Steam Machine' · · Score: 2

    Of all the DRM out there, Steam is both the least intrusive, and the best run. Gabe has done a very good job of keeping the DRM out of your way. Yes, it is a software rental (with very long terms) but is rental always bad? I rent cars and hotel rooms too...

  2. Re:GNOME: We don't want Microsoft to have all the on Middle-Click Paste? Not For Long · · Score: 1

    Now that Gnome Panel has a maintainer going forward, Gnome 3 can perform just like Gnome 2. For an example look at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PreciseGnomeClassicTweaks and try it. So I am SURE there will be workaround to get back the middle mouse instead of the middle finger.

  3. Re:GNOME: We don't want Microsoft to have all the on Middle-Click Paste? Not For Long · · Score: 1

    One haded copy and past is very handy. Something I will not give up easily, and seeing as how 12.04 (with Gnome Panel) will be around for a while, I will not have to. I know a lot of people that stayed with Gnome 2 until Gnome Panel was a stable and supported option on Gnome 3. I am sure there will be a patch for this.

  4. Re:Excellent! Sort of.. on Sci-Fi Author Timothy Zahn Is Creating a Video Game · · Score: 1

    With Bioshock: Infinite (Latest, but there have been many others) showing how well that type of platform can tell a story, I can not see why he chose 2d turn based gaming.

  5. Re:BYOS on Ask Slashdot: Cloud Service On a Budget? · · Score: 1

    Also, the data center badwidth bills will be very high. I would get a second Internet connection at the home office and keep the server in house. Cheaper all round.

  6. Re:fat guys ... on Gut Bacteria In Slim People Extract More Nutrients · · Score: 4, Funny

    So where is that guy who always talks about eating out people's assholes? The ONE TIME he would be on topic...

  7. Re:Hand Sanitizer on Gut Bacteria In Slim People Extract More Nutrients · · Score: 1

    Not unless you are using it very wrong.

  8. Re:Nobody smells the NSA? on Parallels Update Installs Unrelated Daemon Without Permission · · Score: 1

    Nobody smells the Spanish Inquisition!

  9. Re:remote access on Parallels Update Installs Unrelated Daemon Without Permission · · Score: 1

    I wouldn't worry. As soon as the NSA has an uninstaller written, Parallels will release it.

  10. Re:Department of redundancy department. on Parallels Update Installs Unrelated Daemon Without Permission · · Score: -1, Redundant

    So will you be modded "redundant" for redundantly pointing out the redundancy in TFS?

  11. And this was before safety on Ken Wallis Autogyro Pioneer Dies At 97 · · Score: 2

    I love the video of a 95 year old man hand cranking a prop with no safety guard. Rash behavior like that will kill you before you reach 100, I bet!

  12. Casio on Samsung Unveils Galaxy Gear Smartwatch · · Score: 1

    So who else remembers the uber cool Casio smart watches of the 80s? (Contacts in your Watch! Cool!) And how long they were actually cool for...

  13. Re:Blatant conjecture on Changing a Single Gene Allows Mice To Live 20 Percent Longer · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Since there are no animals that live forever, you have to assume that extending life is a totally new feature... not a bugfix.

    Really? http://www.cracked.com/article_20055_6-unassuming-animals-that-are-secretly-immortal.html

    Hey! Cracked is at least as reliable as CNN, fox, or MSNBC, and lately it is more unbiased.

  14. It is almost as if... on UK High Court Gives OK To Investigation of Data Siezed From David Miranda · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It is almost as if they want to see just how far they can push. But that push back is going to be a bitch...

  15. Re:How much did Google spend? on Skype: Has Microsoft's $8.5B Spending Paid Off Yet? Can It Ever? · · Score: 3, Funny

    Know many people that use "Hangouts" for business?

    Where I work, it's either Hangouts or ye olde fashioned phone calls.

    So what is it like working for Google?

  16. Re:No. on Skype: Has Microsoft's $8.5B Spending Paid Off Yet? Can It Ever? · · Score: 1

    but have they tried Murmur, or Mumble, or Hrrumph?

    Eventually they will all move to getoffmylawn, the mature and proven technology.

  17. Re: And why... on Skype: Has Microsoft's $8.5B Spending Paid Off Yet? Can It Ever? · · Score: 1
  18. Re:the future on Skype: Has Microsoft's $8.5B Spending Paid Off Yet? Can It Ever? · · Score: 3, Funny

    Admit it, you have no friends, and you don't want your Mom watching you watch porn....

    This is the Internet... I am sure there is a subgroup that does want this.

  19. And why... on Skype: Has Microsoft's $8.5B Spending Paid Off Yet? Can It Ever? · · Score: 5, Insightful

    And why is it important to have chat built into my spreadsheet again?

  20. Re:NSA on Ask Slashdot: How To Diagnose Traffic Throttling and Work Around It? · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's just amusing to me to see NSA as the scapegoat of the day for any quirk anyone experiences related to computers or connectivity in general.

    No one ever got fired for buying... I mean blaming the NSA. :)

  21. Re:Side effects. on New Drug Mimics the Beneficial Effects of Exercise · · Score: 4, Funny

    I will probably work great... except for the anal leakage.

    Sorry, that side effect is patented by Olestra. You need to find another one.

  22. Re:This can't end well on New Drug Mimics the Beneficial Effects of Exercise · · Score: 2, Insightful

    If it seems too good to be true...

    Wait until you see the side effects...

  23. Re:I call bullshit. on New Drug Mimics the Beneficial Effects of Exercise · · Score: 4, Insightful

    It must be comforting to "know" that a study must be false by virtue of the fact that you disagree with its conclusion.

    Why not? It works for politics.

  24. Re:The alternative on New Drug Mimics the Beneficial Effects of Exercise · · Score: 4, Funny

    How about if I just change my facebook profile picture?

  25. Re:so star citizen doesnt count? on Ubuntu Edge Now Most-Backed Crowdfunding Campaign Ever · · Score: 1

    Canonical’s Ubuntu Edge campaign has raised more money than any other project on IndieGoGo or Kickstarter

    Star Citizen is running it's own campaign, and noting is escrowed.