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  1. Re:Remember the first CD Burners... on Breaking Up With MakerBot · · Score: 1

    You mean like never?

    Or were you just incompetent?

    I remember back when a CD-R cost >$20, and there was still >95% success rate.

  2. Re:Will it have a button... on Wikimedia Rolls Out Its WYSIWYG Visual Editor For Logged-in Wikipedia Users · · Score: 3

    Of course, if it was YOUR fringe theory that people want deleted, you would be the one crying about deletionism and relevance criteria.

  3. Re:Hasn't this ship sailed? on Firefox 23 Makes JavaScript Obligatory · · Score: 1

    In reality, the 0.2% of people you drive away that way are typically cyper-hippies that block ads anyway and do not contribute in any meaningfull way to the success of the website, so good riddance.

  4. Re:Solution in extensions on Firefox 23 Makes JavaScript Obligatory · · Score: 1

    Get over yourself, wannabe oldtimer.

    Even postscript was turing-complete, and it is sure as hell older than you.

  5. Re:Cost on 10GbE: What the Heck Took So Long? · · Score: 1

    Well, if you are ok with going totally no-frills, you can get a 8*10G switch for under 800€ from netgear:

    http://direkt.jacob-computer.de/_artnr_1491948.html?ref=103

  6. Re:What kind of encryption did the FBI break? on Judge Orders Child Porn Suspect To Decrypt His Hard Drives · · Score: 1

    Well, thats news to me, seeing that I currently have a truecrypt volume mounted on my Win8 computer I am typing this at.

  7. Re:Billion on Planetary Resources To Build Crowdfunded Public Space Telescope · · Score: 2

    Well, I guess its more like "A digicam with tele lens and filter wheel mounted on a cubesat" then "real" telescope

  8. Re:What kind of encryption did the FBI break? on Judge Orders Child Porn Suspect To Decrypt His Hard Drives · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Most likely they had a dictionary attack (maybe hand-tuned to the suspect) get a lucky it.

    If they had "broken" it, they wouldn't have stopped at one drive.

  9. Re:Something It Isn't on Google Glass: What's With All the Hate? · · Score: 1

    No. My problem is that it is wearable recording device.

    I LOVE the idea of augemented reality. But google glass turnes the whole direction around: Instead of getting information TO the user, it is designed to collect as much information as possible for google.

    In the same direction, if somebody using google glass looks at you, that doesn't mean that he might find your facebook and GET info about you - instead he is actively taking part on tracking your movements and reporting them back to google.

  10. Re:Mobile and Tablets are killing the console mark on Can the Wii U Survive Against the PS4 and Xbox One? · · Score: 1

    Small Correction:

    Mobile and Tablets COMPLETELY kill the casual gaming market that was Nintendos way of success with the Wii. They managed to outsell PS3 and XBox 360 because they did target people who normally would not by a game console.

    That ship has sailed.

  11. Re:What the fuck man? on FiOS User Finds Limit of 'Unlimited' Data Plan: 77 TB/Month · · Score: 1

    Some poeple on reddit did dig around, and found out that he is a anime-torrent master-guru, who has more than 2 Petabyte upload logged in his account at his tracker.

  12. Re:OEMs don't always get voltage regulation right on Intel Claims Haswell Architecture Offers 50% Longer Battery Life vs. Ivy Bridge · · Score: 1

    But higher voltages means less current, which helps.

    Plus if the voltage regulators are in the CPU package, they can use the MUCH better thermal solution provided for it.

  13. Re:I actually believe Rossi on A Cold Look at Cold Fusion Claims: Why E-Cat Looks Like a Hoax · · Score: 1

    THE REPORT IS BULLSHIT.

    They didn't unplug the power supply when it was running.

    Nobody watched it getting set up.

    They used a clamp ampmeter that can only detect AC current, which means they could have had ARBITRARY DC heating current through the element that doesn't show up.

    And those scientist watching? They weren't allowed to touch anything because "its secret".

  14. Re:FTFA: on Charge Your Cellphone In 20 Seconds (Eventually) · · Score: 1

    Only that she STILL is lower than other published "research" grade ultracapacitors.

  15. Re:Integer overflow you say? on Integer Overflow Bug Leads To Diablo III Gold Duping · · Score: 1

    Its a game where money is not really "destroyed", but created everytime a monster is killed. OF COURSE it has inflation.

  16. An interesting point all comments have overlooked. on Google Glass Hands-On: Brimming With Potential, Dangerous While Driving · · Score: 2

    Brightness.

    I found it very interesting that he found the display to dim to see anything when looking out of the windshield.

    No preview has mentioned this up to now, and I think thats an interesting issue. If you cannot even see the turn by turn display of google maps in daylight, how will the other usability be?

  17. Re:Any way to see them coming? on Speeding Object Makes Small Hole In the ISS Solar Array · · Score: 1

    Sorry, but gas molecules are WAAAAAY faster. At temperatures hot enough to vaporize the crap, it will be in the km/s range.

  18. Clarifications (due to rampant bullshit here) on German Ministry of Education Throws Away PCs For 190,000 € Due To Infection · · Score: 5, Informative

    This happened in 2010.
    Those were old computers.
    They already had the money to buy replacements budgeted in their 2010/2011 budget.

    So they had to decide to pull the effort the reimage everything for a couple of months, or just buy the new ones early. Buying the new ones early did cost a bit more (30k for all of them), but less then a cleaning would have cost.

    The servers, who where not sheduled for replacement, were reimaged just fine.

  19. Authority... on Nearest Alien Planet Gets New Name · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Well, that fine.

    But I name that planet Bob. And seeing that have just as much authority to name extraterestial bodies as this company that isn't even important enough to have a wikipedia article.

  20. Re:IMAP on Ask Slashdot: Best Way To Archive and Access Ancient Emails? · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Then don't run your IMAP client on a potato, and sort after date.

    Seriously, want to use advice how to wipe your butt after shitting, too?

  21. Re:free & public on Landsat's First Images Show Rocky Mountains In Stunning Detail · · Score: 2

    Thats what Nasa World Wind is.

    Was available before Google bought Keyhole and renamed it to google earth.

    You can still download the laterst version.

  22. Re:Depth and Warmth on Direct-to-Vinyl Recording Makes a Comeback (Video) · · Score: 1

    I would phrase this different.

    There IS recording equipment that CAN get the full majestity of a huge organ in a church or cathedral.... its the PLAYBACK equipment and venure that will never be able replicate the sound.

  23. Re:What problem are you trying to solves? on Ask Slashdot: Simplifying Encryption and Backup? · · Score: 1

    > I cringe at the mere thought of encrypting my whole main drive, OS and all. Bleaaggghhh! But if you don't, you have to clear your logs once in a while.

    Why exactly?

    With Truecrypt, I have >>1GB/s possible throughput, so even saturated SATA-6 from an SSD will not be limited by CPU power - hell, 1 or 2 cores are not in use anyway, nearly all of the time.

    And defect sectors or other snafus? Well, if a 4k block is dead, it does not matter if it was encrypted or not. Its not like the whole thing breaks down...

  24. Re:AAA Batteries on $13 Txtr Beagle Ebook Reader To Sell For $69 · · Score: 2

    You are old fashioned.

    A good e-reader only needs to be charged every month or two (thanks to Lithium batteries), and is using micro usb, so you do not need a charger, cause if you are gone from home for more than a couple of weeks, you might have your cell phone charger or a laptop or something with you, anyways.

  25. Good luck on Planescape: Torment Successor Funded In 6 Hours · · Score: 3, Insightful

    That seems a bit like crowd sourceing a successor to the Lord of the Rings.

    Getting the money is easy, but getting a product out, after all the time and all the dispersed talent, that does not suck in comparison to the original, that is a challenge