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  1. Re:Is the money worth it? on Ask Nathan Myhrvold What You Will, Live Q&A April 3 · · Score: 1

    Because some people are bad. There is a universal ethical obligation to not molest children, but some people do that too.

  2. Re:The problem with ram on Ask Slashdot: Getting Apps To Use Phones' Full Power? · · Score: 1

    It is not irrational to use a class 10 card as a scratchpad, they are cheap enough.

    No, you have pointed out that you think they know everything and you know very little. Like a good little consumer.

    They are not willing to tell the consumer to replace the sd card every 6months to a year. I on the other hand think that is fine.

  3. Re:Is the money worth it? on Ask Nathan Myhrvold What You Will, Live Q&A April 3 · · Score: 1, Troll

    Hey mods, Troll is not code for I disagree.

  4. Re:Is the money worth it? on Ask Nathan Myhrvold What You Will, Live Q&A April 3 · · Score: 2, Insightful

    That sort of gutter ethics is why we are in this boat.

    I hate the game, the player, and the system that made them both.

    If you don't have enough self respect to not do unethical things just because they are legal I consider you barely a person.

  5. Re:Netflix works on linux on JMS and Wachowskis Teaming Up for New Netflix Funded Scifi Series · · Score: 1

    Yes, clearly not having a job is why I am running linux on a macbook air.

    Go pound sand.

  6. Is the money worth it? on Ask Nathan Myhrvold What You Will, Live Q&A April 3 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Is the money made in patent trolling worth being that kind of scumbag?

  7. Re:Netflix works on linux on JMS and Wachowskis Teaming Up for New Netflix Funded Scifi Series · · Score: 1

    I am sure they have a working client, or could have one in a day or two. The licensing is probably far more the problem.

  8. Re:Devices that play Netflix on JMS and Wachowskis Teaming Up for New Netflix Funded Scifi Series · · Score: 1

    I have no cable, I have netflix and FIOS internet.
    My wife has 0 interest in shows that start at any time other than when she starts them or that cannot be paused.

  9. Re:The problem with ram on Ask Slashdot: Getting Apps To Use Phones' Full Power? · · Score: 1

    Swap is a good idea on phones, I have used it on a Droid1. It is in fact a pretty common thing to do on old Android phones that are running community OS builds. I bet you were not aware of that.

    I am well aware of how swap works, the point stands that 1-2GB of swap is enough to justify keeping the tabs live.

    A user cannot generally remove the MicroSD card at anytime, they are often held in by the battery. Also Class 10 SD cards are plenty fast enough.

    Not all phones need swap, obviously an ACE buyer does not care.

  10. Re:Want some cheese with your whine? on JMS and Wachowskis Teaming Up for New Netflix Funded Scifi Series · · Score: 1

    You might find this hard to believe, but HDTVs made computers more popular for this sort of thing. It became trivial to hook a computer right up to the largest screens in the house.

  11. Re:Is "Netflix exclusive" ever really exclusive? on JMS and Wachowskis Teaming Up for New Netflix Funded Scifi Series · · Score: 1

    Recording a netflix stream is possible without cracking it directly. You could even just record off the HDMI output since HDCP is trivial to crack.

  12. Re:Netflix works on linux on JMS and Wachowskis Teaming Up for New Netflix Funded Scifi Series · · Score: 1

    I think you missed the part where it does not suck, and CPUs these days are plenty fast.

    Keep dreaming on that DRM free RTMP stream.

  13. Re:Devices that play Netflix on JMS and Wachowskis Teaming Up for New Netflix Funded Scifi Series · · Score: 1

    Laugh all you like, but my traditional computer hooked to my TV means I can watch HULU while laughing at their HULU+ adds TV and Bluray player support commercials.

    If you have just a little know how making a wife friendly HTPC is pretty simple. No, there is no mouse in my living room and no the computer is not visible nor does it have fans.

  14. Re:Netflix works on linux on JMS and Wachowskis Teaming Up for New Netflix Funded Scifi Series · · Score: 1

    Clearly you did not read the link.
    It states those instructions are outdated and for Novice users like yourself an Ubuntu PPA exists.

  15. Re:Bunker on Largest DDoS In History Reaches 300 Billion Bits Per Second · · Score: 1

    A daisy cutter is a type of bomb, not a kind of machinegun, so it does not have a calibre.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BLU-82

  16. Netflix works on linux on JMS and Wachowskis Teaming Up for New Netflix Funded Scifi Series · · Score: 4, Informative

    Netflix has been working in wine for quite a while.
    http://www.iheartubuntu.com/2012/11/netflix-on-ubuntu-is-here.html

    Way to be out of date slashdot.

  17. Re:What if... on Mobile Phone Use Patterns Identify Individuals Better Than Fingerprints · · Score: 1

    Good for you, those of us with jobs gave up the freedom for the paycheck.

  18. Re:Profound implications! on Mobile Phone Use Patterns Identify Individuals Better Than Fingerprints · · Score: 1

    Odds are the person holding the phone is the owner.

    This might not be 100% of the time, but I bet it works 90% of the time. Which is good enough.

  19. Re:The problem with ram on Ask Slashdot: Getting Apps To Use Phones' Full Power? · · Score: 1

    No one keeps a smartphone that long.

    1 GB of swap would easily hold all the browser tabs.

  20. Re:I'll worry when it can spread without an instal on New OS X Trojan Adware Injects Ads Into Chrome, Firefox, Safari · · Score: 1

    Practicality is not a religion.
    Nor do I have any interest in OSS. Free software, yes.

    This is not about that though, this is about having a useful device.

  21. Re:VMware for free on PayPal To Replace VMware With OpenStack · · Score: 1

    If Xen requires antivirus so does ESXi.
    Smaller install does not mean less buggy. Linux kernel gets beat on a lot more then ESXi gets tested.

    FCoE is supported fine in linux, so your claim there is totally false. That means Xen and KVM support it.

    The rest of your crap is pretty similar.

    I am going to assume you sell VMware.

  22. Re:Wrong on Ask Slashdot: Getting Apps To Use Phones' Full Power? · · Score: 1

    It does not save its state, that would include the current open pages.

    I have 32GB of storage, surely enough to show the last couple tabs, if I could buy a phone with 128GB of disk I would.

    The issue is not 4G or wifi, the issue is when I have a recipe open in the grocery store and no service. If I leave the app I have to reload and can't.

    I have no interest in waiting 5 seconds, nor 5 minutes when I am in a store.

  23. Re:Statistically speaking, a lot on Brain Scans Predict Which Criminals Are More Likely To Re-offend · · Score: 4, Informative

    We also make it near impossible for those recently incarcerated to find work. Just try to get a non-shit job with a felony record. No wonder they go back to crime, you have to pay the bills somehow.

  24. Re:Brain discrimination on Brain Scans Predict Which Criminals Are More Likely To Re-offend · · Score: 1

    Everything is based on your brain activity. You own actions that come from brain activity can also alter it. Meaning doing more and more impulsive things can make you more impulsive. Since you conditioned your brain to be this way why not hold it against you?

  25. Re:Wrong on Ask Slashdot: Getting Apps To Use Phones' Full Power? · · Score: 1

    Yes, I would. At a bare minimum the current active tab.
    The correct solution is to get a phone with 128GB of disk.