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  1. Currently inducing a headache... on AT&T Goes After Copper Wire Thieves · · Score: 5, Funny

    Looks like these guys are stopping people from...

    *puts on sunglasses*
     
    ...conducting business.
     

  2. Re:I don't buy it on Toyota Sudden Acceleration Is Driver Error · · Score: 1

    Just like the iPhone 4 reception issue. Clearly customers are driving these cars incorrectly. Just don't drive it that way. There is no acceleration issue.

  3. Summary contradicts itself... on 2010 — the Year AACS and HDMI Kill Off HD Component Video · · Score: 2, Insightful

    It says that they "...will not be 'allowed' [to] introduce ____new____ hardware..." and then says, "...throw a wrench in a lot of ____existing____ custom installations..."

    How are these things related? Is the submission suggestion that your component video output will suddenly cease to work? Or are they trying to make the leap of logic that old displays will not have any new gizmos to connect to them? I've never seen a piece of display equipment that couldn't be connected to an HD source through some trickery with adapters or an upscaler etc. What's the worry here?

  4. Re:Yawn on Quality Concerns For Kingston microSD Cards · · Score: 0

    You make an important point...

    Somethings things are just too obvious to see them for what they are. Or in this case, sometimes I'm too slow to point it out myself.

  5. Re:Yawn on Quality Concerns For Kingston microSD Cards · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I agree with this sentiment. Brands haven't had a 1:1 relationship between their manufacturing facilities for a long time. This seems especially true with the industry in question.

  6. Re:Clippy on OpenOffice 3.2 Released · · Score: 4, Funny

    An LOLcat?

    "I seez u r trying to makes lettrz. WordCat help u."

  7. Re:Oblig on RIAA Insists On 3rd Trial In Thomas Case · · Score: 4, Funny

    Sleeping?! It's pinin' for the fjords!

  8. The answer is yes. on Breakthrough Grows Graphene On Silicon Substrate · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Q. "Given this demonstration, are we witnessing the start of a new era in electronics or are there more hurdles to clear before the manufacturers adopt this fabrication process and embrace graphene?"

    A. Yes.

    Why are these two things considered by the submitter to be mutually exclusive?? It is both a potential new era of electronics AND there is the potential that there are hurdles to clear. What's the purpose of trying to editorialize a press release?

  9. I fart in your general direction. on 2010 Bug Plagues Germany · · Score: -1

    It may have taken more than 50 years, but the French finally have their revenge over WWII.

  10. AwesomeBar much more Awesomer on Firefox 3.5 Reviewed; Draws Praise For HTML5, Speed · · Score: -1

    I work in a help desk role with four other people supporting a few hundred so I was waiting to pull the trigger for the latest version because I didn't want to lose my workhorse browser in action. But when I started reading about all of the new features I decided I'd dive right into the release candidate given that the headache of backing up profiles and such between upgrades seems to have gone away. Now that the updates to Firefox come automatically and only require a restart of the browser I figured there wasn't really a good reason to wait. I'm very happy with this decision so far. I can't say for sure if it seems faster or not on this setup, but I *can* say for certain that the new features are quite welcome. Especially being able to filter the junk that pops up in the awesome bar with some simple characters. It finally gave me some motivation to properly tag and organize the menagerie of "Unsorted Bookmarks" in Places. I'm quite pleased with the result and I'm already saving a lot of time when revisiting resources related to the support work I do. The only feature that's still missing from the browser that I find myself wishing it has is an advanced interface for creating the smart folders other than the "Save" button in Places. The long and short: If you hated the awesome bar before and turned it off, give it another shot in 3.5 and see if the new features make it bearable. Thumbs up Mozilla.

  11. Re:Isn't currency virtual already? on China Bans Gold Farming · · Score: -1

    Nevermind the credit system. But "virtual goods" sounds an awful lot like the entire software industry and not just the trinkets you can buy in MMORPGS.

  12. Re:Explosions on New Lithium-Air Battery Delivers 10 Times the Energy Density · · Score: 0

    I'm pretty sure there's some equation that some guy wrote once that talks about the energy density of matter.. something to do with mass and the speed of light etc... can't put my finger on the name.

  13. *now* you pull the trigger on the story.. on News Sites Slammed By Michael Jackson Traffic · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Isn't it funny how Slashdot seemed to be waiting for an excuse to put this story on the front page? Now that it's *mildly* I.T. related it's ok though right?

  14. Re:Precedent on Australian Web Filter To Censor Downloaded Games · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    The precedent in the US is that such censorship would never happen here.

  15. Don't Panic! on California Can't Perform Pay Cut Because of COBOL · · Score: 0

    The Federal Government will just bail out the whole state! 42!

  16. How it looks like? on Diablo III Designer Defends New Look and Feel · · Score: 0

    And how it should look like? What brand of the English language is this? What's wrong with, "What it looks like," and, "What it should look like"? Or even better: "How it looks:" and "How it should look:".

  17. Headlines that end with ? on Time For Anti-Trust 2.0? · · Score: 0

    Time for an end to headlines that end with a question mark?????

  18. For the love of pete... on Senator Clinton Slams GTA · · Score: 0

    Next up: GTA: District of Columbians

  19. Re:Nice on Blender Demo Reel Released · · Score: 1, Informative

    The official SIGGRAPH file is over 400MB. This is compressed. For those of you looking for Blender demo material, the Blender 2.3 guide comes with a CD-ROM that has several demo movies and images on it. All are great to look at. In addition it comes with the sources for the manual. The manual itself is fantastic and I highly recommend it to anyone looking to start learning or for experienced folks who want a reference. Covers technique and technical which is good.

  20. Re:Let me get this straight... on Sandia's Laptop Heatpipes Closer To Market · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    It is now straight. Let the record show that you are an ass.

  21. more accurate for shooting down ICBM's? on Build Your Own Snow Gun · · Score: 1

    It would be accurate for shooting down missles if a few conditions were met:

    1)The missle were made of paper
    2)The missle was moving very slowly
    3)The missle was launced within 30 feet of the gun

    Since missles are made of metal, move many times faster than sound, and are launched "Intercontinentally" you'd have no chance. But...thats obvious.