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  1. Re:Win-Win on TPB Files Police Complaint Against CPIAC for Copying Website · · Score: 5, Informative

    If they lose, they prove a point: copyright laws are only in favor of a few. If they win, they expand their list of successful trolling.

    Exactly this. I'd be willing to bet that everyone on TPB side of this complaint knows that it is ridiculous, but, win or lose, they will prove a point.

  2. Re:Single digit GB/mo on With 128GB, iPad Hits Surface Pro, Ultrabook Territory · · Score: 1

    Keep in mind that it caches songs that are played often or it thinks that you may want to play reasonably soon using the free space on the device. It does not chew through data the way you're expecting it to.

  3. Re:I like where this is heading on With 128GB, iPad Hits Surface Pro, Ultrabook Territory · · Score: 1

    iTunes can't match what iTunes doesn't sell.

    Incorrect! :) iTunes uploads non-matched files to the cloud, and has no problem playing them. Support page for iTunes Match

  4. Re:I like where this is heading on With 128GB, iPad Hits Surface Pro, Ultrabook Territory · · Score: 1

    I have iTunes Match and a 16GB iPhone for this very reason. I can take my ~90GB music collection with me everywhere I go.

  5. Good riddance on Mitsubishi Drops Bulky DLP TVs: End of an Era · · Score: 0

    DLP and all other rear projection televisions are a constant source of problems for purchasers, who are often confused and talked into buying things that they don't want by unscrupulous salespeople looking to make a quick buck. The Mitsubishi televisions specifically have had numerous issues with their circuit boards, on top of the short life of their expensive bulbs. I'm sure nobody will miss these DLP units.

  6. Great on PSP Emulator For Android Released · · Score: 0

    Now Android software pirates can pirate this emulator, and play their pirated PSP games with it! Brilliant!

  7. popular online app stores on Verizon To Shut Down App Store By January · · Score: 1

    from RIM? Where?

  8. Re:Hey if China is whining about building them.... on Foxconn Thinks the iPhone 5 Is a Pain · · Score: 1

    Replace "Apple" with almost any other electronics company's name and your paragraph will still be true.

  9. Re:Wow. on Apple Confirms iPhone 5 Preorders Top 2 Million In 24 Hours · · Score: 0

    Myself and a few of my coworkers all ordered iPhone 5s to replace our 4Ss. I have personally been giving my one year old iPhones to family members since the 3G made its debut

  10. Re:I'm going for an S3 on iPhone 5 GeekBench Results · · Score: 1

    Also, the galaxy nexus has a much better chance of being updated to newer versions of android than the S3

  11. Re:With that much power under the hood on iPhone 5 GeekBench Results · · Score: 1

    The iPhone 5 geekbench score is higher than every single Atom-powered computer on the score list. And it is faster than many other computers. So what was it that you were saying about an anemic netbook being faster?

  12. Erroneous Info on Fragmentation Comes To iOS · · Score: 3, Informative

    iPhone 4S does not have a resolution of 960x940. iPhone 4 does not have a 940x640 resolution. They are both 960x640.

  13. Re:Cure who? on Rare Form of Autism Could Be Curable With Protein Supplements · · Score: 0

    If you RTFA, you'll see that all of the children affect are of middle eastern descent, and have parents who are 1st cousins. There isn't much hope for any other autistic children, I don't think.

  14. Re:John Sculley on Do Tech Entrepreneurs Need To Know How To Code? · · Score: 1

    Sure, nobody else can legally sell anything that runs OS X or iOS or connects to Apple's online services. It's kind of a non-commodity if nobody else can sell things with feature parity, regardless of how you feel about the features.

  15. Re:GateKeeper eh on OS X Mountain Lion Out Tomorrow · · Score: 4, Insightful

    ...and that's a good thing for most users. Consider this: Most users don't care about whether or not they can run unsigned software. Many of those users don't know how to install software that they can't buy from a store, or through something like an app store (since they now know about app stores from smart phones and Apple pushing their app store on Macintoshes.) These people are not going to go poking around online to try to find software to install. Many of them wouldn't know how to install software that they did download! The walled garden is arguably better for these people. Want to extend your computer's functionality? Go on the App Store and download a new piece of software by clicking install and putting in your password.

    As long as Apple keeps it simple enough for people who know what they're doing to install and use software outside of the Mac App Store, it's my opinion that an OS X "walled garden" is a hugely excellent feature for the majority of users.

  16. Hasn't this been done before? on Diesel-Like Engine Could Boost Fuel Economy By 50% · · Score: 1

    I seem to remember hearing about a type of engine from the 1930's that was designed to run this way. The name escapes me, but basically, fuel was sucked in, and then the engine (once at operating temperature) would run off of pre-ignition, which allowed it to run using much more fuel. The problem with the engine back then was that the pre-ignition was somewhat unpredictable which made the engines extremely unreliable at best. Pre-ignition is something that can kill modern engines fairly quickly. It means the fuel is combusting at the "wrong" point in the cycle, which can cause parts to bend or break, and gaskets to be blown out. I'm assuming that they've figured that out with this engine.

    Does anyone know the name of the engine that I'm talking about? I'd like to go back and read about it.

  17. Preventing False Advertising on Apple Tells Siri To Stop Recommending Nokia · · Score: 0, Troll

    Does anyone actually believe that the Nokia Lumia is the best phone on the market?

    I didn't think so.

  18. That's silly on Hulu To Require Viewers To Have Cable Subscriptions · · Score: 1

    The moment they require a cable account is the moment I cancel my Hulu plus subscription. The only reason I have it is because I don't have cable and I don't want cable.

  19. Re:You have to be kidding on Accountability, Not Code Quality, Makes iOS Safer Than Android · · Score: 2

    Android requires that you give consent, since it tells you what permissions the application needs prior to installing it. So by very definition, these data leakages on Android are not malware.

    Do you really think that a significant number of users actually read what permissions they are giving to applications? The problem is that most users are not to be trusted!

  20. Cool, but... on Macbook Owner With Defective GPU Beats Apple In Court · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    This is a huge problem for almost every manufacturer. Take a look at the HP DV series of laptops for example. Why are we picking on Apple and not the GPU manufacturers here?

  21. Sounds like... on Portugal Is Considering a "Terabyte Tax" · · Score: 1

    Sounds like a great way to ensure that no new data centers are built in Portugal!

  22. Hope MS does well with this phone on Nokia Lumia 900 Reviews · · Score: 4, Insightful

    We need more competition in the mobile phone market. BlackBerry is pretty much dead, WebOS is dead, Symbian is dead. It would be really nice to see Microsoft grab a significant portion of the market away from Android, which will push Google into making their OS better.

  23. Re:Coming Soon on What's Not To Like About New iPad? · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Why would you want that when you can get an arguably better iPad 2 for $349 refurb or $399 brand new?

    oh that's right, this is ./ and it's better to run out dated versions of Android built under worse working conditions than anything Apple makes.

    Apple is dominating the tablet market and will continue to do so until a serious competitor comes along, and Android tablets are not it. I don't see any legitimate competition until the Windows 8 tablets begin popping up, as Microsoft intended Windows 8 for tablets from the start. It won't be a hacked up phone OS running on something the size of a tablet. That's my 2c

  24. Well on Amazon Blocks Video Streaming On BlackBerry Tablet, Blames Apple · · Score: -1, Troll

    I am glad to see the use of the words "customer with PlayBooks" but I think the poster meant to say "the customer with a PlayBook"

  25. Re:I used to go to tech camps on Ask Slashdot: Tech-Related Summer Camps For Teenagers? · · Score: 1

    Yes, if I remember correctly, in their C++ class, they had us using Metroworks CodeWarrior, and at the time, I think it was somewhat expensive