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  1. Re:This is a TERRIBLE design. on Apple Plans New Spaceship-like Campus · · Score: 1

    Hell they could build it in Santa Clara by the Caltrain station there (there's a ton of poorly used space on the north side of it).

    They don't own any land at these locations.

  2. Re:Free WiFi??? WTF?? @13:19 on Apple Plans New Spaceship-like Campus · · Score: 1

    The question was asked because Google is providing free wifi and other projects in Mountain View.

  3. Re:Sun on Dispute Damages Would Exceed Android Revenues · · Score: 1

    Kind of makes me wonder why Google didn't buy Sun.

    Because Google spent years hiring away most of the smart engineers.

    No need to acquire the MBA dead wood after you have the talent.

  4. Re:Right... on IPv6-only Hosting Won't Make Sense For Years · · Score: 3, Informative

    Comcast is rolling out IPv6 right now in the US. http://www.comcast6.net/

    They have had a beta rollout for the past year to work out the issues.

    Customers in Denver, CO are currently getting IPv6 to their homes right now.

    Hopefully they'll start rolling it out in the San Francisco bay area soon.

  5. Re:Who cares? on The Future of OpenOffice.org · · Score: 3, Informative

    Allegedly, Sun decided it would be cheaper to buy OpenOffice or StarOffice or JavaOffice or whatever it was called at the time and throw developers at it than to continue licensing Microsoft Office.

    There's no Microsoft Office on Solaris.

    Sun was trying to push Sunrays on corporate desktops and needed an office package for that. Sun also needed an office package for employees as AbiWord wasn't very useful. :-)

  6. Re:waste of time on Ask Slashdot: Best Smartphone Plan For a US Vacation? · · Score: 1

    I use a factory unlocked iPhone 3GS on T-Mobile and the 200Kbs EDGE speed is quite more useful than "minimal" purposes.

  7. Re:If GSM only... on Ask Slashdot: Best Smartphone Plan For a US Vacation? · · Score: 1

    No. GSM just specifies the protocol and security stacks, it does not specify the frequencies.

    And Apple makes ONE GSM based iPhone sold globally.

    The only difference being the ones locked for non-free corporate controlled countries.

  8. Re:If GSM only... on Ask Slashdot: Best Smartphone Plan For a US Vacation? · · Score: 1

    in theory.

    In reality, all GSM iPhones have the same frequency support.

  9. Re:Good Luck! on Ask Slashdot: Best Smartphone Plan For a US Vacation? · · Score: 1

    And if AT&T hasn't swallowed up T-Mobile by the time you come again.

    Very true.

    It will be a dark time of control by monopolies.

    All praise the "free market" economy.

  10. Re:mysimplemobile on Ask Slashdot: Best Smartphone Plan For a US Vacation? · · Score: 1

    They ride on T-Mobiles service.

    Or you just just get a T-Mobile "pay as you go" account with no monthly cost.

    http://www.t-mobile.com/shop/plans/prepaid-plans.aspx

  11. Re:T-mobile on Ask Slashdot: Best Smartphone Plan For a US Vacation? · · Score: 1

    Why exactly is t-mobile a better choice?

    Because they are cheaper than ATT and if you go with the "Pay as you Go" option, you aren't signing up for anything monthly.

  12. Re:If GSM only... on Ask Slashdot: Best Smartphone Plan For a US Vacation? · · Score: 1

    Will the iPhone 4 do 3G on T-mobile? I don't think it does.

    ATT has a monopoly on the 3G frequencies in the US.

    But the iPhone will connect via T-Mobile's EDGE frequencies just fine.

    May T-Mobile stores also have a SIM cutter for the iPhone 4 micro sim slot.

  13. Re:Good Luck! on Ask Slashdot: Best Smartphone Plan For a US Vacation? · · Score: 1

    The T-Mobile "Pay as you Go" option is good for 12 months after each time you fill up your account with credit.

    So if you visit the US at least once per year and fill up your account, your number will continue to work.

    http://www.t-mobile.com/shop/plans/prepaid-plans.aspx

  14. Re:no luck on Ask Slashdot: Best Smartphone Plan For a US Vacation? · · Score: 1

    A T-Mobile prepay "Pay as you Go" SIM isn't expensive...

    Unless you are a chatter box and use a ton of minutes.

    http://www.t-mobile.com/shop/plans/prepaid-plans.aspx

  15. Re:waste of time on Ask Slashdot: Best Smartphone Plan For a US Vacation? · · Score: 1

    The T-Mobile "Pay as you Go" pre pay has data for $1.49 per 24 hour period. When you want data, you just fire up the web browser which redirects to an acceptance page to deduct $1.49 from you account and you have data access for the next 24 hours.

  16. Re:Hardly on Wikipedia Edits Around the World · · Score: 1

    "Knowledge" doesn't imply "a raw dump of data." There's some implication of important data being retained and trivial information, or untrue stuff, being weeded out.

    Just because the WikiPedia overlords delete it doesn't make the content untrue.

  17. Re:Using A Sledgehammer To Crack A Walnut on Why You Shouldn't Panic Over Mac Malware · · Score: 1

    1. Malware can appear on any system

    Only if the user installs it.

  18. Re:It's s smaller pond on Why You Shouldn't Panic Over Mac Malware · · Score: 1

    Well, OS X is still a vastly smaller community than Windows

    Windows "community" or actually a "mob?"

  19. Re:What a load of crap on Why You Shouldn't Panic Over Mac Malware · · Score: 1

    Mac users less computer savvy? Not really I've seen a lot of IT- and multimedia-pros using them.

    I've met a lot of "IT and multimedia-pros" that I wouldn't consider computer savvy.

    Many of them can't operate outside of the apps they trained in.

  20. Re:Damage Control on CDC Warns of Zombie Apocalypse · · Score: 2

    Zombies would not survive more than a few weeks against the kind of firepower that our hunters possess.

    There's also the fact that most hunters are just waiting for any excuse to shoot their neighbors anyway.

  21. Re:Easy... on Apple Support Forums Suggest Malware Explosion · · Score: 1

    Switch to Linux.

    Because Linux is too difficult to use therefore harder for users to install malware?

  22. Re:Not A Virus on Apple Support Forums Suggest Malware Explosion · · Score: 1

    OP didn't even mention the word "virus." Nobody really cares what technical category it falls into. It is malware.

    Malware that has to be installed by a user.

  23. Re:Nice on GSM Association Slams Euro Call For Ban On Wireless In School · · Score: 1

    >

    I happen to think that Star Wars: Episodes I-III present a serious health risk, can we ban those within 1,000 yards of a school too?

    It has already been proven to be harmful too!!

  24. Re:Nuclear power arguments on Engineers Find Nuclear Meltdown At Fukushima Plant · · Score: 1

    If coal is as radioactive as you want me to believe, why don't they use coal instead of uranium in nuclear power plants?

    Parent is an example of how sad our educational system is these days.

  25. Re:flash is malware/adware on Google Engineers Deny Hack Exploited Chrome · · Score: 1

    mod parent FUNNY!