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  1. Wow on Adobe's Strange Software Giveaway: Goof, Or Clever Marketing? · · Score: 1

    My PS7 from 2002 must be SOOOO dead. Except for RAW development it does the rest for me. I tired GIMP on Linux but for the last 11 years I'm so used to the old PS7 UI I can't get over it.

  2. I read that as on Microsoft R&D Burgled: Only Apple Products Stolen · · Score: 0, Troll

    Microsoft R&D Ballmered.: Only Apple Products thrown out the window.

  3. $!0 says there's will be some accidental on AIG Contemplates Joining Stockholder Suit Against US Gov't · · Score: 1

    misshaps coming down on the AIG higher up and the lawyers?

  4. With 64K on Study Estimates 100 Billion Planets In the Milky Way Galaxy · · Score: 1

    it would have taken 60 days to create them that's why he went with 640K and 6 days,

  5. How many developers? on Apple's App Store Tops 40 Billion Downloads; Generates $7 Billion For Developers · · Score: 2

    2 Billion $ devided by 1000's of developers is not much income per dev. I'd rather see an average breakdown per dev or full breakdown.

  6. Unique downloads? on Apple's App Store Tops 40 Billion Downloads; Generates $7 Billion For Developers · · Score: 3, Interesting

    or all downloads.

  7. Walmart on Can Fotobar Make Polaroid Relevant Again? · · Score: 1

    Not every one lets computers control their lives and every time I'm at Walmart or London Drugs the print stations are full of people printing photos.

  8. Does WINE count as Windows? on Valve Reveals First Month of Steam Linux Gains · · Score: 1

    ?????

  9. Re:The first rule... on Scary Toothbrush Prompts Shutdown of World's Busiest Airport · · Score: 5, Funny

    The first rule of Cannabis club is, you don`t remember the first rule.

  10. How did the patent holder know on Patent Troll Targeting Users of Scanners; Wants $1000/Employee · · Score: 1

    that the companies that they are suing are scanning to email?

  11. Gimme old movies on A Subscription-Based Movie Theater · · Score: 1

    I've had this idea for a while. Set up a theather that shows old movies. I've talked to quite a few peiple and a lot of people would love to see shows they missed in the movie theather when they were kids or teenages or whatever. I got the idea when thinking how cool it would have been to see Hackers on the big screen.

    I'm sure the movie studios wouldn't go for it, can't take their cashflow from the new shit that passes for a movie these days.

    Or a pirate movie theather. Rent out a small warehouse/shop set up a nice projector and audio system then invite people to see the shows.

  12. I usually just fall asleep on Ask Slashdot: What Is Your New Years Eve Tradition? · · Score: 1

    Never understood why a change in a calendar year requires me to celebrate it or its different than any other day.

  13. Mommy when did Pandas go extinct? on Panda Blood May Hold Potent Assailant Against Superbugs · · Score: 0

    Son it was announce on Slashdot on Monday December 31, @02:27PM

  14. Just in time for Canadian weed growers on Cree Introduces 200 Lumen/Watt Production Power LEDs · · Score: 1

    With the end of personal production licenses in March 2014 to mandatory sentences of 6 month for 6+ plants we'll see a bigger evolution in LED technology soon.

  15. Re: Like it or not... on A Peek Into the Business Side of Online Publishing (Video) · · Score: 1

    I fully agree with you that's why I like new sites that allow comments which are not nazi moderated so people can at least post rebuttals if the story is bs. Unfortunately here Vancouver BC you have The Province and Vancouver Sun who are owned but the same company. Most of the stories could be reported on by regular folks while half of the shit on there is sensationalized news. Hell when a new iTem is about to be launched all you see on the front page of the Vancouver Sun is Apple promos.

  16. Like it or not... on A Peek Into the Business Side of Online Publishing (Video) · · Score: 1

    it or not, if we are going to have online news someone has to sell the ads and make decisions about whether to set up a paywall or not. That's Mark's job. Like him or not, he does a job somebody has to do, and has been doing it for 30 years. He knows he's talking to a potentially hostile audience here, but he accepts that. As he says, near the end of the video, "...you can't please everybody, right?"

    Why do I have to care your business model isn't designed to make as much money as you think you should make? My heart bleeds for him like it does for horse carriage makers, walkmans, news papers or any other business model that has been replaced by technology and access to the internet.

    I don't care where I get my news, hell as long as someone can post on any site "so and so happened today" and maybe show some photos of the even I'm good for news.

  17. Re:This MB worked on Ask Slashdot: Linux-Friendly Motherboard Manufacturers? · · Score: 1

    Yes video with sound but like I posted there was some weird issues with these driver http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/linux/Pages/radeon_linux.aspx not installing properly. When I tired to open catalyst it said it wasn't installed so I was a bit confused. So I went into package manager and installed the catalyst drivers again. It went through the install and after a reboot the sound over HDMI worked. Also if I installed the driver from the repos first sound still wouldn't work I did however had issues with Mint 13 XFCE. I also tried Kubuntu and installed drivers from restricted driver which work fine but I didn't like the KDE interface..

    Now should add installing the AMD drivers from AMD site on the laptop borked KDE but using the opensource ones with the change to Grub worked good, I just didn't feel like trying to the the AMD ones doing.

  18. This MB worked on Ask Slashdot: Linux-Friendly Motherboard Manufacturers? · · Score: 4, Informative

    I just built an HTPC and this is what I used for my mb/cpu

    MSI FM2-A75MA-E35 mATX FM2 A75 DDR3 1PCI-E16 2PCI-E1 1PCI SATA3 HDMI DVI USB3.0 Motherboard
    AMD A8-5600K APU Quad Core Processor Socket FM2 3.2GHZ 4MB 100W Retail Box

    works fine here right out of the box with no BIOS settings. I have Linux Mint 14 Mate running on it. The only issue I had was getting audio over HDMI but for some reason downloading and installing the AMD propitiatory drivers wouldn't install Catalyst. I had to go and install the CCC through the package manager. Reboot and audio over HDMI worked.

    If you want to stick to the open source drivers and want to have sound over HDMI (if it doesn't work) try this

    Edit to /etc/default/grub and add

    radeon.audio=1

    to

    GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"

    To make it look like this
    GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash radeon.audio=1"

    Haven't tried it with my HTPC but did it with my sons laptop. Also with the laptop I had to disable two settings in the BIOS and create an EFI partition but the install of Linux Mint 14 KDE went smoothly an games seem to be running good with the open source drivers.

  19. Re:Let's think about this... on 'Connected' TVs Mostly Used Just Like the Unconnected Kind · · Score: 1

    If I want to pay games, I will do so on a gaming system, not through the TV using the remote as a controller.

    We use a Logitech K400 and two XBox controllers to play emulators, Humble Bundle games and STEAM.

  20. Re:Obvious study is obvious on 'Connected' TVs Mostly Used Just Like the Unconnected Kind · · Score: 1

    My kids do 13/16 and they love it on the big screen though a HTPC. They have laptop and Samsung phones but they prefer to sit there and use the TV as a computer. If there was an 10 Foot UI linux distro the TV would get way more computer time usage between watching HULU/Netlix/Cracle, playing games/STEAM and watching video from websites.

  21. Re:Impressive on Running a Linux Live KDE Desktop In 210MB · · Score: 1

    I just did a recovery usb drive for WIndows 8. Required min 20GB now that is SAD. Threw on Linux Mint 14/KDE on it and son is happy with his new laptop present. I did the recovery just for warranty purposes.

  22. Re:They keep trying and trying and... on Link Between Marijuana and Psychosis Goes Both Ways · · Score: 3, Funny

    Try smoking some skunk sometime. It'll mess you up pretty good.

    Well yah I'm sure a skunk will mess you up if you try to light it on fire. They got claws and a nasty spray so not paper or vaporizer compatible.

  23. They keep trying and trying and... on Link Between Marijuana and Psychosis Goes Both Ways · · Score: 3, Insightful

    yet none of them has found any serious and life threatening illnesses caused by weed smoking/eating compared to alcohol, alcohol mixed with Tylenol, pharma drugs, side effects of chemical leeching out of every day plastics or even walking down the road and breaking a leg. YET they try and try and try and....

    How about some food allergies http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db10.htm Peanuts can be deadly too..

  24. I guess shitty movies on Has 3D Film-Making Had Its Day? · · Score: 2

    can't be made better with 3D.

    Instead of remking shit like Red Dawn into a bigger pile of shit 20 year later give us some fucking good shows and fuck the 3D. No wonder so many people pirate. They'd rather pirate in the privacy of their own home then be seen in public watching crap.

  25. Re:Apple on Reexamination Request Filed Against Another Apple Patent · · Score: 1

    If I get a tablet or a flip screen laptop and attached a cell antenna/radio to it, is that considered a smartphone or does it have to be certain size? What if I invent a "Smart Media Player" with the ability to make cell phone calls.