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  1. So basically the reason social media on Inside Social Media's Fake Fan Industry · · Score: 2, Interesting

    is even popular is because every one can now become a celebrity in their own little delusional world. Lucky for me I don't get social media, I'd rather stay obscure as BeOS.

  2. but that buys you an iPad on Nintendo's Wii U Will Be Sold At a Loss · · Score: 2

    Seriously am I suppose to hold the iPad as a controller and move it around while I play a game on my TV? How am I going to play fighting games? 10 hit combo? Is an iPad gonna have the same games? Why would I buy and iPad and have a half ass gaming experience compared to a dedicated system. I'd rather have the right tool or the job than some half ass attempt from a text and video consumption pad.

  3. Re:duh on Feds Continue To Consider Linux Users Criminals For Watching DVDs · · Score: 4, Insightful

    this IS illegal.

    In the eyes of the gov yes, in the eyes of joe citizen consumer who paid for their media and who thinks its beyond rediculious no to be able to play a dvd movie on a dvd drive in a computer with out breaking a law or watch that same dvd on other devices by extracting the information into another format its not. I'm one of them and I could care less about insane laws that make criminals out of citizens that want to use THEIR OWN PAID FOR PROPERTY as they wish in their own home/residence.

  4. Re:Mobile bandwidth on The UK's 5-Minute 4G Data Cap · · Score: 1

    just to break in would be very difficult.
    Cell towers are not cheap, nor the network wot support them.

    How are they going to recoup those costs when no one wants your product. Failed business model, next....

  5. For the very first time on Apple To Stream a Product Launch Live For the First Time · · Score: 3, Funny

    > laptops and mobile devices for the very first time, all in real-time

    Another small step for man kind and giant ego leap for hipsters.

  6. Re:Not charged on Pirate Bay Co-Founder In Solitary Confinement · · Score: 3, Informative
  7. Re:Retina Displays? on Samsung Terminates LCD Contract With Apple · · Score: 1

    Actually, it does mean something. It has a defined meaning, from Apple, presented at the keynote based on a formula relating distance, human visual acuity and the spacing between pixels on the display.

    Because 90% of people out there watched this keynote to educate themselves on some new Buzzword from some company.

  8. I don't... on Amazon EBS Failure Brings Down Reddit, Imgur, Others · · Score: 1

    My life and business doesn't rely on ANY internet based social service things and I make sure my customers are not dependent on social media to know whats going on with my business. Hell even if the internet would go down I still have a phone book and a land line.

  9. I went the other way on Ask Slashdot: Securing a Windows Laptop, For the Windows Newbie? · · Score: 2

    and went all Linux in house. Told the kid to suck it up for any games that were not available on console. 5 years later I get a couple of complaints here and there but sure as hell beats reinstalling windows every 6 months. You can tell the kids to not download all you want but they're kids so it takes a few times to learn not to download files from all over the places.

  10. Can google just pay AP on Brazilian Newspapers Leave Google News En Masse · · Score: 1

    and post the articles on Google news. Except for local news most newspapers recycle the same fucking articles. You got 100's of site around the globe posting the same thing. Google should just pay for it, post it and put up ads and let the papers rot away.

    What's really amazing is how the papers have had time since what 1999/2000 to figure out new business plans to include the internet and none of these people could figure out what to do?

  11. I will pay Google to on Google Threatens French Media Ban · · Score: 4, Funny

    remove French news paper content. Seriously just set up a donate link.... WE NEED TO SEE THIS. I got plenty of beer, dope and popcorn ready....

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

    Bullshit.

    They could probably do it for around 20/hr in oklahoma. Many assembly work jobs go for that rate. The issue is unions. Since apple would be establishing a new manufacturing plant, and would come union free to start, they just have to keep it that way. Pay people on time, don't subject them to cancer causing chemicals, and give them proper work hours, and you are basically golden.

    40$/hr doing assembly work?

    I do fucking CAD/CAM and get paid way less than that!

    Riiight that why all the assembly jobs are still in the US.

  13. Re:Hey if China is whining about building them.... on Foxconn Thinks the iPhone 5 Is a Pain · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Why not build them here?

    Because no one would do the job for $40 or less per hour with full benefits except for migrant/immigrant workers. Then those that didn't want the job would bitch how migrant/immigrant are taking their job. Mean while they don't actually want those jobs.

  14. Take your executive on Parent Questions Mandatory High School Chemistry · · Score: 1

    money and pay for your children's courses outside of the school. Pretty simple...

  15. OT: x86 tablets on Why Microsoft Shouldn't Copy Apple's iOS Walled Garden · · Score: 1

    anyone got a list of x86 based tablets that can run Linux distros.

  16. Re:Security through obscurity on Kaspersky To Build Secure OS For SCADA Systems · · Score: 1

    how would a new OS help?

    Magic.

  17. Stupid user warning. on FBI Issues Android Virus Warning · · Score: 1

    >One version is a work-at-home opportunity that promises a profitable payday just for sending out email.

    How about a name and shame app showing idiots who fall for this?

  18. It'll make lots of sense on Physicists Propose "Perpetual Motion" Time Crystals · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm sure when I re-read it after smoking a couple of joints.

  19. Re:Cheap = shit on $3,000 Tata Nano Car Coming To US · · Score: 1

    The more of these that hit the streets the safer it'll be, SUV vs Nano = not so good. Nano vs Nano = fender bender.

  20. Re:How's this different than what weed growers on Prefab Greenhouse + Ardunio Controls = Automated Agriculture (Video) · · Score: 1

    Right so now the cost of your little garden goes up to $1000's which you might as well use to buy food at a farmers market.

  21. How's this different than what weed growers on Prefab Greenhouse + Ardunio Controls = Automated Agriculture (Video) · · Score: 1

    have been doing for decades?

    First this is too complicated BTW I own a hydroponic store. The all in one controllers have been on the market for years and years but no one wants them as you put all your eggs in one basket. The controller fails and your garden is done if you're not around to keep an eye on it. Here's one that's on the market now http://www.grozonecontrol.com/SCC1_en.html There are other systems on the market that you can view through your phone and see the stats for your garden.

    Everything they talk about can be done using existing products on the market. The watering part is pretty simple with the proper soil less media you can just use a recycling timer to water your plants several times per day.

    From the video I get the idea that they are more concerned about the "microprocessor" part than actually coming up with a cheap way to grow at home year round. One thing they don't talk about is the cost of electricity for the HID lights and the heating in winter.

    What they should also be looking at is creating a neighbourhood co-op where say 5-10 house holds grows a different crop and they all share/trade with each other. This way you could have each house hold specialize in a crop and not having to worry about growing several crops at once.

  22. Re:"the competition heats up..." on Apple Quietly Releases New iPods · · Score: 3, Interesting
  23. Probably some joker on Curiosity Spies Unidentified, Metallic Object On Mars · · Score: 1

    put it there with a fishing line attached to it and it'll get pulled in a little further as the rover gets near. Damn Martian hooligans.

  24. Once again Linux users on Humble eBook Bundle Lets You Pay What You Want For eBooks · · Score: 1

    donate higher amounts.

  25. Honda CRX HF on How We'll Get To 54.5 Mpg By 2025 · · Score: 2