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  1. Angry Birds on Dual-Core Android PC Now Comes On a USB Stick · · Score: 3, Funny

    Good. Now I can play Angry Birds on my computer at work.

  2. Re:Hilton sucks. on HotelChatter's Annual Hotel Wi-Fi Report 2010 · · Score: 1

    You forgot the $16/day they charge for parking too.

  3. Sounds like something I've seen on TV before on Scientists Use Sex-Crazed Bugs As Pesticide · · Score: 1

    So what makes the "super sexed" males so, well, sexy and irresistible to the females? Yuval and his team are using a high-protein, bacteria enhanced "stud" breakfast to feed to the males before they're released. The formula should significantly improve their sexual performance.

    All natural male enhancement that works? And is legit?

  4. Re:OBD - On-Board Diagnostics on "Right To Repair" Bill Advances In Massachusetts · · Score: 1

    Misfire can be caused by anything. Thankfully the OBD isolated it down to Cyl 4 (or it thinks its cyl 4). I would start with the simple things like put new spark plugs/wires and clean out the intake first. If that failed, then pay real money to have it diagnosed. Atleast you won't be kicking yourself for paying $100 diagnostic for a $25 part.

  5. Re:AM radio! on You've Dropped Your Landline — Now What? · · Score: 1

    Correction: Too far off the ideological fringes to make it to FM radio.

  6. huh? on Miss Border Guard 2009 · · Score: 1

    Submitter, your humor is even beyond me.

    Grump

  7. What happened to... on Sedate Your Kids While They Play · · Score: 3, Funny

    What happened to good ol parenting and talking the kid through the procedure with soothing words like, "just one more and we'll be done"

  8. Carriers listen up! on Mobile Phone Users Struggle With Hardware Adoption · · Score: 1

    Carriers listen up! What this means is 50-90% of your paying customers don't care about this "free after 2 year contract" camera phonethat does everything from (mobile intarweb, SMS, MMS, musictones, and roadside assistance).

    No, these are crap features that I will NEVER be used by 50-90% of your subscriber base because:
    1. The general public that is over 31.4 years of age doesn't care about such frivolous crap.
    2. You charge way too much for these services.

    Just stop it and go back to being the phone company interested in selling me a phone call without all these additional "fees".

    Thank you,
    Grump

  9. Re:Next time... on Automated News Crawling Evaporates $1.14B · · Score: 1
  10. I set my background to black anyway... on Black Screens For Unauthorized Copies of Windows · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I've long set my background to black. I'm glad to see that the rest of the pirating world is conforming to my standard.

    Grump

  11. Re:do what CIHost does on Cost-Effective Server Room Air Conditioning? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Actually that's what we did at my last job.

    We had a lab packed full of routers/switches/data generators for stress testing. There were issues with hot spots and equipment would randomly fail. Solution? buy a ton of box fans during the off-season at $10 each and place them in the lab to help with hotspots. Works great, and is an inexpensive solution.

    Oh, and be sure to have a monitor on the A/C, so when it breaks on a weekend, you won't fry your equip.

  12. Re:$5.98 on Amazon Rolls Out Release-Day Game Delivery · · Score: 1

    to some, it registers as less than $6. To others, they think alot of thought was put into the number.

  13. Re:Cameras at every toll booth on California's Wireless Road Tolls Easily Hackable · · Score: 2, Informative

    On the other side...
    I spent 5 months last year in Illinois (business trip that was extended too many times, but as a contractor either do it or go home and stop getting $$$).

    There is a real need for cash lanes because of the out of towners, and rental car users.

    Driving rental cars you have either:
    1. No i-pass and must stop at ever toll booth and throw quarters
    2. is a more expensive car with an i-pass, but then avis decides to charge you administrative fees if you use the i-pass (which results in me throwing quarters at every toll booth).

    As for toll roads in general, I think they're more hassle than they're worth. Who normally walks around with $20 in quarters anyway? I did after a week in Illinois.

  14. Do the police... on Police Secretly Planting GPS Devices On Cars · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Do the police require a warrant if they want to follow me around for the day? If yes then I believe this should require a warrant. Else, what's the diff except it costs much less and is more discrete.

    Grump

  15. Why is this a problem? on Infineon Chipset May Be Cause of IPhone 3G Issues · · Score: 5, Funny

    AT&T has the best network around - More bars in more places. So this flaw should never be visible to the end user...unless AT&T has been lying to me.

    Grump

  16. Re:You know its slashdot when it's.. on Source Claims 240K Kindles Sold · · Score: 1

    Interesting. The only knowledge I have of MM being millions is with natrual gas MMBTU

  17. You know its slashdot when it's.. on Source Claims 240K Kindles Sold · · Score: 4, Informative

    You know you're reading slashdot when the number given is 1,000 times off.

    240,000 is not 240 million

  18. Re:I want a GSM phone.... on Your Computer and Cell Phone Are Lying To You · · Score: 1

    If you have a windows mobile phone, try this. It's there on Windows mobile 6.0 (HTC supplied) and 6.1 (forum download) firmwares on my HTC Kaiser/Tytn2 anyway.

    There is a little app called Field Test at \Windows\FieldTest.exe

    It shows dbm strength, RSSI, RX quality and freq. You can also get GRPS/3G data statistics...I think. Not that I've ever looked at that stuff b/c I don't have a data plan. Psh, I got better things to spend 400 bucks/yr on.

  19. I see no comments... on Olympic Media Village – Most Expensive Internet In the World? · · Score: 5, Funny

    Possibly because at those rates, nobody can afford to comment! Media censorship has succeeded again!

  20. Everyone Please come by between 7-10pm. on Live Giant Squid Dissection Tomorrow · · Score: 2, Funny

    Everyone, PLEASE remember to come by the museum for a squid buffet and all the dipping sauces!

    Please remember it is 7-10PM. If you come after 10pm, we will have to-go boxes of squid by the front entrance.

    PLEASE come everyone!

    Thank you,
    Museum of Victoria Management

  21. Re:And here demonstrated is the sad truth.. on Apple Laptop Upgrades Costing 200% More Than Dells · · Score: 1

    IBM HDD.

    Was the replacement HDD a hitachi? I read that in 2003/2004 timeframe, IBM storage and Hitachi storage merged and emerged making Hitachi HDDs.

  22. It's not only bandwidth on Can Any Router Guarantee Bandwidth For VoIP? · · Score: 1

    Bandwidth is important to make sure your data arrives in a timely manner. However, there are other considerations when you are dealing with VOIP- mainly packet order and jitter.

    I would recommend that you do a packet capture (wireshark) and take a look at the time between packets arriving. Also, pay attenation to sequence numbers. One or two every here and there can be compensated with, but if yours or the ISP's router buffer is delivering packets out of order (or even worse, dropped packets), then that's another problem you need to look into.

    Grump
    (former VOIP engineer)

  23. Growing Asparagus on Mars... on Mars Soil Appears To Be Able To Sustain Life · · Score: 5, Funny

    It would probably lead to a very smelly planet.

  24. Re:Missing the point on Chrysler To Offer Wireless Internet In 2009 Models · · Score: 2, Informative

    These have already been implemented.

    1. You can buy cars with integrated microphones and bluetooth. Just call through the cell phone. GM offers Onstar, which is like that but instead uses their network (and you get charged extra for the calls)

    2. GPS systems can already get realtime traffic from satellite services such as XM and Sirius. There is also traffic information broadcast in FM freqs.

    3. Call your kids and have them do it. That's what they are for.

  25. I have a 6 year old laptop... on Revitalizing an Aging Notebook On the Cheap · · Score: 1

    I have a 6 year old Dell Insp 8100.(1 gig p3, 512 meg ram, radeon 7500 1600x1200 display).

    It's served me well over the years and it still does most anything I need (web, email, videos). I
    LOVE the high resolution display and most of the laptops I see for under 750 have lesser displays. Dell warranty replaced the hindges about 3 years ago when the thing "blew up." Today, the hindges are as floppy as a 5.25in floppy.

    Is there a way to replace the hindges for cheap instead of buying a new laptop to solve this problem?

    Thanks,
    Grump