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  1. Re:My experience? on How Tilt Went From Hot $375 Million Startup To Fire Sale (fastcompany.com) · · Score: 1

    That show "Silicon Valley" sometimes seems more documentary than comedic farce.

    Mike judge is a seer. Idiocracy anyone?

  2. There is local guy on Craig's List that is looking to buy Firesticks for $35. He also has another listing that sells Firesticks with what he calls "customizations" that get you live TV and current movies for $100.

  3. My cousin lives there, 10 years ago she paid $1000 a month for an apartment the size of my livingroom. I'd guess that may have doubled by now. Granted, she can walk to the beach. I live in small college town Illinois and ride a longboard to work. Takes 6 minutes to go the mile. I gots no beach.. :(

  4. Re:Patriot Missle on A US Ally Shot Down a $200 Drone With a $3 Million Patriot Missile (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Are you ready for the third world war?

  5. Re:And now a Rant from all the Vista Supporters... on Microsoft To End Support For Windows Vista In Less Than a Month (pcworld.com) · · Score: 1

    I went from Vista to 8 and the 8.1. Was able to get 8 for $20. No such cheap deals for 7, and besides that, Vista worked fine for me.

  6. Re:People should have two cars on Questioning The Privacy Policies Of Data-Collecting Cars (autoblog.com) · · Score: 5, Funny

    A Pinto would make a perfect burner...

  7. Really? A Pinto? Boom!

  8. Re:"Best" for me is not the fastest... on Verizon and T-Mobile Are In a Virtual Tie For the Best Network In the US (androidcentral.com) · · Score: 1

    May not want to bother. T-Mobile has terrible coverage. They also use high frequencies that can't penetrate buildings, so if there aren't any T-mobile indoor repeaters it won't work in a lot of buildings.

  9. Why were there all the issues with Windows 10 replacing manufacture drivers with Microsoft ones then? I am guessing they have since fixed that, but I did hear about a lot of complaints.

  10. Thanks. I was wondering about the infield area as a possibility. With all the airbase closings, like Rantoul/Chanute in Illinois, I wonder why they didn't use one of those instead. I guess the logistics of what is already available, and proximity to freeways?

  11. I looked at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport on Google and saw that there is already a large facility for DHL there. Is Amazon buying it out, or are they going to build an additional large facility there?
    https://www.google.com/maps/pl...

  12. I had the same thought. Probably sounds like Lou Reed's Metal Machine Music.

  13. We never hardly the DVDs we own, and we got a blue ray player two years ago that we never used but 2 times. We gave the blue ray player to grandma to replace her player that got fried in a power hit.
    Everything thing we watch is streaming. If we need to watch a DVD, we play it on the PC through the TV.

  14. Re: Naw, it's Doctors on Why Biking Injuries and Deaths Are Spiking In the US · · Score: 1

    True. I rode my bike across the US back in '95 when I got out of the military. There was a 20 mile stretch in Idaho, around Boise, where it was ok to use the interstate. I rode it, but didn't like it.

  15. Re:They don't work for me on Ask Slashdot: Are Progressive Glasses a Mistake For Computer Users? · · Score: 1

    That's what my wife and I did. Cheap glasses from Zenni. Get 2 or 3 pairs and you can have some laying around for where you need them. I have a pair at home and at work.

  16. Re:That's what you get on Pirate Bay Co-founder Arrested In Northeastern Thailand · · Score: 1
  17. Re:The biggest secret? on Secretive X-37B Military Space Plane Could Land On Tuesday · · Score: 1

    Patch the entire OS from orbit--it's the only way to be sure

  18. Re:You know what this means on Breakthrough In LED Construction Increases Efficiency By 57 Percent · · Score: 1

    That's why when we put back lit keyboards in for the radiologists, we got red ones that are adjustable brightness.

  19. Re:No worries about Ritalin on Involuntary Eye Movement May Provide Definitive Diagnosis of ADHD · · Score: 3, Funny

    Apply directly to forehead.

  20. Re:Recording Apps on Comcast Drops Spurious Fees When Customer Reveals Recording · · Score: 1

    I use Ring Plus for my phone. All I have to do is hit ## any time in a call and it records. I log into my account afterwards and I have an Mmp3 of both sides of the call, plus a transcription. It's a google voice style transcription, so it's not the best, but the mp3 and being able to download it works great.

  21. Orange? on Black Holes Not Black After All, Theorize Physicists · · Score: 4, Funny

    Orange is the new black...hole...

  22. Re: The Moral? on Chinese Hackers Infiltrate Firms Using Malware-Laden Handheld Scanners · · Score: 1

    I don't know if they are all manufacured in China, but a local company, Intermec, makes and sells scanners. They may be Chinese sourced parts though.

  23. Tethered? on Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Loses Deep Sea Vehicle · · Score: 2

    The article said it had an optical fiber tether. Nothing on how strong the tether was, but I am assuming it was like breaking a fishing line, so no way to retrieve a portion of the device. They did say that they found pieces floating on surface though.

  24. Re:Beats sound like garbage on Apple Reportedly Buying Beats Electronics For $3.2 Billion · · Score: 1

    I agree with that. My wife still uses hers, with cynogenmod though. It has a few cracks in the plastic, but covered that up with a cheap silicone case. WebOS was awesome, and much more friendly than Android or IOS. Shame it was not allowed to keep going.

  25. Re:Beats sound like garbage on Apple Reportedly Buying Beats Electronics For $3.2 Billion · · Score: 1

    I really don't know what they are touting, but the HP Touchpad that died at birth, had beats audio. It has surprising good quality speaker sound for a tablet. I am guessing that may be a portion of what they bought.