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  1. Re: FaceTime on Ask Slashdot: Bulletproof Video Conferencing For Alzheimers Home? · · Score: 1

    Yeah this is really the only answer to the question.

  2. Re: I hate to imagine it on Child Thought To Be Cured of HIV Relapses, Tests Positive Again · · Score: 1

    Breast milk for one.

  3. Re: And the modem firmware? on Phil Zimmermann's 'Spy-Proof' Mobile Phone In Demand · · Score: 1

    Why would he need Qualcomm when the phone uses an nVidia baseband?

  4. And why should you expect anything different? on Microsoft Lync Server Gathers Employee Data Just Like NSA · · Score: 4, Informative

    If you're instant messaging someone on the company's IM platform on the company's time why the fuck would you have any expectation of any sort of privacy?

    I know my company can see everything I can do when I'm logged on to their computer. This is part of the agreement I signed with them. It's also the reason why I don't do stupid shit on my company's network like look for another job or send out resumes from my company email address.

    Oh wait, the outrage is because it's Microsoft. Got it.

  5. Re:lots of land, no line on ViaSat Delivers 12 Mbps+ Via Satellite · · Score: 2

    ViaSat is actually linking their Via-1 Sartelite with WildBlue so customers of that service should get the better value as soon as this goes live.

    I would imagine to take advantage of this at the very least the customers will need a dish repoint to Viasat-1 at 115.1 W if not an all new modem/TRIA to be able to take full advantage of the speeds.

    What, you don't think the company would just upgrade a customer's speed at no cost do you? Hah!

  6. Re:lots of land, no line on ViaSat Delivers 12 Mbps+ Via Satellite · · Score: 3, Informative

    Caps can be an issue, but if you are rural these speeds and prices are an instant upgrade.

    Yep, with Hughes and WildBlue being around $80/m for 1.5 down these speeds are quite welcome.

  7. Re:Apple is filing this? on Apple Threatens Steve Jobs Doll Maker With Lawsuit · · Score: 5, Interesting

    That's a bit strange, no? You'd think Job's family would be the one filing, not Apple, unless they own his personality rights. Which would be kinda creepy, if you think about it.

    It's got to be either a) Apple is doing this at the request of his family/estate or b) Steve Jobs gave his personality rights to Apple...which while creepy is not all that far fetched considering how he micromanaged everything to death (no pun intended).

  8. Re:Information Sources? on Crowdsourced List of SOPA Supporters · · Score: 1

    I'd like to see a column containing the source of data indicating that the entity supports SOPA. SOPA support is quickly becoming the 'PR Mark of Death' so there needs to be some semblance of certainty that each entity should really be on that list.

    Then create a column and hunt down the information yourself for the benefit of others! See crowdsourced! <snark />

    But yeah, on a non-snarky note I agree with you and this information should be included.

  9. Re:LVMH on Crowdsourced List of SOPA Supporters · · Score: 1

    no $1000 handbag for my wife now.

    All of the major fashion houses are for SOPA due to knock-offs diluting their brands. See Dolce & Gabbana and others on this list.

    Of course you can't dilute the Louis Vuitton brand any more than they have with their tacky monogram logo plastered all over everything, but that's an argument for another time.

  10. Re:Dirty trick on Democratic Super PAC Buys Newtgingrich.com · · Score: 2
    Personally I'm waiting for NewtGingrich.xxx

    Ewwwwww.

  11. Nope on Do Slashdotters Encrypt Their Email? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Because no one else does either.

  12. Re:Two-handed phone? on Nexus Prime, And Ice Cream Sandwich, Go For a Video Tour · · Score: 1

    Even with 4.3" about three quarters of the population won't be able to reach all points across the screen with their thumb when using the phone one-handed without balancing it on three fingers. And not many people will like a phone that NEEDS both hands to use it.

    I have issues with anything 4" or above and I don't think I have hands that are that small. On my Galaxy S with a 4" screen I could barely use it with one hand, and on an HTC HD7 that was totally impossible with it's 4.3" screen. 4.65" is just ridiculous and starts to get into Dell Streak 5 territory. But on my iPhone I have no issues with one-handed use and I find it's 3.5" screen perfect. And I'm finding less and less of a reason to Jail Break it with each itteration of iOS.

  13. Re:Remember kids... on BBC Web Slip-Up Insults Facebook Fans · · Score: 1

    The problem with Lorem Ipsum is the stupid questions from clients.

    " Is it French? What the fuck is this? Don't you speak english? How is anyone supposed to read it?"

    MOD PARENT WAY THE FUCK UP!!!!

    Yeah, I get this all the time.

    Even once from my old boss when I was working at a newspaper...*sigh*

  14. Re:what phones use this? on U.S. Bans Some Cellphones For Patent Reasons · · Score: 1
    I'm kinda curious as to how obvious a technology can still be and get patented.

    It's the US...you can patent anything. We're the country that let someone sue Microsoft over a patent that somehow covered MP3s, and they won (I think it was even filed in 2000 or 1999, so there was a ton of prior art...jesus).
    "A system for warming your testicles with a laptop computer"

  15. Re:what phones use this? on U.S. Bans Some Cellphones For Patent Reasons · · Score: 3, Informative
    Generally every CDMA phone with the exception of older Nokias. So that means nearly everything from Sprint and Verizon...also, this includes W-CDMA/HSDPA phones as well (think Cingular 3G). Every Samsung, Sanyo, LG...it's a lot of fuckin phones, man.

    If you have a Sprint phone chances are you've seen a "Digital by Qualcomm" logo/sticker somewhere on it. (The exception being the Treos)

  16. My experience mirrors everyone else's on Apple Care Efficiency When Macs Break? · · Score: 1

    I had my Gen1 MacBook Pro serviced 4 times...I bought it in August. Each time for the screen. It had spent about a third of its life in a repair depot. In January I just went apeshit after getting the computer back to find they had bent the display bezel. I got escalated up to Apple customer relations where a nice young man was able to replace my computer, but only after I sucked his dick. Yeah Apple's support is somewhat lacking...

  17. Re:I don't get it... on Photoshop Online Within Six Months · · Score: 1
    It would be very easy to prevent users from taking work copies of software home too. You simply use some sort of activation service like Microsofts Genuine Advantage. Like it or not this is going to become the norm on most high end business software over the few years. It fits in well with the software as a service pricing model that more and more companies are implementing.

    Yeah...Adobe has been doing activation since CS1...people will find their way around it when CS3 comes out within a matter of days, just like always.

    But I'm looking forward to dropping $1200 on CS3...cause I'm an adult now and I have to start paying for software. Sigh. Oh well, I always say "if I really like an app I'll buy it" and now it's time to put half a paycheck where my mouth is :-/

  18. Re:Ridiculous survey -- the product isn't out. on Consumers Unlikely To Pay $500 for iPhone · · Score: 1
    Without the aid of proprietary software?

    Yep. All of Sprint's Bluetooth phones have OBEX, etc with no restrictions...Verizon is the only one who cripples their Bluetooth.

  19. Re:I 3 VB on Visual Basic on GNU/Linux · · Score: 1
    Visual Basic was/is by far the most productive programming environment for client side UI desktop apps.

    *cough*XCode/Interface Builder/Objective-C*cough*

  20. Re:What CPU? on How Apple Kept the iPhone Secret · · Score: 1
    I suspect that the CPU will be the new Intel Santa Rosa CPU. The Santa Rosa is based on the Core architecture. The Apple iPhone will probably be the first phone with a dual core processor.

    Uhh...no way in hell? I'm surprised your post wasn't moderated funny.

    It uses an XScale, almost no question about it. Yes the division was sold to Marvell, but until is still making them until Marvell can make the processors themselves.

  21. From a meth addict's perspective on Drugs Eradicate the Need For Sleep · · Score: 5, Interesting
    I'm 24 now and has been prescribed amphetamines and various stimulants since I was six years old due to ADHD. First Ritalin, then as a teen I moved onto adderall, and then about two years ago I discovered this wonderful (italics for emphasis on sarcasm) drug called methamphetamine. I thought it was great, I could go 48-72 hours programming and get more work than I ever thought possible done and then crash for 8 hours, repeat. This wears on you after a few weeks and I'd start sleeping 14 hours, then 24, etc. Eventually I just kinda went crazy, lost my job, etc. At first I don't think it was the euphoria the drug induces that made it so hard to quit, it was the productivity it induced. I became addicted to getting 6 days of work done in 2, and then it all kind of went down hill from there. I've been clean 277 days and half of the time thats just because I cut off contact with all the people I could get it from. This is not something you want to mess with. While I think "meth is bad" is pretty universal, you would be surprised how many software developers I bought/sold to for the exact same reason as I. And I live in a smaller city, I'd think this would be much more rampant in major areas such as LA, New York, Seattle.
    Anyway the article this drug is about is Modafinil, also known as Provigil, a narcolepsy drug, which I've been prescribed for ADHD. And it does the same damn thing. Your body needs sleep, trust me I know, no matter what it is after two or three days your mind begins to break down. This drug certainly doesn't help with that, and if you RTFA (what are the chances of that?) the software developer in question mentions some of the things I pointed out. This worries me, greatly, because after going through a year of hell I'm now seeing articles like this discussing the potential for a "sleep-free" lifestyle, I have very little doubt in my mind that such a thing is not possible without great damage to the brain.

    I am not everyman and I do have an extremely addictive personality, but I've seen friends who don't (have addictive personalities) fall into the same trap as I did under the allusion of "work more, work faster, sleep is for wimps!"
    Anyway this is just my experience, but I thought I would share...

  22. Re:As long as... on Beyond 3G — Practical Cellular Internet Access · · Score: 1

    And I've never had to apply any hacks to run any third party software on my WM5 based Treo 700wx or PPC-6700.

  23. Re:No GUI on Mac OS X Cracked For PCs Again · · Score: 1

    And did I say that it couldn't be cracked? No, just that it hasn't, and people have tried. I agree with you on cracking.

  24. Re:No GUI on Mac OS X Cracked For PCs Again · · Score: 1
    Wow, you're pretty ignorant and/or stupid. There are many cracked versions of Logic 7 floating around.

    No, there really aren't. There are fake cracked versions out of Logic *Express* with the Logic Pro startup screen and interface, but non of the actual functionality of Logic Pro works, the "cracked" version works just like Logic Express. There is no true crack for Logic Pro's XSKey, and it certainly isn't for lack of trying.

  25. Re:They will sell "what is hot" even if it crawls. on Windows Vista Capable Machines Coming · · Score: 1
    Mind you I have a bleeding-edge CPU with 4gb RAM and raid stripes all over... hell I could probably host 4-5 virtual servers that run better than the average cheap PC.

    My ePenis is bigger than yours!!!!!

    OMG PONIES!!!!1111