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  1. Re:How soon they forget on What's Not To Like About New iPad? · · Score: 1

    You realize Adobe is discontinuing Mobile Flash right? Why should they invest any resources into a dying product? There may have been an argument around the time of the original iPad when we thought flash on mobile devices would live on, but now? That would be nuts.

  2. Re:That answers my question. on What's Not To Like About New iPad? · · Score: 1

    No one else in the world has ever reported what you're describing. I have an iPad2 sitting next to me and I tried to bend it and I can't.

  3. Re:personally on What's Not To Like About New iPad? · · Score: 4, Informative

    Foxconn has lower suicide rates than the rest of China.

  4. Re:Obligatory Troll Post on What's Not To Like About New iPad? · · Score: 1

    I think the problem is people think of the iPads in terms of being a computer. And it is, but not a general purpose computer. I don't complain that I can't install anything I want on my DVD player or coffee maker. To me an iPad is a (3rd, or even 4th) device for casual media consumption. It's great for what it is. For a lot of people it's the price tag, so here's an easy test. If someone GAVE you an iPad, would you use it? If you would, then the problem isn't that the device is bad, or limited, just that it isn't a good value, to you, at a particular price point.

  5. Re:Best Part is.. on What's Not To Like About New iPad? · · Score: 1
    You might want to do some research before you spout nonsense:

    http://store.apple.com/us/product/FC979LL/A

    Covered by Apple's one-year limited warranty

    Most people don't want to spend countless hours scouring eBay and hoping to not get ripped off. My time and a 1 year warranty is worth more than the $100 difference.

  6. Well let's see on Ask Slashdot: How Do You Manage Your Personal Data? · · Score: 2

    You ruled out: hard drives, tape, discs and cloud storage. What exactly do you expect us to say here? There isn't some other magical form of storing data we've been hiding from you.

  7. Small budget? No problem. on Ask Slashdot: How Do You Manage Your Personal Data? · · Score: 1

    If the data isn't worth a few $120 2TB hard drives then it's not worth keeping, is it? 3TB hard drives are around $200-$225 also.

  8. Re:looking out for the little guys on Indian Gov't Uses Special Powers To Slash Cancer Drug Price By 97% · · Score: 1

    What about the Bayer employees? Who's looking out for them? And what about all the people who are willing to pay the asking price for the drug? What if Bayer decides it's not worth it to do any more research if they can't recoup their costs?

  9. dear god why is timothy still allowed to post articles this is insane

  10. Not Really on How To Crash the US Justice System: Demand a Trial · · Score: 1

    They'd just raise our taxes to pay for all those new public defenders, judges and courtrooms.

  11. Re:The one true naming standard on Server Names For a New Generation · · Score: 1

    as you approach medium size, or the upper end of small, you begin to transition your naming scheme

  12. The one true naming standard on Server Names For a New Generation · · Score: 1

    for small networks, doesn't matter.

    for medium networks, srv001-srv999 and a spreadsheet

    for large networks it really varies. but usually at least: [location][identifier][unique serial#]. maybe: nyc-db-005

  13. Re:Be creative but have rules on Server Names For a New Generation · · Score: 1

    What happens when you inevitably move a test server into production?

  14. Re:It hasn't changed much, except for VMs on Server Names For a New Generation · · Score: 1

    If you have two ESX hosts you have shared storage. See Falconstor or Datacore or any of the storage virtualization vendors.

  15. Verisign is the ICANN assigned registrar that manages the .com root. What do you not understand? We invented it, it's ours, it's run by a US company, and they are bound by US laws.

  16. Re:Of course on US Asserts Super-Jurisdiction Over Dot-Com, Dot-Net, and Dot-Org Domains · · Score: 1

    If by "US phenomenon" you mean "invented in the USA" then yes, you are correct.

  17. Re:None. on Ask Slashdot: What Is an Acceptable Broadband Latency? · · Score: 1

    What's the minimum promised bandwidth with your current service? Where is that advertised? I only see a maximum advertised.

    Also, the problem can be the remote end. Sure your local last-mile might have the capacity, but the remote server has to delivery it across the Internet. There could be lots of bottlenecks along the way. Your provider has no control over that.

  18. Re:This is why I have DSL on Ask Slashdot: What Is an Acceptable Broadband Latency? · · Score: 1

    VoIP can function perfectly fine in the 120-150ms range. That's barely over 1/10th of a second. That's the normal delay you'd get making a long distance phone call.

  19. Re:Latency is the forgotten casuality... on Ask Slashdot: What Is an Acceptable Broadband Latency? · · Score: 1

    What provider has latency measured in (whole, presumably multiple) seconds? You have literally no idea what you're talking about.

  20. Re:Latency on Ask Slashdot: What Is an Acceptable Broadband Latency? · · Score: 1

    Latency is a function of all the hops between you and the other machine

    You are partially correct.

  21. Re:McCarthy would be proud of you guys. on Iran's Smart Concrete Can Cope With Earthquakes and Bombs · · Score: 1

    No rational person is concerned with the US using nuclear weapons.

  22. Re:McCarthy would be proud of you guys. on Iran's Smart Concrete Can Cope With Earthquakes and Bombs · · Score: 1

    I wouldn't call 10 years of screwing around IAEA inspectors "a whim". But, we went into Iraq, best case, under bad intelligence. Worst case, based on outright lies and misinformation. Doesn't really matter either way.

    North Korea is more delicate because of the dynamic involving China. Both because they are direct supporters of the DPRK and because we want to maintain a friendly relationship with China. It's not really hard to figure out.

  23. Re:McCarthy would be proud of you guys. on Iran's Smart Concrete Can Cope With Earthquakes and Bombs · · Score: 1

    The last thing we need is ANOTHER country with nuclear weapons. Two wrongs don't make a right. Iran with a nuclear weapon is a pretty scary thought.

  24. Re:Does it depend on DNS? on Anonymous, Decentralized and Uncensored File-Sharing Is Booming · · Score: 2
  25. Re:Failed big time on Raspberry Pi Now Has Distributors -- and Will Soon Have Boards for All (Video) · · Score: 1

    PayPal charges the vendors a fee which the vendors then add on to the product so you actually pay it. With paypal you just don't _think_ you're paying a fee. You should look at a credit card with no annual fee (most cards) and pay it off monthly. Or use a prepaid credit card.