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  1. Re:AC on Ask Slashdot: Communication With Locked-in Syndrome Patient? · · Score: 0

    This was meant to be a reply to the unfortunately socially challenged first-poster.

  2. Re:As painful as it is... on Ask Slashdot: Communication With Locked-in Syndrome Patient? · · Score: 0

    You shouldn't take AC here's comment too seriously. I now regret not posting as soon as possible. AC, you're a jackass. The question was a matter of communication.

  3. AC on Ask Slashdot: Communication With Locked-in Syndrome Patient? · · Score: 0

    I wouldn't take AC here's comment too seriously. I now regret not posting as soon as possible. AC, you're a jackass. The question was a matter of communication.

  4. I'd like to know... on Comcast Offers To Shed 3.9 Million Subscribers To Ease Cable Deal · · Score: 0

    ... where can I buy Comcast users?

  5. Re:much industrial on Operation Wants To Mine 10% of All New Bitcoins · · Score: 0

    I'm going to allow this...

  6. Java, not JavaScript on Firefox's Blocked-By-Default Java Isn't Going Down Well · · Score: -1, Redundant

    This is regarding Java applets embedded on pages as opposed to JavaScript. There appears to be at least some confusion on this. If I had anything more insightful to add, I would certainly have done so.

  7. So I'm not the only one who... on HP Keeps Installing Secret Backdoors In Enterprise Storage · · Score: 0

    ...threw that hash down a sha1 database before I RTFA... 78a7ecf065324604540ad3c41c3bb8fe1d084c50 SHA1: badg3r5

  8. FTFY on Skype Overload Interrupts Zimmerman Trial · · Score: 1

    "Today during the George Zimmerman trial, an ex-professor of Zimmerman's was allowed to testify via Skype while on vacation. When setting it up"," the prosecution didn't have the sense to "obscure" the destination account. The result, according to The Smoking Gun, was a flood of callers to the des"t"ination account"." "This" result"ed" in the connection being terminated"," and cross examination being done on a cell phone in the wi"erd"ness box."

  9. Re:bragging with my on Alleged ZeuS Botmaster Arrested For Stealing $100M From US Banks · · Score: 0

    Incorrect.

  10. Re:Raspberry Pi Colo! on XBMC Running On Raspberry Pi · · Score: 1

    You can hold it in your hands...and as you own it longer, it actually costs you less money.

  11. Re:Happy Halloween form the Golden Girls! on $25 PC Prototype Gets Award At ARM TechCon · · Score: 0

    How many times will I see this posted, with a basically identical (but from random user) correction posted immediately below it?

  12. Thank you Sun Microsystems and Macromedia! on $25 PC Prototype Gets Award At ARM TechCon · · Score: 1

    For making the internet nearly unusable for many (most?) people, even with reasonably modern computers...(I'm watching you Adobe...) Anyone want to argue against the notion that Java and Flash aren't the most optimized platforms for anything? Will be ordering 10+ of these things. Hopefully if enough are purchased, they will have the resources to develop an improved product line. So long as it doesn't become the 'Yugo' of the computing industry. Actually, I think there is a real need for a 'Yugo' in this market. Referring to its price point, not the quality.

  13. Re:Why fit in? on How Do You Educate a Prodigy? · · Score: 2

    YES!... Get him OUT of the American public school system, at all cost...

  14. Re:Lameness on Steve Jobs Dead At 56 · · Score: 1

    All I hear is "...". All anyone hears is "..." ...

  15. You will be remembered.. on Steve Jobs Dead At 56 · · Score: 1

    ..fondly by some, but here I can't say for sure.

  16. Re:Magnetic memory for ssds? on Purdue Researchers Demonstrate Low-Power, Fast FeTRAM Memory · · Score: 1

    AC is crosstalking to itself again...

  17. Modular, or bust.... on Can Newegg Survive the Post-PC Future? · · Score: 1

    Until computers can do EVERYTHING, there will always be the need for modular construction...

  18. Re:Why the fuck would you buy GM anyway on OnStar Terms and Conditions Update Raises Privacy Concerns · · Score: 1

    AC = Case not proven lol

  19. Re:Why the fuck would you buy GM anyway on OnStar Terms and Conditions Update Raises Privacy Concerns · · Score: 1

    Like every other manufacturer, they have good and bad products... Late 90's Chevrolet Lumina/Monte Carlo was a great car (aside from some engine gasket defects)... Hummer H2? You all are welcome to your own opinions, but I'm not a fan... Hyundai/KIA products are definitely competitive these days though...

    http://www.google.com/search?q=burning+money&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wi&biw=1400&bih=921

  20. The answer is simple... on OnStar Terms and Conditions Update Raises Privacy Concerns · · Score: 1

    Submitter asks: "Do you trust such companies with unfettered access to the entire GPS history of your vehicle?"

    No.

    If you don't use it, just cut the antenna; if you do use it, despite knowing this, you have basically rendered any future complaint you have pointless, since you've already told them it's okay to do this.

  21. Re:Thought the potential of crashes was the point. on James Gosling Report of Reno Air Crash · · Score: 1

    Plane appears to have lost a servo tab on the left elevator, and who knows what else.... so maneuvering was probably quite difficult
    http://corduroyplanet.blogspot.com/2011/09/chilled.html

  22. Re:Tablet interface on Microsoft Releases Windows 8 Developer Preview · · Score: 1

    Also, people have been replacing/augmenting Microsoft's limited shell functionality since before a lot of people here were born. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkaHAay9HXQ (that program was released in 1997 by the way)

    There's little chance of that stopping any time soon, so don't worry...

  23. Re:Tablet interface on Microsoft Releases Windows 8 Developer Preview · · Score: 1

    In this day and age, if the OS+hardware combo is stable (hmmm....), you can elimininate most of your startup times with suspend/hibernate functionality... saves power and effort in the long run. All this newfangled quick-boot crap seems to be basically a glorified hibernation resume. Not a bad idea, but while it may be new to MS Windows, the concept of loading the functional parts of a system directly into ram from an image is certainly not. It's also a bit less lame than I make it sound... http://blogs.msdn.com/b/b8/archive/2011/09/08/delivering-fast-boot-times-in-windows-8.aspx

  24. Re:Someone tell me 2 things (from testers) on Microsoft Releases Windows 8 Developer Preview · · Score: 1

    1) SHELL is set to explorer.exe. 2) Explorer.exe is definitely there... In its usual %windir%\explorer.exe location. Haven't installed yet, as STOP errors abound...

  25. Re:"Metro-style apps"? on Microsoft Releases Windows 8 Developer Preview · · Score: 1

    Midori is a Japanese word for green... ... It's also just a code name for a project. With metro, perhaps they were going more for this... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geo_Metro#Geo_Metro ... It seems they actuallytook the name from this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_County_Metro_Transit