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  1. Re:Repeat with me on Gridlock In Action: Retailers Demand New Regulations To Protect Consumers · · Score: 1

    Which is the exact opposite of what merchants are trying to do with their shitty CurrentC.

    They don't want security, they want protection from liability. They probably want to move that liability onto the consumer.

  2. Re:I'm not sure the point... on Mozilla Teases First Browser Dedicated To Devs · · Score: 1

    And then I still have to check it every other browser. Plus, many of those fixes are going to be server side. It seems like a solution in need of a problem.

  3. I'm not sure the point... on Mozilla Teases First Browser Dedicated To Devs · · Score: 1

    I write code in the editor of my choice, then I open chrome and look at my results. Any issues are addressed with the already pretty nice built in tools.

    Firefox is just something I check (like IE) for feature parity.

  4. Re:Funny on Smartphone App To Be Used As Hotel Room Keys · · Score: 1

    Seeing as you can only use the chain if you are in the room (unless you have a trick for locking the chain after I leave the room). I would hope that all that noise wakes me up.

  5. Re:TiVo costs money on A Mixed Review For CBS's "All Access" Online Video Streaming · · Score: 1

    Or hell a VCR and a timer!

  6. Free OTA w/ commercials or Pay w/ commercials? on A Mixed Review For CBS's "All Access" Online Video Streaming · · Score: 3, Insightful

    WTF??

    I can record your shit OTA for free. If I'm giving you money I'm not watching commercials. Sorry this is DOA to me.

  7. Re:Tip of the iceberg on Pope Francis Declares Evolution and Big Bang Theory Are Right · · Score: 4, Informative

    (Full disclosure, I'm an atheist) Actually, god was afraid we would steal his power. That's why he kicks us out.

    And the LORD God said, "The man has now become like one of us, knowing good and evil. He must not be allowed to reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life and eat, and live forever."

    - Genesis 3:22

  8. How many people need direct access to my info? on Why CurrentC Will Beat Out Apple Pay · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Seriously, I kinda want a buffer between my actual money and the companies I do business with. Someone who will take the hit while dispute is handled. This is why I use a credit card. I've toyed with google wallet and I actually like it as a easy tool to send money between friends. What I don't want to see is a world where to make payments I need to give my personal information to a dozen companies with incompatible standards.

    The fact that they are blocking competition is enough to insure I won't be using their product.

  9. Re:Not right on FTDI Reportedly Bricking Devices Using Competitors' Chips. · · Score: 1

    But I"m not upgrading it with their technology. I'm running windows updates. I didn't even know what driver was being used. I plugged it into windows and it worked!

    If you had to go to their website and download a driver then I would agree, but that is not the case.

  10. Re:Not right on FTDI Reportedly Bricking Devices Using Competitors' Chips. · · Score: 1

    How would I know if my device is legit? I needed a USB to serial adaptor. I went to google and searched cheap usb to serial adaptor and bought the cheapest one. I didn't lookup who made the chips the company that made the adaptor used. I didn't know who FTDI was until this article.

    All I cared about was a cheap way to get access to my switches. Yet I'm the one who has to deal with their bullshit (potentially).

  11. Re:Wonder what brand is best now... Intel? on Samsung Acknowledges and Fixes Bug On 840 EVO SSDs · · Score: 1

    Right, because I couldn't want the aesthetic of a mac mini and want to keep using in 4 years down the road by adding ram and a SSD.

    That's just crazy talk.

    (The joke of it is that if you buy a mac mini today, it is crazy talk as you can't upgrade it.)

  12. Re:So it's like Colorado on Speed Cameras In Chicago Earn $50M Less Than Expected · · Score: 1

    Money is relative. If you are in government and want to buy something, it's only 2 billion. If you are against buying something it's an outrageous 2 million.

  13. Re:They _Should_ Replace It on CSS Proposed 20 Years Ago Today · · Score: 1

    My source is that for me, it's faster, easier to write/understand/support and a lot cleaner.

    This is a subjective opinion.

    Can you prove that tables are easier for me to understand?

  14. Re:They _Should_ Replace It on CSS Proposed 20 Years Ago Today · · Score: 2

    Let's face it, grid based layouts are tables and if all websites were static html, then html tables would suit us just fine. If we didn't want to cater to people with disabilities or screne readers then again, tables were fine.

    It's a lot easier to replace, remove, or add a class on a article or div with javascript then to try to reflow a html table based layout (like when you go mobile and turn that 3 column layout into a single column. . It's a lot easier to parse the html to do something with it (like screen read) if you don't have a bunch of junk spacer images, tr's and tds, cluttering up the mix.

    I wouldn't be opposed to something better than css, but I still think css layout is better than html table layout.

  15. Re:They _Should_ Replace It on CSS Proposed 20 Years Ago Today · · Score: 1

    You've just demonstrated your own stupidity for all to see. Skeleton does not use javascript.

    In fact,

    From the website you will see this nice changelog

    V1.2 (6/20/2012): Pruning Skeleton down to some more bare bones :)
    Remove tabs and all JS

    Boostrap does use javascript, but not for the grid layout portion of boostrap. It uses it for all the other shit boostrap does. I picked these two examples because I feel the represent the two most popular, but there are dozens if not hundreds of projects out there that solve this problem. Many do not use javascript.

  16. Re:They _Should_ Replace It on CSS Proposed 20 Years Ago Today · · Score: 1

    Right,

    But it still a fluid grid based layout that is all CSS and works in all modern browsers. It's easy to use, flexible, and looks great on a mobile device or a 27 inch display (if you have good artistic sense).

    While it would be nice to more support for css grid, this does the job today and works wonderfully with dozens of prebuilt css files out there to start from (some even using tools like less to make modification that much easier).

  17. Re:They _Should_ Replace It on CSS Proposed 20 Years Ago Today · · Score: 4, Informative

    Using a fluid grid based css layout is faster, easier to write/understand/support, and a hell of a lot cleaner than tables. Having done web development for the last decade I have to say that tables for layout was a pain in the ass and a bad hack at best.

    With html5/css3 almost all of your concerns are gone. In fact you can download a nice fluid grid based template in a second that can cut your table based layout development time into a 5th.

    Check out http://www.getskeleton.com/ or even the often overused http://getbootstrap.com/

  18. http://www.ubnt.com/edgemax/ed...

    I dont' have gb internet, but it's the best router I know of for 100 bucks. Pair it up with a good wireless AP solution (I use ubiquiti for that as well) and your golden.

  19. HL7? on Back To Faxes: Doctors Can't Exchange Digital Medical Records · · Score: 2

    I thought this was the point of HL7?

    When I worked for a major medical practice software company we spent a lot of time insuring HL7 support for hospitals...

  20. Buy a Ubiquiti EdgeRouter Lite. on Ask Slashdot: Advice On Building a Firewall With VPN Capabilities? · · Score: 3, Informative

    Buy a Ubiquiti EdgeRouter Lite.

  21. Re:Subscribers? on Amazon's Plan To Storm the Cable Industry's Castle · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Yep, I am not going to pay for the right to watch ads.

    Either it's 'free' and I watch ads, or I pay for it and get no ads.

    Also, I get to pick the device.

  22. Re:Meaning... on California Passes Law Mandating Smartphone Kill Switch · · Score: 1

    Why not, they make California legal and California illegal versions of firearms. Most of the firearms I've bought in the last decade are illegal to buy in cali.

  23. Re: +1 for this Post on Ask Slashdot: Life Beyond the WRT54G Series? · · Score: 1

    Don't waste the money on 5ghz. Unless you live in an apartment with a crowded 2.4ghz spectrum. Just buy the 2.4 wireless N model.

    http://www.amazon.com/Ubiquiti...

    I have 2 of those (1 per floor of my house) and the ubiquiti EdgeRouter Lite (in my basement). Everything connected to a cheap switch. Every inch of my house has perfect signal and the product is rock solid. I also have a PicoStation ( http://www.amazon.com/Ubiquiti... ) on my deck to provide great coverage in my back yard.

  24. Re:This explains why republicans push coal on Why Morgan Stanley Is Betting That Tesla Will Kill Your Power Company · · Score: 1

    Tesla once tried to give free power to the masses. ... He quickly found himself destitute and without many friends.

  25. Re:Congratulations! on Ask Slashdot: Good Technology Conferences To Attend? · · Score: 1

    Educause is pretty good.