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  1. Re:So... on OCZ Wants To Cache Your HDD With an SSD · · Score: 2

    That's simultaneously the best and least sensical analogy I've read on Slashdot in a long time. Kudos.

  2. Re:In other words on Microsoft Responds To Linux Concerns Over Windows 8 and UEFI Secure Boot · · Score: 2

    Please also ignore the fact that our contract with the OEM required them to lock down their systems.

  3. Re:From a glasses user: on Vision Problems For Some Returning Astronauts · · Score: 1

    I'm pretty sure they require astronauts to have 20/20 vision, hence the risk of grounding.

  4. Re:Dammit on Sprint Customers Face 5GB Hotspot Data Cap, As of Oct. 2 · · Score: 1

    I am completely aware of what it covers and what it doesn't. What pisses me off is that this is an artificial restriction; bandwidth is bandwidth, and it shouldn't matter how you use it.

  5. Also on Sprint Customers Face 5GB Hotspot Data Cap, As of Oct. 2 · · Score: 2

    The spokesperson did not clarify what happens once the 5GB cap is reached, however an earlier report indicated that customers will be billed $0.05 per megabyte over 5GB if their usage goes over the cap in a single billing period.

    $50 per GB overage. I bet they don't even try to tell you until you get your bill either.

  6. Dammit on Sprint Customers Face 5GB Hotspot Data Cap, As of Oct. 2 · · Score: 0

    I was considering finally getting a smartphone and Sprint was at the top of my list due to their unlimited plans. So much for that.

  7. Re:This makes perfect sense on Verizon Chief Defends AT&T-T-Mobile Merger · · Score: 1

    And then AT&T just has to buy Verizon and it's back to Ma Bell for everyone!

    The difference, of course, is that this time they'll own the justice department as well.

  8. Re:Support Municipal Cable on Comcast Launches Program For Low-Income Families · · Score: 2

    Ha! Government run services. In the United States. Good luck.

  9. Re:Evolve vs. Devolve on William Shatner On Star Trek Vs. Star Wars · · Score: 1

    Enterprise. I'm a Star Trek fan, but I think that disproves your point.

  10. Re:I can't understand... on Court Reinstates $675k File Sharing Verdict · · Score: 1

    or the system is set up to punish one individual for the crimes of up to 22,500 other people....

    Bingo.

  11. The Drug Cartels ARE Anonymous on Anonymous Kills Websites, Cartels Kill Bloggers · · Score: 1

    Anonymous is anyone; after all, they're anonymous. The drug cartels don't like the Mexican government. Since anyone can claim to be part of Anonymous, what better way to shift the blame AND send a message at the same time?

  12. Re:Time to go for a class action suit. on New Sony PSN ToS: Class Action Waiver Included · · Score: 2

    I guarantee there's a severance clause that says that if a section is deemed unenforceable or unconscionable, it is struck and the rest of the contract remains in full force.

  13. Re:This isn't really interesting on Medical Billing Codes For Injury Via Turtle Among Thousands Created by New Law · · Score: 1

    Guess soon comes denying your medical care because of your sexual orientation.

    I'd guess the specificity of sexual orientation was requested by the MIB for exactly the reason you mentioned.

    (And yes, that's a real thing.)

  14. Re:Interference with Contracts on Hotfile Sues Warner Bros Over Abuse of Takedown Tool · · Score: 2

    I bet Warner claims that because it was a freeware app, no damages can be awarded because no profit was lost.

  15. Re:Difficult requirements on Ask Slashdot: Network Backup Solution Out of the Box? · · Score: 1

    I think Linux gets all three mostly because of its protracted development time (most of the time I hear the triangle as Speed, Quality, and Cost anyway).

  16. Re:Federal Government on Study Suggests Magnets Can Force You to Tell the Truth · · Score: 1

    IANAL, but my understanding is that it's easy not to incriminate yourself if you haven't been arrested, because if you haven't been arrested you have the right to get up and leave.

    Your understanding is incorrect. Police can detain you (indefinitely in some areas) without formally arresting you. Usually this is so they can find some reason to arrest you.

  17. Re:Federal Government on Study Suggests Magnets Can Force You to Tell the Truth · · Score: 1

    And yet the idiots on Cops talk (and consent to a search) every time. The majority of people seem to think they can talk their way out of a ticket / arrest, probably because they've been told they should always cooperate with police officers no matter what, and they figure not answering would be not cooperating.

    Police would still find plenty of uses for a device like this even though the smarter people will simply shut up like they should.

  18. Federal Government on Study Suggests Magnets Can Force You to Tell the Truth · · Score: 1

    The Feds will be very interested in this. If it pans out, expect portable versions deployed by police departments within five years.

  19. Re:Change the way you file patent lawsuits on Nintendo Faces Patent Suit Over the Wii · · Score: 1

    They already have shell offices in East Texas for this reason (since otherwise they wouldn't be able to claim jurisdiction in East Texas).

  20. Re:While they're at it on Obama Admin Wants Hackers Charged As Mobsters · · Score: 1

    I want to lead, but fuck your game, if I'm going to lead I'm changing it. Governing should not be a game and the fact that it is speaks volumes about the corruption present in the system.

  21. The Real Reason on Google Kills Desktop Search and Gadgets · · Score: 1

    Why would Google put effort into a search product that doesn't allow them access to your data for targeted advertising?

  22. Re:DRM on Cloud Gaming Service OnLive Unofficially On Linux · · Score: 1

    Agreed. Source code isn't everything in all circumstances. (On the other hand, I do avoid DRM like the plague, or disable it if I can't avoid it.)

  23. Re:C programmers? Wanted! on Age Bias In IT: the Reality Behind the Rumors · · Score: 1

    Yeah, were I to choose between them I'd definitely pick Android. It's a nice bonus that (from what I hear) it uses a variation on Java, which is partially transferrable outside Android anyway.

  24. Re:What are "Zynga-style microtransactions"? on Why Microtransactions In Games Are Amoral · · Score: 1

    Zynga is definitely one of those companies I would label immoral, for a variety of reasons.

  25. Re:C programmers? Wanted! on Age Bias In IT: the Reality Behind the Rumors · · Score: 1

    Right, because the smartphone market is just so much bigger than the web market, and locking yourself into coding for a specific smartphone platform couldn't possibly backfire...

    I'm not even saying that learning smartphone development would be a bad idea, just that your kneejerk "pfft, web dev, do this instead" without any reasoning doesn't add to the conversation at all.