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  1. Re:My first thought on Ask Slashdot: How To Run a Small Business With Open Source Software? · · Score: 1

    Typically both acronyms accurately describe the same equipment.

  2. Re:It would seem on AT&T Killing Its 2G Network By 2017 · · Score: 1

    When it was called Cingular, I had 4 bars almost everywhere. When they changed their name to AT&T my signal in rural areas dropped to 2. I still get service where people with Sprint or Verizon get none, but the lower signal causes dropped calls. I guess they saved money by turning all the towers down.

    Another reason why people hate AT&T.

  3. Re:Still the best coverage in the US on Verizon To Kill All Unlimited Data Plans · · Score: 1

    Strange, in upstate NY's southern tier it is the exact opposite. AT&T and Sprint have coverage and Verizon has none except for the cities and interstates.

  4. Re:Sad Day on Rand Paul Has a Quick Fix For TSA: Pull the Plug · · Score: 1

    That is why I call it "uncommon sense."

    Good sense is no longer common.

  5. Re:Where's the Waterworld Option on NASA's Interactive Flood Maps · · Score: 3, Interesting

    What no negative? I wanted to see what it would look like with sea levels lower.

  6. Re:Conservative meltdown in 5..4..3..2..1.. on Climate Change To Drive Weather Disasters, Say UN Experts · · Score: 1

    I was going to say " what about the IRA?" but then I saw I missed your 50 year disclaimer.

  7. Re:The real story... on Why Hubble Broke and How It Was Fixed · · Score: 1

    The really sad thing was that they already had another mirror made and that one was correct.

  8. Re:Whaaaaaaaat? on Japanese Court Orders Google To Turn Off Auto-Complete Function · · Score: 1

    Do you think that hasn't happened already?

  9. Re:Don't honk the horn on You're Driving All Wrong, Says NHTSA · · Score: 1

    I used to honk until I realised it just scares most people into doing the wrong thing. I do honk when it is the only thing that can stop an accident ( stop someone from turning, backing into you). I might have to reconsider this practice.

  10. Re:Now we are locked in a stupid 9-5 schedule. on Did Benjamin Franklin Invent Daylight Saving Time? · · Score: 1

    Strange because I have always had to start work at 7 am.

  11. Re:Umm on Speech-Jamming Gun Silences From 30 Meters · · Score: 1

    Strange as the same process is used as a treatment for some stutterers. Link

    I like your sig. My saying is "It's not who's wrong or right, but who pays their lawyers the most".

  12. Re:Umm on Speech-Jamming Gun Silences From 30 Meters · · Score: 1

    I think Pulse audio could handle this nicely. Actually Audacity will probably do this for you.

  13. Re:Interesting but wrong on A5 Mystery Solved (Why Siri Won't Run On iPhone 4) · · Score: 1

    Your right, why didn't I think of that? I even got a flame bait out of it. I just couldn't resist.

  14. Re:Interesting but wrong on A5 Mystery Solved (Why Siri Won't Run On iPhone 4) · · Score: 0

    [Citation Required]

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  15. Re:Curious on Ask Slashdot: Are Daily Stand-Up Meetings More Productive? · · Score: 1

    Moderation second chance. Works with firefox and grease-monkey. I am not sure if there is a way to use it on chrome.

  16. Re:This isn't news... on Don't Worry About Global Warming, Say 16 Scientists in the WSJ · · Score: 1

    I know my reaction to your comment was a bit knee jerk. I often have to deal with people, even professionals who think that oxygen is flammable.

    If the oxygen level of the earth increases to say 50%, The amount of nitrogen would stay the same causing the atmospheric pressure to increase. Forests would die because the amount of carbon dioxide would be decreased then I could see parts of the world burning, but not more that 10%.

    I don't see how fluorine and oxygen can cause a flame when reacting. I thought oxygen difluoride required water to be created, then the free hydrogen could indeed burn.

  17. Re:This isn't news... on Don't Worry About Global Warming, Say 16 Scientists in the WSJ · · Score: 1

    Too much oxygen would be a pollutant too (a very dangerous one since the world could catch fire). Ozone is a pollutant at ground level, but great for us in the stratosphere.

    Um, how is this possible since oxygen is not flammable. Oxygen is one of the oxidisers that can cause a flame. Try to light a stream of oxygen with a sparker. You will fail.

  18. Re:Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act on Transformer Prime To Get ICS On January 12, Boot Unlocker Coming · · Score: 1

    Even funnier, just after posting that I got mod points.

  19. Re:Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act on Transformer Prime To Get ICS On January 12, Boot Unlocker Coming · · Score: 1

    It was actually a bad joke about people who can't/don't drive standards. I actually got a troll mod out of it. That should stop me from getting mod points for a while.

  20. Re:Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act on Transformer Prime To Get ICS On January 12, Boot Unlocker Coming · · Score: 0

    How is the firmware going to shift the transmission without the clutch and strip a gear?

  21. Re:Why? on Ask Slashdot: Best Kit For a Home Media Server? · · Score: 1

    Thanks, I never knew this. Still I will probably not use ext3 on large data drives.

  22. Re:Why? on Ask Slashdot: Best Kit For a Home Media Server? · · Score: 1

    It is probably because he is using ext3 as a file system. It uses a horrendous amount of space for the journal.

  23. Re:yes on Why the Occupy Movement Skipped Silicon Valley · · Score: 3, Funny

    In my line of work, ( not silicon valley) , I have a saying"

    "It's not what you know or what you do, it's who you know and who you do, to get ahead."

  24. For me the only game in town on AT&T Repeats As Lowest-Rated Wireless Carrier · · Score: 4, Funny

    I know how bad they are. Cingular was great but when they changed their name to AT&T their service dropped accordingly. They claim they didn't turn down the towers but everyone's service got worse.

    I still use them because no one else has service within 4 miles of where I live. It is funny seeing people with other carriers try to use their phones in my area. They always say they always have service.

  25. Re:Spotty on Failures Mark First National Test of Emergency Alert System · · Score: 1

    It literately took me 5 seconds to find it.

    Aerosmith - MTV Unplugged Video