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  1. Re:Non removable battery, no memory card slot. on HTC Unveils Revamped HTC One · · Score: 1

    I don't mind the phones being a bit thicker. I want my replaceable batter (since it's one of the more likely to go wrong components)

    My replacable battery is a lifesaver when the phone crashes. Sometimes it won't turn off, and then pulling the battery out is the best way to reset it.

  2. Re:That's cool, I guess ... on Life After MS-DOS: FreeDOS Keeps On Kicking · · Score: 1

    The graphics suck though.

    I disagree

  3. Car analogy please! on AT&T: Don't Want a Data Plan for That Smartphone? Too Bad. · · Score: 4, Funny

    I don't understand this. Can someone explain this to me using a car analogy?

  4. Re:Lots of Money on Can Any Smartphone Platform Overcome the Android/iOS Duopoly? · · Score: 1

    Dude, please. If Microsoft software became self-aware, it would be Terri Schiavo.

    The sad case of Steve Ballmer, who is in fact the first MS Bot, misunderstood by everyone. Because of some Chinese outsourcing, the name was misunderstood and he was shaped after Telly Savalas.

  5. Re:FYI If you have Verizon FiOS... on 50 Million Potentially Vulnerable To UPnP Flaws · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...Like I do, you may find the router's UPnP page mysteriously missing from the "Advanced" section of your admin panel. This is a brilliant move on their part to avoid users breaking their skype/game access and then calling tech support.

    But the page itself is still there. Only the link was removed. To get to it, visit : http://192.168.1.1/index.cgi?active%5fpage=900

    Suck it, Verizon!

    Forgot to add, my router model is MI424WR-GEN3I

    Hey I just tried to login to your browser, but it seems to be a Linksys Router, and that link didn't work, got a 404 back. So please - for the next time - make sure what your talking about!

  6. Re:Brilliant by design on 50 Million Potentially Vulnerable To UPnP Flaws · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Rapid7 provide a testing tool. It requires Java. So to find one vulnerability, you have to install another.

    So don't install the Java plugin in your browser and quit bullshitting.

  7. Two iphones and a cup on Press, Bloggers Fall For iPhone Cup Holder 'Joke' · · Score: 1

    Two iphones and a cup, that would be a killer accessory!

  8. Re:Oh noes! on Linguistics Identifies Anonymous Users · · Score: 1

    Wait, 5000 words? I think I'm safe.

    You Anonymous Coward - I bet you write 5k words in just a day!

  9. Re:It that a huge on Kingston Introduces 1TB Flash Drive · · Score: 1

    porn collection in your pocket or ...

    Yeah, and? The date of mine is A YEAR AGO.

    I wonder what the size of that blue pill was!

  10. Re:How many javascript developers does it take? on Why JavaScript Is the New Perl · · Score: 1

    How many javascript developers does it take to change a lightbulb?
    10,000. 1 to hold the bulb, and 9,999 to turn the house around.

    Replace Javascript with Perl as the situation commands.

    Isn't there a Javascript library that can run Perl scripts? Then we can employ another 10.000.000 developers.

  11. One word: paranoia! on John McAfee Explains How He Milked Information From Belize's Elite · · Score: 1

    Megalomania. Is that in the DSM? Ah, wiki says no, it's a type of narcissistic personality disorder.

    How about paranoia!

  12. What's the impact of those new viruses? on Antivirus Software Performs Poorly Against New Threats · · Score: 4, Interesting

    In about 15 years I've seen (and fixed) about ten infections, all on computers from friends or colleagues. All those infections were with known viruses or rootkits. You might say that new viruses go unnoticed, but even if they have infected a computer, shouldn't an antivirus scanner detect it later? Yeah I know it "should", but will it? I never see anything about them. Anyway, how often do all these new viruses actually have an impact?

  13. Re:Apple Leads on Chromebook Takes Top Place In Laptop Sales On Amazon · · Score: 3, Funny

    that is some twisted perspective considering 6 of the top 10 are windows lol.

    I think he meant that this would be news if there were more Chrome-books on that list than Apple Macs since Apple is a smaller competitor to beat when it comes to laptop sales than the 800 pound gorilla that is Windows Laptops.

    Interesting way of putting it - 800 pound Gorilla. The fact is that even if those Windows laptops are 800 pound Gorillas, the macbooks are probably 1200 GBP gorillas.

  14. Re:so what on Chromebook Takes Top Place In Laptop Sales On Amazon · · Score: 4, Funny

    so what

    So what??? This means 2013 must be the year of the Linux Desktop!

  15. Re:Of course slashdotters can explain it... on Autonomy Chief Says Whitman Is Watering Down HP Fraud Claims · · Score: 1

    they know everything about everything, don't you know?

    Except about dating.

  16. Re:For his next trick... on John McAfee Tells World How He Fooled Cops and Escaped Belize · · Score: 1

    He should legally change his name to Carmen Sandiego.

    if he could get away with something like this...

  17. Re:Did ketchup lead to the extinction of dinosaurs on Ask Slashdot: Do You Test Your New Hard Drives? · · Score: 1

    betteridge's law of headlines applies here.

    No, it doesn't. This is an actual, legitimate question.

    Thanks for the clarification. If you read the answers here, you'll notice that while most people don't test their new drives, some people do, so that proves you're right.

  18. Re:Impractical on DARPA's Headless Robotic Mule Takes Load Off Warfighters · · Score: 2

    This robot has all the advantages of the Terminator. It can't be bargained with. It can't be reasoned with. It doesn't feel pity, or remorse, or fear. And it absolutely will not stop, ever, until the batteries run out.

    It can be hacked. It will be hacked. We all know that. It's going to happen with the drones first. Whether it's the Iranians, some Russians in Iraq or Chinese in North Korea, it's just a matter of time.

  19. Re:What advantage does it have over on DARPA's Headless Robotic Mule Takes Load Off Warfighters · · Score: 1

    an actual mule?

    Not anything. This one takes gas, the other produces it. No joystick, while the other comes with one for free. You can talk to both, but who says that either will do what you want?

  20. Re:Would never happen to him on 27 Reported Killed In Connecticut Elementary School Shooting · · Score: 1

    Many a gun proponent has been turned by having a spouse or child killed. The rest just don't believe it can ever happen to them.

    Many gun opponents have been turned by having a spouse or child killed, while they watched, defenseless. The rest just don't believe it can ever happen to them.

    The street - she runs both ways.

    In the US. Here in the Netherlands I think this is a one way street.

  21. Re:And yet... on 27 Reported Killed In Connecticut Elementary School Shooting · · Score: 1

    Gun laws do nothing in making it harder for "fucking lunatics" to posess. There in lies the logical fallacy. It makes it for "fucking normal people" harder to posess, which is incidentily the root of the problem. It would have taken one normal individual to stop this idiot.

    Gun laws have everything to do with it. And I don't mean in the sense that maniacs will be stopped by those laws. In a society where people can carry guns, can buy automatic guns, and are proud of it, it's not very difficult to imagine that people will use it a lot more simply because it's available easily.

  22. Re:Lets all remember on Guatemala Deports McAfee To the US · · Score: 1

    that if there ever is a trial, it will last only 30 days.

    Luckily Guatamala has finally figured out how to remove McAfee from their system.

  23. Re:Answers are numerous on Guatemala Deports McAfee To the US · · Score: 1

    So...it's pretty much like all efforts of all men and all systems of government through all human history?

    Except for those men living in the basement of their parent's home...

  24. Re:10% ? Great on How Websites Know Your Email Address the First Time You Visit · · Score: 0

    Yeah, except when they cross-reference your income tax records (what, is that illegal, oh nooo...might have to pay a million dollar fine to make tens of millions in profit) and find out that you're not one of their target customers anyway and you don't get the offer.

    Idiotic. A sale is a sale. Who cares who buys?

    Your mom. Keep that money in your pocket son!

  25. Re:I detect spin... on Nokia Engineer Shows How To Pirate Windows 8 Metro Apps, Bypass In-app Purchases · · Score: 4, Funny

    I did this when I was 15'...

    Damn! How tall are you now?

    That's not his height. He meant to say he was 15 minutes old then.