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  1. Re:PHOTOSHOPPED! on Rosetta Takes Stunning Self-Portrait 10 Miles From Comet's Surface · · Score: 1

    Of course it is. It's two exposures (one short and one long) combined into one frame to accurately show the detail on both the spacecraft and the asteroid.

  2. Bad publicity. on Ask Slashdot: Dealing With an Unresponsive Manufacturer Who Doesn't Fix Bugs? · · Score: 1

    Make things uncomfortable for them publicly, and who knows, maybe you'll encounter a few other of their customers who are having similar experiences that will help pile on to get a solution fast-tracked.

  3. Re:VPN and tethering on Ask Slashdot: Is It Worth Being Grandfathered On Verizon's Unlimited Data Plan? · · Score: 1

    You can no longer get subsidized phones through Verizon if you want to keep your Unlimited. Your options are to get a subsidized phone and move down to one of the metered plans or purchase a phone at full price and keep your unlimited (that is, until Verizon pulls the plug and you have the choice to going metered or switching carriers).

  4. Same conversation at GM a while back. on Boeing Told To Replace Cockpit Screens Affected By Wi-Fi · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Pretty sure this is the same kind of conversation that was had at GM before the fatalities and subsequent massive recall took place. Cut your losses Boeing and fix this now.

  5. Time will tell... on Lenovo Set To Close $2.1 Billion Server Deal With IBM · · Score: 2

    Lenovo has made their money selling very cheap equipment with very small margins in very large quantities. I'm really not sure how well this will translate into a market where buyers like you or me apply a lot more discretion to our choices. They are going to have to come out of the gate with excellent hardware and likely take a loss just to prove their merit.

  6. But you can't know how long you will live. on Bioethicist At National Institutes of Health: "Why I Hope To Die At 75" · · Score: 1

    To say you shouldn't work as hard at living longer because you don't want to live to 80+ is a bit off. For all you know, your body may require all that preventative effort just to reach 75. Not only that, when you start closing in on 75 you might find yourself feeling differently about the topic. Furthermore, the quality of life through advanced science and medicine may differ significantly from what it is now.

  7. Re:Why is this Google's problem? on Google Receives Takedown Request Every 8 Milliseconds · · Score: 1

    Actually, it would be more accurate if someone else was holding the sign and Google was just pointing it out. In this case I still say the guy holding the actual sign is the one you go after.

  8. Simple... on Wheel Damage Adding Up Quickly For Mars Rover Curiosity · · Score: 2

    I don't get what's so hard. Just have Jebidiah Kerman exit the rover and fix the wheel.

  9. Why is this Google's problem? on Google Receives Takedown Request Every 8 Milliseconds · · Score: 4, Insightful

    They aren't hosting the content, they're merely making pointers to it. Isn't this an issue that should be handled by the company hosting/managing the web content? I'm surprised Google is getting involved in this at all and it makes me wonder what their motivations for doing so are, given the obvious administrative burden this is imposing.

  10. Better question... on Ask Slashdot: How Many Employees Does Microsoft Really Need? · · Score: 1

    How many employees does the US Govt really need.

  11. Re:Confused. on Malaysian Passenger Plane Reportedly Shot Down Over Ukraine · · Score: 1

    Why are you so hostile? Is this the website you come to for world and economic news? I bet it's not.

  12. Re:Confused. on Malaysian Passenger Plane Reportedly Shot Down Over Ukraine · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Two other airplanes (non-commercial with much lower loss of life and thus less interesting to news outlets I presume) were shot down within the week in similar airspace. Why aren't we discussing those? Go ahead and try to put a techie spin on it, but the point remains that we're only oogling over this because a bunch of people died, which not only seem distasteful, but again, has nothing to with the type of news this site represents.

  13. Confused. on Malaysian Passenger Plane Reportedly Shot Down Over Ukraine · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    This is a tragic story, but why is this on Slashdot? This is indeed stuff that matters, but news for nerds? Not so much.

  14. I wonder... on Xanadu Software Released After 54 Years In the Making · · Score: 1

    Was John Romero working on this project too?

  15. Re:Did someone just figure this out *NOW*?? on Tech Worker Groups Boycott IBM, Infosys, Manpower · · Score: 2

    So what you're saying is the second anyone infringes on the rights of a group you belong to you automatically band together in protest, even if it's at the potential expense of your livlihood? Gathering legitmate evidence to make a reasonable case for your claim takes time. Rallying troops together takes time. Planning for possibly not having a job if this backfires takes time. I guess fortunate for you that firing off a [weird] rant on Slashdot doesn't take any time at all.

  16. I wonder... on Facebook Refuses To Share Employee Race and Gender Data · · Score: 1

    ...how many minorities Facebook hired between when the request was made and when they finally complied. Would be interesting to see before and after data.

  17. Re:Why on SpaceX Wins Injunction Against Russian Rocket Purchases · · Score: 3, Informative

    To be clear, USAF awarded ULA (United Launch Alliance, jointly run by Boeing and Lockheed) the uncompeted contract. What this prevents is ULA from making purchases from Russia for parts, which essentially cripples their entire contract since the Russian parts included the first-stage engine I believe. Without that, ULA doesn't have a functional rocket as far as I can tell. I'm sure ULA will find an intermediary who will "just happen" to have some of these engines laying around that they can then use to fulfill the contract. The bigger question is whether the contract as a whole will be recompeted, as it should.

  18. Re:A "millionaire" isn't what it used to be. on Survey: 56 Percent of US Developers Expect To Become Millionaires · · Score: 1

    None of your reasons show that owning a home is a bad financial decision, which is all my point was meant to convey. If owning a home is bad a decision for you logistically, then you shouldn't own. But all things being equal, buying a home within your means makes far more financial sense in the long run than renting.

  19. Re:A "millionaire" isn't what it used to be. on Survey: 56 Percent of US Developers Expect To Become Millionaires · · Score: 1

    Ok, so after X amount of years of renting or paying a mortgage you've spent $400K. In one of those situation you have an investment that is VERY likely to be worth a lot more than the original $200K purchase price, and in the other you have nothing. How is wasting some of the money on mortgage interest better than wasting ALL of the money on rent?

  20. Re:A "millionaire" isn't what it used to be. on Survey: 56 Percent of US Developers Expect To Become Millionaires · · Score: 1

    that they don't waste it on things like mortgages, car debt, credit cards, and other bad habits that keep people at "average" and "normal" net worth.

    How is a mortgage a waste? You even listed it first as if to denote it's importance of being avoided. Owning your own home is advantageous for a lot of reasons, but the most important of which is people base their rent prices on what their mortgage costs. If you're renting - you're paying off someone else's mortgage for them. Unless you want to be single your whole life and rent a flat with a bunch of other guys I fail to see how renting would ever be worthwhile over purchasing.

  21. Re:ARM is the new Intel on Intel Pushes Into Tablet Market, Pushes Away From Microsoft · · Score: 1

    We all knew what he meant. Frankly, I didn't even notice it until you pointed it out. If you're so observant wouldn't disecting nuances of the article be a btter use of your time than spelling/grammar monitoring?

  22. Re:disclosure on Stung By File-Encrypting Malware, Researchers Fight Back · · Score: 3, Insightful

    It must be at least mildly effective if the only legitimate means of unencrypting the data was a copy of the keys that only a set of researchers dedicated to the issue were able to find.

  23. Of course Symantec did that... on Stung By File-Encrypting Malware, Researchers Fight Back · · Score: 4, Interesting

    It's in Symantec's interest that the authors mitigate the weakness in their malware so the threat will permeate through media and people will continue to be terrified into buying copious amounts of security software that in most cases won't even mitigate the risk.

  24. From someone who gave up on the game... on Diablo 3 Expansion Reaper of Souls Launches · · Score: 5, Informative

    I reinstalled the game a few weeks ago after not playing for ages due to a constant feeling of never finding decent items and being tied to the AH for upgrades. The game (even just post patch, not even counting the xpac) is so much more playable. If you're on the fence, I can give you a few bullet points that have kept me interested:

    1) With the AH gone, way more legendaries and meaningful items drop.
    2) The drops (both rare and legendary) are often more meaningful as they cater the stats to your class for the most part.
    3) All items (including legendaries) roll max-level with appropriate stats for the person who made the game.
    4) +Skill and +DmgType has become very prevelent stats on many pieces now, making it less about sheet DPS and cookie cutter builds and more about building a spec that compliments your playstyle and the gear you've found.
    5) Paragon levels are shared across all characters so no more grinding paragon for all your toons.
    6) Paragon points are used to supplement stats like Int/Dex/Str, Vitality, Life on Hit, Crit Dmg, etc, allowing you to customize your build further and fill in the blanks your gear lacks.

    All in all, I really like the changes and what little I've seen that they added to the Xpax (namely the Mystic for customizing drops in both appearance and stats) I like as well.

  25. AT&T will likely regret this. on AT&T Exec Calls Netflix "Arrogant" For Expecting Net Neutrality · · Score: 2

    AT&T has quite the sack to go on record with this statement. I can only assume they hope other ISP's will get on board and try to somehow make this an acceptable thought process. A few points...

    1) Where the consumer goes on the internet is their own business.
    2) If the consumer is using more bandwidth then your business model allows, adjust your rates to the consumer to match.
    3) You can't build a toll road between a gambler and the city of Vegas and then charge both the gambler and Vegas for their travel.