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  1. Re:cyanogenmod on Ask Slashdot: Getting Apps To Use Phones' Full Power? · · Score: 1

    There is an option under developers to tell it to cache 1-5 apps or for it to simply kill any background running processes in CyanogenMod. The biggest reason they all do this is to save on power. Yes you might have an awesome battery life but you don't want to wake your phone up 2-3 hours later after it's still running all of your apps the whole time and have a dead battery.

  2. Re:iGoogle on Ask Slashdot: Which Google Project Didn't Deserve To Die? · · Score: 1

    I don't understand why they plan on removing/retiring it. It currently works I know lots of people who still use it. They claim it's because there are so many other options out there but that is such a cop out. Personally I love igoogle, and when they do retire it I'll go somewhere else.

  3. Re:Ummm, on NASA Discovers Most Distant Galaxy In Known Universe · · Score: 1

    This is what I get for waking up in the morning still drunk and trying to post something on the internet, Yes I'm aware it's 10+ billion years old, but my main point is the fact human logic is based off human math and human time. When you go in to space time works differently so does a lot of other elements like light. We don't know how far out it takes for light to start to decay or if it ever decays at all. All we know is that we've run tests here and run off those numbers, which may not be anywhere in the ballpark of the real numbers we might find out once we go out and see it first hand.

  4. Re:Ummm, on NASA Discovers Most Distant Galaxy In Known Universe · · Score: 1

    well, you take all the mass in the univese put it in a huge salad bag then start mix until you get everything everywhere then let it explode. boom, you have life.

  5. Ummm, on NASA Discovers Most Distant Galaxy In Known Universe · · Score: 2

    Yes I know that light takes millions/billions of years to get to use, but if the 'big bag' happened only a 100 million years ago before you see 'this' blob how in the world would it be so far away? Some times when people discover stuff they fail to notice how it all began, if anything the galaxy might have been one of the first and it might be going through a rebirth cycle but it sure as hell isn't still forming from the start of the universe.

    Now I do understand that when you bend light it might take longer to show, maybe even in this case you might be looking in to a greater past than what we think we are currently looking at. However if let us say all matter in the current universe started in a single point and somehow exploded how long do you think it took for such object to get to its destination?

  6. Re:My entire house uses less power than one of the on NVIDIA and AMD Launch New High-End Workstation, Virtualization, and HPC GPUs · · Score: 1

    I think it's better to say 31 amps at 12 volts and 3 amps at 120 volts, both totaling to 375 watts.

    Thank you for saying this, I think my head was about to explode from the people trying to figure out how it stuff works.

  7. Well that does it. on Microsoft Makes Direct X 11.1 a Windows 8 Exclusive · · Score: 1

    I've been a long time fan of windows, and microsoft. but really? F- U microsoft for giving me windows 7 then telling me, hey btw if u want directX 11.1 you've gota get our shitty windows 8

  8. Cheaters guide on Ask Slashdot: Extreme Cable Management? · · Score: 1

    I use color coordination or codes for cords, since putting "monitor cable" is far too large to tape on I found using short words to work much better, like "screen" or drawing a picture. When dealing with lots of USB cables I tend to always plug them in the same places, Keyboard/mouse right under the Ethernet connection cameras and other connections after that. I first started using twist ties at first making shapes to show what they go to. for my switch and router, I try to color code them so I can tell my wife what needs to be switched off from the phone if something happens and I’m not home to do it myself. Otherwise I try to keep cables sorted by type, then length, and lastly by color.

  9. Nice! on Man Pays For Cross-Country Trip Using Bacon As Currency · · Score: 1

    I want to be this man and do something strange and wild like this, but will it work with puppies and kittens? How about chocolate? I'm sure lots of people would go for the chocolate.

  10. Re:The Real Question: on Could You Hack Into Mars Curiosity Rover? · · Score: 0

    why only 2gb? is NASA that poor they couldn't just buy something bigger so they could fit both in and go from there?

  11. Re:When Domination Isn't on Why Apple Is Suing Every Android Manufacturer In Sight · · Score: 0

    I think regardless they need to stop spending money on sueing the other companies and start looking as making more than just 1 phone. I think the biggest issue is cost. You can buy a cheap android phone, you can't really get a cheap iPhone unless you want an older one. Not to mention other companies are making new phones every 6 months where apple seems to be a lot slower at it.

  12. Sometimes I wonder on Curiosity Lands On Mars · · Score: 0

    oh boy more pictures of rocks! and comon blakc and white? we've been working in color for 50+ years here.

  13. Causing their own issues on Why We Love Firefox, and Why We Hate It · · Score: 1

    They need to stop trying to make it look shiney and do a small update and call it a new version. People who have been using firefox since it's 3.x days are used to the old update system and DO NOT CARE about having a new version every few weeks. I think they first need to figure out why flash +firefox = massive headaches because ever since 11.3 flash I've had nothing but issues with firefox loading flash applets and I'm getting sick and tried of them making 'improvments' and saying they fixes stuff when all they are doing is making it worse. They either need to do their update cycle sliently like google chrome and really fix issues with it or go back to the old method and only apply updates that really do something. I've been happy with firefox for years, but now I can't stand it. some people I'm sure like this setup but I don't think it works for them.

  14. His needs on Australian Billionaire Wants To Build Jurassic Park-Style Resort · · Score: 1

    If he needs to blow it money on things we all think is stupid how about paying me to spend his money for him, That way he'll be killing two birds with 1 stone.

  15. Prototype or not on Legend of Zelda NES Nintendo Prototype On Sale For $150K · · Score: 1
    Regardless of it's raraty it's not worth $15,000 I would say maybe $15 or heck even $25 but people need to understand that when eletronics get older they become more worthelss. Sure the game was awesome but comon in the pictures you can cearly see he's taken it apart and states

    I can only speculate that the 2-23-87 refers to the date they completed this prototype and being so close to launch is why there are no differences from the released version. Again I'm speculating.

    which means that he has no idea if it's really the prototype or not. He's just trying to make a quick buck of anyone who will read the headlines and not the fine print.

  16. At last? on Open Millions of Hotel Rooms With Arduino · · Score: 1

    I like how this vulablity's been there for years and someone only mentions it now, maybe they were done having fun with is and felt they should do the right thing and tell the public about it. The other way of breaking in to them is to use a hacked keycard, the securty on those door isn't hard to break. You stay there a few times asking for the same room and you'll be able to gain access, some people stay at hotels all the time, so it would only be a matter of time before they had access to all of them. Let's face it the Site ID's only 32bits it wouldn't take long for someone to crack it and make their own key cards that would work with any brand.

  17. Re:warranty in case of bankruptcy? on RIM Drops Playbook Price By 66% · · Score: 1

    With my 8350 when you remove an app you had to reboot the phone, any and all apps even if you just installed them. Now with their new BB app system you can remove them if they don't require too much access, like a game but if they have access to call logs or text's then you have to reboot. their newer phones might not have this issue but it's one that's anoyed me for years.

  18. Broken link? on The World's First Supercavitating Boat? · · Score: 2

    I've tried the link in IE, firefox, and crome and it doesn't appear to work? I searched around and found pictures and more info. http://deskarati.com/2012/01/19/worlds-first-super-cavitating-watercraft/

  19. Re:warranty in case of bankruptcy? on RIM Drops Playbook Price By 66% · · Score: 1

    I honestly think it's because they've done nothing to make the black berry start up faster, it can take anywhere from 2-4 minutes depending on the device and how many apps you have installed, and yet Apple and Google products take less then a minute to reboot? I'm sorry but when it comes to my data I don't want to have to wait up to 4 minutes to be able to get back to texting/calling after each time I remove an app from my cell phone. I believe RIM's lack of choice on improving their market for getting and installing apps was their final nail in the playbooks coffin.

  20. Re:Biased much? on RIM Drops Playbook Price By 66% · · Score: 1

    It's about market share, not about who own's the device. you can not have more than 100% of anything when it comes to making money and ruling the world.

  21. Re:Biased much? on RIM Drops Playbook Price By 66% · · Score: 1

    To be exact, 51% of them have the Google-branded device, 52% are on iOS tablets, while 8% are on those with other platforms, such as Blackberry OS.

    I find your lack of Math disturbing, 51% + 52% + 8% = 111% Considering that is an impossible number I believe you need to start linking some hard core data to back up what you are talking about. Also, if you were trying to be Exact about it you would have noticed your numbers where wrong in the first place.

  22. Re:Programming is like having sex without a condom on Ask Slashdot: How Long Should Devs Support Software Written For Clients? · · Score: 1

    Well I know it's nothing like sex, because there's many different methods to prevent getting a child other than just the act of having sex with out a condom. Also there's a lot of different factors too.

  23. Re:Programming is like having sex without a condom on Ask Slashdot: How Long Should Devs Support Software Written For Clients? · · Score: 1

    not really, because if you get a kid you can always put it up for adoption, so no it's nothing like having sex with out a condom.

  24. Lock down on Ask Slashdot: Using Company Laptop For Personal Use · · Score: 1

    I love how everyone says boot usb or cd, but if your IT department was smart enough they would have disabled the boot other devices made the HDD the first and only boot option and then locked you out of the bios so you couldn't change it. If you really much do personal thing on the computer ask the company what you can and can not do with the laptop. If they say you can't do anything, buy your self another hard drive install your OS of choice and move on. Don't mess with their partitions and/or anything that's on the hard drive that's already there because most encryption software will log that kind of thing or prevent you from using the hard drive at all. I've got my work computer locked down, but it's video card is also really nice so I did this to my laptop. can't boot up CD's or USB sticks on it so another hard drive was my only options short of running a shell on top of my OS that it starts off with.

  25. Updates not Upgrades on Ask Slashdot: Life After Firefox 3.6.x? · · Score: 1

    Since they came out with the whole plan on making small changes then calling it a new version I think is annoying, they don't need to play 'catch up' on version numbers with chrome and IE because Firefox hasn't been around as long as IE if you don't count it's source being a part of what Netscape ended with. I didn't mine version 6 and when 8 came out I was happy. I started to become annoyed with 9 and 10 of Firefox because the people who make all the add-on’s I use are running in to compatibility issues. As for chrome, sure it's fast and cool looking but it still doesn't load 100% of the internet like IE was made to do Perfect example is www.Comcast.net . Until Google fixes its issues I'll never use it. I'll stick with Firefox and IE