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  1. Re:Compatibility on Bill Gates Says He's Sorry About Control-Alt-Delete (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    By the way, why is there no "lock screen" option in Windows 10 "Power" options (lower left when you press Windows button)? One still has to use Ctrl+Alt+Del to lock the screen. Gates admitted it was a silly convention several years ago, so why make it the only obvious choice in 10? (Lock is under the "user" icon, which is not intuitive; it should be with the logout, shutdown, sleep, etc. options)

    I agree, there probably should be an option to lock the screen there. However, Win+L is a pretty convenient way to lock the screen, no?

  2. Re:Very surprised on Warren Buffett Buys $1 Billion Stake In Apple (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    now that apple is like coca cola he will milk it for the dividends

    Has Apple started paying dividends?

  3. Re:Dear Slashdot.... on New Zealand Spy Agency Deleted Evidence About Its Illegal Spying On Kim Dotcom · · Score: 1

    Words can't describe it. You must try it yourself.

  4. Re:It was already a dangerous site to visit ... on PHP.net Compromised · · Score: 2

    The only problem I have with PHP is that the designers ...

    Your problem lies in your belief that PHP is the result of actual design and forethought.

  5. Re:Say it ain't so on Microsoft Embraces Git For Development Tools · · Score: 1

    Git has to be, hands down, the buggiest nightmare I've ever dealt with.

    Care to elaborate?

  6. Re:Have they actually found it? on Texas Scientists Regret Loss of Higgs Boson Quest · · Score: 1
    You've described the process for selecting all the Nobel Prize winners except for the Literature and Peace Prize.

    The Literature Prize winner is decided by the Swedish Academy, and the Peace Prize winner is decided by a bunch of Norwegian politicians.

  7. Re:yay! on Fate Saves Workprint of Manos: The Hands of Fate · · Score: 5, Informative

    Several people involved with the shoot (including the guy who played Torgo) later committed suicide.

    AFAIK, the only one from the cast who committed suicide was John Reynolds (Torgo). It is speculated that the things he wore on his legs permanently injured his knees during the shoot, and that the pain later on drove him to commit suicide.

    That anyone else involved in the shoot killed themselves afterwards is most likely just a myth.

  8. Re:Duh? on Microsoft: No Windows 8 ARM Support For x86 Apps · · Score: 1

    I'm all for MS-flaming but how could anyone possibly be disappointed or shocked by this? It's like expecting 68k Macs to run PPC binaries.

    Since they are transitioning from Intel to ARM, this is more like running 68k binaries on PPC Macs, or PPC binaries on Intel Macs. Both of which were, of course, possible.

    Except it's the other way around.
    Pretty much any current Intel processor (not sure about Atom) out there runs circles around the ARM chips of today.
    Although it's still possible to run x86 binaries in emulated environment on ARM, I wouldn't expect it to be a pleasant experience.

  9. Re:Wait, hold on... on VPN Flaw Shows Users' IP Addresses · · Score: 1

    And even if they were breaking laws, any evidence they found would still be permissible in a Swedish courtroom if I'm not mistaken.

  10. Re:300dpi is magic number, like 20kHz on CD on iPhone 4's "Retina Display" Claims Challenged · · Score: 1

    It is extremely significant to ship the first 300+ dpi screen.

    The Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1 was released back in 2008, and it comes with a 300+ dpi screen.

    So however good this new iPhone is, there's nothing extremely significant about its resolution.

  11. Re:Brilliant. Go Steve! on Inventor Demonstrates Infinitely Variable Transmission · · Score: 1

    It's quite different from the HSD in that it has three inputs, contrary to what GP said - one power input, and two control inputs, both of which ought to require just a fraction of the input power to control the input/output gear ratio. Watch the video in TFA instead of instantly dismissing it as "has been done before".

  12. Re:Say, what'd be wrong with copying the Euro-Syst on House Passes Massive Medical Insurance Bill, 219-212 · · Score: 1

    Out of curiosity, which country are we talking about? 23% sounds like a real bargain to me, but then I'm living in Sweden, where we pay anything between 40-55% in taxes.

  13. Re:too much political bias on Contributors Leaving Wikipedia In Record Numbers · · Score: 1

    In fact, Hezbollah offers a non-confessional alternative to the country's entrenched political system which is based entirely and sickeningly on religion

    So, the "Party of God" is a non-confessional alternative now? Color me non-convinced.

  14. Re:Its just stupid on Federal Summit Eyes Crackdown On Texting While Driving · · Score: 1

    What about everything else? Makeup, Food, Kids, etc?

    Not to mention reading a novel on your commute...

  15. Re:I have 24 invites saved up... on Spotify Retreats To Invite-Only In UK · · Score: 1

    Same here, so I might as well post a few invites here.

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  16. Re:Explain on Annual Cost of Microsoft Monopoly: $10 Billion · · Score: 1

    It's not an active lockout per se, but a lockout all the same since you're getting an OS "for free" whenever you buy a computer, there's no incentive whatsoever to try out any alternatives. Picture the situation where a new PC comes with an empty hard drive and it's up to Joe Sixpack whether he wants to shell out $299 or whatever XP costs these days or $0 for e.g. Ubuntu linux which should be installed and configured in about the same time.

  17. Re:How is the nforce4 Linux support on NVIDIA nForce 4 SLI Intel Edition Launched · · Score: 2, Informative

    There has been quite a lengthy discussion on LKML on that topic. IIRC, there are some issues with NCQ and sound support, but it's an interesting thread well worth reading, if you're into nForce4-thingies that is.