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  1. Re:just stating the obvious on Are 12-16 Hour Workdays Productive? · · Score: 1

    Dial-in is good for that sort of meeting. Wear headset, set mike to mute. /ignore, and do work.

  2. Tablet. Typically eBook readers come with an app for reading Amazon, or B&N or ... With a tablet, you can get apps for these, plus public domain readers. Don't get a large format tablet, the Nexus 7 is a good size to hold. The Samsung 10.1 is too large.

  3. Re:Well... on Google Seeks US Ban On iPhones, iPads, Macs · · Score: 1

    Only counter-suing is a better business model, in terms of the philosophy Google profess to follow.

  4. Re:Well... on Google Seeks US Ban On iPhones, iPads, Macs · · Score: 1

    Gratitude: An imaginary emotion that rewards an imaginary behavior, altruism. Both imaginaries are false faces for selfishness, which is a real and honest emotion. - Heinlein.

    Another way of stating it. And who was it that repealed Glass-Steagall? Not business...

  5. Re:I still don't get it on How Google+ Punk'd The Oatmeal · · Score: 1

    Irony now? I'm saddened. :^)

  6. Re:Hmmm... on Saudi Arabia Objects To Proposed .gay gTLD, Among Others · · Score: 1

    You mis-pelt prey.

  7. Re:I still don't get it on How Google+ Punk'd The Oatmeal · · Score: 1

    British accent, perhaps, if you want to be general. But you can fairly easily pick small regions within Britain by their accent/dialect, whatever. Same here in Australia.

  8. Or rather. on DOJ Says iPhone Is So Secure They Can't Crack It · · Score: 1

    The DOJ *SAYS* it cant crack it. This ploy has been around since Enigma.

  9. Sued on Hacked BitCoin Exchange Sued By Customers · · Score: 1

    And if they win, will get paid in bitcoins...

  10. Re:History on Why Apple Is Suing Every Android Manufacturer In Sight · · Score: 1

    ANd do you have proof that your example isn't anecdotal, for that matter?

  11. Re:History on Why Apple Is Suing Every Android Manufacturer In Sight · · Score: 1

    I've got a pre-ICS device that was getting official upgrades - Nexus One.

  12. Re:History on Why Apple Is Suing Every Android Manufacturer In Sight · · Score: 1

    Ask an Android user how many upgrades they've gotten on their phones (rooted phones excluded). The Android upgrade paradigm is a joke. It's predicated on carriers doing the work to qualify and release them for every phone, and they have exactly zero incentive to do it.

    My Android's not rooted, not with a carrier, and I get many upgrades. You're bullshitting.

  13. One interface... on CowboyNeal Weighs In On the Windows 8 "Metro" GUI · · Score: 1

    One interface for tablets, doomed to fail in the face of Android and iPads
    One interface for Smartphones, doomed to die
    One interface for desktops, doomed to downgrade
    One interface for Balmer, on his dark throne.
    One interface to fail them all, and in the darkness bind them
    In the Land of Microsoft where marketing lies

  14. Re:Frank Herbert on Ask Slashdot: Most Underappreciated Sci-Fi Writer? · · Score: 1

    Seriously, just ask "who would I want to be in this book?"

    Piter De Vries

  15. Re:One word on Can a Regular Person Repair a Damaged Hard Drive? · · Score: 1

    Just one thing to add: Make sure your backup contains valid copies. And that you have a device for reading them. (I've got a drawer of 5 and a 1/4s somewhere, just no drive that's connectible to a current computer.

  16. I've got points on Ask Slashdot: Most Underappreciated Sci-Fi Writer? · · Score: 1

    But I wanted to post, not as AC

    Colin Kapp
    Stanislaw Lem
    Tim Powers (more on the fantasy side than SF)
    L Beam Piper

  17. Re:Questions to Rob Malda (anyone can answer) on A Conversation with Rob Malda - Part One of Three (Video) · · Score: 1

    Just as well she didn't have mod points.

  18. Leper guy on Ask Slashdot: What's the Most Depressing Sci-fi You've Ever Read? · · Score: 1

    Anything in the 'Tales of Thomas Covenant' series.

  19. Re:You do not think large enough on Carriers Blame the iPhone For Data Caps and Increased Upgrade Fees · · Score: 1

    That's a plausible reason for the Australian Coalition to oppose FTTP as well.

  20. Re:Mars expedition is staged on YouTube App Removed From iOS 6 Beta4 · · Score: 1

    Good explanation, a pity you did it as an AC. Convinces me I ought to watch it, I liked the book.

  21. Re:Credit card names on Google+ Account Suspended? You Won't Find Out Why · · Score: 1

    Thanks for that, when/if I cancel one, I might do it. (too many cards now, all paid off, alas)

  22. Re:Hey, just market bugs as on Meat the Food of the Future · · Score: 1

    Everything in moderation. (interesting)

    If you ate lobster as every maine meal, you'd write that into your contract too. Although, I did not realise slaves had contracts.

  23. Re:I always wondered on Apple Wins EU Ban of Smaller Samsung Tablet, Demands $2.5 Billion In Damages · · Score: 1

    Darl McBride had a fairly good one, in his time ...

  24. Re:Exit Interviews are always flowery on Being Honest In Exit Interviews Is Pointless · · Score: 1
  25. Re:"Anonymous"? Talks to the cops? on Anonymous Helps Turn In Hacker Who Targeted Charity · · Score: 1

    Not if it's VB