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  1. Re:NPR? on EFF Launches "Takedown Hall of Shame" · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Free speech is free speech. Picking and choosing your examples is just as bad as censorship.

  2. Re:Unions are outraged! on Mandatory H1N1 Vaccine For NY Health Workers Suspended · · Score: 2, Insightful

    It has nothing to do with socialism. The Teamsters were greedy liars and cheats. They wanted nothing more than power and money for the higher-ups in the organization and didn't give a rats ass about the members.

  3. Re:I don't think so... on A High-Res 3D Video of the Embryonic Heartbeat · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Because with all those options to not get pregnant, accidents still happen. I'm not going to even touch the issue of health reasons, rape, etc.

  4. Re:Unions are outraged! on Mandatory H1N1 Vaccine For NY Health Workers Suspended · · Score: 2, Informative

    What Unions did 100 years ago or even 25 years is not what they are doing now.

    They had their time and and place, and the 21st century is not one of them. As an ex-union (Teamsters) employee, I will never support them again

  5. Re:An F-15 is much bigger than a P-51. OMG BLOAT! on Engineers Tell How Feedback Shaped Windows 7 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    From my observations, people are upgrading hardware at a slower and slower rate, so it is relevant. Most I know haven't done a major upgrade, outside of possibly adding ram or a changing video cards, in a few years and don't plan to anytime soon. Hardware has reached a "good enough" point.

    I'm on a Athlon X2 with 4gb ram (maxed out). I have absolutely no intention of upgrading anytime soon.

  6. Re:The worthlessness of "education" on Student Loan Interest Rankles College Grads · · Score: 1

    There is more to education than how you will function in society.

  7. Bitch-slap the marketing department please on HTC Dragging Feet On GPL Source Release For "Hero" Phone · · Score: 1

    With a name like "hero", you know it's going to suck.

  8. Re:I've got wikipedia reader in my pocket on Wikipedia In Your Pocket, $99 · · Score: 1

    The plan is the same price with out without contract, so whats the difference?

  9. Re:I've got wikipedia reader in my pocket on Wikipedia In Your Pocket, $99 · · Score: 1

    Mine was $99 on a 2 year contract, which will actually be over in 20 months. It's still $99 for a 2-year contract as I just checked.

    http://www.att.com/wireless/iphone/

  10. What uses so much data? on Why AT&T Should Dump the iPhone's Unlimited Data Plan · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I've had an iphone since June. Total data received is just a under 1gb, data sent is around 80mb.

  11. Re:Unrealistic? on Kindle Finally Ready For Global Distribution · · Score: 1

    *always stay*

    typos, blah

  12. Re:Unrealistic? on Kindle Finally Ready For Global Distribution · · Score: 1

    Early adopters are suckers, but necessary.

    I always start 2 to 3 generations behind with tech.

  13. Re:Still no n for me on Harald Welte Calls Out Netgear's Open Source Sham · · Score: 1

    That would be nice. I ended up just liking the router to a gigabit switch. I don't have any devices with n wireless at the moment, so overall it's not really an issue.

    Current uptime, 192 days.

  14. Still no n for me on Harald Welte Calls Out Netgear's Open Source Sham · · Score: 1

    I guess I will chugging along on wrt54gl with Tomato.

  15. Re:Not for a while on Will Books Be Napsterized? · · Score: 1

    My cell plan cost the same whether or not I get the phone with it, so that point is mute (I paid $49 for the phone). My netbook is a multi-use device and my desktop is years old and also a multi-use device. Netbooks and desktops are apples and orange comparisons to e-ink readers.

    The palm was an old black white model that I found on a park bench.

  16. Re:Not for a while on Will Books Be Napsterized? · · Score: 1

    It was a typo cheesedick. I don't care enough about slashdot to proofread.

  17. Re:Good find on Aging Discovery Yields Nobel Prize · · Score: 1

    Less reproduction.

    Of course that should be happening anyway, whether or not we achieve artificially increased lifespans.

  18. Re:Not for a while on Will Books Be Napsterized? · · Score: 1

    This is slashdot, not my thesis. I don't care.

  19. Not for a while on Will Books Be Napsterized? · · Score: 3, Interesting

    When MP3's got big, they could be burned and listened to on any cd player or computer. Later MP3 playes got cheap. E-books can be viewed on any computer and most phones, but it sucks. There are no dirt-cheap readers out yet.

    I've tried them onmy iphone, my netbook, my desktop and a palm. Each and every one suck equally when reading. Changing the contrast, brightness, it doesn't matter.

  20. Re:Hmm on Do Retailers Often Screen User Reviews? · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I've posted more than a few negative reviews on newegg over the years and I've never had one filtered or modified. A couple of times the manufacturer replied to my review directly and offered to remedy my problem.

  21. Re:I see your problem on Choosing a Personal Printer For the Long Haul · · Score: 1

    About three months ago we were audited. We had to have paperwork for EVERYTHING going back at least 6 years and each violation was a $2000 fine. We had one violation.

  22. Re:AV2009 To The Rescue on Fake Antivirus Overwhelming Scanners · · Score: 1

    My sister got this on her XP system. She is pretty clueless but had never managed to get any malware on her system other than this.

    Took me and her boyfriend nearly 2 hours to clean it off.

  23. Re:I see your problem on Choosing a Personal Printer For the Long Haul · · Score: 1

    I work in pharmacy actually, and it is required. It's not for medical records, its for prescription drugs.

    Schedule 2 drugs can't be faxed, e-prescribed or phoned in. They have to hand-written (or computer printed), hand-signed and delivered by mail or by hand. The information that goes with prescriptions has to be printed and given to the patient.

    There is no systems in place to change this.

  24. Re:Buy pda instead on Choosing a Personal Printer For the Long Haul · · Score: 0

    Very little?

    We print around 300 legal sized pages a day, all year long, and go through printers about every six months. Try working in the medicine where hard-copies are required by law.

  25. Re:Good news everybody! on Growing Power Gap Could Force Smartphone Tradeoffs · · Score: 1

    I would rather the efficiency of the device be improved first.