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  1. Re:Don't wear pants! on BBC: ISPs Should Assume VPN Users Are Pirates · · Score: 1

    That is why I prefer to go 100% naked!

  2. Re:Man I hates these guys on AT&T Says 10Mbps Is Too Fast For "Broadband," 4Mbps Is Enough · · Score: 1

    Why don't youget a gun? :P

  3. Re:The local paper had this tidbit on 3 Recent Flights Make Unscheduled Landings, After Disputes Over Knee Room · · Score: 1

    I heard this on a local Los Angeles talk radio a couple weeks ago. The lawyer inventor was debating with the talk radio guys. http://www.poughkeepsiejournal... has the article and video about it. I couldn't find the audio recording (don't think they have any?) except http://www.kfiam640.com/onair/... ...

  4. Re:Want more IT jobs? on IT Job Hiring Slumps · · Score: 1

    To me, things are still buggy and easily broken. :(

  5. Re:At home too on Why Munich Will Stick With Linux · · Score: 1

    "Get off my lawn!"

  6. Use Deslide! on Ask Slashdot: What Are the Strangest Features of Various Programming Languages? · · Score: 1

    http://deslide.clusterfake.net... d.com/slideshow/163234/head-scratchers-10-confounding-programming-language-features-434442 OR http://desli.de/11J3

  7. Visions of the Past ... on Egypt's Oldest Pyramid Is Being Destroyed By Its Own Restoration Team · · Score: 1

    ... How Far Should We Go in 'Restoring' Ancient Monuments?

    Boing Boing shared The Daily Grail's article, with a few photo(graph)s, showing "Visions of the Past - How Far Should We Go in 'Restoring' Ancient Monuments?"

  8. Re:Excellent opportunity... on Egypt's Oldest Pyramid Is Being Destroyed By Its Own Restoration Team · · Score: 1

    Bender, is that you? :P

  9. Re:Switching is too hard? on FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler Says Switching ISPs Is Too Hard · · Score: 1

    I moved, and same problem. Argh. There used to be DSL service here, but it is no longer offered. WTF?

  10. Re:The ones who grew up using MSN? on Microsoft Shutting Down MSN Messenger After 15 Years of Service · · Score: 1

    Other old timers and I still use IRC. :)

  11. Re:Wireless security on Wi-Fi Router Attack Only Requires a Single PIN Guess · · Score: 1

    Or better, don't use wireless at all!

  12. Re:For me... on Ask Slashdot: What Old Technology Can't You Give Up? · · Score: 1

    Interesting. So, not like Verizon's pure fiber for its FIOS.

  13. Re:For me... on Ask Slashdot: What Old Technology Can't You Give Up? · · Score: 1

    Isn't Uverse fiber? I know dial-up modems don't work over coax cables.

  14. For me... on Ask Slashdot: What Old Technology Can't You Give Up? · · Score: 1

    I still have and use a Sharp 19.5" CRT TV from January 1996, analog Oticon 380p hearing aid (don't want implants from digital ones; model was from 1994, Casio Data Bank 150 calculator watch (don't want a smartphone), KVM (PS2 and VGA) from Y2K, a serial external USR Sportster 33.6k dial-up modem as for rare backup Internet and faxing, etc.

  15. Re:"Programmers" shouldn't write critical software on Software Error Caused Soyuz/Galileo Failure · · Score: 1

    Yeah, I also don't trust computers but humans make (mistake/error)s too. We need better development and testings. :(

  16. Re:"Programmers" shouldn't write critical software on Software Error Caused Soyuz/Galileo Failure · · Score: 1

    I do SQA testings, and I don't trust computers these days.

  17. Re:Could try sacrificing virgins on Drought Inspires a Boom In Pseudoscience, From Rain Machines To 'Water Witches' · · Score: 1

    I am one of the male virgins!

  18. Re:I bought one of these for Litecoin mining on Fake NVIDIA Graphics Cards Show Up In Germany · · Score: 1

    Did you have to prove it by mailing it back to them for them to try it and reproduce this issue?

  19. Re:Conspiracy! on Fake NVIDIA Graphics Cards Show Up In Germany · · Score: 1

    Prove it. :P

  20. Re:Just buy a CRT on Old Doesn't Have To Mean Ugly: Squeezing Better Graphics From Classic Consoles · · Score: 1

    But in new conditions?

  21. Re:Just buy a CRT on Old Doesn't Have To Mean Ugly: Squeezing Better Graphics From Classic Consoles · · Score: 1

    Where can we buy a good quality CRT?

  22. Re:little known trick for ATT on Ask Slashdot: What To Do About Repeated Internet Overbilling? · · Score: 1

    Ah, is it unstable or something from AT&T?

  23. Re:little known trick for ATT on Ask Slashdot: What To Do About Repeated Internet Overbilling? · · Score: 1

    You don't watch TV? :P

  24. Re:There is no competition... on CenturyLink: Comcast Is Trying To Prevent Competition In Its Territories · · Score: 1

    Or worse, can't get DSL/fiber. Frak satellite (too slow and expensive).

  25. Re:Hello, it is 2014 on Chromium 37 Launches With Major Security Fixes, 64-bit Windows Support · · Score: 1

    I still use my very old, updated Windows XP Pro SP3 at home. It does what for me. I don't game and do anything fancy like I used to do.