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  1. Re:Unless it's it writing elsewhere.... on Who Controls Vert.x: Red Hat, VMware, Neither? · · Score: 2

    Unfortunately in the US at least, that's on a state by state basis, with the minority actually letting you separate work projects from out of work projects.

    List of states and relevant laws: http://answers.onstartups.com/a/20126

  2. Re:IMG Tag? on Is It Worth Investing In a High-Efficiency Power Supply? · · Score: 1

    First let's do a sanity check. Have you ever seen an image in slashdot comments?

  3. Re:carded by your FedEx guy? on Amazon.com: Earth's Biggest Wine Cellar? · · Score: 1

    There's a particular nasty level of service you can expect from major delivery companies... Signature From Adult Required

  4. Re:I have said it before but MMO's need to kill pl on Review: World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria (video) · · Score: 1

    I don't think this is too much of a problem for WoW, since you can always start up an alt that's a different class/faction. (And of course hours and hours of grinding on one of your max level characters)

  5. Re:Anecdotal evidence from that last math test!! on Evidence for Unconscious Math, Language Processing Abilities · · Score: 1

    My own terrifying experience: having to solve transistor circuits to decode the numbers on my alarm clock before the big final.

  6. Re:Consider a pencil on Ask Slashdot: The Search For the Ultimate Engineer's Pen · · Score: 2

    Not necessarily the mechanical quality, but the relative cost has kept my pencil from being carelessly lost. I check that it's nearby more than I check for my wallet or phone.

  7. Consider a pencil on Ask Slashdot: The Search For the Ultimate Engineer's Pen · · Score: 2, Informative

    My mechanical pencil of choice is the Pentel Graph Gear 1000. Well worth the money, the one I have now has lasted me over 3 years, which is not bad compared to other pencils/pens that would have clips snap off or otherwise get lost within a year.

  8. Re:And how will this on Huge Diamond Deposits Revealed In Russia · · Score: 1

    Gemesis ( http://gemesis.com/ is where I got my fiancee's diamond several months ago. I have nothing but good things to say about them, especially about their customer service. There are a handful of other places though, however the only one I can recall is Apollo Diamonds, which was bought around the start of the year, I assume for industrial use. Shoot me an email if you'd like to know more.

  9. Re:It will certainly succeed on Nintendo WiiU Price and Release Date Announced · · Score: 1

    I hate to say it, but I have to agree with part this. An expensive controller kept me from buying a second controller for my Wii for well over 2 years (the price of a brand new game once you add in the nunchuk!).

  10. Need an excuse? on Ask Slashdot: Explaining Role-Playing Games To the Uninitiated? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Are you trying to get your spouse to let you pull the trigger on the Reaper minis Kickstarter?

  11. Re:That sounds like a pretty good idea, actually on The Problem With Metacritic · · Score: 1

    Surely enough games are released each year or two that you could chunk it up like that and only allow comparisons in that range.

  12. Re:Bell curve doesn't work that well either... on The Problem With Metacritic · · Score: 1

    I was thinking about this yesterday when I was looking through CmdrTaco's reddit AMA. If we wanted a truly fair system, couldn't we just do relational ratings? (It would probably be too much work server side, but it sure sounds good in my mind.) Have each reviewer rate a game in comparison to another game. Portal 1 better than 18 Wheels of Steel. Team Fortress 2 better than Data Jammers: FastForward. With enough people, everything would end up somewhere on the scale and it wouldn't all be squashed up towards the top half that it is now for half decent games.

  13. Re:Juts what the open source community wants... on Valve's Steam & Games Coming To Linux · · Score: 2

    This bit me last time I lost my internet connection too. The solution is to enter offline mode at least once while online so your computer gets authorized for offline use.

  14. Re:Personally... on How James Cameron Pumped Volume Into Titanic · · Score: 1

    Mel? Oh how you've fallen.

  15. Re:Cute, now go learn FPGA design on 16-Year-Old Creates Scientific/Graphing Calculator In Minecraft · · Score: 1

    I seem to remember it was for a generic "We're making an MMO" type place, not anything related to hardware design though

  16. Re:Cute, now go learn FPGA design on 16-Year-Old Creates Scientific/Graphing Calculator In Minecraft · · Score: 1

    This this this. If you're going to go through all the trouble to do it in minecraft, why not do it on some CPLDs. You probably won't get as much internet fame, but you'll e able to show that off on the job/college hunt!

  17. Re:Map vs turns; sense of direction on NHTSA Suggestion Would Cripple In-Car GPS Displays · · Score: 1

    My preference is forward-up, because that's how I think spatially while driving. When I was learning to drive I rarely sat down with a paper map, I just jotted down enough directions to get me to where I needed to be and learned surrounding streets/businesses while driving.

  18. Re:Next billboards close the street, please. on NHTSA Suggestion Would Cripple In-Car GPS Displays · · Score: 1

    Much more distracting than that was the giant billboard with a picture of a woman's derriere and the scorching light of a thousand suns.

  19. Re:When will they rename on XBMC V11 Eden Has Been Released · · Score: 1

    Does XBMC sound better to you?

  20. Re:Never got the "point" of XBMC on XBMC V11 Eden Has Been Released · · Score: 1

    Well, original Xbox isn't supported anymore.

  21. Re:XBMC is on XBMC V11 Eden Has Been Released · · Score: 1

    Yes!

  22. Re:When will they rename on XBMC V11 Eden Has Been Released · · Score: 3, Informative

    I seem to remember when they gave up support on xbox, the official name was changed to just XBMC. So it's not an acronym anymore.

  23. Re:Never got the "point" of XBMC on XBMC V11 Eden Has Been Released · · Score: 5, Insightful

    This is for the people who want a 10 foot interface on their little nettop hooked up to the TV.

  24. Re:Apple Customers on Sprint CEO Defends Company's Decision To Bet It All On the iPhone · · Score: 4, Interesting

    The Apple crowd is by far the most vocal? In my college experience it was the Apple haters that were the most vocal.

  25. Re:Not a war on iFixit's Kyle Wiens On the War On DIY Electronics · · Score: 0

    Wasn't logged in, unfortunate!