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  1. they've always had a "lesser" phone on Did Apple Make a Mistake By Releasing Two New iPhones? · · Score: 1

    The 5C is nothing new, Apple has always sold a "lesser/budget" phone with the previous year's model, it's just that this year they tweaked the previous years model with a new ccase.

    The 5C is nothing more than a 5 with, what I am assuming, is a cheaper to produce case, leading to higher margins compared to just selling the previous year's model.

  2. Horrible things? on California Lawmaker Wants 3-D Printers To Be Regulated · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Wouldn't most "horrible things" that you would do with a gun be illegal? Meaning you wouldn't be able to walk away scott-free.

    Unless there is some crazy loophole that says if you kill someone with an unregistered homemade gun it's 100% legal. Which if that's the case I don't think it's the 3D printer that is the problem.

    Also, I guess this means it's time to start regulating CNC machines as well.

  3. Re:Take them out of the loop on USAF Strips 17 Officers of Nuclear Launch Authority · · Score: 5, Funny

    I think they made a movie about this, it didn't end well.

  4. So tablets at PCs now? on Apple Now the Top PC Vendor, For Some Values of PC · · Score: 5, Informative

    Do tablets really count as a "PC"? If that's the case we might as well start considering smart phones PCs, since a modern tablet is basically just a scaled up smart phone.

  5. Well color me shocked. on New Pirate Bay Proxies Spring Up · · Score: 5, Informative

    Just another case of the internet routing around censorship. Is anyone really truly surprised by this?

  6. Re:it tells you one thing, at least on Adam Lanza Destroyed His Computer Before Rampage · · Score: 2, Informative

    He wasn't the one that purchased the weapons though, he stole them from his mother. All the laws and wait periods in the world wouldn't have stopped him from stealing them from a law abiding citizen.

  7. What about the 30,000 year old seed that sprouted? on Half-Life of DNA is 521 Years, Jurassic Park Impossible After All · · Score: 2, Interesting
  8. Re:I'll probably be in the minority here... on Ask Slashdot: Who Has the Best 3G Coverage In California and Nevada? · · Score: 0

    Good to know.

    I guess it really does depend on the area. Here in Colorado, Sprint's coverage has been lightyears beyond what AT&T's coverage was. Even some places up in the mountains I'll still get decent coverage. My 3g data speeds are about half of what I was getting with AT&T (1mbit vs. 2mbit) but I'll take slower in more places than faster in few places any day. I also get 3g in most places that I was just stuck with edge on AT&T.

  9. I'll probably be in the minority here... on Ask Slashdot: Who Has the Best 3G Coverage In California and Nevada? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I'll probably be in the minority here, but I would say go with Sprint. Sure their data speeds aren't the fastest, but they are a good bit cheaper than Verizon, and their speeds are still plenty useable for web browsing, Pandora, and Netflix. Plus you get the added bonus of free roaming on Verizon's network if you're outside of Sprint's coverage areas. Pretty much anything is better than AT&T.

  10. Re:Just scientific experiments? on Single-Ion Clock 100 Times More Accurate Than Atomic Clock · · Score: 0

    If I remember correctly, GPS will be difficult to get much more accurate than it is today to the time distortions caused by relativity. Once a clock gets this accurate the relativistic distortion between the sattellite in space and the user on the ground becomes too great. That is of course if they don't find a workaround to the problem.

  11. Canon P&S on Ask Slashdot: Best Camera For Getting Into Photography? · · Score: 0

    You can never go wrong with a Canon point and shoot. I would look in to an older G series on the used market if you want a bargain. The G9 model and up are absolutely fantastic cameras for the money.

  12. Re:Will be detrimental to human society... on The Rise of Robotic Labor · · Score: 1

    Sounds like more of an overpopulation issue to me.

  13. Tamrac on Ask Slashdot: Laptop + DSLR Backpacks · · Score: 0

    I love Tamrac bags, they have a great build quality for the cost.

    I have had the Adventure 9 and am currently using the Expedition 7x and they are great bags.

    I would highly reccomend any of these bags:
    http://www.tamrac.com/5587.htm
    http://www.tamrac.com/5588.htm
    http://www.tamrac.com/5549.htm
    http://www.tamrac.com/5550.htm

  14. Re:Typo in title on Office 365: Suffer 18 Days' Outage, Still Pay Half Price · · Score: 0

    Yeah somebody got the math wrong, after you take out the 18 days it should be Office 347.

  15. Re:Dear Apple on Apple WWDC: iOS 5, Lion, iCloud · · Score: 0

    The front facing camera on my iPhone and iPad work just fine with Skype.

  16. Re:but will they be cute? on Can rev="canonical" Replace URL-Shortening Services? · · Score: -1, Redundant

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  17. Re:hehe on Tufts Tells Judge, We Can't Tie IP To MAC Addresses · · Score: 0

    didn't napster try that already?

  18. Re:This won't have an effect in Belgium on IBM Granted "Paper-or-Plastic?" Patent · · Score: 0

    I wonder how well that law defines what a single use water bottle is, I've reused what would be considered a single use water bottle on many occasions

  19. Re:Absentee Ballot! on Diebold Patch May Be Evidence of '02 Election Tampering · · Score: 0

    simple enough, then your vote won't be counted at all

  20. Re:etch-a-sketch on Xerox Demos Self-Erasing, Eco-Friendly Paper · · Score: 0

    or make it so a certain wavelength of light has to hit it to wipe it clean, then place an emitter for that wavelength in front of the print head

    then when you're done with a document all you do is put it back in the printer and it will be erased before it gets printed on again

    I don't see how paper that erases itself after a period of time is useful IMO, there needs to be a more controlled way to go about the erasing

  21. scandal, in my judicial system? on "Judicial Scandal" In Pirate Bay Case · · Score: 1, Funny

    scandal, in MY judicial system?

    it's more likely then you think

  22. Re:Unworkable on Utah Wants To Give ISPs That Filter a "G-Rating" · · Score: 0

    you have to realize though, kids are smart, and even if they aren't chances are they know someone who is, and they will be able to get around whatever software/hardware you have set up to filter the internet.

    kids are generally more tech savvy then parents, instead of trying to block them from going to sites why not just set up some sort of monitoring software to see what sites they ARE going too, since it would be easier to hide and harder to get around. And then if they are going to something inappropriate you fill your role as a parent and punish them as needed

    I read something a while ago that I think applies here "The Net interprets censorship as damage and routes around it"

  23. wireless modems? on FCC Opens More Spectrum for WISPs · · Score: 1, Interesting

    so will this be the end of the cable modem and wired internet?

  24. Re:I still don't get on Online Groups Behind Bulk of Bootleg Films (& Games) · · Score: 0

    for the sheer thill of it, I can imagine it is quite the rush knowing that you personally helped get a pirated copy of something out before it was supossed to. At least I think it would be.

  25. meh on Air Force Launches Encrypted IM Service · · Score: 0

    I'm in the airforce and we've had this now for almost a year, nothing really great about it :-/