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  1. Re:Who do people still use PayPal high value accou on PayPal Freezes MailPile's Account · · Score: 1

    I didn't know that eBay was still around!

    Can't an "ebay seller" just get a merchant account like a regular business? I can't imagine that there's any good reason to do business with a company that may or may not decide to seize all of your money at any time, for any reason.

  2. Re:Surprise! on PayPal Freezes MailPile's Account · · Score: 1

    Nobody takes google payments.

    Those are your only two options? What about a credit card?

  3. Re:Who do people still use PayPal high value accou on PayPal Freezes MailPile's Account · · Score: 1

    Why do people insist on using PayPal for high value accounts?

    You'd have to be a fucking moron to use them at all. Why would anybody with a brain give their banking information to this company, even for a "low value" account?

  4. I'd pay on MyOpenID To Shut Down In February · · Score: 1

    I'd gladly pay money for a similar service: maintain a consistent, yet anonymous online persona.

    I'd never user a free one though.

  5. Re:Use the correct part of the body to think on Official: Microsoft To Acquire Nokia Devices and Services Business · · Score: 1

    Thanks, I try my best.

    Luckily, I don't have to intimately know the history of cell phones to be able to read and understand market research. But if you have some more anecdotal evidence about the nature of the smart phone industry based on your own personal experience, I'd love to hear it. I'm sure it would add significantly to the conversation.

  6. Re:Pre-Order... :( on Tiny $45 Cubic Mini-PC Supports Android and Linux · · Score: 1

    There are millions of them on the market.

    Oh wait... did you mean a *new* sub $100 PC? Good luck with that!

  7. Re:Use the correct part of the body to think on Official: Microsoft To Acquire Nokia Devices and Services Business · · Score: 1

    Ok, you win. You're right. Your analysis of your access point in your parents' basement is accurate, and the professionals are all just making shit up. Thanks for clearing that up for everybody.

  8. Re:Future of Nokia, future of WP on Official: Microsoft To Acquire Nokia Devices and Services Business · · Score: 1

    Statistically, that's 1 out of 12 phones is a Windows Phone. Statistically, that means that you aren't likely to have seen many more than 12 different cell phones in recent years. So yes, I stand by my initial statement that you should consider getting out more.

  9. Re:Nokia Phones by MS = New Blackberry? on Official: Microsoft To Acquire Nokia Devices and Services Business · · Score: 1

    When Nokia moved to WP7 there were a large number of new problems with Exchange and Office integration and some persisted to WP8.

    The only problem that I can see is that the sticky notes don't sync. Are there other problems? I use it pretty much all day, every day, and I don't see any other problems.

  10. Re:Nokia Phones by MS = New Blackberry? on Official: Microsoft To Acquire Nokia Devices and Services Business · · Score: 1

    I don't know what those are, actually. I meant that the Windows Phone has the best Exchange and Office integration on the market now.

  11. Re:Future of Nokia, future of WP on Official: Microsoft To Acquire Nokia Devices and Services Business · · Score: 1

    I still haven't seen many apart from under dusty glass in a shop so think the "all" bit is hype and suspect it's not doing well anywhere.

    You need to get out more, apparently

  12. Re:Nokia Phones by MS = New Blackberry? on Official: Microsoft To Acquire Nokia Devices and Services Business · · Score: 1

    . And I don't understand why MS didn't release WP7 & 8 as THE business phone instead of trying to break into the saturated consumer market. If they had done that, they could probably take a large chunk of the consumer market afterwards.

    As far as I'm concerned, WP8 IS the business phone OS (that's why I use them). The Exchange and Office integration is second to none.

  13. Re:Struggling What to Say... on Official: Microsoft To Acquire Nokia Devices and Services Business · · Score: 1

    This probably encompasses the user experience of an MSNokia phone, so maybe that's apropos.

    I can speak just fine, thanks. I'm looking forward to buying my next Nokia/Windows Phone, if that's what you were wondering.

  14. Re:Future of Nokia, future of WP on Official: Microsoft To Acquire Nokia Devices and Services Business · · Score: 1, Funny

    I have a suspicion about what happens to Windows Phone sales, everywhere except the US maybe.

    Of course, you're aware of MS Phone's strong growth in all markets, right?

  15. Re:FP on Egyptian Authorities Detain French "Spy" Bird Found With Tracker · · Score: 1

    The problem is Islam.

    Close.

    The problem is religion.

  16. Pay somebody on Ask Slashdot: Speeding Up Personal Anti-Spam Filters? · · Score: 1

    Unless it's a fun hobby for you, it makes much more sense to just pay for email and let somebody else to it. Personal email can be gotten for about $2/month.

  17. Re:Does it have to? on Skype: Has Microsoft's $8.5B Spending Paid Off Yet? Can It Ever? · · Score: 2

    You are obviously neither a CPA nor an MBA. The general rule of thumb is that an investment must have a ROI of less that 7 years max, and ideally under 3 years. Otherwise, you are much better off making a different investment choice with 8.5 Billion dolars.

    That's both absurd and wrong. What you said doesn't even make sense.

  18. Wouldn't buy one, don't need one on Google Breaks ChromeCast's Ability To Play Local Content · · Score: 1

    It's called an HDMI cable from my computer to my TV. Cheap, simple, and reliable.

  19. Re:Why the negativity for contractors? on How Companies Are Preparing For the IT Workforce Exodus · · Score: 1

    That's right. The contractors move up the ladder pretty quickly. The poor "perms" just sit there and rot on the vine.

  20. 'Thousands of you clearly want to own an Ubuntu phone and believe in our vision of convergence, and rest assured you won't have much longer to wait

    Huh? Well, they're not making one, because there isn't enough interest to make it worthwhile. Why would another company have different results?

  21. Re:What? on German Government Warns Windows 8 Is an Unacceptable Security Risk · · Score: 1

    I'm sorry, but the US government and Microsoft have pretty much demonstrated that they're not something you can trust.

    And the Chinese are? Unless you can design and fabricate your own chips, you have to trust somebody. I'll take Microsoft over the Chinese any day. But, to each their own.

  22. Re:What? on German Government Warns Windows 8 Is an Unacceptable Security Risk · · Score: 0

    because TPM has never been about the users ability to define their own trust

    When it comes to hardware, the only way to completely trust it is to go to where the chips are being manufactured, and study the entire design of each chip being used in whatever device you're worried about. As an individual that doesn't have the ability to examine the details of every chip and board in my gadgets, I'd much rather trust Microsoft than some generic Chinese chip maker.

  23. This doesn't make any sense. It's insecure because you can't NOT use TPM?

  24. Bad summary on How Oakland Is Turning Into an Art and Maker Mecca · · Score: 1

    The article is not about "a new advanced manufacturing hub". It's about a bunch of artists.

  25. Fox News got rid of commenting about a year ago from what I remember. I used to read the comments for fun, because they were the stupidest, most vile, hateful things I've ever found on the Internet.