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  1. Re:Start Button in 8.1 is useless. on Microsoft Reacts To Feedback But Did They Get Windows 8.1 Right? · · Score: 1

    THIS...

    That's why I'm using an old clicky without that key.

  2. Re:What, no computer fraud? on US Charges Edward Snowden With Espionage · · Score: 1

    Just charge him with torrenting, he's gonna have a bigger sentence.

  3. Re:reclaim their original battery? on Tesla To Build Its Own Battery-Swap Stations · · Score: 1

    No it's not.

    Japanese cars mostly have them on the right side, because in Japan that's the driver's side.

    American cars have them on the left side, unless it's a captive import.

  4. LED is not the problem on Ask Slashdot: Does LED Backlight PWM Drive You Crazy? · · Score: 1

    GLOSSY bothers me more. Too much reflection, not even talking about fingerprints. In a way, a glossy screen is going back to a cheap CRT.

  5. Re:Wi-Fi toothpick on Wi-Fi Light Bulbs Shipping Soon · · Score: 1

    Never heard of solid state relays? I think I've something called a Triac, or maybe it was called a SCR ?

  6. Won't work on Ask Slashdot: How To Bypass Gov't Spying On Cellphones? · · Score: 1

    Try to have that phone approved by the FCC (or whatever equivalent entity in other countries)

  7. Easy to disprove. on Snowden Is Lying, Say House Intelligence Committee Leaders · · Score: 1

    He just has to release the info he has. (after blanking the names of course)

    What worries me is our current Prime Sinister probably agrees with that kind of spying, and wouldn't be surprised if Canada is already doing the same thing.

  8. Re:because desktop linux is a toy and novelty on What Keeps You On (or Off) Windows in 2013? · · Score: 1

    "Metro, is a good reason to switch to Linux."

    Or Mac. I'm using all three of them, and I'm always rebooting in XP/7 for games, but i will *never* use 8

  9. Re:Wtf did you need a "well-specced PC" for Joust? on Retro Gaming With Raspberry Pi · · Score: 1

    I *seriously* doubt that, since they were using about the same processor. (6510 at around 1Mhz for the 64, scaled-down 6502 for the 2600 (6507) running at the same speed.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/6507

    Heck, even the processor in the 1541 was a real 6502.

  10. More important things to do on Mozilla Plans Major Design Overhaul With Firefox 25 Release In October · · Score: 1

    Such as fixing the fact that it has a tendency to peg the CPU while loading pages? with multi-core machines, there's no reason why it should lag my computer while waiting for a page to download. TCP/IP isn't that hard on a cpu.

    They are *way* more important things to fix than try to be another Chrome.

  11. Re:XML? on Vint Cerf: Data That's Here Today May Be Gone Tomorrow · · Score: 1

    The problem is not just related to the format, but the medium it's stored on. I can still read C64 floppies because I have some drives, but everything I have for my Apple ][ is considered lost until I find both a drive and a working machine.

  12. Re:Not the right tool for the job... on Pi to Go: Hot Raspberry Pi DIY Mini Desktop PC Project · · Score: 1

    Agreed...

    Call me old school, but I prefer to at least have the option. Not every hardware has HDMI and SPDIF or AC3.

  13. Re:Why are people trying to "experience" this? on Salvaging E.T. In Software, Instead of New Mexico · · Score: 1

    An emulator isn't the same thing. When I turn on my NES, I use the original controllers and gun with a device those games were designed for, a CRT TV. Same goes for my C64. It's about the experience, the ritual, like pulling out a record from its sleeve, put it on the platter and gently lower the needle.

  14. Re:Almost no point in them on Montreal Union Wants a Camera On Every Policeman's Uniform · · Score: 1

    SO? It's not like they will be charged with anything. In most cases, the officers are always found not guilty.

  15. Re:Transactional Memory support on Intel Haswell CPUs Debut, Put To the Test · · Score: 2

    I'm pretty sure if AMD would bring out something to be competitive, Intel would find a way to come out with faster processors, just like they did when the original Athlon kicked ass. Suddenly they were able to manufactures processors that were'nt just 33Mhz faster than the previous ones.

  16. Re:Jeeze, Now I have to support the UN? on UN Debates Rules Surrounding Killer Robots · · Score: 1

    I have more faith in a machine than most people in power.

  17. Re:Compute! Magazine on How Did You Learn How To Program? · · Score: 1

    Amen to that...

    Started on my dad's Apple ][ clone, but when I finally bought my own C64, I was buying Compute's Gazette almost every month.

  18. Even as I am saddened, on Criminal Complaint Filed Against Facebook After Girl's Death · · Score: 1

    How the fuck can a social website be held responsible for what people share, especially in another country?

  19. Two words...

    Steven Harper

  20. Re:Well yes... on US Entertainment Industry To Congress: Make It Legal For Us To Deploy Rootkits · · Score: 1

    The reason they didn't sell Bluray drives is the same their machines don't even have a DVD drive anymore. They want people to buy content, not just play it. Speaking of DVD drives, their DVD recorder only works on some of their machines, not even their old stuff (iMac G5 I'm looking at you). They added code to OSX so it wouldn't boot on Atom machines, they prevented their OS from installing on older machines (even if they were perfectly capable of running the newer version), and yes, I'm typing this on a Mac...

  21. Re:Surprise is that this doesn't happen already on US Entertainment Industry To Congress: Make It Legal For Us To Deploy Rootkits · · Score: 1

    Steam does NOT run as root.

  22. How is that even allowed to happen? on Microsoft Files Dispute Against Current Owner of XboxOne.com · · Score: 2, Interesting

    The guy registered a domain name *2* years ago, probably even before MS would look for a name for their upcoming console. This is just another (yet) case of a big company using its legal weight against the small people.

  23. Re:amazingly slow...and awesome on Opportunity Breaks NASA's 40-Year Roving Record · · Score: 2

    Even with incredibly dirty laundry, I doubt a washing machine operates in the same kind of harsh and hostile environment :)

  24. Seriously? on Newegg Defeats Alcatel-Lucent in Third Patent Win This Year · · Score: 2

    They really need to stop granting patents to generic and vague stuff. Besides, the stuff in that patent was done decades before Amazon even existed.

  25. Re:Only 254 bytes? on Interactive Raycaster For the Commodore 64 Under 256 Bytes · · Score: 1