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  1. Re:Fear it Iran on The US Navy's Railgun Program · · Score: 1

    Like Vietnam?

  2. Re:The debate is moot. on Designers Criticize Apple's User Interface For OS X and iOS · · Score: 1

    Hint: that's the 'pause' icon...

  3. Re:OS X is THE superior OS on Windows 7 Overtakes XP, OSX Struggles To Beat Vista · · Score: 1

    Complete BS. takes a couple of clicks to do it natively.

  4. Re:mmmmh HTML5? on Voyage to the ATX Hackerspace in Austin, Texas (Video) · · Score: 1

    Fortunately it crashed the Flash plugin in my browser, so no flash

  5. Re:I have seen SSDs used just to load the OS on Are SSD Accelerators Any Good? · · Score: 1

    Most drives have some amount of cells for wear-leveling and Idle garbage collection that are not available to the OS. Mine has 8GB. If it doesn't, just leave a couple GB of unpartionned space.

  6. Re:Hmm...Huh...? on Carriers Blame the iPhone For Data Caps and Increased Upgrade Fees · · Score: 1

    Won't work. Here in Canada we had only 3 major players (Rogers, Bell and Telus). The CRTC allowed new frequencies to be bet on *only* by new players. Guess what? the prices aren't lower, the new players just aligned their prices with Robellus. So instead of 3 players, we now have around 10 charging the same prices.

  7. Hooked one up today on Commodore 64 turns 30 · · Score: 1

    Hooked up one of my C64s to an old 27" TV. *STILL WORKS*. Even the ass-slow 1541 drives still work. Why is a 30-years old computer still working, yet I've had to recap 2 computers from 2005 and my home theater amp from 2003? The NES is still kicking too.

  8. Re:Game Nostalgia Thread on Commodore 64 turns 30 · · Score: 1

    Mission Impossible. Loved that game

  9. Not what I wrote. People tend to *rely* on safeties instead of driving safely. I've got ABS, so I can drive faster. I've got Traction Control so I can just floor it. I've got Stability Control, so I can get in that curve at twice the speed. That kind of stupid thing

  10. Just like cars that park themselves. IMO if you can't park your car, you have no business driving. Or people relying on ABS and Stability Control thingies...

  11. Re:Why not use heat sensors? on GM Working On Wi-Fi Direct-Equipped Cars To Detect Pedestrians and Cyclists · · Score: 1

    WRONG!

    You have absolutely no clue how RADAR works. It will detect stationary objects, just as cars do when they are equipped with parking sensors.

    Besides, if RADAR needed some kind of motion to work, let me give a a hint, the *car* itself is moving.

  12. Many times on Can a Regular Person Repair a Damaged Hard Drive? · · Score: 1

    1- Clicking Ultrastar in my IBM PC Server 330. Bought a similar model on eBay (altough standard SCSI, not SCA) and swapped the PCB.
    2- Blown PCB on a 80GB Seagate (thanks LaCIE). swapped PCB from an identical I had. Still in service.
    3- Stuck spindle on an old Conner, gently hit the desk with the drive, got the data.
    4- Freezer trick worked on an old Quantum.

    BUT, if the data is vital to your business, I suggest not messing around or use any recovery software. It will just make it harder (and more expensive) for data recovery companies to get your data back.

  13. Re:Quality and quantity on Is TV Over the 'Net Really Cheaper Than Cable? · · Score: 1

    Count yourself lucky. Here in Montreal, Cableco allows users a really big 50GB.

  14. Re:Perfect! on Ask Slashdot: How To Clean Up My Work Computer Before I Leave? · · Score: 1

    DoD wipe hasn't been necessary for years (I seriously doubt it ever was). A single pass will prevent *anyone* from reconstructing the data.
    They couldn't retrieve anything from the 18.5 minutes blank on the Nixon tapes, and that was analog media from the '70s. Data is way more dense today, especially on PMR drives. Delete the personal files, and use cipher to wipe free space.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_remanence#Feasibility_of_recovering_overwritten_data

  15. Matthew Inman on slashdot? on Flight 4590 Didn't Kill the Concorde; Costs Did · · Score: 1

    *it'd be like powering a stretch Hummer with dolphin blood*

    Kinda sounds like The Oatmeal...

  16. Re:Wifi on OS X Mountain Lion Out Tomorrow · · Score: 1

    No problem here. My netbook can connect to networks under OSX without any problem. Funny thing is sometimes XP has issues connecting to the same network, on the same hardware.

  17. Re:Was it taken out of context? on Gartner Analyst Retracts "Windows 8 Is Bad" Claim · · Score: 1

    My Graphite PowerMac G4 running Leopard (unsupported, i know) would disagree with that statement.

  18. Re:Standard connectors? LOL you wish! on Reports Say Apple Is Shrinking Its Docking Connector With iPhone 5 · · Score: 2

    Audio In, Audio Out, Video Out, Auto Power Off (depending on resistor value), Dock detection, and others...

      http://pinouts.ru/PortableDevices/ipod_pinout.shtml

  19. Re:Standard connectors? LOL you wish! on Reports Say Apple Is Shrinking Its Docking Connector With iPhone 5 · · Score: 1

    *sell the chargers separate and give the savings back to the consumer*

    That will never happen. They will remove the charger, but keep the extra profit.

  20. Re:There's a reason... on Just $10M Keeping "Red Neck Rocket Scientist" From Reaching Space · · Score: 1

    I'm pretty sure iOS and Android devices would qualify

  21. Re:Put stuff in sealed plastic cases? on Ask Slashdot: Storing Items In a Sealed Chest For 25 Years? · · Score: 1

    I'm pretty sure Flash memory won't hold data for that long

  22. Re:Content bundling on Canadians To Get Unbundled Cable TV Channels · · Score: 1

    Loved that show. (Sarah Dunsworth was yummy too)...

  23. Why the fsck ? on 2.4 Million Ontario Voters' Private Info Compromised · · Score: 1

    Why was that info on a USB stick (for one), and why wasn't that info protected?

  24. Re:Get ready on 12 Dead, 50 Injured at The Dark Knight Rises Showing In Colorado · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Aren't those doors supposed to be opened from the inside? Besides both articles mention he went in from the front.

    Where I live those doors are made of metal, so kicking it in (through the frame nonetheless) is not possible. My guess is something got quoted wrong...

  25. Re:Use a Lupo engine on Asking Slashdot: Converting an SUV Into an Hybrid Diesel-Electric? · · Score: 1

    Jeep Cherokee