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  1. Re:Hang on there on Disney Wants To Track You With RFID · · Score: 1

    Disney parks have had that feature for years, you book a time to come back to the more popular rides. You can only have one 'appointment' at any given time, though.

  2. If he's into his health and stuff... on Ask Slashdot: Gifts For a 90-Year-Old, Tech-Savvy Dad? · · Score: 4, Interesting

    http://www.indiegogo.com/misfitshine

    This is like the Fitbit but new and more durable, longer battery life etc. They don't ship until March but they're leading the CES Last Gadget Standing Contest right now. I got one for my mom and one for myself

  3. Re:huh? on Will Japan's New Government Restart the Nuclear Power Program? · · Score: 1

    TFA says they control two thirds of the seats, so I don't know what that's all about...

  4. Re:Now I have to use the gmail app on Google Nixes Some Calendar Features and Other Software Offerings · · Score: 1

    Have you tried them in the last week? They redid the whole app and it's pretty awesome now, multiple accounts and everything.

  5. Re:Not legal here. on Baltimore Issued Speed Camera Ticket To Motionless Car · · Score: 5, Funny

    My father was a lawyer, we used to go on road trips to fight the speeding ticket we got on the last road trip.

    My favourite defence was the calibration log. "Manual says it has to be calibrated at each shift, do you have records showing it was calibrated on the morning of _______? Nope? Thanks, have a nice day."

    And then we'd sit in the back and watch every other defendant use the same questions and get let off :)

  6. Re:Somebody's got to say it on 27 Reported Killed In Connecticut Elementary School Shooting · · Score: 1

    How about you just copy our (Canadian) gun laws then? This crap just doesn't happen here. If you get stopped with a gun, you better be going hunting, or to your local gun range, or else you're in big trouble.

  7. Re:Somebody's got to say it on 27 Reported Killed In Connecticut Elementary School Shooting · · Score: 1

    I didn't say impossible

  8. Re:Fahrenheit? on Cassini Discovers First River On Another World · · Score: 1

    That is the typical usage. I don't believe it's very accurate.

    I can call you a European since you live in Europe. Why can't I be an American because I live in the Americas?
    America is much bigger than the US of A

  9. Re:Somebody's got to say it on 27 Reported Killed In Connecticut Elementary School Shooting · · Score: 1

    You're a fucking moron if you think that's a sound argument. The usefulness of a computer far outweighs the possible bad outcomes, and it would be pretty hard to kill someone with malicious code.

  10. Re:Somebody's got to say it on 27 Reported Killed In Connecticut Elementary School Shooting · · Score: 1

    Second line, I meant fully-automatic rifle, not handgun. durr

  11. Re:Somebody's got to say it on 27 Reported Killed In Connecticut Elementary School Shooting · · Score: 4, Informative

    Well what the fuck do I know? I'm Canadian. I can't own or transport a registered handgun unless I belong to a shooting range. It's workin' out pretty good for us.

  12. Re:Somebody's got to say it on 27 Reported Killed In Connecticut Elementary School Shooting · · Score: 0

    Please show me the last time this happened with a handgun or hunting rifle?

    There's still no reason for someone to own an operational handgun.

    I agree you can never completely stop these sorts of things, but you can at least pretend you're trying.

  13. Re:Somebody's got to say it on 27 Reported Killed In Connecticut Elementary School Shooting · · Score: 2

    I won't pretend to know everything about guns, but I'll give it a shot.

    - No burst fire of any rate. You have to pull the trigger for each bullet
    - No high capacity clips. 5-10 rounds ought to take down any deer.
    - Only long-barrel rifles should be allowed, since that's all you need for hunting
    - I'm from Canada, I have no problem with not being able to carry around a handgun everywhere. I know that's going to be a bigger issue for the US so allow them for now. Everyone I know with a concealed carry permit is a responsible gun owner, it's probably not the worst idea.

    How's that sound?

  14. Re:Somebody's got to say it on 27 Reported Killed In Connecticut Elementary School Shooting · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I don't think banning all guns is necessarily the answer- if somebody really wants to kill someone they'll find a way. Automatic weapons, though, have no good reason to exist and should ABSOLUTELY be banned. It's insane that they are legal in the US.

  15. Re:Fahrenheit? on Cassini Discovers First River On Another World · · Score: 1

    Doh. Every ruler*

  16. Re:Fahrenheit? on Cassini Discovers First River On Another World · · Score: 2

    I've ruler I've ever owned does exactly that.

  17. Re:Fahrenheit? on Cassini Discovers First River On Another World · · Score: 1

    http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=USian

    I am Canadian. Canada is in North America, which makes up approximately half of the Americas. Therefore I am American. I do not use Fahrenheit.
    Fahrenheit is used in the United States of America, often referred to as 'The Unites States' or simply 'The US'. USian.

    Celsius neatly boxes what water regularly experiences between the values 0 and 100 while managing to have the freezing point of water at 0.

    See what I did there?

  18. Re:Fahrenheit? on Cassini Discovers First River On Another World · · Score: 1

    Ummm.... nope? Celsius is much more useful than Fahrenheit in virtually every application, and as far as I know only you USians still use it.

  19. Re:Arrgh! Where's my 16:10 on LG Introduces Monitor With 21:9 Aspect Ratio · · Score: 1

    I got a 24" Dell IPS recently. It's 16:10, I couldn't be happier with it.

  20. Re:They didn't want to make same mistakes others d on iPhone Finally Coming To T-Mobile In 2013 · · Score: 1

    It might not be 100% as awesome, but at half the price I think you'd have a hard time convincing the average person of that

  21. Re:They didn't want to make same mistakes others d on iPhone Finally Coming To T-Mobile In 2013 · · Score: 1

    Somebody hasn't heard of the flagship, $300 unlocked, Nexus 4

  22. Re:You idiots on Hit Game Makes £52 In First Week On Windows RT · · Score: 1

    I don't know about you but I'm snagging a Nexus 4 as soon as I can :) at $300 unlocked, it's a steal. I haven't touched my iPad 2 since buying the Nexus 7, either, so I think that's going on Craigslist, maybe to be replaced by the Nexus 10. Android is finally grown up, if you ask me.

  23. Re:You idiots on Hit Game Makes £52 In First Week On Windows RT · · Score: 1

    Exactly, I think I will do a search for the developer's site before I buy any more

  24. Re:You idiots on Hit Game Makes £52 In First Week On Windows RT · · Score: 1

    I honestly haven't played it enough yet to answer that, and a quick Google didn't either.

    I don't mind if they, for instance, sell you a fast car to help you advance faster, as long as you could get to the exact same place eventually by playing normally

  25. Re:You idiots on Hit Game Makes £52 In First Week On Windows RT · · Score: 1

    The price differences platform-to-platform of the app in your signature is pretty interesting, care to explain why you chose those prices?