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  1. Re:Truly unlimited over here on AT&T Starts Throttling Heavy Wireless Data Users · · Score: 1

    This is a mostly artificial limit brought on by a monopolistic market, and anyone who thinks differently has probably never been outside of the states.

    I have to edit that last statement to say never been outside North America. Sadly Canada has the same problem, lack of carriers and preposterous pricing plans (none of them unlimited)

  2. Re:roflcoptor on Another Unreleased iPhone Lost by Employee In a Bar · · Score: 1

    Wonder if it gets any service.

    Only if you hold it correctly. ;-)

    you should ask Apple for a free sleeve to make sure it does :)

  3. Oh Goody... on HP Spinning Off WebOS and Exiting Hardware Business · · Score: 1
    Because their software is soooo good to begin with...

    Break out the champagne!

    /sarcasm

  4. Re:10 billion on Over 10B Social Network Accounts Created Already · · Score: 1

    Four billion of which are Twitter spam bots.

    I think you might have set the bar a little low... :)

  5. License Keys on FBI Wants You To Solve Encrypted Notes From Murder · · Score: 1

    For Microsoft Office suite of products That is what they look like to me.

  6. Response Form Steve Jobs: on 2011 MacBook Pros Confirmed To Crash Under Load · · Score: 1
    To the users of the newest MacBook - We have recognized the issue and like all laptop manufacturers this isn't just a MacBook problem; every manufacturer has this issue. We suggest using the MacBook differently, if you are having a problem under load, don't load your MacBook.

    Problem solved.

  7. Re:I'm really getting tired of all this.. on Judge Allows Subpoenas For GeoHot YouTube Viewers, Blog Visitors · · Score: 1

    I joined the ABS club years ago... Anything But Sony. I'm not upset about my decision at all. As a consumer I have the power to decide where to spend my money. I choose ABS

  8. I can hear Nelson Muntz now on Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook Page Hacked · · Score: 1

    Ha Ha. How appropriate

  9. Seriously... Life changing? on The Beatles On iTunes · · Score: 1
    Okay for the last time, can anybody tell me how to block Apple stories from Slashdot in My Preferences? I've tried everything, including:

    changing the settings
    logging in and out (I even tried turning it off and then on again...)
    sacrificing my first born
    If this is the kind of stories I get from Apple Tag, I don't need em.

  10. Re:Authorities inform involved computer users on Bredolab Botnet Taken Down · · Score: 1
    Doesn't it seem odd that we tell users: "NEVER click on a link from an unknown source." and yet that is exactly what this warning is telling us.

    I get that they are trying to warn the users but it seems ironic that they are saying " you are infected. click here to find out more." that is probably what got the user in trouble in the first place.

    Not saying I have a better solution... I have no idea but I guess something is better than nothing.

  11. Re:Always been expensive on Game Prices — a Historical Perspective · · Score: 1
    I had mod points but needed to say it, I distinctly remember my dad cringing when he bought us Stampede! by activision for the Atari 2600. total cost = $59.99. In 1981 My mom and dad back then were well off, but when I think nowadays with my wage buying games for my family (Wii games) and spending the same amount, I can't help but think we might have been getting ripped off back then.

    Times have changed, games are a dime a dozen and the magic of 'electronic games' is gone. thus people's perceived values of what they should cost (comparing it to the sweat shop goods you can get at Walmart) is that the games are expensive.

  12. Re:My solution on Could Anti-Texting Laws Make Roads More Dangerous? · · Score: 1
    Good idea.

    My thoughts were a jammer while the car is in drive (even stopped with brakes applied) to every car. ( I Know its illegal to jam... keep an open mind) then your idea with the pillory idea (call this number if you see this moron texting) because two things are obvious:

    One: they found a way to beat the system
    Two they are too stupid to be given a license to Drive

  13. Re:Insult to injury, the updater SUCKS on New Adobe PDF Zero-Day Under Attack · · Score: 1

    You are forgetting #5: It requires you to restart after every update. As an ex-field tech, nothing frustrated me more than updating acrobat or reader several times with several restarts. Really? everytime???

  14. You get what you pay for on Facebook Post Juror Gets Fined, Removed, Assigned Homework · · Score: 3, Interesting

    My Grandpa used to say: "You pay peanuts, you get monkeys".

    Sadly that is what the juror system has become.

  15. gonna take a long time... on Sony's Blue-Violet Laser the Future Blu-ray? · · Score: 1

    to download these files on bit torrent... :(

  16. Re:Engadget's Page Refesh = Awesome on Apple Offers Free Cases To Solve iPhone 4 Antenna Problems · · Score: 1

    This must be default behaviour on Endgadget... This is the main reason I never go to that site.Or any site that does this for that matter. I hate getting half way through an article with pictures only to have to find where I left off when I got rudely interrupted.

    I do have ABP installed and it didn't seem to help unless I'm doing it wrong (as usual)

  17. Who needs a blimp on Oil-Spotting Blimp Arrives In the Gulf · · Score: 0

    To see the oil. Its all over the shore. Waste of money.

  18. Re:New slogan? on ThinkGeek's Best Ever Cease-and-Desist Letter · · Score: 4, Funny

    Actually, in Saskatchewan the Pork Producers came up with This slogan:

    "Pork. The one you love!"

    Unfortunately, they forgot the period on the signs they marketed all over the province...

  19. Re:Again...Who cares on For Normals, Jobs' "Retina Display" Claim May Be Fair After All · · Score: 1

    I did edit my preferences but they still seem to pop up. Maybe I'm doing it wrong... :)

  20. Again...Who cares on For Normals, Jobs' "Retina Display" Claim May Be Fair After All · · Score: 1

    I mean one story is really too much on the topic. Isn't there anything more interesting out there in the world not focused on the iPhone's capabilities? Sheesh.

  21. Re:How responsive? on Timberwolf (a.k.a. Firefox) Alpha 1 For AmigaOS · · Score: 3, Funny

    I think you answered your own question...

  22. Re:I'm betting on McDonald's, Cadmium, and Thermo Electron Niton Guns · · Score: 1

    Couldn't be China, This wasn't LEAD or melamine they found... :)

  23. Sharpie would give more detail on The Genius of the Lego Printer · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Let's improve on this by adding a fine point marker! :)

  24. Naughty bits on FTC Targets Copy Machine Privacy Concerns · · Score: 1

    All that would be stored on these HDD in the machines are pictures of peoples naughty bits anyways. Isn't that what people use copiers for?

  25. Batteries not included on Will Game Cartridges Make a Comeback? · · Score: 1

    As long as they don't come with those annoying "battery memory" thingies that went dead and then you couldn't save your game anymore. Man I hated that...

    Ruined a perfectly good game of Might an Magic on my Genesis :(