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  1. Legitimate question... on RIM's Future Hangs On Developer Support For 'New BlackBerry' · · Score: 1

    What makes a Playbook a better choice than an Android tablet or an iPad? I know nothing about them.

  2. Re:Google:Let us know everything else about you on Google Drive Goes Live · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Wouldn't you encrypt your files before uploading them? I would.

  3. Re:Read the card... on Zuckerberg Made Instagram Deal Alone · · Score: 4, Insightful

    CEO and Majority Shareholder, bitch.

    Fixed that for you.

  4. Teller *does* speak frequently.... on Magician Suing For Copyright Over Magic Trick · · Score: 1

    ...you guys act like it's some big deal. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XP4_MuBugFo

  5. Re:"Don't be evil" on Twitter: 'We Promise To Not Be a Patent Troll' · · Score: 2

    More like Twitter is the *old* Google.

  6. Wait a minute! on Sergey Brin Says Facebook, Apple and Gov't Biggest Threats To Internet Freedom · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Those just happen to be his competitors! What a crazy coincidence!

  7. I disagree.... on How the Sinking of the Titanic Sparked a Century of Radio Improvements · · Score: 4, Funny

    I still hear Nickelback and Katy Perry on the radio.

  8. Re:Wrong on Matt Groening Reveals Springfield Is In His Home State of Oregon · · Score: 5, Funny

    I didn't realize the CREATOR of the show could make Oregon border Ohio, Maine, and Kentucky. I stand corrected.

  9. Wrong on Matt Groening Reveals Springfield Is In His Home State of Oregon · · Score: 5, Informative

    From Wikipedia... Due to the many contradictory statements regarding Springfield, it is impossible for the town to exist in any specific U.S. state. For example, in The Simpsons Movie, Ned Flanders tells Bart that Ohio, Nevada, Maine, and Kentucky all border Springfield's state. The city's unknown and unknowable geography is a recurring joke in the series; despite the "riddle wrapped in an enigma that is Springfield's location", Lisa Simpson states that "it's a bit of a mystery, yes. But if you look at the clues, you can figure it out." Episodes frequently make fun of the fact that Springfield's state is unidentifiable by adding further conflicting descriptions, obscuring onscreen map representations, and interrupting conversational references. The telephone area codes for Springfield are 636 (St. Charles County - Western St. Louis County, Missouri) and 939 (Puerto Rico). David Silverman has claimed that Springfield is in the fictional state of "North Takoma". This is substantiated by the state abbreviations NT and TA used within the show. However, this has never been officially confirmed in any canonical episode of The Simpsons or by other Simpsons producers.

  10. No, we are Anonymous Coward on Sony Projects Record Losses of $6.4 Billion · · Score: 1

    We do not fornicate.

  11. Re:BestBuy, why I hate you. on Best Buy CEO Brian Dunn Resigns After $1.7 Billion Loss · · Score: 1

    From first hand research, kids absolutely love best buy because its full of dvds and video games.

    When was the last time you were actually in a Best Buy? I was there last week and their selection of games, DVDs, Blu-Rays and especially CDs was dreadful. They used to have a great media section.

  12. Re:BestBuy, why I hate you. on Best Buy CEO Brian Dunn Resigns After $1.7 Billion Loss · · Score: 1

    2. My ears hurt after leaving your store. I think it might be the employee that is trying to sell dude over there a new 346" HDTV that has said HDTV set to where the volume has to rival any 747 that might also want to take off in your store. Literally I travel to BestBuy with earplugs.

    Amen. And it's just not that, it's the fact that they have every audio device in the store turned on full blast at the same time.

  13. List of Sony Chemical products... on Sony Slashes 10,000 Jobs · · Score: 4, Informative

    http://www.sonycid.jp/en/products/ (I'm sorry to post something informative rather than something bashing Sony and/or hilarious "jokes".)

  14. Is Slashdot broken today? on Facebook To Buy Instagram For $1 Billion · · Score: 5, Funny

    This news is from earlier today, not from last week. I'm worried that Slashdot may be abandoning its roots.

  15. Re:They are timeless and universal on How Las Vegas Missed Out on a Life-Sized Starship Enterprise · · Score: 1

    There's a Tower of Pisa in Vegas?

  16. Hasn't this been going on for a while? on Some Hotspot Operators Secretly Intercept, Insert Ads In Web Pages · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I don't think this is news. (Yes, I must be new here.....)

  17. Great! on Instagram Debuts On Android · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Now more people can post photos using those terrible filters!

  18. Re:Calling this a game of "Tron" is a stretch on Javascript Game of Tron In 226 Bytes · · Score: 1
    Let me get this straight. In order to be happy with all movies that came out recently, I had to like Tron?

    I'd love to hear an explanation of that logic.

  19. Re:Best Part is.. on What's Not To Like About New iPad? · · Score: 4, Funny

    Yes, but there are probably DOZENS of Linux users that agree with him!

  20. Everything Is Amazing And Nobody Is Happy on What's Not To Like About New iPad? · · Score: 4, Funny
  21. Calling this a game of "Tron" is a stretch on Javascript Game of Tron In 226 Bytes · · Score: 5, Insightful
    It should be called "Drawing-A-Line-In-A-Tiny-Black-Square-With-Terrible-Controls".

    Come to think of it, that might make a better movie than that last Tron.

  22. I can't wait for his remake of... on Michael Bay To Remake TMNT As Aliens · · Score: 4, Funny

    My Dinner With Andre. In 3-D.

  23. Re:Nahh on Connecticut Considers Digital Download Tax · · Score: 4, Insightful

    PayPal is.

  24. Re:Nahh on Connecticut Considers Digital Download Tax · · Score: 5, Informative

    PayPal is never a solution to anything.

  25. Re:Empty Rhetoric on Connecticut Considers Digital Download Tax · · Score: 1

    How *dare* you make sense here.