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  1. Re:They are only the best rated TVs... on Panasonic Announces an End To Plasma TVs In March · · Score: 1

    Plasmas also suck more power and spit it back out as heat.

  2. Re:45 years ago... on 5-Year Mission Continues After 45-Year Hiatus · · Score: 1

    In other words, it's best to ignore TNG et al, since they depart drastically from TOS.

    That, and of course the Wil Wheaton factor.

  3. Re:Didn't they learn from Microsoft? on Firefox's Blocked-By-Default Java Isn't Going Down Well · · Score: 1

    The video console redirection provided by any service processor I've worked with: HP iLO, Sun/Oracle ILOM, IBM IMM, Dell DRAC.

  4. Re: Help us Google Fiber! You're our only hope. on Top US Lobbyist Wants Broadband Data Caps · · Score: 1

    And, have you priced a pair of ASR 9922's lately?

  5. Re: Bullshit we won't notice on Redesigned Seats Let Airlines Squeeze In More Passengers · · Score: 1

    You get preferential treatment at every other point in your lives, especially the bedroom, so sure I'm totally down with you paying twice as much.

  6. Re:vs gasoline cars on Tesla Model S Catches Fire: Is This Tesla's 'Toyota' Moment? · · Score: 1

    This was one reason to not drive a 1977 Thunderbird. Two or three of those spontaneously exploded in every episode of Charlie's Angels.

  7. Re:competition on The Next Big Fiber Showdown: Austin · · Score: 1

    So the city contracts with a company for trash service. How do you jump from there to "trucks from multiple companies"???

  8. Re:Finally I can start flying again on FAA May Let You Use Electronic Devices During Airplane Takeoff and Landing Soon · · Score: 1

    The GP clearly has never flown with a tired autistic 4 year old either. The only thing that makes flying possible with my son is being able to keep him occupied with his iPad or our phones. You really can't undervalue not having a pair of 20 minute meltdowns per flight, for him, for us, and for the other passengers. And for those who are not familiar with meltdowns, it's a whole different ballgame compared to an NT kid tantrum.

  9. Re:How is this news? on How Amateurs Destroyed the Professional Music Business · · Score: 1

    My understanding is that the real problem with Beta was that Sony wouldn't license it, while VHS was widely licensed. Even after Beta fixed the length issue.

  10. Re:technology vs. quality on How Amateurs Destroyed the Professional Music Business · · Score: 1

    people want to listen to awesome things! they don't want to pay for sucky things!

    ... and yet Billy Joel and Lady Gaga have had careers.

  11. Re:Really? on Student Arrested For Using Phone App To 'Shoot' Classmates · · Score: 1

    Yes! We should punish children for having an imagination that does not conform to the acceptably Politically Correct norm!

    That policy has been in place for decades: it's known as gym class, or if you're from some weird part of the country, "PE".

  12. Re:Start your own provider? on Ask Slashdot: How Do You Fight Usage Caps? · · Score: 1

    My (cable) ISP in the US had a 300 GB cap but there was no option to move to a higher cap if I needed it (other than to get a business connection).

    Would that be so bad? My business-class connection is not outrageous.

  13. Re:But neverletheless... on For Education, Why TI-83 > iPad · · Score: 1

    Indeed. My autistic 4 year old isn't going to be programing a TI-83 or his iPad, but one of them can teach him about words. Hint: it's not the TI.

  14. Re:Pseudoscience debunked? on Feds Seek Prison For Man Who Taught How To Beat a Polygraph · · Score: 1

    Of course they do. Colleges and businesses filter on IQ test performance

    The existence of athletic scholarships and employed vi users demonstrates otherwise.

  15. Re:the future on Skype: Has Microsoft's $8.5B Spending Paid Off Yet? Can It Ever? · · Score: 1

    Rule 34a?

  16. Re:I suspect he's wrong. on Neil deGrasse Tyson Says Private Business Will Not Open the Space Frontier · · Score: 1

    Articulate? I've mostly seen him being a pompous ass. Call me a baaad liberal if you like, but if he were Caucasian nobody would have ever heard of him.

  17. Re:Who says? on CoreText Font Rendering Bug Leads To iOS, OS X Exploit · · Score: 1

    Malware for mechanized dildo machines? Phear!

  18. Re:Does it do custom folders? on Calibre Version 1.0 Released After 7 Years of Development · · Score: 1

    Ebooks are what, a couple of meg each? My friggin *phone* could store tens of thousands, so I dunno what crack you're smoking.

  19. Re:Stop making this way too hard on Ask Slashdot: 4G Networking Advice For Large Outdoor Festival? · · Score: 1

    It seemed obvious to me that the need was for organizers. Do the math given the numbers mentioned, and figure out which would be feasible to dictate a carrier for: a) a small set of people working together or b) the general public. As for having AT&T provide WiFi, the OP presumably wants the connectivity to actually be usable.

  20. Re:I'm dissappointed on Researchers Discover Way To Spot Crappy Coffee · · Score: 1

    Let's see. Mainstream coffee: tastes like ass Civet-shit coffee: tastes like ass color me unimpressed

  21. Re:Free speech on Canadian Hotel Sues Guest For $95K Over Bad Review, Bed Bugs · · Score: 1

    ... if the guy can get enough lawyer muscle to see it through. In the US at least, describing what happened should be his right, if he told anyone to not check in because of it, that might be actionable. Like the shitstain pub across the street from me - the owner has threatened to call the cods if my 4 year old steps on the property to watch ceiling fans through the windows. I haven't told anyone to not give him business, but I relate what's happened.

  22. Re:It was a myth on Joining Lavabit Et Al, Groklaw Shuts Down Because of NSA Dragnet · · Score: 1

    I know an Australian guy who rants about the US and how much better it is in AU, yet he continues to live here

  23. Re:at some point... on The College-Loan Scandal · · Score: 1

    This makes the assumption that someone whose parent's don't work for Microsoft can get into the state university. But even so, tuition/rent/food are often going to be significantly more than a student can afford. I worked as many as 35 hours a week during college, and it did not do my grades any favors, and I still needed loans. At the time, going to a state university would have also meant learning tech 20 years outdated: FORTRAN on punchcards.

  24. Re:Call me old fashion on Samsung SSD 840 EVO 250GB & 1TB TLC NAND Drives Tested · · Score: 1

    ... and that the workload was write-only.

  25. Re:Rural internet at its best on Datacenter Gives Internet To 70 Percent of Navajo Nation · · Score: 1

    If I want to know something, there's a good chance that I can learn it on the internet. It used to be that I had to go to a library to find information, sort through a card catalog for books that sound like they'd fit what I'm looking for, /quote> ... then find that 40% of them had been stolen, and the rest were woefully out of date. While I revere the concept of libraries, the reality has often been disappointing.