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  1. Re:Disaster on WD Builds High-Capacity, Helium-Filled HDDs · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yes yes, you have to watch out for that non explosive helium.

  2. Cost of making binders on FAA Permits American Airlines To Use iPads In Cockpit "In All Phases of Flight" · · Score: 1

    Think of how much they are going to save now that they don't have to produce the binders. I'm sure that it costs a lot to produce 35 pounds of paper materials. And how often do they have to reproduce them. It will cost less then the price of the iPads in a few years.

  3. Do we know how to drive on it? on Texas Opens Fastest US Highway With 85 MPH Limit · · Score: 1

    Do we understand how to dive on a road with a higher speed limit? I think that the rule of stay right, pass left is much more important with speeds like this. Another question I have is, are the on and off ramps long enough to allow drivers to get to a speed where merging would be safe? I hate it when drivers try to merge on to a road with 70 MPH limit only going 50.

  4. Yeah on Some Players Want Day-1 DLC, Says BioWare · · Score: 1

    Yeah I want day one DLC but I dont want to pay for it. That shit should come with the game.

  5. I couldnt help myself on The Nice Guy At the World's Largest Weapons Expo · · Score: 1

    "Is it hot in Chad?"

  6. Kinda like flying on BART Defends Mobile Service Shutdown · · Score: 1

    Wasn't this whole situation kinda like flying. During take off and landing you are required to turn off all electronic devices, including your cellphones. The reason for this is to prevent interference with the plane's electronics, which could be life threatening. If their goal was to prevent deadly riots I believe that they are within their rights to turn off a service.

    If BART really wanted to they could end the contracts with the communication companies and then you wouldn't be able to use your cellphones down there anyways.

  7. This needs some research on Ask Slashdot: Store Umbilical Cord Blood — and If So, Where? · · Score: 1

    This is kinda intriguing to me. I wonder where the technology is going to be in the next 5 years.

    Also there are a lot of claims being made on this tread that are in favor, against, and for alternatives. I really think that we need to be posting links not only to educate ourselves and others but also to help our future parents make the proper choice for their child and their family.

  8. Only a year on 24-Year-Old Asks Facebook For His Data, Gets 1,200 PDFs · · Score: 1

    Everyone that Facebook keeps data. Its obvious that they do. The thing that astonishes me is the amount of data collected from one person over one year.

    Now Ive had my account with Facebook for several years. How much data do they have on me. Im actually interested in finding out.

  9. Re:Why wait? on New Algorithm Could Substantially Speed Up MRI Scans · · Score: 1

    I think that its astonishing that has made a big impact on our lives and hardly no one know how they work. I know the work on magnets, (some kind of magic) but other then that I have no clue how they work. I thought that the time that they take was simply because of a hardware limitation. If you want a better image then they take longer.

    Thank you for you insight

  10. Misconseption on Is the Maker Movement Making It Cool For Kids To Be Nerds? · · Score: 1

    Making something accessible doesn't necessarily make it cool.

    Radio shack stocking arduinos doesn't mean much. Does them caring it make it more accessible, I would beg to differ. I personally think Amazon dose make things more accessible

  11. Oxymoron on Razer Announces Dedicated Gaming Laptop · · Score: 1

    Gaming is not an adjective to describe a laptop. Anyone that is willing to spend that much for a gaming computer, they will build their own desktop that would put their laptop to shame.

  12. Re:Just entered my local gamestop. on GameStop Opening Deus Ex Boxes, Removing Free Game Coupon · · Score: 1

    Thank you for doing that. I was considering doing that myself just to see.

  13. Ridiculous on GameStop Opening Deus Ex Boxes, Removing Free Game Coupon · · Score: 1

    Its pretty easy to get any computer software. Dues ex is already on torrents. The Key is what you have to pay for. Someone has opened the package and scene the key.

    Now I get home and try to install and find my key has already been used. I call up Square Enix and tell them that i bought it at game stop. I think that gamestop will have a few irate customers and a pissed off manufacture

  14. Cool! on Ticketmaster Lets You Sit With Facebook Friends · · Score: 3, Insightful

    ...But I'm going to book my tickets with the friends I want to sit with. I could just imagine that one awkward person on your friends list coming and sitting next to you.

  15. Re:How archaic on United Pilots To Use iPads For Navigation · · Score: 1

    Sure, a computer will be able to fly from point A to point B with no problem. But what happens at the most critical moments, at take off and landing. A computer would not be able to handle the decisions that must be made at these moments. Also what happens when an air port shuts down for some reason.

    Ill take my human pilot.

  16. Re:iPad taking off on United Pilots To Use iPads For Navigation · · Score: 1

    I am serious... and don't call me Shirley.

  17. Using Headrests on Car Makers Explore EEG Headrests · · Score: 1

    How many people rest their heads against headrests. I know I never use it no matter what car I am driving.

    So how effective will be to put an EEG in the headrest if you head never touches it.

  18. Not for long on iOS 4.3.4 Prevents Hacking and Jailbreaking · · Score: 0

    I'll give them a week and a half of being unjailbreakable... Its going to happen

  19. Re:Great day for struggling artists! on LimeWire Settles For $105 Million · · Score: 0

    Yea... That $105M is probably going to disappear just like every other copyright lawsuit

  20. Re:question on streamers on LimeWire Settles For $105 Million · · Score: 0

    I just want to back up information, as well as clear it up a little bit. Pandora pays around 19/100 cent per song played. So there is a royalty fee assessed and it is said to be twice as much as satellite radio. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/18/AR2008081801525.html

  21. Re:question on streamers on LimeWire Settles For $105 Million · · Score: 0

    Well Pandora has to pay for every song that is played and i would assume that other services have to pay as well. They collect their funds to do so via advertising.

    My question is how are such streaming services preventing people from copping the stream. Pandora has a desktop app and im sure that someone has tried to write code to copy the stream as well as include all of the song info (Title, artist, album, ect.)

  22. Re:And this is a surprise? on Win 7's Malware Infection Rate Climbs, XP's Falls · · Score: 0

    dido

  23. Side note on White House Explains Transport-Energy Future · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I just want to put it out there that this energy crises that we are having has as much to do with our habits as it does with the conflict in the middle east. We are stuck in a rut with our large cars. How many of you can fill up for under $40 and have that last for the month. We need start to drive smaller cars. You will find that your wallet will stop hurting as much.

    Im not saying that we all have to go out and buy a hybrid or electric vehicle. I would caution against it. It is still expensive to manufacture those batteries and i dont think that the technology isn't there yet. Wait a few years.

    Just as a tip for saving money, don't drive as much. Carpool, dust off that old bike in your garage, take the bus or train, even walk. These are all alternate modes of transportation and are a lot cheaper then driving. I personally make the effort to ride my bike more miles then I drive in a week and as a result i can fill up about once a month.

  24. Re:Hard to even submit MS bugs. on Does Microsoft Need Bug Bounties? · · Score: 0

    They almost would. Just imagine how many error reports they get. I really wouldn't want to deal with all of that.

    And then think of how much they have to spend on creating updates to fix the bugs. I don't know about you, but I just installed 7 of them for various things.

  25. Development on Nintendo Chief: Consumers Don't Understand 3DS Yet · · Score: 0

    Im still waiting on the developmental studies on the effects of 3D.I personally have been against 3D from the start and am proud to say that i have never scene a 3D movie