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  1. Re:Non-social uses not affected on Google Reader's Social Features Merging With Google+ · · Score: 1

    I didn't know that. Finally found it buried in the settings. Thanks!

  2. Re:Non-social uses not affected on Google Reader's Social Features Merging With Google+ · · Score: 2

    Exactly. And from here:

    And in addition to Google+, you'll still be able to share to almost any service using Send To.

    It sounds like they may give you ways to share to Twitter and Facebook.

  3. Re:Simple test to detect liars in a fourm on Gnarly Programming Challenges Help Recruit Coders · · Score: 1

    LIES!

  4. xkcd on Gnarly Programming Challenges Help Recruit Coders · · Score: 1

    obligatory xkcd

  5. Re:Your Siri will outlive you on Will Apple Let Siri and Apps Connect? · · Score: 1

    When Siri integrates with Slashdot, that will be my first test phrase.

  6. humble bundle on The Games Programmers Play · · Score: 1

    Frozen Synapse and SpaceChem? What a coincidence! Both are part of the latest Humble Bundle! I wonder if the anonymous submitter knew that...

  7. version clusterfck on Teach Your Router New Tricks With DD-WRT · · Score: 1

    My experience with DD-WRT for the WRT54GL has been less than optimal. After much tinkering it's stable with the features I want, but it took quite some effort.

    If you're considering installing DD-WRT, know that there's a good chance that the "stable" version listed on the main site is probably not your best bet, nor is whatever the router database suggests. Instead, hit up the forums, find the relevant forum for your hardware, read all the way through the sticky posts marked "READ ME" (in the case of WRT54GL the "peacock thread") and if you still feel like going for it, then by all means do.

  8. Re:Why Do Anything? on Drunken Parrot Season Starts in Australia · · Score: 1

    Damn hipster parrots ruining it for the truly original crowd by making it mainstream.

  9. Re:Why no sound? on New Images of Tumbling US Satellite From Theirry Legaullt · · Score: 2

    It's far away. The sound comes later.

  10. Split on Netflix Creates Qwikster For DVD Only Business · · Score: 1

    Oh Netflix. Don't they know that you should never split the party?

  11. Re:Gibberish - wrapped up as geekspeak on Type Safety Coming To DB Queries · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    If you're on Slashdot, you shouldn't need a link to tell you what Rogue-like means.

  12. one step at a time on Ask Slashdot: Best Programs To Learn From? · · Score: 2

    1. Find a program that interests you.
    2. Find something you want to change about it.
    3. Hack away.
    4. Find a different program that interests you.
    5. Goto 2.

    Trying to understand all of the code in a large project may be an impossible task, and it's frequently not necessary if you just want to make a simple change.

    how programming works in the real world

    There is no such thing. Each project will have its own structure and idiosyncrasies, and even after looking at 10 of them you will only understand those 10, not "the real world" in general.

  13. Re:UFIV == Rape? Yes! on TSA Groper Files Suit Against Blogger · · Score: 1

    Now that's criminal!

  14. Re:Personal-interest notes on GlobalSign Suspends Issuance of SSL Certificates · · Score: 1

    And highlighting how frequently stories come from a first-time submitter might spur would-be submitters to get off their ass and try for their 5 minutes of slashdot fame.

  15. Re:Hemos Says: "So Long, and Thanks For All The Fi on Rob "CmdrTaco" Malda Resigns From Slashdot · · Score: 1

    Thanks for the fun

    You must be old here.

  16. Last words on Mars Rover Opportunity Set To Roll Into Its Ultimate Crater · · Score: 2

    Opportunity's last transmission:

    Wheeeeeeeee!!!

  17. Re:split zoning on The Mathematics of Lawn Mowing · · Score: 1

    This is my method as well, for the same reasons.

    However I do feel like taking "minimize turns" to the extreme would be even more efficient. Starting at the outer edge and going inward in more or less a spiral should eliminate turns completely. You just end up with an odd pattern for your neighbors to talk about.

  18. Real guitar on Activision Trying To 'Reinvent' Guitar Hero · · Score: 1

    For those who've moved on from Guitar Hero to a real guitar, it's worth checking out JamOrigin and keeping an eye on Rocksmith.

  19. Re:My favourite silly one is houses on Predictions of the Future...From the 1960s · · Score: 1

    so you don't have to carry your purchases through the whole house

    For that reason, the kitchen should be close to the garage. Where the garage is in relation to the front door depends on other factors.

  20. Re:Gibson's Password Haystacks on The Science of Password Selection · · Score: 1

    If you read Gibson's page, he advocates using padding together with using at least one lowercase, uppercase, number, and symbol. His example password is "D0g.....................", which would fall in your "good enough" category.

  21. 1 week on Ask Slashdot: Mobile Data In Canada For a US Citizen? · · Score: 0

    1 week? Get a notebook, a pencil, and an extra memory card for your camera. Spend as much time as possible enjoying your short trip, and worry about the things you "need" when you get back.

  22. wow on New FBI Operations Manual Increases Surveillance · · Score: 4, Funny

    0 comments, because they're watching

  23. Wallace and Gromit on Ask Slashdot: Best Adventure Game To Start With? · · Score: 1

    If by Adventure game you mean point-and-click Adventure (and if you do not, how dare you soil the term "Adventure"!), then I would recommend the Wallace and Gromit series from Telltale. Solid think-hard adventuring with fun quirky logic and completely kid-friendly.

    If you're ok with something less kid-friendly, the Monkey Island series is awesome. My (very) young one loved helping me play Monkey Island 4, but there were times I wondered if it wasn't a bit too gritty for her. I tried firing up version 1 and 2, but the graphics and lack of voice acting put her off.

    Day of the Tentacle is superb, but requires solid adventuring skills because the puzzles are quite out there.

  24. Re:Kinda obvious on Smart Pajamas Monitor Patients With Sleep Disorder · · Score: 2

    I wonder if it can detect wet dreams too...

    Regular pajamas can do that.

  25. Re:Sleep Cycle on Smart Pajamas Monitor Patients With Sleep Disorder · · Score: 1

    Good luck if you have [something other than a person or a cat] that occasionally climbs on the bed.

    Good luck indeed.