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  1. Re:More importantly on Google+ Opens To Businesses With 'Pages' · · Score: 1

    They don't make you. You're welcome to type out or click the ridiculously long URL. It was asked why there wasn't a shortcut. There is.

  2. Re:More importantly on Google+ Opens To Businesses With 'Pages' · · Score: 1

    Firefox 7.0.1 on OSX works fine. Also logged into google account.

  3. Re:More importantly on Google+ Opens To Businesses With 'Pages' · · Score: 1

    Did you change your search engine to Bing?

  4. Re:How do you protect your mobile phone on Ask Slashdot: How Do You Protect Data On Android? · · Score: 1

    Have the screen lock, like my Android does.

  5. Re:for end users, a tangible benefit is obvious to on Google Announces Google CDN · · Score: 1

    Or you could actually look up how a CDN works.

    Instead of cutting out bytes, they serve content from geographically closer servers. This allows lower latency, and distributed load, with means faster page loads and better response to the end user.

  6. Re:Uh, unless you're a programmer... on Microsoft Counts Down To XP Death · · Score: 1

    That would be patches, not support. When is the last time you called Microsoft for support on your desktop OS? Much more common is the trip to Geek Squad to run you $200 for them to "optimize your registry".

  7. Re:I like paying taxes on Need a Receipt On Taxes? The Federal Tax Receipt · · Score: 2

    OCP had no problem with running the police...

  8. Re:Of course they are. on High Performance Gaming Mice Don't Perform · · Score: 1

    I have to agree as well. I'm still using my original Logitech wireless keyboard. First wireless keyboard and mouse combo. Can't even count the number of hours I've spend on it, but I've had it since late 2002/early 2003. I have switched the mouse since then, as I wanted more than 2 buttons and a scroll wheel, but it lasted several years until replacement. Considering switching the keyboard on my main computer with a new one, but I can never find a reason to other than "shiny!". So, I still use the old one, and it works great. Headsets are all pretty decent, and the speakers are logitechs from about 2003 as well. Can't find a complaint about them, myself.

  9. Re:Change on iPad 2 Forces Samsung To Reevaluate Galaxy Tab · · Score: 1
  10. Re:May not be practical on Talking To Computers? · · Score: 1

    Compare audio output to audio input to verify that the system is not listening to itself. Doesn't fix multiple systems, but it does solve the single-system issue.

  11. Re:Time heals all trends on Talking To Computers? · · Score: 1

    Ford Sync. I have it in my car, and it does exactly this. One key press, then I tell it what I want.

  12. Re:Great for middle-class employed people. on Obama's Goal: 98% of US Covered By 4G · · Score: 1

    I'm sure that being charged by the minute would work extremely well for a dial-up internet customer.

  13. Re:sounds sweet on DreamPlug ARM Box Brings Power To Plug Computing · · Score: 1

    Mikrotik RB750 or RB493. 5 Port or 9 Port firewall / router.

  14. Re:Misconceptions on Netflix Compares ISP Streaming Performance · · Score: 1

    Can't post numbers without violating my NDA, but I work for a small wISP, and I assure you that the margin per customer is relatively small by percentage.

  15. Re:Misconceptions on Netflix Compares ISP Streaming Performance · · Score: 1

    Hardware and distribution costs. DSLAMs cost money. People to answer the phones cost money. Expanding service costs money. The backhauls to the COs cost money. In the example ~ 10-12% of the cost goes to the bandwidth. Most of the rest is taken by other parts of delivery. Margin on that would be quite slim as it is. So it's greed to not want to lose money on a product?

  16. Re:These systems which preach safety and security. on Ford Building Cars That Talk To Other Cars · · Score: 1

    I've put 67000 miles on my Focus in 2 years. No major maintenance due until 100,000. Change the oil every 5000-7500 miles. No problems to report so far, except a road rock knocking out my foglamp. Don't know what year model the two you had problems with were, but their newer vehicles are fantastic.

  17. Re:Do the Right Thing on Google Declines To Turn Over Harvested Wi-Fi Data · · Score: 1

    You're right. Let's get rid of the bars, clubs, and strip joints.

  18. Re:Compiling the kernel on The ~200 Line Linux Kernel Patch That Does Wonders · · Score: 1

    I would bet that once this becomes more widespread, Gnome and KDE at least will begin assigning TTY groups to applications, as now doing so has a purpose.

  19. Re:Little difference? on Scientists Propose One-Way Trips To Mars · · Score: 2, Funny

    Just host the game. Give everyone else the 20 minute ping.

  20. Re:Lawsuit? on ITU Rules That WiMax, LTE Don't Qualify As 4G · · Score: 1

    Because they're not getting 4G?

  21. Re:Stability on Disc-Free Netflix Streaming Arrives For the PS3 and Wii · · Score: 1

    No reason for the Wii app to exist... except all those millions of homes that only have a Wii, and no PS3 or XBox 360. I mean really, why would NetFlix even bother to serve such a large market, anyways?

  22. Re:I wold love a car that drives itself... on Google Secretly Tests Autonomous Cars In Traffic · · Score: 1

    Except that if you read the article, you'd see that the person wasn't remote. They were in the driver's and passenger's seats of the vehicle.

  23. Re:I wold love a car that drives itself... on Google Secretly Tests Autonomous Cars In Traffic · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Or your could keep all of the road information available in a large database, something similar to google maps, perhaps.

  24. Re:Should be reliable on Jaguar's Hybrid Jet-Powered Concept Car · · Score: 1

    The Audi R8 would like a word with you.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audi_R8_(race_car)

  25. Re:It's all in the name on OpenOffice.org Declares Independence From Oracle, Becomes LibreOffice · · Score: 1

    So it's now LOWriter?

    Can all my friends have it, too?