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  1. Better business idea for Uber? on California Sues Uber Over Practices · · Score: 1
    Would Uber have not been better off if they designed the app/tool/backend and then licensed it to be used by the Taxi companies directly?

    This would avoid having to take on the issues around engaging drivers, provide the tools to do the job better than trying to do the job better.

  2. They will support Canadian content worthwhile... on Canadian Regulator Threatens To Impose New Netflix Regulation · · Score: 1
    Trailer Park Boys for example now only available on Netflix due to Netflix financing seasons 8 and 9 (plus however many more).

    What other Canadian shows would be worth brining back as Netflix exclusives?

  3. Similar service available in Canada on How the USPS Killed Digital Mail · · Score: 1

    Run by canada post its called e-post. Only available for certain senders but once you sign up you'll receive an email each time you receive something and then log in to view it. Of course for some of the senders you can just sign up to receive your communications by email and avoid the extra step.

  4. What about when it backfires on the government? on Federal Smartphone Kill-Switch Legislation Proposed · · Score: 1

    What will the reaction be when someone has their phone seized by the police and then wipe it remotely?

  5. Re:Witch Hunt; Unlicensed Currency Used All The Ti on Bitcoin Exchange CEO Charlie Shrem Arrested On Money Laundering Charge · · Score: 1

    Canadian Tire "Money" is technically classed as a coupon

  6. Re:It's a shame homophobephobes won't see it on Movie Review: Ender's Game · · Score: 1

    Agreed, I just did not understand why it is so highly rated as a sci-fi book. I found it an enjoyable read, but far from the best thing I've read in either sci-fi or military fiction.

  7. I actually had to read the article... on The Case Against Gmail · · Score: 1
    Since the summary was kinda useless.

    I'm not quite sure that this sentence below works to provide the perspective he wanted to convey

    To put its age into perspective: Gmail is older today than Hotmail was when Gmail made its debut a decade ago.

    So, Hotmail was less than 10 years old, 10 years ago...?

  8. Re:Why one Toronto subway driver doesn't like them on New York City Considers Articulated Subway Cars · · Score: 1

    My biggest complaint about the new trains is that when I take my 3-year old daughter on a train ride she can't look out the front window like she does on the older models. The double sets of windows at the front of the train don't let enough light through to look through the door.

  9. Re:Loss of Money on DHS Can Seize Your Electronics Within 100 Mi.of US Border, Says DHS · · Score: 1

    replying to undo an incorrect moderation

  10. Re:Being able to feel the buttons on PC Games To Watch For In 2013 · · Score: 2

    agreed, I find it much harder to play FPS on my tablet versus PC or Xbox

  11. Re:Parallel story - reddit 'troll' outed by gawker on Teen Suicide Tormentor Outed By Anonymous · · Score: 1
    Now, at least in the /r/todayilearned sub-reddit, they have banned any links to any gawker network sites

    Link to reddit mod post

  12. aren't they.... on Antivirus Firms Short-Changing Customers · · Score: 1

    the ones who claim to protect you from scams and such online?

  13. Re:Why do the best ones always leave early? on Matt Smith Leaving Doctor Who Already? · · Score: 1

    He was last in GI Joe: Rise of Cobra as Destro

  14. Re:Docking station? Who cares? on Why Apple Doesn't Market Squarely To Businesses · · Score: 1
    Unless you're using a laptop stand a laptop is horrible ergonomically to work on, even with external keyboard and mouse the monitor is the big contender - too low for proper use.

    I love my docking station, I have my keyboard, mouse, network all hooked up along with two 22" monitors, drop my laptop in and power it up and I'm ready to roll. Without the docking station I could only drive one external monitor and would have to use the laptop monitor as my second screen.

    The laptop itself provides the flexibility to work from home, in meetings or travel.

  15. Re:So... on CES Vendors Kicked Out of Hotels For Showcasing Wares in Room · · Score: 1
    Wouldn't it be more appropriate to describe it as such?

    Walmart opens up in a town (CES booking conference center) Space leased from a property management company (hotels drive business from vistors)

    Random other people show up who don't want to lease storefront space in the same plaza as Walmart but rather decide to start selling their wares from a van in the parking lot of the landlord (Business setup in hotel rooms that are driving business from CES)

    Landlord chases out those who are competing with their bread and butter customer - Walmart (CES & its guests)

    Sure those who are visiting Walmart/CES may like to see what the other vendors are selling but doesn't bode well for the landlord to allow the competition.

    Does this analogy even make sense? I'm not too sure myself now, they're tough to write sometimes.

  16. Re:Twilight zone on What SciFi Should Get the Reboot Treatment Next? · · Score: 1

    It's funny that this comes up as I've been thinking about some of the classic sci-fi novels sitting on my shelf and wondering if I should give the Foundation trilogy another read. Now I may just to see if it has held up, its probably been 15 years since I last read them.

  17. Mercury Content of CFL bulbs on Incandescent Bulbs Return To the Cutting Edge · · Score: 1
    People are a little too concerned about the mercury in these bulbs with no concept of the amount that is contained within. I oversee the reclaim program for our office campus and I'll give you the breakdown from last year's bulb recycling efforts:

    1,982 lamps/bulbs recycled

    a total of

    495.1 kg of glass

    5.85 kg of metal

    7.4 kg of phosphor

    0.073 kg of mercury = 73 g = 2.575 oz

    That's what is generated from 4 buildings in one year.

  18. Re:Too hard. on Next-Generation CAPTCHA Exploits the Semantic Gap · · Score: 1

    Very true, it took me 3 tries to get the annotate, none of the words for the first 2 seemed to match (to me at least)

  19. Re:It's a game on Scammers Continue to Wreak Havoc in MMO's · · Score: 5, Funny
    It is a game, the game allows it so it should be fair play.

    People have to watch out for this in real life, they should watch out for it in second life

    The scammers are obviously better players

  20. Re:Office Live Documents? Hmm... on Microsoft Faces Fight Against Online Office Rival · · Score: 1
    They seem to be quite misleading with what they advertise

    How "Live Documents" works in the browser

    Live Documents provides you with a full Office productivity suite - Word, Excel and PowerPoint - with built-in collaboration features right out of your browser - no more dependence on Microsoft Office and Windows and no more format lock-in!

  21. Re:there is some debate here on the demonoid shutd on Demonoid Torrent Tracker Shut Down by CRIA · · Score: 1

    you live in Toronto? sorry thats not central Canada thats considered the centre of Canada

  22. Re:email IS text messaging on Kids Say Email is Dead · · Score: 1

    exactly, what is the difference between teens sending text messages to each other and me emailing from my blackberry to people with other blackberries?

    That and try to send a document attachment with an sms

  23. Re:one feature on Firefox Accepting Feature Suggestions for Version 3 · · Score: 1

    we understand that, but what I was asking about was for url's that aren't links so you can't click on them

  24. Re:one feature on Firefox Accepting Feature Suggestions for Version 3 · · Score: 1
    when you need the answer to something, someone on slashdot will have it

    just had to wait for the right time to ask

    thanks

  25. one feature on Firefox Accepting Feature Suggestions for Version 3 · · Score: 1

    I would like to see is the ability to highlight url's that are plain text on a page and have them open in a new tab instead of copy and pasting; maybe this already is out there in an extension but I haven't seen it. If you know it, let me know.