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  1. Re:Missing Information on AT&T Begins Capping Broadband Users (dslreports.com) · · Score: 1

    I bet they did that because either they couldn't figure out how to differentiate between TV and non-TV traffic or doing so wasn't worth the cost and effort.

  2. Re:Doesn't matter on AT&T Begins Capping Broadband Users (dslreports.com) · · Score: 1

    I had a similar problem on my Uverse, the Modem thingy would reboot itself every night it seemed. I even had it replaced and it didn't stop. One day I went in and disabled IPv6 on the thing. Haven't had a problem since.

  3. Re:How about replacing the CEO with a machine on Wendy's Plans To Automate 6,000 Restaurants With Self-Service Ordering Kiosks (investors.com) · · Score: 1

    Not only fewer employees to pay but also less stress and hassle with fewer to manage.

  4. Feedback loop caused this? Standards are too high so they cheated to meet the standards so the standards were raised so they cheated to meet the standards...

  5. Re:Is this the difference? on 'Flash Crash' Trader Navinder Sarao Faces US Extradition · · Score: 1

    Do they even need to cancel? Don't they make an attempt to buy at a certain price and if someone else gets it first, they just fail?

  6. I nominate this for the post of the day award.

  7. Re:There is only one goal on The US Gov't Could Become the Biggest Customer for Smart Guns (computerworld.com) · · Score: 1

    Even when a car dies while driving you can usually coast to a stop. Critical failure in a car doesn't always mean death and mayhem.

  8. Re:Obama, Champion of the Firearms Industry on The US Gov't Could Become the Biggest Customer for Smart Guns (computerworld.com) · · Score: 1

    Maybe he was talking about his career.

  9. Re:Good idea? on German Carpenter's Testicluar Valve Could Mean An On/Off Switch For Sperm · · Score: 1

    iSack

  10. Star Wars? on What the Future Fiction of 2015 Revealed About Humans Today (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    One prominent picture is from starwars? That is about 2015? It is set a long time ago in a far away galaxy. Makes the title of the article seem pretty stupid.

  11. Re:Why? on Laser Strikes On Aircraft Increasing In Frequency (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1

    Most are probably just seeing if their laser pointer can hit something that far away.

  12. Re:What usability problems really look like on Charge Rage: Electric Cars Are Making People Meaner In California · · Score: 1

    In that case, it seems like an all electric wouldn't be the right choice.

  13. Re:Competition with Gas Cars on Charge Rage: Electric Cars Are Making People Meaner In California · · Score: 1

    Spot on!

    If you don't have a place lined up at home that you can use ever night to charge your car, don't buy an EV.
    If your EV range is not enough to cover your whole commute to/from work, don't buy an EV.

    Seriously people, there are hybrids out there that can still feel smug about.

  14. Re:Hipsters fight over limited supplies of juice on Charge Rage: Electric Cars Are Making People Meaner In California · · Score: 1

    You hit on the main problem, people buy electric cars that can't get to and from work on a single charge making it a requirement that they have to charge when at work.

    You also hit on a second issue, someone buying a car without access to charging at home.

  15. Re:Hipsters fight over limited supplies of juice on Charge Rage: Electric Cars Are Making People Meaner In California · · Score: 1

    I think it is safe to say that anyone who buys an EV without having guaranteed access to a charger is being foolish. It isn't like you can simply spend 5 minutes at an charge station and drive away fully charged.

  16. Technicallity on 10 Confirmed Dead In Shooting at Oregon's Umpqua Community College · · Score: 1

    The gun ban was treated as a mere technicality of no consequence it seems.

  17. Re:Showed too much of his hand on Lawrence Lessig Wants To Run For President So He Can Resign · · Score: 2

    So, with passage of a simple law, the government can be given power to search and seize the assets of corporations anytime without a warrant?

  18. Re:Showed too much of his hand on Lawrence Lessig Wants To Run For President So He Can Resign · · Score: 0

    So congress can pass a law that says corps are no longer protected by any constitutional provisions? Could they simply pass a law that suspends all 4th amendment protections too?

  19. Re:Too much on Ask Slashdot: What's On Your Keychain? · · Score: 1

    And yes, I have to carry all that med crap, which means I pretty much have to carry the dreaded "fanny pack". (

    You must be new here as that is assumed.

    Pro tip: Cargo Pants

  20. Re:America on Pull-Top Can Tabs, At 50, Reach Historic Archaeological Status · · Score: 1

    According to the article, it wasn't so much that the tabs were historical artifacts, it was that they could be used to date a location from 50 years ago. The example in the article was a campsite that was used during the 60s based on the type of pull tab on the beverage containers.

  21. Re:We all need to realize... on AMD Withdraws From High-Density Server Business · · Score: 1

    I was under the impression that Intel cannot survive in a non-AMD world because of anti-monopoly laws. At least not without breaking in half.

    There is no law against being a monopoly, you just can't use that status as a monopoly unfairly.

  22. Re:Teacher? Teachers... IT? on Florida Teen Charged With Felony Hacking For Changing Desktop Wallpaper · · Score: 1

    Lazy IT, sure, but we are talking about teachers here, not professional office workers. They were probably locking themselves out their systems every time they had to change their passwords which caused disruption to instructional time so the Principal ordered all passwords to be locked down to the teachers last names.

    At any rate, this might deserve a talking to and perhaps some sort of school punishment. Calling in the police and bringing felony charges just confirms my above views that the teachers and principal are likely not the cream of the crop.

  23. 20cm is about 2/3 of a foot or 10 standard nerd penises.

  24. Re:Reason: for corporations, by corporations on Reason: How To Break the Internet (in a Bad Way) · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Better analogy still. A private dirt road connects to a new Amazon.com distribution center. Amazon complains that it's shipping is slowed by all the new traffic it is created on the road and says the person maintaining the road should pave it. Private road owner refuses to do it unless Amazon foots some of the bill. Amazon does so and everyone is happy.

    Remember, the Netflix and Comcast thing was about two private corporations working out their problems without resorting to government.

  25. Re: Saudi Arabia, etc. on Carly Fiorina Calls Apple's Tim Cook a 'Hypocrite' On Gay Rights · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Some people wouldn't have any standards if they didn't have double standards.