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  1. 2 year contract? on Paul Thurrot Predicts November Debut, $500 Tag For Xbox 720 · · Score: 1

    Is there 2 year contract when getting the subsidized version? How is it enforced that you pay LIVE for 2 years after buying the console?

          I guess someone planning to only play offline ;) can just get the cheaper version and just dont pay for live

  2. or ... on US Air Force's 1950s Supersonic Flying Saucer Declassified · · Score: 4, Funny

    "The fact that there are no disc-shaped aircraft in the skies today, though, suggests that the USAF's flying saucer efforts probably never got past the prototype stage."

    or they work so good that only blurry and shaky videos exist of them flying around and terrorizing cows

  3. Virtualize ALL THE THINGS on Ask Slashdot: What Type of Asset Would You Not Virtualize? · · Score: 1

    except BIG backend databases and keep your DBs separate from any disk groups used for virtualization

  4. Steam console? on Phoronix Confirms GNU/Linux Steam and Source Engine Clients · · Score: 5, Interesting

    What if their rumored steamBoxStation console is a "PC" running linux?

  5. WPS = SES ? on Attack Tool Released For WPS Setup Flaw · · Score: 1

    is WPS the same a cisco's/linksys SES (secured easy setup)?

    SES seems to be disabled by default on a WRT54g I have

  6. this changes everything :) on Gate One 0.9 Released, Brings SSH To the Web · · Score: 1

    awesome job. Cant wait to try it on the intranet

  7. Metallica Metals on Massive Rare Earth Deposit Found In Australia · · Score: 2, Funny

    http://www.metallicaminerals.com.au/board_of_directors

    James Hetfield
    Lars Ulrich
    Kirk Hammett
    Robert Trujillo

    Let the suing being

  8. Re:False on Firefox Is For "Regular" Users, Not Businesses · · Score: 1

    this made things easier to manage while deploying FFx:
    http://www.frontmotion.com/Firefox/fmfirefox.htm
    even helped to deploy FFx with IETab packaged with a GP policy so sharepoint would "work with FFx"

  9. Re:I know what's holding everything up. on Sony Delays PlayStation Network Reactivation · · Score: 1

    http://www.arrangebypenis.com/

  10. lol karma on Sony Online Entertainment Services Follow PSN Down · · Score: 1

    karma is in overdrive it seems.

  11. routes on Markets For IPv4 Addresses Emerging · · Score: 1

    Will router's routing tables grow too big from all this?

  12. buzzwords on How AT&T Totally Flubbed 4G · · Score: 2

    the 3gees are no longer fashionable. 4gees wheres at now. even managed to offer less bandwidth with this "upgrade". AT&T has customer screwing down to a science

  13. computers or windows installations? on Microsoft Eyes PC Isolation Ward To Thwart Botnets · · Score: 2, Insightful

    computers don't get infected. Windows installations are usually the problem. Besides, I dont need no internet driving license

  14. Shweeb on Google Announces Project 10^100 Winners · · Score: 1

    My seemingly short-sighted imagination doesn't let me see how Shweeb can work in the real world. Is that a good idea to invest expecting serious results?

  15. http://explainthefee.com/ on Users Say Sprint Epic4G 3G Upload Speeds Limited To 150kbps · · Score: 4, Informative

    Information about the $10 "4G tax" can be found in http://explainthefee.com/ . There's a new post about how to cancel service without paying ETF in case you want out

  16. helium shortage on The Second Age of Airships · · Score: 1

    Even if it runs on renewable energy, isnt there a Heluim shortage that will make it dependent on a scarce non renewable "propulsion" source?

  17. html5 on 64-Bit Flash Player For Linux Finally In Alpha · · Score: 1

    we will have better luck waiting for mass adoption of html5 than waiting for a REAL release of the adobe flash plugin. Maybe html5 is whats causing them to wake up

  18. trolls trolling trolls on Windows 7 Under Fire For Patent Infringement · · Score: 2, Interesting

    hard to choose which is the less evil side

  19. Re:Ok, I'm just going to come out and say it... on Windows 7 Hits RTM At Build 7600.16385 · · Score: 1

    32bit XP limit of 3.5GB is an artificial limit imposed by MS, same as 32bit win2003 standard. 32bit Win2003 Enterprise can use PAE to handle above 4GB. 32bit Win2003 standard is limited to 4GB unnecessarily

    Dont know if Vista7 32bit has the same limitation but wouldn't surprise me

  20. war on Microsoft vs. Google — Mutually Assured Destruction · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Nothing like a little war to advance the state of technology.

  21. about time on Quake Live Dev Says Mac and Linux Are "Top Priority" · · Score: 1

    I was wondering why they went browser based if it was only going to run on windows. Lets just hope that linux/mac support remains a priority. I seen other "cross-platform" games were linux/mac support always lag behind windows support.

  22. Re:The problem extends to other Dells on Laptops With Certain NVidia Chips Failing · · Score: 1

    The hard drive was giving SMART codes. To be safe now Im running a HardDrive monitoring utility from windows (DTemp). The utility reads all HardDrive parameters and SMART status perfectly. Its just that the BIOS doesn't read them or if it does, its not acting on them. Now Im forced to run yet another service to compensate for DELL lazyness (l8kfan and DTemp). Im pretty sure that a BIOS update could easily add SMART support to the BIOS but I dont think they care.

  23. Re:The problem extends to other Dells on Laptops With Certain NVidia Chips Failing · · Score: 3, Interesting

    My DELL XPS M1710 has a 7950GTX and never had any issues. The DELL BIOS does have some issues with heat management so I run l8kfan to keep heat at acceptable levels.
    On top of that, did you know most new DELL laptops (confirmed on XPS and VOSTRO) wont read S.M.A.R.T? I think heat killed my original hard drive but the BIOS wouldn't report the drive was going bad. They should fire whoever made the decision that removing this feature was an improvement.

  24. Re:I followed the link right below... on Corporate Behemoth Keeps Ripping "Real" · · Score: 1

    The rest of Bennett's essay is available by following that magical link right below these words. Its a magical invisible link. Only the worthy can see it
  25. Re:The iPhone, of course. on Smartphones For Text SSH Use — Revisited · · Score: 5, Funny