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  1. Re:2GB is not a "aging computer" on Linux Mint 18 KDE Now Available (betanews.com) · · Score: 2

    Many netbooks still come with one gb.

    Have you been in a coma?

  2. Re:What do they do with them? on New York Thieves Wearing Apple Store T-Shirts Steal $16,000 In iPhones (pix11.com) · · Score: 1

    Do you think the thieves will use them? They could be fenced as new phones even if they're bricked.

  3. Re:I miss Google Search on The Abandoned Google Project Memorial Page · · Score: 1

    Oh, and don't forget the malicious adwords results serving up malware for popular software titles. That's always a winner.

    They have fixed the problem for now. Try to search for VLC for example.

  4. Re: who cares how many children on AirAsia Flight Goes Missing Between Indonesia and Singapore · · Score: 1

    Statistically yes.

  5. Just some gloating on The Fastest ISPs In the US · · Score: 1

    Paying 20€ per month for my 100/20Mbit uncapped, unthrottled fibre connection.
    The competitor is offering 150/30 for roughly the same price.
    Makes me feel all warm and fuzzy reading TFA.

  6. Re:Clean Consciences and False Premises on Can You Buy Tech With a Clean Conscience? · · Score: 1

    Many Nokia phones are assembled in Finland. Including my own E52 and others like N9. It seems it's perfectly possible to build phones in a highly taxed socialist country.

  7. Re:Two Options on The Windows 8 Power Struggle: Metro Vs Desktop · · Score: 1

    I just started using it last week, and today I couldn't even figure out how to "undo" a mistake I made in Excel. I'm looking at it right now, and all I see in front of me is a confusing mess of heiroglyphics.

    Try ctrl+z.

  8. Re:Sweet Jesus on Carrier Ethernet 2 Aims For Global Connectivity · · Score: 1

    No bandwidth cap, no throttling, same speed 24/7. The provider is local branch of TeliaSonera, Elion. Sorry, they don't have English version of the page for some reason.

  9. I, for one, on Genetically Modifying Silk Worms For Super Silk · · Score: 3, Funny

    welcome our new super silkworm overlords.

  10. Re:Optical? on What Microsoft Should and Shouldn't Do For the Xbox 720 · · Score: 1

    It's my local branch of TeliaSonera, Elion (page in Estonian, but you can still make sense of the speed/price chart). I got the speeds wrong tho, It's 100/20Mbit/s, just upgraded my plan yesterday.

  11. Re:Optical? on What Microsoft Should and Shouldn't Do For the Xbox 720 · · Score: 4, Informative

    I've always thought bandwidth is insanely expensive inside the U.S.
    I pay 24€ a month for my TV, phone and 100/50 Mbit/s internet. No caps, no restrictions, no throttling.

  12. A simple formula: on The Science of Humor · · Score: 1

    comedy = tragedy + time

  13. Maybe they got the idea from GTA IV? on Open Source Tool Lets Anyone Redistrict New York · · Score: 2

    Is it like Civil Service game advertized in GTA IV radio?

  14. Re:Not a troll but.... on Ask Slashdot: GNU/Linux Laptops? · · Score: 1

    I think you meant that consumer laptops are homogeneous, and you're right. That's why I got a refurbished ThinkPad - got 1440x900 resolution and 7200 rpm HDD, great keyboard etc. I don't have unwanted features thrown in but I can install them myself if I wanted to (like WiMax or 3G).

  15. Re:It's the left version of the Tea Party on Ask Slashdot: How Do You View the Wall Street Protests? · · Score: 1

    The three aspects of Occupy Wall St that are like the Tea Party are:
    1. It's without question a populist movement.
    2. It's emphasizing peaceful protest as a way of getting what you want.
    3. It's not coming from either major party's political apparatus.

    Wait, what?

  16. Dvorak user here on Weak Typing — the Lost Art of the Keyboard · · Score: 1

    While I could touch type on a Sholes keyboard, I only utilized 4-6 fingers and had a nasty habit of looking at the keys even if I didn't need to (scrambled/blank keys helped against that). Went cold turkey and learned to touch type with 10 fingers on Dvorak and never looked back. I use Sholes on my phones physical keyboard, but it's all thumbs anyway.

  17. Re:Isn't religion an epidemic itself ? on Does Religion Influence Epidemics? · · Score: 2

    Hitler was a christian. Also, nice Godwin.

  18. Re:Ah yes on The Post-Idea World · · Score: 4, Informative

    That's because they were more into patenting others ideas rather than coming up with their own.

  19. Re:Extremely Cool on Building Blocks of DNA Confirmed In Meteorites · · Score: 1

    IIRC supernovas are capable of producing heavier atoms (>= iron). A regular dying star can fuse atoms into carbon and oxygen just fine, so not all the atoms in our bodies were forged in supernovas. Still awesome tho.

  20. Re:Degrasse? He's great, but I really like Cox on FOX To Host New Cosmos · · Score: 1

    THIS ^

  21. Re:Not that surprising from Belarus on Belarus Cracks Down On VKontakte · · Score: 1

    Belarus avoided the collapse that plagued all other former Soviet republics (including Russia) by keeping its system intact and has a higher standard of living than the others because of it.

    What the fuck have you been smoking? No, I don't want any.
    They have the one of the lowest standard of living, only places like Moldova can compete. I'm from Estonia. We had our collapse and built a better system. Belarus wasn't doing that good in the 90s either, but they haven't really made any progress either. My friends who have visited say that the country is an alternate universe where the USSR never collapsed.

  22. Re:Also... on Facebook Bans Google+ Ads · · Score: 1

    Here it is. It was the top hit for a while when you searched Google for 'facebook login'. The comments are hilarious and rage-inducing at the same time.

  23. There's a great documentary about Donkey Kong on 30th Anniversary of Donkey Kong · · Score: 2
  24. Re:We'd never do such a thing on Is Your Antivirus Made By the Chinese Government? · · Score: 1

    How about bonds for 1.1 trillion USD?

  25. Re:We'd never do such a thing on Is Your Antivirus Made By the Chinese Government? · · Score: 2

    Oh yeah? What about all the 1.1 trillion US dollars in bonds that the Chinese have bought?