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  1. Re:Office 365 on Forrester Research Shows Steep Decline in Free Office Suite Stats · · Score: 1

    Yes, there is no excuse for not installing a free program

    I don't want to install java on my mac so that is my reason for not installing libreoffice...

  2. Re:It's not mutually exclusive. on Huawei Using NSA Scandal To Turn Tables On Accusations of Spying · · Score: 3, Insightful

    One of the reasons I like slashdot is that I learn stuff that has nothing to do with the topic.
    I did not know about startpage.com, thank you!

  3. Re:Ubuntu Unleashed!!!! on Ubuntu, Kubuntu 13.10 Unleashed · · Score: 1

    Lie down? I don't understand what it's laying.

  4. Re:Hmm on VirtualBox 4.3 Comes With New Multi-Touch Support, Virtual Cam and More · · Score: 4, Funny

    But does it come with the ask toolbar?

  5. Re:Could be good. on Grocery Store "Smart Shelves" Will Identify Customers, Show Targeted Ads · · Score: 1

    I hate to be sexist, but I avoid lines that have women in them because most won't even start looking for their card until the last item is scanned (also they are more likely to write checks) even though one can swipe a card after the first item is scanned.

  6. Re:Haha fail on BlackBerry Founders May Try To Take Over the Company · · Score: 1

    Please give examples instead of general statements, what is so awesome aobut BB10?

  7. background music in video on More From Don Marti About Why Targeted Ads are Bad (Video 2 of 2) · · Score: 1

    what's with the porn music in the background?

  8. Re:Still sucks on VLC Reaches 2.1 · · Score: 1

    Thank you, it wasn't there a few years ago and not easy to find (you just made my life a lot easier). You can find discussion groups with people begging for the feature in 2005 and being told that it's against the very nature of VLC to have that. I guess I stopped waiting for it...

  9. Re:Still sucks on VLC Reaches 2.1 · · Score: 2

    I don't know why VLC developers hate frame-by-frame.
    If I want to read something on a piece of paper in a video let's say, I can't just advance one frame at a time.

  10. Re:Identify it on Can Internet Pseudonymity Be Saved? · · Score: 3, Informative

    I made the mistake of using my real name on hulu, then I found out my activity was searchable on google. so then I had to change my name to something else then cancel account and create a new account with a fake name just so people can't see what/how many shows I've watched.

    Needless to say I will never get a hulu plus account.

    And more importantly, I never use my real name unless I absolutely have to. I wasn't so careful in the 90s, so my name still shows up next to posts I have made back then.

    I have a rare name.

  11. Re:Yes, exactly what we need. More distractions. on No Child Left Untableted · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Someone once told me "the further you get from the classroom, the more money you make"

  12. Re:Who leaves money in a paypal account. on PayPal Freezes MailPile's Account · · Score: 4, Informative

    tried to sign up to dwolla a while ago.
    half way through, they asked for my ssn.
    at the time, i didn't think it was worth it so i didn't provide it.
    but magically, i ended up on their spam email list.
    fuck them and they shitty spam emails, will never use them now.

  13. Re:yes but.... on Hands On With Motorola's Moto X · · Score: 2

    it still takes up space. and does hiding it mean disabling it? or does it still use up the battery if it runs in the background?

  14. Re:The day human beings become rational ... on Hollywood's Love of Analytics Couldn't Prevent Six Massive Blockbuster Flops · · Score: 2

    Maybe the trailers giving away the endings is part of it too?

  15. Re:Still need to install something on Netflix Ditches Silverlight With HTML5 Support In IE11 · · Score: 1

    If I install flash or silverlight, it's on my whole computer (any browser can use it (I know I can disable individually blah)).
    Maybe with this, I can install a plugin on one of my firefox profiles and leave the rest of my computer unpolluted?

  16. Re:Far cheaper options on German Ministry of Education Throws Away PCs For 190,000 € Due To Infection · · Score: 1

    or, wait for it, control-p

  17. Re:WTB Cisco Switch on Cisco Exits the Consumer Market, Sells Linksys To Belkin · · Score: 1

    apple routers are good (very stable, reliable) though with less features (QoS etc)

  18. Re:No more time travel! on J.J. Abrams To Direct Star Wars VII · · Score: 1
  19. Re:Space the final frontier? on Huston Huddleston Wants You To Help Save the Star Trek TNG Set · · Score: 2

    (Morbo voice): holodecks do not work that way!

    (I would have put it in all caps but slashdot didn't let me).

  20. Re:WoW news? on Entire Cities In World of Warcraft Dead, Hack Suspected · · Score: 2

    Don't make a joke on facebook in the UK about it, you might get arrested.

  21. Re:update on Mozilla To Bug Firefox Users With Old Adobe Reader, Flash, Silverlight · · Score: 1

    Yes that is the point I'm making

  22. Re:update on Mozilla To Bug Firefox Users With Old Adobe Reader, Flash, Silverlight · · Score: 1

    It doesn't mean they are using computers with silverlight installed.
    Roku, game consoles, google players, a lot of TVs and DVD/blueray players, tablets, and phones play netflix.

  23. Re:So they closed ONE Path on Walmart Abandons Amazon's Kindle Lineup · · Score: 1

    I bought a kindle fire (original) at a physical store solely because online reviews said that amazon associates your kindle to your account before shipping it to you. so if it got stolen in the mail or by the door (because of the stupid kindle sticker on the box), the thieves can buy crap on you amazon account.

    I regret buying it though, since the kindle app on an ipad is more user friendly (for example, it takes fewer steps to change brightness within the kindle app on the ipad than on the kindle fire).

  24. Re:Flaw? on Download With Caution: Romney, Obama Campaign Apps Have Privacy Flaws · · Score: 2

    most likely your email address is in the contacts (address book) of someone who has your email they download an app on their phone that scraped your email address?

  25. Re:Astroturfing on Amazon? on Why Amazon Is Google's Real Competition · · Score: 1

    for astroturfing, look at the 5 star reviews on amazon for "a dance with dragons".