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  1. Fool me once, full me twice...

    ... Profit!

  2. I don't see anything that could stand in our way! on Ask Slashdot: What Stands In the Way of a Truly Solar-Powered Airliner? · · Score: 1

    Sanity? Reality? The laws of physics?

  3. Re:I know this one on Toys R Us Unveils Android Tablet For Kids · · Score: 1

    You are obviously not a geek. Just flash the rom with ArcTools and you can access Google Play and get all the Google Apps Goodness.

    I did that. I just didn't think it worth the hassle.

  4. I know this one on Toys R Us Unveils Android Tablet For Kids · · Score: 1

    It certainly looks exactly like the Arnova Childpad, which i bought for about $130 a couple of months ago. It is now waiting for burial i the electronics graveyard, since it couldn't take a mild beating by a two year old. The screen has no marks, but is broken. I learned a few things about Android on the way though, since I've only had an iPhone and iPad previously (the Childpad was essentially bought so I could have the iPad to myself). "Tabeo store" means it's not Google certified, and thus will not run the Google Play store, and you won't have access to a lot of thing you'd normally take for granted, like Google maps, youtube, Gmail and the likes. The battery time also sucked, and the viewing angles were less than optimal. I won't be buying any Android devices not marked 'Nexus' in the future.

  5. Re:What, ANOTHER "leap week" calendar? on Christmas Always On Sunday? Researchers Propose New Calendar · · Score: 1

    But what's needed is not a better calendar

    Full stop

  6. Crrrrazy hacking rate on Compromised WordPress Blogs Poison Google Image Searches · · Score: 1

    So, out of a couple of million or so WordPress sites, more than 4000 are hacked?! It's madness I tell you, madness!

  7. Connectify on A Wireless Hotspot For Your Car — Why Not? · · Score: 1

    Well, isn't this what you use Connectify for? No need for extra hardware and maybe even an extra subscription for the dongle.

  8. Re:from the article on Largest Sodium Sulfur Battery Powers a Texas Town · · Score: 1

    A 4mW reactor could be built for around $4 million

    Yeah, but what use is a 4mW reactor for anyone but the South Africans that can get by using less power than a pocket LED flashlight. And at $1,000,000,000 per watt it seems kind of expensive?

  9. Opening for new errors on How Do You Get Users To Read Error Messages? · · Score: 1

    "Helpdesk? I have a red pegasus error in the error displaying software!"

  10. Why bother about it? on Average User Only Runs 2 Apps, So Microsoft Will Charge For More · · Score: 1

    I can't remember reading a lot of upset articles when MS launched XP starter edition or Vista starter edition. What's the story, no computer in the developed world will be sold with starter edition installed, even the cheapest ones.

  11. 20th century payments on Too Easy For Bank Accounts To Spring a Leak · · Score: 1

    Perhaps this is the reason I haven't seen a check around here this side the turn of the millennium. And people complain about credit card security...

  12. The next generation of DOS attacks on Turkey Censors YouTube · · Score: 1

    Combine social engineering and DOS attacks: Write posts on every site on the internet flaming Atatürk, and watch Turkey sever themselves from the internet. (Phase 3: profit!)

  13. Unnecessarily complicated on BBC Download Plans Approved · · Score: 1

    Why develop their own player? It's all content produced for tax money, just put it up on the net for free. Swedish state television streams a lot of programs, unfortunately only in WMV or quicktime, but at least I don't have to download a separate player.