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  1. Re:people still use printers at home? on HP To Combine PC, Printer Divisions · · Score: 1

    I too have that issue when editing really complex technical docs. Sometimes the only way to really grasp the structure is the print it and spread it out on a large table or on the floor.

  2. Re:Who actually owns a desktop printer these days? on HP To Combine PC, Printer Divisions · · Score: 1

    My wife prints photos on occasion but I've printed docs maybe twice in the past year. The need to have a printer is definitely diminishing.

  3. Re:people still use printers at home? on HP To Combine PC, Printer Divisions · · Score: 1

    Actually, there are several apps on iPad that do this about as easily as paper and sticky notes. Try GoodReader for one. It can even convert text/doc to PDF for markup. It can output a marked up PDF that can be viewed anywhere. Much less training than you might imagine.

  4. Re:Multiple monitors on Ask Slashdot: What Are Your Tips For Working From Home? · · Score: 1

    Yes, but since I work for myself it all comes out of the same wallet. The extra productivity meant they paid for themselves in a week or two. Having the right tools is worth the cost.

  5. Re:I wouldn't on Ask Slashdot: What Are Your Tips For Working From Home? · · Score: 1

    Nonsense! Working from home can actually accelerate your career if you do it well. Not only that, in many companies, they are doing webex and conference calls even when all the participants are in the same building. I've been working from home for years with some of the worlds largest companies. All of them are virtual. I don't think I've had a meeting where everyone id physically present in a decade.

  6. Re:Multiple monitors on Ask Slashdot: What Are Your Tips For Working From Home? · · Score: 1

    I have a 27" iMac and 2 27" Thunderbolt displays. It makes a world of difference. I can have multiple remote sessions and lots of VMs open.

  7. Re:I hope he realizes he did more harm than good on Foxconn "Glad That Mike Daisey's Lies Were Exposed" · · Score: 4, Insightful

    "creative activist"?? What the hell is a creative activist? Oh, it's someone who lies because the ends justifies the means.

  8. Re:Kinda digging Python on Van Rossum: Python Not Too Slow · · Score: 1

    Those things annoy me but are usually easily fixed. Working code is parseable by definition so cleaning it up is relatively easy.

  9. Re:Mod me down all you want, but on Bring Back the 40-Hour Work Week · · Score: 1

    Theres NOT something wrong with them. Many of them will eventually be able retire or cut back their hours but their is no magic threshold where a bell rings, you are suddenly classified as rich, and you can stop working. In most cases, everything these folks have built would go to shit if they changed their work habits. Many of them are not doing it for the money. For many, it's about responsibility to all the people that depend upon that business for their lively hood.

  10. Re:This American Lie on This American Life Retracts Episode On Apple Factories In China · · Score: 4, Insightful

    "A single letter falsified"...don't you think thats minimizing a bit? That single letter was the basis of the story and a sole documentation upon which a political hatchet job was based.

  11. Re:Kinda digging Python on Van Rossum: Python Not Too Slow · · Score: 1

    THIS!! is exactly why I'd sooner cut my head off than use Python! White space should NOT be syntactically significant!

  12. Re:Agreed. on Van Rossum: Python Not Too Slow · · Score: 1

    The real problem I have with it is that white space is syntactically significant. This makes drives me up a wall....especially when using a basic text editor.

  13. Don't forget Oklahoma! I'm proud to be helping to keep up our average...but I only have about 15 and only two are handguns.

  14. Re:Plan B. on Stolen iPad's Reported Location Not Enough To Warrant Search, Say Dutch Police · · Score: 3, Informative

    You picked Connecticut to make your point? Do you realize that Connecticut has one of the lowest percentages of non-white population? Yes, it is highly likely that most crimes in a state that is overwhelmingly white will be committed by white people.

  15. Re:No, its still an expensive toy. on VisiCalc's Dan Bricklin On the Tablet Revolution · · Score: 1

    Thats where connecting it to an external monitor or TV comes in...it works wired or wireless. The point is there is plenty of room to get stuff done...especially if your comparing it to a netbook.

  16. Re:No, its still an expensive toy. on VisiCalc's Dan Bricklin On the Tablet Revolution · · Score: 1

    You do realize that the new iPad screen is likely bigger than your home monitor? 2048x1536 is a lot of room...it's more space than any laptop currently on the market. And if the complaint is the physical size then send the display to an external monitor or TV.

  17. Re:In windows 7 MS finally got it right on Can Microsoft Afford To Lose With Windows 8? · · Score: 1

    Thats not a mac system that anyone price conscious is buying. The comparison that matters is iMacs and Mac Minis.

  18. Re:Ugh sonicwall on Dell Announces Intent To Acquire SonicWALL · · Score: 1

    They have a whole new product line now which is completely unrelated to their SMB gear. Check out SuperMassive. http://www.sonicwall.com/us/products/SuperMassive_Series.html

  19. Re:The Only One I've Seen.. on Dell Announces Intent To Acquire SonicWALL · · Score: 1

    There is actually a lot of proprietary stuff in their new SuperMassive next-generation firewalls. They have a number of patents that allow them to scale > 100Gb/s

  20. Re:Still late to the game on Microsoft To Shut Down App Store For Windows Mobile · · Score: 1

    I'm not sure about Google but Apple does not have access to your data. The phone talks direct to the Exchange server.

  21. Re:SSDD on The Ineffectiveness of TSA Body Scanners · · Score: 1

    Believe it or not, it most areas of the US there are more than enough shelters and beds to provide anyone who needs it a place to sleep. The vast majority of people who don't take advantage of these facilities do so by choice or they are so far gone they can't manage to get there. The majority of these facilities are NOT provided by government.

    Your assumption that society=government is flawed. I believe that the best government is limited government. All else is the road road to serfdom.

  22. Re:To Which the Reaction Will Be on Open Letter By Eric S. Raymond To Chris Dodd · · Score: 2

    While it's true the focus of the book is on a few people who have a significant impact on the world, the real assumption is that it those acting in their own honest self interest that make the world go around. The role point is that this is the natural state of affairs and that the ideal world would be where EVERYONE does so instead of allowing themselves to be corrupted by the worship of the collective. If this were the case, tremendous creative energy would be unleashed and the world would be a far better and wealthier place. The tragedy is that so few move the world, not because only a few are able but because almost everyone could move the world if they chose to.

  23. Re:Finally some screen advancements? on iPad 3 Confirmed To Have 2048x1536 Screen Resolution · · Score: 1

    It's called Auto Layout and it's much more powerful than the Gtk APIs you mentioned. Note that this is new to 10.7 but the equivalent of the Gtk APIs was available in earlier releases.

    https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#recipes/xcode_help-interface_builder/UnderstandingAutolayout.html

  24. Re:Nice. on iPad 3 Confirmed To Have 2048x1536 Screen Resolution · · Score: 1

    Enterprises can run their own app stores. "Custom B2B App Distribution" is distributing an app on someone else's enterprise app store.

  25. Re:Cheaper iPad 2 on What the iPad 3 Looks Like · · Score: 1

    I guess I wasn't clear. You can replace the battery and you can get them from other sources but Apple does not consider them user replaceable for warranty purposes. The strongly discourage Joe user from messing with them because they can be dangerous and there are issues with disposing of them.

    The batteries are different in that all the extraneous packaging thats required for safe handling of the uninstalled battery has been removed. The laptop case itself is the protective packaging. The batteries are not off-the-shelf items. They are custom shaped specifically to fit in the spec available in the case.

    Here is your reference http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CKJgaA-ImI