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  1. Re:i give my permission on NYC Police Gathering Cellphone Logs · · Score: 1

    Except on cricket or other bottom-rung carrier that is a haven for stolen phones.

  2. Re:In other words... on NYC Police Gathering Cellphone Logs · · Score: 1

    With Asurian, all replacements are (typically) refurbs (sometimes not even refurbished - still old pics, etc in it). I'd rather take my chances.

  3. Re:Oh did you fix your supply problem? on On Demo, a $25 1080p Camera Module For Raspberry Pi · · Score: 1

    Sorry to reply to a second post, but I happened to load the page between your two posts & it took me that long to read down to it :)

    (Ignore my other reply)

  4. Re:Oh did you fix your supply problem? on On Demo, a $25 1080p Camera Module For Raspberry Pi · · Score: 1
    From link provided:

    *Listing is for CASE ONLY

  5. Re:The TSA needs to be abolished on House Subcommittee Holds Hearing On TSA's "Scanner Shuffle" · · Score: 1
  6. Re:The TSA is still a thing? on House Subcommittee Holds Hearing On TSA's "Scanner Shuffle" · · Score: 1

    I don't even know what a "good job" means. A good job of what??

    A good job liberating us from our pesky freedom.

  7. Re:It's about time on John McAfee Accused of Murder, Wanted By Belize Police · · Score: 4, Funny

    Just how fast do computers literally crawl?

  8. Re:EFF has it right. on EFF Sues to Block New Internet Sex-Offender Law · · Score: 1

    ^ This. When BS offences get labeled the same as truly horrific crimes, it dilutes the meaning.

  9. Re:First submission to law enforcement: on EFF Sues to Block New Internet Sex-Offender Law · · Score: 1

    There is more to the internet than slashdot? Is there where these "articles" I keep hearing about are?

  10. Re:If only! on More Than 25% of Android Apps Know Too Much About You · · Score: 1

    Yeah, but Shepherd Book didn't mention those jerks ;)

  11. Re:If only! on More Than 25% of Android Apps Know Too Much About You · · Score: 1

    There is a special place in Hell for games that cost $0.00 but allow you to add charges during normal usage.

    Is that with the child molesters and people that talk at the theatre?

  12. Re:Here are several ideas... on FTC Offers $50,000 For Best Way To Stop Robocalls · · Score: 1

    Very true, I was referring to services like iPing (which I use, nevertheless would gladly lose to also lose the robocall spam).

  13. Re:Here are several ideas... on FTC Offers $50,000 For Best Way To Stop Robocalls · · Score: 1

    This will stop free wake-up call services. Might be worth it, but just sayin.

  14. Re:You cannot fine that which does not have a numb on FTC Offers $50,000 For Best Way To Stop Robocalls · · Score: 1

    Psychiatric treatment centers never use caller id and are often not listed numbers. First eliminate the stigma attached to these disorders, then you can talk about taking away their right to privacy regarding medical problems.

  15. Re:IDFA? on User Tracking Back On iOS 6 · · Score: 1

    IDSPISPOPD?

  16. Re:Do any of these work with cablecards or SDV? on Boxee TV's Unlimited Cloud-based DVR Holds Users Hostage To Monthly Fees · · Score: 1

    They don't encrypt anything I subscribe to either. That said, I don't subscribe to anything, so YMMV~

  17. Re:DO NOT BUY. on Pedagogical Bundle Lets You Pay What You Want For Educational Software · · Score: 1

    Still entirely French.

  18. Re:DO NOT BUY. on Pedagogical Bundle Lets You Pay What You Want For Educational Software · · Score: 1

    Mulot went from v1.1.0 an hour ago to v10.1.2 13 minutes ago (he sent an email stating that it had been updated to "full english translation." Will review again when it finishes downloading.

  19. Re:DO NOT BUY. on Pedagogical Bundle Lets You Pay What You Want For Educational Software · · Score: 1

    The download speeds picked up, I have downloaded & installed the other 3 (typo in previous post, 3 not 4 were corrupt), here is my review:

    Mulot is likewise not in English, no English option I can find. I did manage to get it to crash clicking around (not in menus but on the pictures - took 3 clicks).

    Calcul Mental is not fullscreen, nor can it resize. With a 1-level taskbar at 1440x900 it is slightly too tall (playable) and nearly as wide. If you run dual monitors and dare to move it to the other screen, every time you launch a mini game in it it sends it back to the other screen. It also ignores taskbar placement, so if the taskbar is at the top of the screen, you can't move the game without moving the taskbar first. Sigh. Despite the game defaulting to English (not great English, btw), the images are still all in French (words in pictures).
    The Multiplication Tables mini game has its own launcher (launched from the main launcher) and then it launches the game. All windows stay open, so you have to close each. The game also defaults to a way too fast setting for a child that would be playing this to improve proficiency - especially if played on a laptop (no 10-key).
    Finally, the scroll was a little choppy & since the problem is scrolling, this makes it harder to answer when you have to really concentrate to read - most notably on the "Add" mini game.
    Also good to note, children doing 1 digit plus 1 digit addition are the last ones you want to make something harder to read for, as well as their reflexes typing probably aren't up to getting 5 seconds to a) decipher the question b) do the equation c) find the right key to hit on the keyboard.

    Raconte with English selected is about 20/80 English/French. Unfortunately, all dialogue boxes appear to be in French and I have no idea what I'm being told. Clicking OK a lot didn't really do anything, making educated guesses I still couldn't actually get the game to do anything.

    Unless you know French, I have to agree with the prev poster and second his "do not buy." I am glad I only sent $3.

  20. Re:DO NOT BUY. on Pedagogical Bundle Lets You Pay What You Want For Educational Software · · Score: 1

    Fubuki does not only not default to English, there is no English option in the game (odd given the bundle was posted to a US-centric site). Being a typical American (monolingual - at least as written languages go, I am conversant in ASL.) I couldn't get far in this game.

    The other 4 downloads were corrupt, re-downloading now at 24KBps. This fellow was not ready for /. despite posting it himself. I will have to reply to myself again in 30-60 minutes when the re-downloads complete.

  21. Re:DO NOT BUY. on Pedagogical Bundle Lets You Pay What You Want For Educational Software · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I bought it. The downloads are crazy-slow (~62KBps on my 100mbps connection) & so far 1 (Coloriages) is not even a game, but a collection of JPG images in a zip file. Seriously. I will reply to this post with a simple review of the other "games" when the downloads eventually finish.

  22. Re:Seriously! WTF on DRM Could Come To 3D Printers · · Score: 2

    or something that the algorithm thinks is a 95% match

  23. Re:Not selling to Apple Drones. on Steve Ballmer: We're a Devices and Services Company · · Score: 1

    Since when does Joe Sixpack buy quality?

  24. Re:House burns down? on How To Add 5.5 Petabytes and Get Banned From Costco · · Score: 4, Insightful

    3 words:

    Safe Deposit Box.

    I have 3 drives (that are archive only, not OS), 2 in my PC and 1 in my bank. Every couple weeks or so I take one out of my PC & swap it at the bank & update the bank's drive to mirror the one still in my PC. Cost is ~30/yr for the box except that I already had it for documents anyway (so no adtl cost to me).

  25. Re:Why does Apple use its own connectors? on Apple Now Shipping Lightning To 30-Pin Adapters · · Score: 1

    I want to know why we aren't using inductive charging (Apple, Android, everyone) ... Say what you will about the horrible mismanagement at Palm before and after HP, but the inductive charger is soooo nice! Just set the bloody thing down close to the right way, the magnets align it perfectly & it chirps to let you know it is charging. Doesn't work for data transfer, but how often do I really need to do that - besides, combine it with NFC & do we really need a plug? Genuine question.