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  1. RadioShack used to carry N batteries. But they were expensive. Don't know if they still do.

  2. Hmmm..... on Windows 8.1 Finally Passes Windows 8 In Market Share · · Score: 1

    So, the one's people like are XP and 7. Now, what do those two have in common?

  3. Re:Headline on Scientists Find Method To Reliably Teleport Data · · Score: 2

    Ok, so they switched from Comcast...

  4. Headline on Scientists Find Method To Reliably Teleport Data · · Score: 2

    "Scientists Find Method To Reliably Teleport Data"

    Scientist found the internet?

  5. Re:Note to myself: on The 69 Words GM Employees Can Never Say · · Score: 1

    Must be tough for HR.

    Hi Ted, you should come to work for GM. Our cafeteria always has good food. They've never had a health rating below 95. Our plants are not dangerous, like the ones in some other industries -- we haven't have a safety-related issues in years! I hope you'll give the job offer serious consideration.

  6. Re:ANOTHER DEAD BODY! SWEET JUSTICE! on Robbery Suspect Tracked By GPS and Killed · · Score: 1

    "They tend to expect society to work WITH them, not AGAINST them."

    Criminals tend not to follow societal norms.

  7. Simple on The Shrinking Giant Red Spot of Jupiter · · Score: 1

    It started dieting and working out and lost a few pounds.

  8. Revenge on Journalist vs. the Syrian Electronic Army · · Score: 1

    Sounds like he's trying to get back at them by making their bosses mad at them.

  9. Re:Seriously . . . on Microsoft Finally Selling Xbox One Without Kinect · · Score: 1

    Which is worse, Jar Jar blinks or Windows 8?

  10. SyFy movie? on Volvo Testing Autonomous Cars On Public Roads · · Score: 2

    Why do I feel like I'm watching the start of a bad SyFy movie?

  11. "It argues device manufacturers enter such secret pacts with Google, called Mobile Application Distribution Agreements (MADA), because they know consumers expect to see a full suite of Google apps when they buy a device.
    The suit does not argue that device manufacturers entered MADAs involuntarily, but that the market power of Google compels them to."

    I've seen several Android devices without the play store. So obviously some manufacturers choose not to enter the agreement.

  12. Re:Dear AT&T on WSJ Reports AT&T May Be Eying a $40B DirecTV Acquisition · · Score: 1

    Dear AT&T,

    Because you would stop losing customers. Commercials with people from a low rated comedy show will only get you so far.

  13. Dear AT&T on WSJ Reports AT&T May Be Eying a $40B DirecTV Acquisition · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Dear AT&T,

    How about using some of that money to improve your current service?

  14. Re:Certain Disappointment on Star Wars: Episode VII Cast Officially Announced · · Score: 1

    Did you even watch Insurrection or Nemesis? The series was being run into the ground.

  15. Typical AT&T on AT&T's Gigabit Smokescreen · · Score: 3, Funny

    Sounds like the way they responded to Verizon. When Verizon started bragging about their 3G coverage, AT&T started running commercials showing their own 2G coverage.

  16. Re:Not enough? on Linux Voice is a New Magazine for Linux Users — On Paper (Video) · · Score: 1

    Most of those are European magazines. Your comparison and point is stupid.

  17. Wanted on Detroit: America's Next Tech Boomtown · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Wanted: People who are smart enough to work in tech, but dumb enough to live in an unsafe place.

  18. Re:Just one more reason on Criminals Using Drones To Find Cannabis Farms and Steal Crops · · Score: 1

    But giving power to the government is a bad thing.

  19. Re:Code names on Ubuntu Linux 14.04 LTS Trusty Tahr Released · · Score: 1

    You mean like "You should download and installed 'Trusty Tahr' then you can use 'Gnome' to run 'GIMP'"?

  20. Not enough? on Linux Voice is a New Magazine for Linux Users — On Paper (Video) · · Score: 2
  21. Re:What now? 1 billion! on Apache OpenOffice Reaches 100 Million Downloads. Now What? · · Score: 1

    I once heard that the most used database in the world is Microsoft Excel.

  22. Re:Its all about the apps on Nokia Had a Production-Ready Web Tablet 13 Years Ago · · Score: 1

    "That was the mistake Microsoft made."

    I agree. They tried to put Windows on tablets several times but they were trying to put an interface designed for a mouse on a form factor where it didn't work well.

  23. Magazines on Ask Slashdot: What Good Print Media Is Left? · · Score: 1

    For .Net developers:

    Code Magazine
    MSDN Magazine
    DNC Magazine(Not a print magazine, but it is a PDF that you can print out.)

    General Computing:

    CPU Magazine (not as good as it used to be, but still not bad)
    Maximum PC

    My local bookstore carries quite a few Linux magazines imported from Great Britain.

  24. Its all about the apps on Nokia Had a Production-Ready Web Tablet 13 Years Ago · · Score: 3, Interesting

    The reason that the iPad succeed was because they already had plenty of apps (from the iPhone) available for it when it launched.

  25. What the tax form should look like on Intuit, Maker of Turbotax, Lobbies Against Simplified Tax Filings · · Score: 1, Interesting

    2015 Tax Form

    Line 1 Enter the amount of money you grossed last year....____
    Line 2 Divide the amount in line 1 by 10 and write it here... ____

    Send in the amount written in line 2