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  1. Re:Germany here. 1GB = 9.90€. Prepaid. on Verizon Wireless Goes Ahead With 'Bucket' Data Plans · · Score: 3, Insightful

    If Americans traveled outside their own country more then they wouldn't accept the prices they pay.

    I hear this all the time, but the reason for this is the size of the country and the lack of nearby countries that aren't named Canada or Mexico. To get anywhere out of the country other than that is out of the budget of most Americans.

  2. Re:Whoopdeedoo on Are Google's Best Days In the Past? · · Score: 1

    So simulate the experience of vi on any search engine, open a new window and slide your face across the keyboard a couple of times, then press enter.

    --An emacs user.

  3. Freight on Is a US High-Speed Railway Economically Feasible? · · Score: 1

    I hate the idea simply because it would likely ruin our 3rd best in the world freight rail industry. We lose something as essential as that and we're just shooting ourselves in the foot.

  4. Slashdot on Over a Third of the Internet Is Pornographic · · Score: 1

    News for nerds. Stuff that matters.

    Ohh and how it matters.

  5. Re:Browser history? on Google Releases Wi-Fi Sniffing Audit · · Score: 1

    I record something. I record something a second later as I continue driving. The first thing I recorded is "history".

    It's a stretch, but it's all I got.

  6. Re:Browser history? on Google Releases Wi-Fi Sniffing Audit · · Score: 1

    tcpdump gives information about browsing history. But I think they were using kismet in their software. I haven't used kismet but I'm guessing it does the same.

    That aside, a 5 year old could get the information they got by typing in one command on a command line.

  7. Re:Same way you get your kids interested in gaming on How To Get a Game-Obsessed Teenager Into Coding? · · Score: 2, Informative

    Why even include the brace?

    while(1) printf("FUCK\n");

  8. Re:Maybe I'm missing something on Exam Board Deletes C and PHP From CompSci A-Levels · · Score: 1

    This is sad to hear. As a student, if I went to an OS class and started hearing lectures on web programming I'd drop the class and ask for my money back. Also, your department head doesn't seem to know what she is doing. With the way her department seems to be set up now, I'd be surprised if graduates got jobs anywhere outside of the web app market.

  9. Re:It's Xfinitytastic! - and how to rebrand well on Comcast Shoots For New Image, Rebranding As Xfinity · · Score: 1

    Spending money to wait for people? I'd rather spend my money fixing my problems.

  10. Re:Open Office is there on MS Issues Word Patch To Comply With Court Order · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Then why does every new version of Microsoft Office look 100% different than the previous version?

  11. Re:IE6 isn't being held up by choice on Firefox 3.5 Now the Most Popular Browser Worldwide · · Score: 1

    My father uses it still, and I believe he's part of a populous subset of people that think "It's different. It's broken!"

    Whenever windows update comes up he thinks it's spam. Whenever a security warning comes up he thinks he has a virus. Whenever any update window comes up he thinks it's spam.

    His work machine was running XP service pack 1 until yesterday.

    Train those people and you'll get rid of IE6.

  12. Re:It on The First Robot To Cross the Atlantic Ocean Underwater · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    My car is a she. My computer is a she. My chair is a she. My bed is even a she.

    It's all about who built the thing and/or who's using it.

  13. Anyone that says no on Would You Use a Free Netbook From Google? · · Score: 1

    Is lying to themselves.

    If someone gives you something useful for free and you don't use it just because of who you got it from, then you're just being stubborn.

    So here's to getting a free netbook someday!

  14. Re:You're accidentally correct on Can We Really Tell Lossless From MP3? · · Score: 1

    I think the reason people don't sit down and listen to albums anymore is because people don't buy full albums anymore. They buy/download individual songs. Personally, whenever I have a full album of something, I'll still listen through it all.

    So I really don't think people not listening to full albums today is because of frequencies that you can't hear. Sorry, but it makes far less sense.

  15. They gave up? on New Zealand To Launch First Private Space Rocket · · Score: 1, Troll

    So they gave up on their toothbrush fence?

  16. Re:I'm confused.... on Nintendo Announces DSi XL · · Score: 1

    It's the DSi XL, clearly stated many times...

  17. Re:Headphones on Sonar Software Detects Laptop User Presence · · Score: 1

    Have the headphones detect if they are on someone's head using the same sonar technique. If not, sleep.

    Bad if you have headphones plugged in but don't use them. But how cool would it be to turn on a computer by putting on the headphones?

  18. News at 11... on Radio-Controlled Cyborg Beetles Become Reality · · Score: 1

    The Berkeley team has apparently been taken over, conquered if you will, by a master race of giant radio-controlled cyborg beetles.

    It's difficult to tell from this vantage point whether they will consume the captive Berkeley men or merely enslave them. One thing is for certain, there is no stopping them. The beetles will soon be here.

    And I, for one, welcome our new radio controlled cyborg beetles.

  19. Re:Stupid new Gym Classes on Heart Monitors In Middle School Gym Class? · · Score: 1

    I loved gym class*. Where else did they give you a graded class just for running around and playing for an hour and a half? It was like recess for big kids.

    *Not a gym class superstar. Computer science student.

  20. Re:I don't think it has been a problem. on Is Typing Ruining Your Ability To Spell? · · Score: 2, Funny

    I got stuck reading "And recursive footnotes should never be used" over and over again. Augh!

  21. CORE on ARM Hopes To Lure Microsoft Away From Intel · · Score: 1

    Wherever there are ARM, the CORE will come to destroy. Long live CORE!

  22. Simpsons logic: on Transparent Aluminum Is "New State of Matter" · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I always thought you could make any form of matter invisible by rubbing something sufficiently greasy on it.

  23. Easy on Which Game Series Would You Reboot? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Alpha Centauri!

  24. Re:Seriously, is that much space neccessary ? on Western Digital Announces 1TB Mobile HD · · Score: 1

    Yes, and here's why - many people (students) use laptops as their main and only computer.

  25. Re:easy come, easy go on Bing Users' Click-Through Rate 55% Higher Than Google Users' · · Score: 1

    Google's homepage is nice too. For the most part it's just a search bar with a Google logo above it.