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  1. Re:December 21, 2012 on New Signs Voyager Is Nearing Interstellar Space · · Score: 1

    The Voyager probes do not have warp engines.

  2. Re:It's shiny and pretty on Windows 8 Pre RTM Metro UI Leaked · · Score: 1

    30 years ago? I remember people bitching about the GUI ~10 years ago.

  3. Re:Microsoft just became the laziest of OS designe on Windows 8 Pre RTM Metro UI Leaked · · Score: 1

    Windows 8 may be the biggest disaster they have ever created.

    I blame Ballmer.

  4. Re:That's the best they can do? on Windows 8 Pre RTM Metro UI Leaked · · Score: 1

    s/is looks/it looks/

  5. Re:That's the best they can do? on Windows 8 Pre RTM Metro UI Leaked · · Score: 1

    You mean the row of icons on top? Other than that is looks almost exactly like Windows Explorer currently does. And you must not be able to read if that row of icons confuses you, everything is labeled.

  6. Re:Clean and simple on Windows 8 Pre RTM Metro UI Leaked · · Score: 1

    You do know that the minimum recommended RAM for Vista was 2GB right (I know 1GB was min required)? So quit complaining that Vista was constantly swapping to/from the hard drive because you did not have the minimum required amount of RAM. And yes, I know that Home Basic only required 512MB, but who really used that?

  7. Re:Clean and simple on Windows 8 Pre RTM Metro UI Leaked · · Score: 1

    Windows 7 is not a "service pack for Vista". Quite a bit of the code base was re-written.

  8. Re:Clean and simple on Windows 8 Pre RTM Metro UI Leaked · · Score: 1

    Learn how to type. Hit start, type what you want, hit enter. And the classic theme is horrendous.

  9. Re:Metro = Retro? on Windows 8 Pre RTM Metro UI Leaked · · Score: 1

    The Aero UI had already been developed, there was no need to redesign the UI. In fact by redesigning it they in-fact did take time away from developers that could have been used to trim down and secure code.

  10. Re:GPU? on Windows 8 Pre RTM Metro UI Leaked · · Score: 1

    I guess you've never used a modern GPU. You can alt-tab in/out of fullscreen games with ease these days. Almost no lag while the buffer swaps out.

  11. Re:'Windows Classic' theme? on Windows 8 Pre RTM Metro UI Leaked · · Score: 1

    Nope, and the desktop is an app. The main interface is MetroUI.

  12. Re:Employer could always be nice on Employees Admit They'd Walk Out With Stolen Data If Fired · · Score: 1

    Where in the law does it say a recording has to be audio?

  13. Re:...and what would you do with it? on Employees Admit They'd Walk Out With Stolen Data If Fired · · Score: 1

    Speaking of hardware, someone walked off with a couple racks full of servers from a friends work a couple weeks ago. Guess nobody ever told them to secure access to the server room.

  14. Re:Best Pratices on Employees Admit They'd Walk Out With Stolen Data If Fired · · Score: 2

    And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because I told, I told Bill that if they move my desk one more time, then, then I'm, I'm quitting, I'm going to quit. And, and I told Don too, because they've moved my desk four times already this year, and I used to be over by the window, and I could see the squirrels, and they were married, but then, they switched from the Swingline to the Boston stapler, but I kept my Swingline stapler because it didn't bind up as much, and I kept the staples for the Swingline stapler and it's not okay because if they take my stapler then I'll set the building on fire...

  15. Re:Employer could always be nice on Employees Admit They'd Walk Out With Stolen Data If Fired · · Score: 1

    In many states it is illegal to record a conversation without the consent of both parties.

  16. Re:Best Pratices on Employees Admit They'd Walk Out With Stolen Data If Fired · · Score: 1

    You don't revoke access a week before, you do it over the weekend. When they come in and find they have no access you hand them a check and have them escorted them out.

  17. Re:Lenovo mini on Ask Slashdot: Best Choice of Linux Laptops For Elementary School? · · Score: 1

    Lenovo sells at a discount to educational institutions, especially if you buy in bulk.

  18. Re:Or... on US Gov't Wants Megaupload Users To Pay For Their Data · · Score: 1, Insightful

    The US is a Republic and not a Democracy.

  19. Re:Or... on US Gov't Wants Megaupload Users To Pay For Their Data · · Score: 5, Informative

    You cannot sue the federal government if they do not let you.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Tort_Claims_Act

  20. Re:Some very interesting issues on US Gov't Wants Megaupload Users To Pay For Their Data · · Score: 4, Interesting

    This is like arguing that the government can seize your car from the garage and dismantle it into thousands of parts, but that they haven't deprived you of your property, because you are free to hire a mechanic (at great cost) to put it all back together again.

    This actually happens all the time. Happened to a friend of mine more than once even. So long as the police were acting in "good faith" you have no legal recourse.

  21. Re:10,000 feet? on Apple News From WWDC and iPhone 5 Rumors · · Score: 1

    What effect does altitude have on capacitors? I have a feeling that they will burst when in use above a certain altitude.

  22. Re:ethernet dongles (likely at added cost on $2k+) on Apple News From WWDC and iPhone 5 Rumors · · Score: 1

    The wired connection you use at the hotel is by no means secure.

  23. Re:ethernet dongles (likely at added cost on $2k+) on Apple News From WWDC and iPhone 5 Rumors · · Score: 1

    Thinking about it further... they already redid the magsafe adapter for the new laptop...they should have integrated the ethernet connection there, and then had the ethernet jack in the power brick.

    But then they wouldn't be able to sell you a $30 dongle that cost all of $2 to make.

  24. Re:You have to admit: Apple nailed it once again. on Apple News From WWDC and iPhone 5 Rumors · · Score: 1

    That high-res display is useless when the OS doubles the DPI of everything on-screen.

  25. Re:Just $200 for 16GB RAM on Apple News From WWDC and iPhone 5 Rumors · · Score: 1

    Apple charges unreasonable prices for just about everything they sell. How do you think they've managed to get an obscene amount of profit? Sheep will be sheep.