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  1. Re:The building owner is at fault? on L.A. Building's Lights Interfere With Cellular Network, FCC Says · · Score: 1

    Umm.. no. One set of devices is sent to the FCC for approval. They test it and then approve it or not.

    Something GE changed, or faulty production did not produce a product that was similar to what was submitted to the FCC. They (GE) are aware of the problem, and have a procedure to replace them. Now whether it is the building or GE that covers the costs of actually replacing them is between them, but usually they won't. They will send correctly working parts, but not cover the labor involved with the actual replacement.

    The FCC is funded by government taxes, which is paid for me, well, us. Why would we pay for a device that GE manufactured defectively? Really.

  2. Re:Quality vs Speed on AMD Open-Sources Video Encode Engine · · Score: 1

    Not a hardware bug. The program running on the GPU isn't the same as the one running on the CPU.

  3. Re:More reprsentative stats please on IE Drops To Single-Digit Market Share · · Score: 1

    Only in benchmarks. Firefox has a really annoying habit of running many things on a single thread. It causes many thing to hiccup quite often while I use it, especially if any websites are doing animation. Wish they would fix that.

  4. Re:In all fairness on Hard Drive Reliability Study Flawed? · · Score: 1

    I would have to agree with that. Their 2TB drives had some serious issues. So much that I retired what remained of my 12-drive raid array and replaced them with 3TB drives. So far, not a single 3TB drive failure, while I had 5-6 of the 2TB drives fail.

  5. Re:Hmm on UK Government May Switch from MS Office to Open Source · · Score: 1

    You could always view it without having to buy expensive software. Here you go: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us...

    At least with .doc/.docx you can edit the file if you need to. .PDF files are crap, and don't work well for those that need screen readers. Think of the handicapped!

  6. Re:Privacy Issues on UK Government May Switch from MS Office to Open Source · · Score: 1

    In contrast, I've opened nearly 1GB (1,000MB) files in Word. 86MB files? I'm glad you could open that readme.doc file.

  7. Re:Privacy Issues on UK Government May Switch from MS Office to Open Source · · Score: 3, Insightful

    It's not baseless FUD, the open alternative to Excel are absolutely terrible. You can tell this is nothing more than a PR stunt to help contract negotiations when they list "this will help departments to do something as simple as share documents" as one of the reasons. Switching to a different platform than what the majority of offices use will hinder their ability to share documents, not help.

    If you want to make your case, at least stop posting as an Anonymous Coward. Hiding behind AC just shows that you don't believe what you are saying is true, and most people will see right through your BS, and you don't want your name associated with a bunch of lies.

  8. Re: Apples vs Apples on Microsoft Relaxing Xbox One Kinect Requirements, Giving GPU Power a Boost? · · Score: 1

    I hate driving 25 minutes each way, spending $10 in gas, wasting an hour of my life to get to the store to find out they either don't carry it, don't have it in stock yet, or is sold out. Or worse, getting home and then finding the media is bad.

    On the other hand, I love how after a system upgrade, or drive wipe, just check a few checkboxes and wait and all my games are back.

  9. Re: Apples vs Apples on Microsoft Relaxing Xbox One Kinect Requirements, Giving GPU Power a Boost? · · Score: 1

    Who buys boxed sets of PC games anymore? So by your own admission, VGcharts is very inaccurate for PC games where online sales can outsell boxed sets with a significant margin.

  10. Re:Too little, too late on Microsoft Relaxing Xbox One Kinect Requirements, Giving GPU Power a Boost? · · Score: 1

    I find the kinect extremely useful on the xbox one. Not sure why you don't like it.

  11. Re:Apples vs Apples on Microsoft Relaxing Xbox One Kinect Requirements, Giving GPU Power a Boost? · · Score: 1

    VGChartz is obviously very very inaccurate. The list WoW: Burning Crusades at having sold 4 million copies, when blizzard said there was over 18 million active accounts at the time.

  12. Re:Apples vs Apples on Microsoft Relaxing Xbox One Kinect Requirements, Giving GPU Power a Boost? · · Score: 1

    Your GTX 560Ti has 128GB/s worth of memory bandwidth, while the PS4 has 176GB/s. 176GB/s would put it between a GTX 660 and a GTX 670. Sure there is better, but it's still very respectable, and much better than the graphics card in the average PC.

  13. Re:But it is horribly wrong anyway. on Stephen Hawking: 'There Are No Black Holes' · · Score: 4, Funny

    If you add the mass of the egos of those on slashdot, that solves the whole galaxy missing mass problem.

  14. Re: Dont do anyone any favors on Court Says Craigslist Sperm Donor Must Pay Child Support · · Score: 1

    It is my understanding that while you can file with the judge, he only takes the amount under consideration, and he is not obligated to assign that amount. He can at his discretion (and has before) any amount he chooses, but only usually will choose the amount agreed upon between the two parties.

    I am not a lawyer, however.

  15. Re:Login with Facebook to Post a Comment on Facebook Is a Plague That'll Burn Out In a Few Years, Says Study · · Score: 1

    Apparently you don't get analytics. The 99.28% figure doesn't mean what you say it does. It means that after someone has gone to facebook, they visited at least one thing on the facebook.com domain. It has absolutely no relevance at all about if they searched for facebook, typed it into a search engine, clicked it off some other site, or have it set to their home page.

    Next up, where did people come from also doesn't mean what you say it does. The 7.7% figure coming from google.com could be from anything on google's site, not just search. The number to use (if alexa's analytics are accurate, which I don't claim), is 4.20%. The bold number right next to the words "Search Visits".

  16. Re: Lesson from this story...don't be a glass ho on AMC Theaters Allegedly Calls FBI to Interrogate a Google Glass Wearer · · Score: 1

    Stop being ignorant and filling your head with Internet lies and find the truth yourself. The top 5% pay for 57-60% of all the money the Feds collect through income tax every year. Source:IRS

    If you have trouble with being able to google stuff yourself, or you can't work a calculator, here are the numbers for you in a nice simple table broken down by year: http://www.ntu.org/tax-basics/...

  17. Re:Lesson from this story...don't be a glass hole! on AMC Theaters Allegedly Calls FBI to Interrogate a Google Glass Wearer · · Score: 1

    The scope on my rifle is prescription. The police (or anyone for that matter) don't like it when I look at them through it either because I forgot my glasses.

  18. Re:Lesson from this story...don't be a glass hole! on AMC Theaters Allegedly Calls FBI to Interrogate a Google Glass Wearer · · Score: 1

    Why do people think the FBI is some mystical über-crime fighting force?

    I suspect it's the pre-teen slashdot crowd, or people who don't actually live in the US who watch too many movies. The FBI is for investigating federal crimes, not for fighting evil supervillians. Can't have the FBI treading on S.H.I.E.L.D territory, noobs!

  19. Re:Lesson from this story...don't be a glass hole! on AMC Theaters Allegedly Calls FBI to Interrogate a Google Glass Wearer · · Score: 1

    I go everywhere with not one, but two pocket knives on me. I've never stabbed anyone or caused vandalism. Should I be arrested for carrying weapons, even when I've done nothing with them?

    Don't fly much, do you?

  20. Re:Lesson from this story...don't be a glass hole! on AMC Theaters Allegedly Calls FBI to Interrogate a Google Glass Wearer · · Score: 1

    Yes it is. Here is a better, more official link than some random slashdot story:
    http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/in... - #7 - Piracy/Intellectual Property Theft

  21. Re: Lesson from this story...don't be a glass hol on AMC Theaters Allegedly Calls FBI to Interrogate a Google Glass Wearer · · Score: 2

    I'm sorry, were you complaining about the "rich guys" from the movie studio, or the "rich guys" who wear google glasses? Or are you suggesting that the "rich guys" that pay for 53%+ of the federal taxes shouldn't be able to use any of the federal services?

    I see, so your argument is that the "poor" people who either contribute nothing to the federal coffers, or only take federal hand outs are the ones who should be able to be protected via our federal laws. Interesting concept.

  22. Re:I know what this is!!!! on Mystery Rock 'Appears' In Front of Mars Rover · · Score: 4, Funny

    Opportunity - leaving no rock unturned since 2014.

  23. Re:This is great on Building an Open Source Nest · · Score: 1

    Probably less than the damage that someone could do by walking up to my house with a can of gasoline and a match.

  24. Re: Reinforcing the term on Google Glass User Fights Speeding Ticket, Saying She's Defending the Future · · Score: 1

    You are applying the rules in the wrong order. A cell phone with GPS is legal because it meets at least one requirement in the list of exceptions. It isn't a requirement that it meet all the exception rules 1-5, just one of them. Therefore, rule (a) is irrelevant, as is (A) and (B).

  25. Re: Stand their ground on Wikimedia Community Debates H.264 Support On Wikipedia Sites. · · Score: 1

    Firefox on the Mac can view h.264 videos by using flash.