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  1. Re: Until dell can pay it's bills with Bitcoin.... on Dell Starts Accepting Bitcoin · · Score: 1

    No the CHINESE company converts it to Yuan.

  2. Re:Not actually accepting bitcoins. RTFA on Dell Starts Accepting Bitcoin · · Score: 2

    Overstock is now keeping 10% of their bitcoin sales in bitcoin:

    http://newsbtc.com/2014/05/02/patrick-byrne-overstock-com-10-percent-bitcoin-income-bitcoin/

  3. I haven't seen anyone ask the question... on Ask Slashdot: Future-Proof Jobs? · · Score: 5, Insightful

    What does she LOVE to do?

  4. Re:let me solve this right now on The Last Three Months Were the Hottest Quarter On Record · · Score: 1

    Plants breathe CO2. Increased CO2 levels have been shown to increase natural vegetation. I'm not seeing a problem with CO2 that can't be easily regulated by the earth itself. During the short term, volcanoes easily outdo any other activity, but they haven't caused the earth to spiral out of control.

  5. Re: The Heartland Institute on The Last Three Months Were the Hottest Quarter On Record · · Score: 1

    Sorry, "north of Canada".

  6. Re: The Heartland Institute on The Last Three Months Were the Hottest Quarter On Record · · Score: 1

    It's more than an inch. A lot of fishing and shipping businesses in the Bering Sea and north of Alaska have closed down for a month the past 3 years. Before that, it hadn't happened in decades.

  7. Nothing to see here on Hacking Online Polls and Other Ways British Spies Seek To Control the Internet · · Score: 5, Informative

    I don't believe GCHQ is involved in anything of the sort and you shouldn't either. This story simply reeks of falsehood.

    Edit: Hey, that's not what I wrote...

  8. Re:Obligatory Car Analogy on Police Recording Confirms NYPD Flew At a Drone and Never Feared Crashing · · Score: 1

    Until last week with the Supreme Court's "Looks like a duck" ruling.

  9. Re:Uber is the new Slashdot buzzword. sorry Bitcoi on Uber Is Now Cheaper Than a New York City Taxi · · Score: 1

    If you mean anti-Bitcoin stupid, then yeah, I agree with you.

  10. Re:Uber is the new Slashdot buzzword. sorry Bitcoi on Uber Is Now Cheaper Than a New York City Taxi · · Score: 1

    Yep. I'm so stupid I'm about to retire in my forties. With coins I bought less than 2 years ago. What an idiot I've been.

  11. Re:But you can still on TSA Prohibits Taking Discharged Electronic Devices Onto Planes · · Score: 1

    Is this true? Because a lighter and some carefully placed thermite could really bring down a plane easily.

  12. Re:This is nothing new. on TSA Prohibits Taking Discharged Electronic Devices Onto Planes · · Score: 1

    That was a nice calculator. But there is no way an air security person would understand it. They all failed math.

  13. Re:Real TSA Motivations on TSA Prohibits Taking Discharged Electronic Devices Onto Planes · · Score: 1

    If you think the TSA isn't a major part of that, just look at how many people on this thread said they aren't flying domestically (or, if foreign, to the US) anymore.

  14. Re:TSA = the USA's Gestapo on TSA Prohibits Taking Discharged Electronic Devices Onto Planes · · Score: 1

    We just booked on JetBlue and the first checked bag was free (even though we typically all go with carryons because you never can be too sure how you'll get to your destination.

  15. Re:That'll show 'em! on TSA Prohibits Taking Discharged Electronic Devices Onto Planes · · Score: 1

    The real enemy is drugs. If you look at all the security measures that changed, they all have to do with somebody that smuggled drugs. Why do you take your shoes off? It's not the shoe bomber, it's the girl whose story was featured on "Locked Up Abroad" who was filling her oversized shoes with hashish.

    I suspect they found somebody that packed their laptop's battery compartment with drugs.

  16. Re:Actually makes good sense on TSA Prohibits Taking Discharged Electronic Devices Onto Planes · · Score: 2

    Like "marriage".

  17. Re:Actually makes good sense on TSA Prohibits Taking Discharged Electronic Devices Onto Planes · · Score: 1

    Yep, we'll keep 300 people safe while bankrupting the country and killing all our businesses. But...terrorists...

  18. Re:Incoming international flights on TSA Prohibits Taking Discharged Electronic Devices Onto Planes · · Score: 1

    I forgot to bring my charger this weekend and my phone (which I was using for navigation) died so badly it wouldn't do anything THE FIRST DAY.

  19. Re:Christmas is coming early this year on TSA Prohibits Taking Discharged Electronic Devices Onto Planes · · Score: 2

    And how many cell phone battery bombs have there been yet?

  20. Re:Christmas is coming early this year on TSA Prohibits Taking Discharged Electronic Devices Onto Planes · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Because inevitably if you travel for any extended length of time your battery WILL be dead. Now visitors to our country start by throwing away their PHONE? Yeah, that's going to encourage tourism...

  21. Re:Christmas is coming early this year on TSA Prohibits Taking Discharged Electronic Devices Onto Planes · · Score: 1

    True. I haven't needed it yet, but the fact that I CAN replace it is a large part of why I like the Samsung.

  22. Re:Netflix rating engine sucks on Netflix Is Looking To Pay Someone To Watch Netflix All Day · · Score: 1

    And back then, I found it to be very helpful and accurate. Now, not at all.

  23. Re:Netflix rating engine sucks on Netflix Is Looking To Pay Someone To Watch Netflix All Day · · Score: 1

    Netflix's rating system is worse than ever. It recently said that I would like "Amber Alert" at a 4.8 out of 5. I thought, "Not likely", but I tried it anyway. I turned it off in 10 minutes and rated it a 1 (which for me means couldn't finish). How on earth did it think I (or anyone else) would like that horrible movie with ugly, stupid people screaming at each other the whole time?

  24. Re:If they approve allowing calls on planes... on FAA's Ruling On Smartphones During Takeoff Has Had Little Impact · · Score: 1, Informative

    9/11 confirms your claims...in the negative. Many people made calls that day when they knew they were going to die.

  25. Re:That was dictated? on Baton Bob Strikes Back Against Police That Coerced Facebook Post From Him · · Score: 4, Funny

    Well, he dresses like a 12 year old girl, so I think it was him...