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  1. Re:other people's money on FCC Proposes To Extend So-Called "Obamaphone" Program To Broadband · · Score: 1

    Do you mean a collective Animal Farm? ;)

  2. Re:Detecting Drones on Why Detecting Drones Is a Tough Gig · · Score: 1

    I wonder if we will ever have a suicide drone bomber? A small part of me wishes so as it is an amazingly nice phrase with good mouth-feel. Fortunately, the rest of me realizes this is a bad idea regardless of their target.

  3. Re: Power users on The Tricky Road Ahead For Android Gets Even Trickier · · Score: 1

    Vague but true - power user has a definition. It is not consumption of electricity. That was a nice try though.

  4. Re:Plenty on California Is Giving Away Free Solar Panels To Its Poorest Residents · · Score: 1

    If I sell you something you are not paying my house or car payment. You are paying me. If you want to take it out that far you can say that your employer is paying your cap and trade payments. Or that their customers are... They are the same thing and not remotely realistic.

  5. Re:Easy detection method #48 on Why Detecting Drones Is a Tough Gig · · Score: 1

    Crashing through restricted airspace may not be illegal...

  6. Re:Detecting Drones on Why Detecting Drones Is a Tough Gig · · Score: 1

    They are just going to shoot the next couple of people who try this. The bullets and associated court fees will be out of the tax-payers dollars so won't cost them a thing. This will deter anyone else from considering this as a viable option.

  7. Re:Just wondering on Why Detecting Drones Is a Tough Gig · · Score: 3, Funny

    You over estimate the competency of our government. Oh, wait, you said "smart guys." My bad.

  8. Re:WTF indeed on The Tricky Road Ahead For Android Gets Even Trickier · · Score: 1

    Don't you have a couple of old boxes you could run headless? Oddly it seems like we are returning to the time of dumb terminals though they have a lot more computing power these days.

  9. Re:Of course the majority will be from Android on The Tricky Road Ahead For Android Gets Even Trickier · · Score: 1

    I suspect that if they included cocaine for life for all iOS users they would eventually run out of money. It is not impossible.

  10. Re:Of course the majority will be from Android on The Tricky Road Ahead For Android Gets Even Trickier · · Score: 1

    I can buy a tablet but I have not bought one since around 2003. It was a Motion running XP. I still have it. I do not use it. I do not buy a new one because I have a phone the size of a dinner plate in my pocket and my eyes are not that bad yet. Also, I like an easy to access keyboard, not carrying around another item, so I would prefer a netbook but those all tend to suck - I have owned a half dozen and most were the best hardware available. Hmm... I wonder if there is a decent Android netbook with a decent ARM processor or if they have improved the quality of the hardware amongst the other vendors... Time to do some research and spend some fun money methinks...

  11. Re:Power users on The Tricky Road Ahead For Android Gets Even Trickier · · Score: 1

    I think he is saying that owning a phone does not make you a power user as your post implies.

  12. Re:Tim Cook, fuck yourself! I have my Blackberry! on The Tricky Road Ahead For Android Gets Even Trickier · · Score: 1

    Umm... I always get a slide out keyboard phone. They are much bigger and much better than anything I have seen from BlackBerry - and I was a BB user for years before the smartphone became a thing.

  13. Re:Who modded this crap up? on High Court Orders UK ISPs To Block EBook Sites · · Score: 1

    I wonder if Ishmael (Daniel Quinn) would get published today? Or 1984 or Fahrenheit 451?

  14. Re:And so it continues on High Court Orders UK ISPs To Block EBook Sites · · Score: 1

    My favorites folder is now so full it is bursting. Folders are cheap and bandwidth is a static cost. Keep them coming. :D

    VIPBox and ZMovie are a couple that are rather reliable. Not much beats a little education and Google though.

  15. Re:Soon on High Court Orders UK ISPs To Block EBook Sites · · Score: 1

    I wonder why they did not just block search engines? They work just as well, throw a few switches/words and you will get the same result. One site linking to many does not a difference make.

  16. Re:A crap effort full or artifacts on Making the World's Largest Panoramic Photo · · Score: 1

    Everybody gets a trophy.

  17. The deal is I would have drained it myself. However, with this new information from you, I will not likely worry about it as much on the very unlikely chance that it happens to me. The nozzles are different so it seems like it should be obvious to everyone that they are not the same fuels but, well, not everyone is so savvy. My first RV was diesel and my current one is gasoline so I suppose I could be high and screw it up but it is unlikely that I would be high (at least that high) and driving. It is a near certainty that I will be completely sober when driving something that large. What is scary is that I do not need a special license to drive it nor do I need a special license to drive with a snowplow. Having seen how people pilot/point (not really driving) the two it seems like we may want to look into that.

  18. Re:Pist frost on GM To Offer Apple CarPlay and Android Auto API In Most 2016 Vehicles · · Score: 1

    Pretty much my thoughts exactly. This means a potential of more distracted drivers on the road. I bought a used Viper, one of the originals, and not only is there no radio, there is no OEM slot to put a radio in. There is, also, a State law that makes distracted driving illegal. Use of this type of technology while driving may provide probable cause for a traffic stop so caution is paramount. The overreach of such laws is absurd though the intent is good (I believe). Recently a driver was stopped for eating a sandwich whilst driving, I think that was unnecessary and using the law for purposes which it was not designed for.

  19. Re:A crap effort full or artifacts on Making the World's Largest Panoramic Photo · · Score: 1

    Quality is not a requirement for it to be defined as a panorama and quality is not a metric used when determining the size. However crappy it still qualifies as the largest panorama (it seems - Google does not indicate that there are larger with commercially available products) even though it doesn't meet your standards. It does not meet my standards either but we do not count and the definition is not affected by standards. Additionally, it is "a lot" and not "alot." 'Alot' is not a word in English.

  20. Re:StreetView? on Making the World's Largest Panoramic Photo · · Score: 1

    No. Well, not according to my app that is called TheSage which has very good definitions. I looked because I have seen a picture of an item that was circumnavigated being called a panorama. I figured I would get a more authoritative source and went to the MW source:

    http://www.merriam-webster.com...

    Colloquially I would agree with you BUT reality says otherwise. I personally only use it to describe what you think is the definition. However it is not as strict as I use it and you believe it actually is. To offer you some support, Oxford Dictionary has the very first definition as being what you describe and what I use it for. You can see that here:

    http://www.oxforddictionaries....

    However, even Oxford goes on to list additional definitions that negate the strictness of it having to be the area surrounding the viewer/camera/photographer.

  21. Re:Not a very good job... on Making the World's Largest Panoramic Photo · · Score: 1

    We really should be more specific when using the word Alps. There are a number of different "Alps." It is a rather ambiguous term. Alas, as people won't Google themselves and will ask for a citation:

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

  22. Re:Will Technology Disrupt the Song? on Ask Slashdot: Will Technology Disrupt the Song? · · Score: 1

    I remember that song. Bands with long songs got little radio so were not as popular, it was a self-feeding cycle. The Doors were so popular that people wanted to hear their music on the radio. They lead the way for bands like the Grateful Dead, Pink Floyd, and Led Zeppelin. I admire the Doors for many things, this is one of them though the information could be incorrect I suppose. I grew up with the Doors so, well, they have stuck as have all the bands listed above.

  23. Re:FREE?!?!?!? on California Is Giving Away Free Solar Panels To Its Poorest Residents · · Score: 1

    How much do you pay in Cap and Trade? If I read properly that is where the funds are coming from.

  24. Re:Clarification of target group on California Is Giving Away Free Solar Panels To Its Poorest Residents · · Score: 1

    Do not forget the parts that make up the panel and, if applicable, the battery. Those are particularly nasty but remain overlooked when people consider the environmental impact. I opted to have my roof slathered with them. As it is a salt-box envelope house I am doing well as the longer side faces SSE.

  25. Re:Oddly enough, I support this because... on California Is Giving Away Free Solar Panels To Its Poorest Residents · · Score: 1

    Externalization is a thing. Line maintenance, customer support, equipment purchase or replacement, and other overhead costs... Selling at wholesale is moronic.