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  1. Re:Android/iPhone UI performance on Nexus S Beats iPhone 4 In 'Real World' Web Browsing Tests · · Score: 1

    I absolutely hate the startup screenshot thing in iOS, because when it takes 5+ seconds to load the application I'm mashing the screen wondering when it's going to start. If it said "Loading" or at least looked like a splash screen I'd be less impatient on waiting.

  2. Re:How cheap? on Cutting Prices Is the Only Way To Stop Piracy · · Score: 1

    I think this is mostly because some of said pirates might tend to avoid the appstore entirely, or dislike having DRM on their packages (which doesn't really make sense for the end user ON their device). Their loss though, since you don't get auto-updates.

  3. Re:Value? on NASA Buys 12 Seats On Soyuz · · Score: 1

    With space lasers?

  4. Re:"real 4G"? on How AT&T Totally Flubbed 4G · · Score: 1

    Whoops, got GPRS and EDGE mixed up across the generations. All the more reason that the numbers don't mean that much.

  5. Re:AT&T - whats the point? on How AT&T Totally Flubbed 4G · · Score: 1

    Well, a lot of them are still locked into their iPhone contract, until they can switch to Verizon.

  6. Re:"real 4G"? on How AT&T Totally Flubbed 4G · · Score: 1

    The way you're using 4G and 3G is kind of confusing. The numbers themselves are rather broad, and technologies differ between GSM and CDMA. You probably want to refer to things like EDGE (3G)/HSPA+ (3.5G) (for GSM networks) and EVDO (for CDMA networks). And Verizon isn't doing anything wrong, inherently, the speed and lack of simultaneous data and voice is part of EVDO's standard and you'll notice that Sprint too has the same problems.

  7. Re:domain names are overrated on The Politics of ICANN · · Score: 1

    Yes, but then Chrome properly interprets it as a URL and navigates there directly, I'm talking about IE and Firefox (usually IE users, probably..) users that type stuff like facebook.com directly into the search bar instead of the address bar.

  8. Re:domain names are overrated on The Politics of ICANN · · Score: 1

    Really it shouldn't be doing that at all, and it would help keep idiots off the internet (unfortunately people still type full URLs into the search bar, too)

  9. Re:A fair way of doing things on The Politics of ICANN · · Score: 1

    Even though the FAQ says Slashdot is U.S.-centric.

  10. Re:AT&T picking up Verizon accounts on AT&T To Introduce Broadband Caps · · Score: 1

    Are you confusing AT&T Mobility with AT&T Internet? They're not the same entity, just like how Verizon Wireless is not the same entity as Verizon.

  11. Re:Fork it on Twitter Discards Client UI Community · · Score: 1

    So where do you suggest they put the username in the SMS message? (Psst, that's what the extra 20 characters is reserved for)

  12. Re:Fork it on Twitter Discards Client UI Community · · Score: 2

    Supporting more than 140 characters would break SMS support.

  13. Re:Matrix scene on Ask Slashdot: Worst Computer Scene In TV or Movies? · · Score: 1

    When did that happen? Are you referring to the (real and documented) SSH exploit?

  14. Re:Swordfish: The whole damn movie! on Ask Slashdot: Worst Computer Scene In TV or Movies? · · Score: 1

    This sounds about right.. I know the only time I'd want to be programming in LabView is when I'm drunk.

  15. Re:How about 0 critical bugs? on Drupal 8 Development Begins — 15 Bugs At a Time · · Score: 1

    They mean at any given time, they can stop, fix the 15 bugs, and release. Not release WITH 15 bugs.

  16. Re:only 160 points worth of microsoft funny money? on $1.2 Million Worth of MS Points Taken After Hackers Figure Out Code Algorithm · · Score: 1

    It pretty much is. They never sold anything outright less than 500 points.

  17. Re:On the plus side.. on In Isk We Trust: the EVE Online IskBank Exposed · · Score: 2

    Yes, a lot of people do buy isk! You know. By buying PLEXes and selling them in the market like you're supposed to. The question is, why to people use illegal outfits like this, instead of the CCP-sanctioned method?

  18. Re:Good luck with that on Text Messages To Replace Stamps In Sweden · · Score: 1

    Actually, while Google Voice supports SMS, it does not support shortcodes, or premium SMS services. So that wouldn't work here. :(

  19. Re:Written? on Text Messages To Replace Stamps In Sweden · · Score: 1

    Didn't you see Men in Black 2?! Our mail is sorted by aliens, not machines!

  20. Re:Now is the time *not* to try Firefox 4 on Firefox 4 RC1 Released · · Score: 1

    This is a really weird thing, to me. It happens *every* major version of Firefox release, too, and usually results in some addons being abandoned and replaced by one that supports the new version. I'm an addon developer and my extension has had support since the betas were available to set as a version in addons.mozilla.org. There's been plenty of time, and I doubt they've been breaking addons *that* often.

  21. Re:Horrible Website on Verizon Offers Refunds For Fraudulent SMS Messages · · Score: 1

    Stuff like this is always weird, I think it's because the legal team handling this gets the page set up, not Verizon corporate. On a side note, there was probably a press release linking to that site, or you could likely call customer support to verify it.

  22. Re:... sms robbery on Verizon Offers Refunds For Fraudulent SMS Messages · · Score: 1

    You should switch to Verizon! (No, seriously, they will let you put SMS and data blocks on your account. I have family members that have them set.)

  23. Re:Ministry of Redundancy Ministry on Hackers Target French Government Computers For G20 · · Score: 1

    MOTD? Ministry of the Day?

  24. Re:chrome wins on Firefox 4 RC Vs. IE9 RC: the First Duel · · Score: 1

    Chrome, Firefox, Opera, whatever. IE loses.

  25. Re:Why installing Android 2.3? Has anyone rooted i on Google's Nexus S, A Look At Gingerbread · · Score: 2

    If you have a custom bootloader it's always possible to root (because it can take modified upgrade packages)