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  1. Re:This just in. on Apple Gives In, Drops iPad '4G' Tag To Avoid Lawsuits · · Score: 1

    Well, basically, America is the Marketing Department for China Inc. So obviously America is best and everthing else is bad. That is how marketing works.

  2. Geexbox on DVDs, Blu-Rays To Show 20-Second Unskippable Govt. Warnings · · Score: 1

    Nice project. Now I finally have a good reason to revive my b0rked Toshiba laptop with the burned out video processor and turn it into a media player.

  3. Re:Scrap them all on Overheated Voting Machine Cast Its Own Votes · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Aha, so what we should do is make the vote machine pay out a $100 bill with each vote receipt. That will ensure that they are designed and built right and it will cause all elligible voters to go and vote.

  4. Density is what matters on Scientists Solve Mystery of Ireland's Moving Boulders · · Score: 1

    Maybe the boulders can float. These rocks don't look like basalt/granite and can therefore move around more easily when submerged.

  5. Re:Warranty? on Philips Releases 100W-Equivalent LED Bulb, Runs On Just 23 Watts · · Score: 1

    For me, the El'Cheapo Wal-Mart made in China ones lasted the longest.

  6. Re:Warranty? on Philips Releases 100W-Equivalent LED Bulb, Runs On Just 23 Watts · · Score: 2

    No, 200,000 is what the house actually costs. 2 million is what you pay for it...

  7. Re:Warranty? on Philips Releases 100W-Equivalent LED Bulb, Runs On Just 23 Watts · · Score: 2

    The problem is that the claimed lifetime is something like 7 years with 10 minutes of continuous use per day. The lifetime is not for 24/7/365 usage, or for being turned on/off 10,000 times per day.

  8. Re:The best part... on Ubuntu Will Soon Ship On 5% of New PCs · · Score: 0

    Apple is just the marketing department of Foxcon. The hardware is commodity Chinese parts.

  9. Data decays on Dealing With the Eventual Collapse of Social Networks · · Score: 2

    The value of most data decays over time and almost everything becomes worthless eventually when the owners die. So if Facebook and the like goes away, very little will be lost. There are literally only one or two books per century that are worth preserving.

  10. Cobol on Ask Slashdot: What Language Should a Former Coder Dig Into? · · Score: 1

    Well, a 20 year coder with 30 years experience and he doesn't know that COBOL rules the world?

  11. Re:People have been saying this for a long time. on Microsoft: Macs 'Not Safe From Malware, Attacks Will Increase' · · Score: 1, Interesting

    OK, so compare viruses on servers then. Linux clearly runs the vast majority of servers compared to Microsoft. So how does Windows Server stack up security wise? The difference is in the design.

  12. Re:People have been saying this for a long time. on Microsoft: Macs 'Not Safe From Malware, Attacks Will Increase' · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Hmm, since Linux has by far the largest market share, then by your logic, it must have the most viruses. Yes, Windows probably has the largest market share on desktop machines (a dying breed), but Linux leads on computers overall, by a wide margin. Samsung alone sells hundreds of millions of Linux machines each quarter. So where are the Linux viruses? The difference is in the design, which is not dependent on market share.

  13. Re:might as well since this may be a once in a lif on Raspberry Pi Reviewed, With an Initial Setup Guide · · Score: 2

    As young as possible - some kid is bound to try and chew on it and then a lawyer will file a class action because it doesn't taste like rapberries.

  14. Thought Crime on Arrested CERN Physicist Gets 5 Years For Terror Plot · · Score: 5, Insightful

    As far as I can tell this guy did not actually do anything. He got 5 years for a thought crime.

  15. Re:CMYK on Gimp 2.8 Finally Released · · Score: 2
  16. Re:OMG Bold! And Italic! And Colors! on Gimp 2.8 Finally Released · · Score: 1

    Yah, the next release will have flashing text in CMYK.

  17. Re:Straight Line on Gimp 2.8 Finally Released · · Score: 1

    Shift, click.

  18. Re:does it support Photoshop (PSD) layers? on Gimp 2.8 Finally Released · · Score: 1
  19. Re:Change the name, please! on Gimp 2.8 Finally Released · · Score: 1

    So install it and then, you know, name it something else! Wow, what a concept. Right click, Rename. Wow man, just WOW! I mean, gee whizz, you can rename your copy of The Gimp to Gnu's Not Photoshop! Gnop! Wow! just think, how revolutionary that would be... Sorry, but people who complain about little things that they can change themselves are just a pain in the derrier.

  20. Re:Not new on 1Gbps Wireless Network Made With Red and Green Laser Pointers · · Score: 1

    Yup. The first time I saw a laser link across a highway between two buildings was in the 1980s. So this is 30 year old technology already.

  21. Vertical wall hanger racks on Ask Slashdot: Building A Server Rack Into a New Home? · · Score: 1

    Get a vertical 'wall hanger' rack. Putting it horizontal is just silly.

  22. PC104 is obsolete on Intel Unveils Tiny Next Unit of Computing To Match Raspberry Pi · · Score: 1

    So is Intel trying to blow some new life into PC104 standard? StackableUSB is much nicer...

  23. Does it run Linux? on Organism Closest To Original "Tree of Life" Discovered · · Score: 0

    and eat Windows for breakfast?

  24. Re:Who is Bill Banning? on Bill Banning Employer Facebook Snooping Introduced In Congress · · Score: 1

    Maybe related to Johnny Tables?

  25. Why buy Adobe products anyway? on Aussie Parliamentary Inquiry Into Software Pricing Announced · · Score: 1

    The Free software products are generally better and the price is right, so if Ausies pay more for Adobe products, then they have only themselves to blame.