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  1. Does it overwrite grub on my duel boot machine like the last update did?

  2. iGlasses

  3. Re:Usage is consent on Walmart Now Lets You Pay With Phone At All 4,600 US Stores Via Walmart Pay (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    If Walmart Pay is (eventually) used in other stores then Walmart gets to track what you buy in those other stores too. If it isn't accepted in other stores then what's the point? Do we want a different pay app for every store?

  4. Re:Very smart of them, if tru on Uber Knows Exactly When You'll Pay Surge Pricing (yahoo.com) · · Score: 2

    Battery state is now considered private, personal confidential information also? Hey, my battery is at 78% right now, what are you going to do with that information?

    This has nothing to do with poor software design. Any application should be notified when the phone is entering a low power state, or a power saving state, so that the application can disable certain high-power features if the programmers decided to add that feature. Maybe Uber doesn't need a constant GPS feed until you're actually ordering, for example, but it's nice to have that position information if your battery is fine.

    There is nothing wrong with checking the battery state but they don't need to send the data back to their servers to put the phone in low power mode.

  5. Matte TV screens on Ask Slashdot: What Single Change Would You Make To a Tech Product? · · Score: 1

    You can still find monitors and laptops with matte screens if you look, but TVs are all shiny mirrors now. Bring back the large matte TV screens please.

  6. Re:How hard is it...? on An Automated Cat Litter Box With DRM · · Score: 2

    The problem is that the rules of English are backwards here.

    John's = it belongs to John. it's != it belongs to "it".

    Why that is, I don't know, but it's true. I assume it's to distinguish from "it is" and "belongs to it" because you don't have the same problem with "John is" being "John's".

    An easy way to remember is that "his" and "her" don't have apostrophes either, just like "its".

  7. Re:Also RIP.. Nash the Slash on H.R. Giger, Alien Artist and Designer, Dead at Age 74 · · Score: 1

    Vincent's Crows are swooping around his head. :-(

  8. options on Microsoft Will Have To Rename SkyDrive · · Score: 1

    Is IoneSkyeDrive taken?

  9. Re:Play store not the only source on Google Removing Ad-Blockers From Play · · Score: 1

    Some apps from the play store require you to be signed into your google account to check their license. If you remove your google account from the device then after a few days the app will complain that it can't verify the license. I've had it happen a few times. Logging back into the play store, which adds the google account back, generally fixes it. I don't think it is true for all apps, looks like it is up to the developer if they want to check the license through google play or not. I don't know if removing the play store app itself has the same affect. I suspect things will work as long as you're logged into your google account.

  10. Re:BeOS on Google Challenging Microsoft For Business Software · · Score: 2

    Which AT&T CPU was BeOS originally on?

    AT&T Hobbit. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BeOS#History

  11. Re:What IP is Apple using to stop this? on Apple Kills a Kickstarter Project - Updated · · Score: 1

    I'm wondering the same thing. If they can figure out how to supply power to the port why do they need a license? The whole thing is kind of sad.

  12. Re:A lot more on Police Find Apple Branded Stoves In China · · Score: 1

    What other sort of hair salons are there?

  13. Re:They can get away with it by pointing to Sony.. on Xbox Live Pricing To Go Up To $60 Per Year · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Sony does not charge to play on PSN. PSN+ gives you access to content, everyone can play.

  14. Re:OLED screen? on Zune HD Unveiled, Set For Fall Release · · Score: 1

    Sony's new walkman has an OLED screen.

  15. Re:It's the name on Mozilla Donates $100K To the Ogg Project · · Score: 1

    I think they should put an Ogg player in Ugg boots.

  16. videos on Palm Announces Killer New Phone · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Some videos of the new platform are up at palmcentral. The second one shows a live demo. Looks nice.

  17. Re:Oh no, not again. on LG High-Def TVs To Stream Netflix Videos · · Score: 1

    Oh, THAT Divx. Yeah, i remember that. It was one of the reasons I bought a dvd player actually.

  18. Re:Oh no, not again. on LG High-Def TVs To Stream Netflix Videos · · Score: 1

    Why not add in a DivX player too while you're at it?

    already announced from samsung! http://www.twice.com/index.asp?layout=article&articleid=CA6605719&rssid=84

  19. Re:Doomed to suck on National Geographic Getting Into Video Games · · Score: 1

    In fact picking "Africa" and "Panda" sounds like attempts to cash in on that PS3 Africa game and the recent Kung-Fu Panda movie.

    Actually, according to this article, it sounds like the Africa game IS the PS3 Afrika title.

  20. Re:Fucking patent trolls on TiVo Wins Appeal On Patents For Pause, Ffwd, Rwd · · Score: 1

    For the record, mythtv users in the US are paying $20/year for guide info from schedules direct. I suppose some folks are scraping web sites for the info but it's not officially supported.

  21. Re:Not cell-based, cell-assisted on Toshiba Launches First Cell-based Laptop · · Score: 5, Informative

    Yes, it isn't a Cell, it is Toshiba's Spurs Engine with 4 SPEs and no PPE.

  22. Re:I'm Speed Racer and I drive real fast! on Speed Racer's Visual FX Uncovered · · Score: 1

    I'm a barbie doll but i've got brains

  23. Re:Meh. Can it make circles and squares? on First Looks at The Gimp 2.5 · · Score: 2, Insightful

    But it would be nice if there was an easier/more obvious way to do it than Edit->stroke. Not a lot of people are going to find that, and since gimp can already do these functions adding them to the tool box would seem to do little harm.

  24. Re:No more Optimus stories, please! on 10 Strange Computer Keyboards · · Score: 3, Informative

    ars played with the full keyboard recently, complete with full color keys. seems like it is real, but freakin' expensive.

  25. Re:Not a PDA replacement... on How the iPod Touch Works · · Score: 1

    That's why I want to know if you can use Google Calendar in Safari. If so, well, problem solved.

    but could that do alarms to remind you of appointments?