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  1. Re:This seems entirely backwards..... on Online Gaming Could Be Stalled by Net Neutrality Repeal, ESA Tells Court (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 0

    Those problems were dwelt with and fixed before net neutrality. Also, net neutrality doesn't automically add capacity for ISps

    Nice copy and paste. I read through it the first time about a year ago

  2. Re:This seems entirely backwards..... on Online Gaming Could Be Stalled by Net Neutrality Repeal, ESA Tells Court (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    It also shows that net neutrality doesn't effect the pricing in the US since the pricing is the same (or close enough) to what it was before.

  3. Re:This seems entirely backwards..... on Online Gaming Could Be Stalled by Net Neutrality Repeal, ESA Tells Court (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    This has what to do with the Net Neutrality repeal?

    Next do the same comparison with unleaded gas prices from those same countries since apparently now we are just price checking different things

  4. Re:This seems entirely backwards..... on Online Gaming Could Be Stalled by Net Neutrality Repeal, ESA Tells Court (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 2

    Has it yet or are we still in the chicken little phase?

  5. Re:This seems entirely backwards..... on Online Gaming Could Be Stalled by Net Neutrality Repeal, ESA Tells Court (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Are there a lot of high volume network indy games? It's been a while since I've been in the gaming scene. It's interesting that indy developers are going that route.

  6. It's the end of the world!

  7. Same with union money, right? No more of that either?

    https://www.huffingtonpost.com...

  8. It's legally problematic in the UK as well, but of course difficult to prove and often not enforced. In any case, an employer doesn't necessarily need to ask, they can just throw any application from a woman under the age of 45 in the bin

    In the UK, you but your age on applications?

  9. Re:Best for what? on Best Linux Distribution (linuxjournal.com) · · Score: 1

    I've been using Linux for almost 20 years. I can't recall ever manually installing firmware (short of running the nvidia installer.) I think I had an old bother or cannon printer that I had to find the correct drivers for but I even have to do that with my windows 10 machine for my HP Envy wireless printer.

  10. Re: From Roku on Samsung and Roku Smart TVs Vulnerable To Hacking, Consumer Reports Finds (consumerreports.org) · · Score: 3, Informative

    So you want them to close their API and lock down what 3rd part developers can do? This is an opt in as well, not opt out.

    Next, more bitching that you can root your android phone and install possibly dangerous 3rd party apps. Followed by google making it hard to root and then people bitching that it is their phone to do what they want

  11. You can do that from your router already.

    If you are talking about an app you can install on your TV to do this, most smart TVs don't let you sideload apps and would probably never allow such an app in their official app store

  12. The suites are fleshies, silly. I really hope this term doesn't catch on.

  13. Re:I do this exact thing with Plex. on Ask Slashdot: How Can I Build a Private TV Channel For My Kids? · · Score: 1

    You can do the same with Emby

  14. Re:Not a good comparison on Burger King Makes the Case For Net Neutrality (variety.com) · · Score: 1

    Same. Whataburger makes some of the best fast food burgers in the market. They make a good breakfast too.

  15. Re: So who advertises on Fox News Hannity? on Burger King Makes the Case For Net Neutrality (variety.com) · · Score: 1

    I think he thinks these companies are trying to get in the spotlight.

    Chick-fil-A you can try to make that case since the owner dared to voice his opinion during an interview but that's only fair if you hold all the companies that came out in favor of gay marriage as just as agenda oriented.

    Hobby Lobby is in a different situation as they were not trying to hit the radar. A bunch of people started protesting and making allot of noise even though Hobby Lobby did actually pay for many forms of birth control. Unfortunately with that protest crowd it's give us all for free or you might as well as give us nothing.

  16. Agreed.

    It's sad that the kneejerk reaction is that the government needs to be involved in everything.

    The ISP might block me from 108p streaming! We need government to the rescue!

    People are buying up popular presents just so they can resale them at higher prices! We need government to the rescue!

    The problem is that as much as people like to bash the United States, it's been a pretty benign government to its citizens. Because of that, people don't realize where an authoritative government leads.

  17. None? Not a single baby is viable?

    You might watch the movie “Baby Hope”. It's really good unless you are just in to dark, anti-hero type movies.

  18. It says something that the Democrats can be so blatant about their lack of regards of life. This isn't even a pro-choice issue anymore. The baby is already out. It even protects the mother from any charges and as well as giving her civil rights.

  19. And what are the chances of most Slashdotters going while the program is owned by NASA?

  20. Re: Capricious contractual clauses on New York Governor Signs Executive Order To Keep Net Neutrality Rules After FCC's Repeal (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    I don't believe any of what you wrote would have happened but I believe you believe it.

    It amazes me that people think "Thank God the government stepped up and forced my ISP to delivery me 1080p content." As someone older - but not that old - it just amazes me the role people feel government should have in their lives.

  21. Re:Clever way around "blocked from imposing rules" on New York Governor Signs Executive Order To Keep Net Neutrality Rules After FCC's Repeal (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Have you not been able to access porn anymore? Where you not able to before Obama's version of net neutrality?

    You think the left would have learned their lesson after exaggerating the impact of global warming. By the time the elections come up, no one is going to care about net neutrality because none of the extreme bad stuff will have happened. And by bracing everyone for that extreme, any small impacts will just seem minor.

  22. Re: Not a theory on Amazon Picks 20 Finalists For 'HQ2' Second Headquarters Location (nbcnews.com) · · Score: 1

    Each Walmart employee costs the local city, couny, and state government, combined, a very real US$100,000 per year.

    LOL -
    Since Walmart employees close to 2 million in the US, they are costing us 2 hundred million a year. Did you write that as anonymous because it empowers you to write obvious lies or do people believe this?

  23. Re:Not a Theory, Just Bullshit on Amazon Picks 20 Finalists For 'HQ2' Second Headquarters Location (nbcnews.com) · · Score: 1

    Then another 20 cities would pop up. And it's not just a US thing even though it's fun to act like it is. One of the reasons companies went to Ireland was due to taxes. One of the reason Hollywood moved to Canada is because of taxes.

  24. Re:Come to Dallas on Amazon Picks 20 Finalists For 'HQ2' Second Headquarters Location (nbcnews.com) · · Score: 1

    However, the city council here has zero interest in dealing with auto traffic, other than adding speed bumps to roads. There hasn't been a single road widening or improvement since 1995 on the major highways here, other than the state's toll roads.

    San Antonio is the same way. It's amazing how many times they shut down 1604 then reopen it a year later with the same number of lanes. Same with all the city roads. That, or they add a lane that doesn't even make it to the next exit.

    They tried to swtich us to toll roads but the city/state lost that fight. I feel like they are deliberately trying to make things worse hoping that we will beg for the toll roads.

  25. Re:Why wine? on Wine 3.0 Released (softpedia.com) · · Score: 1

    I'm amazed at what you consider an easy work around. If this was suggested on linux, the response would be "This is why linux will never be ready for the mainstream."