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  1. Re:Well ... on Short Notice: LogMeIn To Discontinue Free Access · · Score: 4, Informative

    Honestly, I didn't mean Jew the shark... that was an honest typo...

  2. Re:Well ... on Short Notice: LogMeIn To Discontinue Free Access · · Score: 2

    It did, JewTheShark killed a guy...

  3. Re:Define "In Use" on Mobile Devices Will Outnumber People By 2017 · · Score: 1

    Yeap

  4. Re:Define "In Use" on Mobile Devices Will Outnumber People By 2017 · · Score: 1

    You are and idiot, it was a joke on the rapid "semi-exponential" growth that transistor count has been regarded to have, and obviously cellphones will never outnumber the insects on the plant or atoms in the universe. Really? You wanted to put down an AC for that?

  5. Combo on Ask Slashdot: Best Way To Block Noise In a Dorm? · · Score: 1

    Ear plugs with larger muffling headphones over top. You can get ear plugs made for YOUR ears from a doctor and the headphones designed for use with chainsaws. You should then just hear your breathing, which can get really annoying.

  6. Re:Who is Dean? on Harvard Secretly Searched Deans' Email · · Score: 1

    Is that you god? Its me Dean...

  7. Re:Exception to Betteridge's law!! on Is the Concept of 'Cyberspace' Stupid? · · Score: 1

    Except that I put money into my bank account and take it out.I buy food with it, I guy gas with it, sometimes I burn it, literally, but just because it has a digital representation does not mean it isn't also real.

  8. Re:Exception to Betteridge's law!! on Is the Concept of 'Cyberspace' Stupid? · · Score: 1

    Many people spend and receive real money on ebay. I don't know anyone who doesn't have their paypl account backed by a bank account or card.

  9. Re:One size does not fit all... on Ask Slashdot: Using a Tablet As a Sole Computing Device? · · Score: 1

    I used a tablet, with a bluetooth keyboard, for most of my school needs. Taking notes and web surfing. I wouldn't give up my desktop for anything, but I felt the tablet was sufficient for everything else.

  10. Re:I Wonder? on Windows XP Drops Below 40% Market Share While Windows 8 Passes 1% · · Score: 2

    Calm down... its just software, you don't need to buy it.

  11. Re:I Wonder? on Windows XP Drops Below 40% Market Share While Windows 8 Passes 1% · · Score: 1

    Ok, to be honest I didn't look in to ALL of them, but AFAIK they are free...

  12. Re:I Wonder? on Windows XP Drops Below 40% Market Share While Windows 8 Passes 1% · · Score: 1

    They are all free actually, and Win8 has better multicore support and what not

  13. Re:I Wonder? on Windows XP Drops Below 40% Market Share While Windows 8 Passes 1% · · Score: 2

    There are many tools to make Win8 look and feel a lot like 7 here are links to them http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-33642_7-57496506-292/how-to-get-the-start-menu-back-in-windows-8/ . I am sure many of us here are familiar with ninite.com , there is a installer for the Win8 Classic shell for even easier installation.

  14. Re:Is that legal? on New Small Fission Reactor For Deep-space Missions Demonstrated · · Score: 1

    With proper permits yes, You and I will never get those permits approved, but NASA can.

  15. Re:Hammer on Ask Slashdot: Server Room Toolbox? · · Score: 2

    I've found vice grips or good pliers to be more handy in that event than a hammer

  16. Re:Let's hope Steam on Linux gathers... steam on Microsoft Makes Direct X 11.1 a Windows 8 Exclusive · · Score: 1

    Don't... feed... the trolls...

  17. Re:Retire at 20 on Should a Teenage Entrepreneur Sell Out To Facebook? · · Score: 1

    Sell it for $5mil, and get a very low paying job that you enjoy to keep you busy.

  18. Re:One Of The Most Expensive As Well on The Apple II Turns 35 Today · · Score: 2

    As the article correctly points out, at $1200~ 1980 dollars that is around $5000 today!.

    Close, but about $1000 short

    How is an eBay auction today relevant to the adjusted price of a [computer] in 1977?

  19. Re:OTOH... on Japan Plans To Scrap Nuclear Plants After 40 Years · · Score: 1

    One would think that as well as routine inspections, there is a semi-annual process to make sure the plant is still safe. Regardless of the raised standards since the plants construction. I would believe that Japan's idea is: A) Plant must meet current safety standards. B) Plant must continue to operate within criteria for "safe" operation. C) Plant must meet semi annual inspections. D) After 40 years if plant still meets/exceeds current safety standards it can remain open. Of course, as per slashdot, I did not read the article.

  20. Re:Not so fast there son on World's First Full HDR Video System Unveiled · · Score: 1

    Yeah, they did at least six months ago... That was when I saw it... www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlcLW2nrHam

  21. Re:Of course. on Digital Distribution Numbers Speak To Health of PC Game Industry · · Score: 1

    "Well Yeah, all that cardboard, plastic, unicorn meat is cheaper than the IP so we aren't spending much compared to what we have already invested..."

  22. Re:Of course. on Digital Distribution Numbers Speak To Health of PC Game Industry · · Score: 1

    Are we the only ones up right now?

  23. Re:Why? on Battlefield Earth Screenwriter Accepts Razzie · · Score: 1

    Its possible that the idea was to throw us off their scent, by not profiting of this film... after all, they are smarter than me...

  24. Re:Why? on Battlefield Earth Screenwriter Accepts Razzie · · Score: 2, Insightful

    For a long time I wondered why John Travolta, being the scientologist that he is, thought that he was actually paying tribute to Hubbord. I read the book, and I loved it. Then I realized all scientologists are fucking nuts... thats it... there is no extra step called profit, they are just nuts.

  25. Re:Not really... on Apple Pushes Unwanted Software To PCs, Again · · Score: 2, Interesting

    In complete honesty, most people are in the same boat as aforementioned sister. My father has a PhD, my twin brother is an architect and my sister is, well she is a photographer, but still these are smart people. One uses a Mac exclusively, one uses MS exclusively, the third uses both, but I am constantly being called to take care of things because they aren't computer people. Just like most people here probably don't even change their own oil, which is actually easier than installing Windows once you get the hang of it. The fact that any software company defaults extra software to be installed betting that the user won't know/think that they don't want or need it isn't right, but unfortunately there isn't anything stopping them. I know for a fact that have never, with one exception, read the entire "Terms of Agreement" of anything I installed. Seriously, who does?