Comment Re:Subsidies inflate pricing. (Score 1) 1797
Lots of rent seeking.
I know a number of people who would have, a priori, been better off just heading straight into the workforce or finding a trade to do. I also know a number of people who got a degree and went into another field, either by choice or by circumstance (eg, not finding a job), and could have ended up the same place without college. I think in either situation, these people may have thought different about their choice to go to school based on the availability (or lack there of) of school loans.
Comment Re:What happens to Clear? (Score 1) 183
Clear actually owns the Wimax network. Sprint leases spectrum from Clear. Nice little hedge they had there.
Comment Re:uhh... (Score 4, Informative) 183
The submitter is wrong. They said they would sell Wimax devices through 2012. They will mostly likely support Wimax for far long than that.
Comment Re:Huh? (Score 2) 177
They asked him in the cease and desist to remove the proprietary Google apps (Gmail, Reader, or whatever) from the package. They are available as a separate flashable zip.
Comment Re:It's a preliminary injunction (Score 1) 412
Samsung should go with the "You'll poke your eye out, kid!" defense.
Comment Oh Uncle Jesse... (Score 1) 281
Have mercy!
Comment Vermiculture (Score 1) 471
How about a worm composting toilet? From what I hear, they are nearly odorless and use no water. You can even throw other stuff in there like cardboard and food stuffs.
http://www.wikihow.com/Make-Your-Own-Worm-Compost-System
Comment Re:I like buying phones directly (Score 1) 366
It was made by HTC. I don't think you get much more HW oriented than that.
Comment Re:Testing (Score 1) 143
I could definitely see "unaccept (username)" coming in really handy over here at /.
Submission + - Ask Slashdot: Book on managing Gen Y'ers
ahow628 writes: I'm working with a client that is an operations manager at a company that sells tech gear. Mostly they have a bunch of seasoned sales guys (mid-30s to mid-50s), but they just hired their first Gen Y kid. I would love a great book (or website) that focus on managing Gen Y'ers and it would be a bonus if it included comparisons and contrasts to Gen X since the operations manager is Gen X.
Submission + - The internet mile high club (phantomdev.com)
An anonymous reader writes: I recently traveled on a chartered flight that had inflight wifi. Being the nerd that I am, I quickly probed the network and took screen shots of my findings. I wrote up my experience so that others can see how it went and what to expect.
Submission + - Students Build 2,487 MPG Hypermiling Supercar (inhabitat.com) 2
MikeChino writes: Students at Laval University recently took home the gold in Shell’s annual Eco-Marathon with a hypermiling supervehicle able to hit 2,487MPG! The team's combustion engine-powered vehicle took home the grand prize in the Prototype category (along with $5,000) but it was far from the only impressive entry — the Purdue University Solar Racing Team clocked in at 4,548 MPG with their Pulsar solar vehicle, and the Cicero North Syracuse High School achieved 780.9 mpg in the fuel cell-powered Clean Green Machine.
Comment Re:What about CTRL and Fc (Score 1) 806
I've pried the Fn key off of every Lenovo I've ever owned. I work in spreadsheets constantly so Ctrl+arrow, Ctrl+C, and Ctrl+V are my top three short cuts to use. I tried and tried to find a way to remap, but in the end, popping the key off completely worked best.
Comment Too easy... (Score 1) 174
Look at Slashdot just lobbing up softballs. Swing away, folks...
