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Comment: Re:To me (Score 1) 417

by kent_eh (#42490235) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: Using a Tablet As a Sole Computing Device?
Maybe there are some ases that he hasn't thought of, and he wants to get some other input?

I notice that printing isn't mentioned. Can a tablet print to a network printer? Or to a USB printer, assuming the tablet can do USB host? ?

If your granny is doing any amount of typing, a bluetooth (or USB) keyboard would be amost mandatory, I'd think. I can't stand typing more than a few words at a time on the virtual keyboard.

Comment: What else does a mail client need to do? (Score 3, Insightful) 464

by kent_eh (#42228239) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: Current State of Linux Email Clients?
What features does a mail client need that the existing ones don't already have?
I'd rather have a relatively lean (read fast) client that performs it's core function very well, rather than a monstrosity that does a thousand things in a kinda half-assed way.

Comment: The first mass-market application? (Score 1) 570

by kent_eh (#41099415) Attached to: 'Wiki Weapon Project' Wants Your 3D-Printable Guns
I was certain that the porn industry would be the first "killer app" that would bring 3D printing out of the workshops and into the hands (etc...) of the general public.
There is certainly precedent.
Though, I suppose humans being what we are, that finding new exciting ways to use technology to kill each other isn't much of a surprise.

Comment: Re:Impound all servers... (Score 5, Insightful) 375

by kent_eh (#39570917) Attached to: US Government: There's Child Porn On the Megaupload Servers Judge!

OK, hard to disprove an allegation like that,

That's what they are hoping for.

Meanwhile, I think the proper response should be "show some actual evidence to support your allegation or STFU". Specifically, the kind of evidence that would be required to obtain a legitimate search warrant.

Comment: Re:Go to hell, Borg overlords (Score 1) 214

by kent_eh (#39537689) Attached to: The Phantoms of Google+
Is that my first, middle or last name?
Or is my favourite comic character's real name?
Or maybe the area of England where one of my ancestors came from?

And, yes Mr anonymous (or are you) I do use this username in other places (other recreational spaces only), but none have my real name attached to them. Nor anything that relates to my family or my profession.

Comment: Re:Go to hell, Borg overlords (Score 4, Insightful) 214

by kent_eh (#39535505) Attached to: The Phantoms of Google+

You are valuable data whether you want to be or not.

I am intentionally an inaccurate datapoint.

I know I can't control that a lot of information is being collected without my knowledge or consent.
So whenever I do get a choice, I'll provide information that is either inaccurate, ambiguous, or flat out contradictory to what is already known about me.

The more polluted their databases are, the less valuable it is to them, and thus the less influence they have over my life.
At least that's my hypothesis.

Comment: Re:too late (Score 3, Interesting) 234

by kent_eh (#39390321) Attached to: Microsoft Patent Monetizes Your TV Remote
I managed to make my cable bill go down recently.
They did an across the board price increase, so I called and dropped a few packages so that I'm now paying less.
And after a few months, I find that I'm not missing the channels that I dropped.

The next price hike, I'll likely do the same thing.
I may not even wait that long. As the content to advertising ratio keeps getting worse, it makes me want to spend even less time in front of the tube.

There is something in the pang of change More than the heart can bear, Unhappiness remembering happiness. -- Euripides

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