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Submission + - Ask Slashdot: Printer recommendation for family with kids in elementary school? 1

Submitted by jalvarez13 on Monday June 23, 2025 @10:29AM

jalvarez13 writes: My venerable HP Officejet Pro 8600 Plus is showing its age and it has become expensive to operate due to the cost of the original cartridges. I tried some alternative cartidges but the printer rejects them.

Now that schools still require kids to print stuf at home (mine are in 2nd and 4th grade), and my wife also needs to use the priner, I think it may be wise to invest in a good quality printer that has a lower cost per page (maybe laser?).

I that context, I'd love to have unbiased information about brand quality, printing technology, cost efficiency, and other factors that I might have missed. Any thoughts?

Microsoft To Bring Windows 8 Marketplace In 180 Countries 69

Posted by samzenpus on Sunday July 01, 2012 @02:52PM from the check-the-list dept.

First time accepted submitter mugi writes "The Microsoft Windows Marketplace was so far only available in 63 countries, and only 38 of those were allowed to submit apps. But now, Microsoft is planning on expanding that list considerably and has announced to bring the new Windows 8 Marketplace to over 180 countries at launch."

The Boy Who Loved Batman 157

Posted by Soulskill on Sunday July 01, 2012 @08:17AM from the there-was-only-one dept.

theodp writes "As a young boy, Batman producer Michael Uslan — a self-described 'ultimate comic book geek' — was traumatized to see the Caped Crusader being 'murdered' in front of his very eyes by the camp 60's TV series. 'I was horrified,' Uslan told a Harper College audience last week. 'I was horrified because the whole world was laughing at Batman, and that just killed me.' At that point, the 13-year-old vowed to teach the world about the Batman he knew, about the crusader who lurked in the shadows, about a darker, grittier superhero. As told in his memoir The Boy Who Loved Batman, he made good on that vow: Uslan has served as the executive producer of all Batman major motion pictures, from 1989's Batman to the upcoming The Dark Knight Rises (trailer)."

Comment Re:It's not a choice (Score -1, Troll) 728

by Spyware23 on Monday February 06, 2012 @09:54AM (#38941047) Attached to: No Pardon For Turing

So what if it were a choice?

Comment Re:Nintendo, Beyond Good and Evil. (Score 1) 480

by Spyware23 on Monday June 06, 2011 @09:03PM (#36358086) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: Best Adventure Game To Start With?

Zelda games aren't adventures? My childhood memories- heck, any memory I have about Zelda games tell me to disagree with that statement.

Comment Re:NetHack (Score 1) 480

by Spyware23 on Monday June 06, 2011 @08:40PM (#36357890) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: Best Adventure Game To Start With?

Comprehending. Try it. Also context.

Comment Re:NetHack (Score 1) 480

by Spyware23 on Monday June 06, 2011 @08:03PM (#36357528) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: Best Adventure Game To Start With?

The imagination needed, or rather, willingness to put up with the lack of the great anchor that is known as graphics, might be too much strain for a ten year old. I do agree that NetHack and its companions (other text-based dungeon crawlers) are fantastic games and offer countless of unique experiences, but this is an ASCII dish usually served best to those who have had the opportunity to train themselves a little bit more in the areas of thought, language and patience.

Comment Seriously... (Score 2) 49

by Spyware23 on Tuesday April 05, 2011 @05:55AM (#35718176) Attached to: Xbox Live Indie Games Rating Manipulation

It's been what, twenty years of top downloaded/most votes lists, and we still can't make a fair system? Shiiit. Android market, the appstore, now this, they all suffer from the same flaws and drawbacks. Why can't some interface/social-schmocial people figure out a way to get this right?!

Comment Re:because it's not at all difficult... (Score 1, Insightful) 161

by Spyware23 on Wednesday March 23, 2011 @03:47AM (#35583396) Attached to: Rock, Paper, Shotgun Call For Worldwide Game Release Dates

You seriously think that if they could make more money by having global release dates, they wouldn't have done it already?

Comment Re:because it's not at all difficult... (Score 5, Insightful) 161

by Spyware23 on Wednesday March 23, 2011 @03:34AM (#35583344) Attached to: Rock, Paper, Shotgun Call For Worldwide Game Release Dates

Right. You undertake a multi-million project over the course of years and you can't sync logistics & legal? Come on, bullshit. The reason they release games on different dates now must be that they think they can make more money that way (money always is the reason).

Comment For those without the patience... (Score 4, Informative) 247

by Spyware23 on Saturday March 12, 2011 @08:38PM (#35467698) Attached to: The Full Story Behind the Canonical vs. GNOME Drama

For those without the patience to read this article (which is much longer than I intended it to be when I started!), here are the headline points:

-FreeDesktop.org is broken as a standards body
-Mark Shuttleworth doesn’t understand how GNOME works
-GNOME is not easy to understand
-Deep mistrust has developed between Canonical, GNOME & KDE
-Difficult people are prominent in each of these projects
-Behind closed doors conversations are poison
-For people to work together, they need to be in the same place

Pulled from http://blogs.gnome.org/bolsh/2011/03/11/lessons-learned/

Comment Re:Wall Street rules (Score 1) 299

by Spyware23 on Thursday January 20, 2011 @06:50AM (#34937726) Attached to: The Companies Who Support Censoring the Internet

Change things from *inside* a democratic system? Great idea! How about... we all stop voting! Yeah, that'll show 'em! Lets cancel out their phony elections by not showing up en masse. But oh, wait, according to you, withholding your vote from a system you choose to not participate in because your moral standards don't allow you to is lazy.

Comment Re:Just point to the root.org paper (Score 1) 228

by Spyware23 on Tuesday January 18, 2011 @07:59PM (#34922166) Attached to: Stuxnet Authors Made Key Errors

This shouldn't have been a reply. My bad.

Comment Just point to the root.org paper (Score 5, Informative) 228

by Spyware23 on Tuesday January 18, 2011 @07:56PM (#34922144) Attached to: Stuxnet Authors Made Key Errors

This is the article worth pointing to on the subject: http://rdist.root.org/2011/01/17/stuxnet-is-embarrassing-not-amazing/, not the bullshit linkbait threatpost.com(MERCIAL) "article".

Comment Most certainly so. (Score 1) 804

by Spyware23 on Thursday December 30, 2010 @06:40AM (#34708758) Attached to: Should Colleges Ban Classroom Laptop Use?

When students try to hide themselves behind a screen of digital hogwash I would instantly dismiss them. If you aren't interested in what the lecturer has to say, why even bother showing up? If you want to take notes, utilize far more superior tools: pen and paper. Beats the hell out of any not-taking utility on any laptop/tablet.

Students should be actively engaged with lecturers, and not be dividing their time between them and their computer.

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