rashire - Slashdot User

Comment Who cares? (Score 2, Informative) 199

by rashire on Wednesday September 26, 2012 @04:55PM (#41469257) Attached to: Google Docs Ditching Old Microsoft Export Formats On Oct. 1

Am I the only one who found this post misleading. TFA specifically states .xlsx .docx .pptx etc are all still going to be available. Thus whats the big deal. See no issue dropping a format that was replaced over 5 years ago

How To Rack Up $28,000 In Roaming Without Leaving the US 410

Posted by timothy on Tuesday February 24, 2009 @11:36AM from the seasick-yet-still-docked dept.

pmbasehore writes "While waiting for his cruise ship to depart, a man decided to use his AT&T wireless card and Slingbox account to watch the Bears vs. Lions football game. When he got his bill, he was slammed with $28,067.31 in 'International Roaming' charges, even though he never left American soil. The bill was finally dropped to $290.65, but only after the media got involved." He might have left the soil (the story says he was already aboard the ship), but shouldn't the dock count?

Comment Re:Linux on the desktop (Score 1) 515

by rashire on Thursday January 15, 2009 @08:52PM (#26476897) Attached to: Ubuntu Download Speeds Beat Windows XP's

Why do i have a feel the xp system only has a 10mbit ethernet port and the linux a 100mbit one.

Comment Re:WoW (Score 3, Funny) 332

by rashire on Thursday April 03, 2008 @11:29AM (#22951876) Attached to: Comcast Offers 50 Mbps Residential Speeds

Lets not forget the news that came out not long ago that verizon was testing 100 mbps connections on its employees.

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