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I should point out that this is the prototype for a tracks-and-arms machine intended for ongoing Fukushima clean-up. We can't really ask what they did in Chernobyl - they just sent in unprotected conscripts to clean up - even replace the soviet flag when the radiation bleached it - after which they were either euthanized or tranquilized while the radiation poisoning ran its course. (Though, in the circumstances, it's hard to tell the difference, there) The lucky survived a while without cancer.

These days, though, we have tungsten, boron nitride, and leaded glass. And now we have something else to carry it for us. Which is good, because if this lights a candle under Cyberdyne's butt, they're likely to actually ship product - someone's likely to ship product - before we next need something like this.

Obamacare has saddled companies with and the additional burdens

Apple doesn't use Obamacare for it employees.

Trump wants to remove these roadblocks so that we are on an equal footing with the competition.

Great so we too can choke on polluted air like this...

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The conclusion I'm taking away from this is that the article (and perhaps study) are complete crap. The stats in the reporting fall apart at the slightest touch. For instance...

1) They're lumping everything from "the phone might've felt a little slow that one time" to "this phone literally summoned the Four Horsemen to usher in the end of the world" into a single "failure" bucket. No weighting, no granularity, and no consideration for the fact that we wouldn't even refer to most of those as "failures" or even the fault of the manufacturer.

2) Their math doesn't add up because they use the term "failure rate" to arbitrarily refer to multiple different concepts, most of which aren't even rates. The most obvious example comes from looking at the Android charts, in which they indicate that Android devices have an overall failure rate of 35%, with the worst manufacturer (Samsung) having a failure rate of 26%. But that makes no sense. If the worst manufacturer has a failure rate of 26%, then the highest the overall failure rate could possibly be (if that manufacturer sold 100% of devices) would be 26%. What they appear to be doing (but don't disclose) is using the term "failure rate" to refer to the share of failures that correspond to each manufacturer.

3) For similar reasons, you can't even compare their own numbers against each other. As the fine print in the image indicates, the "failure rate" for each model actually represents that model's share of the failures for their platform. Basically, there's a pie representing all iOS failures, and another representing all Android failures. The iPhone 6 gets 29% of the first pie, and the Le 1S gets 10% of the second pie, but who's to say which slice is actually bigger, since they never tell us how big each pie is? Plus, they cleverly hide the fact that the quantity of slices in each of those pies is likely orders of magnitude different by only telling us about the top 5 models from each.

This feels like a case of someone massaging the statistics until they get something that suits their need, given the odd bucketing and double-use of terminology. Blancco Technology Group, which authored the study, apparently counts at least one Android manufacturer on its list of clients, but given the way that manufacturer was unfavorably represented, I doubt that manufacturer is behind these trashy statistics. I don't know if Blancco is the one doing the massaging (since the report is behind a "give us your info and agree to receive our marketing" wall) or if it's Softpedia, but either way, there's no useful information in the article.

Were the stats flipped to favor the other side, I'd have the same critiques, since it's trash reporting either way, and Slashdot should be doing a better job of weeding articles that have no factual basis with which to prop up their clickbait headlines.

> and what do you propose as solution?
> Removing macros? Further dumbing down systems ?

The problem is that Microsoft dumbed it too much. They have one button where they should have two. The ONLY option is the new UI is "Run Content". There should be a "No Thanks" button.

As explained in the fine summary, the recommendation is something like the old warning, which actually worked, or least an option labeled "dismiss", "cancel", or "disable macros". Here's one MS UI that worked:

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Microsoft traded that for a single button with the instruction "Enable Content". There is no more "disable macros" option anymore. Anyone who isn't sure what they should do will often click the one and only option Microsoft provides: run the macros. There should be a button to dismiss the message without running macros.

At least the start menu in Cinnamon looks quite amateurish. :)

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Yep.

You're probably thinking about the old icons which had the Windows 3.1 look.

The new ones are shaded icons with a 3D look.

You're probably thinking about the old icons which had the Windows 3.1 look.

The new ones are shaded icons with a 3D look.

Build the city on earth instead. Breathable atmosphere...

Not for long

...plenty of water...

For me to poop in

And, you know, there's this. Mars is a warehouse, who wants to live in a warehouse? Let Amazon handle it, with Huey, Dewey, and Louie...

I'll throw some screenshots here so people can compare easily.

- Windows 3.1
- Windows 95
- Windows 7
- Windows 10 new icons from the article
- Windows 10 new Recycle Bin and Control Panel icons

Google Images search for windows 10 continuum brings up images such as this one from this page. It looks like a small chunk of a Windows 8 Start screen and part of a Windows 7 Start menu put together. I'm assuming that the appearance of the new Continuum start menu didn't change when Microsoft removed the option to use full-screen Start screen.

If I compare that to the Gnome 3.14, I think I would prefer Gnome 3.14. with two supported and freely available tweaks.

Google Images search for windows 10 continuum brings up images such as this one from this page. It looks like a small chunk of a Windows 8 Start screen and part of a Windows 7 Start menu put together. I'm assuming that the appearance of the new Continuum start menu didn't change when Microsoft removed the option to use full-screen Start screen.

Can you still copy .desktop files to a desktop?

Desktop? what is a desktop? can you put icons in there? http://i1-news.softpedia-stati...

Some people might be able to. http://i1-news.softpedia-static.com/images/news2/George-Costanza-s-Notorious-Wallet-Advertises-Google-Wallet-Video-2.jpg

The rise and fall of lead levels from gasoline and lead-based paint are strongly correlated to the rise and fall of crime rates in communities around the world.

LOL. I can't believe they trotted out that piece of shit again.

Here's a chart for you: http://i1-news.softpedia-static.com/images/news-700/This-Internet-Explorer-vs-Murder-Rate-Chart-Is-About-to-Go-Viral.png

Pff, still too much useless chrome. This is a reasonable browser UI.

I take insult that they say this "spyder101" character 'spearheaded' the DDoS attack against GeneSimmons.com. Everybody knows it was root and his "Anti-Bureaucracy Contingent". The guy had a goddamn botnet.

http://i1-news.softpedia-static.com/images/news2/Anonymous-Cell-Splits-Off-and-Goes-After-Gene-Simmons-3.jpg

http://i1-win.softpedia-static.com/screenshots/PuTTY-Portable_23.png

Note the "Dynamic" option...