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  1. Probably merely hyperbole, but there's no doubt in my mind that tempered glass tiles are tougher than anything else in current use. I doubt the concerns over their longevity are reasonable. Also consider that they'll be easier to insure because of this.

  2. Re:Robin Williams has become a shape-shifter on NSA Chief: Nation-State Made 'Conscious Effort' To Sway US Presidential Election (aol.com) · · Score: 2

    The relevance here is lost on me. Are you saying that Putin and Trump are both actually Robin Williams?

  3. Re:man, our own medicine tastes terrible on NSA Chief: Nation-State Made 'Conscious Effort' To Sway US Presidential Election (aol.com) · · Score: 1

    It would be interesting but I doubt you're gonna see it. I give it about 2 weeks before they all go for each others throats and start hacking up the Republican party into component parts while trampling the previous agenda underfoot.

  4. Always the optimist. on Stephen Hawking: We Might Have 1,000 Years Left on Earth (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1

    He's giving it approximately 996 years more than I would.

  5. Twist ending! on Some Within Yahoo Knew of Massive Breach in 2014 (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1

    The state that sponsored the attack was their own.

  6. I'm only surprised they bothered admitting it. on Some Within Yahoo Knew of Massive Breach in 2014 (usatoday.com) · · Score: 2

    It was transparently obvious to the rest of us that Yahoo had been breached long before 2014. Empirical evidence of the sheer rate and volume of account compromises (especially re-compromises) over the years compared to other similar services left little else as a plausible explanation. The worst possible news here for Yahoo is that they might be telling the truth and it really took them all the way until 2014 to notice themselves.

  7. My position on this still hasn't changed. on Slashdot Asks: Is It Time To Dump Time Zones In Favor of Coordinated Universal Time? (nytimes.com) · · Score: 0

    Daylight Saving Time is helpful. Stop turning it off in the winter; that's annoying. Timezones are fine.

  8. Re: Complete? on The Sega Genesis Is Officially Back In Production (dailydot.com) · · Score: 0

    Stop trying to usurp our board for your stupid shill agendas. Read the moderator guidelines for an answer to your first question and why regardless of the rationale of your post, posting it here makes you the bad guy.

  9. Re:Don't worry guys... on IT Workers Facing Layoffs Jolted By CEO's Message (computerworld.com) · · Score: 2

    Yea, skilled workers they've been systematically eliminating as though they were threats...

  10. That's actually false. You need to do some research or stop shilling.

  11. Re:Unscientific demonizing doesn't help on Every Year of Smoking Causes About 150 New DNA Mutations That Can Make Cancer More Likely, Says Study (latimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Gosh, yes. R.I.P. Carl Sagan.

  12. Well, he didn't die of cancer, but his sister did...

  13. There was a recent study that showed MOST models of vaporizers still burn the nicotine oil to "vaporize" it. So you're still releasing most the same exact carcinogens, plus you're inhaling burning baby oil. Maybe this is not so safe after all. (Don't ask for a citation. It was posted here on /., find it yourself.)

  14. Remember that mutations aren't all bad mutations. A minority of mutations are beneficial. Evolution keeps score.

    You really need to play a few hours of a certain video game called "Left 4 Dead 2" then re-evaluate this position.

  15. Or you know, you could just move to a state where its already illegal to do it in public establishments. A curious thing happens then; people automatically know to ask for permission. Weird huh? And you didn't even have to shoot anyone.

  16. Re:How does this work on Kings? on Study Finds That Athletes Perform Better When Reminded of Their Impending Death (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    I dunno about kings, but it works great on 5-year-olds.

  17. I'm tired of missing out on the fun of all my childhood dreams being laughed at and shattered only to be made a reality for some other guy, apparently effortlessly. Please hire me as your personal barista so that I may live vicariously through you.

  18. Missed opportunity... on Trump Organization Owns More Than 3,600 Domain Names, Many of Which Bash Trump (go.com) · · Score: 1

    ... how come I can't ever think up good domain names to squat on? Certainly these weren't all bought preemptively. Some clever jerks got decent payouts from anticipating the paranoia. Damnit.

  19. It's no longer really a free choice if the agreement itself is a lie. It's not about restricting employees from what deals they're allowed to enter, you shill. It's about restricting what employers are allowed to do to their employees and lie about and get away with. But you knew that, didn't you? You knew you weren't stating a counter-argument to my statement, but rather a desperate attempt to deflect the topic of conversation, and you're either happily paid by someone to post this drivel here, or else you're actually one of the aforementioned employers committing egregious tax fraud. Both of these scenarios, by the way, are far scarier to most normal people than your strawman argument about these mythical employees who are happy for the honor to pay their own employment tax just for an excuse to lick your boots every morning.

  20. They're obviously not when their ignorance allows their employer to get away with egregious tax fraud at their own collective expense.

  21. Dishonest employers fooling employees into thinking they're contractors has actually long been a mainstay of the technical industry. Seriously. If you think you're a contractor and are rejecting my assertion here but you still have to report to an office at a specific time determined by your employer, you're a sucker.

  22. The only fascinating thing about this story... on Oracle Will Officially Appeal Its 'Fair Use' Loss Against Google (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    ... is that I saw this all coming the moment Google announced they would use Java for Android. It was clearly obvious to me (and I assume anyone else actually paying attention) that Oracle had "open sourced" Java (without really open sourcing it) specifically as a patent litigation trap for such big companies as Google. Of course, Google doesn't like being told what to do so they called Oracle's bluff.

    One or both of these companies is going to find out they've made a huge mistake. Either way, we all lose. Java always sucked, and, I feel, as evidenced by this, has primarily been used for evil rather than innovation.

  23. Re:Studying Russian on Prosecutors Say NSA Contractor Could Flee To Foreign Power (go.com) · · Score: 1

    The difference between this and Vietnam, is that people on both sides want to see it happen.

  24. Well, you're obviously smarter (or at least better informed) than most the other people in the crowd. Who is actually responsible though, that's the part I'm still trying to figure out. Unless its an underground cabal of multinational internet trolls (the South Park/Danish episode theory) then I've got no clue a this point. They don't seem to be on the side of any specific nation-state. They do seem to have gotten pretty good at making North Korea or Russia into scapegoats though.

  25. A long time ago I saw an interview with Assange on The Colbert Report, before Wikileaks became such a household name. As I recall, he was very up front in the interview that free speech and power to the people is great and all, but that his primary motivation was that he's a jerk. I'm paraphrasing, but seriously. Watch the interview. He never proclaims to be a champion of any ideal other than making the rich and powerful angry at him personally, then thumbing his nose at them while they struggle in futility to try to get some sort of revenge.