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  1. This is silly. on National Theater In London Offers Glasses With Live Subtitles (nytimes.com) · · Score: 2, Interesting
    It would be a lot simpler to install a prompting screen at the back of the hall, and give an aimable mirror that can be plugged into the back of the seat ahead and that the patron could simply aim at the prompting screen.

    A simple, low tech solution that will always work because it is so simple.

  2. You must live in unicorn land...

  3. Québec just did this some 4-5 months ago.

  4. Re:If you want to read others' email, buy a domain on Slashdot Asks: Have You Ever Gotten Someone Else's Email? (ieee.org) · · Score: 1

    Or “invalid.tld”

  5. Re:ALL THE TIME on Slashdot Asks: Have You Ever Gotten Someone Else's Email? (ieee.org) · · Score: 1

    I have (my) firstname.lastname@gmail.com. I've never run across anyone else with the same name as me in person

    Well, I've got two of those in my extended family, and there are at least ten of them in the city I live in

  6. Re:wrong text on Slashdot Asks: Have You Ever Gotten Someone Else's Email? (ieee.org) · · Score: 3, Funny
    35 years ago:

    RRRRRRING!!!!!

    (I pick up the phone)
    — Hi! Can I speak to your sister?
    — Sure (hands the phone to my sister who was passing by).

    They talk for 30 minutes, then realize it was a wrong number

  7. I get dozens every day on Slashdot Asks: Have You Ever Gotten Someone Else's Email? (ieee.org) · · Score: 1

    I got to be one of the first gmail beta testers back in 2004, and I was able to get fllllll.gmail, where “f” is the first letter of my first name, and “llllllll” my last name, both being very, extremely, muchos common. Say, something like “jsmith@goo”. So I get price quotes, family pictures, bills, notifications from hundreds of different people all over the world

  8. They should tackle the real problem on Egypt Fights Terrorism By Censoring Web Sites, Threatening Jail Time For Accessing Them (apnews.com) · · Score: 1

    They don’t tackle the real problem: that utterly retarded, stupid, idiotic, totalitarian, toxic and imperialistic religion that has rotten the brains of many people worldwide.

  9. I said “fuck them” long ago on Dropbox Is Dropping Support For All Linux File Systems Except Unencrypted Ext4 (dropboxforum.com) · · Score: 1
    When it started, I looked at it, and I said “fuck them” when I read in their TOS that they don’t allow encryption.

    Fuck them.

  10. Welcome to big-bang background noise galore!!!

    I have had a full-frame camera with 7 micron pixels for nearly 10 years, and I am still amazed at the pictures clarity it yields. I doubt that .8 micron pixels are ever going to give a good result

  11. Re:"misdemeanor amount of marijuana" yielded this? on Judge Jails Defendent For Failing To Unlock Phones (fox13news.com) · · Score: 2

    In any country with a proper rule of law, there has a be a remedy for willful non-compliance with a lawfully issued court order.

    In any country with a proper rule of law, legal punishments should not be given when the allegation has not been proven.

    The judge in his instance has not proven that the defendant did not forget his passcodes.

  12. Re:"misdemeanor amount of marijuana" yielded this? on Judge Jails Defendent For Failing To Unlock Phones (fox13news.com) · · Score: 1

    Judges will only give these objections serious consideration when they believe that there is a likelihood of some governmental abuse going on (and they give a shit about it).

    Obviously, this judge does not give a shit about it

  13. Re:"misdemeanor amount of marijuana" yielded this? on Judge Jails Defendent For Failing To Unlock Phones (fox13news.com) · · Score: 1

    Where are they in this story?

    Not going to bat for a non-black guy

  14. Re:"misdemeanor amount of marijuana" yielded this? on Judge Jails Defendent For Failing To Unlock Phones (fox13news.com) · · Score: 2

    The police will probably argue that they are not asking for self incrimination, they are after his dealer. But anything they find in the course of that investigation...

    Yup. A fishing expedition

  15. Re:"misdemeanor amount of marijuana" yielded this? on Judge Jails Defendent For Failing To Unlock Phones (fox13news.com) · · Score: 1

    This judge is betting that the defendant doesn't have the resources to take the case to those higher levels where Constitutional arguments are taken seriously.

    Heaven protect that judge’s ass (and the new one he will get) once the ACLU gets hold of that case

  16. Well, DOH! on Supreme Court Nominee Brett Kavanaugh Opposes Net Neutrality (arstechnica.com) · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    We all know that Republicans are totally retarded and clueless when it comes to technology

  17. Vanderbilt level attained! on Tesla Short-Sellers Lose $1 Billion (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Musk recently taunted them by buying another 10 million dollars in stock, making it even more likely that there won't be enough stock in the market to cover short positions. If that's the case, short-sellers could end up in debt for thousands of dollars per shorted share -- as the price balloons until enough stockholders are persuaded to sell.

    Wow! Now, that’s W.C. Vanderbilt-level shenanigans there!

  18. do Chinese people think that all Blacks look the same?

  19. I miss Eudora on Slashdot Asks: Which Is Your Favorite Email Client? · · Score: 1
    It worked fine.

    But it’s totally unusable now, with Unicode and whatnot.

    I deal with a guy who still uses Eurora, and his emails are a royal pain in the butt. Plus he often can’t see attachments

  20. Re:They must be jewish on Eventbrite Claims The Right To Film Your Events -- And Keep the Copyright (eventbrite.com) · · Score: -1, Flamebait
    Yup, they are jewish:

    Eventbrite was founded in 2006 by Kevin Hartz (Co-Founder and Executive Chairman) and Julia Hartz (Co-Founder and CEO) and Renaud Visage (Co-Founder and CTO).

    Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eventbrite

  21. They must be jewish on Eventbrite Claims The Right To Film Your Events -- And Keep the Copyright (eventbrite.com) · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Only jews would have the balls arrogance to pull such a stunt.

  22. Re:Because greed. on Ask Slashdot: Are Companies Under-Investing in IT? · · Score: 0
    Be thankful for assembly language programmers.

    Without them, you’s still be programming plugboards and keypunching data.

  23. Re:it's not the hiring practices on Ask Slashdot: Are Companies Under-Investing in IT? · · Score: 1

    nobody intentionally hires crap people.

    But they intentionally hire cheap people who will definitely not rock the boat and know rule #1.

  24. Re:Security is hard on Ask Slashdot: Are Companies Under-Investing in IT? · · Score: 1

    That's an unsolved problem.

    There are very few security problems that can’t be solved with a good, healthy air gap.

  25. Re:IT Workers on Ask Slashdot: Are Companies Under-Investing in IT? · · Score: 4, Insightful
    Amen. 55+ here with more than 35 years of full-time professional experience.

    Experience is worth shit nowadays. Companies want young squirts that know the bare minimum so they will do what they are told without question, in stead of having seasoned veterans that can smell bullshit from a mile away.