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  1. Inevitable decline in popularity... on Is The C Programming Language Declining In Popularity? (dice.com) · · Score: 2

    ...since D was released.

  2. No, really? on Minecraft Has Now Sold Over 25 Million Copies on PC and Mac (neowin.net) · · Score: 4, Funny

    Minecraft is a 3D video game

    No shit, Sherlock. So glad Slashdot is here to give us the real geek news.

  3. And you could choose what the radio played could you?

  4. I've not seen one in many years. Still, haters gonna hate.

  5. John Anderton! You could use a Guinness right now!

  6. Cannot compute... on EU's Highest Court Delivers Blow To UK Snooper's Charter (theguardian.com) · · Score: -1, Troll

    And so a million Brexitards go into meltdown due to cognitive dissonance overload. David Davis MP is mysteriously silent on the subject at the moment.

  7. Wow! Can't wait!! on Panasonic Announces 1,000,000:1 Contrast Ratio LCD Panel To Rival OLED (androidauthority.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    Panasonic plans to ship the new display starting in January 2017 with sizes ranging from 55 to 12 inches.

    Wow! Can't wait for my new 4K Ultra-high definition HDR.... er 12" TV...?

  8. Slightly misleading headline on NASA X-Ray Tech Could Enable Superfast Communication In Deep Space (space.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    The information won't get there any quicker; X-rays don't yet travel faster than light. Rather the technology will allow very high bitrates.

    Still, it's good news that we will be able to browse pr0n in space.

  9. Er sorry, was that in bad taste?

  10. Re:Chinese will come up with burner hands... on Chemical Traces On Your Phone Reveal Your Lifestyle, Scientists Say (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Or as they are commonly known, 'gloves.'

  11. Buffers seems to cause a lot problems, particular when they overflow. As a non-programmer (well, a very long time ago programmer) I've never grasped why preventing overflows seems to be so difficult.

  12. "...And pray that there's intelligent life somewhere out in space,
    'Cause there's bugger all down here on Earth."

  13. Re:Where have I heard that before on UK's Brexit Cannot Pass Without Parliament Approval (aljazeera.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    It depends on what the enabling legislation for the referendum says. The vote a few years ago to change the electoral system WAS binding because the bill that set up the referendum expressly said it was. The legislation for the EU referendum did not, it said that the referendum was merely advisory and the result certainly not binding.

  14. I am Groot.

  15. But... eBay..?? on KickassTorrents Lawyer: 'Torrent Sites Do Not Violate Criminal Copyright Laws' (arstechnica.co.uk) · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I've never understood why KAT, TPB et al are considered to be the very epitome of modern day evil, yet eBay can carry on selling fakes and bootlegs by the tens of thousands apparently unmolested by the US authorities?

  16. A question re: physics on Roller Coasters Could Help People Pass Kidney Stones, Says Study (nbcnews.com) · · Score: 2

    From TFA:

    "Riding in the back of the roller coaster train seemed to really knock the kidney stones out..."

    Why would this be? What forces apply at the back of the train that don't apply at the front or the middle?

  17. "Please put down your weapon... on Robot Snatches Rifle From Barricaded Suspect, Ends Standoff (latimes.com) · · Score: 1

    ...you have 20 seconds to comply."

  18. Aside from campaigning for the UK to leave the EU, he closed down his UK factory some years ago and moved it to Malaysia. We may be fairly certain that these '3000' jobs won't be created in the UK, the EU or the US as he doesn't much like paying the going rate for western engineers when he can get them for ten-a-penny in the Far East.

    And his vacuum cleaners are noisy, over-priced and they don't last.

  19. Re:John Deere is evil. on Farmers Demand Right To Fix Their Own Dang Tractors (modernfarmer.com) · · Score: 1

    "It's like if you go to buy a house and you pay $800k, up front, expecting to be able to get a mortgage, leave the place to your kids, and sell it if you have to, only to be told later that you merely rented the place for your life time."

    We have something like that in England, primarily in London. When you 'buy' a property in parts of London, you don't own it outright. It's called a 'leasehold' and usually lasts 90+ years, after which you have to give the house back. It's yet another reason not to live in London.

  20. Re:math will still be a problem on Huawei Prepares For Robot Overlords and Communication With the Dead (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    It's also idiotic because it patently won't or can't be true. So long as the world carries on broadly as it has done there will still be all those things for a large proportion of the world's population. Or was he just referring to himself and his kind who will have fucked off to some Elysium-style space station world?

  21. Advertising Feature on Tesla's Inherent Safety Saves Five Joyriding Teenagers In Germany (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    This advertainment informercial has been brought to you by Tesla; saving kittens the world over.

  22. Re:They are there for troubleshooting on Microsoft's BSOD Is Getting More Descriptive With QR Codes (cio.com) · · Score: 1

    Perhaps I should have been clearer: I have never seen a BSOD on Windows 10. As an IT manager in the 1990s I saw more BSODs than I care to remember. Iomega drives were a particularly rich source of blue screens as I recall. But I've never seen one on Windows 10 and I don't think ever saw one on Windows 8 either.

  23. BSOD still exists??? on Microsoft's BSOD Is Getting More Descriptive With QR Codes (cio.com) · · Score: 1

    Having used W10 since its release on multiple computers, I've never seen a BSOD. I've had the odd freeze requiring a 5-second power button reset but not a single BSOD. I thought MS had done away with them.

  24. Re:Trivia on his last name on Amateur Scientist Builds Thermite Grenade Cannon (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 2

    And the name 'Colin' comes from the same root as the word 'colon.' So his name means 'Arse Farts!'

  25. Re:Focus on Siri Now Responds Appropriately To Sexual Assaults (mashable.com) · · Score: 1

    Actually Robocop went one better and promises to notify the rape crisis centre. Whether he does or not of course is anyone's guess.