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  1. Re:I'm Confused on Google To Step Up Smartphone Wars With Release Of Own Handset (telegraph.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    If Google is about to start making Google branded phones, what is the couple year old Nexus 5 thing in my pocket?

    It's a phone manufactured by LG.

  2. Sauce, Goose, Gander, etc. on Federal Court: The Fourth Amendment Does Not Protect Your Home Computer (eff.org) · · Score: 1

    The implications for the decision, if upheld, are staggering: law enforcement would be free to remotely search and seize information from your computer, without a warrant, without probable cause, or without any suspicion at all.

    Can we then assume that law enforcement doesn't have an expectation of privacy for the computers in their precincts, or their cars?

  3. Tim Cook uses $400 million to wipe his butt every day after his morning constitutional.

    Not true. Tim Cook has his manservant take care of this.

  4. Re:Citibank or AT&T? on Citigroup Sues AT&T For Saying 'Thanks' To Customers (techdirt.com) · · Score: 1

    Your punctuation violates my trademarks.

  5. Re:Say "Citigroup" instead of "Thank You" on Citigroup Sues AT&T For Saying 'Thanks' To Customers (techdirt.com) · · Score: 5, Funny

    Citigroup for sharing.

  6. Re:get over it on Microsoft Removes the 'X' From Windows 10 Update Leaving No Way Out (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 4, Informative

    Individuals only got support for Windows 7 until 1/13/2015. They aren't included in the 2020 support plan, and Microsoft is under no obligation to support home users for Windows 7 anymore.

    As per Microsoft's lifecycle policy, Extended Support applies to retail purchases, and entitles home users to security fixes until January 14, 2020 (Win 7) and January 10, 2023 (Win 8).

  7. Re:get over it on Microsoft Removes the 'X' From Windows 10 Update Leaving No Way Out (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 3, Informative

    it is insanity in this day and age to have to support multiple substantially different versions of an operating system for general population. its unjustifiably expensive and unsustainable.

    Then Microsoft should not have sold WIndows 7 and 8 with support windows that extend to 2020 (Win 7) and 2023 (Win 8). Consumers purchased these products with the promise of support as per Microsoft's published Windows lifecycle. If Microsoft didn't plan to do this, and price their product accordingly, that is very much their problem.

  8. Re:Needs a better screen on ASUS' ZenBook 3 Is Thinner, Lighter and Faster Than the MacBook (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    ... and also makes it much easier to remove for airport security.

    TSA Pre®

  9. Re:Apple will market the lack of new features... on Apple To Extend iPhone's Product Cycle; Shift To 32GB Internal Storage On Base Model: Reports (nikkei.com) · · Score: 1

    By reducing features they will lower the phone's psychic weight.

  10. Re:Don't want a thinner laptop on ASUS' ZenBook 3 Is Thinner, Lighter and Faster Than the MacBook (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    The macbook air amost requires a fingernail to open.

    Did they remove the cutout, center bottom at the front of the case, right below the trackpad? It provided a convenient place to use your fingertip to lift the screen.

  11. Re:Needs a better screen on ASUS' ZenBook 3 Is Thinner, Lighter and Faster Than the MacBook (engadget.com) · · Score: 2

    I care about lighter, but not thinner. When traveling, every ounce in the bag matters, but mm of thickness are unnoticeable (unless it's so thin that it bends easily).

  12. Scanning for viruses during heart surgery on Medical Equipment Crashes During Heart Procedure Because Of Antivirus Scan (softpedia.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    It just writes itself.

  13. Or you could use a reusable filter on Keurig Spends 10 Years Developing A Recyclable Coffee Cup (boston.com) · · Score: 1

    Or you could use a single cup Melitta and a permanent filter. Or the all-in-one Frieling.

  14. Re: Somebody ask the judge, please on Worshipping the Flying Spaghetti Monster Isn't a Real Religion, Court Rules (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 2

    The Deuteronomic requirement to stone to death anyone wearing cotton/polyester clothing, for example?

    Whether or not Deuteronomy requires this, even the most minimal fashion sense does.

  15. Karate Kung Fu on 'Record Store Day' Creates Vinyl Logjam (newyorker.com) · · Score: 1

    Sure, Carl Douglas' "Kung Fu Fighting" was a hit single, but the Emperors' earlier "Karate" was the musical basis of Santana's "Everybody's Everything."

  16. It's probably a good idea to link to some references about the University of California, Davis pepper spray incident.

  17. Re:Fuck A Millenial. on Phone-Friendly Movie Theaters For Millennials Could Be Reality Soon (variety.com) · · Score: 1

    I stopped going to movies when Chaplin jumped the shark around 1925.

    Chaplin jumped the shark in 1918 when he started his own production company.

  18. Re:Create a "Cry Room" on Phone-Friendly Movie Theaters For Millennials Could Be Reality Soon (variety.com) · · Score: 1

    We've invented that already. It's call "the Cone of Silence." We're just working out the details of implementing it.

    What?
    What?
    What what?
    What?

  19. Zuckerberg needs acting lessons on In the Age of Trump, Tech CEOs Cast Themselves As the New Statesmen (buzzfeed.com) · · Score: 1

    Like most people, Zuckerberg sounds stiff and fake when he reads a script. He either needs to speak extemporaneously from bullet points, or should learn to read a script more convincingly. Whoever's writing his scripts needs to bring in a dramatist to make the dialog more realistic.

  20. What problem does this solve? on Free Software Will Help Detect Faulty and Malicious USB-C Cables · · Score: 1

    What problems do non-authenticated cables cause?

  21. Re:Dictation on Cellebrite Is Developing Roadside Police 'Textalyzer' Device (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    Does your wallet have a light-up screen? Especially at night?

    If your answer is 'no,' then you need the new Lite-up Wallet from Slashdot Industries. The Lite-Up Wallet is more than just a wallet that lights up, it's a whole new way of carrying your personal paper possessions. Worried that you'll fumble for a dollar bill and accidentally tip the valet with a twenty? Worry no more, as the Lite-Up Wallet guides you to the proper denomination. Need to make sure that you use the credit card that still has credit available? The Lite-Up Wallet clearly illuminates all your cards and makes selection a snap! The Lite-Up Wallet comes in three colors and four sizes, and if you order today, WE WILL SEND YOU TWO FOR THE PRICE OF ONE!

  22. Re:This is perfect... on The Next Hot Job in Silicon Valley Is For Poets (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    I've always wanted Patrick Stewart to be my personal assistant.

    Patrick Swayze.

  23. What if Apple doesn't own the encryption? on White House Declines To Support Bill That Would Let Judges Order Tech Companies To Break Encryption (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    What does the government do when end users install open-source, encryption-enabled communication software, and there's no company to sue? Will they outlaw the mathematical formulas that enable encryption?

  24. Re:President has pen, can write exec order to FBI on White House Declines To Support Bill That Would Let Judges Order Tech Companies To Break Encryption (reuters.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    If the President dislikes an FBI *policy* he tells the AG to stop doing that, the AG tells the FBI to stop doing that, the FBI then stops doing that.

    LMFTFY: If the President dislikes an FBI *policy* he tells the AG to stop doing that, the AG tells the FBI to stop doing that, the FBI then shares with the President selected excerpts from their files that the President would really prefer didn't end up in the hands of GOP legislators or the press.

  25. When math is outlawed... on FBI Telling Congress How It Hacked iPhone (theverge.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    Feinstein and Burr are both working on a new bill to limit the use of encryption in consumer technology, expected to be made public in the weeks to come.

    When math is outlawed, only mathematicians and those who can read their papers will have math.