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  1. Re: problem is, using up the stock of stand-ins on Hollywood Turning Against Digital Effects (newyorker.com) · · Score: 1

    Often multiple times per film. I take care of an invalid family member (95 yr old grandmother, pretty severe dementia) and the ONLY thing she'll watch is the LOTR trilogy... We got it for her thanksgiving '14, so she's seen all 3 hundreds of times a piece at this point. I'll be in the next room reading or messing with my rpi2 or something and out of nowhere- "EAAGGHHH!" Wilhelm scream. It's extremely jarring, always destroys my concentration on whatever I was doing. On the rare occasion I feel like watching the film (again), it always draws me completely out of the flow of the plot. We get it, audio engineers. It was funny for a time. It needs to die now, take it off life support and let it die with dignity. It's gotten so bad when I replay the scene in my mind off Fonzie jumping the shark, I now head the Wilhelm scream as he does his jump.

  2. Re: Gonna need some hollywood magic SPOILER ALERT on Spike TV Is Turning Red Mars Into a TV Series (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    That was my immediate thought upon readling the headline. I hope they make it as impressive as it deserves to be. What they did to the moon with the base (not going to spoiler) could another great scene.

  3. Re: I remember that bullshit dowsing rod. on Fake Bomb Detector, Blamed For Hundreds of Deaths, Is Still In Use · · Score: 1

    I seem to remember some bs voodoo "explanation" of this device that pretty much claimed exactly that, that molecules of different substances all had their own unique em signature. But then, you'd think there would be circuitry and stuff to allow it to actually perform some function.

  4. Re: Psuedoscience is for cows. on Fake Bomb Detector, Blamed For Hundreds of Deaths, Is Still In Use · · Score: 1

    E before U, except, you know... ~*woo*~

  5. Psuedoscience is for cows. on Fake Bomb Detector, Blamed For Hundreds of Deaths, Is Still In Use · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Psuedoscience is for cows. Psuedoscience goes woo. Wooo. Woooooo! WOOOOOOO! Psuedoscience goes woo. Woo, psuedowcience, woo.

  6. Re: what good will this do ? on Anonymous Takes Down Thousands of ISIS-Related Twitter Accounts In a Day (softpedia.com) · · Score: 1

    mod this guy up, please... No points, or I would.

  7. Can you even see well enough to drive while wearing a Burka?

  8. The actual stated concern was that they would somehow be able to use the gpu as guided missile components.

  9. Re: Police? on Ask Slashdot: How Do I Recover From Doxxing? · · Score: 1

    Amanda Hugankiss

  10. Re: pin code not vulnerable on Android Lollipop Can Be Hacked With Very Long Password · · Score: 1

    I really like LG's knock on code. It's similar to swipe, but divides the unlock area into quads, you then tap a pattern into the various quads. Works great to unlock direct to home screen, band best of all no grease trails to figure out the swipe pattern.

  11. Re: and solved last century already on Backwards S-Pen Can Permanently Damage Note 5 · · Score: 1

    It doesn't "need" the stylus at all, works just fine without it. The stylus is the phone's selling point- it includes a stylus and digitizer similar to a wacom tablet for drawing, handwriting etc.

  12. Re: Nothing new, really on 2 Arrested In Plot To Fly Contraband Into Prison With Drone · · Score: 1

    European or African?

  13. Re: 4/5 in favor on Finland Considers Minimum Income To Reform Welfare System · · Score: 1

    Everyone gets the income, not just those unwilling to work. Your taxes might be higher to provide a deadbeat 15k a year, but you yourself are ALSO receiving the 15k, plus the income from your job. Why would this cause so much resentment if everyone benefits from it?

  14. 2015 moto e on Google Targets Low-Cost Android One Phone At African Markets · · Score: 1

    Bought one for my girlfriend, on Verizon prepaid. LTE, 8 GB storage, 1 GB RAM, up to 32 GB sd card, 1.2 Ghz snapdragon 410 quad core, lollipop 5.0 upgraded to 5.1, splashproof rugged build, 2390 mah battery, front camera for Skype, paid 58 bucks. I've seen it on sale for this price several times since then. Very snappy little phone, too... Smooth scrolling and apps open quickly.

  15. Re: Really? on New Telemetry Suggests Shot-Down Drone Was Higher Than Alleged · · Score: 1

    I'm thinking he meant you move the bead with the target so that it matches the speed of the duck.

  16. Re: Kickstarter forever on Razer Acquires Ouya's Storefront and Technical Team · · Score: 1

    Except that they DID release a product, to all the kickstarter backers as well as for sale to the general public. That the console didn't see much success in the marketplace has no bearing on the fact that they did deliver.

  17. Re: Relax... on HP: Smartwatches Are a Major Security Risk · · Score: 1

    ... as does my moto 360. It was there all along, just not enabled in earlier versions of Android wear.

  18. Re:Relax... on HP: Smartwatches Are a Major Security Risk · · Score: 1

    lollipop upgrade to android wear enabled wifi connection. no idea about the fruit watch.

  19. Re: Hard Appeal to Counter on Silk Road Founder Ross Ulbricht Sentenced To Life In Prison · · Score: 1

    eighth of an ounce, or approximately 3.5 grams.

  20. Re: My bank has two-factor auth on Why Gmail Has Better Security Than Your Bank · · Score: 1

    The answer to the street you grew up on doesn't have to be the ACTUAL street you grew up on.... Street I grew up on? Monkeybuttsfarbargle.

  21. Re: In "Real-Time"? on Astronomers Record Mystery Radio Signals From 5.5 Billion Light Years Away · · Score: 2

    They WERE recorded when they hit the Earth; they're NOTICED until much later, while sifting through old recordings.

  22. Re: If all you have is a hammer... on New Collaborative Project Wants to Systematize Complex Problem Solving Online · · Score: 1

    ... so slashdot editorizer Timothy is actualatedly Don King?!

  23. Re: What is doxing? on Doxing -- Something To Expect More of In 2015 · · Score: 2

    I use hotbot you insensitive clod!

  24. Re: Diversity is good, especially in SciFi on Overly Familiar Sci-Fi · · Score: 1

    Try Alistair Reynolds' "Revelation Space" series, among my favorite Sci Fi novels. "House of Suns" and "Pushing Ice" are two more good novels of his.

  25. Re: America, land of the free... on Ask Slashdot: Can a Felon Work In IT? · · Score: 2

    Actually, mushrooms are a Felony as well.