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  1. Re:that's a lot of $$ for nothing on Mozilla Could Walk Away and Still Get More Than $1 Billion If It Doesn't Like Yahoo's Buyer (recode.net) · · Score: 1

    Where did Yahoo get that kind of money to flash around anyway?

  2. Re:hmmm on Robot Stingray Is Powered By Rat Heart Cells (ieee.org) · · Score: 2

    I'm just waiting for the robot Steve Urwin

  3. Surely it will just be "Avast Accumulation of Wealth"

  4. Re:This kind of thing is way too common in science on MRI Software Bugs Could Upend Years Of Research (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    We don't pay you to think :D

  5. Maths & Journalism don't mix on Elon Musk: Tesla's Autopilot Software Could Save Half a Million Lives Every Year (fortune.com) · · Score: 2

    Maths & Journalism don't mix just look at the press coverage of the UK EU Referendum

  6. Re:In Cambridge on Man Builds Giant Homemade Computer To Play Tetris (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    For his next project he plans to make an IWatch the size of the Chrysler Building.

  7. Re:No need on Pod Planes Could Change Travel Forever (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    Saw a similar concept on Gizmag a few years back except that the pod was loaded onto the fuselage where the current passenger compartment is

  8. One wonders how much of a speed boost those algorithms would have got if they'd written them to run on a fairly average GPU

  9. Re:of course on Top Gear Host Chris Evans Steps Down After Poor Ratings (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Ironically the Other Chris Evans news story that just broke is he's facing a historical sexual assault investigation http://www.telegraph.co.uk/new...

  10. Would have preferred an extension on Google Cast Is Now Baked Into Chrome, No Extension Needed (trustedreviews.com) · · Score: 1

    This is just more bloat at least if it were an extension I'd have the option to not install it

  11. Re:Should work well ... until on Rolling Drone Delivery Robots Have Arrived (starship.xyz) · · Score: 1

    Yeah regular delivery guys are great at posting those "Sorry we called but you weren't in" cards

  12. Re:There had to be a first case... on US Regulators Investigating Tesla Over Use of 'Autopilot' Mode Linked To Fatal Crash (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Had it been any other manufacturers car that malfunctioned causing someones death there'd have to be about 30 fatalities before the loss adjuster decided it would be cheaper to recall the model and fix the issue. There probably wouldn't be an investigation though.

  13. Why is everyone so G'd about artificial intelligence? I've yet to see an example of Natural Intelligence!

  14. Re:Just fix it on Spanish Authorities Raid Google Offices Over Tax (reuters.com) · · Score: 2, Insightful

    And then no one but the big corporations would be able to afford to sell things over the internet.

  15. Re:iMessage across devices is actually useful on Microsoft Kills Windows 10's Messaging Everywhere Texts, To Bolster Skype (pcworld.com) · · Score: 1

    My wife has taken over the laptop, and she messages me a lot from the laptop.

    So MS dropping this is win win for you :D

  16. I told them they should have written it in Python

  17. Re:I always get complimented on my parking on DoNotPay Bot Has Beaten 160,000 Traffic Tickets -- and Counting (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 1

    You are the reincarnation of Tommy Cooper AICMFP

  18. Re:Sanity vs. Copyright. on Judge Dismisses Movie Piracy Case, IP-Address Doesn't Prove Anything (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 1

    The case was likely dismissed on grounds of questionable sanity.

    No one in their right mind would even bother stealing that movie.

    Obviously a case of "Diminished Responsibility"

  19. Re:why time seems to only want to go from past... on Physicists Confirm a Pear-Shaped Nucleus, and It Could Ruin Time Travel Forever (sciencealert.com) · · Score: 1

    Wait there is a precedent here we all know the space time continuum is largely based on gravity and Newton taught us all about gravity & apples.......

  20. Re:Unsurprising on AI Downs 'Top Gun' Pilot In Dogfights (dailymail.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    If they are planning on going down the totally autonomous route they might as well totally redesign the fighter as there's no need for a cockpit aned most of the safety stuff that goes with it. Once we've completely got rid of all the dead weight we had in there for the pilot then we can truly bow down before our robot overlords.

  21. Only if we can milk the ones that test positive

  22. It's not Planet 10! It's Planet X!!!!

  23. Re:To put it into perspective on Small Asteroid Discovered Orbiting Earth (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    Why is the time it takes likely to be an issue? This mission wouldn't need to be manned they could spend years getting out to it using minimal power. The question is more do we mine it in place or do we bring it into a tight lunar orbit and mine it there.

  24. Re:So how do we miss a 300 foot object that has be on Small Asteroid Discovered Orbiting Earth (cnn.com) · · Score: 2

    Where were you the other day? I quoted Marvin and all I got was psychoanalyzed!