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  1. Re:Yes on Ask Slashdot: Is It Time To Shrink the Ethernet Connector? · · Score: 1

    Suspect you'd only rewire the data center in order to increase the density of patch panels. I mean if you shrunk it to the size of a micro USB you'd be able to fit three of four connectors where we now have one RJ45.

  2. I'd rather have a bottle in front of me on Ask Slashdot: Are You Excited About Upcoming 4-inch iPhone or 9.7-inch iPad Pro? · · Score: 1

    than a full frontal lobotomy!

  3. Re:I'm getting a feeling on Rust-Based Redox OS Devs Slam Linux, Unix, GPL · · Score: 5, Funny

    I believe he was enabling you to pick your own linking standard :)

  4. Drunk on Twitter on Algorithm Deduces Drunk Tweets From Geolocation, Behavioral Data (thestack.com) · · Score: 1

    How are they identifying the drunks? Are they targeting people who tweet their ex at 4am?

  5. Re:To be fair, the Feds seemed to be pretty thorou on VPN Provider's No-Logging Claims Tested In FBI Case (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 1

    And will still all be decided by 12 people who were too thick to get out of jury service :|

  6. Re:Yeah, um, not so much on Study Finds 3 Laws Could Reduce Firearm Deaths By 90% (meta.com) · · Score: 1

    So when did Asimov get into gun control?

  7. Re:Never any description on German Scientists Successfully Teleport Classical Information (upi.com) · · Score: 1

    I would have told these guys about the "Law of No Communication" but apparently they didn't get the memo

  8. Re:Let me get this straight on German Scientists Successfully Teleport Classical Information (upi.com) · · Score: 1

    Surely without knowing the state @ both ends first this can't work https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

  9. oh no no no that wont do. we need trans lunar in the name of equality

    Just call a spade a spade or in this instance Lagrange 4 & Lagrange 5

  10. Re:World's End. on Contradictory Understandings of "Robot" Sow Confusion In US Law (medium.com) · · Score: 1

    "Robot" means "slave."

    *Downs Pint* Ok guys lets Booboo

  11. Re:Even less likely to update on Patch Tuesday Brought Windows 10 Ad Generator · · Score: 1

    The Irony is they are using IE to promote an OS with which they intend to kill off IE!

  12. Re:Open source Picasa on 9 Open Source Alternatives To Picasa · · Score: 1

    Why not open source both sides (Client & Cloud) that way hosting companies and organisations could offer cloud hosting for Picasa clients. Much more sensible but I suppose google won't bother just like with IGoogle.

  13. Re:aloft drones on Miniature Fuel Cell To Keep Drones Aloft For Over An Hour (gizmag.com) · · Score: 2

    Am I the only one who thinks this use of the word "Drone" is unintentionally onomatopoeic!

  14. Re:Guess it's time to on Tor Users Can Be Tracked Based On Their Mouse Movements (softpedia.com) · · Score: 1

    I only use Tor on touch sensitive devices anyway

  15. Re:This will be put to good use, right? on Research Establishes 13-Hour Gap Between Viral Misinformation and Correction (thestack.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    So now I've got to wait 13 hours to find out if this stories bogus? :D

  16. Re:What SEO spam? on No More Public Access To Google PageRank Scores · · Score: 1

    Thankfully there are reliable techniques for increasing your Search Engine Optimization but it would be impressive to see some one try to do it with a vacuum pump :)

  17. You are the Firefox Userbase AICMFP!

  18. Re:TRUMP RULES! CRUZ DROOLS! on Google's AlphaGo Beats Lee Se-dol In the First Match (theverge.com) · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    In the Queens English Trump is a synonym for Fart and is therefore quite apt

  19. Re:Bring on our intelligent replacments on 1 in 3 Developers Fear AI Will Replace Them (computerworld.com) · · Score: 1

    It's the Paperless Office effect. Every time someone declares a new advance towards the Paperless Office I get three more forms to fill in as well as the requisition form for a bigger waste paper basket.

  20. Re:really? on 1 in 3 Developers Fear AI Will Replace Them (computerworld.com) · · Score: 1

    I'll start worrying if they come up with an AI that can cope with the 5 Project Managers who are micromanaging my time

  21. Re:10 nanometer, not 1 cm on Simple Method Yields A Wrinkly, Durable, Water-Repellent Coating (acs.org) · · Score: 1

    So basically they've created non-stick shrink-wrap.

  22. Re:Is that surprising? on KeRanger Mac Ransomware Based On Linux Forebear, Not Windows · · Score: 1

    Isn't OSX based on a side port of Linux anyway?

  23. Re:Difficulty? on The Case Against Algebra · · Score: 1

    No they're all in cahoots

  24. Re:Difficulty? on The Case Against Algebra · · Score: 1

    But statistics is only really useful if you want to misrepresent your data

  25. Pirates have been using Intel since the days of Henry Avery https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... and undoubtedly before