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  1. one of the five greatest dangers facing the UK banking industry.

    The other four involve filing for moral bankrupsy

  2. What on Apple Releases Swift As an Open-Source Project (swift.org) · · Score: 1

    the best general purpose programming language

    Surely that's a matter for conjecture even among Apple Acolytes

  3. AI is overrated on Is AI Development Moving In the Wrong Direction? (hackaday.com) · · Score: 0

    Give how rare organic intelligence is (And I reference anybody who responds to this post as evidence) why is everyone so geed up about AI

  4. Re:Possible use on Airbus Patent Shows Modular, Removable Aircraft Cabins (gizmag.com) · · Score: 2, Funny

    Also if the passengers board the cabin section before it is docked with the airplane this could facilitate the passengers being sent to the wrong destination rather than just their luggage as is the norm now.

  5. Re:Ban speed cameras and red light ones on DOJ Cracking Down On Profit-Driven Policing, Audit Looks At How Far It's Spread (muckrock.com) · · Score: 1

    Bear in mind those radars are pretty error prone to start off with they shouldn't be admissible as evidence

  6. Re: Solution In Search Of A Problem on The Race To Create a Hyperloop Heats Up (wsj.com) · · Score: 1

    Like lasers.

    Just add Shark

  7. Re:Already done on Mother Blames Wi-Fi Allergy For Daughter's Suicide (telegraph.co.uk) · · Score: 2

    "effective treatments need to be found for these symptoms."

    What do they do for other hypochondriacs?

    Stick them in hospitals full of sick people so that they can migrate to paranoia.

  8. Preceded by Hero of Alexandria 1800 years earlier https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

  9. Re:Website takedown worth â7M? on Greek Banks Under Cyberattack, Face Ransom Demands (ft.com) · · Score: 1

    Actually the DOS attack is probably just a diversion whilst they hack into the bank and pick the bankers pocket.

  10. Actually I think you'll the true father of Robotics was an engineer called Hero around 30BC who not only invented the programmable robot but also automatic doors and the steam engine.

  11. Doctorate? on Why Some People Think Total Nonsense Is Really Deep (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    If this is what his doctorate is on his PHD thesis should be about the stupid things people get qualified in!

  12. Re:A rose by any other name... on After Twenty Years of Flash, Adobe Kills the Name (thestack.com) · · Score: 1

    Can't they change the name to Malware at least it will be accurate then.

  13. Re:Key question on Arkansas Has a Growing Population of "Climate Change Refugees" · · Score: 1

    Unlike muslims, these people are going to the US through legal channels, so I wouldn't worry too much.

    Are you saying that all Muslims going to the US are doing so illegally? Think you need to spend more time in preview before you post

  14. Re:"Not in THIS Stack Exchange site!" on Interviews: Stack Overflow Co-Founder Jeff Atwood Answers Your Questions · · Score: 1

    That one still doesn't cover "Closed because the question is off topic" which I see a lot of.

  15. Wait did you say shopping? on US Marshals Jump Into 'Cyber Monday' Mania (networkworld.com) · · Score: 1

    Wait did you say shopping? *Zips fly*

  16. It's like we have to drive without headlights because somebody has a patent for "Using electric lights to see in the dark"

    Totally screwed up

  17. Surely as the only international space treaties the US has signed largely prohibit creating territories in space or weaponising the same the recent "Space Mining Provisions of Commercial Space Act" is bunkum as you can't have jurisdiction without territorial rights and it is therefore in contravention of pre-signed treaties.

  18. Re:Avoidance on Ethics: A Good Reason To Sit Further Away From Your Boss (telegraph.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Ahh so putting more space between the bananas, stepladder & water cannon works

  19. Re:Please put the word "space" in quotes on Blue Origin "New Shepherd" Makes It To Space... and Back Again (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Hand your geek pass in on the way out because you're sucking the joy out of space exploration! Somebody achieves something nobody has achieved before (Rutan did it with a plane not a rocket) and all slashdot can manage is to be pithy

  20. Re:Please put the word "space" in quotes on Blue Origin "New Shepherd" Makes It To Space... and Back Again (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    I agree that it's a lot simpler than actually going to orbit. But given that they are the first to actually manage a fully reusable rocket going to sub orbital space ( a feat that not even government space programs have achieved) and landing back on it's launchpad you might consider cutting them some slack or even taking your head out of your arse!

  21. Re:Litigious Much on "Clock Boy" Ahmed Mohamed Seeking $15 Million In Damages · · Score: 1

    Surely if he was American he'd be suing the for dissembling his clock

  22. Re:thats great on BBC World Service To Provide Radio For North Korea and Eritrea (bbc.com) · · Score: 2, Interesting

    No I'm one of the people who thinks having a DG who's also on the board of HSBC (a conservative party donor) is a conflict of interest but hey pick whichever bigoted approach you want.

  23. Re:thats great on BBC World Service To Provide Radio For North Korea and Eritrea (bbc.com) · · Score: 2

    Hey at least The North Koreans will get to listen to the same politically biased shit that us Brits do though they might find it harder to swallow.

  24. Of all the issues with GM Foods probably the most pointless is how its labelled! Eating GM Food isn't going to make you start expressing GM Genes just the same as eating beef doesn't make you grow horns. Far more important is have these GM Foods been accidentally released into the wild therefore further screwing over nature.

  25. Re:Cue the flood... on French ITER Fusion Project To Take At Least 6 Years Longer Than Planned (sciencemag.org) · · Score: 3, Funny

    It's a project being built by multinational partners on a site in France. Obviously I can't comment on the spin until I've seen the polarity!