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  1. Re:A funny story about a slide rule (IBM manager) on When Slide Rules Were Like Cellphones (hackaday.com) · · Score: 1

    I've had the same reaction just from doing long division on a whiteboard :)

  2. Walled Garden on Apple Wages Battle To Keep App Store Malware-Free (networkworld.com) · · Score: 1

    Personally I'd rather risk infection than be restricted to what Apple says I can do

  3. The problem with the Internet of Things is that nobody seems to issue security updates for the plethora of devices we have plugged into our networks and when they do it's almost impossible to actually apply them.

  4. Re:The best is yet to come... on Intel Offers More Insight On Its 3D Memory (itworld.com) · · Score: 1

    Yes but when the Virtual Memory is on Optane it's going to have a shitload less impact. Also your idea could still have legs just allocate the static areas of your program to Optane and the dynamic to regular ram.

  5. Re:The contriversial parts in brief. on Controversial New UK Internet Powers Bill Makes No Mention of VPNs (thestack.com) · · Score: 1

    Not sure I trust ISP's to secure my browsing history against hackers. Ahh well I think my browsing history is going to become very simple lots of entries that all read Opened TOR circuit!

  6. Re:Some strong winds on NASA's Cassini Discovers Hydrocarbon Dunes On Titan (examiner.com) · · Score: 2

    Methane winds? Somebody is full of beans!

  7. Re:They shouldn't trust people's expressed opinion on TV Networks Open Neuroscience Labs To Improve Their Shows and Ads (reuters.com) · · Score: 2

    They need to come up with adverts that are less annoying than poking myself in the eye with a darning needle

  8. If a tree falls over in the forrest on Leading Theory of Solar System's Formation Just Disproven (forbes.com) · · Score: 1

    And there's nobody there to hear it

    Will there be a slashdot post about it?

  9. Re:Pron on Microsoft Cuts OneDrive Storage Limits, Citing Abuse (onedrive.com) · · Score: 1

    Funny I signed up to Office 365 a month ago and they were already limiting it to 1 Tb of storage so how is this news?

  10. Re:"senior research scientist" on Google Tries To Guess Your Email Responses (blogspot.com) · · Score: 2

    Tired of fucking things up with predictive text? Try new Google Predictive Email the total cockuperator!

  11. Re:drones on How the FBI Can Detain, Render and Threaten Without Risk (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Isn't this more to do with jurisdiction I mean if I'm arrested in another country for committing a crime in that country surely I'm at the mercy of the local equivalent of due process.

  12. Re:Holy shit... on Activision Buys Candy Crush Developer For $5.9B (inquisitr.com) · · Score: 1

    Like most games these days it's based on 20 year old game ideas that have been updated to match technology upgrades (Think Tetris for touch screens). As for Angry Birds that was just marketing the basic game engine had been doing the rounds for nearly a decade.

  13. Self-Driving Delivery Robots To Hit Sidewalks? on Self-Driving Delivery Robots To Hit Sidewalks of London In 2016 (thestack.com) · · Score: 0

    Sorry is this tech only for delivering to American Tourists because they're the only people in London who use the term sidewalk

  14. Re:Even if it is correct on Anonymous Says US Senators Were 'Incorrectly Outed' As KKK Members · · Score: 2

    What people don't get sued for slander/libel in America? What's the most litigious country in the world coming to?

  15. Re:Even if it is correct on Anonymous Says US Senators Were 'Incorrectly Outed' As KKK Members · · Score: 2

    What makes you think censorship is acceptable in Europe?

  16. How many of them are black? on Anonymous Says US Senators Were 'Incorrectly Outed' As KKK Members · · Score: 1

    Just asking

  17. Testing nightmare on Vivaldi Hits Its First Beta (vivaldi.com) · · Score: 1

    I for one welcome our new testing nightmare overlords

  18. Any new functionality on Vivaldi Hits Its First Beta (vivaldi.com) · · Score: 1

    So it's a new browser. So what any new functionality that's cool and people like will simply get absorbed into Chrome, Firefox etc the last thing we need is yet another platform to test on.

  19. British pigs are much more decent and better educated than American ones.

    Great idea.

    The American edition of the app includes a bullet proof vest

  20. What about a Faraday cage on FCC Fines Another Large Firm For Blocking WiFi · · Score: 1

    Would a Faraday Cage also get you fined?

  21. Re:10 years was a decent rest on New Star Trek TV Series Coming In 2017 (hollywoodreporter.com) · · Score: 1

    These are the voyages of the star ship enterprise on a 10 year mission to squeeze every last penny out of a dying franchise

  22. Re:so... on Virginia Radio Station Broadcasting Chinese Propaganda (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    The government is not even monitoring the radio waves in/near the capitol? Thats what I took from reading this. that is not a very smart thing

    They're too busy reading your email

  23. Re:Well duh on Virginia Radio Station Broadcasting Chinese Propaganda (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Surely the governments karma can't be that good!

  24. Also, by definition, no encryption is unbreakable, you just need a few thousand years to crack it.

    Not thousands of years! As we've seen from all the encryption technologies that have been invented to date it generally just takes a couple of decades for the tech to upgrade to a point where it's relatively easy to crack. The question is will this all change when Quantum Computers are on every desktop?

  25. Re:Linus rants about EVERYTHING on Linus Rants About C Programming Semantics (iu.edu) · · Score: 1

    I'd rather have somebody adding shiny code than somebody endlessly copying and pasting bits of code they don't fully understand. Or even worse the "can you just show me how to do that again" programmers who don't actually write a bean of code themselves because they don't know how to do it themselves but always seem to convince the upper management that they are some kind of expert