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  1. Re:This has nothing to to with VRML? on Facebook Finally Delivers On the VRML Dream With Immersive Star Wars Video · · Score: 1

    Exactly right. NOTHING to do with VRML, only that it was "was hampered by the same technological bottlenecks of the period as VRML." So was voice recognition.

  2. Re:Easy one on When Does Software Start Becoming Malware? · · Score: 1

    Yes, I have. And I almost always use their removal tool first. Same as with McAfee. Never uninstall from Control Panel. And it's true, sometimes their uninstall tool doesn't even get it all.

  3. Re:QR Code on Xerox Creates Printed Labels With Rewritable Memory · · Score: 1

    QRcode already has a much larger storage space than 36 bytes . They're really limited more by how large you want to print them and how densely.

  4. Re:Lossless on Xerox Creates Printed Labels With Rewritable Memory · · Score: 1

    Later in the same article, they not only reword it to something more like 68 billion permutations, but they also give a rudimentary explanation of binary number storage. I don't know why they even included that "data points" line.

  5. Re:What is the big deal? on Xerox Creates Printed Labels With Rewritable Memory · · Score: 1

    You swipe the empty packet over the reader, and that tells you the drug in question, and the refill details (and the writer re-writes the bits to "refill dispensed")

    And you wouldn't even have to be able to decrypt it if you just set it back to what it was before the refill, assuming you can find a way to flip the bits manually without overly special equipment. Or if the drug is really valuable, you buy the special equipment.

  6. Re:What is the big deal? on Xerox Creates Printed Labels With Rewritable Memory · · Score: 1

    verify that whatever is stored in those 36 bits was put there by whoever created the product being tracked and hasn't been altered later.

    Which defeats the purpose of those 36 bits being rewritable.

  7. Re:WTF? on 9th-Grader May Face Charges After Homemade Clock Mistaken For Bomb · · Score: 1

    And once you find out it's not a bomb, there are no charges to press. Unless you can maybe prove he intended it to look like a bomb.

  8. Re:Plagiarism is for cows on An Algorithm To Stop Joke Plagiarists · · Score: 1

    You really don't understand that I'm not the one who said it?

  9. Re:Plagiarism is for cows on An Algorithm To Stop Joke Plagiarists · · Score: 1

    I am? How so?

  10. Re:obligatory joke on An Algorithm To Stop Joke Plagiarists · · Score: 1

    How do you find Will Smith in the snow?

    When I first heard this, I answered "He'll be the man in black" before I heard the punchline.

    Certainly easier than recognizing foot prints. Black clothing really stands out in the snow.

  11. Re:Plagiarism is for cows on An Algorithm To Stop Joke Plagiarists · · Score: 1

    Cow is used colloquially to refer to any cattle.

  12. Re:So can I sell my used copy? on Metal Gear Solid V PC Disc Contains Steam Installer, Nothing Else · · Score: 1

    You're completely missing context. Why are you jumping in over a week later?

    It was in response to this:

    services that gives me all the content I could dream of

    They gave that as if it was reason enough to invalidate the ownership of physical media for anyone. You, on the other hand, are just off-topic.

  13. Re:So can I sell my used copy? on Metal Gear Solid V PC Disc Contains Steam Installer, Nothing Else · · Score: 1

    I have no idea what you're talking about, but I'll assume you didn't read the whole thread. I'm saying that streaming services have a disproportionately high amount of low-value content. And they don't cover all the high-value content a person could want (especially if you want to see specific movies). Services like Spotify really do seem to cover a vast majority for music. There is nothing similar for movies. You're not buying anything on a monthly streaming service. I literally can't see what you're saying.

  14. Re:TurboTax, H&R Block, other complete tax sof on Ask Slashdot: What Windows-Only Apps Would You Most Like To See On Linux? · · Score: 1

    Why not just use a web-based system? You have to send the data online to the company to e-file anyway.

  15. Re:A more interesting question... on Ask Slashdot: What Windows-Only Apps Would You Most Like To See On Linux? · · Score: 1

    These are system management, but not Linux-specific (other than system requirements).
    GParted and ddrescue. I don't use Linux full time, but these are the two that I boot into Linux for time after time because there's no suitable alternative.

  16. Re:Microsoft Paint on Ask Slashdot: What Windows-Only Apps Would You Most Like To See On Linux? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    How light-duty? F-Spot is more like Lightroom than a simpler Photoshop.

  17. Re:It's spelled "Whiskey" on Whisky Aged On NASA's International Space Station Tastes "Different" · · Score: 1

    Since it comes from a distillery in Scotland, it's spelled whisky. Generally, whiskey is used for what's made in the US.

  18. Re:Whisky doesn't age once its left the barrel on Whisky Aged On NASA's International Space Station Tastes "Different" · · Score: 1

    And the barrel shavings were in the vial.

  19. Re: I support space research. on Whisky Aged On NASA's International Space Station Tastes "Different" · · Score: 4, Funny

    You want to damn an entire agency because a single vial of liquid was taken into space?

    Only if it was over 3 ounces.

  20. Re:Cyclists DON'T obey the law! on Why Biking Injuries and Deaths Are Spiking In the US · · Score: 1

    ever do the hand signal for stopping

    Seems kind of idiotic to make brake controls that require your hands. I suppose it would be better to install an aftermarket brake light.

  21. Re:Expect the Republicans to kill this... on Easy-To-Clean Membrane Separates Oil From Water · · Score: 1

    Yeah, won't someone think of saving all that potable seawater. Wait...what?

  22. Re: They were raptured on 60,000 Antelope Died In 4 Days, and No One Knows Why · · Score: 1

    It was at least 120,000 over a few weeks. No doubt someone just mis-estimated.

  23. Re:Blindfold Anyone? on Can Living In Total Darkness For 5 Days "Reset" the Visual System? · · Score: 1

    Put it in fixing solution before turning on the lights. If it comes out white, there was no light. This is with photographic film negative. Not sure if there is any real difference.

  24. Re:So can I sell my used copy? on Metal Gear Solid V PC Disc Contains Steam Installer, Nothing Else · · Score: 1

    And it's not about reselling alone. It's about perpetual access without worrying about the status of any company's financial future.

  25. Re:So can I sell my used copy? on Metal Gear Solid V PC Disc Contains Steam Installer, Nothing Else · · Score: 1

    just get a cheap subscription to a services that gives me all the content I could dream of

    Unless you want the shovelware, this does not exist for movies yet. At all. I even have a disc subscription to Netflix but I still have to literally buy some content just to be able to watch it once.

    Sure, I have access to enough content that I could never watch it all. That doesn't mean it's what I want to watch.