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  1. Re:Some spell checkers ... on Scottish Students Used Spellchecker Glitch To Cheat In Literacy Test (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    follilize, not fossilise

    Not so sure about this one.

  2. Re:yep on Ask Slashdot: Some Good Linux Desktop Option For Kids? · · Score: 1

    People who were watching this when they were 10 are old enough to buy alcohol now. Find a newer reference.

  3. Re:Can't even get the simple things right... on California Bypasses Science To Label Coffee a Carcinogen (undark.org) · · Score: 1

    Also, neither roasting or brewing are a particularly "natural" process.

  4. Re:Bullshit merchants on California Bypasses Science To Label Coffee a Carcinogen (undark.org) · · Score: 1

    "uncured bacon" cured with nitrates from celery or cherry powder - but which is now legally required by law to be labelled as uncured.

  5. Re:Mocking Proposition 65 on California Bypasses Science To Label Coffee a Carcinogen (undark.org) · · Score: 1

    That amount of plumbing work would be more expensive than complying anyway. I'm sure this story is intended as a joke and not fact, right?

  6. Re:Prop 65 warning on California Bypasses Science To Label Coffee a Carcinogen (undark.org) · · Score: 1

    Why don't Doritos come with an explosive diarrhea warning?

    Where did you find Doritos WOW chips in this century? I thought olean was gone? If you're still having these symptoms, maybe you have IBS or something.

  7. Re:Naturally? on California Bypasses Science To Label Coffee a Carcinogen (undark.org) · · Score: 1

    Like coffee beans, the natural state of tobacco is not on fire (though wildfires do happen).

  8. Re:Red? Why not literally any other colour on YouTube Unveils New Streaming Service 'YouTube Music,' Rebrands YouTube Red (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 2

    Or "red band" movie trailers. Or red light district. There are so many reasons why red is not the color of your paid video service.

  9. I don't know how it got launched with that name. From the very beginning, it didn't make sense.

  10. Re:Labels? What about on Tidal Is Reportedly Months Behind On Royalty Payments To Labels (theverge.com) · · Score: 2

    Doesn't say that they're behind on payments to ASCAP/BMI/SESAC, though the performance royalty would come from the label and it's up to the label to decide whether to pay ahead of getting the money.

  11. Re:Fix the Intel HD graphics driver, too on Rollout of Windows 10 April Update Halted For Devices With Intel and Toshiba SSDs (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 1

    Should be an extension of lemon laws that is extended for as long as updates are made available. But the converse is that security updates not being available would also open you up to liability within a certain window.

  12. Re:Standards would make this a non-starter on Rollout of Windows 10 April Update Halted For Devices With Intel and Toshiba SSDs (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 1

    Which only boils down to a few categories with generic characteristics, and no performance features.

    Graphics drivers, especially, will not ever likely be in this category.

  13. Re:I'm angry on Senate Votes To Save Net Neutrality (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    The last person was elected because "black guy." It's the only thing that would have worked, because she's offensive even to a large number of democrats. And let's not forget the support of the TPP.

  14. Re:Not Save... Authorize... on Senate Votes To Save Net Neutrality (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    It's sort of how district representation works these days, though...as evidenced partly by this whole thing.

  15. Re:Standards would make this a non-starter on Rollout of Windows 10 April Update Halted For Devices With Intel and Toshiba SSDs (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 2

    custom drivers = drivers.

  16. Re:Fix the Intel HD graphics driver, too on Rollout of Windows 10 April Update Halted For Devices With Intel and Toshiba SSDs (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 5, Informative

    Again, don't they have people check things like that before they release the update?

    Of course they do. The Home and Pro users. They haven't rolled this out to Enterprise customers yet.

  17. Re:I can't have been the only one on 'Bird Scooters Are Ruining Venice' (latimes.com) · · Score: 1

    You are free to call them that. That's what makes it a genericized trademark. Much like styrofoam, thermos, aspirin, heroin, and so on. They all started life with a capital letter as a name brand.

  18. Re:why should we care? on Nobody Knows How Much Energy Bitcoin Is Using (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    If you're running it on any relatively scarce commodity driving up prices, the world cares.

  19. Re:MB model 1886 on Nobody Knows How Much Energy Bitcoin Is Using (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    And not just outspend competitors - you also have to outspend fraudsters trying to create a large enough consensus for fake transactions.

  20. Re:But how much energy is used by traditional fiat on Nobody Knows How Much Energy Bitcoin Is Using (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    So you're paying huge premiums to have your transaction processed? It requires mining to complete.

  21. Re: But how much energy is used by traditional fia on Nobody Knows How Much Energy Bitcoin Is Using (vice.com) · · Score: 2

    They're not even able to handle the transactions going on now in any reasonable length of time.

  22. Re:I can't have been the only one on 'Bird Scooters Are Ruining Venice' (latimes.com) · · Score: 1

    You're very wrong. Even in Europe, you can trademark a generic word as a product/brand name - just as Microsoft did with Windows (provided the word isn't already generic for that specific thing).

    Windows means glass panels for looking outside.

  23. Re:I can't have been the only one on 'Bird Scooters Are Ruining Venice' (latimes.com) · · Score: 1

    called vespas in Italy

    The genericized trademark council thanks you for your service.

  24. Re:You forgot just one thing on 'Bird Scooters Are Ruining Venice' (latimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Or worse, spend a night in the Paris Hilton.

  25. Re: Venice on 'Bird Scooters Are Ruining Venice' (latimes.com) · · Score: 2

    We're talking more about the summary and slashdot version of the headline.