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  1. Which is why the apple power supply is perfect. it comes as a wall wart that you can plug in a cable to to make it a cable-brick-cable. It's the best of all worlds.

    I really like the 500ma charge port on my surface pro's power brick, it is handy!

  2. No... on Drivers Need To Forget Their GPS · · Score: 1

    These are examples of really really dumb people not paying attention. if your GPS says, "drive 250 miles" to the hotel near your airport, and you blindly do it... you are an idiot.

    Drive 2 days away... again, idiot level.

    The problem is that all technology requires the user to have a modicum of intelligence. The examples in the story are of people that should not be allowed to drive a car let alone use a GPS.

  3. Re:Makes sense on Why Winners Become Cheaters (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    For example, Mister "live strong" himself....

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

    In fact if you look at every single "super athlete" you will find all of them cheated to keep up appearances.

  4. Re:Sorry Assholes on SourceForge Eliminates DevShare Program (sourceforge.net) · · Score: 1

    Past 5 years? It's been this way for 10 or more.

  5. Re:Sorry Assholes on SourceForge Eliminates DevShare Program (sourceforge.net) · · Score: 2

    You guys need to advertise that far and wide. The reputation was earned from the scam tactics of the previous owners, and nobody will come back to see if it has changed if you dont make it a core part of your advertising.

    The new sourceforge, under new management and it is back to the pure form with nothing shady going on.

  6. Not a complete study... on Study Finds You Can Grow Brain Cells Through Exercise · · Score: 1

    What about anaerobic exercise? Technically it should be the reverse as you are starving your whole system of oxygen.

    Or are they afraid of pointing out that running at 90% output or higher for extended periods of time is actually very very bad for you.

  7. Re:More nation-wrecking idiocy on Are Roads Safer With No Central White Lines? · · Score: 1

    Ditches have culverts in them, and I'll take a tree any time over a culvert and 3 feet of water.

  8. Already a Failure.... on President Obama Unveils $19 Billion Plan To Overhaul U.S. Cybersecurity · · Score: 1

    If step one of his plan is not to fire all the idiots in charge and replace every single one with someone that has a MINIMUM 10 years experience on the ground with cybersecurity, then it's a failure.

    Law enforcement people are idiots when it comes to Cyber security, you need real people that know what the hell they are doing in order to be smart enough to make decisions and direct properly.

    Instead we get Executives that barely know how to lock a door properly put in charge and they make stupid decisions that are ineffective. OR worse a FBI/CIA director that can't even check email put in charge because it has the word "security" in it.

  9. Re:More nation-wrecking idiocy on Are Roads Safer With No Central White Lines? · · Score: 2

    as someone that has went off the road into a ditch, it is not gentle in any way.

    Now adding sand or pea gravel traps on the sides like they have at race tracks? that is a good idea.

  10. Re:More nation-wrecking idiocy on Are Roads Safer With No Central White Lines? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Your post is a great example of people that have no experience in driving on a road with no central marking.

    Places wher there is no central line it encourages and increases driver intimidation. Just ask anyone that lives in a city where the moron in the big pickup truck drives down the center of the road refusing to get over to his side for other drivers. You assume that everyone on the road is the same, just like these "engineers" and that is a horribly flawed view. People in general are very selfish and if they can intimidate others in order to get ahead in something they absolutely will do it.

    So you have the percentage of the population that sees a lack of center line as a invitation to drive down the middle of the roadway. This happens constantly in every city. It's a problem because a lot of drivers NEED that visual cue to stay on their side. Yes it's only paint, but for some reason it has a psycological effect to keep the Bruh truck and SUV drivers on their side of that line.. in EVERY instance where the line is not there they drive down the center of the roadway believing they have the full right to do so.

  11. Re:Of course it is. on North Korea Accused of Testing an ICBM With Missile Launch Into Space (examiner.com) · · Score: 4, Informative

    Most of them.

  12. No not KISS.... CHEAP.

    Walmart still uses those out of date IBM systems because they will have to rip out the IBM backend as well. changing over to something newer means millions of dollars.

  13. Block all adverts... on Scareware Signed With Apple Cert Targets OS X Machines (threatpost.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Use a good browser plugin or some good backend rules, but block every single advert out there. That stops the "OHHH YOU GOTTA INSTALL THIS" vector that fools clueless visitors into downloading and running the trojan.

    Good people install adblocking on every single computer they touch. Bad people allow ad's from websites.

    Dear web admins.... WAHH. If you cant vet and host your ads yourself to make sure they are safe, you dont DESERVE your ad's to make it through.

  14. Re:Please really make them available in the US on Canonical Reveals the BQ Aquaris M10 Ubuntu Tablet (omgubuntu.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    I tried to use it as a phone for 1 week. Even the version back in November you would still get the phone ringing but no way to answer it as the phone application refused to launch.

  15. Re:Ahh not a real ubuntu tablet but the "lite" toy on Canonical Reveals the BQ Aquaris M10 Ubuntu Tablet (omgubuntu.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Linux on the surface Pro 1 or 2 makes the wifi more stable. It has been a nightmare for running windows on it because the marvell wireless chipset is a piece of crap that will lose its initial configuration the windows driver only loads it on install. the linux driver was modified to reload it on every single boot.

    Blame microsoft for using the low grade dog food that is Marvell chipsets.

  16. Re:Thanks, Obama on UK Wants Authority To Serve Warrants In U.S. (usatoday.com) · · Score: 2

    ". One of the biggest reasons to *not* vote for Sanders is that the free health care giveaway is just going to make people more dependent on the central government"

    As Opposed to the Piece of crap healthcare system designed by Mitt Romney we have now that is designed to line the pockets of Insurance companies?

    "Affordable Healthcare Act" is Romneycare in every form... if it was "obamacare" I would not have to be paying $850 a month for it. Real republicans would be outraged by the shit being pulled in congress by republican leaders..
    I would rather have "free healthcare" that doesn't bankrupt people and punish the middle class than having the Bullshit that the current leadership shoved down our throats.

    How about restoring the 5th amendment? How about abiding by the fucking constitution and protecting it? You know real important shit that has been ignored for the past 14 years because of the boogymen of terrorism.. Instead you are all upset about something that will actually help people?

    This is why I don't call myself republican anymore, people like you prefer to hate instead of doing what is right.

  17. Congress will let them on UK Wants Authority To Serve Warrants In U.S. (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1

    Because we only elect spineless old farts that care about their pockets more than the people they are elected to SERVE.

  18. Good idea... on Link Rot Rx: 'Amber' Add-on For WordPress and Drupal · · Score: 1

    Go ahead and look for Sirius tuner RS232 information online.... most of the links are dead-dead. having non dead links on your site by caching the information is a good idea because your content does not go irrelevant when someone shuts down their freebie page because they got bored.

  19. Re:Please really make them available in the US on Canonical Reveals the BQ Aquaris M10 Ubuntu Tablet (omgubuntu.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Why? just get a google Nexus 4 and install the ubuntu phone image. that wy you can find what the rest of us have.... it sucks and then you re-flash back to android.

  20. Ahh not a real ubuntu tablet but the "lite" toy on Canonical Reveals the BQ Aquaris M10 Ubuntu Tablet (omgubuntu.co.uk) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Pass, I'll spend the same coin on a used surface pro 2 and install a full 64 bit ubuntu and get a dramatically better device.
    Or get one of the china celeron based $199 windows tablets and install ubuntu if I really have to go for a cheap throw away.

    I do not understand what they are after with a high price tablet running the mobile ubuntu.

  21. Re:Require that patents be defended on Patent Troll VirnetX Awarded $626M In Damages From Apple (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 0

    Good. I think no software patents should be allowed.

    It's all mathematics, and math should NOT be patented.

  22. Alsop is a blow hard. on Elon Musk Cancels Stewart Alsop's Tesla Order Over Complaints About Launch Event · · Score: 1

    Honestly all he has ever been is a spoiled brat that has temper tantrums. He tries to stir up crap like this to try desperately to keep his name relevant.

  23. Re:legalism is a crap philosophy. on Homemade Speed Trap Made By Former UVA CS Professor (cvilletomorrow.org) · · Score: 1

    And you are the defacto king of the asshats baby.

  24. Re:legalism is a crap philosophy. on Homemade Speed Trap Made By Former UVA CS Professor (cvilletomorrow.org) · · Score: 1

    Not a problem. Buy those houses for 10% above fair market value and do it.

    Maybe if Cities had competent leadership they would think of these solutions. If the cities had competent City managers they would already have 100 year planning and put everything in place to start those projects by buying the property decades before it is needed.

    Instead, we get the drooling morons that is typical for today's leadership. Fuck the citizens and the city, What can I do to get reelected....

  25. Re:elite workers paradise on Yahoo To Fire Another 15% As Mayer Attempts To Hang On (theguardian.com) · · Score: 2

    Not true, all of the executive management is still there, and that is where 75% of the worst performers are.