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  1. what is the cause? on It's About Time Astronauts Got Healthcare For Life (mashable.com) · · Score: 1

    What is the cause for eye sight to get worse in space? Is it the same reason why astronauts need to work out so their muscles don't become weaker while they are in space? What is actually happening to their eyes?

  2. Why can't windows just make a link to that icon and change the permissions on the link it makes on the users desktop so the user can do anything they want to that link and not touch the icon in the shared folder? That way they can delete it if they want.

  3. one thing I run into is that I install a program for a user and it will create a desktop icon. For some reason windows will ask for the admin password to delete it. Why does windows ask for the admin password to get rid of an icon?

  4. Re:pretty sure this has always been the case... on Windows 10 Anniversary Update Borks Dual-Boot Partitions (omgubuntu.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    As in, installing Windows after installing Linux will mess with the boot loader. Everyone running a dual boot system should already be aware of this since the recommendation is always to install Linux second. New major updates to Windows 10 are basically entirely new operating systems. They just make the process more transparent these days.

    I am pretty sure when I upgraded from windows 7 to windows 10 my linux partition was still there and still working. I was really surprised by this.

  5. Re:Stop with the nannystate warnings! on Cops Warn Pokemon Go Players: Please Don't Trespass To Catch 'em All (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 2

    That is true but it would still be pretty traumatizing.

  6. solar system size on New Dwarf Planet Discovered In Outer Solar System (seeker.com) · · Score: 1

    Since they found another planet orbiting our sun but is farther out how does that affect the news of Voyager 1 leaving our solar system a while back? Does that mean it still hasn't left the solar system yet or is it farther than this planet? They thought it was in interstellar space.

  7. Re:Stop with the nannystate warnings! on Cops Warn Pokemon Go Players: Please Don't Trespass To Catch 'em All (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Well I do not want to deal with the issues with hurting or even killing someone when they run out in front of my car. I couldn't imagine how that would affect me knowing I killed someone.

  8. Re:Just what I want (Something like it) on Windows 10 Fall Update Uninstalls Desktop Software Without Informing Users (ghacks.net) · · Score: 1

    The way you have to uninstall programs in windows is so tedious. You have to uninstall one program at a time and click though all the wizards. It would be awesome if you could just uncheck all the programs you want to remove and it would be all automated. Linux does the install/remove process right.

  9. remote? on 500 Million Users At Risk of Compromise Via Unpatched WinRAR Bug · · Score: 1

    How is this a remote exploit? It seems you have to download the malicious file and run it.

  10. get from other countries on Another Pharma Company Recaptures a Generic Medication · · Score: 1

    I see other people commenting that it would be cheaper to just go to another country to get your pills because it is cheaper but how is this possible? You can just go to another country with your prescription and get your pills? A pharmacy will just take your prescription from a doctor that is not even from the same country? A doctor doesn't need to be licensed in that country to fill the prescription? Can anyone answer this?

  11. Re:WTF, Slashdot? on E3 2015: A Lot of Nostalgia For Old Games · · Score: 1

    Taking away the comment counts is just a sly way of hiding the facts.

    They changed and moved it. The comment count is in the black speech bubble on the right beside the summary, I didn't notice it there until someone commented in another thread.

  12. Re:Not likely on Hospitals Begin Data-Mining Patients · · Score: 2

    It might not happen very often but when I call my son's doctor and leave a message he will call me back at the end of the day every time. It is always him and not his secretary. That is one of the thing I really like about him.

  13. Re:Dunk your own computer! on New Approach To Immersion Cooling Powers HPC In a High Rise · · Score: 1

    Looking at the video the cpu and power supply fans are still attached and spinning. How does this affect the life of the fans as the are pushing around a liquid instead of just air? Do the fans do much as all the components are in the liquid? Does anyone know more about this?

  14. Re:Best Buy on How Blockbuster Could Have Owned Netflix · · Score: 0

    This reminds me of an old Monty Python clip where a couple guys are pushing a cart and asking people to bring out their dead. A guy comes out and is carrying a guy on his shoulder and says this guy is dead but the guy on his should replied I am not dead. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGFXGwHsD_A

  15. name change on New Pope Selected · · Score: 1

    Does anyone know why they don't go by their real name?

  16. Re:64 or 32 bit? on Microsoft Surface Pro Arrives Feb. 9 · · Score: 1
  17. Re:Doesn't help that Steam client is poorly writte on Valve Reveals First Month of Steam Linux Gains · · Score: 1

    What about Apple's maps software. That must be up there for the worst software.

  18. Re:Just what they want Linux to become ? on Has the Command Line Outstayed Its Welcome? · · Score: 3, Informative

    Fedora wants to introduce offline updates. You need to reboot to apply updates. http://linux.slashdot.org/story/12/06/21/2218226/fedora-introduces-offline-updates

  19. Re:Which distributions? on Linux 3.3 Released · · Score: 1

    If you are running Debian Sid it will ask you to upgrade to the new version.

  20. Re:All those people... on China Internet Users Hit Half a Billion · · Score: 1

    Most people in the USA have duplicate first+last name....if you live in US, put your name here: http://howmanyofme.com/ Only 3 people have my first + last name

    Does anyone know of a site like this for other countries? I live in canada and just wanted to check it out. Just for the heck of it I entered my name into the site above and it came back as 1 or fewer with my first and last name.

  21. Re:Still doesnt excuse on Carmack Addresses FPS Creativity Concerns · · Score: 1

    Most indie games seem to take one approach or the other, either be a clone, or be completely different than anything else (or a clone with a *twist*! that might as well be a clone).

    What kind of game do you want that isn't a clone and not something completely different than anything else? What does that leave you?

  22. Re:Noise on The Science of Lightsabers · · Score: 1

    There is an app for that. Lucasfilm released it for the iphone. http://www.iphonebuzz.com/lightsaber-unleashed-application-review-045008.php

  23. Re:No, wait! I think this could be joke... on Debian, OpenSUSE, Arch, Gentoo and Grml Merge · · Score: 1
  24. Re:I can beat the computer... on Can You Beat a Computer At Rock-Paper-Scissors? · · Score: 5, Informative

    I prefer rock paper scissors lizard spock myself.

  25. Re:So true on The Death of BCC · · Score: 1

    I wish people would use BCC when sending an email to a bunch of people they don't know. It also helps to not advertise everyone's email address. A co-worker got an email , I think it was just a joke or something from someone that she knows and it had a lot of people in the to field. Not too long after she received that email she got another mesage from someone else that must have been in the list saying thanks for everyone's email address. So now a spammer got a hold of all these people's active email addresses.

    It's also a pain when people forward these type of messages and leave everyone elses addresses that received this message prior.