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  1. the Nickelback of sandwiches

    Look at this piece of meat
    I can eat it if I take a seat
    Maybe feel like I've been fed
    Only if I also eat the bread

    Every memory of waiting in the order line
    While the person there in front of me just wastes more time
    It's hard to say it, time to say it
    Goodbye, goodbye

  2. Re:Will have to move to that trash as well on Microsoft Reaches 800 Million Windows 10 Devices (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Advice: Search for, and use, the 'Windows Update Mini Tool' (WUMT). It's a set of powershell scripts written by a user, not by Microsoft, to help you get control over the Windows update and telemetry components.

  3. Re:Make childhoods disease great again on Decade-Long Study: Measles Vaccine Doesn't Cause Autism, Even in High-Risk Kids (reuters.com) · · Score: 1
    Rand Paul's position is interesting, in that it is not medically-motivated. From the linked article:

    "I believe that the benefits of vaccines greatly outweigh the risks, but I still do not favor giving up on liberty for a false sense of security," Paul said during a Senate hearing focused on the rise in preventable disease outbreaks. ... Paul, a medical doctor, said while he and his kids have been vaccinated, the government should rely on 'persuasion' rather than force to increase vaccine rates.

    I don't agree with his conclusion, but I respect his concern.

  4. Dammit! Think of the children!

  5. Re:So it has come to this on Nike Bricks Its Shoes With a Faulty Firmware Update (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    The right shoe is using MySQL, the left shoe is using Oracle.

    You gotta make sure your Oracle license fees are paid, before you go for a run. Also, it is REALLY difficult to get that left shoe off.

  6. If horses were zebras... on Scientists Dressed Horses Like Zebras To Figure Out Why They Have Stripes (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    ...then prisoners would ride.

  7. Re:If we censored every "conspiracy theory"... on Pinterest Cracks Down on Anti-Vaxxers, Pressuring Facebook To Follow (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Don't forget "A is wrong, because A is too complicated, whereas B is obviously true because B was written in a book millennia ago."

  8. You have a keen eye, in all seriousness.

    * PERSONAL DATA COLLECTION!
    * DNA!
    * ABSOLUTE POWER!
    * what should I read?
    * HERE'S A LINK TO THE BILL!
    * $250 PROCESSING FEE!

  9. Steve Martin was right on Microsoft Says Discovers Hacking Targeting Democratic Institutions in Europe (reuters.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Microsoft Says Discovers Hacking Targeting Democratic Institutions in Europe

    Steve Martin was right when he said: "Some people have a way with words. Other people...not have way."

  10. Re:Before we bash Amazon... on Amazon Will Pay $0 in Federal Taxes on $11.2 Billion Profits (fortune.com) · · Score: 1

    No, AC. skam240 thinks the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act was specifically needed. The history of Amazon's federal tax payments is evidence for that.

  11. Re:ROFL - a complete new level of hype on New AI Fake Text Generator May Be Too Dangerous To Release, Say Creators (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Musk's name is related to this? Why does that not surprise me.

    Let's put that snippet into the AI and see what pops out.

    "I was on my way in my Tesla to a new job in Fremont. It smelled vaguely of musk..."

  12. I'd also give you Victoria Bitter.

  13. Re:Just use the Moto G/X series on Google Plans Cheaper Smartphone To Draw Users Into Internet Empire (nikkei.com) · · Score: 1

    Seconded.

  14. Re:Hard to take that seriously on Google Fiber Abandoning Louisville Residents With Two Months Notice (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Sounds like a shitty plan.

  15. It would be closer to "researchers reveal Word sends what you type to Microsoft without your knowledge or consent."

  16. Re:copyright has a purpose on Locast, a Free App Streaming Network TV, Would Love to Get Sued (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Since OTA (over the air) TV is ad-supported, and since Locast does not alter or remove the ads, it would seem that the channels get broader ad exposure when they appear on Locast, and therefore could make a case that their ad time is more valuable. Therefore, I would think the broadcasters would be in favor of Locast.

    Now, trouble would arise when the broadcaster secures the right to show a movie OTA, but then the rights holder of the movie objects to further broadcast beyond OTA. This equates to your 'intended distance' condition. Goodness knows how much legal wrangling is necessary just to secure the OTA permission. I can readily imagine that a similar legal effort would be required to secure permission for broadcast beyond OTA. I expect Locast could be in for trouble.

  17. Re:Add electric cars to the list on Electronics Are 'the Fastest-Growing Waste Stream in the World' (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    a 2013 Hyundai Veloster (which is a terrible car for many many reasons)

    What don't you like about it? I mean, the three doors are kinda wonky...

  18. Re:School shootings on Schools Are Locking Students' Phones Away to Help With Concentration (fortune.com) · · Score: 1

    I see it now. Take away students' cell phones, and arm them with handguns. I'd probably throw in the hopes and prayers for good measure, too.

  19. Re:Americans take corporate dick in the ass on Google Urged the US To Limit Protection for Activist Workers (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Rather than try to inhibit this as the Obama regime did..."

    Inhibit HSA's? Citation needed.

    HSA's, unlike FSA's are not use it or lose it either...

    Absolutely so. HSA's are what the FSA's want to be, when they grow up.

  20. Re:Wait, so can we send Trump on Trump Offered NASA Unlimited Funding To Put People on Mars by 2020, Report Says (nymag.com) · · Score: 1

    Is your friend named "Lemania", or something like that?

  21. Re:Just realised... on Trump Offered NASA Unlimited Funding To Put People on Mars by 2020, Report Says (nymag.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    He needs the same answer: "Little girl, don't touch that squirrel's nuts!"

  22. Re:Ah, the royal 'we' on Google Urged the US To Limit Protection for Activist Workers (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    It's not a stroke. It's just a temporary problem with blood-flow to the head.

    (paraphrasing a line from the movie "Dave")

  23. Re:3.5mm? miss me with that effete eurocrap on Meizu Unveils a Smartphone That Does Not Have Any Port, or a SIM Card Slot, or a Button, or Speaker Grill (phonedog.com) · · Score: 0

    I figure that if the phone ran low on power, you could stick an AAA cell into the headphone jack.

  24. I believe the word you are looking for is courageouser.

  25. Re:Betteridge says NO on The Motorola Razr Could Return as a $1,500 Foldable Smartphone (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    Then conference-calling becomes trivial.