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  1. Re:Gigabits per second of rubbish? No shit. on 1.1.1.1: Cloudflare's New DNS Attracting 'Gigabits Per Second' of Rubbish (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    I've been using it for a couple days and it's orders of magnitude better than AT&T DNS servers.

  2. Re:The only book MS is qualified to write on Microsoft Tries To Write the Book On AI (axios.com) · · Score: 1

    Code Complete by Steve McConnell is probably what you're referring to.

  3. you could say it's an odd name...

  4. Re:Why do this? on Arkansas Will Pay Up To $1,000 Cash To Kids Who Pass AP Computer Science A Exam · · Score: 1

    The state gov is controlled by the Republicans, so, no.

  5. Re: Translation on Arkansas Will Pay Up To $1,000 Cash To Kids Who Pass AP Computer Science A Exam · · Score: 1

    Arkansas state motto:
    Thank God for Mississippi!

  6. Re:Alright on Java EE Is Moving To the Eclipse Foundation (adtmag.com) · · Score: 1

    They are also giving NetBeans to the Apache Foundation, the first donation just made it on git with another to come.
    Same reasoning, more developers and faster development, less financial pain.

  7. Re:Rereading on Ask Slashdot: What Are You Reading This Month? · · Score: 1

    I've been doing the reread thing also, the Baroque(sp?) Cycle and 'Ready Player One' recently.
    First time reads, I just finished 'Dictator' by Robert Harris, the third book of a trilogy that is a recreation of a book lost to history, the biography of Cicero by his slave Tiro.
    And I just started 'SPQR' by Mary Beard, subtitled A History of Ancient Rome.

  8. Re:The Count of Monte Cristo on Ask Slashdot: What Are You Reading This Month? · · Score: 1

    Close, Alexandre Dumas father was half black, the progeny of a French nobleman and a slave, IIRC.
    'The Black Count' is an excellent book and I recently bought cheap copies of 'The Count of Monte Christo' and 'The Three Musketeers' but haven't started on them.

  9. Re:Oh, so the finally rewrote the laws of physics? on Toyota's New Solid-State Battery Could Make Its Way To Cars By 2020 (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    That's the guy, I read it somewhere other than NPR.
    Pretty sharp for 94 years old, hope I'm still kickin and thinkin at that age.

  10. Re:Oh, so the finally rewrote the laws of physics? on Toyota's New Solid-State Battery Could Make Its Way To Cars By 2020 (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    Actually, I read about a solid state battery being developed in a lab not too long ago. Can't remember where... gettin old is a biatch

  11. Kangaroo Mobile Mini PC on Ask Slashdot: Is There A Screen-Less, Keyboard-Less, Battery-Powered Computer? · · Score: 5, Informative

    Kangaroo Mobile Mini PC
    Intel x5 z8500, internal battery
    I have the smaller memory model and it gets hot but seems to be OK, the Plus model with more memory apparently has some heat issues according to the reviews.
    I have Fedora 25 on it and I read somewhere it doesn't use the GPU for graphics, but it works fine for me in low demand uses.
    The lack of GPU use might also be why I don't have the heat issues.
    I can't get the sound out of the HDMI feed, but I think that will work eventually when the kernel gets enhanced.

  12. +1 Funny

  13. At one point homosexuality was against the law, still is in some places.
    Prolly a few old state statutes left on the books here in the US, especially the south (bible belt).

  14. The Mexico plant was to make Focus vehicles, sales of which have tanked (~18%) over the past several quarters.
    Probably more of a bizzness decision than a 'Trumpitulation'.
    Ha! I made up a new word, let's see if it has legs...

  15. I have been boycotting Disney for about two decades, ever since I read about the AA Milne heirs vs Disney court saga.

  16. Re:Here come the science deniers on New Study Shows Marijuana Users Have Low Blood Flow To the Brain (eurekalert.org) · · Score: 1

    >> I don't think beer for breakfast is a good idea at all.

    When el clasico is played at 9:15AM my time, beer is a perfectly appropriate breakfast selection.

  17. Re:As a Microsoft fanboi, glad to see this on Holding Shift + F10 During Windows 10 Updates Opens Root CLI, Bypasses BitLocker (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: -1, Redundant

    +1 Funny

  18. Re:Local BBQ joint asks Orthodox Jews to try pork on Microsoft Exec Urges Linux Developers To Try Windows 10 (softpedia.com) · · Score: 1

    +1 Funny

  19. >> the study's lead author, Dr. Thomas Knott, in a University of Leicester

    Leicester leads the Premier League and suddenly their Uni profs are claiming 'super eruptions'.

  20. Re: Smart people more likely working on their hobb on Scientists Say Smart People Are Better Off With Fewer Friends · · Score: 1

    Forgive me, I don't get out much, but when I saw the word "gobshite" I automatically assumed the poster was from England or at least somewhere in the UK, am I a racist?

  21. +1 Funny

  22. Re:No more Dr. Pepper on Microsoft's Windows Phone Platform Is Dead (windows10update.com) · · Score: 1

    I was pining for my N900 only last nite...

  23. Re:The Mayans were Right! It's Global Warming! on Distant Supernova Is the Most Powerful Ever Detected (osu.edu) · · Score: 2

    >> Why isn't the mainstream media reporting on this!!!

    Because even they know the difference between light years and miles.

  24. Re:obviously... on Distant Supernova Is the Most Powerful Ever Detected (osu.edu) · · Score: 1

    Now that I think about it, a supernova is just a failed black hole, no?
    Maybe this was a successful one.

  25. obviously... on Distant Supernova Is the Most Powerful Ever Detected (osu.edu) · · Score: 1

    it's two black holes merging