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  1. Convenient way to get a few million on Google Fined For Breaking Russian Antitrust Rules With Android (seekingalpha.com) · · Score: 1

    There's no way Google will resist such a small fine in such a large market. This will be seen as the cost of good business, same as Microsoft went through with IE.

  2. I think you're confusing the UI with the GUI. They're more referring to the hotkeys (how the user interfaces with the software), not the bland appearance.

  3. Re:Well, yes and no... on Annoying 'Open PDF In Edge' Default Option Puts Windows 10 Users At Risk (softpedia.com) · · Score: 1

    Browsing brought to you by advertisers, or the big OS company? I'll skip those two options. Seems like a Clinton/Trump kind of choice to me.

  4. Re:facebook is not a necessity on Facebook Will Force Advertising On Ad-Blocking Users (wsj.com) · · Score: 1

    Yeah, it'll start using "Classmates" faux extortion where they pretend someone sent you a message and you have to pay to see it. I figure it'll start with those and new techniques in the next 5 years.

  5. Re:These studies, Jesus... on Being Lazy Is a Sign of High Intelligence, Study Suggests (independent.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    I loved in my last job that I could ride my bike to work. I live on base and it was only 2 miles. Then I'd go another 3 to get lunch, so about 10 miles on the days that I had that kind of time.

  6. Re:These studies, Jesus... on Being Lazy Is a Sign of High Intelligence, Study Suggests (independent.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    This might lend something to the subject. I'm in the USAF. I do a technical job dealing with space stuff (satellites). I sit for long hours doing nothing, sometimes working long shifts and relying on caffeine. I am a naturally lazy person, and sit and think about solutions to things. However, that job obligation, mixed with some self awareness makes me also have to stay physically fit. I'm sure lots of "lazy nerds" also keep themselves fit. There are also plenty of "lazy nerds" who clearly don't stay fit. It really isn't a simple model at all.

  7. Re: He didn't "build" anything on Online Fame Distracts 9th-Grader Who Built That Clock Mistaken For A Bomb (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    Right. You would proceed home while some creep was following you? To your family? No way. No one who loves their family would lead some dude following me home to my family. That sort of thing is the start of a fight.

  8. Re:Our youth plays with toys, not real tech on Immigration Attorneys: Industry Pushes Foreign Labor, Claiming 'US Students Can't Hack It In Tech' (breitbart.com) · · Score: 2

    The cheaper one it seems.

  9. Our youth plays with toys, not real tech on Immigration Attorneys: Industry Pushes Foreign Labor, Claiming 'US Students Can't Hack It In Tech' (breitbart.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    People act like having an Android instead of an iPhone makes them some tech god, or even someone installing a mainstream Linux OS that realistically runs about the same as any modern GUI OS. People nowadays use toys, and because they're electronic and modern and have quad processors, they seem to think that translates to a computer science literate generation of society, and that just isn't the case.

  10. Re:Smart on Iran Bans Pokemon Go Over 'Security Concerns' (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1

    The Stops are in churches and mosques and all sorts of places by default. It isn't uncommon for you to see Lures placed in them since people spend a great deal of time sitting still when you're there.

  11. Re:Quote on Iran Bans Pokemon Go Over 'Security Concerns' (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1

    They need a new series based on this. That sounds very compelling. Darker, maybe mid-to-late-teens and anime styled.

  12. Re:Next we will have armed police helicopters .. on FBI Forced To Release 18 Hours of Spy Plane Footage (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    How about police drones with bombs on them to blow up suspects?

  13. Re: He didn't "build" anything on Online Fame Distracts 9th-Grader Who Built That Clock Mistaken For A Bomb (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    No, that's how California, Florida, and many other states have it. If you fear for your life, you can end it with death, even if you started it. Now, convincing a jury is different of course. But that's the nice thing about Colorado law, it specifies that it is not 100% stand your ground. If you started it, then your actions would then be considered murder. And how did Zimmerman not start it? Would you let some creep follow you home to your family? I'd try to lose him, and eventually I'd have to try to get him to let me leave safely. If that meant hitting his head on the ground, I would do everything to not lead him to my home where my family was. Zimmerman clearly started it.

  14. Re:Twitter isn't interest in stopping trolls unles on Stopping Trolls Is 'Now Life and Death For Twitter', Argues Backchannel (backchannel.com) · · Score: 1

    Yes they do.

  15. Well that's because Trump is a RINO.

  16. Re: He didn't "build" anything on Online Fame Distracts 9th-Grader Who Built That Clock Mistaken For A Bomb (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    That's the big difference in the laws in various states. What he did in Florida is legal in terms of self defense. However in Colorado it would get you in trouble. In CO, if you START a fight, you are then obliged to escape if you lose, not shoot to end what you started. He picked a fight with a kid, lost a fight, end ended it with the kid's death. In Florida that is legal.

  17. Re:It's been fine on Ask Slashdot: Share Your Experiences With Windows 10 · · Score: 1

    Is reencoding it an option? I imagine capturing the digital audio into an MP3 is possible. Dropping support for it shows a disregard for the customer and the format for all ethical purposes.

  18. Re: Jesus fucking lord christ!!! on Ask Slashdot: Share Your Experiences With Windows 10 · · Score: 1

    I was under the impression that users can contribute articles to this site. Post something about Mint or whatever you feel like. I'd be interested in reading about some of those things.

  19. Why is remote desktop on by default? on Microsoft Researchers Reveal Remote Encryption-Bypassing 'Evil Butler' Exploit (softpedia.com) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    There are so many settings that I turn off on a new Windows installation. I really don't see why every back or front door has to be left open on a fresh install, upgrade, or update.

  20. Oh, they already agree on almost everything. The surface disagreements are really very minor compared to the fundamental means of authoritarian governance that they both employ.

  21. Re:Win 10 Anniversary broke HTC VIVE Steam VR supp on Ask Slashdot: Share Your Experiences With Windows 10 · · Score: 2

    You can just roll it back. I did, and it didn't take all that long. You can just wait until they fix.

  22. Re:It's been fine on Ask Slashdot: Share Your Experiences With Windows 10 · · Score: 1

    I'd love to hear more about this. Why does that matter? I don't follow the DRM scene much.

  23. Overall great, but no anniversary update on Ask Slashdot: Share Your Experiences With Windows 10 · · Score: 1

    I had to roll back the Anniversary Update on my MacBook Pro. My HFS volume had disappeared and the VPN was non-functional. Also connecting a monitor/tv had very little functionality for some reason. I couldn't make a non-existent desktop go away! Anniversary update aside, I have it running on multiple computers back in the USA, including my gaming PC. Only Steam game that I've tried that just wont run is Far Cry 3. It is a minor improvement on Windows 7 and a huge improvement over Windows 8. There were so many network issues for me in Windows 8 that I couldn't run it, though 8.1 fixed some of them, 10 eliminated them. I really see 8 as the Windows ME of the post-NT stage. Anyway, when I get back to the U.S. I'll see how the anniversary update works on my systems and evaluate if I should run it on my gaming PC.

  24. Secure overseas email on GhostMail Closes in September, Leaves Users Searching For Secure Email Alternatives (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1, Interesting

    I have had a very secure overseas email service for the last decade and a half. I don't want other people to start using it, however.

  25. Re:Not a strong enough tie on Conservative Site Argues Profiting from Snowden 'Treason' May Violate Law (judicialwatch.org) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Trump, as vile as he is, asked for previously stolen information to be turned over. Suggesting that Clinton's private email server is in any way related to "us" as in the United States is revolting. This concept that he asked Russia to hack the United States is partisan bull.