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  1. Maybe they could finally solve the worst issue of phone. videos, landscape vs portrait videos. Maybe they can add some spiffy 5G whiz-bang technology to shock the camera user if they're shooting in portrait mode.

    The other thing that could be beneficial would be direct save to some cloud service, so if the phone is confiscated or destroyed, the data would be "safe". Especially for something like police body cams...

  2. My lawyers normal fees are $250 an hour.

    And if you take into account my yearly quoted salary divided by the number of hours worked, my pay is a lot more than $25 an hour.

  3. Will the shows have token heterosexual characters who are way over the top with their straightness?

    Only the black and Hispanic characters. /s

  4. I'll take a chance and guess the free content won't last long, after the "introductory" period is over.

    Should I run out and buy a used appleTV now, or will they even support this brave new initiative?

    Netflix is spending $2 billion on new content. How much is Apple going to spend?

    Other than that, it looks like Apple will just be taking a chunk of the money from 3rd parties like they do with everything else.

  5. It would be better to on YouTube Is Investing $20 Million In Educational Content, Creators (theverge.com) · · Score: 2

    invest in Season 3 of "Ow, My Balls!"

    or to have dedicated live feeds of Russian Car Crashes.

  6. Maybe they could finish on Netflix To Raise $2 Billion In Debt To Fund More Original Content (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Forever

    or

    Terminator: The Sarah Conner Chronicles

    I see they're doing the new season of Lucifer...

    I'd also like a sequel to Bright

    Just say no to more movies from Adam Sandler though.

  7. Monastic on SQLite Adopts 'Monastic' Code of Conduct (sqlite.org) · · Score: 2

    When I think of monks, I think about

    Vows of Chastity

    Vows of Silence

    Bread Making

    Beer Brewing

  8. Re:4 and a half football pitches per second on Bloodhound's 1,000 MPH Car Project Needs Money (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Your comment is confusing. Could you please rephrase it in terms of libraries of congress per furlong?

    A Beowolf Cluster of Hot Grits of course.

  9. 4 and a half football pitches per second on Bloodhound's 1,000 MPH Car Project Needs Money (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    What does that translate to in either m/s, f/s or NFL fields per second.

    The summary is confusing with multiple different numeric systems. MPH, Football Pitches, Pounds...

  10. Re:Instead of a wing on a small private aircraft on Watch What Happens When A Drone Slams Into An Airplane Wing (sacbee.com) · · Score: 1

    You don't know what you are writing about. I have worked for 30 years in the aerospace field (specifically testing high performance aircraft). There is a HUGE difference between soft tissue and metal parts and highly-dense batteries. Any turbine engine would be utterly destroyed by a 1-2 lb drone.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

    And if you were going to actually do it on purpose, you could remove non-essential weight, and add ball bearings to the payload...

  11. Instead of a wing on a small private aircraft on Watch What Happens When A Drone Slams Into An Airplane Wing (sacbee.com) · · Score: 2

    wouldn't it be better to test a drone crashing into the engines of an F-35, or a commercial airliner? That may be somewhat more relevant.

  12. posting a fake profile on hotrussianchicksforyou.ru /s

    One person charged? Talk about the tip of a iceberg.

  13. Sounds like an ad for on Quantum Computers Will Break the Encryption that Protects the Internet (economist.com) · · Score: 1

    the company offering quantum encryption.

    If QC is the latest, greatest thing that is coming "Real Soon Now" you should ignore botnets with hundreds of thousands of systems, which exist now.

    On the other hand, QC may make mining bitcoins much more economical.

  14. Article checks out on The Army Is Preparing To Send Driverless Vehicles Into Combat (vice.com) · · Score: 2

    Warren Michigan is pretty close to Detroit. If they can test/drive them in Detroit, most middle eastern countries should be a cake walk.

  15. Probably a good time for on Internet Provider Groups Sue Vermont Over Net Neutrality Law (reuters.com) · · Score: 2

    states to reconsider what ISP/telecom providers they allow exclusive rights to.
    No law, no regulation, just toss them ot of the state.

    I'm sure someone else would love to have exclusive rights.

  16. for a 1MW battery? (Mega Watt, not Milli Watt)

    Could you 3D print it in the shape of a shed for my backyard, far from my house, with a fire suppression system and heat venting, with room for feeds from solar and wind power?

  17. Maybe they should be hiring on Ask Slashdot: Should Open-Source Developer Teams Hire Professional UI/UX Designers? · · Score: 1

    non STEM liberal arts students, to craft their Common Code, They will also be more than happy to help you understand why people prefer rounded corners more than actual functionality.

    Besides, non STEM hires/contractors will work for minimum wage, not including tips. /s

  18. I would be happy to accept on Amazon Doles Out Freebies To Juice Sales of Its Own Brands (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    an 82 inch television, and a years worth of free food to clean up some of my previous reviews.

  19. What could possibly go wrong on Apple Launches Portal For US Users To Download Their Data (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Now if there was a way to sync this data to something else you used, and deleted it from Apple, it would possibly be less of a potential disaster, well a little less...

  20. First symptom on Facebook Posts May Point To Depression, Study Finds (nbcnews.com) · · Score: 1

    is logging into bookface.

    Second is checking your security settings to see if they have changed "magically" since you checked.

    Third is trying to delete the bookface app off of your non-rooted phone/tablet.

  21. some flashing lights and rotating blades to the front, and some Roman chariot-like scythes to the wheels. Would probably eliminate most pedestrian issues, one way or the other. /s

  22. Re:Needs a blockchain, AI and hashtag. on Driverless Car Hype Gives Way To E-Scooter Mania Among Technorati (nbcnews.com) · · Score: 1

    Not to forget an emoji based authentication system.

    Maybe add a captcha and a bookface/Google/Oauth authentication

  23. Good source of on Driverless Car Hype Gives Way To E-Scooter Mania Among Technorati (nbcnews.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    free batteries, charging systems, maybe sim cards, and some metal to sell as scrap. Yay makers

  24. What I would really like to see on Researcher Finds Simple Way of Backdooring Windows PCs and Nobody Notices for Ten Months (zdnet.com) · · Score: 0

    is a worm/virus that installs linux on a target system (overwriting windows) with a background that says something like:

    "You're too stupid to be allowed to run windows"

  25. Now let's go back to Episodes 4,5,6 and remove all the added Lucas crap to the original theatrical releases, and oh yeah, Han shoots first...(yeah I do know about the fan versions and have them.)

    Then back to 1,2,3 and remove Jar Jar, except for killing the character in EP 1

    Then you could make it look like Hayden actually cared about being in a movie, instead of waiting in a line for a new iPhone.