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  1. This is sooo teh Gibs0n on Apple Said To Be Working on AR Glasses With Carl Zeiss (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Brushing up on our sci fi, zeiss, et al

  2. No to the obligatory XKCD on Satellite Spots Massive Object Hidden Under the Frozen Wastes of Antarctica (thesun.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    This one deserves an obligatory Far Side comic.

  3. The correct spelling of "seamless" on Microsoft Foresees AR Tracking Your Keys, Milk, Entire Life (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    The last time that I heard seamless used correctly
     
    ...the project designer, in a rare moment of 20/20 hindsight, remarked to his PHB ...the details seemed less problematic, at the time.

  4. It is time for some TOUGH questions on Seattle Man Accused of Using Social Media To Set Up Fake Porn Agency (nbcnews.com) · · Score: 1

    1. Would the suspect be a good example or a bad example, of a social media user who simply wants to make the most of his so-called social skills in a very social-centric online world?
    2. If it's a fake porn agency, would this item be considered as fake news, and Slashdot a fake news source for nerds?
    3. Would a real porn agency be equally newsworthy?
    Man hires 17-25 yo women for pr0n!

  5. But what if China says Thanks, but no thanks on China Plans To Land Probes On Far Side of Moon, Mars By 2020 (phys.org) · · Score: 1

    What if we had international cooperation, yet China decided to turn down these gestures of cooperation

    And demonstrate what leading the space race means

  6. $500, 000 in small unmarked bills

    apology letter to these families affected.

    Gold plated iphone case (Trump image optional)

    On second thought, just the $500,000 and I'll go quietly.

    Your ex-employee

  7. His face is not even engraved on the case. on Store Adds Donald Trump's Picture To $150,000 Gold-Encased iPhones (cnn.com) · · Score: 2

    It's as if he weren't expected to win, and they quickly overlaid all the Hillary ones. Then decided to charge $1000 more.

    FYI, that is the way the filthy rich negotiate discounts. They bicker while bringing the price upwards, as onlookers shout their disgust.

  8. Re: They will never learn on Microsoft Exec Admits They 'Went Too Far' With Aggressive Windows 10 Updates (softpedia.com) · · Score: 1

    They ARE in charge. It's just not a positive charge.

  9. Overheard at the meeting on Google Joins the Open Source Cloud Foundry Foundation (betanews.com) · · Score: 0

    "Did Bill's boys go platinum [level]?"

    "Naah; they were hoping there was a silver, so they could at least match it up with Silverlight, etc, etc.

    "Let's wait some more. Pick gold in the meantime."

    and, in a golf-announcer-type voice, the speaker remarked,"And we have Google joining, at 'gold' level..."

  10. Re:Written in India? on Twitter Built a Messaging App But Never Released It (buzzfeed.com) · · Score: 1

    somebody in the back raised his hand and said, Oh you mean like chat?

  11. Remember we mentioned 'courage'? on Apple Removes the 'Time Remaining' Battery Indicator In New macOS Update (loopinsight.com) · · Score: 1

    We said courage is removing the 3.5mm headphone jack.

    Now, we ask for so little: We want you, beloved user, to join us: We want you to live. On. The. Edge.

    We want you to stare down at that sliver that's even less than 3.5mm wide: the last remaining hair of your precious: the juice that is about to beat you to the :wq finish!

    Together we will rule the dark side!!
    T. Cook

  12. Eventually, it will be named on Japan Sends Its New Space Junk-Fighting Technology To The ISS (phys.org) · · Score: 2

    And Earth will have its wish come true: our very own debris-destroyer Gundam

  13. This simplifies things on A 'Turkish Hacker' Is Giving Out Prizes For DDoS Attacks (csoonline.com) · · Score: 1

    We just have to follow the lead of the guy posting the contest rules, e.g.

    1. Contest is open to people age 18 or older.
    2. You must be a resident of Turkey.
    3. etc.

    Find out where it leads; then we'll nab him.

  14. Guess it's just market forces at work on The DEA Has Been Secretly Paying Transport Employees To Search Travelers' Bags (economist.com) · · Score: 1

    At least this is not the border patrol; it just feels that way.

  15. And the usual aftermarket accessory on Autonomous Shuttle Brakes For Squirrels, Skateboarders, and Texting Students (ieee.org) · · Score: 1

    Just your ordinary, average all-chrome or aluminum bear grille, for the bookish bear, or freshman initiate

    or for your university-trash dumpster diving bears.

  16. List of scenarios; Path for wireless headphones #1 on AirPods Delay Attributed To Apple Ensuring Both Earpieces Receive Audio At Same Time (macrumors.com) · · Score: 1

    1. user loses an earpiece
    2. battery dies
    3. battery loses an earpiece
    4. user dies
    =
    Meeting on Tue to discuss 1 & 2
    Meeting on Thu to brainstorm 3,4 (tentative)
    =
    company meet with outside consultant Wed/reorg?

  17. well we can always fall back on old memes on Magic Leap Used Fake Tech Demos and Is 'Years' Behind Schedule (ibtimes.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    MS bought their tech, and did the ol' embrace, extend, rig their demo, extinguish.

    Hmmm, there should be a Profit! in there, somewhere...

  18. looking for the present from your employer? on Alphabet Donated Its Employees' Holiday Gifts To Charity (fortune.com) · · Score: 1

    Google for it.

    Should be as easy as ABC.

    Dammit. Don't hate me.

  19. Well, they did take customer surveys e.g. 'what else do you want on your smartphone?'

    and there was a set of respondents that statedWhy does my I.E.D. get triggered by a cell phone that would have to be purchased separately? Don't they come in a bundle or all-rolled-into-one package?

  20. Which "Americans"? on US Life Expectancy Declines For the First Time Since 1993 (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    Not that I am in perfect health, mind, but I seem to have picked the slow burn variety, in any case. We could use more detail sometimes, as in couch-potato-gamer-and-big-gulp-soda-and-pasta.

  21. But voicemail remains clumsy just the same on T-Mobile's 'Digits' Solution Lets You Use One Phone Number Across All Your Devices (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Unless each one is converted to text so I can skip all unnecessary messages, and jump to the one which has my ETD at JFK.

    Or shall we live with these google voice wannabes? Time to make us excited about technology again.

  22. But they followed naming standards! on Canonical Sues Cloud Provider Over 'Unofficial' Ubuntu Images (ostatic.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    Vivid Vervet
    Wily Werewolf
    Xenial Xerus
    Yakkety Yak
    Zesty Zapus

    And from the summary, "Unofficial Ubuntu"

  23. Nearly 1000 users? "NEARLY"?? on New Study Shows Marijuana Users Have Low Blood Flow To the Brain (eurekalert.org) · · Score: 1

    They could have left a voice mail message, at least I think I can get to my voice mail mailbox, before "thinning out" my blood to the brain.

    What if the last three were enough to affect the results? I'm not saying that one like me could affect the outcome; I'm just sayin'

    Well, I happen to think that studies like these involving recreational uses of substances are just as important as those demonstrating ill effects of habitual use.

  24. It's because Tesla (the name) spells STEAL on Android Malware Used To Hack and Steal Tesla Car (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 0

    and you're simply doing what you were told

  25. As long as they use the proper command on Is Google's AI-Driven Image-Resizing Algorithm Dishonest? (thestack.com) · · Score: 1

    As NCIS episodes have demonstrated, the video analysts have to issue the command Enhance! for this thing not to lie