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  1. New Password Post-IT (TM) on Study Finds Password Misuse In Hospitals Is 'Endemic' (securityledger.com) · · Score: 1

    One company has announced the new product line called Password PostIts, specifically for this misuse.

    These are just as easy to use.
    1.Write the password down on the post It.
    2.Peel off.
    3.Stick in a convenient location, preferably visible to human traffic
    4.Sell them by the gajillions
    5.Profit!

    What makes them unique is they are non-stick postIts. Other than being lime green, they really don't stay on for very long.

  2. it was a typo on 154 Million Voter Records Exposed Due To Database Error (dailydot.com) · · Score: 1

    LOLVOTERID, dammit, not his sister LALVOTERID.

    "best in class", my ass. Couldn't even spell, ffs

  3. Only a matter of time on New Algorithm Could Help Predict Future ISIS Attacks (thestack.com) · · Score: 1

    After all, it was only a matter of time to name it after the guy who invented the internet, Al Gore.

  4. Misread the words in the summary on Passenger-Carrying Drone Gets Symbolic Approval For Test Flights In Nevada (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    "capable of terrifying passengers without a pilot"

  5. With all the fitness gear, WHY on Samsung Unveils Gear Fit 2 Activity Tracker and IconX Wireless Earbuds (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    With all the fitness gear, why is the universe still expanding?

    Yup, the universe is making me look FAT

  6. It is not Windows TEN on Microsoft Removes the 'X' From Windows 10 Update Leaving No Way Out (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    It is Windows divide by zero, originally handwritten on a napkin, but was eventually interpreted -- or misread -- as TEN

  7. Why am I not terrified on Antibiotic-Resistant E Coli Reaches The US For The First Time (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Why am I not terrified in this post antibiotic world?

  8. Common Misconception re windows 10 on Windows 10 Updates Are Now Ruining Pro-Gaming Streams (theguardian.com) · · Score: 2

    People seem to think that it is windows TEN that they're getting, when 10 is binary, pure and simple. That is why the question posed to the user is always 1-Yes 0-No There is really no representation for 'later' in binary. MS should simply post the EULA as the real question, with the usual two choices at the end: Agree or decline. This way, you are already familiar with the deception er I mean the EULA, and can respond accordingly

  9. Actually a good review, of a piss-poor product on Apple's Smartwatch Draws Competition And A Very Bad Review (businessinsider.com) · · Score: 1

    Sell the strap as an accessory, but build an entire Apple store around that alone. With a genius bar, whose only assistance will be about donating those dollars to help feed the poor, you know, jest us folks stuck with three-year-old computers.

  10. Re:their very own bounce-house on SpaceX Delivers World's First Inflatable Room For Astronauts (go.com) · · Score: 1

    Inflatable?
    astronauts?
    Did they really name the project Space sex? Since Day One?

  11. 13 Years Later, we find out What SCO Really Means on 13-Year-Old Linux Dispute Returns As SCO Files New Appeal (theinquirer.net) · · Score: 1

    SCOuting for money

    de-defunct

    It happens to be April 1 somewhere where SCO's lawyers are hiding; we're reading tomorrow's news for nerds today.

  12. Re:Zombie (the "d" in systemd) on 13-Year-Old Linux Dispute Returns As SCO Files New Appeal (theinquirer.net) · · Score: 2

    The d in systemd stands for defunct, as originally intended.

    The court case will determine if it stands for "die, already"

    The planets are in alignment. Slashdot will be forced to print a dupe of a 13 year old story, on April Fool's Day no less, which triggers a fresh 13-year cycle of dupes that really aren't. And we have SCO to thank. Whodathunkit?

  13. Re:How to make it more exciting/timely on Unmanned Cargo Ship Reaches ISS On Resupply Mission (telegraph.co.uk) · · Score: 2

    Much improved, i agree, but let's embellish it just a tad:

    Space station captures small drone with BIG package, ALL ON VIDEO, video goes viral

  14. How to make it more exciting/timely on Unmanned Cargo Ship Reaches ISS On Resupply Mission (telegraph.co.uk) · · Score: 3, Funny

    The editors simply need experience:

    Drone buzzes Space Station; drops off package

    Amateurs.

  15. Error free? Even more remarkable is (wait for it) on University of Illinois Transmits Record 57Gbps Through Fiber Optic Lines (digitaltrends.com) · · Score: 1

    that the rooms at either end were at room temperature; just ask renown intellectual Mr Steven Wright.

  16. The word you're looking for is "indefinitely" on Are Communications Records of Americans Retained Forever? (seattletimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Although the meaning was not lost, really, folks, and my dear slashdot editors, the word you want in this case is indefinitely. This concludes today's lesson, when you mean that there is no time limit.

  17. Why the f not? on Scientists Propose Biodiversity Lab To Redeem Guantanamo Prison Camp · · Score: 1

    At least the terrorists may have won ...by having passengers take off their belts and shoes prior to boarding, ...by 3-hour long security and frisking measures even if your name is not even the least bit shadowed by a hint of an arabic-sounding name, ...by making us turn off our phones before the movie starts,

    but they will NOT DENY US A BIO DIVERSITY LAB while I sip my Coronas catching some rays at Guanta-frickin-mo bay! Where I can surfboard while you waterboard...

  18. off-white pages please on Pale Moon Devs Ponder Dropping Current Codebase And Starting From Scratch (softpedia.com) · · Score: 2

    Please provide the option to offer not just white background pages (the glare limits my browsing/web surfing in subdued ambient light conditions). I do not need the baggage of a "theme"; that would be excessive; just a light shade of gray would provide soothing comfort after long work hours in userspace. Opera has this out of the box fer chrissake, YOU ARE PALE MOON and white was the color the astronauts wore on the lunar surface, which had if I recall correctly from those photos some other color but definitely was not white at all.

  19. Testing already done! Visit my 3rd world country! on Why Buses Need To Be More Dangerous · · Score: 1

    All these things, including doors at railroad crossings, (what about NO DOORS) have already been well tested in the Philippines! With these other features implemented: start-stop anywhere, failure to signal or failure OF turn signal indicators, conductor moving OUTSIDE the moving vehicle with mere handholds because the bus was designed with THE ENTIRE SIDE PANEL MISSING for easier boarding. I mean, come on! Leave your car behind, why don't you! Live a little! Inhale all those fumes coming in through the windows! And please, try the seafood! And your bumpy ride is just about to start (where were you headed anyway?

  20. Re:Outsource to IBM? on Hertz Had Sheriffs On Hand the Day It Cut IT (computerworld.com) · · Score: 1

    This is the new normal, circa 1990's.

  21. What if the sequence of events is different? on Godfather Of Encryption Explains Why Apple Should Help The FBI (bgr.com) · · Score: 1

    "Shoot to kill, sir? Are you sure?"
    "Orders from on high."
    "But then we can't grill em for more info"
    "Yeah, but we'd be able to access encrypted iphone inpho"
    The plot sickens.

  22. Three laws--then there were two on People Will Follow a Robot In an Emergency - Even If It's Wrong (gatech.edu) · · Score: 1

    Two remaining survivors, namely the robot and you. Does he follow you (in Soviet Russia), or vice versa?

  23. limited magination on Pentagon Research Could Make 'Brain Modem' A Reality (thedailybeast.com) · · Score: 1

    Whoever has this fixation on drilling people's heads needs one right frickin now to unclog his imagination and do more actual research/more science.

  24. Can they still double duty on Airbus Patents Adjustable Seats, In-Seat Storage For Aircarft (consumerist.com) · · Score: 1

    Can these new storage areas double as flotation devices in case of an emergency, or will I have to pack an extra "Emergency Exit" arrow in there

  25. The last bastion turned out to be a house of cards after all.

    And Microsoft and Google weren't the highest bidders this time.

    firefox me.