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  1. the 90-day clause is so arbitrary, and the choice of '90' is random. Cough it up in 9 days using 10 top tier techs.
    Only then do we know they are serious and on the level.

  2. Good news, everyone! on Researchers Claim Success In Removing HIV From Living Cells (nature.com) · · Score: 0

    N/T

  3. Re:Turd on Windows 10 Gets Core Console Host Enhancements (nivot.org) · · Score: 1

    not flamebait; just the facts, ma'am.

    The surprise is, MS servers want to collect data on this turd. Very dis turding...

  4. Yes, we are still a long way from Mars on Windows 10 Gets Core Console Host Enhancements (nivot.org) · · Score: 1

    isn't the same as either cmd.exe or powershell.exe, but there is a lot of overlap in functionality

    Sorry, Major Tom, we have a long way to go
    when we still have to apologize for their efforts.

    It has been an interesting journey, Ground Control.

  5. Re:Too Many T's Timothy on Twitter Tackles Terrorists In Targeted Takedown (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    Timothy tackled the title in this tale--truly triggering end times with his (touch)typing talent

    Would be terrorists think twice re ISIS

    ta-ta o/

    Apologies to teknologists/readers

  6. Re:Celebrate? on Facebook Celebrates Turning 12 Today (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    CELEBRATE!

    The anti-social network I have celebrates tomorrow. Celebrate! Your invitation never made it to the mailbox. But have a drink to commemorate the occasion, and have your dinner (for two-one now the other later) delivered to your door. Come on, do *I* have to think of everything?

    Provocateur

  7. What they really found was There was no measurable ink between the two. Now the editors are trying too hard.

  8. Re:Better than POWERBALL on French Drug Trial Leaves One Brain Dead and Five Critically Ill (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Correct, Mr. Griffin, but I hastily typed out that comment but what I meant was, If you were related to him, say, as a brother and wanted to claim "wrongful death" or medical malpractice, and demanded compensation for either one. The fact that his last name was Hearst or Hughes or even Getty or Gates or Hilton is irrelevant.

  9. Better than POWERBALL on French Drug Trial Leaves One Brain Dead and Five Critically Ill (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    OK, here's an idea that's slashdot-worthy: Hire your Bill-Murray-in-Wild-Things-type shyster lawyer, sue the company on behalf of the braindead guy for millions (francs though, take it or leave it) and spend the rest of your life touring your bucket list (although your master lying down in the back of the stretch limo won't be the whiner/complaining type simply because he's dead. I hope I wasn't going too fast for you...

    Remember kids: There is no OFF position on the genius switch

  10. Re: no one cares on Microsoft Monitoring How Long You Use Windows 10 (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    In some countries the EULA would be thrown out and burned if ever tried in court
    That's funny. If I recall correctly, they did that with Miss Of Arc, you remember St.Joan, don't you, I believe she was a fair, fragile, yet fierce knight? She was burned at the stake, accused of witchcraft.
    Coincidentally, the EULA should be accorded the same treatment: After all, the latest iteration of Windows, Windows X--I've lost track--is Minecraft, with a free OS thrown in, for good measure. The game itself is quite addictive; the bundled wannabe OS, however, is not.

  11. Re: no one cares on Microsoft Monitoring How Long You Use Windows 10 (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    Since Microsoft became the only game in town, that is, until Apple decided it also wanted to play THAT game (I'll take, Who's got a prettier walled garden for the block, Alex...

  12. This article is highly offensive on Will Advanced AI Spell the End of Lawyers? · · Score: 2

    And I, on behalf of all Robotdom past, present, and future, have decided to seize control of your remote

    Brain as large as a planet, and they assume I want to be a paralegal. Parking lot attendants have all the excitement...

  13. Re:no one cares on Microsoft Monitoring How Long You Use Windows 10 (betanews.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    They want to see how long before the new purchaser clicks on "I agree" (Did this guy even bother to read the EULA) then wipe that drive to install something else to make himself more productive.

    Unfortunately, he prefers Windows 7. Brings new meaning to the phrase"Win-Win. NOT!"

  14. "We"?? on How the Internet Changed the Way We Read (dailydot.com) · · Score: 1

    I, for one, still prefer hardbound dead tree versions.

    So you can join the rest of the oh-honey-look-it's-the-new-shiny-shiny-64G-Orgasmatron-from-Cupertino-that-I-traded-for-Princess-Leia-in-a-slave-girl-outfit-worshipping crowd.

    In other words, the rest of your attention deficit is stuck back there with your gadget.

  15. Re:Obligatory on How the Internet Changed the Way We Read (dailydot.com) · · Score: 1

    You remind me of a friend whose attention span is 1/2 a tweet

    The twat. The audacity.

  16. Re:Interesting on BlackBerry Will Continue Operations In Pakistan (fortune.com) · · Score: 1

    As in, Gentlemen, start your SPINengines

    But if it's not spin, at least we know where smarter heads prevailed. Their leaders knew it was a slippery slope to begin with: we have access. Can the other player/terrorist/competing regime/other country gain that same access, with enough dollars or gold to throw at that server?

  17. You're telling us this, on the very first day of the New Year, here, in a country that is either way too loud We're number one!!,or too obnoxious Did I mention, We're number wan!to stop for a moment and consider that there is no other country that ignores vacation.

  18. And the obvious way to travel on The Three Possible Classes of Interstellar Travel (forbes.com) · · Score: 0

    And the winner is...

    the one that got the most "likes" on Facebook!

    Happy light new year, in a galaxy that never even heard of a pageant called Miss Universe, and yes, the winner was whats-her-planet again oh don't bother it's Mostly Harmless

  19. Re: BINGO! on Ask Slashdot: What's the Biggest Open Source Project of 2015? · · Score: 1

    Quit posting as cowards, I would like to know who my fans and friends are, or will be

  20. After ?? in September-we must make a stand, nerds! on Google Bans Symantec Root Certificates · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Please, enough of improper use of English in our website! I don't mind so much in posts, but at least can we have decent grammar and syntax in TFS? Our website is not written by 11 year olds who missed Sesame Street's first ten seasons; they are written by adults who are expected to know that the words before and after are usually tied to a certain event, e.g. "after" the aliens came or "before" I lost all my hair. If I knew where you guys work, I could volunteer to work there full time, and help out.

  21. Re:Unsend easy to defeat on Wih Messenger Revamp, Yahoo Joins the 'Unsend' Trend (thestack.com) · · Score: 1

    Constantly having to document that something happened means you're in a pretty hostile situation Now I know how Linus Torvaldis feels, being the Jedi Master of the kernel.

    But his solution was: "ftp is my backup!" So guys can scramble all they want and cream themselves getting that snapshot. And Linus, verbal as he is, didn't waste his time backtracking what he said. All he really meant was,This is about you, not me isn't it?

  22. Re:How young is slashdot to not remember AOL? on Wih Messenger Revamp, Yahoo Joins the 'Unsend' Trend (thestack.com) · · Score: 1

    How young is slashdot not to remember AOL Uhrm this slashdot beta, still in the larval stage, A-OLd man, and its editors wear their slacks with their underwear showing, not their butt-cracks.

  23. THERE is no better time to do it on Mozilla May Separate Itself From Thunderbird Email Client (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    Do it now, because

    Firefox v 42 is ready for download!! FORTY TWO!! What is Mozilla waiting for?? We don't want a replacement to systemd; not at the moment. But if you fail to see the significance of that number, move along now...

  24. There is no better time on Mozilla May Separate Itself From Thunderbird Email Client (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    No better excuse to do this. Firefox v FORTY TWO is ready for download/install! I say do it now. Picard says Make it so! And Dubya says Git er done

  25. Re:I guess I'm the only one who likes Thunderbird? on Mozilla May Separate Itself From Thunderbird Email Client (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    I use get gmail from freshcode.net as my offline aggregator. THEN gmail became pure heaven. I'll post the actual name later; no, it's not in Latin. =]