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  1. If you people can't communicate more clearly & succinctly than that I'm not surprised it flopped. How long does it take you folks to order at a restaurant?

  2. Yeah, well... on Windows 10 Now On 400 Million Active Devices, Says Microsoft (thurrott.com) · · Score: 1

    UPS is to deliver a machine this afternoon w/Win10 installed. I have my Debian install media right here, so I'm all set.

  3. Am I reading this right? on SpaceX Blast Investigation Suggests Breach in Oxygen Tank's Helium System (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    "...the cryogenic helium system of the second stage liquid oxygen tank..." makes it sound like they use liquid helium to refrigerate the LOX. Is that really how it works?

  4. Re:Amazing example of Slashdot wasted time on Apple Patents a Paper Bag (theguardian.com) · · Score: 2

    Hard to imagine so many people with so little to do to make the world a better place, for just themselves or everyone, that they need to sit around carefully composing the language for a patent of a paper bag.

  5. "...and that's what Amazon will have you believe.. on Amazon Says It Puts Customers First - But Its Pricing Algorithm Doesn't (propublica.org) · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Says who? Where does Amazon make the promise, or even implication, that it's search results will show the best bargains at the top?

  6. How does this work? on HP Printers Have A Pre-Programmed Failure Date For Non-HP Ink Cartridges (myce.com) · · Score: 1

    If a printer doesn't have Internet access, how would it know the date? Do printers have battery powered RTCs? ...and, yes, it's been a long time since I bought a printer.

  7. Butchering a line of dialog from "Serenity" on Samsung Formally Recalls The Galaxy Note 7 (cnn.com) · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    "Sure would be nice if we had a USER REPLACEABLE BATTERY now, wouldn't it?"

  8. Re:It's 2010 again on Apple's Next Year iPhone Won't Have the Home Button: NYTimes · · Score: 2

    It's still being done. Many of the current LG phones have no home button.

  9. Re:Ah, a newbie on LinuxScreenshots.org Closes. All Screenshot Tours Released For Downloading (linuxscreenshots.org) · · Score: 3, Informative

    Yeah, I remember going there to check out the differences between Windowmaker & Afterstep.

  10. You seem pretty insistent on jamming Facebook into that slot. Okay, fine, Facebook is a "media company", whatever that means to you. So... now what?

  11. Re:Not handy for the home on MIT Scientists Develop New Wi-Fi That's 330% Faster (msn.com) · · Score: 1

    Yeah, it sounds like the old dialup thing where you could get a special account with your ISP and use two modems.

  12. Gawd, don't tell people that. We'll have a thousand YouTube videos showing how to put your iPhone in the freezer to "fix" it.

  13. If you are going to come up with such a crazy idea, why not talk to the router manufacturers first? It seems that they are in a better position to block websites.

  14. Re:TFA is not terribly clear... on Suspect Required To Unlock iPhone Using Touch ID in Second Federal Case (9to5mac.com) · · Score: 2

    "...smart criminals would either register their little finger and use up those attempts with other fingers."

    That would be just as clear to me if it were written in German. What does that mean?

  15. Untrusted sources on Software Flaw Puts Mobile Phones and Networks At Risk Of Complete Takeover (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    So... could the Feds use a Stingray to distribute this to a targeted phone?

  16. I've run OSX so, yes...

  17. License? on AT&T Open Sources Its SDN Framework To The Linux Foundation (fiercetelecom.com) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    What license is it released under?

  18. Re:I don't want to upgrade.. on Ask Slashdot: Should You Upgrade To Windows 10 For Accessibility Features? · · Score: 1
  19. I guess I'm old-fashioned on Mozilla Is Building Context Graph, a 'Recommender System For the Web' (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I hate -*HATE*- having a machine try to read my mind. And a web browser? No, thanks. Just get out of the way & let me do what I want, the way I want.

  20. Re:You can still use WWV... on Remember When You Could Call the Time? · · Score: 4, Interesting

    And more. It's a time *and frequency* standard. After you completed your shortwave radio kit you'd tune WWV and "calibrate" your tuner & dial.

  21. Re:Still around in the uk on Remember When You Could Call the Time? · · Score: 1

    I'm surprised it's three and not five like the old BBC World Service top 'o' the hour time sync signal. Do they still do that? I haven't listened to shortwave in years.

  22. I'll take one on Motorola's Legendary RAZR Flip Phone Is Making a Comeback (engadget.com) · · Score: 2

    My old black Razr V3 still works fine but the main reason I don't use it anymore is the crappy, weird headset connection. Give me a new model with a 3.5mm headset jack, sell it to me unbranded & unlocked & I'll take it.

  23. Track it here on ISS Completes 100,000th Orbit of Earth (phys.org) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    If you want to check out the current location, this website is pretty good...

    http://www.isstracker.com/

  24. Re:No, thanks on Apple Patent Filing Points To a Keyboard With No Keys (digitaltrends.com) · · Score: 1

    I don't have enough stuff to do to use all the extra keys ha ha, but use AutoHotkey (Windows) for one button press for access to the control panel, device manager, mouse control panel, and volume up/down/mute. AutoHotkey & this 122 keyboard is really a great setup with powerful capabilities far beyond the simple stuff I do.

    On OSX, Karabiner would give you the same type of keyboard mapping ability.

  25. I've kinda gone in the other direction. Right now I'm typing on one of these...

    http://www.pckeyboard.com/page...