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  1. I doubt he's even read "Janet and John", let alone any other books connected to Johns...

  2. Re:As always with politics. on Trump Announces US Withdrawal From Paris Climate Accord (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Better hope you have good circuses because bread is going to be harder and harder to come by...

  3. Intelligence isn't everything on Researchers Find Dozens of Genes Associated With Measures of Intelligence (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I sometimes think it would be more useful to discover the genes for common sense because I know quite a few highly-intelligent people who could do with having a bit more of it.

  4. Re:Don't let the $THREE_LETTER_GOV_ORG hoard explo on Cyberattacks From WannaCry Ransomware Slow But Fears Remain (bbc.com) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Plus the fact that Microsoft pushed people into not updating by turning their fix-the-bug patch update system into a shill-the-hell-out-of-windows-10 advert delivery system.

  5. Re:Sneakers. Repeat after me on Adidas Creates Trainers Made From Plastic Ocean Debris in Bid To End Pollution (telegraph.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    The original source is a UK newspaper. And it's not rocket science to understand the headline once you read the summary: "Next month, the German sportswear will begin selling three new editions of its popular UltraBoost shoe,"

  6. Re:What does anyone expect? on Google X Worked An Older Employee Until He Was Hospitalized, Then Laid Him Off (thenextweb.com) · · Score: 1

    To be fair, their statement does categorically state that they should "Do No Evil" and not that they should "Do Only A Little Bit of Evil".

  7. Re:Cheap Bastard on Mexican Surgeon Uses VR Headset To Distract Patients During Surgery (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    A lot of people die because of miscalculated anesthesia. Not a lot of people die of bad VR.

    Have you never seen The Lawnmower Man? ;)

  8. It's made of clowns! on Soylent Halts Sale of Bars; Investigation Into Illnesses Continues (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 2

    It's made of clowns! That's why it makes you feel funny!

  9. Re:20 Minutes Into The Future on When Her Best Friend Died, She Rebuilt Him Using Artificial Intelligence (theverge.com) · · Score: 4, Informative

    More like Black Mirror's "Be Right Back" episode: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

  10. Re:Am A Noob Too on Ask Slashdot: Is My IoT Device Part of a Botnet? · · Score: 5, Funny

    Thanks for the info. I've printed it out for my grandmother...

  11. Re:Can't say I'm surprised on Scientists Discover That Horses Can Use Symbols To Talk To Us (sciencemag.org) · · Score: 4, Funny

    But he did it too much...that's why he was known as the hoarse whisperer.

  12. Re:Let's talk about the name! on Elon Musk Says Tesla New Autopilot Features Would Have Prevented Recent Death (fortune.com) · · Score: 1

    Introducing Tesla's New and Improved Hands-Free Driving System*



    *NOTE: Hands-Free Driving System requires hands to be holding the steering wheel at all times.

  13. Re:Auto pilot is not... on Consumer Reports Calls For Tesla To Disable Autopilot (consumerreports.org) · · Score: 1

    During a conference call today, Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced a coming software update for the Model S electric sedan that the company hopes to roll out in the next three months. Its key feature is a new "autopilot" mode that allows for hands-free driving between certain destinations. "We can basically go between San Francisco and Seattle without the driver doing anything," said Musk.

  14. I don't understand the fuss.... on Linus Torvalds In Sweary Rant About Punctuation In Kernel Comments (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Can't we all just use our comments sense?

  15. We should definitely implement this... on Pod Planes Could Change Travel Forever (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    .. but we also need to make the planes wider and squatter. And paint them green. And put them on stilts so that the pods can descend below the planes for unloading. And add rockets to the planes.

    Thunderbirds are go!

  16. Missing words in summary on Executive Says Facebook Will Be All Video, No Text In 5 Years (mashable.com) · · Score: 1
    Replace "video" with "cat videos" and it all makes sense:

    Cat videos must be doing well on Facebook, because an executive at the company just predicted that's all Facebook will be in five years. Nicola Mendelsohn, Facebook's vice president of European, Middle Eastern and African operations, said at a conference Tuesday that in five years, Facebook "will be probably all cat videos," Quartz reported. Mendelsohn added that cat videos are "the best way to tell stories in this world" and "helps us to digest much more information." Mendelsohn is predicting the obsolescence of the written word, at least on Facebook, according to Quartz. That sounds far-fetched, but consider the way Facebook is decreasing an emphasis on text and diving headfirst into cat videos with numerous recent updates and features.

  17. Re:Outcomes on Repurposing Drugs To Tackle Cancer (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    He died of cancer... and stroke... and heart disease. Pretty ironic, hey?

  18. What they don't tell you... on Woman Uses 'Hey Siri' To Call An Ambulance and Help Save Her Child's Life (networkworld.com) · · Score: 1

    The interesting part missing from the article is that it was actually an NSA agent that called the ambulance...

  19. Re:If Biden had won the Democratic nomination on Biden Unveils Open-Access Database To Advance Cancer Research (go.com) · · Score: 1

    In a country of around 200,000,000 eligible candidates, to think that HRC and Trump are the best candidates that could be found is rather worrying...

  20. Re:What is Uber, a CAB COMPANY? on Uber's New Policy Fines Riders Who Are Two Minutes Late · · Score: 1

    If you're already where you need to be, why would you want a taxi? ;)

  21. Anyone with an internet connection and a dollar.. on Goldman Sachs Launches GS Bank, An Internet Bank With A $1 Minimum Deposit (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    Where values of anyone are restricted to people in the USA....

    Note: Account Owners must be at least 18 years old and must be a U.S. citizen or legal resident.

  22. Once again... on Utah Governor: 'Porn Is a Public Health Crisis' (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Opinion stated as fact.

  23. Technically it can't be a UFO on NASA Feed 'Goes Down As Horseshoe UFO Appears On ISS Live Cam' (mirror.co.uk) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Technically it can't be a UFO because if it's that high above the atmosphere, it can't be flying :)

  24. Re:Neither on Slashdot Asks: Do You Prefer To Handwrite or Type Notes? (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    CYA. If the boss insists upon verbal rather than written instructions, then how can you show you were just following his orders when the shit hits the fan and he blithely drops the blame on you.

  25. Re:The King of sequels on James Cameron Announces Four Sequels to 'Avatar' (egyptindependent.com) · · Score: 1

    Got to say that "Piranha II: The Spawning" is a little disappointing compared to the original masterpiece. In fact, it bites.