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  1. Created a black hole? on Astronomers Strike Gravitational Gold In Colliding Neutron Stars (npr.org) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I can't seem to find the result of the collision in any of the articles. Did they merge to form a black hole or a larger neutron star?

  2. Since no one else uses it, WEP might protect you since people have given up looking for it.

  3. From a guy who lives in a converted storeroom on Julian Assage Taunts US Government For Forcing Wikileaks To Invest In Bitcoin (facebook.com) · · Score: 1

    What other kind of money could he get in there?

  4. Re:Will probably crash into western Australia on 8.5-Ton Chinese Space Station Will Crash To Earth In a Few Months (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    No, they will never find enough silver jump suits, nehru jackets and purple wigs in time.

  5. Will probably crash into western Australia on 8.5-Ton Chinese Space Station Will Crash To Earth In a Few Months (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Seems to be the favorite place to crash space stations.

  6. Jobs for coal miners on World's First 'Negative Emissions' Plant Has Begun Operation (qz.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    They can have jobs putting all the carbon back into coal mines.

  7. Hold out for 100 Billion Dollars. And sharks with frickin laser beams attached to their heads.

  8. Maybe Palm WebOS on Slashdot Asks: Does the World Need a Third Mobile OS? · · Score: 1

    People seemed to like it until it was run over in the race to dominate the mobile phone market.

  9. I wonder how fast a quantum computer executes and infinite loop?

  10. Since they use Yellow and Magenta, should they just change their corporate color to Cyan?

  11. Re:Wind - Puerto Rico is a very windy place on Elon Musk Says Tesla Could Rebuild Puerto Rico's Power Grid With Batteries, Solar (electrek.co) · · Score: 1

    But wind works much better at night, and you don't need to do all the maintenance on the batteries that Musk is planning on installing.

  12. What will I do without my buddy list? on RIP AIM: AOL Instant Messenger Dies in December (usatoday.com) · · Score: 0

    I'll miss all my buddies.

  13. Re:Wind - Puerto Rico is a very windy place on Elon Musk Says Tesla Could Rebuild Puerto Rico's Power Grid With Batteries, Solar (electrek.co) · · Score: 1

    Put solar panels on house and business roofs. Supply the power main with wind power.

  14. Wind - Puerto Rico is a very windy place on Elon Musk Says Tesla Could Rebuild Puerto Rico's Power Grid With Batteries, Solar (electrek.co) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    What the island needs is wind farms. The trade winds are quite strong and blow almost constantly. They would also take up far less land than solar farms.

  15. Re: Best power cord I ever had on The ThinkPad At 25 (fastcodesign.com) · · Score: 1

    No, I never saw an Apple cord anything like the Thinkpad one.

  16. Best power cord I ever had on The ThinkPad At 25 (fastcodesign.com) · · Score: 1

    I don't remember the Thinkpad model, something from the late 90's. Had a power cord where the cord to the wall was just a few inches long, and had a long cord from the block to the laptop. The long cord was designed to wrap around the block, then the plug snapped on to hold it in place. There was even grooves in the block to keep the cord neat. Made a very tidy package you could then slip into your bag. I wish they keep making those.

  17. Re:Not enthusiastic about Thinkpads anymore on The ThinkPad At 25 (fastcodesign.com) · · Score: 1

    Funny, I'm thinking of buying a new Thinkpad to get a webcam and so I don't have a DVD drive.

  18. Won't buy a laptop without a trackpoint on The ThinkPad At 25 (fastcodesign.com) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I am a Thinkpad junkie. My personal laptop is a Thinkpad, and I use the trackpoint exclusively. I have the trackpad turned off. Annoys anyone else who tries to use it.

  19. Re:Blue Screen of Antimatter containment failure on According To Star Trek: Discovery, Starfleet Still Runs Microsoft Windows (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Romulans are still using OS/2.

  20. Re:Blue Screen of Antimatter containment failure on According To Star Trek: Discovery, Starfleet Still Runs Microsoft Windows (theverge.com) · · Score: 2

    This makes a core dump a much more exciting event.

  21. Re:Slippery slope... on Judge Recommends ISP and Search Engine Blocking of Sci-Hub in the US (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 1

    You can go to a library and read a scientific journal. Costs nothing.

  22. Re:Slippery slope... on Judge Recommends ISP and Search Engine Blocking of Sci-Hub in the US (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 0

    How is this censorship? If you want to read a book, you have to buy it, not steal it. If you want to read a scientific paper, subscribe to the journal it's printed in. If the author wants to make it freely available, they can all they want. If they want it peer reviewed and published in a prestigious journal, that's their prerogative.

  23. Re:It is YOUR fault! on Google and Facebook Failed Us (theatlantic.com) · · Score: 1

    Well said.

  24. Re:Cat5 and Wi-Fi Have Failed Us Again on Google and Facebook Failed Us (theatlantic.com) · · Score: 1

    I think this is a bigger failure than that. It all started when people learned they could transfer information over wire with electricity. I blame Samuel Morse, he started it all.

  25. They rank it by how many people view it on Google and Facebook Failed Us (theatlantic.com) · · Score: 2

    The more people click on an article, the higher it ranks. If people won't be so stupid to read things from 4chan, it would never show in the results.