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  1. Re:Didn't we try something like this in the US? on Canada's CRTC Declares Broadband Internet Access a Basic Service (www.cbc.ca) · · Score: 0

    Did this with phone service long ago. Yes, now rural areas have phone service. But, now all the lines are a monopoly owned by them. That's why they don't have Internet access or any kind of competition. Sometimes winning one battle causes more problems than it solves in the future.

  2. Don't doubt we will be hearing about them in the news in the near future. Whose drones? Who knows.

  3. Derpy approves on LibreOffice Will Have New 'MUFFIN' UI (documentfoundation.org) · · Score: 0

    Muffins...

  4. Re:Yei first Offshore wind farm operational in U.S on Solar Is Top Source of New Capacity On the US Grid In 2016 (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    I we would halt all off shore wind farms and put them where the wind in strong and constant. Montana and the Dakotas. Place them among the farms, generate power all year long, day and night.

  5. Re: Solar rated highest in 2016, but... on Solar Is Top Source of New Capacity On the US Grid In 2016 (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    South Park reference.

  6. Re:Prince? on Nigerian Man Charged in Hacking of Los Angeles County Emails (theguardian.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    Did he get the $4000 I sent him? He owes me money!

  7. Re:but it will cause on Human Zika Antibodies Prevent Infection in Mice (voanews.com) · · Score: 1

    How can you tell when a mouse is autistic?

  8. Great, now mice will survive the apocolypse on Human Zika Antibodies Prevent Infection in Mice (voanews.com) · · Score: 1

    They will rule alongside the cockroaches.

  9. Yahoo assume lasting responsibility? on Verizon Explores Lower Price or Even Exit From Yahoo Deal (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Verizon is buying Yahoo. Who would be left to assume responsibility? The shareholders?

  10. Yahoo has a billion users? on Yahoo Says Hackers Stole Information From Over 1 Billion Accounts (go.com) · · Score: 1

    How in the hell can they not make money with that many customers?

  11. That's why I encrypted the firmware in my router on Malvertising Campaign Infects Your Router Instead of Your Browser (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    Of course, it doesn't work any more, but now I am safe.

  12. Re:Please explain this to me on Uber Appeals Against Ruling that Its UK Drivers Are Workers (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    If they are independent contractors, they can set the rate themselves. If Uber is dictating all aspects of the business, they are employees.

  13. Downloaded more that Game of Thrones? on Grand Tour 'Most Illegally Downloaded TV Show In History' (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    I doubt it.

  14. Keep me busy blocking all the stupid posts on US Presidential Election Was Most 'Talked About' Topic In 2016, Says Facebook (phys.org) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I spent months blocking all the stupid posts people were putting up and sharing. Both sides were ridiculous.

  15. Has a beginning

  16. Re:I will not buy this record on Vinyl Records Outsold Digital Downloads In the UK Last Week (adweek.com) · · Score: 1

    Ah! I will not buy this tobacconist's, it is scratched.

  17. People who own a Who album? on Scientists Develop Robotic Hand For People With Quadriplegia (phys.org) · · Score: -1, Troll

    People with Quadrophenia need that kind of help? I know vinyl is back, but why do they need a hand?

  18. I will not buy this record on Vinyl Records Outsold Digital Downloads In the UK Last Week (adweek.com) · · Score: 2

    it is scratched.

  19. I need a turntable? on Vinyl Records Outsold Digital Downloads In the UK Last Week (adweek.com) · · Score: 1

    I ran into someone buying vinyl that didn't even realize he needed a turntable to play it. Just following the popularity mob.

  20. Microsoft Bob - Virtual reality version on Windows 10 'Home Hub' Is Microsoft's Response To Amazon Echo and Google Home (mashable.com) · · Score: 0

    Pick up the phone to use the phone. Pick up the pen and paper to write. The dog is your personnel assistant!

  21. Re:And it will be indtalled and enabled automatica on Windows 10 'Home Hub' Is Microsoft's Response To Amazon Echo and Google Home (mashable.com) · · Score: 2

    All your appliances will stop working until you locate the latest driver.

  22. He had a valid terrorist hunting license.

  23. Blinky, Pinky, Inky and Clyde on Four New Elements Finally Get Their Official Names, Added To Periodic Table (universityherald.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    Should have named them Blinkium, Pinkium, Inkium and Clyde.

  24. Good thing we will still have Benny Hill on British Film Institute To Digitize 100,000 Old TV Shows Before They Disappear (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    I don't know what the future would be like without him

  25. Generalissimo Francisco Franco on Julian Assange Could Be Time's 'Person Of The Year', And Is Also Still Not Dead (time.com) · · Score: 1

    is still dead.