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  1. Or get a driver's license.

  2. Re: Break out my Windows 3.11 box on BadTunnel Bug Hijacks Network Traffic, Affects All Windows Versions (softpedia.com) · · Score: 1

    Then I can play Reversi to my heart's content.

  3. Re: Break out my Windows 3.11 box on BadTunnel Bug Hijacks Network Traffic, Affects All Windows Versions (softpedia.com) · · Score: 1

    Ok, I have a copy of Windows 2.11 around here somewhere. Not sure if that counted as being released.

  4. Break out my Windows 3.11 box on BadTunnel Bug Hijacks Network Traffic, Affects All Windows Versions (softpedia.com) · · Score: 1

    16 bit software will save the day again.

  5. Re:All Electric? Cool! on SpaceX's Falcon 9 Crashes Into Droneship (cbsnews.com) · · Score: 1

    I can't wait for the age of steampunk satellites.

  6. iOS now 10? on Apple Announces iOS 10, watchOS 3, and new features for tvOS · · Score: 1

    So Apple named iOS 10, but rename OS X to mac OS. Great naming strategy.

  7. Forget OS X, this one goes to 11 on Apple Announces Its New Desktop OS macOS Sierra Featuring Siri, Apple Pay (9to5mac.com) · · Score: 1

    I guess that they finally got tired of OS 10 (X)? They must be trying to be anti-Microsoft. With Microsoft bringing Windows 10 to both platforms, Apple wants to make sure you don't confuse the iPhone OS with the mac OS. I always loved the name game. I was looking forward to Windows 9.

  8. On which planet? on Manifesto Calls For 'Rebel Cities' To Reject Surveillance (decentralize.today) · · Score: 1

    are you going to be building these cities?

  9. Suddenly discover on Google's Nearby Feature Recommends Apps and Websites Based On Your Location (googleblog.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    that you live near a porno film studio.

  10. Even polite to the police.

  11. Re: While you're at it, build in crime prevention on The Web's Creator Thinks We Need a New One That Governments Can't Control (thenextweb.com) · · Score: 1

    There is a difference between terror and fear. I was afraid to jump off the high dive as a kid. I wasn't terrified by it.

  12. Re:While you're at it, build in crime prevention on The Web's Creator Thinks We Need a New One That Governments Can't Control (thenextweb.com) · · Score: 1

    Yes. Interesting conundrum there. If a terrorist kills your family or your money is stolen by a hacker, you want your government to help you. Yet, you want to make sure they can't.

  13. Neutrino networking on The Web's Creator Thinks We Need a New One That Governments Can't Control (thenextweb.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    We need to invent a means to communicate via Neutrinos, so no one can intercept the message. Not even the recipient.

  14. While you're at it, build in crime prevention on The Web's Creator Thinks We Need a New One That Governments Can't Control (thenextweb.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    Build it so that people can't trade kiddie porn, or plan terrorist attacks, or spread ransom-ware to people's computers.

  15. How about the ACM or APA style guides? on Internet, Web Enjoy One Final Day As Proper Nouns (go.com) · · Score: 2

    I don't tend to use anything else.

  16. At first, CDMA could cover more area on Telus To Shutter CDMA Service On January 31, 2017 (mobilesyrup.com) · · Score: 1

    Under low usage, CDMA could cover more area than TDMA/GSM. If the usage went to high, the coverage area would automatically shrink. Carriers trying to cover vast areas like Canada and the US choose it so it cut down the number of towers needed to cover an area. The reason Verizon still has the largest coverage in the US. But, it never became a global standard and it is now cheaper to field GSM based systems since the parts are cheaper due to a larger user base. Remember, these are voice standards, not data standards. In the US, Verizon is CDMA and LTE, AT&T is GSM and LTE. They are slowly converting to voice over data, so they will eventually get rid of the voice only channels.

  17. Re:When can we disable 2G everywhere? on Telus To Shutter CDMA Service On January 31, 2017 (mobilesyrup.com) · · Score: 2

    Stingrays can be designed to work on any protocol. They first worked against GSM, which is what everyone in Canada is moving to vice CDMA.

  18. They will be really screwed on Canada's Energy Superpower Status Threatened As World Shifts Off Fossil Fuel (www.cbc.ca) · · Score: 1

    When everyone who is threatening to move to Canada actually moves there.

  19. Next step: Mechanical Space Invaders! on Real-World Pong Created by Amateur Builders (geeky-gadgets.com) · · Score: 1

    Though I am holding out for mechanical Pac Man.

  20. Oh my God! an article that states the obvious on Department of Homeland Security Still Uses COBOL (softpedia.com) · · Score: 1

    All large US government organizations still rely on COBOL systems in one way or the other. They are slowly being replaced, but they process a large amount of data, and have been doing so for a long time. With modern hardware, the number of people who are required to support them dropped from a few hundred per large system to 30-50 people. Hard to replace all the effort that went into making them do what they do.

  21. Re:Don't believe it on Hackers Claim to Have 427 Million Myspace Passwords (vice.com) · · Score: 2

    I'm glad I'm still on Frienster

  22. I wonder if I still have an account on Hackers Claim to Have 427 Million Myspace Passwords (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    Do they eventually go away?

  23. Re:Who is to blame? on Consumer Campaigners Read T&C Of Their Mobile Phone Apps To Prove a Point (bbc.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    We should sue whoever is responsible.

  24. Yes, they are stupid on Consumer Campaigners Read T&C Of Their Mobile Phone Apps To Prove a Point (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Reading them online for hours is equally stupid. At least it go some attention.

  25. Re:Undoing the EDS merger...interesting. on HPE To Spin Out Its Huge Services Business, Merge It With CSC (cio.com) · · Score: 2

    Great, now another new group in charge of running the Navy/Marine Corp Internet (NMCI).