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  1. Will lead to costly project overruns on 'Technology Will Replace the Need For Big Government' (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    When they try to implement these solutions, the project will escalate out of control and lead to cancellation due to costly project overruns. That is what happens now, I don't see it changing in the future.

  2. Don't be evil on Cupertino's Mayor: Apple 'Abuses Us' By Not Paying Taxes (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Oh, wait, that's Google. Nevermind.

  3. Re:grr on Snapchat Sued For Facilitating 107 MPH Car Crash (patch.com) · · Score: 1

    The article doesn't state whether the driver is being sued, or not. That would be a separate case, and probably is already happening.

  4. $119 to upgrade on Windows 10 Now Runs On 300M Active Devices; Upgrade To Cost $119 After July 29 · · Score: 1

    I wonder how much it costs to get them to stop bothering me about upgrading?

  5. Re:Seriously? on Medical Equipment Crashes During Heart Procedure Because Of Antivirus Scan (softpedia.com) · · Score: 5, Informative

    The machine didn't use Windows. It was hooked to a PC to record the logs during the procedure so the doctor could review them later. The AV software locked the log to perform the scan, and the medical device crashed. They had to reboot the PC to keep working.

  6. Re:So was this out of spec? on Medical Equipment Crashes During Heart Procedure Because Of Antivirus Scan (softpedia.com) · · Score: 5, Informative

    The device was hooked via a serial cable to a PC to record the logs during the procedure. The PC antivirus ran, and locked the log file to scan it, causing the medical device to crash. Yes, that is a very bad way to design a machine.

  7. Re:Run your own email server on Millions of Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail Email Accounts Being Traded in Russian Underworld (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    You're right! We should have invaded Afghanistan after the first World Trade Center attack in 1993.

  8. Purged, so it's no longer aged and bloated on Aging and Bloated OpenSSL Is Purged of 2 High-Severity Bugs (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 2

    That's a relief.

  9. Run your own email server on Millions of Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail Email Accounts Being Traded in Russian Underworld (reuters.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    Follow Hillary Clinton's example, and just run your own server.

  10. Re:Cheap Labor to maintain on New Record Set for World's Cheapest Solar, Now Undercutting Coal (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Or even the Confederacy

  11. Re:Firefox could of had that market share. on Chrome Overtakes Internet Explorer For Most Popular Desktop Browser (thurrott.com) · · Score: 1

    I think that listening to its users was the main problem. It ended up including way too many features.

  12. Re:Who is still using Windows NT? on Windows Desktop Market Share Drops Below 90% (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 1

    To be counted in this survey, they need to be using a web browser to access the web sites they used for statistics. The Windows NT machines are unlikely to be hooked up to specialized machinery and still be surfing the web.

  13. Re:So what's replacing it? on Windows Desktop Market Share Drops Below 90% (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 1

    We still maintain a Windows 3.11 machine to access files written in ancient office software. Whenever I try to use 16 bit IE to access a modern web page, the browser crashes. It only works if you access a web page still built with an old standard.

  14. Who is still using Windows NT? on Windows Desktop Market Share Drops Below 90% (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 1

    I can imagine strange hardware or software reasons for using 16 bit windows, but what reason would there be to use Windows NT?

  15. That will slow down the autobahn on Germany Plans $1.4 Billion In Incentives For Electric Cars (bloomberg.com) · · Score: -1, Troll

    Electric cars and hybrids will certainly slow down the pace on the autobahn.

  16. Yahoo was in a death spiral before she came on board. She was hired to make changes to try to save the company. Then people were upset when she made changes. I don't see how letting people work from home was going to right a sinking ship. If they came to work and worked together they may have been able to do something. It was too late, and nothing she tried was able to save the company.

  17. Re:Replace Cortana with Clippy on Microsoft Limits Cortana Search Box In Windows 10 To Bing and Edge Only (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 1
  18. I only pirate Game of Thrones on Who's Downloading Pirated Scientifc Papers? Everyone (sciencemag.org) · · Score: -1

    It's the only thing on TV worth watching, and far more interesting than scientific papers.

  19. Replace Cortana with Clippy on Microsoft Limits Cortana Search Box In Windows 10 To Bing and Edge Only (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    It would be slightly less annoying.

  20. Re:Running a nuclear plant on Windows? on German Nuclear Plant Infected With Computer Virus (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    I was referring to the 6809 OS that you are referring to. I was wondering how many people even remembered that it existed.

  21. Re:Running a nuclear plant on Windows? on German Nuclear Plant Infected With Computer Virus (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    I gave up after OS-9

  22. Re:Running a nuclear plant on Windows? on German Nuclear Plant Infected With Computer Virus (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    I thought they still ran on OS/2

  23. New impact craters on SpaceX Intends To Send a Red Dragon To Mars As Early As 2018 (blastingnews.com) · · Score: 1

    I wonder how many impact craters he will create until he gets one right?

  24. Re:Translation needed on Chinese Security Robot Draws Dalek, Terminator Comparisons (abc.net.au) · · Score: 2

    Needs a plunger on the front, too.

  25. There are reasons bureaucracies exist on Wikipedia Is Basically a Corporate Bureaucracy, Says Study (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    For all the complaints against bureaucracies, they are often the only way a large organization can run. As organizations grow and mature, they often evolve into bureaucracies. Bureaucracies are often a very efficient way of performing work. The main problem with them is they tend to become static, and inhibit future change. Parts of bureaucracies work to keep themselves in business, and resist change that would eliminate them, even if they become obsolete.