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  1. Re:By "synchronize", you mean "backup" on A Database of Thousands of Credit Cards Was Left Exposed on the Open Internet (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Why don't you think the backups aren't corrupt? With this level of incompetence they probably never tested a recovery....

  2. Tunnel to China on Elon Musk Outlines His 'Boring' Vision For Traffic-Avoiding Tunnels (axios.com) · · Score: 1

    It's just a matter of cooling... once you get to hot magma if you can provide enough cooling it will harden naturally and you can create a tube right through the earth.

  3. Re:Half way there on IT Leaders Will Struggle To Meet Future Demands, Study Says (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    Salaries seem to have been stagnant for the last 10 years..... they need to put their money where there mouth is.

  4. Re:It's about control of the majority of the swarm on Backdoor Could Allow Company To Shut Down 70% of All Bitcoin Mining Operations (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 1

    True, but there is lots of motive there to abuse this. If you were able to do it your non-affected hardware will suddenly be much more valuable. Or perhaps could be part of a 50% attack.

  5. monty python 4 yorkshiremen on Early Nintendo Programmer Worked Without a Keyboard (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    If someone hasn't already brought that up, they should!

  6. Re:This is not the outrage you're looking for on NASA Inspector Says Agency Wasted $80 Million On An Inferior Spacesuit (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    80$ million will buy your a F-35 hubcap

  7. Answer: on What Happens To Summer TV Binges If Hollywood Writers Strike (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    The march to 'Total Idiocracy' will delayed a few months.

  8. Re:Who paid for this study? on Popular Belief That Saturated Fat Clogs Up Arteries Is a Myth, Experts Say (independent.ie) · · Score: 1

    Whole foods are food. If you look at the ingredients on the side of something in a box, it if full of things that aren't food.

  9. Re:Apparently and obviously.. on Amazon Wants To Put a Camera and Microphone in Your Bedroom (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    That's what happens when you do nothing but sit around calculating the plank constant....

  10. Re:God no on Amazon Wants To Put a Camera and Microphone in Your Bedroom (vice.com) · · Score: 2

    Why pick one? Brave New World, Idiocracy, 1984, Animal Farm all seem to be converging on us.

  11. Re:Retirement is unreealistic, period on Most Millennials Have an Unrealistic View of Their Retirement Prospects, Analysts Say (hsbc.com) · · Score: 1

    The .45 caliber retirement only costs a few cents

  12. I think not!

  13. At least one senator begs to differ.... maybe it's just political grandstanding, maybe not.

    http://www.ibtimes.com/politic...

  14. not holding my breath on Mylan's Epic EpiPen Price Hike Wasn't About Greed -- It's Worse, Lawsuit Claims (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Bank fiasco 2008 nobody sent to jail Drug companies and medical companies numerous antitrust and illegal anti consumer practices, nobody in jail Banks knowingly laundering drug money nobody in jail

  15. Make gasoline from coal on The Cheap Energy Revolution Is Here, and Coal Won't Cut It (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    With the cheap methane from fracking we can turn coal into clean burning gasoline...

    http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10...

  16. Re: Yeah, go ahead, blame TRUMP! on Oregon Fines Man For Writing a Complaint Email Stating 'I Am An Engineer' (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    If you were a doctor and wrote someone an email about a particular practice (NOT a particular patient) would you be practicing medicine? I hardly think so.....

  17. Re:An Artificial Womb Successfully Grew Baby Sheep on An Artificial Womb Successfully Grew Baby Sheep -- and Humans Could Be Next (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    This is a situation where slippery slope will NOT be a logical fallacy. As the technology progresses earlier and earlier premature babies that would otherwise die would be saved with this method. Eventually the lines between premies, fetus and embryo will become blurred.

  18. Remote will destroy the area? on In Costly Bay Area, Even Six-Figure Salaries Are Considered 'Low Income' (mercurynews.com) · · Score: 2

    I know many of you think the year of remote work will coincide with the year of the Linux desktop, but I am getting the sense that companies are tired of paying for office space. When remote really does go mainstream what will happen to jobs and real estate in these areas?

  19. Re:No data, pay as you go only. on Slashdot Asks: Which Wireless Carrier Do You Prefer? · · Score: 1

    This... after I looked at my actually usage I switched to USmobile for 12$ a month, 250mb is plenty for me.

  20. Re:Looks to me like a direct correlation between . on Some of the Biggest Economies Aren't a Big User Of Social Media (axios.com) · · Score: 1

    the core of the tooth is the pulp

  21. Re:Rather than HW Specs, what is SW Infrastructure on Leaked Document Sheds Light On Microsoft's Chromebook Rival (windowscentral.com) · · Score: 1

    I would assume it is meant to be used with Office 365

  22. first thing I will type on Neuroscientists Offer a Reality Check On Facebook's 'Typing By Brain' Project (ieee.org) · · Score: 1

    m y s p a c e

  23. Re:One *hundred* words per minute? on Neuroscientists Offer a Reality Check On Facebook's 'Typing By Brain' Project (ieee.org) · · Score: 1

    with the things I hear people say I would guess it is actually about 1/3 of that ;)

  24. I am going to stand up for Apple for once on Apple Forces Recyclers To Shred All iPhones and MacBooks (vice.com) · · Score: 2

    So let me get this straight, people turn stuff in to apple and and sends them to a recycler to have them recycled to for some contract price. Why in gods name would apple let them profiteer by reselling them instead? That would be nuts.

  25. Re:Your machete, don't leave home without it. on Mastercard is Building Fingerprint Scanners Directly Into Its Cards (fastcompany.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    If you arm just got chopped off and you are worried about changing the authentication scheme for your credit card you have bigger problems.