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  1. Solution is: on UK Licensing Site Requires MSIE Emulation, But Won't Work With MSIE · · Score: 1

    Get rid of that fancy schmancy computer that you use with "modern" stuff or "Apple". Pick up a nice Vista machine that won't install any version of IE newer than IE9. Problem solved!

  2. Restore backup images on NJ School District Hit With Ransomware-For-Bitcoins Scheme · · Score: 1

    Why didn't they simply restore backup images? If they are too lazy to have set up a server that automatically backs up images incrementally they need to fire the entire administrative staff and bring on thinking people that can properly prepare for disaster recovery.

  3. Re:Cool story bro. on DuckDuckGo Donates $100,000 Among Four FOSS Projects · · Score: 1

    Most people do care. They're too timid to speak up believing that their actions have no consequence at all.

  4. Chicago style on Obama: Maybe It's Time For Mandatory Voting In US · · Score: 2

    Does Obama mean voting as in they vote for you, your pets, and dead relatives, until there is at least 100% turnout?

  5. Re:so, the key to amnesty... on Microsoft Offers Pirates Amnesty and Free Windows 10 Upgrades · · Score: 1

    They want everyone to be ready for the deluge of HoloLens porn that will be flooding the market next year. Money is to be made only if everyone has a HoloLens setup. It only works on Windows 10. It'll get big once your favorite "adult star" is in the room with you, as long as you keep your HoloLens on. This is Hypnotoad level stuff. Maybe.

  6. Not safe for kids on "Hello Barbie" Listens To Children Via Cloud · · Score: 1

    "You're such a good little girl. Now, go the kitchen and find that big shiny knife that mommy told you never to touch. It's okay because we're going to play a fun game called mommy cushion, Good girl." No thanks.

  7. Re:Missionaries on Zuckerberg and Gates-Backed Startup Seeks To Shake Up African Education · · Score: 2

    No finger pointing allowed. All of our ancestors, as many of us continue to do so today, made mistakes due to lack of options, or ignorance.

  8. Too complex for politicians on BlackBerry's Latest Experiment: a $2,300 'Secure' Tablet · · Score: 2

    I don't think many politicians would bother to use anything this secure as their records would be kept and likely accessible after a court order. Congress doesn't believe it needs to work this hard. They are above the law, exempt really, in many ways. Businesses with valuable trade secrets are a great target market for this technology.

  9. I can't wait to get one of these newfangled Crapple iSpy watches. I wonder if they even connect to smartphones.

  10. Re:I only know that we know nothing on The Milky Way May Be 50 Percent Bigger Than Previously Thought · · Score: 2

    ELI5: This is like adding the length of your hair to your height. It's always been there, but you just decided that it's important enough to add it to your reported height. Are you taller? Nothing really changed. The Milky Way is the same size it was before. We just decided that some extra stuff that's always been there should be include due to it's observed behavior. We do not know nothing. We are always learning.

  11. Want NOW. on Intel Announces Xeon D SoC Line Based On Broadwell Core Architecture · · Score: 1

    Usually I wait for a chip to prove itself, prices to drop ,etc. For the first time in a very long time I want this new Xeon chip NOW. NOW I SAID!

  12. Re:A laptop with almost no ports?! on Apple's "Spring Forward" Event Debuts Apple Watch and More · · Score: 1

    In your view no one should have the ability to plug more than one item into the laptop, unless it's Apple's $79 adapter. Designing two small ports into the device, instead of one, would have been SO hard.

  13. Hack thoughtfully on UK Gov't Asks: Is 10 Years In Jail the Answer To Online Pirates? · · Score: 1

    Harsher penalties will simply drive people to hack into the LAN of those that they hate, or their bosses home network. Two problems solved and a possible promotion when the former bosses' position opens up.

  14. Re:12 in laptop != desktop on Ultralight Convertibles Approaching Desktop Performance · · Score: 1

    Most of our customers only use email and surf the web. Any new laptop works perfectly fine for them. They may not represent society overall. But, they sure love their laptops.

  15. Re:How do you get red or amber eyes? on Make Those Brown Eyes Blue · · Score: 1

    Vampire? You want some glitter injected into your epidermis? I can do that for only $5000. (Results not guaranteed permanent. Additional procedures may be required. Not FDA approved. Your friends will both love and fear you.).

  16. Re:Green! on Make Those Brown Eyes Blue · · Score: 1

    http://trycolors.com/ If not green, you can make hazel.

  17. Re:Let's do the Chicken Little Climate Change danc on El Nino Has Finally Arrived, Far Weaker Than Predicted · · Score: 1

    I believe that up until recently, what is currently called a "polar vortex" was called "arctic air" in a weather forecast. Polar vortex, while being a historical term dating to the 1800's, was rarely used to describe the phenomena of cold cyclonic polar air pushing south. Using it commonly now makes it seem like winter weather patterns have suddenly and drastically changed. They haven't, not in just a couple of years.

  18. Re:Right now I am thinking... on NBC Thinks Connected Gloves and "Bullet Time" Can Make Boxing Cool · · Score: 1

    I don't think 25 years is long enough to state that there are no life altering injuries, such as brain damage (common with boxers - Ali - and some American football players that experienced multiple concussions) that manifests during middle age or later. Only time will tell just how safe UFC really is. I hope you are correct as UFC is a more enjoyable sport than boxing is to me.

  19. Re:"Complexity" is very subjective. on The Origin of Life and the Hidden Role of Quantum Criticality · · Score: 1

    In computer years the "new Slashdot" is practically a teenager. Therefore, it's likely to give you lots of shit for no reason other than "because".

  20. Two time zones. Nope. Just one. on Daylight Saving Time Change On Sunday For N. America · · Score: 0

    N.A. having only one time zone makes sense since it would allow network TV executives to have to think less and put up zero reminders that their awesome entertainment is shown at different times in different time zones. That's so confusing to everyone as thinking is hard. Instead of nine o'clock eastern, it would be simply nine o'clock. So simple even a caveman could do it.

  21. Re:Boston, in the winter? on Self-Driving Cars Will Be In 30 US Cities By the End of Next Year · · Score: 1

    Where are the self-driving flying cars when you need them?

  22. Re:Play-by-play commentary on A Critical Look At CSI: Cyber · · Score: 1

    My computer tells me that it's bullshit only 97% of the time. The other 3% are regular shit.

  23. Building Robocops might be easier on Surgeon: First Human Head Transplant May Be Just Two Years Away · · Score: 1

    Why transplant a head when Robocops would be so much cooler and more likely to do within the next century. Two years to successfully transplant a head? That sounds absurd. Give the man his meds please.

  24. Re:Bugs in Win 7 UI on Users Decry New Icon Look In Windows 10 · · Score: 1

    I've seen this in Windows 7, 8, and 8.1 on PC"s with integrated Intel graphics. Simply refresh the screen and the deleted file is no longer listed. I suspect that no one in power at Microsoft thinks that this is odd, doesn't care, or simply didn't consider coding for an automatic screen refresh every time a file is deleted..

  25. Re:Don't bother on What Happens When Betelgeuse Explodes? · · Score: 1

    As bright as a 1/4 moon but focused in a much tinier area, it will be very bright indeed.