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  1. A lot of programming was done without a keyboard on Early Nintendo Programmer Worked Without a Keyboard (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I've programmed with switches, with punchcards. This doesn't seem that outlandish.

  2. Ursine Defecation Rife in Woods, Research Finds on Free TV-Show Streaming Hurts Online Sales, Research Finds (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 0

    Downton Abbey is shit anyway. It's not even worth it free.

  3. Don't Stand So Close To Siri on Apple Logs Your iMessage Contacts - And May Share Them With Police: The Intercept · · Score: 1

    So there's a chance of Tantric SMSs from Sting?

  4. Re:Mycroft, obviously. on Ask Slashdot: Who's Building The Open Source Version of Siri? (upon2020.com) · · Score: 1

    Yeah, that's what came to mind. It's maybe more of a Echo/Alexa competitor but in the same space.

  5. C programmers clearly some kind of deviants on 400,000 GitHub Repositories, 1 Billion Files, 14TB of Code: Spaces or Tabs? (medium.com) · · Score: 1

    And go programmers appear not to have space bars.

  6. Re:Slashdot is not far behind... on RIP Kuro5hin (kuro5hin.org) · · Score: 1

    +1

  7. Re:Slashdot is not far behind... on RIP Kuro5hin (kuro5hin.org) · · Score: 1

    I haven't been here in 4 years. I sometime read the RSS but that news has usually been broken elsewhere.

    Yours, naked, petrified and covered in grits.

  8. Re: never heard of it on RIP Kuro5hin (kuro5hin.org) · · Score: 1

    That is neat, oh for a slightly faster packet delivered on registration day.

  9. Right On Commander on David Braben Kickstarts an Elite Reboot · · Score: 1

    Due to a combination of bitterness from buying the unplayable First Encounters and their most recent output being part of Star Wars Kinect I wouldn't give him anything to be part of this beta test.

  10. Why Mat? on How Apple and Amazon Security Flaws Led To Mat Honan's Identity Theft · · Score: 1

    Something I haven't seen through reporting of this is why Mat Honan was targeted, was it the Gizmodo / Wired connection or something more sinister directed at him?

  11. Caller ID : 0000000000 on When Antivirus Scammers Call the Wrong Guy · · Score: 1

    They've managed a neat trick in calling me recently, CallerID shows up as a row of 0s. It has also enabled me to set a silent ringtone to the number so I don't hear them call either.

  12. It's the Sun wot won it on Sun Advice Columnist Advised MPs On UK Porn-Block Plans · · Score: 2

    The Sun is perhaps the last place to ask about possible censorship of the web as it's part of Murdoch's empire which includes paywalls in places such as the Times. Dierdre must be about a million years old now.

  13. Re:The One Show on Almost a Million UK Homes Will Suffer 4G TV interference · · Score: 1

    They will have good mobile reception though, surely? I can watch HD TV on my phone & tablet over HSPA.

  14. The One Show on Almost a Million UK Homes Will Suffer 4G TV interference · · Score: 1

    10 k will buy an awful lot of iPads running iPlayer, SkyPlayer and See-Saw or whatever the TV over Internet UK initiaitve became.

  15. Re:Flip-Flops on Microsoft Details Windows 8 for ARM · · Score: 1

    They'll just rename them and you won't realise that Windows Generations is actually Windows 10.

  16. Add YEARS to AGE on Age Bias In IT: the Reality Behind the Rumors · · Score: 1

    I would have though that anyone that is 45, making 150k and writing COBOL probably already developed most of the system they're working with and is in a pretty safe place until someone decides to drop SAP on top of everything.

  17. Re:Cost of a textbook? on Details About Raspberry Pi Foundation's $25 PC · · Score: 1

    I joined when I was about 17 out of curiosity; the people I met were mostly lacking any social skills, kind of awkward to be around and lacking any sense of humour. Usenet's rec.org.mensa had very similar people populating/trolling it so I got out of any association with them kind of sharpish.
    They're the World's smartest idiots IMO.

  18. Re:Q4 2006 on 27 Playable Wii Games At E3 · · Score: 1

    Other than the staggered worldwide launch within 14 weeks thing? That's early 2007 at the latest ny the look of it.

    http://www.revo-europe.com/news.php?nid=8434

  19. Re:The future is now! on John Dvorak's Eight Signs MS is Dead in the Water · · Score: 1

    He's the only one that can work that fancy keyboard.

  20. Re:great resource, but incomplete on On The BBC 2.0 · · Score: 1
  21. Re:Mandatory Post on Brain Cells Fused with Computer Chips · · Score: 1

    It's by Neal Stephenson & Frederick George (his uncle) writing under the pseudonym Stephen Bury.

  22. XBMC on Xbox 360 Backup Discs Bootable · · Score: 1

    If the Media Connect thing streamed any type of video to the 360, I'd retire my Xbox with XBMC already. As it is, I have to wait until someone breaks the box to let me work around it.

    I'm pretty sure I'm not alone in that thinking, and that is why I watch this sort of thing with baited breath.

  23. Re:Unix is in everything on What is UNIX, Anyway? · · Score: 2, Informative

    Huh? Unix isn't remotely related to VMS.

  24. So, there's a copyright on plagarism of books? on Da Vinci Code Author Sued · · Score: 1

    Rowling must be sprinting.

  25. Re:Bah. on Indestructible Super Mug To Save Humanity · · Score: 1

    Neither do the rules of chess.