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  1. Re:Weak and wobbly indeed on Theresa May Loses Overall Majority In UK Parliament (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    No, but Th. May had some impact on IT, mainly her will to add backdoors and decryption stuff (supposedly due to "terrorism")

  2. Re:Weak and wobbly indeed on Theresa May Loses Overall Majority In UK Parliament (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    But what has UK politics got to do with slashdot, did I miss something?

    Maybe /. has more UK than US readers

  3. Saw the documentary on Ask Slashdot: What Is Your View On Sloot Compression? (youtube.com) · · Score: 1

    First of all, the guy who made the documentary didn't invent black bordered subtitles, and white on white is not easy to read.
    Then, people who actually saw Sloot's invention talk about "movies" without any more details, like length or quality. Not much convincing. So, maybe Sloot invented a device that simply uses a kind of wifi?

  4. Re:Better Call Saul on What Are Some Documentaries and TV Shows That You Recommend To Others? · · Score: 1

    But watch Breaking Bad first...

  5. Re:Yes I have a problem with this... on Wikimedia Executives Receive Six-figure Golden Handshakes (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Similar to geocaching (the guy at the top makes a fortune)

  6. Re:One of the best ways to make personal profit on Wikimedia Executives Receive Six-figure Golden Handshakes (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 2

    is to run a not for profit.

    ...and have hordes of kind people working on your project at "no profit".

  7. not drinking (moderately) can damage the mood.

  8. Re:Full of shit ... on Steve Ballmer Says Tech Firms Should Be As Accountable As NBA Teams (backchannel.com) · · Score: 1

    Not sure he is looking forward to see his name in print on slashdot, though.

  9. Re:Headless Chrome is a pretty big deal on Google Releases Chrome 59 (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 1

    I use wkhtmltopdf in one of my apps, but pagination doesn't work well (at least with the way I have it set up). I wonder if Chrome would do a better job.

    wkhtmltopdf is a pile of garbage that works for basic pages, at the cost of a significant footprint and high cpu. bugs have been around since ages (like some css crashing the soft) that seemingly nobody cares about. and the soft is maintained, but check out the forums to see how nice the developer is.
    tl;dr Chrome can only do better.

  10. Re:Developers developers developers! on Steve Ballmer Says Tech Firms Should Be As Accountable As NBA Teams (backchannel.com) · · Score: 1

    Steve Ballmer tried his best to destroy Microsoft, but it was too big to fail.

    He almost succeeded when he tried to purchase Yahoo.

  11. Would he have said that... on Steve Ballmer Says Tech Firms Should Be As Accountable As NBA Teams (backchannel.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    ...when he was in charge?

  12. That company makes cars easily stolen because the lock is weak. Thus a number of 3rd party shops sell locks that improve the car security. Then the car maker decides to fix the locks and the 3rd party accessory is not necessary anymore - who is to blame? Seriously, these anti-viruses have always been Windows parasites that only flourished thanks to Microsoft unable to implement a decent security solution earlier.

  13. Re:Epitaph on his gravestone on Jean Sammet, Co-Designer of COBOL, Dies at 89 (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Yeah, sorry for that. He is a She.

  14. Epitaph on his gravestone on Jean Sammet, Co-Designer of COBOL, Dies at 89 (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    His family and friends wanted to write an epitaph on his gravestone, in Cobol. Unfortunately, even the biggest one couldn't stand the text length.

  15. Re:Don't write buggy code on Ask Slashdot: How Does Your Team Track And Manage Bugs In Your Software? · · Score: 2

    Have you managed to ship Hello, World yet?

    No, it didn't compile.

  16. Don't forget there is an important election this week in the UK, and facing another attack the PM has no choice but to propose shocking solutions, and Internet is easy to blame.

  17. Re:When time.windows.com... on Network Time Protocol Hardened To Protect Users From Spying, Increase Privacy (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    can't even get the time correct, we should be focusing on reliability instead of security.

    That's a normal behavior. Windows has always been a few years behind.

  18. Re:Video or it didn't happen on Toyota Demos A Flying Car. It Crashes. (ap.org) · · Score: 2

    link?

    link!

  19. Re: Time for the EU to put sanctions on China on Chinese 'Fireball' Malware Infects Nearly 250 Million Computers Worldwide (thehackernews.com) · · Score: 1

    And regarding criminal activities against the planet?

  20. You should see an icon (bottom left) click on it, and click "About". If you see "wIndows" anywhere, you're infected.

  21. Re:So, it happened in a galaxy far far away on Third Gravitational Wave Detected From Black-Hole Merger 3 Billion Light Years Away (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Paris agreement?

  22. Re:So, it happened in a galaxy far far away on Third Gravitational Wave Detected From Black-Hole Merger 3 Billion Light Years Away (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    far far away and a long long time ago.

    Pleonasm.

  23. Re:Nice way to frame somebody! on Man Sentenced To 180 Days In Jail For Refusing To Give Police His iPhone Passcode (miamiherald.com) · · Score: 1

    2. Unlock phone, find no incriminating evidence, change passcode and lock phone again

    Why not going further: Unlock, then inject into the phone some incriminating evidence. Guys, at some point we need to trust ad minima the legal authorities.

  24. Re:New way for the spooks to lock you up. on Man Sentenced To 180 Days In Jail For Refusing To Give Police His iPhone Passcode (miamiherald.com) · · Score: 1

    Well, if you can't even trust the legal system...