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  1. The manuscript is considered the worldâ(TM)s most important cipher, one scrutinized by cryptographers, both professional and amateurs, for decades.

    The manuscript is intriguing, but we can't say it's important without knowing the message. It could be entirely meaningless.

  2. Re:Wolff's book is a solid work... on White House Bans Use of Personal Devices From West Wing (cbsnews.com) · · Score: 1

    Right, if the Wolfe book is pure fiction, it makes no sense to disparage Bannon based on its contents.

  3. Re:They're just doing this now??? on White House Bans Use of Personal Devices From West Wing (cbsnews.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    Are they all fucking idiots?

    Yes.

  4. Have to destroy death star in final battle to save rebel base.

    The rebel base facing eminent destruction was added with creative editing.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

  5. There's only one product it makes sense for them to sell: black turtlenecks. Everything else is ironic.

  6. What is the Kodi? on Kodi 18 'Leia' 64-Bit For Windows Is Finally Ready To Replace the 32-bit Version (betanews.com) · · Score: 4, Informative

    Kodi wants to entertain you
    Kodi spawned from the love of media. It is an entertainment hub that brings all your digital media together into a beautiful and user friendly package. It is 100% free and open source, very customisable and runs on a wide variety of devices. It is supported by a dedicated team of volunteers and a huge community.

    Kodi (formerly known as XBMC) is an award-winning free and open source (GPL) software media player and entertainment hub that can be installed on Linux, OSX, Windows, iOS and Android, featuring a 10-foot user interface for use with televisions and remote controls.

    It allows users to play and view most videos, music, podcasts, and other digital media files from local and network storage media and the internet. Our forums and Wiki are bursting with knowledge and help for the new user right up to the application developer.

    https://kodi.tv/

  7. Really? on Mark Zuckerberg's Real Campaign: Save Facebook (axios.com) · · Score: 1

    . . . to save the most powerful platform in human history.

      Don't be too proud of this technological terror you've constructed.

  8. Expecting super powers shortly.

  9. Episode 1 literally had fart jokes in it. Pee-yousa!

  10. Re: don't be silly the bible says on Scientists Confirm There Was Life On Earth 3.5 Billion Years Ago (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    "Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them."
    -Matthew 5:17

  11. Re:The present Us government on Ajit Pai Taunts Net Neutrality Critics. Mark Hamill Taunts Ajit Pai (mashable.com) · · Score: 1

    Trump is Jabba the Hutt who was elected chancellor in an alternative Star Wars timeline.

  12. Ain't broke on Norway Becomes First Country To Switch Off FM Radio (thelocal.no) · · Score: 1

    Why change?

    I listen to FM radio everyday. It works great. I already have the receivers.

    Get off my lawn.

  13. Re:Does the plugin actually *do* anything? on Mozilla Slipped a 'Mr. Robot'-Promo Plugin Into Firefox and Users Are Pissed (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 5, Funny

    The plugin downloads U2 albums.

  14. With no net neutrality, the balance of power has shifted. I'm going to guess the trend the slows down as OTT services have to pay a big premium to deliver content.

  15. Ok, so how will they fund it? There's not a petty cash fund for creating redundant executive departments. That's a thing to watch.

    Oliver North funded the Contras with arms deals. That sounds pretty super-villainous in fact.

  16. I'm driving a 1997 Pontiac Grand Am with manual windows.

    I also have a 2002 Pontiac Grand Prix with electric windows. Two of the windows don't go up or down.

    Electric windows failed on a Buick my wife previously owned.

    I have never owned a Chrysler.

  17. My current car has manual car windows and I would be willing to pay a premium for that feature in the future. Electric windows fail often.

  18. Has anyone said Satoshi Nakamoto is Snoke yet? I think he's Snoke.

  19. Because few students pay the sticker price anyway, I suspect that instead of a $50k sticker prices and $50k waivers, we'll see $1k sticker prices and $1k waivers. What's to stop graduate students from paying cash? I don't know, the schools will think of something. (E,g, grading papers is part of your education. Also, wax on, wax off.)

  20. Re:Queuing for food is for fools on Google To Add Restaurant Wait Times To Google Search, Maps (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    I doubt Eric Schmidt stands in a queue waiting for a table to become available and it's a bit of an insult to think he expects other people to do that.

    Isn't avoiding the queue the point of the feature? Instead of arriving at the restaurant and discovering it has an unacceptable wait time to me, I can select another restaurant without physically visiting the one with the large queue.

  21. Mostly people who are choosing their language aren't going to hate it. We're more likely to hate languages from projects we inherited, because we're forced to work with it.

  22. Re:Grammar Nazi's Win! on 'Daylight Savings' Is Grammatically Incorrect (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    Lot is singular.

  23. Re:Grammar Nazi's Win! on 'Daylight Savings' Is Grammatically Incorrect (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    The word "Ain't" is the contraction of am not. People often misused it as the all-purpose negative contraction, so it was hyper-corrected out of formal use entirely. You can tell when we miss it, because we fuck it all up.

    I'm a grammar nazi, aren't I?

    See, wtf? I *are* a grammar nazi? The word we need here is clearly "ain't".

  24. I don't want that either. But I don't pay google's bills, so I might not get to pick.

  25. Are you sure your misunderstanding of it is not gross ?

    Pretty sure.