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  1. We expect better effort next time. on Pastejacking Attack Appends Malicious Terminal Commands To Your Clipboard (softpedia.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Millennial hackers just don't try very hard.

  2. And still... on Chromebooks Outsell Macs For the First Time In the US (theverge.com) · · Score: 0

    And still I have ZERO interest in having one and I don't have any gadget envy of those who do. Chrome books are more similar to kindles and ipads anyway. So the Hype engine is a fail on the claims which feels a little dishonest.

  3. That takes me back... on ISS Completes 100,000th Orbit of Earth (phys.org) · · Score: 1

    to a winning game of "graviton" on CERL's PLATO IV novanet system. Awe crap... now I need to renew my avatar addiction.

  4. Re:The feds have zero authority to do this... on FDA To Regulate E-Cigarettes Like Tobacco (cnn.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Um.... not all laws are in the constitution. There is nothing in the constitution about murder or manufacturing pipe bombs in your garage either but yet somehow the federal government found the authority to create laws about those.

  5. @Apple ... add a "poison pill" password feature so when you are coerced into providing a password you can give the one that corrupts the files in the vault.

  6. Re:Don't tell the last post... on Jobless Claims In US Decline To Match Lowest Since 1973 (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 0

    Reread my comment then go read the post about the NUMBER 73.

  7. Don't tell the last post... on Jobless Claims In US Decline To Match Lowest Since 1973 (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 0

    ... lowest since >>> 73

  8. Re:Are you kidding me! on Golden State and the Mathematical Magic of Seventy-Three (newyorker.com) · · Score: 0

    What is special about 12?

    Tuesday was the 12th
    There are 12 months in the year
    There are 12 in a dozen
    There are 12 inches in a foot.

    See 12 is WAY better than stupid 73.

  9. Are you kidding me! on Golden State and the Mathematical Magic of Seventy-Three (newyorker.com) · · Score: 0

    Slashdot declines my post on the number 12 and puts out this clearly biased post on the number 73! This is a mainstream media scandal. 12 might leave the numberline and become an independent number if it doesn't get treated fairly.

  10. Bad journalism. on Microsoft Declares Wholehearted Support For Privacy Shield (thestack.com) · · Score: 0

    Would have been nice to explain why "data transmission between the EU and U.S." is an issue we should care about. At least we know where Microsoft stands on a vaguely worded policy whose name sounds more like an antivirus product than that thing Snowden pointed out. Clearly new for regulators by regulators.

  11. Now I have a good reason. on Nest Reminds Customers That Ownership Isn't What It Used To Be (eff.org) · · Score: 0

    Now I have a good reason to never buy an android device.

  12. How do I tell if my broadband is organic?

  13. Haven't people learned... on Security Flaw In Truecaller Android App Exposes Data of Millions of Users (softpedia.com) · · Score: 0

    Apps are hastily written and thrown by the dozen against the wall to see what sticks... they are the crappiest of the crap of all things internet and apps have not yet begun to leak you data,lose your privacy and compromise your devices... If you like using new trendy apps then expect to get a privacy VD.
       

  14. Another offhand joke... on That Awkward Moment When 'Apple Mocked Good Hardware and Poor People' (dailydot.com) · · Score: 0

    Have you seen the size of Phil Schiller's hands?

  15. My app should be exempt on FTC Warns Android App Developers About Use of Audio-Tracking Code · · Score: -1

    FartDiary - the mic needs to be on all the time to detect them and log them in a digital journal. It automatically sends out tweets (or "toots" as we call them) if you achieve noteworthy volume or duration.

    DISCLAIMER: it also sends all your conversations to the NSA and targets you for sales calls based on overheard keywords.

  16. Bill Nye????? on NY Bill Would Provide Tax Credit For Open Source Contributors · · Score: 0

    Anybody else do the double take about "Bill NYE Would Provide Tax Credit For Open Source Contributors". Gotta love brain noise.

  17. It is missing one key feature! on Laid Off From Job, Man Builds Tweeting Toilet · · Score: 0

    It is missing one key feature! Ass Recognition Software.

  18. Big problem is in-game spying... on German Intelligence Spying On Allies, Recorded Kerry, Clinton, and Kofi Annan · · Score: 2, Funny

    The germans keep coming into World of Warcraft as your allies only to look at your gear then they suddenly stop aiding in the battle... They switch sides and use the intel against you... Worst of all they only play gnomes for maximum humiliation. Damn you German Gnomes! Damn You!

  19. My 2 cents... which is worth -25 cents on Apple's App Store Needs a Radical Revamp; How Would You Go About It? · · Score: 1

    duh... subcategories... if you click on business apps to see the top 48... if you click see all you are dumped into paginated view 2212 apps... with the option to sort by name or release date... well thanks for nothing...

    also

    * White text on gray buttons is hard to read
    * gray text on gray background is hard to read
    * reflections on star ratings looks more busy than neat
    * truncated... app titles should be revealed on hover or should wrap instead of truncating
    * videos demonstrating features ... tired of finding out that the UI doesn't behave in a rational way or that the screen shots and description didn't accurately explain how the app works.

  20. Just what we needed... on A Brain Implant For Synthetic Memory · · Score: 1

    A world where Comcast can slow down access to your Cloud Brain unless your Brain provider pays them for the same file transfer you are already paying them for. Damn you future Comcast! Damn you!

  21. Still scanning on Microsoft Files Suits Against "Malvertisers" · · Score: 2, Funny

    Hang on a minute... I want to comment but the original article is scanning my hard drive for viruses and I'm afraid of what might happen if I press back... better let finish to be safe.

  22. news to nerds! stop making science hard! on How To Make Science Popular Again? · · Score: 1

    Don't try to make science cool! Anything you try to make cool won't be! It's a scientific fact! Seriously though... someone should tell college professors to stop making science hard. If science was learnable and its concepts were more approachable then people would enjoy it. A lot of people drop out of hard sciences because professors want to make students "earn" it as well as "learn" it, like they did back in the day. I loved my science courses. I never understood why I had to run the engineering math gauntlet. The business math courses would have been a lot more practical and useful for myself and just about everybody I went to school with. I have a degree in physics... Science shouldn't be hard if you had instructors that are focused on making students understand. Physics is a good example... teachers that insist on drawing a picker and can explain concepts well make all the difference. Want more scientists... then teach science more effectively... hard = doesn't understand teacher