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  1. Re:Must? on Why Must You Pay Sales People Commissions? (a16z.com) · · Score: 1

    One must know the difference between 'Sales' and 'Marketing'

  2. Fooling humans? Trump is president.

    Not a serious challenge

  3. Getting kinda old news on SpaceX Successfully Launches, Recovers Falcon 9 For CRS-12 (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Which is what I always had hoped for the shuttle program

  4. This is on Study Finds Vaccine Science Outreach Only Reinforced Myths (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Sad

  5. Once again on Hackers Can Turn Amazon Echo Into a Covert Listening Device (helpnetsecurity.com) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Star Trek had it right. First you poke the button on the communicator, then it listens...

  6. Re:Just Wondering on First Human Embryos Edited In US (technologyreview.com) · · Score: 1

    Well, for starters: I don't abuse women; I don't cheat on my wife; I am not a narcissistic asshole; I am concerned about the welfare of others; I am concerned about the health of our planet; I know science from fiction; and I don't lie.

    And yes, I have a successful career.

  7. Re:Just Wondering on First Human Embryos Edited In US (technologyreview.com) · · Score: 1

    How sad to be you

  8. Just Wondering on First Human Embryos Edited In US (technologyreview.com) · · Score: 0

    Is it too late to fix Trump?

  9. Re:Gattaca predicted the outcome in 1997 on First Human Embryos Edited In US (technologyreview.com) · · Score: 1

    Perhaps it has been re-edited...

  10. Re:You can't have a female James T. Kirk on Doctor Who's 13th Time Lord Announced: Actress Jodie Whittaker (bbc.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    That's a little harsh.

      PA would be more like it, at 58% pay.

  11. Re:You can't have a female James T. Kirk on Doctor Who's 13th Time Lord Announced: Actress Jodie Whittaker (bbc.co.uk) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Well, Kirk doesn't regenerate periodically, so that is an issue.

    You can, however, have Janeway.

  12. Re:There's an obvious reason on In America, Most Republicans Think Colleges Are Bad for the Country (chronicle.com) · · Score: 1

    Perhaps if you replace 'left-leaning' and 'liberal' with 'progressive' in these kinds of discussions the perception will change.

  13. Re:I don't read the code on Ask Slashdot: How Do You Read Code? · · Score: 1

    > I execute it in a mental virtual machine.
    >how do you handle the halting problem?

    I'm not sure - I am still running my first bit of code...

  14. Re: I don't read the code on Ask Slashdot: How Do You Read Code? · · Score: 1

    It is a technique developed in the sixties in California by Werner Erhard generally described as gestalt programming.

    Seriously, est true, I swear it! I can see the whole universe!

    And I feel much better now (here is my check).

  15. I don't read the code on Ask Slashdot: How Do You Read Code? · · Score: 4, Funny

    I execute it in a mental virtual machine.

  16. Re:Not that large on Elon Musk Promises World's Biggest Lithium Ion Battery To Australia (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    So if there are many enclosures, it is not 'a' battery? I suppose then if they are all in the same building they collectively become 'a' battery again...

    Nit picking nitwit.

  17. Re:Not that large on Elon Musk Promises World's Biggest Lithium Ion Battery To Australia (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    Have you ever disassembled a 9 volt 'battery' ?

  18. Re: Stop burning the gas. on California Has So Much Solar Power That Other States Are Paid To Take It (mic.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Just for the record: The sun is still there when you think it is night time, it is just harder for you to see.

    Which is why much effort is being directed toward interconnecting disparate grids (and yes, interconnecting has its own downsides).

  19. I sense a musical a'comin...

  20. Re:This is just stupid on Tesla Is Talking To the Music Labels About Creating Its Own Streaming Service (recode.net) · · Score: 1

    "His product sucks and I don't want him to try and improve it"

  21. Nothing new here on 'The Unwillingness To Foresee The Future' (stratechery.com) · · Score: 2

    For those of us old enough to remember, Ken Olsen laughed at IBM, and the PC makers laughed at him (and don't forget Wang).

  22. Re:International Laughing Stock on The US Can't Leave The Paris Climate Deal Until 2020 (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Well, they supplied most of our breeding stock, financed the initial exploration and development (and plundering and genocide) for our country, and have provided cheap labor to generate all the goods that we haven't built here for the last 40 years.

  23. Re:How to upgrade to 64 bit? on Why Does Microsoft Still Offer a 32-bit OS? (backblaze.com) · · Score: 1

    Tell us how to do this...

  24. How to upgrade to 64 bit? on Why Does Microsoft Still Offer a 32-bit OS? (backblaze.com) · · Score: 1

    Does one have to wipe the system and reinstall everything? or can you over-install the 64 bit OS and leave everything else intact?

  25. AAA Should be enough on TSA May Recommend Stowing Laptops In Cargo For US Domestic Flights (cbslocal.com) · · Score: 1

    "The size of the battery that can take down a plane when attached to an explosive."

    I image a AAA battery running a timer could set off a well designed nuclear device - In fact a watch battery could too, maybe even a windup Mickey Clock!

    BAN THEM ALLLLLLLL