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  1. Re:Since the summary is impenetrably obfuscated on Pawn Storm Group Makes Trend Micro IP Address a C&C Server · · Score: 1

    Thank you for a thankless task. However, I think of pedantic /. summary authors as liking to trolls: the only way to combat them is to ignore them, so that they learn that if they make deciphering their stories a chore, no one will bother to try.

  2. All I hear is... on Turing Near Ready To Ship World's First Liquid Metal Android Smartphone · · Score: 2

    Gimmick, gimmick, gimmick, unproven gimmick, take our word for it and give us an exorbitant amount of money, you sucker.

  3. Browser updates aren't sexy at Apple keynotes on Is Safari the New Internet Explorer? · · Score: 2

    Apple is the new IBM, content only to perform preventive maintenance on their annual upgrade cash machine. Anything that isn't awe-inspiring or scandalous enough to make headlines isn't worth their effort. Fixes to Safari might only add a couple bullet points to their "over 300 improvements" to OS X next year, and that's if they delay all fixes until then just to make them noticeable. The cost-to-benefit ratio is too high for those penny pinchers, so they won't bother.

  4. Re:Authors have never heard of accelerometers on The Real-Life Dangers of Augmented Reality · · Score: 1

    Yes, an object with zero acceleration could technically be moving anywhere between not and the speed of light, but that's pedantic.

    From a human locomotion point of view, people do not normally glide around on ice rinks while using AR. All you need to monitor is translational vibration (evidence of non-rotational movement) which will be present regardless if you are walking or driving.

  5. Authors have never heard of accelerometers on The Real-Life Dangers of Augmented Reality · · Score: 2
    From TFA:

    The GPS receivers built into wearables already detect the speed of motion (at least outdoors); designers could use them to stop notifications when the user is moving. And many AR wearables have cameras, so image analysis could likewise trigger a safety mode indoors in situations likely to cause trouble.

    Do the authors not know what accelerometers are? That makes me question their expertise for writing about this subject.

  6. Re:Pandora on Sony Music CEO Confirms Launch of Apple's Music Streaming Service · · Score: 1

    Apple will make it easy to sign up

    i.e.: automatic. Just fill out this form, mail it in with proof of identity, and we'll stop charging you a subscription in 60-90 days!

  7. Re:The CE Industry? on Linux Kernel 4.1 Will Be an LTS Release · · Score: 1

    Welcome to /., where everyone is expected to be a veteran of every industry ever.

  8. Re:This is an old tactic on Windows 10 Can Run Reworked Android and iOS Apps · · Score: 1
    Slashdot is old school and will not convert links for you, so you need HTML tags to make links clickable.

    <a href="http://www.example.com">example title</a>

    Convert Lotus 123 .wk4 to Excel 2010 - Microsoft Community

    Convert Lotus 123 .wk4 to Excel 2010

    Office XP WordPerfect 5.x Converter Security Patch: KB824938

    Results of google searching for openoffice converter at microsoft.com: microsoft openoffice converter site:microsoft.com - Google Search

    And lastly check what page hits a google search of microsoft.com returns: microsoft converter site:microsoft.com - Google Search

  9. Re:Well... on FCC Chairman: a Former Cable Lobbyist Who Helped Kill the Comcast Merger · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Wheeler, 69, does not need to seek another job when he departs the FCC, and that freedom enables him to make the decisions he thinks is right, according to people close to the chairman.

    Judging simply from his age, it's very implausible that his actions were part of a ploy to seek secure employment after the FCC.

  10. Re:Humanity is lost on Report: Apple Watch Preorders Almost 1 Million On First Day In the US · · Score: 1

    Even for the purpose of saving you that second, the Verge review says it's kinda slow for that. So instead of pulling your phone out to check something, flip your wrist, wait for the watch to wake up, swipe to notifications, and wait for that to load. Kinda pointless.

  11. Re:Why not restrict all ads to GIFs or JPGs? on How Malvertising Abuses Real-Time Bidding On Ad Networks · · Score: 1

    That's from your own anecdotal evidence. Advertisers use what statistics tells them works. They may even be happy with accidental clicks caused by javascript ads that jump under your cursor.

  12. Bigger than Star Citizen on "Exploding Kittens" Blows Up Kickstarter Records · · Score: 1

    Star Citizen raised a mere $2.1 million. Does that mean this game will have terrestrial, space, and subatomic warfare, and run in CryEngine 5? Can it kill both Call of Duty and Battlefield?

  13. good CHEAP phone on The First Ubuntu Phone Is Here, With Underwhelming Hardware · · Score: 1

    The article talks about their sales tactic, artificial exclusivity in Europe, which makes it likely that they are aiming for the tech enthusiast crowd.

  14. Re:In defense of Gov Christie on New Jersey Gov. Christie: Parents Should Have Choice In Vaccinations · · Score: 1

    It feels good to imagine him getting chewed out by aides behind the curtain while other aides rush to prepare the statement of refutation without his consultation.

  15. Re:yeah... on US Army Wants Weapon To Destroy Drone Swarms · · Score: 2

    Yup. We can simply reuse existing IED jammers. The only way to get past those would be to fly those drones by wire.

  16. Phalanx CIWS on US Army Wants Weapon To Destroy Drone Swarms · · Score: 1
  17. Re:I'm at a loss. And I RTFA on The Missing Piece of the Smart Home Revolution: The Operating System · · Score: 0

    Upvote this guy so no one else does brain damage to themselves by RTFA.

  18. Re:Nerd fight on iOS 8 Review · · Score: 2

    My Nokia 2610 beats the tar out of every smartphone in the drop test arena AND I don't have to worry about whether I charged it today. Dumbphone > deadphone.

  19. Re:You know what you have to do, Google... on First Evidence That Google's Quantum Computer May Not Be Quantum After All · · Score: 1

    Whoosh.

  20. You know what you have to do, Google... on First Evidence That Google's Quantum Computer May Not Be Quantum After All · · Score: 1

    No conventional computer can replicate a quantum computer's processes. The only way to check your quantum computer's results... is to buy another one.

  21. Re:What's happened to google? on Google Removes "Search Nearby" Function From Updated Google Maps · · Score: 2

    Seriously. This is the dark ages for Google. I smell the work of pointy-haired MBAs.

  22. Re:User interface design on Smart Cars: Too Distracting? · · Score: 1

    Prompting the user with wrong or irrelevant information also conditions to user to ignore the information, making the prompt useless for the times the information is actually relevant.

  23. Why are taxpayers funding this research? on U.S. 5X Battery Research Sets Three Paths For Replacing Lithium · · Score: 1

    Aren't the commercial implications of such an advancement enticing enough to make the private sector throw many more millions, if not billions, into this research, if they haven't done so already? Granted, they would only allow new batteries to come to market if they lasted for fewer charge cycles.

  24. Re:Hmmm ... on New Framework For Programming Unreliable Chips · · Score: 1

    All in preparation for next big thing after that... MORE accurate hardware! 6.24% more!

  25. Great, soon they'll be asking for legal rights on Researchers Create Microscopic 'Cages' To Study Bacterial Behavior · · Score: 1

    Like presumption of innocence, trial by jury, and habeas corpus.