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  1. Re:Are you !$&%@$ kidding? Seriously &%*(# on Apple Unveils New MacBook Pro Featuring OLED Touch Bar, Touch ID - Powered By Intel Skylake Processor (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    This replaces a Magsafe charger port, two thunderbolt ports, HDMI port, and a SD card slot!

    Oh, and two USB 3 ports!!!

    Makes more sense now?

  2. Re:Pretty sure I read this story last decade. on Climate Change Could Cross Key Threshold in a Decade, Scientists Say (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Yet another "100% accurate statement":
    "If you don't wear a seatbelt, you could die tomorrow."

    Think before you moderate random trash.

  3. Re:its difficult to dispute the position of Apple. on Apple is 'Intransigent, Closed and Controlling' Say Banks (afr.com) · · Score: 1

    2. who or what will be liable for breeches in security?

    As long as you wear your safety pants, the beach is secure.

  4. Yep, my son did perfectly well with Python, and he didn't even need my help to make it work.

  5. Re:More like... on ISP To FCC: Using The Internet Is Like Eating Oreos (consumerist.com) · · Score: 1

    So, we think *you* ought to be paying us too.

    They already do that. It's called shelf space.

  6. Re:Probably a combination of factors on iPhone 7 Plus Makes Hissing Sound Under Load, Some Users Complain (businessinsider.com) · · Score: 1

    Interesting concepts. Thank you for clarifying it.

  7. Re:Probably a combination of factors on iPhone 7 Plus Makes Hissing Sound Under Load, Some Users Complain (businessinsider.com) · · Score: 1

    Namely, thermal noise needs to be overcome with higher voltages,

    I'm not sure this make sense.
    - Do iPhones have a higher voltage than other phones?
    - Are they somehow able to vary the voltage?
    - Are they meant to run hotter than others?

    Your initial assertions seems contrary to common sense. Could you explain it?

  8. Re:Dead in Finland on iPhone 7 Home Button Now Requires Skin Contact To Work (todaysiphone.com) · · Score: 1

    Use your nose.

  9. Re:Not a nice way to die on How Cities Are Using Dry Ice To Kill Rats (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1

    Not really. If there's only 10 invaders, theirs could be a million times more effective and not do a dent on world population.

  10. Good work, you know how to right it wrong.

    And I didn't know 5 years were enough to count as "decades".

  11. Bugs are optional too on Ask Slashdot: When Do You Include 'Unnecessary' Code? (sas.com) · · Score: 1

    ... so debugging/validation statements and error handling can be removed.

    Some others are a cheap way not to write comments.

    Others are... noise... that might cause bugs as soon as the function is modified.

  12. Re:Old Article & Three-Mile, Fukushima, or Che on There's A 50% Chance of Another Chernobyl Before 2050, Say Safety Specialists (technologyreview.com) · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Maybe mdsolar became an anonymous coward?

  13. Re:So his suggestion is on The Case Against a Universal Basic Income (vox.com) · · Score: 1

    OTOH, overspending reduced our income by 25%.

    Government can't manage money, you don't want any complex program filled with loophole. UBI and flat tax are supposed to solve all that.

  14. Stay the course on Ask Slashdot: How Often Do You Switch Programming Languages? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    There's no point in changing language often. You stick to one and master it. I have a coworker who handles most legacy apps, it doubles the time taken to make fixes because he's in the wrong context.

    I'd say 5 years is a good run for a language, you can return to it in a day later on. Sure you can do a quick hack in a non-mastered language, but your style aint stable and 3 months down the line it'll be spaghetti.

  15. You're wrong. A large collection of idiot shitbags voted for Pelosi.

    Ain't that funny, Theresa May got 35,453 votes. Same ratio of "idiot shitbags" as Pelosi. You must be on to something, keep digging!

  16. Nobody voted for Ryan or Pelosi, and those are the closest match to prime minister.

    If you want to change Queen, you'll need a farcical aquatic ceremony.

  17. Re: IT took me years to learn on Why Did The Stars Wars and Star Trek Worlds Turn Out So Differently? (marginalrevolution.com) · · Score: 1

    Warp Factor is used mostly in TOS and relies upon a linear, unbounded scale. Warp Factor 1 is light speed. Essentially, WF 2 is twice the speed of WF 1, and WF 8 is 8 times the speed of WF 1. IIRC, the fastest Warp Factor ever used in the shows or movies was 14. On a related note, "impulse" is not any specifically defined speed in TOS or the early TOS-cast movies. The later TOS-cast movies use the TNG system.

    It's not quite linear. Looks like the light speed is the factor cubed: http://www.star-fleet.com/ed/w...

    Even memory-alpha doesn't seem to agree with you.

  18. Re:Huh? on Apple Discontinues Thunderbolt Display (macrumors.com) · · Score: 1

    No no, you don't understand. Those monitors will be bricked. "Discontinue" is just an euphemism the Apple mafia uses.

  19. Re:The problem with this hypothesis is that... on Cancer Is An Evolutionary Mechanism To 'Autocorrect' Our Gene Pool, Suggests Paper (sciencealert.com) · · Score: 1

    Erm, exactly.

    As a so-called "final checkpoint" it fail utterly. It's like a 70 years old trying to win a Darwin Award in front of his grand-children.

  20. Except that most people like fresh new books.

    So, you are saying that books don't deteriorate before they become useless. And that the "de-facto limit on how much a physical good can be re-sold" does not apply. I agree with you.

  21. HTML was invented 23 years ago, zip 27.
    Why is it so reasonable to assume these formats are going to be readily usable for much longer than they were already around for?

    This, and more.

    I think the oldest thing on my computer is some email from 1997. I don't think I have a single document from before 2000. I'd need to do some archeology dig to find some earlier document, and I'm pretty sure the hard drive will be dead. Just looking at a nearby box, I have a cheap paperback of Merchant's War. Printed 30 years ago. I can read it now if I want. My potential grandson could pick it in 2050 and read it.

  22. But more to the point, books simply cannot deal with being read over and over again.

    Libraries, how do they do?

    Also, you seem to be saying physical book profit should cover 2 owners. Wouldn't that mean digital books profit will cover 8 owners, if you account for the lack of printing costs?

  23. A physical book can age 50 years without wear. That digital book's technology will be gone is 10 years and dead in 50. If something is unfair to publisher, it's how little consumers are willing to pay for a physical book. The digital version version has the same content without all that printing cost.

    All that extra profit is a boon to them. I don't think there's enough digital resales to negate that.

  24. Re:Did Americans visit the moon? on Did A German Nuclear Plant Intentionally Leak Radioactive Waste? (thelocal.de) · · Score: 1

    Based on the fact it's mdsolar again, it must be a molehill.

    So, do you have any knowledge that the wolf finally showed?

  25. Re:You can't on Ask Slashdot: How Could You Statistically Identify The Best Sci-Fi Books? · · Score: 1

    Subjectivity is an error bar. You can still get a partial ordering and know that Dune is better than Lion's Pride.