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  1. Re: Direct Trade on Why We Should Fear A Cashless World (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    How is any of that relevant in the Thunderdome? It'd be like fighting Don Flamenco in Punchout. Keep jabbing until his hair falls off, then go for the uppercut.

  2. Re: Direct Trade on Why We Should Fear A Cashless World (theguardian.com) · · Score: 5, Funny

    With those tiny hands? Not a chance!

  3. Re: Pudding pops? on Radio Attack Lets Hackers Steal 24 Different Car Models (wired.com) · · Score: 1

    You're just not staying in there long enough.

  4. Re:Let's go one better ... on UK Gov't Launches Anti-Adblocking Initiative, Compares It To Piracy (thestack.com) · · Score: 1

    ... and make them build walls.

  5. Why should he care who he looks? He has no more elections to win and half the country already despises him. What does he really have to lose?

  6. Re:Who is still using mag stripes on ATM cards? on To Secure ATM Transactions: Ditch the Card (securityledger.com) · · Score: 2

    Chips have been rolling out pretty aggressively in the USA over the past few months from all institutions, major banks to local credit unions. Stores may still be using the mag stripe to authorize, but it means they are accepting the liability for fraudulent transactions.

  7. Re:I don't have a problem with... on Edward Snowden Calls For Google To Side With Apple On Encryption Debate (techinsider.io) · · Score: 1

    How many characters does it allow? Just fill the field with z's and it will be the last combination they try in a brute force attack. Maximum security!

  8. Re:Uh... let me think about it on Drivers Need To Forget Their GPS · · Score: 1

    That is because the GPS "knows" more than you do: current traffic conditions, road closures, etc..

    Except that they typically don't tell you about the construction or accident delays unto you are already in them.

  9. Re:What Type of Truck? on Tesla Truck 'Quite Likely,' Says Elon Musk (bgr.com) · · Score: 1

    It would more likely be similar to the Cadillac Escalade EXT. Can it go offroad? Sure. Will you be willing to do so with that price tag? Not likely.

  10. Re:State employees on Open Salaries: the Good, the Bad and the Awkward (yahoo.com) · · Score: 1

    When my company preformed layoffs several years back they had the managers rank their direct reports. They kept the top people and let go the bottom half of the list.

  11. Re:The world is happy about Lucas not participatin on George Lucas Criticizes the Force Awakens (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    No, the whole way he killed Padme off was terrible. How is it Leia could remember her mother when she was about thirty seconds old when she died?

    Because she wasn't remembering Padme. She was adopted and believed Queen Breha Organa to be her mother.

  12. They did make a video game out of it.

  13. Nah, the population of the Empire was vast compared to the Death Star, and further the Empire was racist and (at least on screen) only employed humans on their flagship.

    Not only where they all humans, but they were British too.

  14. Re:People have a low opinion of congress because.. on CISA Surveillance Bill Hidden Inside Last Night's Budget Bill (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    He's not insulting bats. He's insulting their shit.

  15. Re:Play the State Lottery Instead on Fantasy Sports Sites Ordered To Stop Taking Bets In New York State (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Unless you are in Illinois, where all you win is an IOU.

  16. Re:George Orwell lacked vision on UK Gov't Can Demand Backdoors, Give Prison Sentences For Disclosing Them (arstechnica.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    But this guy isn't a gun nut. He's a samurai.

  17. Re:What's the current $400 build? on Sony PlayStation 4 Hits 500 Games Milestone (finder.com) · · Score: 1

    You could have saved yourself a lot of time typing this out if you had read the line where he admitted PC gaming is much more expensive.

  18. Re: One device to rule them all on Ask Slashdot: Smart Electronics For a Marathoner? · · Score: 1

    Most races discourage headphones. It is rare that they are banned.

  19. However, if you read the article, you'll see that the authors of the department-assigned text are the chair and vice-chair of the department. Which is largely unethical in my opinion. (But don't get me started on ethics and the textbook industry...)

    Isn't that how all textbook decisions are made? I remember our awful CompSci books were written by the department chairs. I won't have cared that much had we not concluded the department head was senile.

  20. Re:Let me save you some trouble... on Chinese Hackers Targeted Insurer To Learn About US Healthcare (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    Really? My health insurance costs through my company dropped 75% this year. Who are these 150 million people you speak of? Did Limbaugh tell you this?

  21. Re:Do you know how far bullets fly? on Judge: Defendant 'Had a Right' To Shoot Down Drone (wdrb.com) · · Score: 1

    Nobody considers himself to be one.

    Dennis Leary very publicly proclaims himself to be one.

  22. Re: Poor example on How Autonomous Cars' Safety Features Clash With Normal Driving · · Score: 1

    Because at 86mph they add reckless driving to the list of offenses.

  23. Re: Amazing on Trump Targets the Abuse of H-1B Visas · · Score: 1

    Everyone understands the movie reference. When "woosh" is included in the reply it shows that the AC did understand the joke from referencing the previous article.

  24. Re: Amazing on Trump Targets the Abuse of H-1B Visas · · Score: 1
  25. Re:Hmmm on Drone Drops Drugs Onto Ohio Prison Yard · · Score: 2

    Any drone capable of handling the kickback from a gun is going to be easily spotted.