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  1. Re:Supported/ Fuck "Supported." on South Australia Refuses To Stop Using An Expired, MS-DOS-Based Health Software (abc.net.au) · · Score: 1

    So its a court case to permanently mark all formalities? Or is it a court case because the system is practically abandenware, but the corporation wants their cash?

  2. Re:If they pay the license fee on South Australia Refuses To Stop Using An Expired, MS-DOS-Based Health Software (abc.net.au) · · Score: 1

    WHAT would break lose? The only remaining issues are
    1. System being network connected. But its MS DOS, so I hope they had the sanity to isolate it
    2. Parts breaking down and needing replacement
    3. Incompatibility on new parts
    4. Somehow producing new error codes(unlikely)

  3. Re: Cancer as a mechanism for Darwinism on Cancer Is An Evolutionary Mechanism To 'Autocorrect' Our Gene Pool, Suggests Paper (sciencealert.com) · · Score: 1

    Is it? I always love to watch the old bond movies, and hear them talk about Free Radicals.
    Now, entropy is a well defined word, and might be the wrong to use. Ineffective maybe? We digest ineffective food, and suffer in lifespan for it.

  4. Re:I would like a simpler electric car on Model X Owner Files Lemon Law Suit Against Tesla, Claims Car Is Unsafe To Drive (bgr.com) · · Score: 1

    From what I remember helping a mechanic on fixing a 2003ish Volkswagen, engine is a mess. From sight you can count 20-30 shell parts, things that contains things. I remember most shells we replaced parts in, those contained at the least 5 parts each.
    Then you look at things like Windshield wipers, which is often 5-6 parts. And there will be 3 meters of cable to get the washer liquid to the back window.
    The BMW valvetronics you talked about is also a good example. 8-9 parts.

  5. Re:Jingoism and Nativism on Apple Not Allowed To Open Stores In India (reuters.com) · · Score: 2

    Protectionism helps industry. But what if there is no internal industry, or if its a high tech field which nobody wants to touch because of the entry barrier?
    Phones and computers, things that are insanely highsourced, isn't insourced.
    Basically:
    -Entry level SOC is insourced
    -Mid to high level modern CPU isn't

  6. Re:Wow, Osborne Effect much on Smaller Xbox One Coming This Year, More Powerful Xbox One In 2017, Says Report (kotaku.com) · · Score: 1

    Nintendo already has done the groundbreaking testing on this. Most 3DS games runs better on N3DS. Its really going to be the same isn't it? And maybe with 1-2 exclusive "Xbone2" games.

  7. Re:In case you were thinking about cutting the cor on AT&T Begins Capping Broadband Users (dslreports.com) · · Score: 1

    Whats the US contract law on the matter? All I really know is that in Scandinavia, altering the deal isn't legal. The deal basically gets refreshes, and the new terms can be denied in favor of the old.

  8. Re:World War I wasn't just trench attrition on History Buffs Discover Inaccuracies In Battlefield 1 Trailer (hothardware.com) · · Score: 1

    I think thats true. And its also quite the shame.
    Especially when the bonus is: The western front of WW2 might be the least relevant one, to later geopolitics.

  9. A thought about no go zones on Amazon Bows To Pressure To Bring Same-Day Deliveries To Poor Areas (fortune.com) · · Score: 1

    I honestly think things like this is the best for society. Not because it hurts the retailer because its exposed to theft or vandalism. But because it forces society to actually deal with no go zones.
    Once they actually exist, they are mapped, and they should be dealt with.
    Even if it ends with a escort of armed police to the no go zones to get the package delivered, its a start. I agree that a start isn't a means or a end, but its a start.

  10. Re: No GMO but FrankenBeef OK? on Lab-Grown Meat Is In Your Future, and It May Be Healthier Than the Real Stuff (smh.com.au) · · Score: 1

    Going by actual track record of western companies versus their governments? Yes.
    Just having the oversight organs as a part of a government alone means they have a capital of enforcement of trust, and breach of said trust.
    Even if the argument is "having a variant of a Food and Drug Administration makes places lazy" is basically saying "if nobody is looking, things would be fucking bleak".

  11. Re: AI could with by cheating with insane micro on AIs vs Humans - Next Battle: Starcraft (businessinsider.com) · · Score: 1

    Yes, but there is a big but. All units in Star Craft has to wind up to attack. This costs frames. And then there is attack range.
    So if you move, you can't attack. If you attack, you have to cancel it to move. To micro a unit away from enemy range, he has to stop attacking. To counter a enemy, you some times need to strategically kill units in order to allow things like boxing.
    Now, the AI will have 1 advantage over humans, one really important: Its only limited by one command per frame. Pros already manually attack each enemy unit to secure kills to reduce enemy DPS, or manually path block zergs. The AI will do that just fine.

  12. Re:So distill wastewater then? on Prescription Meds Get Trapped In Disturbing Pee-To-Food-To-Pee Loop (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    You want to distill it anyhow, just for the sake of extracting fertilizer.

  13. Re: Cold War Waste is a mess on Up To 35,000 Gallons of Nuclear Waste Leak At Washington State Storage Site (rt.com) · · Score: 2

    Rabbits breeds like.... rabbits. So population is not a issue.

    Most likely there is other issues, such as laws against sedation darts being used non certified personnel. Or the personnel in question not being trained enough to set up traps for the intended period.

  14. Re:Once again, the Europeans are going off the cli on Europe Is Going After Google For Anti-Competitive Behavior With Android · · Score: 1

    That they are common do not mean they are intentonal. There is a difference between having to pay a fee per shipment of goods, and being able to bundle goods per shipment. The former is a example of why restaurants only carry soft drinks from one brand: To order more than 1 brand would require more than 1 shipment, which costs money.
    Which is also why shipment services exist in the first place. To a business it might be cheaper to hire a third party to pick up all the goods and deliver it, then to have have individual shipments from manufacturer.

    Thats very different from the goods manufacturer requiring mono product sales, for Discount. Bulk discount is also a different thing.

  15. Re:Difference between want and need on Apple Expects Users To Replace Their iPhone, Apple Watch After Three Years · · Score: 1

    I think I enjoy how the smartphone trend went. There is standard casings everywhere, Standard screen films everywhere. The biggest issue is battery, as it always has been.

  16. How fish oil works, and exact what it do to the body is poorly understood. So far the general census is:
    1. Acids do something
    2. It do improve the skins ability to convert sunlight
    3. Do something for joints, but no mechanic is really identified

  17. Re:May spur automation on California's $15-an-Hour Minimum Wage May Spur Automation (computerworld.com) · · Score: 1

    At the same time, those "stolen" jobs have to acquired somehow.
    Which means that the jobs for those teenagers might never have existed in the first place.

    Which further raises questions about how the economy works, and how social policy for things like education and craftmanship will further impact the economy.

  18. Re:GPS clocks? on Ask Slashdot: Alternatives To "Atomic" Clocks? · · Score: 1

    So you get a bunch of satelite signals. What satelite it is, and what time the satelite claims it is.
    Now here is the important part: The satelites knows about relativity, to avoid those errors. The device? The device knows where those satelites are suppose to be, so it looks it up, and then it uses the time received to calculate lag to each satelite.

  19. Re:Why is it an overstep on In Brazil, Police Overstep Court Order To Sieze Former President's Email · · Score: 1

    Depends on how "due process" works.
    I.E What kind of information is seized and stored? What unspoken things do warrants grant?

  20. Re:This is actually pretty cool on First Bionic Fingertip Implant Delivers Sensational Results (gizmag.com) · · Score: 1

    Its a start. Even once you get there, you go back to phantom limbs once you power it up, or it goes to a low power state.

  21. Re:Theoretical speeds on Internet By Light Promises To Leave Wi-Fi Eating Dust (yahoo.com) · · Score: 1

    I am with this guy. Lamp tower and lamp tower at hallways. It could look amazing.

  22. Re:Is there money is such books. on Ask Slashdot: Good Technical Guide To Windows 10? · · Score: 1

    I agree with this. In Example: There is a registry black box, which may not be well google able, with lots of keys.
    Now, you can guess what a lot of keys do, and googling will occasionally yield forum posts or similar that lists them for some change. But rarely is there any explanation. A lot of keys have values of 0 to 4 for instance, or may accept hexanumerical input. The end result is something undocumented.

    So the OP question is still a good question: Where do one acquire good sourced reference documentation beyond the surface?

  23. Re:Extra battery? on Ask Slashdot: Do You Still Have a Pager? Do You Find It Useful? · · Score: 1

    iPhones still have pretty horrible battery compared to cheap low end dumb phones.
    iPhone is at 4-5 days, IF you turn off data roaming, 3G/4G and GPS for all apps except Camera and calender.
    Dumbphone is at 6-14 days depending on model, or 4-5 with realworld usage.

  24. Re:Why only trees? on Engineers Devise a Way To Harvest Wind Energy From Trees (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    Okay, so sound hits a material. If the material is brittle and hard, it won't vibrate, it might even ignore the sound. This solid and brittle material, like glass, would most likely repel sound.
    So what is the soundwall built out of? Either vibrating material in many layers to absorb the vibration, or a brittle hard material to avoid sound waves passing trough it.
    In the first you could get something, if its installed into the wall.
    In the second case, no, there won't be any gains.

  25. Re:Why 1 billion? on Chinese Tech Group Offers To Buy Opera; Board Endorses · · Score: 1

    Trough its entire lifetime, Opera software has somehow always managed to claw in amazing deals or bundles, or getting paid good buck for bundled browsers.
    They was the default JAVA browser for several years for phone, until the iPhone existed. The browser for the Nintendo Wii.
    They also have a interesting purchase history, such as Skyfire(content delivery compression), AdColony, and more.

    Technology wise they most likely burned out completely after releasing Opera 12. So its for the leftover talent, IP, and inhouse tech. Might even be just for the compression tech, aimed to be used for the continually growing Chinese marked.