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  1. Re:"misdemeanor amount of marijuana" yielded this? on Judge Jails Defendent For Failing To Unlock Phones (fox13news.com) · · Score: 1

    Right with ya there. Right up till the "drive away stoned" part which can land your ass in jail for "DUI".

  2. the next news will be on A Fleet of Sailing Robots Sets Out To Quantify the Oceans (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Hundreds of sail drones mysteriously go missing.

  3. Good thing you can just read TFA and learn there's an option to retain the old behavior

    I "could" RTFA but then I would not be able to post something stupid. Sigh. I'm just gunna fire up RS5 and play around with it instead :)

  4. same here. Good thing you can just copy notepad.exe from an older version and run it on the newer Win10 to be able to use it for that ::) it doesn't have any real dll depends and is standalone so it works as is.

  5. Re:Nvidia is a Lie algebra on Nvidia Shuts Down Its GeForce Partner Program, Citing Misinformation (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 0

    Look I think Trump is a moron and is VERY much deserving of most of the shit he gets BUT is a thread about NVidia the place to discuss it. No.No it is not. It's just a waste of everyone's time and energy and both are better spent on actually doing something productive. The only thing worse than all this off topic BS is allowing SJWs to spout venom and hate. THEY are hurting humanity as a whole and are as annoying as vegans. But at least many vegans actually are doing something by doing something with their belief systems instead of sitting in the basement bitching on the internet about how the world is so unfair.

  6. Re:Nvidia is a Lie algebra on Nvidia Shuts Down Its GeForce Partner Program, Citing Misinformation (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 2

    Not to be confused with a Trump algebra, which also generally involves lies.

    And you had to bring politics into a conversation/thread that had nothing, and I mean NOTHING to with it. WHY? Does it somehow make you feel better? I guess I am just getting old because it makes no sense to me what so ever why peeps here do this. It's not funny, It doesn't make one look or sound smarter. Adds NOTHING to the conversation. To me it sounds like this. We love cars, cars are great. cars can go fast. Trump. The yellow ones are better.

  7. What happens if everyone starts wearing surgical masks? Won't it just be a DB with a billion peoples' eyes?

  8. Re: It has been and always will be used by CRIMINA on Child Abuse Imagery Found Within Bitcoin's Blockchain (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    But why is there so much more criminal gun use in the US.

    might have to do with both social economics and that there are 66,6 million people in England and 325.7 million in the US and just using #'s we should have at least 5 times as much criminal gun use in the US. Just sayin'. Now true we here in the US have a "gun culture" as that is how we were brought up as. England, being far older, was not as there were no guns back then.

  9. Re:Neat, but not really needed... on Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+ Launched (raspberrypi.org) · · Score: 1

    Am I the only one that still uses the original Raspberry Pi?

    A follow up question:

    Has anyone owned one that broke down . . . ?

    I've got three or the original B's, and all of them are going strong. If one breaks, I'll replace it. Otherwise the resources are fine for the things I use it for.

    My original pi will no longer boot :( but both my rpi2 and rpi3 are going strong! I was going to buy a couple W+ today but it's limit 1 and shipping is almost as much as the board so I'll wait a tad longer.

  10. Re:WTF does any of this political bullshit have to on Game Industry Pushes Back Against Efforts To Restore Gameplay Servers (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Oh I so expected to be -1 in 2 seconds flat, because, well truth stings and I am pretty sure there was going to be a lot of butthurt after I posted it. But hey it's easier to just go with the flow sometimes.

  11. WTF does any of this political bullshit have to do on Game Industry Pushes Back Against Efforts To Restore Gameplay Servers (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 0

    WTF does any of this political bullshit have to do with game and game servers? Jesus Christ. Do you guys have nothing better to do than to bitch/moan/cry/complain/try to sound smart/informed [and fail miserably at both]? I bet none of you whiners didn't even vote and yet you feel the need to push your worthless agendas and "I'd" take 100 Trumps over your asses any day of the week. At least "HE" got our of his mother's basements and is actually doing something. Good or bad, his IS doing more than any of you EVER will.

  12. why not call it "search" on 'Microsoft Should Scrap Bing and Call it Microsoft Search' (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    I mean if T-Mobile can tm magenta and google already considered a verb, then just name it "Search"

  13. I don't know why but on Why the World Only Has Two Words For Tea (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    I actually found that interesting. Surprises me too.

  14. Re:The real problem... on Microsoft Finally Reveals What Data Windows 10 Really Collects (theverge.com) · · Score: 0

    Except as unpopular as this may sound, I really like Windows 10. I turned all of the telemetry off but even had I not, I would not care as the OS is rock solid, stable, and does everything I expect an OS to do and that is allow me to run my programs and get out of my way. I really like the new bash shell as it is far superior to cygwin. I have a couple of linux boxes but I'm just not a fan and haven't been one for the last 15+ years that I have run many linux flavors and versions.

    There are many reasons to like or dislike any given OS and when it comes down to it I "choose" to run Windows and I like it.

  15. Re: nothing on A Record High of 455 Scripted TV Shows Aired in 2016 (vulture.com) · · Score: 1

    The Expanse, Killjoys, and Dark Matter are all pretty decent for the "pure space" Sci Fi shows, Pure Genius, Mr Robot, Scorpion, Mars, Stitchers,Stranger Things, The Librarians, The Flash, and Agents of S,H.E.I.L.D also fit in the list quite well and are enjoyable shows to watch. Sci Fi doesn't always mean "space" :)

    And I'm kind of in the "I hate TV" boat but I'll be damned if I don't find myself DVRing the hell out of those shows I just listed. Sure some are kind of dumb, some are kind of campy, and others totally sudo science, but still a good distraction from all the crap going on in the world.

  16. I love my Prusa i3. BUT. on Why MakerBot Didn't Kickstart A 3D Printing Revolution (backchannel.com) · · Score: 1

    It was dirt cheap [around 300 dollars] and works AWESOME. There are some niggly downsides though and the biggest being the filament and the need for updated/upgraded extruders for multi color printing and the general handling of the filament in general kind of sucks. The other downside is the time it takes to print something and many people have no patients. If they can't say "Tea, Earl Grey" and poof it's there then screw that. I think it's still going to be a few years until they are ready for the masses. Once you can load 3 or 5 filaments to allow you to print the full color spectrem and it take FAR less time then it does now then the average joe will not want no need one of these. Lastly there is no really easy way to get the code from brain to platform. The "revolution" will come when your mom and pop can see a picture on a webpage and hit print and a little while later there you are. Bobs your uncle.

  17. Re:Cut content? on 'No Man's Sky' Releases Huge New 'Foundation' Update (thenextweb.com) · · Score: 2

    Don't ever believe the hype and don't always trust reviews. NMS is actually quite a fun and interesting game. For a few hours anyway then it tends to get a tad monotonous. Is it worth 60 bucks? No even on a good day. Is it worth playing? Very much so

  18. Re:Coal workers on Why Automation Won't Displace Human Workers (diginomica.com) · · Score: 1
    maybe because that is all they know how to do and it up until now has been a well paying and stable income,

    Why do steel workers who build skyscrapers want to keep building high rise skyscrapers? Because it's their livelihood. I would not want to do either but then again I'm a wuse.

    Yeah, well, I also do not really understand why coal workers desperately want to stay coal works. Even here in Germany. In 2016 and global warming that is just downright crazy, ...

  19. Another reason I love my Lumia on Second Chinese Firm In a Week Found Hiding a Backdoor In Android Firmware (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 0

    I really appreciate my Lumia phone more and more. Great OS and hardware and hardly any apps which keeps my chances of having these issues very small. 0 userbase + 0 apps = no reason for hackers to mess with me :)

  20. TGT is Best show ________ in the world! on The Grand Tour Show To Be Streamed In Over 200 Markets as Amazon Prime Video Goes Global (mashable.com) · · Score: 2

    Top Gear was GREAT and even without the 3 pied pipers still isn't bad [though I really had a hard time liking Evens and his one set of cloths] but it's just not the same without the brothers grim.

    That said The Grand Tour is probably the BEST show

    in the world!

    I honestly can't remember the last time I enjoyed watching a show more than TGT though. My face hurt after smiling for over an hour straight. Knowing they have 3 seasons [at least] really makes me happy and I just know Amazon is smiling all the way to the bank.

  21. Re:I'll wait for a third party review... on Elon Musk: Tesla's Solar Roof Will Cost Less Than a Traditional Roof (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1
    Tornadoes are the least of the worries really. If a tornado hits a house, or even comes close, then the house is simply gone. Now where I live hurricanes are something to deal with and traditional shingles tend to be the first thing that gets ripped off, then the roof.

    Now up north snow/ice would be an issue in the winter but they could add some heating elements to melt it off I would guess.

    But all that said I SO want this to be true. I need a new roof and would LOVE to get solar since we have sun about 80% of the year and I would love to toss a big FU to my power provider.
    Another thing I would love to see these things do is heat up my water so I would not have to rely on natural gas as well :)

    Agreed, I still want to find out how this product works in places like Warren Ohio, Joplin, Missouri, Greensburg Kanasas (Most Damaging Tornadoes I can think of off the top of my head) Where tornadoes while not "common" also aren't "rare" and as such roofs need to be able to sustain pre-tornado weather (including hail) at least a few times a year. (to be reliable)

    That doesn't even include Cold Weather testing (which those 3 above also face to varying degrees), extreme summer heat, and snow dead weight (weight of snow/ice on roof) capacities, etc....

    and that isn't even including any PV testing... like... Ohh how about a minor heating element that can be turned on in the winter to help de-ice/snow roofs... so as to be able to go back to collecting solar (because "normally"(ignoring temps going up) you can get a lot of snow quickly and then days and days of 'sunny but still cold' where roofs are still snow covered. So... a heating element like this would use battery/etc. power for a short time, but then allow PV collection again... ohh and.... yeah... the list goes on...)

    Also... I would want to know if I can buy it in small quantities to put it on small sheds, etc... where a LED light and maybe more would be great add ons... because the "issue" with solar roof that I've been told is that you can't just buy the panels from them... you have to get EVERYTHING including installation from them... and a lot of people HAVE to do the lease option... (b/c they (IMHO) buy grid-tie in systems which makes them susceptible to lower power company regulations...) (I'd be glad to know if I'm wrong on any of Solar City's practices...but still the same issues apply)

  22. Oh great on Seagate Reveals 'World's Largest' 60TB SSD (zdnet.com) · · Score: 0

    Oh great, now you have a 60TB drive that will fail taking everything with it and because of the size making backups very costly to boot.

  23. Riiiiiight. on 8TB Drives Are Highly Reliable, Says Backblaze (yahoo.com) · · Score: 1

    Come back in 3 or 5 years and tell me out of all the 8TB sold in 2016/2017 just how many are still functional and THEN what the failure rate is/was.

    My "prediction" is it will most likely be that there is an 70% failure rate with Seagate being the top offender.

  24. Re:How do I change a user's password on All Windows 10 Kernel Mode Drivers Must Be Digitally Signed By Microsoft (i-programmer.info) · · Score: 1

    I'm using windows 10 and I cannot figure out how to change a user's password. If I were on linux or mac, I'd just type passwd username. But there seems to be no way for an admin to change a users password in Win 10. Am I missing something?

    Have you not pressed control-alt-delete and clicked on change password? Or right click on computer and go to manage/local users and groups/Users and then right click on the user and select Set Password? [though this option was removed from home edition LONG ago]

  25. Re:Taxes and laws in 3,2,1... on 7-Eleven Just Used a Drone To Deliver Slurpees and a Chicken Sandwich (roboticstrends.com) · · Score: 1

    Tell that to all the Walmarts in Texas that can't sell booze.

    That's because of already-established "interests" that have "pre-bribed" our "elected representatives" in order to keep their monopoly.

    They sell booze at the Walmart near my home in south Texas. HUGE isle full of beer/wine/coolers/whatnot. Since I don't drink I don't know if they sell hard alcohol and I'm not sure if that is what you mean, But they do sell "booze" down here in Walmart.