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  1. Re:Nothing New in a Decade on Samsung Beat Apple In Smartphone Shipments, Profit Surges To 2-Year High (thehindu.com) · · Score: 1

    FWIW: Apple just had a blowout quarter. Share price is way up.

    Also, there is Apple watch, and Apple pay; although neither of those seem to be going anywhere.

  2. Re:...and Kim is to blame on North Korea Is Blackmailing Top South Korean Online Retailer For $2.66 Million (softpedia.com) · · Score: 1

    Funny how some people are always grasping for straws to find some reason to smear the US.

    Do you actually think some individual in NK, with no connection to the government, could do this? They don't even have open internet connections for individuals.

  3. Want more STEM workers? Stop stomping them. on Tech Takes Its K-12 CS Education and Immigration Crisis To the DNC (cnet.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I think it's fair to say that a STEM degrees are not easy to get.

    So why bother getting one, if you are just going to have your job offshored, or get replaced by a visa worker?

    If you really want more STEM workers: stop sending the message that are you going to stomp the crap out of them.

  4. My understanding is: thorium is much safer.

  5. Re:His fatal mistake on Feds Seize KickassTorrents Domains and Arrest Owner In Poland (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 2

    Or if he was presidential candidate. Especially one who was secretary of state, and once married to the president.

  6. Im vegan, and would have no interest in lab grown on Slashdot Asks: Would You Eat Lab-Grown Meat? (dmarge.com) · · Score: 1

    I went vegan about two years ago. I have never eaten better.

    No interest in eating meat, lab grown or otherwise.

  7. Hillary guilty of obstruction of justice? on DOJ Will Not File Charges Against Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (politico.com) · · Score: 1

    According to Chris Christie "Clinton could have committed obstruction of justice by deleting emails or ordering emails to be deleted while she was under subpoena by the House of Representatives."

  8. Snowden is one of us little people. He is not part of the elite ruling class. Therefore, unlike Hillary, Snowden is not above the law.

  9. Only difference is: Tricky Dick has been vilified by the pop-media for decades. Liberal media is still swooning over Hillary.

  10. Does Windows10 == systemd? Redhat == MS? on EFF Petitioned To Investigate Windows 10 Upgrades (change.org) · · Score: 1

    Seems like the same idea. Most users hate it, but it is being maliciously forced on users for the sake of the vendors.

  11. But then you get that systemd crap.

  12. Difference between "hate speech" & "free speec on Microsoft, Facebook, YouTube and Others Agree To Remove Hate Speech Across the EU · · Score: 1

    No difference as far as I can see.

    You can go anywhere and say things that are politically correct for that area. You have free speech in North Korea, as long as you don't say anything politically incorrect.

  13. Is it worth all the fuss? on YouTube Threatens Legal Action Against Video Downloader (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 1

    Seems to be that most movies make almost all of revenue within the first year. By that time, there may be a tiny trickle of income from DVD rentals, or online streaming services, but that is about it.

    By the time a movie, or a song, or a book, is over eight years old; I doubt it's bringing in anything.

    Actually, I think about the revenue, from a movie, may come from the opening weekend.

    So why the huge hissy fit about old movies on youtube?

  14. From: Oxford Journal: Clinical Infectious Diseases on Antibiotic-Resistant E Coli Reaches The US For The First Time (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    > "Some people argue that antibiotic-resistant strains that develop in food animals are largely irrelevant to human health because E. coli strains are relatively species-specific and so will not cause disease in people. This current study [5] shows that argument is flawed."

    http://cid.oxfordjournals.org/content/49/2/202.full

  15. Another POSIX hater on CentOS Linux 6.8 Released (softpedia.com) · · Score: 1

    > Unreasonable hatred is not something we wish to encourage or foster.

    So why do you Red Hat shills so unreasonably hate POSIX, and the UNIX philosophy?

  16. Systemd shills rated this "troll" what a surprise on CentOS Linux 6.8 Released (softpedia.com) · · Score: 0

    Red Hat is shameless.

  17. FreeBSD, Slackware, Gentoo, or Calculate Linux? on CentOS Linux 6.8 Released (softpedia.com) · · Score: 0

    Just no reason for CentOS anymore. The kernel on the 6.x distros is old. The 7.x use that horrid systemd crap. It really sucks. CentOS 6.5 was a great distro.

    Calculate Linux is based on Gentoo, but Calculate installs easily. I use the MATE based distro, everything works, and is easy.

    I think Slackware 14.3 is out. That might be worth a look.

    I used FreeBSD for a while, but FreeBSD has no Dropbox client, and I could not install my VPN on FreeBSD. Sad, because FreeBSD is very solid UNIX implementation.

  18. Linux becoming another proprietary OS? on Linux Advocate Suggests Using More Closed-Source Software (techrepublic.com) · · Score: 1

    Seems to be heading that way. First systemd, then more closed source software, all the things that made Linux a unique, and interesting, project seem to be fading away.

  19. Re:My Way on Pfizer Blocks The Use Of Its Drugs In Executions · · Score: 1

    Seems messy.

  20. MOD PARENT UP! on Genetically Modified Crops Are Safe, Report Says (nbcnews.com) · · Score: 1

    Maybe the only person here who gets it.

  21. I would go to 1870 on Ask Slashdot: What Was The Greatest Era Of Innovation? (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    That was an amazing era, life changed quickly, and in fundamental ways.

    > radio, turntables, automobiles, aircraft, and home refrigerators

    Also x-ray machines, movies, phonographs. And how could you forget: the tabulating machine.

    Go back to 1870, and you have telephone, and ticker tape.

    Electricity in homes also became practical during that era.

  22. Any opinions on thorium? on Renewables Fastest-Growing Energy Sources, Feds Say (computerworld.com) · · Score: 1

    Seems to me that thorium has more potential than wind or solar.

    Any opinions?

  23. Re:Yes, some 200,000 died, BUT on Obama To Become First US President To Visit Hiroshima Since 1945 Nuclear Attack (independent.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    > Much of the government and parts of the military wanted to surrender by that point

    Much of the government and parts of the military did not mean a damn thing back thing. Japan was a dictatorship. Hirohito refused to surrender, and that is what mattered.

  24. How is a visit "historic" or even newsworthy? on Obama To Become First US President To Visit Hiroshima Since 1945 Nuclear Attack (independent.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    When a president signs a treaty to end WWII *that* is historic.

    A visit is essentially meaningless. Obama's visit to Cuba is also meaningless.

  25. Why do they need donations? on The Pirate Bay Gets a 'Massive' $9 in Donations Per Day (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 1

    Don't they make money from advertisements?