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  1. Re:If Xorg would fix... on Steam On Linux Now Has Over a Thousand Games Available · · Score: 1

    so fix it...

  2. Re:String them along on Listen To a Microsoft Support Scam As It Happened · · Score: 1

    Agreed. At first I just pretended to be following along, and after a while he asked if I was even at my computer. I got on Linux and followed all of their instructions. After a while he gave me to someone else and they walked me through all the steps all over again. Something with the TeamViewer exe wasn't working right.

  3. Re:I am Jack's complete lack of surprise. on Listen To a Microsoft Support Scam As It Happened · · Score: 1

    What makes you so sure? I swore at one in Hindi while I was following their instructions and they asked me if I was from Pakistan. The real shock is that TeamViewer hasn't pulled that old download.

  4. Re:Damn... A win for the creationists on Oldest Human Fossil Fills In 2.8-Million-Year-Old Gap In Evolution · · Score: 1

    I know you are joking, but in a way it is a win for creationists. After 2.8 million years, we have under 8 billion people on earth. Statistical models just don't support it. You have creationists that believe there could have been more people on earth prior to the flood than there are now, in just 1656 years when the lifespan was ~900 years per person. My great great grandparents had 11 children that lived to adulthood, and my grandparents had 6...try running those numbers. At just 4 surviving children per parents, using 33 years per "generation", you easily hit 8 billion in 1000 years.

  5. Anyone Remember Chicago? on US Air Traffic Control System Is Riddled With Vulnerabilities · · Score: 1

    I don't think we needed a report to know this. Last Octobers arson in Chicago was evidence that there are serious vulnerabilities with the FAA.

  6. Re:Dumb question on Study: Peanut Consumption In Infancy Helps Prevent Peanut Allergy · · Score: 1

    Probably because we grew up on PB&J...who does that anymore?

  7. Football anyone? on Stephen Hawking: Biggest Human Failing Is Aggression · · Score: 1

    Imagine football without aggression...

  8. Re:What if? on Scotland's Police Lose Data Because of Programmer's Error · · Score: 5, Funny

    Reminds me of lost IRS emails...

  9. What? on Apple Patent Could Have "Broad Ramifications" For VR Headsets · · Score: 1

    You mean Nintendo didn't patent this with Virtual Boy?

  10. Re:Fear Mongering FTW on Oxford University Researchers List 12 Global Risks To Human Civilization · · Score: 1

    Really? Climate change is a Bible thumper thing? AI? Nano Tech? Sounds more like the left, not the right.

  11. Old news...problem already addressed. on Designing Tomorrow's Air Traffic Control Systems · · Score: 2

    That's because Boston isn't utilizing decent surface management software. Busier airports like Atlanta and JFK do, so if you want to do a real study, study an airport that has already addressed this issue. http://www.airtrafficmanagemen... https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

  12. Re:Why aren't we using these space shuttles? on Air Force To Take Over Two Ex-Shuttle Hangers In Florida For Its X-37B Program · · Score: 1

    If any more blow up, there won't be as many trophies to have in museums.

  13. Complain to the supplier! on Ask Slashdot: Dealing With an Unresponsive Manufacturer Who Doesn't Fix Bugs? · · Score: 1

    I bought a USB temperature reader and the software that came with it would not even run. After 2 weeks of complaining to the manufacturer (in China) I complained to the website that I bought it from. The software was fixed the next day. It turns out the supplier (also in China) had a close business relationship with the manufacturer and basically told them to fix it. I never quite understood how they could let it get to the point of burning software CDs with software that didn't work at all.

  14. Red heads are going extinct! on Scientists Seen As Competent But Not Trusted By Americans · · Score: 1

    "Scientist" do a pretty good job of doing that themselves, especially when they publish articles that are blatantly false such as the "red heads will go extinct" study.

  15. That model really helped Cable TV on Study: Ad-Free Internet Would Cost Everyone $230-a-Year · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I remember when Cable TV was ad free because I paid extra for it...now 25-30% of a shows time is dedicated to advertisements, and I get to pay to watch them.

  16. Only 40%? on 40% Of People On Terror Watch List Have No Terrorist Ties · · Score: 2

    Realistically, how many people share the same name as a terrorist? I had a friend by the name of Chris Johnson who had been flagged. If one Chris Johnson is a bad guy...all the rest are not, and I bet that's a lot of Johnsons. What made it funny was that he had a top secret clearance but still got flagged at airports.

  17. like I really want a 7 meter ground sloth in my back yard...

  18. Ice on Great Lakes in June on NOAA: Earth Smashed A Record For Heat In May 2014, Effects To Worsen · · Score: 1

    I saw the map they published. They have the western Great Lake region just slightly below normal, and the eastern great lakes above average. Lake Ontario is currently at 46F in June, well below normal...yet this map has the Lake Ontario region as "above average".

  19. Re:Can we regrow the source plant? on The Earliest Bird To Sip a Flower · · Score: -1, Troll

    yet we have procedures today for gay couples to have biological children together...

  20. Smartphones use satellites? on Is It Really GPS If It Doesn't Use Satellites? · · Score: 1

    I always lose my GPS signal the moment I enter Canada. With international roaming off, I lose GPS as soon as I leave the US. That doesn't sound very satellite based. Does any GPS service use satellites these days?

  21. Evolution at it's finest! on Professors: US "In Denial" Over Poor Maths Standards · · Score: 1

    Smart, intelligent, educated women just aren't breeding as much as their lesser counterparts. Why would we expect our nations children to be getting smarter? Clearly it's natural selection gone wrong!

  22. Re:Also reviewed by the Bad Astronomer on US Climate Report Says Global Warming Impact Already Severe · · Score: 1

    Wait, the graph shows humans caused global cooling between 1890 and 1920? How did we do that?

  23. Working with UPS to find it? on The Feds Accidentally Mailed Part of A $350K Drone To Some College Kid · · Score: 4, Interesting

    The last time UPS messed up a delivery for me, their automated phone system told me where it was. When I talked to a real person and explained that my package was not delivered, he had the address where it was delivered on the computer, and the address of where it was supposed to go as well. (It was a mile away on a completely different street...I'm assuming his next stop. I just went and got it myself, just asked about a package that wasn't theirs.)

    The real question is, if they have the capability to know where it was really delivered, why would they not program the handhelds to make all sorts of noise when the delivery guy screws up?

  24. Practice safe flying people... on For the First Time Ever, the FAA Is Trying To Fine a Drone Hobbyist · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I've heard pilots complain (@ LiveATC.net feeds) on approach at JFK of drones entering their visual range while landing on at least 2 occasions. That stuff rarely makes the news, and I don't listen to that stuff often, mainly for work purposes.

  25. Nothing + Nothing = ?? on Mathematical Proof That the Cosmos Could Have Formed Spontaneously From Nothing · · Score: 1

    0 + 0 = 0
    0 - 0 = 0
    0 * 0 = 0
    0 / 0 = infinity! There it is!! The big bang!!!