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  1. Re:Robocalls on Why Robo-Calls Can't Be Stopped (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    We do. I get ~ 1 a month purporting to be from BT. The number is always a spoofed local number. He wants my to install TeamViewer so he can fix my 'virus problem'. If I have time, i play dumb and play along awhile. I don't run Windows, and I'm not even with BT, so I'm never in any danger. I try to follow the instructions he gives me and read back what I see on the screen. I once got as far as the supervisor's supervisor trying to 'solve my problem'. Eventually he cottoned on and called me a motherfucker. So nice. I reported the number to actionfraud - and noticed many others had done the same, and most calls had ended with the same epithet, so the guy's not exactly original with his insults. May the fleas of a thousand camels infest his arsehole.

  2. Re:Don't jump the gun. on Sony Pictures Open Sources Software Used to Make 'Into the Spider-Verse' (variety.com) · · Score: 1

    You suck at reading comprehension

  3. Re:Non toxic is not proven. on Researchers Develop a Non-Toxic Thermoelectric Generator For Wearable Tech (ieee.org) · · Score: 1

    Way to go! Totally missed the point

  4. Not in the uk. Boobie is a type of seagulll, boob definitely breast

  5. Re:Bret Kavanaugh is a proven RAPIST on Famed Mathematician Claims Proof of 160-Year-Old Riemann Hypothesis (soylentnews.org) · · Score: 1

    I'm sure they have better thing to do than come here to read this drivel

  6. Re:Unintended meanings on 380,000 Card Payments Compromised In British Airways Breach (sky.com) · · Score: 1

    If course, but now am I supposed to know? Wait for someone to raid my card up to the credit limit?

  7. Re:Unintended meanings on 380,000 Card Payments Compromised In British Airways Breach (sky.com) · · Score: 1

    Email. What freaking e-mail? I am directly affected by this, I bought tickets a month ago and am currently on holiday. Just cancelled my card, not a word from BA

  8. Pervert

  9. The 'juice' inside a coconut has always been called milk AFAIR. It's a natural thing to do, to extend the use of a word to cover something 'similar'. We do it all the time, and in the case of these products which are pitched as cow's mile replacements, there seems even more reason to do so.

  10. Re:Chinese promises on Chinese Space Official Seems Unimpressed With NASA's Lunar Gateway (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Yes, keep telling yourself that. Doesn't make it and more true

  11. Re:Slashdot should run a story about this... apk on Microsoft Teases New Outlook.com Dark Mode (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    FFS just F**K off with this spam

  12. Re:CDs... the most under-appreciated music format on Best Buy Stops Selling Music CDs (cbsnews.com) · · Score: 1

    Did you stop taking your meds?

  13. Multi-document interface https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

  14. Clearly you are not a greengrocer

  15. Re: Just two weeks ago they said wait for Mar 1 on Ubuntu Linux 18.04 'Bionic Beaver' Beta 1 Now Available For Download (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    Classy cunt?

  16. Re:phone should do calls on Samsung Announces the Galaxy S9 With a Dual Aperture Camera, AR Emojis (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Happy you've found a point in the past you are happy with. Personally, I'll stick with my 1970's wall mounted telephone from the GPO. And a paper address book. The quality is fantastic, once I've chased the crows off the telephone wires.

  17. Often industrial control from that era was actually RS485. Even those on RS232 often do funky things with the modem control signals that are either not replicated by USB devices or the timing is processor-speed dependant. RS232 was never a well-defined standard and was/is often abused, which compromises compatibility

  18. Kudos for the Hotel California quotation

  19. Re:Sadly true on New York Times CEO: Print Journalism Has Maybe Another 10 Years (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Oddly, I read one word at a time. Is there another way?

  20. Turkey Rolls - Yummy!! on Turkey Rolls Out Domestic Rival To WhatsApp, Raising Surveillance Concerns (reuters.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    I'm hungry !!!

  21. Re:trump on Ask Slashdot: Which Tech Company Do You Respect Most? · · Score: 1

    Thanks. An informative post. I learned something, and I stand corrected.

  22. Re:trump on Ask Slashdot: Which Tech Company Do You Respect Most? · · Score: 1

    I think you just proved his point. The POINT in 'price point' adds no extra information.

  23. Re: One simple fix. on Twitter Notifies 1.4 Million Users of Interaction With Russian Accounts (recode.net) · · Score: 1

    Lydia, oh! Lydia, say have you met Lydia
    Oh! Lydia, the tattooed lady
    She has eyes that folks adore so
    And a torso even more so
    Lydia, oh! Lydia, that "Encyclopedia"
    Oh! Lydia, the Queen of tattoo
    On her back is the Battle of Waterloo
    Beside it the Wreck of the Hesperus too
    And proudly above waves
    The Red, White and Blue
    You can learn a lot from Lydia

  24. Re: One simple fix. on Twitter Notifies 1.4 Million Users of Interaction With Russian Accounts (recode.net) · · Score: 1

    You can learn a lot from Lydia

  25. 10 out of 10 for a well-reasoned argument /sarcasm