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  1. Re:That leaves just Google scaring users on Microsoft Windows U-turn Removes Warning About Installing Chrome, Firefox (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    There already IS a plugin for this. Just use Duck Duck Go or something other than google.

  2. Yet another reason to avoid using Edge. Also, it turns out that you can actually get rid of IE now, but, of course, not Edge.

  3. Almost positive on Why Google Fiber Is High-Speed Internet's Most Successful Failure · · Score: 1

    that Google Fiber WAS just simply introduced to goose the market. And I also don't think that they expected the response to be so g-dammed slow.

  4. Why any country with the capability to develop its own system would rely on other countries to do it for them has always been a mystery to me. It makes the 'security' part of the term meaningless.

  5. I cannot fathom why this thing still exists. They were famous years ago for screwing up everything they touched.

  6. Well, this will certainly endear them to the public at large....

  7. The only way I can understand why large companies have a tendency to shoot themselves in the foot is that, contrary to certain politicians, corporations are NOT people too. In fact, if they were they would, by definition, be sociopaths.

  8. Facebook on Facebook is Rating Users Based On Their 'Trustworthiness' (engadget.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Who is going to rate Facebook's 'trustworthiness'? Anyone....anyone??

  9. What IS it with large companies always trying to shoot themselves in both feet?

  10. I am genuinely curious: why can China process scrap and we, for some reason, either cannot or simply refuse to. Mild pun meant.

  11. Not to worry! You will be able to purchase it through the Apple Store for somewhat under $500!

  12. A perfectly reasonable idea that will be used for all the wrong reasons. So, standard operating procedure, I guess

  13. Someone in Congress is proposing something rational. Perhaps a trend will begin,,

  14. Re:OMG, a match made in heaven on Walmart Teams Up With Microsoft To Fight Amazon, Netflix (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    "Just add McDonald's, and you'll have the pablum trifecta." Already there. At least at the Walmart I infrequently go to there is already a McD inside.

  15. Dear lord! on Walmart Teams Up With Microsoft To Fight Amazon, Netflix (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    Walmart + Microsoft. Now there's a match made in Hell.

  16. So now EMI will become exponentially worse than they already are? It's a definite probability so let's cue up the Sex Pistols.

  17. name change on Illinois To Sue EPA For Exempting Foxconn Plant From Pollution Controls (reuters.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The EPA has turned into the Environmental Polluting Agency and this is a feature, not a bug.

  18. but I want to suggest that we start calling all cryptocurrency 'aspirational money' a la the aspirational pricing of real estate (Manhattan, London, etc.).

  19. So has Georgia actually passed a law that will effectively make the investigation of this ransomware attack illegal? That would be both stupid and highly amusing.

  20. Re:Just use the old fashioned way on Ask Slashdot: Is There a Good Alternative to Facebook? (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    What the hell???? But, just for grins, let me tell you about a glory hole that used to be in one of the very oldest buildings at UT Austin. The divider between stalls was a huge slab of solid marble. Somehow, a glory hole was made in it. It was there for ages. Might have something to do with the fact that the building also houses the Architecture Library. I found it more amusing than practical.

  21. Facebook?? on Ask Slashdot: Is There a Good Alternative to Facebook? (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 2, Interesting

    ANYTHING, other than Facebook, is an excellent alternative to Facebook.

  22. too little on Mozilla Pulls Advertising from Facebook (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    and too late.

  23. is The Journal of Irreproducible Results back now?

  24. "one single malicious vehicle" on One Single Malicious Vehicle Can Block 'Smart' Street Intersections In the US (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 1

    And no one was surprised. Or, at least, they shouldn't have been.

  25. Re:Invest or Bribe? on Uber Will 'Invest Aggressively' In India And Southeast Asia, CEO Says (buzzfeed.com) · · Score: 0

    This is SO why we need to vote, Democrats, stop being so damned lazy and get off your asses and vote. It is supremely important that you do so.