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  1. Re: Obsolete after three years? on Why Most Electric Cars Are Leased, Not Owned (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    I booted Linux Mint 18.3 off a flash drive. No special versions needed. Hold down Option key and select EFI drive. You need MBR on the Mac drive or it won't boot. *Everything* works out of the box. Installed touchegg to get addition touchpad gestures. I also turned the drivers on the control panel.

  2. Re: Obsolete after three years? on Why Most Electric Cars Are Leased, Not Owned (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Same boat but just installed Linux Mint 18.3 on it and it runs fast as when it was new. Apple updates ran that machine into the ground. I'm done with Apple.

  3. Re:A good start, but not the big problem on Amazon Lawsuit Aims To Kill Fake Reviews (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    I agree. The overwhelming positive reviews for stuff you know can't be 5 star (cheap bluetooth speakers, etc.) has made me completely ignore any of the "paid for with free product" reviews. Those reviewers often go into great length writing about product descriptions or packaging and ultimately aren't worth a damn. The real reviews that have ratings and reviews that aren't gushing are the ones I trust. The whole free product for reviews system needs to die.

  4. They self remove on How To Clean the Cruft Left By a Windows 10 Upgrade · · Score: 3, Informative

    The old Windows installation will be removed *automatically* after the period of time to roll back ends. No need to do anything.

  5. Do "rich" people quit working? on Finland Considers Minimum Income To Reform Welfare System · · Score: 3, Insightful

    There are a lot of people that have great wealth but keep working because they enjoy what they are doing. To suggest that everyone will just bail on work is not a good argument. Furthermore, consider how many people could continue education, or pursue arts, contribute to non-profits, etc. Our whole culture could shift in ways that we cannot fully predict with the security of a basic income.

  6. other users on Oregon Testing Pay-Per-Mile Driving Fee To Replace Gas Tax · · Score: 1

    There are other users in a state than just the locals (e.g. tourists, transport). Do they have a plan to recoup costs from them as well, or do they plan to give them a free ride?

  7. carsickness on Will Robot Cars Need Windows? · · Score: 5, Insightful

    People who get car sick need windows. Nuff said.

  8. Re:That's one reason the iPhone is so popular on Google Can't Ignore the Android Update Problem Any Longer · · Score: 1

    >But one thing I absolutely refuse to do is buy a phone where the manufacturer washes its hands of it

    I have an 1st gen iPad and an iPhone 4 that Apple doesn't give me security updates for. I moved to a Nexus 5.

  9. Re:Is this Google's fault? on Google Can't Ignore the Android Update Problem Any Longer · · Score: 1

    >When there's a new version of iOS, I get it the day it's released.

    I have an 1st gen iPad and an iPhone 4 that say otherwise.

  10. Brain Over Brawn on Hacking Weight Loss: What I Learned Losing 30 Pounds · · Score: 1

    Don't forget to read the excellent Brain Over Brawn from brainoverbrawn.com. It's free and you will learn a lot.

  11. Re:64GB on Google's Pricey Pixel Gets USB-C and a Lower Price · · Score: 2

    Move music off the drive onto usb storage. I got a small usb drive with just a tiny nub that sticks out for my daughter's chromebook and it works great. That leaves a lot of room on the drive. Remember that the OS doesn't take up 20-30 gigs of space on a chromebook.

  12. Re:I developed this crap when I hit 35 on Ubisoft Has New Video Game Designed To Treat Lazy Eye · · Score: 1

    I found it is worse with two monitors side by side or one that is off to an angle. Not looking straight on at a monitor seems to cause me a lot of fatigue in one of my eyes. Going back to one monitor has stopped a lot of eyestrain for me.

  13. Re:WWW on Inside the Weird World of 3D Printed Body Parts · · Score: 1

    Within the weird world of weplicated wetware widgets.

    Thanks, Barry

  14. Re:Apple Pushing All Mobile CPU Vendors on Apple and Samsung Already Working On A9 Processor · · Score: 2

    The long term plan is to run OS X on it.

  15. Re:beta tester now? on You Can Now Run Beta Versions of OS X—For Free · · Score: 1

    The hard drive is likely bad as you say, especially if it is the original from 2009.

    I recommend to use Smart Utility (free trial--will be all you need to verify)

    http://www.volitans-software.com/smart_utility.php

  16. beta tester now? on You Can Now Run Beta Versions of OS X—For Free · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I feel like I've been running betas since Lion.

  17. Re:Abolish marriage solves the problem. on Was Eich a Threat To Mozilla's $1B Google "Trust Fund"? · · Score: 4, Informative

    You don't seem to understand how things work.

    1. It is not just the Church that has a male-female view of marriage; this is found in religions and customs around the world and throughout history.

    2. In America, it *is* the government that decides who can and can't be together, not the church. You get license from the state to marry, you cannot marry close family members, etc. If you live too long with someone, the state considers it a common law marriage and you have real divorce proceedings.

    3. Churches merely perform ceremonies but the state licenses it. Without that state license, there is no marriage regardless of what church you were in.

    4. Now that comes down to your main point: have the government change from being in charge of marriage to only having civil unions and give the word "marriage" over to religion. Many states already have civil unions that function like that already. But that is not enough: people want to be called married when they commit themselves to one another.

  18. Re:Free market on How Mobile Apps Are Reinventing the Worst of the Software Industry · · Score: 1

    It's part of the beta.

  19. Re:YUP on Is Intel Selling Bay Trail Chips Below Cost? · · Score: 2

    Just wait until after the beta goes permanent live. Slashdot will be available for pennies on the dollar.

  20. Blue screen of death on MIT Develops Inexpensive Transparent Display Using Nanoparticles · · Score: 5, Funny

    Blue screen of death will have a whole new meaning if that pops up on your windshield.

  21. Re:A Subversive Library at their Fingertips... on Cubans Evade Censorship By Exchanging Flash Drives · · Score: 4, Funny

    The centurion with access to the KJV would be an impressive story.

  22. Not the first Macs to have this on Apple Faces Lawsuit For Retina MacBook Pro 'Ghosting' Issue · · Score: 2

    I have two 24" iMacs with burn in issues (now given to my wife and kids). My computer has two 24" Dell displays that are flawless. No more "all in ones" for me.

  23. Re:Allow me to join in here on Tim Cook Never Wanted To Sue Samsung · · Score: 1

    It takes time for your customers to show up as lost. I have many macs in my household--they will not be replaced with more macs. I have an iPhone; my next phone will run android.

  24. http://normanlayout.info/ This is similar to workman, and might be better. I've been experimenting with Dvorak but find I don't like the lateral movement to i and d, as well as the right pinky for s and l. For qwerty, I would only swap f and t for the left hand. The right hand would need a little more substitution. For me, reaching up with the first three fingers (or down with index) is no problem, but I really don't like the heavy lateral index finger movement.

  25. Dodson on Paleontologist Jack Horner Answers Your Questions · · Score: 4, Funny

    >Horner: My colleague Peter Dodson at Penn

    Dodson! We have Dodson here!

    See? Nobody cares.