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  1. Re:When did they rebrand months? on The Pepsi P1 Smartphone Takes Consumer Lock-In Beyond the App (thestack.com) · · Score: 1

    Depends where you live, eh?

  2. Re:EFI, the NEW boot standard, requires FAT 8.3 on There Is No .bro In Brotli: Google/Mozilla Engineers Nix File Type As Offensive · · Score: 1

    Electronic fuel injection? That's older than 20 years, I think.

  3. Re:Big Sister is watching on There Is No .bro In Brotli: Google/Mozilla Engineers Nix File Type As Offensive · · Score: 1

    I have a cousin who has a bunny-wool fetish, you insensitive clod!

  4. Re:Finally! on Linus: '2016 Will Be the Year of the ARM Laptop' (softpedia.com) · · Score: 1

    More like Presbyterians, Ford owners and Francophones.

  5. Re:Well on Debian Dropping Linux Standard Base (lwn.net) · · Score: 1

    "I never drink water. Fish piss in it."
          - W.C. Fields

  6. Re: Debian Spiral on Debian Dropping Linux Standard Base (lwn.net) · · Score: 1

    Mine does. 17.2.

  7. Re:I have tried installing it on 5 computers so fa on Microsoft Claims 110M Devices Now Run Windows 10 (computerworld.com) · · Score: 1

    You missed the part where I said I installed Linux.

  8. Re:Simple on Microsoft's Mission To Reignite the PC Sector (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    We'll do better than that. We'll GIVE you an OS that's safe from malware, and doesn't phone home to the NSA or Microsoft.

    With your choice of a dozen desktops.

  9. Re:I have tried installing it on 5 computers so fa on Microsoft Claims 110M Devices Now Run Windows 10 (computerworld.com) · · Score: 1

    That Dell should run Linux just fine. 20 minutes or so to install. The hard part is thinking up a user name and password. You'll have to reboot once, too.

  10. Re:Labor cost to install remains the biggest issue on SolarCity Says It Has Produced the World's Highest Efficiency Solar Panel · · Score: 1

    Make your own racks on the ground. $35K will buy a lot of pressure treated 4x4s and sackrete.

  11. Re:will they "cost no more to" buy? on SolarCity Says It Has Produced the World's Highest Efficiency Solar Panel · · Score: 1

    It's installation and red tape (permits). Do your own install on the ground, out in the boonies far from inspectors and neighborhood associations. Germany figured this problem out years ago, and their installations cost half what ours run.

  12. Re:Did Carly get paid? on How Steve Jobs Outsmarted Carly Fiorina · · Score: 1

    Merely being self-confident enough to be able to lead a large organization is insufficient for the presidency.

    Being a community organizer is good, though.

  13. Re:Let me recycle my joke from Reddit on Scientists Discover How To Get Kids To Eat Their Vegetables · · Score: 1

    Compared to poi, yeah.

  14. Re:Copylefted free software is needed on EFF: DMCA Hinders Exposing More Software Cheats Like Volkswagen's · · Score: 1

    If you find an open source car I'll buy it.

    And it better not have Microsoft software, like Fords.

  15. Re:Comment on The Man Who Invents Languages For a Living · · Score: 1

    With a lot of the new art, music, and software today, your point is well taken.

  16. Re:They will come looking for us ... on Edward SnowdenTalks Alien Communications With Neil deGrasse Tyson · · Score: 1

    If they're that smart, they will get machines to do their dirty work. We're not so smart, and we're trending that way.

    Cortez and his ilk only had to spend a few months exploring. Going to the next inhabitable planet is a bigger problem.

  17. Re:Electric lawn tools on Making Liquid Fuels From Sun and Air · · Score: 1

    Unless you have a quarter acre of grass like I do.

  18. Re:Other than the "liquid fuels" part... on Making Liquid Fuels From Sun and Air · · Score: 1

    But you can store logs for when you need power. Better yet, if you just need to keep warm, logs are pretty good for that.

  19. Re:Renewable Energy is a better label on Making Liquid Fuels From Sun and Air · · Score: 1

    Algae biodiesel isn't that efficient. Algae are more interested in growing more algae than in making fuel for your car. If you make an artificial photosynthesis machine, you should be able to make it more efficient. Whether it's cheaper is another matter.

  20. Re:LibreOffice 5.x is a big improvement on Italian Military To Switch To LibreOffice and ODF · · Score: 1

    Yes. RTFM!

  21. Re:LibreOffice 5.x is a big improvement on Italian Military To Switch To LibreOffice and ODF · · Score: 1

    I've found God to be fairly useable, but you have to do things his way. Same way with LO too, I guess. I don't know what's so "unuseable" about it. I only use 2% of its capabilities.

  22. Re:Data Plan Blew Up on Microsoft Is Downloading Windows 10 Without Asking · · Score: 1

    Linux Mint is a less than 1 GB download. Just sayin'.

  23. We just got a Smart TV..... on Is There Too Much New Programming On TV? · · Score: 1

    ...to replace our 25 year old CRT (with converter box), but it doesn't work. There's nothing Smart on TV.

  24. Re:Mission accomplished on How Close Are We, Really, To Nuclear Fusion? · · Score: 1

    Proposals, yeah, but like many other previous proposals of satellite power generation, the economics are not so favorable.

  25. The Hum on Massachusetts Boarding School Sued Over Wi-Fi Sickness · · Score: 1

    Seriously, now, The Hum is an actual affliction of a small percentage of people scattered all over who are tormented by the sound of an idling diesel throbbing. Many theories have been proposed, none verified. The current one is VLF radio transmissions, and a serious experiment is underway to verify it (or not). www.thehum.info