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  1. Re:A liberal state doing what it does best on Oregon Fines Man For Writing a Complaint Email Stating 'I Am An Engineer' (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    How can I get that pretty girl from Logistics added to that list?!!

  2. Re:Finally a good use for fitness trackers. on Murdered Woman's Fitbit Nails Cheating Husband (nydailynews.com) · · Score: 1

    Make sure to include a 1541 floppy drive to read your box of floppy disks.

  3. Rich folks like this guy have the funds to build nice post-apocalyptic shelters; Mr Brin appears to think having an aerial shelter would be best, and I think it's a clever way to get away from the zombie hordes, nuclear mutants, etc.

  4. Who really cares if it's only 90% similar to actual actor's voices; if it's close enough or just sounds good/appropriate for the video content, that's enough for most people. Would I be so put-off by not having a specific actor's voice that I wouldn't watch a movie? Can't see that happening, except for some die-hard supporters or fan-boys of specific actors.

  5. Excellent ideas! Thank you.

  6. AI should be expanded to "Achievable Imminently."

  7. Re: Not Quite Right on Broadcasters Put New Ad-Skipping Restrictions On YouTube TV (dslreports.com) · · Score: 1

    No teat sucking required, just use BitTorrent. Zero commercials, available minutes after a show airs. Why anyone still submits themselves to corporate teat sucking is puzzling. Maybe to give the author a few pennies for all the dollars the corporation gobbles up. Better if there was a donate button for the authors to get full funds directly, decouple from distribution.

  8. Is that a meme I missed? I've heard of KHITBASH, but I'm trying to figure out what the acronym is for "Punch her in the Louvre..."

  9. Re:Pity, since I can't accept the EULA on Microsoft's Edge Was Most Hacked Browser At Pwn2Own 2017, While Chrome Remained Unhackable (tomshardware.com) · · Score: 1

    I guess you're still using Lynx?

  10. Shit Burger on What If You Could Eat Chicken Without Killing a Chicken? (theoutline.com) · · Score: 1
  11. Re:there's a simple solution on Windows 10 Is Just 'A Vehicle For Advertisements', Argues Tech Columnist (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    Or update your hosts file to use your loopback IP address for the spy domains, like the last part of this hosts file.

  12. Re: Portable turrets on US Army Unveils 3D-Printed Grenade Launcher Called RAMBO (ibtimes.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    I think you were looking for "I see you" and "Are you still there?"

    https://youtu.be/r_imBPDKN_M

  13. Re:No real information on NASA Proposes a Magnetic Shield To Protect Mars' Atmosphere (phys.org) · · Score: 1

    Everyone knows there is an ancient Martian atmosphere generator beneath the surface.

  14. The answer is Moops

  15. It's Unbelievable!

  16. Re:Uh...yeah! on Laid-Off IT Workers Worry US Is Losing Tech Jobs To Outsourcing (www.cio.in) · · Score: 1

    That logic fails when those "many persons" walk away from the disasters they orchestrated while acting as a corporation. Don't have to look far back in time to see examples of this. Only when the "many persons" in a corporation become accountable/punishable for misdeeds of a corporation will anything change.

  17. Re:It puts the lotion in the basket on Skin deep? Robots To Wear Real Human Tissue (thememo.com) · · Score: 1

    "The resulting tissues aren't used to moving, stretching and straining"

    "CAPTCHA = boners"

    How else do you expect that tissue to move, stretch and strain, if not boners and the corresponding skinned-robotic vulvas/vaginas?

  18. Relax, they were just deflating it.

  19. Re:Maybe I'm oooooolllllld... on Google Increases Gmail Attachment Limit To 50MB For Recipients (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    If you had mentioned posting a file to usenet, we would know you really are old.

  20. Favorite Emergent Behavior on AI Scientists Gather to Plot Doomsday Scenarios (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 2

    I used to be an AI developer like you, til I took an arrow to the knee.

  21. They will be / already are smarter than CEOs, but I doubt we'll see cushy CEO jobs disappear.

  22. Re:Why not a fake account? on Ask Slashdot: Would You Use A Cellphone With A Kill Code? · · Score: 1

    Then have the duress code present the fake, normal-looking home page, while it deletes the real user data. Then by all appearances nothing happened (evidence tampering/destruction), and your data is wiped, and you can still use your phone afterwards.

  23. It appears he demarcated the line at 5%.

    The life-blood of corporations is money, and humans are naturally greedy, so it is obvious that a corporation will raise the price of a product or service to the maximum that the market can realistically support, factoring in everything such as negative perception bias, etc. When corporations forget that last part, you get $600 Epi-Pens (Heather Bresch) or Daraprim increasing in cost 56x (Martin Shkreli).

  24. Re:Why stop at $50? on Studios Push for $50 Early Home Movie Rentals (variety.com) · · Score: 1

    Their new program will be called DIVX, for Dividend X, where X is the current price, which changes based on the demand, similar to Uber's surge pricing.