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  1. It's the Volkswagon of CPUs!

    SD

  2. The Cheese Slicer on Ask Slashdot: What Would Happen If a Hyperloop Train Failed? · · Score: 1

    If you wanted to cause some economic/real terror you just shoot a piece of aircraft cable diagonally through the tunnel. The car arrives in the station sliced in half. The same thing happens to your investment in hyperloop.

    SD

  3. Re:Hot Ai on Ai action on Amazon's Alexa and Microsoft's Cortana Are Going To Work Together (recode.net) · · Score: 1

    Or Cortana decides your refrigerator needs a software upgrade and shuts it down for three hours while it installs.

    Or your furnace, in January at 2am...

    SD

  4. Hot Ai on Ai action on Amazon's Alexa and Microsoft's Cortana Are Going To Work Together (recode.net) · · Score: 2

    You think you might enjoy some hot AI on AI action until Alexa spams your outlook contacts with your Amazon purchase history (Read the reviews) and Cortana start flashing the lights in your bedroom at 2am to remind you of a meeting in 8 hours...

    SD

  5. This story and the Climate change story preceding on A NASA Spacecraft Will Head Straight For the Sun -- Farther Than Any Probe Before It (abc.net.au) · · Score: 0

    Put this story's headline with the previous one and I get the headline "Trump has NASA bomb the sun to prevent Climate Change"

    SD

  6. Set in a future where a failed climate-change experiment kills all life on the planet except for a lucky few who boarded the Airpiercer, a plane that travels around the globe, where a class system emerges.

    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt17...

    I welcome serving my Google overlords...

    SD

  7. The "Aliens" solution is a close as they come... on 'There's No Good Way To Kill a Bad Idea' (qz.com) · · Score: 2

    "Take off and nuke them from orbit, it's the only way to be sure..."

    SD

  8. Cautionary Tale... on Indonesia Wants To Criminalize Memes (dailydot.com) · · Score: 2

    First they came for the Harambe, and I did not speak out—
    Because I was not a handsome gorilla.

    Then they came for the most interesting man in the world, and I did not speak out—
    Because when I do, I do it silently.

    Then they came for nutsack squirrel, and I did not speak out—
    Because I did not have big nutz.

    Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.

    -Mustard Man

  9. Re: An easier sollution on Ask Slashdot: Can Technology Prevent Shootings? · · Score: 1

    From a Vern diagram standpoint we need to eliminate the overlap between gun owners and murderous assholes. I am open to any and all proposals to do just that.

    SD

  10. I can't say it any better than this...

    Carl's Jr. Computer: Enjoy your EXTRA BIG ASS FRIES!
    Woman at Carl's Jr.: You didn't give me no fries, I got an empty box.
    Carl's Jr. Computer: Would you like another EXTRA BIG ASS FRIES?
    Woman at Carl's Jr.: I said I didn't get any!
    Carl's Jr. Computer: Thank you! Your account has been charged. Your balance is zero. Please come back when you can afford to make a purchase.
    Woman at Carl's Jr.: What? Oh no, NO!
    [She hits the machine. An alarm goes off, and a sign appears on the computer saying "WARNING! Carl's Jr. Frowns Upon Vandalism"]
    Carl's Jr. Computer: I'm sorry you're having trouble. I'm sorry you're having trouble.
    Woman at Carl's Jr.: Come on! My kids are starvin'!
    Carl's Jr. Computer: [the woman kicks the computer, and it sprays a fast-acting tranquilizer in her face] This should help you calm down. Please come back when you can afford to make a purchase. Your kids are starving. Carl's Jr. believes no child should go hungry. You are an unfit mother. Your children will be placed in the custody of Carl's Jr. Carl's Jr... "F*ck You, I'm Eating."
    [Joe approaches the computer]
    Carl's Jr. Computer: Welcome to Carl's Jr. Would you like to try our EXTRA BIG ASS TACO? Now with more MOLECULES!

    SD

  11. $17 Bucks on Ask Slashdot: Affordable Hardware For Remote-Booting USB Devices? · · Score: 3, Informative

    http://www.amazon.com/WT-AF-5v...

    Did not take much google fu to find this sucker. 5v output from POE and passthrough to boot.

    SD

  12. Like a LPR for electronics on Proposed MAC Sniffing Dongle Intended To Help Recover Stolen Electronics · · Score: 1

    So he wants to build a license plate reader for technocrap. As most gear is set in WiFi whore mode by default, you could build a decent database of "who, where, when" the same way LPRs work. Stick these up on lamposts, or even better at the entrance and exit routes of your town and start building your database. What could go wrong?

    SD

  13. In other news... on Most Healthcare Managers Admit Their IT Systems Have Been Compromised · · Score: 2

    20% of Healthcare CIOs are idiots or liars. Every healthcare organization has seen the basic web malware on the the inside of the firewall. If they haven't been cyptolockered at least once, the do not use the internet. Patching in healthcare sucks. Doctors do anything they want with IT systems. If you have an electronic healthcare record, someone unauthorized has seen it. Hospitals systems are busy building new sites and cutting IT 10%. I saw one EHR deployment where every client/user logged into the database as "SA". The only faith I have in the system is that it has been compromised already...

    SD

  14. Harddrive for a 386 on What's the Oldest Technology You've Used In a Production Environment? · · Score: 1

    My desktop tech brought me a 386 that had a failed hard drive due to a building collapse (a longer story). It was part of a 3 computer "network" that housed a database of "drug buy" money for the local police department. We replaced the harddrive and put DOS and the database back on it (via floppy backup no less). To the best of my knowledge, it is still in service today. That is how you keep the hackers out!

    SD

  15. Re:Not really a problem on POS Vendor Uses Same Short, Numeric Password Non-Stop Since 1990 · · Score: 2

    You'll need a three day wait and a background check to secure one of these terrorist "paperclips". Sure, you could 3D bend your own with some wire and a few thousand dollars in equipment, but it will still be inferior to the real thing.

    -SD

  16. Virus Name on Scientists Discover a Virus That Changes the Brain To "Make Humans More Stupid" · · Score: 3, Funny

    That is an insult to Pond Scum everywhere.

    SD

  17. Guns, lots of Guns on A Brain Implant For Synthetic Memory · · Score: 1

    Who says they need to replace existing memories? Booting up 5 years of flight school after one operation seems like an obvious use of this technology. Downloading a full Chinese or Korean vocabulary would be handy as well. Even if training the muscles took time, having the data local would sure expedite the process. Think of all the roles, military and otherwise that require memorization of facts/processes and the applications of this tech become had to imagine.

    SD

  18. Do you really want this? on Researchers Develop "Narrative Authentication" System · · Score: 2

    Computer: Last time you were on, you watched a video. In that video a _____ was having sex with a ____. Respond?

    End of Line

  19. They took our GUNZ on A Ray of Hope For Americans and Scientific Literacy? · · Score: 1

    Those that are literate enough to figure out what the tea party actually means might understand the science. The rest joined the "Don't Let O-bama Take our Gunz" party and have no interest in science beyond muzzle velocity and jacket composition.

    SD

  20. Do I get my money back? on Judge Hints At Jail Time For Porn Copyright Troll Prenda Law · · Score: 1

    Do I get my money back? It was not me downloading all that stuff. Seriously...

  21. Galaxy Note on Don't Super-Size My Smartphone! · · Score: 1

    I love my Galaxy Note. It is an awesome Phonelet. Unlocked international with ICS. Add a headset (it does look a little odd when you talk into it) and you are gold.

    SD

  22. Other point of contact on Ask Slashdot: How To Deal With Refurbed Drives With Customer Data? · · Score: 1

    There are some eastern european 'gentlemen' that will pay top dollar for quality information. Just extract the names and social security numbers, you can keep the drive.

    SD

  23. Re:Everyone knows the answer ... on The Mystery of Mars' Bizarre Plumbing · · Score: 1

    Close, in my new paper I out the real cause, Prehistoric Intelligent Interplanetary Sand Kracken. How could it be anything else?

    SD

  24. I call BS on Ohio Supreme Court Drawn Into Magnetic Homes Case · · Score: 1

    Magnetized steel beams are not the likely culprit. How did it make it this far with such a lousy summary? This reads as a grounding issue. The symptoms fit perfectly. The steel beams are connected to earth at one potential and the grounding rod / waterline bond is at another. Somewhere in the house, connections are bridged so current is flowing from one ground path to the other on a high resistance link. The fix is to bond the building steel to the common earth that the electrical panel is utilizing with a hefty piece of copper wire. Drain the imbalance and modern electrical equipment starts working correctly.

    SD

  25. Assume they are as stupid as they are. on Retrieving a Stolen Laptop By IP Address Alone? · · Score: 1

    Place an email on the account the laptop is checking:

    The RAM/Bike/Boat you sold me is working perfectly, but I have misplaced your address. Please let me know where to send the $300 cash.

    Once you have an address, you have something to talk to the police about.

    SD