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  1. Re:End it by eliminating spaces on Douglas Crockford Envisions A Post-JavaScript World (infoworld.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    Wellyoucan'teliminatedspacesbecausethey'dstillbeneeded.Soifyouwanttoeliminatejustonethingit'dhavetobetabs.

  2. Re:There's a very simple technology on Can Technology Prevent Cops From Forgetting To Turn On Their Body Cameras? (fastcompany.com) · · Score: 1

    But with a built-in battery, you can make it so you can't deprive it of power unless you disassemble it or don't charge it ever. It is not necessary to make it impossible to disable these things; we merely have to make it difficult, and impossible to say, "Oops, it was an accident."

  3. There's a very simple technology on Can Technology Prevent Cops From Forgetting To Turn On Their Body Cameras? (fastcompany.com) · · Score: 2

    It's called "not installing an off switch".

  4. Re:the real reason theyre arguing it. on Apple Will Fight 'Right To Repair' Legislation (vice.com) · · Score: 2

    Apple doesn't want to design a phone that isn't a hazard to repair.

  5. Re:Well, it was either that, or... on Developer Explains Why All Windows Drivers Are Dated June 21, 2006 (microsoft.com) · · Score: 1

    Hey, aardvark pays off!

  6. ...you had to use a hacky, counterintuitive fix to cover for a bad design decision. Business as usual at Microsoft, in other words.

  7. Re:I can see the commercials on Are Robots Coming To Take Investor Jobs on Wall Street? (nypost.com) · · Score: 1

    "programmed to always serve you."

    Well, unless I program the robot myself, I'm kinda taking your word for it, aren't I?

  8. Re:And this explains... on The Purpose of Sleep? To Forget, Scientists Say (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Not getting any sleep is fatal. The theory that sleep's main function is "to forget" doesn't explain that.

    Conceivably, it does. This theory goes that sleep makes us forget in order to do "housekeeping" for the brain. If the brain gets too cluttered, runs this line of thinking, it starts failing to function. Several neural failure could indeed lead to death.

  9. Re:you are a lazy fat sack of shit on 3D TV Is Dead (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Wow, you're really bitter that this has failed, aren't you?

  10. And biology... on Neuroscience Can't Explain How a Microprocessor Works (economist.com) · · Score: 1

    can't explain how a steam engine works. So?

  11. Re:Should I care? on Netflix is 'Killing' DVD Sales, Research Finds (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 1

    You might not care, but the studios would. If they think they can increase DVD sales by not letting Netflix stream the movie, they'll do so.

    Not quite correct. If they think they can make more from increased DVD sales than Netflix would pay them for the rights to stream the movie, then they'll shut down Netflix. And they have to ask themselves if consumers will decide to simply watch something that is on Neflix rather than buying the DVD.

  12. Re:Delivery on Amazon Now Gives Away 5,000 Bananas a Day (fortune.com) · · Score: 1

    I hope the brakes on the truck hold out...

    In a month, that would be like thirty thousand pounds...

  13. I dunno, but I really liked his work on Family Guy and The Amazing Spiderman. He's really versatile!

  14. Consumer Reports updates? on Consumer Reports Updates Its MacBook Pro Review (consumerreports.org) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Sounds more like Apple's updating CR's review. Not much in there about what CR thinks about all this.

  15. Re:the smell of E-6 in the morning on Kodak Is Bringing Back Ektachrome Film (petapixel.com) · · Score: 1

    The upshot is they made the boat, then managed to miss it. Not all that uncommon, actually. Xerox pulled off the same feat.

  16. "It's high noon somewhere in the world."

  17. Or, for those of you who don't want to have to edit the broken link in the address bar to get there: https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

  18. Unless, of course, you have an solid unbroken 80 year reputation in the testing field, like Consumer Reports does.

  19. Re:Are you kidding? on Has the Internet Killed Curly Quotes? (theatlantic.com) · · Score: 1

    (Recall the Mac/PC is Not a Typewriter books by Robin Williams.)

    Wow, he was really versatile, wasn't he? I had no idea he was a computer expert as well as an actor.

  20. Problem with disclosing your full test protocol is it tends to result in producers making their item specially tuned to look good for your protocol--while still being bad in actual use.

  21. Re:Why should you have to use your brain? on Microsoft Foresees AR Tracking Your Keys, Milk, Entire Life (cnet.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I loathe autocorrect. NO, you stupid machine, I did NOT mean that! If I meant that I would have typed it! I can't remember the last time autocorrect supplied what I meant, but I can remember lots of times it's changed stuff to something I didn't want.

  22. Re:That investment has been in the works for a whi on 8,000 New US Jobs? Trump Takes Credit For Sprint, Startup Decisions (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1

    A politician saying something that's not the whole truth? Inconceivable!

    You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.

  23. Re:I have an idea on China Claims Tests of 'Reactionless' EM Drive Were Successful (popsci.com) · · Score: 1

    The main issue, and the one this solves, isn't running out of fuel, it's running out of reaction mass.

  24. Why would that matter? on EU's Highest Court Delivers Blow To UK Snooper's Charter (theguardian.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Isn't the UK leaving the EU?

  25. Possibly yes, possibly no. If the attacker doesn't sign his intent to the image, you'll have to prove that separately. But declaring his intent right on the message with the image pretty much obviates the need to prove intent.