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  1. Re:They're going to have to improve something. on GM To Offer Apple CarPlay and Android Auto API In Most 2016 Vehicles · · Score: 1

    I just bought a Korean car. Better luck next time, GM!

    You do know the 2014 Cruz is also a Korean car, don't you?

  2. Re:For me it's Windows NT 3.1 on 25 Years Today - Windows 3.0 · · Score: 4, Informative

    OS/2 3.0 had TCP/IP networking as standard. Remember that in the timeframe of OS/2 2.0 and 2.1, there wasn't a clear leader in LAN networking, with IPX, SNA and others also widely used in small office and enterprise networks, so it made sense for IBM to ship it as an optional addon. In the same timeframe, Windows 3.x not only didn't ship with a TCP/IP stack, but you had to get one from a third party.

  3. Re:Also on Asteroid Risk Greatly Overestimated By Almost Everyone · · Score: 1

    But the ash in the upper atmosphere, the lightest and finest stuff, tends not to cross the equator, so the southern hemisphere won't suffer the serious crop failures that the northern hemisphere will.

    Considering that the Romans and Chinese have written records of the Hatepe eruption that occurred in 180CE, I wouldn't count on that.

    The eruption of Mount Tambora, which caused the 1816 "year without summer" also technically crossed the equator, but at 8deg S is probably close enough that it is to be expected.

  4. Re:Force his hand..."Sue me! Sooner than later..." on Student Photographer Threatened With Suspension For Sports Photos · · Score: 1

    You can grant permission for use without handing over "all rights". If the student is taking a yearbook class, and submits his photos to the class, he has a pretty good idea what those photos are going to end up used for. Making a copyright claim against the school later would be as stupid as what the principal is trying to do here.

  5. Re: Do most of the work? on Choosing the Right IDE · · Score: 0

    What is with the modern obsession with renaming things? Does your boss measure your performance by the number of lines needlessly changed in the code or something? Before refactoring support was the must have feature of IDEs, we had stable APIs to program to. Now some kid that grew up with his attention span crippled by the internet and smartphones wants to change the names of everything every five minutes.

  6. Re:There can be only one. on Choosing the Right IDE · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The difference between Emacs and an IDE is that with Emacs, you can adapt it to the way you prefer to work. With an IDE you have to adapt the way you work to the IDE.

  7. Re:The two things that have led me to oppose the D on Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Gets Death Penalty In Boston Marathon Bombing · · Score: 2

    2) I've been in jury deliberations twice. This was far more damaging to my faith in our justice system.

    This is the main reason why most other Western countries dropped the death penalty decades ago. This particular case is not a very convincing argument against the death penalty due to the severity of the crime and the killings that were carried out during the pursuit, leaving no reasonable doubt that they got the right guy. But many other cases in the US, some which eventually get overturned in the many appeals a death row prisoner is entitled to, and others such as Carlos De Lunas which have slipped through.

  8. Re:What does it say about you? on Does Using an AOL Email Address Suggest You're a Tech Dinosaur? · · Score: 3, Funny

    Get off my lawn! -- jrumney%slashdot.org%uucp.gateway.bitnet%NET.uu.uunet@uk.ac.earn-relay

  9. Re:I expected... on How Light at Night Affects Preschoolers' Sleep Patterns (Video) · · Score: 1

    News for Nerds. Apparently nerds these days are interested in anything involving crowdfunding, bitcoin, youtube, plane crashes, police brutality, global warming, immunization and natural disasters.

  10. Re:Old question on The Milky Way's Most Recent Supernova That Nobody Saw · · Score: 1

    It's perfectly clear from context. There is no need for revisionism in the language purely for the sake of looking down on those who do not follow your rules.

  11. Re:Old question on The Milky Way's Most Recent Supernova That Nobody Saw · · Score: 1

    It's is a perfectly good use of the possessive singular of it, seen throughout historical texts like the US constitution. I reject the revisionism that brought about the artificial word its so that grammer nazis can start flame wars on internet forums.

  12. Re:Old question on The Milky Way's Most Recent Supernova That Nobody Saw · · Score: 1

    If a tree explodes in the forest...

    ...and you happen to have a mirror handy, you might just catch it's light echoes.

  13. Re:Not yet statistically significant on Self-Driving Cars In California: 4 Out of 48 Have Accidents, None Their Fault · · Score: 1

    Or the car handed control over to the human behind the wheel, but they didn't notice because they were on Gmail at the time.

  14. Re:$70 max on Examining Costs and Prices For California's High-Speed Rail Project · · Score: 1

    Either you're one of those super-privileged people who live close to the center of London and Paris, or you need to add 1-2h at either end to get from your suburb to the high speed rail station.

    A lot of suburban London is within 30 minutes of central London. Suburbs further out just have faster trains. I used to live outside the M25, and had a 23 minute non-stop journey, with a train every 10 minutes at peak times.

  15. Re:Hacked on Keurig Stock Drops, Says It Was Wrong About DRM Coffee Pods · · Score: 1

    Which law makes circumventing it illegal?

  16. Re:I'll bite on Microsoft Releases PowerShell DSC For Linux · · Score: 1

    Thanks for mansplaining that for me. You must be a hit with the girls.

  17. Re:I'll bite on Microsoft Releases PowerShell DSC For Linux · · Score: 1

    Have you ever seen init scripts?

    I'm still trying to get over the upgrade to systemd, you insensitive clod!

  18. Re:I'll bite on Microsoft Releases PowerShell DSC For Linux · · Score: 2

    Even more fun when you're calling out to the shell from some other language.

  19. Re:My experience on Google Can't Ignore the Android Update Problem Any Longer · · Score: 1

    Of course you can go back. This is not Apple we are talking about. Just download the image for the version you want, and the flashing tools and flash it.

  20. Re:Don't be mean to Lennart on When Enthusiasm For Free Software Turns Ugly · · Score: 1

    am I supposed to ignore GNOME's outstanding interface designs?

    Which ones would those be?

    GNOME 2 had some good ideas.

  21. Re:Besides, it was French. on Signs of Subsurface 'Alien' Life Found In Antarctica · · Score: 1

    Strange, I've never seen or heard of Kelvin bits being used in place of kibibytes.

  22. Re:well then it's a bad contract on ESPN Sues Verizon To Stop New Sports-Free TV Bundles · · Score: 2

    Sport is only "expensive" because cable sports channels have upped the bidding stakes.

  23. Re:John was right on An Open Ranking of Wikipedia Pages · · Score: 2

    Rank by "Page views" rather than "Harmonic centrality" (whatever that means). John Lennon is at number 122 among humans, with Jesus trailing at 123. Biggest musician seems to be Ariana Grande at number 1 (only Robin Williams is bigger than her).

  24. Re:Caller ID on Facebook's "Hello" Tells You Who's Calling Before You Pick Up · · Score: 1

    I guess there's a point to the "1532 have blocked this number" except that ALL the people you want to block come from undisclosed numbers/PABX/skype anyway

    I get quite a few calls from known numbers belonging to my credit card company's marketing department trying to sell extra services or increase my credit limit. But Android already had the ability to set the ringtone for a contact to NONE.

  25. Re:This won't pay: system in London closed in 2003 on UK Company Wants To Deliver Parcels Through Underground Tunnels · · Score: 1

    There was no congestion charge in 2003.