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  1. Re:I preferred the RIZR myself on Motorola's Legendary RAZR Flip Phone Is Making a Comeback (engadget.com) · · Score: 2

    It works for Agent Gibbs just fine.

  2. Re:Meet the new boss on Slashdot and SourceForge Sold, Now Under New Management (bizx.info) · · Score: 1

    This is what you need to do: 1. add a 'room' concept for special interests (after hiring me to implement it). --the Radio Shack Computer Room --the COBOL GISTs Forum --the Reality TV Geeks in the Forest room. 2. The SlashStarter Room: it's like KickStarter, but is exclusively for /. salary (so that there will be some). 3. The What to Do If Trump Wins Room: Mom say I have to go to bed now, so I'll explain this during home room tomorrow.

  3. Re:He was right! on Computer Chess Created In 487 Bytes, Breaks 32-Year-Old Record · · Score: 1

    I did it in under 20 bytes, two ways:
    version 1.1: I support all moves except: opening move.
    version 1.2:
          Print "I resign."
                                       

  4. As a python and WP programmer... on CERN May Not Have Discovered Higgs Boson After All · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I'm pretty darn sure it proves the existence of Unobtainium.

  5. I'm betting on Python Eyes on MIT Researchers Bring JavaScript To Google Glass · · Score: 1

    I'm betting on Python Eyes, O-O=====, object-oriented mayhem.

  6. On a floppy disk on What Are the Weirdest Places You've Spotted Linux? · · Score: 2

    A very early linux...on a floppy disk

  7. Re:Be Thankful--Good news on The Schizophrenic State of Software In 2014 · · Score: 1

    Excellent! More jobs for tech weenies...at the cost of turbulence.

  8. Re:NoScript...take no prisoners on Ask Slashdot: Are AdBlock's Days Numbered? · · Score: 2

    I'm imagining a TakeNoPrisonersScript that pounds each ad with clicks, say, a dozen times. Eventually, clicks will no longer mean anything to the advertisers.

  9. Re: click-throughs on Google Removes "Search Nearby" Function From Updated Google Maps · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Google has better control of ads if they decide what you want to find.

  10. Re:This cost NASA $670 M, at a time when Congress on MAVEN Ready To Launch Today · · Score: 1

    Cheap if you ask me. That's about what it cost to delelop the 'affordable health care' web site.

  11. Re:The hell is 7x a 64gb drive? on Big Jump For Tablet Storage: Seagate Intros 5mm Hard Disk For Tablets · · Score: 1

    So it's smaller than one square Rhode Island, but holds more data the the R.I. State Library?

  12. Re:Florida resident here: (re: veterans) on Gambling-Focused Internet Cafes Now Illegal In Florida · · Score: 1

    Yes. And one of the largest targeted group of cafes purported to raise funds in the cafes for veterans, but allegedly, little of it made it to vererans' organizations.

  13. Why not? on Why a Linux User Is Using Windows 3.1 · · Score: 1

    Original posted solution sounded like a fun--if not optimal--solution. I remember an ancient Word Perfect on Windoze 3.1 being more productive than later word processors over more modern computers. Why? Software developers (I'm guilty of being one) have accelerated their gobbling of memory and processor cycles over the years so much that the poor HW folks can't keep up...despite the later's impressive results. The result: page downs are still painfully slow. But hey, I can format the document in Vulcan XML. Thanks.

  14. Real name issue on Facebook Test Will Let You Message Strangers For $1 · · Score: 1

    It's hard to pay $1 if your FB account is under a fake name. One more way to pressure FBers to use a real name.

  15. Eek! the Rocknest Monster on Mars Rover Finds Complex Chemicals But No Organic Compounds · · Score: 1

    There they will find the Rocknest Monster and the end of the rover. (Warning: not funny unless you actually read TFA.)

  16. Fewer embarrassing/career-fatal events on Companies Getting Rid of Reply-all · · Score: 1

    At least three times I've seen an off-color joke sent in a reply-all, that included a company-wide address in the list that the sender didn't notice. Once, I similarly received an excel file with all salaries (very small company).

    Except for the caberet, I say 'good riddance' to reply-all.

  17. Hope they'll have a bio-neural interface on 48-Core Chips Could Redefine Mobile Devices · · Score: 1

    Hope they'll have a bio-neural interface. I'll need one really bad by then.

  18. FB does't want you to give employer your acct info on California Employers Can't Ask For Your Facebook Password · · Score: 1

    ...because FB would rather sell your private data to them and others.

  19. Re: Drops support quickly on Lexmark To Exit Inkjet Printer Market · · Score: 1

    I swore off Lexmark permanently for their habit of dropping support for printers so quickly. In my case, I couldn't get a driver for the next version of Windoze after the printer model was dropped. Clearly it was a way to force people to buy a new model. I did...an Epson.

  20. Re:No. on Ask Slashdot: Using a Sandbox To Deal With Spambots? · · Score: 1

    Agree about the mindless bots. Humans don't check the postings often, if ever. I blocked a class C IP block once. The event log showed attempted hourly postings 6 months later.

    Some things that help:
    --Moderate the forum: heavy human labor, but works. The nonsense of most spam is immediately obvious
    --banned words: tricky to avoid banning legit postings. Best used in combination with moderation. But its pretty safe to ban the names of the commonly spammed drugs, expensive sports shoes and ladies' accessories, etc.

  21. gigawatt...ho hum on Existing Solar Tech Could Power Entire US, Says NREL · · Score: 5, Funny

    1 gigawatt is what a single nuclear power plant might generate, and it's more than most coal plants

    On the other hand, that's barely enough for one jump back to the future.

  22. Re:ssh--What does Tatu YlÃnen know about this on Father of SSH Says Security Is 'Getting Worse' · · Score: 1

    What does Tatu YlÃnen know about this? It only took 20 years for his security tool to be softened by hackers. It takes almost, um, minutes for a new Apple ios to be jail-broken. Never mind.

  23. Re:Stuoid people on The Real-Life Doogie Howser · · Score: 2

    Obviously the young fellow won't be a /. reader. For example, I can never remember if my PW is abc123 or 123abc.

  24. Re:Amazing! on Canadian Agency Investigates US Air Crash · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Kind of heart-warming. Americans genuinely like Canadians and share a relatively peaceful border with them. Conflicts are few...the odd fishing-rights shouting matches and, well, ice-hockey skirmishes. Fairly rare on the planet.

  25. Re:Amateur Radio keeps getting better! on Happy World Amateur Radio Day · · Score: 1

    I'm glad the ARS de-emphasized Morse code as a gateway to a license. Even the armed forces have abandoned it.

    However, it's still fun and useful. It's amazing how horrible the signal can be and still grok the message....just modulation of static-y noise is enough.

    nerf-cough-glak-curf ack-snak
    (dit-dit-dit-dit dit-dit)
    Hi