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  1. Thanks for the reminder on Political Polls Become Less Reliable As We Head Into 2016 Presidential Election · · Score: 1

    I need to wrap up that FreePBX raspberry Pi project I started so I can take better control of my landline.

  2. Easier to land than fake it? on Russian Official Calls For "International Investigation" of the Apollo Program · · Score: 1

    How does this hold up if the landing was faked or not?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGXTF6bs1IU

  3. You still have to submit it on Facebook Now Supports PGP To Send You Encrypted Emails · · Score: 1

    So how are you securely getting the email message to facebook to start with? I see an SSL connection that could easily have a "man in the middle" thing going on...

  4. The race is already on we're just not in it on Neil DeGrasse Tyson Urges America To Challenge China To a Space Race · · Score: 5, Interesting

    If he hasn't noticed China is already racing ahead. We've rested on our laurels for too long.

  5. Re:We old ones have a word for digital natives. on Recruiters Use 'Digital Native' As Code For 'No Old Folks' · · Score: 1

    And we can type that in at the same time we kill them. Monster kill! Now get off my lawn!

  6. Re:B0ll0cks... on Hillary Clinton Used Personal Email At State Dept., Possibly Breaking Rules · · Score: 1

    That will be an interesting question to ask her during one of the many debates she may be in next year.

  7. Not so hard to get around on Apple Patent Could Have "Broad Ramifications" For VR Headsets · · Score: 2

    If I understand patents correctly the supporting claims don't matter it's the parent claims. Break one part of the parent and the rest falls apart.

    Part of claim 1 the only parent claim...

    "a detection mechanism configured to alter the portable electronic device based on whether the removable portable electronic device is mounted on the frame"

    That's easy... Mount the display in the headset. Push a on screen button launching VR mode. Device changes to VR mode. Take off the headset, touch the screen - since you won't be touching it while watching it, and device comes out of VR mode. It's not like you need to be that lazy to have it automatically start when put in.

    If I'm right Samsung / Google I just saved you both some trouble. If I'm wrong then please tell me where so I'll learn something.

  8. I'm not doing your homework on Ask Slashdot: How Could We Actually Detect an Alien Invasion From Outer Space? · · Score: 3, Funny

    Nice try advanced scout party. You slipped through but I doubt the armada will fair as well.

  9. Re:What does the military think it is doing? on Government, Military and Private Sector Fighting Over Next-Gen Cyber-Warriors · · Score: 1

    They have the beret already might as well give them warrior in their title too. They'll still be called a REMF though. Yeah that is a little mean...

  10. You can run but you can't hide on Sony Sells Off Sony Online Entertainment · · Score: 1

    Just like IBM Deathstars moving on to other manufactures I will remember Daybreak Game Company was once SOE and they made and ruined Star Wars Galaxies. Good luck with the zombie apocalypse clone...

  11. banana phone? on How One Small Company Blocked 15.1 Million Robocalls Last Year · · Score: 1

    What ever happen to the raspberry pi banana phone guy? http://lifehacker.com/5981063/block-telemarketers-and-robocalls-for-good-with-the-raspberry-pi-powered-banana-phone

    I was looking forward to seeing that. I even bought the parts for it but haven't had time to build my own.

  12. Hello Micheal on Mercedes-Benz's Self-Driving Concept Car Is Here · · Score: 1

    They should have had David Hasselhoff as the driver.

  13. If it's said twice it must be true on Microsoft Is Building a New Browser As Part of Its Windows 10 Push · · Score: 0

    It's not I repeat it's not IE12.

  14. Reminded me of an old project on 65,000 Complaints Later, Microsoft Files Suit Against Tech Support Scammers · · Score: 1

    I got one of those calls the other day. Oh I was ecstatic ready to play the game. Then I realized I had dinner to make and the kids were hungry so I cut it short. I did get him to yell and hang up rudely - score. Then I remembered why didn't I finish that FreePBX project to block these telemarketers...

  15. Re:11:30 AM? on Did Alcatraz Escapees Survive? Computer Program Says They Might Have · · Score: 1

    The summary has a typo.

  16. Re:Tip of the iceberg on Pope Francis Declares Evolution and Big Bang Theory Are Right · · Score: 1

    Unless they populated Earth with every single lifeform, that wouldn't be possible, since all lifeforms have a single family tree.

    Perhaps all life is in the same family tree? The environment it grows in shapes it to the needed design for the best chance of survival.

  17. Where is that surveillance van? on LAX To London Flight Delayed Over "Al-Quida" Wi-Fi Name · · Score: 4, Funny

    I've had the FBI parked outside my house for seven months now. I just can't figure out where "FBI surveillance van 42" is at.

  18. Re:It only takes one ... on How Nigeria Stopped Ebola · · Score: 1

    Perhaps like a nurse who traveled right after caring for an ebola patient?

  19. Spolier alert on Tetris To Be Made Into a Live Action Film · · Score: 1

    It's a remake of the Last Star Fighter.

  20. Another side effect on Irish Girls Win Google Science Fair With Astonishing Crop Yield Breakthrough · · Score: 1

    This is a no brainer. Add nitrogen and increase production. Good job doing this with bacteria. Maybe then we could cut using anhydrous ammonia and make an ingredient for meth harder to come by.

  21. The future is bright still on WSJ Reports Boeing To Beat SpaceX For Manned Taxi To ISS · · Score: 1

    Commercial launch capabilities are still in motion from these competitors. It's only a matter of time and desire for some group to get together and build their own fort up in orbit and beyond thanks to them. It takes a government entity years to do anything but a private one gets it done faster and often under budget.

  22. Sadly an event will have to take place on Text While Driving In Long Island and Have Your Phone Disabled · · Score: 1

    The only way this will problem will be corrected is when a horrific event occurs. Then people will care. Now they just check the phone and think they are in control.

  23. HTTPS and HTTP gotcha on Feds Say NSA "Bogeyman" Did Not Find Silk Road's Servers · · Score: 1, Interesting

    How many sites out there are HTTPS but deliver some data via HTTP by mistake or oversight? Looks like that applies here too. Good job tracking this down. Plain old inspecting what your receiving and digging into it.

  24. Re:Doom by boredom on Changing the Rules of a 15-Year-Old Game: Quake Live Update Causes Controversy · · Score: 1

    It worked for Star Wars Galaxies it'll work for Quake Live.

  25. Wow Disney Marvel failure number one on Marvel's New Thor Will Be a Woman · · Score: 1

    They usually do so good using established works and expanding upon them. At least call her a Goddess if you're going to do it right.