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  1. Re:No idea what that means on Simulations Back Up Theory That Universe Is a Hologram · · Score: 1

    "Computer: end program."

    Tea: Earl Grey, Hot.

    Didn't work, but there's still no way I'm wearing a red jumpsuit out of the house....

    Primitive technology,

    A sufficiently advanced system would recognize his voice and automatically choose his usual preference unless otherwise stated. In other words:

    "Tea."

    What if he likes more than one type of tea? It would be counter intuitive if the program didn't allow for options.

    Simple.. It would rad his brainwave poatterns to see if he wanted earl grey, orange pekoe, or sex on the beach...

  2. Re:No idea what that means on Simulations Back Up Theory That Universe Is a Hologram · · Score: 1

    It means we're al flat as pancakes ;-)

  3. Easy? For ol' Dad Wifi.. uh sorry but.. on Ask Slashdot: Easy Wi-Fi-Enabled Tablet For My Dad? · · Score: 1

    Apple haters sare gonna rail against me but the bottom line is if you need an easy wifi tablet you got to go with Apple.. Period.

  4. Re:What about FAT32 on German Court Invalidates Microsoft FAT Patent · · Score: 1

    LFN support has to do with the OS, not the file system. Windows 95 OSR1 was still fat 16, but supported Long file names

  5. Re:iTunes on Ask Slashdot: Best FLOSS iTunes Replacement In 2013? · · Score: 1

    No shit. I made the mistake of updating to 11 thinking it was like the Jobs era updates, where each one was ioan improvement. On Snow Leopard. Problem is, the newer versions of OSX come standard with that POS. Anyone check to see if it's possibl;e to downgrade without the system bitching. Especially that seriously user unfriendly "Mavericks" Reminds me of when M$ got invasive on their OSs./.. MAybe Nathan should do a "Mavericks is Evil" bit now!

  6. Re:Foobar 2000 on Ask Slashdot: Best FLOSS iTunes Replacement In 2013? · · Score: 1

    OK playlists, mybe is an issue, but certainly as long as you avoid Apple's proprietary lossless format your songs are safe. I always use AIFF. Hard drive sppace is so cheap these days that for main stoirage, why use anything but AIFF or FLAC. those are the only two non proprietary lossless formats I'ver seen that can keep art and info inside the file.. and on Apples flac doesn't play so because I use both a OSX and Windows, amopng other things, I use the universally compatible AIFF. I gues all those iDevice or Android folks might be suffering that the could only contain 100 albums in AIFF without spending 10 minutes converting them.. but, what they hey.. life is rough!

  7. Re:They will, without a doubt, die... on Thieves Who Stole Cobalt-60 Will Soon Be Dead · · Score: 1

    I think it (gamma rays) was all that was needed to turn Bruce Banner green (when angry) There was also an 'Invisible Man' series where it was caused by radiation. (starring David (UNCLE) Macallum)

    Does this mean the've got to be on the lookout for 2 big green men in ripped trousers?

  8. I can tell your tax bracket... on Gov't Puts Witness On No Fly List, Then Denies Having Done So · · Score: 1

    ...by how bad you think things are (or are not). Until the high income earners start to suffer friom this dictatorial system like the rest of us, we'll still get snarky comments about how "great" the freedoms afforded US citizens is...

  9. No states have a law about plugging anything in on EV Owner Arrested Over 5 Cents Worth of Electricity From School's Outlet · · Score: 1

    The isiot cop doesn't even know the law. There are NO LAWS on the books about plugging anything whatsoever into any outlet anywhere.. and no... i can't give a citation for something that doies not exist. The judge should throw the book at that cop for wasting the system's time and money. Hiope he gets canned..

  10. Re:How safe is it driven within the law? on Is the Porsche Carrera GT Too Dangerous? · · Score: 1

    How safe is the car when you follow all driving laws like speed limits especially through turns?

    Ridiculously safe..! Actually, I've owned a few Porsches and only an idiot would be able to have abn accident with them.. unless, of course, you're driving themm right at the edge, and then 800 horsepower certainly CAN "bite your head off" . The most ridiculous proposition in the article, though, was that it's harder to handle because it's mid-engined, instead of the engine in the rear. Is the writer a lunatic, or is it a typo? EVERYBODY knows that the biggest issue with Carrerras, and in fact ALL 911s was the rear engined issue..

  11. Re:Proof! on Research Suggests One To Three Men Fathered Most Western Europeans · · Score: 1

    ...But.. there's also the possibility that aliens used three templates to hybridize the european strain.. let's fgace it.. light skinned folks are poorly suited to theis planet.. evolution would surely ALWAYS defer to darker skinned types.. meaning there's Earthlings and Martians on the same planet ;-)

  12. Re:Proof! on Research Suggests One To Three Men Fathered Most Western Europeans · · Score: 1

    This proves it! Noah and his sons have been found through genetics.

    Well, that *is* how it appears...

  13. Re:sorry, I agree with the decision on Disabled Woman Denied Entrance To US Due To Private Medical Records · · Score: 1

    I don't want to be on a plane with someone who potentially has a history of clinical depression.

    That's fine. You're welcome to stay in your bunker.

    Better not fly then.. most pilots have had it...

  14. How did the US get CANADIAN private medical record on Disabled Woman Denied Entrance To US Due To Private Medical Records · · Score: 1

    How did the US get CANADIAN private medical records anyways. legally? and how can illegally obtained records be a basis for refuising anyone? And Why the fuck is 60 minutes not on their ass? What a rotten goddam country.

  15. Re:The U.S. government is EXTREMELY corrupt. on NSA Infected 50,000 Computer Networks With Malicious Software · · Score: 1

    WTF? "President" is too hard to spell, or what?

    Hmmm Precedent...Procuittodent.. princident.. parsley. Yu.. seems so.. Gotta stop hanging around with that "common core" crowd...

  16. Re:terrorism! ha! on Imagining the Post-Antibiotic Future · · Score: 1

    Trying to rally the public with "if you get a scrape you will die" is pretty much fear mongering. And fear mongers can fuck right off.

    But that's exactly right, and how it used to be.. If you got a scrape, that got infected, and for any reason couldn't fight it off, yes, you would die..

  17. Re: attention kmart shoppers there is a bule light on Blue Light of Death Plagues PlayStation 4 · · Score: 1

    Sony is one of the co-creators of the HDMI standard.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HDMI_Licensing

    LOL!

  18. More data for the NSA? on Your Phone Number Is Going To Get a Reputation Score · · Score: 1

    Greaat. Next.. once they have that list of "Burner phones" they'll hand it over to the NSA as "Suspicious users".. lovely...

  19. Re:Where's the torrent file? on Britain's Conservatives Scrub Speeches from the Internet · · Score: 1

    Frankly, I've been appalled at what's been going on in the UK for years. Not really that different from Canada, another British system. Where, just like y'all on the island, we never had any pesky "Freedom and liberty for all" types to ruin a good socialist dictatorship. Except the British governments have taken totalitarianism to the nth degree. When it comes to internet freedom, which is far more important than "guns" for protecting liberties and freedoms, everybody's capitulated to the big media companies, who have clearly been infiltrated by your MI6, and the CIA in the States, as the best way to shut down the net. Americans ignore the net and instead cry "guns" claiming the constitution, but when that law was drafted, to protect against an overreaching tyrannical government, they didn't have RPGs and these monster tanks, drones,and the rest of the deadly arsenal the military now have. Try fighting THAT off with yer pistol.. Sure.. Anyone who studies history though, knows that any resistance reqires well planned co-ordination, and if a totalitarian state rears it's ugly head, they're going to first purge the military (done as I write this), and then take over the media, by any means possible. In the case of the net, they're only having limited success in the US, so maybe they'll just pull the plug, with an "unexpected" planned CME. China, Europe, Australia, and especially The UK, are having lots ore success though, as they have far more control over the ISPs, and, also, especially as the UK has more electronic stool pigeons than the Soviets could have ever dreamt of. For a long time Canada was still free, but here as of only a very short time ago, it's becoming increasingly controlled now. Of course, as is typical with Canadians, it's been done so quietly nobody's noticed. Except when receiving an inordinate number of "not available in your country" notices. Heck I can't even see a Saturday night live *promo clip* on YT! Also lots of 403 notices, and such. But nothing like Jolly Old Britain's new face.. "Are there no prisons?.. Are there no workhouses?"... Looks like somebody took good ol' Scrooge to heart as a role model, same as many did with the fictional character Gordon Gekko..

  20. Re:can they on Sweden Is Closing Many Prisons Due to Lack of Prisoners · · Score: 1

    Problem hee is that everybody's forgotten what prisons were for. Not rehabilitation. That can be accomplished better and cheaper other ways. Renmember how much the US spends per prisoner. much more per person than welfare payments. In fact if they used that money for that instead, then onlky hardened criminals, Besides, sending someone to crime school isn't ther best rehab anyways. Well, the, Punishment? Or protecting society? The US model is based on punishment, with only a token nod to "protecting society". There's way better ways to punish criminals though, and if the prisons were used exclusively to protect society, we could tear the other half of them down. This is, in fact what they were originally for. To keep them away from society for safety's sake. The US model is based on punishment though, and creates a revolving door because of poorly drafted laws and kneejerk reactionismn on "getting tough on crime". Making more acts criminal isn't "getting tough on crime" however, but rather the opposite, and anyone who believes that has absolutely no education or understanding at all . Whatever. It's too late anyways. You make your bed you have to sleep in it.

  21. You can still burn wood in the dirtiest of stoves on EPA Makes Most Wood Stoves Illegal · · Score: 1

    You just can't buy said wood stoves anymore, according to my take on this new legislation. I think we've had something like this in Canada already for some time, because we needed to repace ours and couldn't with the same model anymore. There's no reason to use a crappy one when the cleaner ones (which also are more efficient) exist. They're not like fireplaces anyways ( which you can still use!) as you can't just sit in front of an open flame That's my take on the new regs..

  22. Re:It's true. on What Apple Does and Doesn't Know About You · · Score: 1

    He seems like a very *sincere* shill, I mean, maybe he really thinks he's helping against "big brother", but he's still a liar, and a really irresponsible one at that. Just like American preachers haven't yet discovered you can't save souls by lying and exaggerating , which they all defend saying it';s all for the "greater good", Alex hasn't discovered that making up wild eyed conspiracies on the spot, does not keep anyone "safe". I mean, have a listen sometime to his turn of the millenium broadcast. It's insane! And i don't know how well meaning his repeated attempts to disrupt legitimate protests (especially in Texas) couild ever have possibly been. I would respect Jesse Ventura a lot more if he dropped that shill as a contact, now he's planning a Presidential bid...

  23. Seriously? on The Feathered Threat To US Air Superiority · · Score: 1

    With all the new carbon analogues and isomers, they haven't made a diamond hard cockpit glass *yet*?

  24. Re:You can get that data in real time on Tesla Model S Can Hit (At Least) 132 MPH On the Autobahn · · Score: 1

    I ride an electric scooter, and with lead acid batteries.when going 45 MPH (the top speed) I get about 6-8 mile range! I can double that by going the designated speed that the bike's supposed to go.(25 MPH)..

  25. Re:Universal language goes mainstream on A Math Test That's Rotten To the Common Core · · Score: 1

    Bob has 5 apples. Bob gives 3 of his apples with Alice. How many apples are there?

    Clearly he gave three apples *and* Alice to that third party.. unless "Apples with Alice" is some new kind of code word...