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  1. Did they try saying on Twitter Sued For Giving Voice To Islamic State (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    "Tweets don't kill people, people kill people." ?

  2. PDP-11/10 Installed 1973, last booted 1999 on Can Your Hardware Top 18 Years and Ten Months? (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Not continuous use, but impressive. Also Mac G3 tower running as an ASIP server from '98 to '12

  3. It's just middle-out. on BBC Confirms 50% Bitrate Savings For H.265/HEVC Vs H.264/AVC (bbc.co.uk) · · Score: 2

    Lawyer up.

  4. Re:Surround Sound Decoder? on Ask Slashdot: Cheap and Fun Audio Hacks? · · Score: 1

    We were doing this back in the 70s with whatever 2 channel source would handle it plus the added speakers. It's not decoding surround but as it was explained back in the 70s it does give you some cool audio effects from the difference in the stereo channels, IIRC it was phase difference that contributed to the "new" sounds you'd hear. Note: this hack is NOT the reason I no longer have a working Pioneer SX-980,

  5. How? Shirtless on horseback! on How Russia May Send Cosmonauts To the Moon After All (examiner.com) · · Score: 1

    That was easy. This is Putin we're talking about.

  6. Free to look at it live, on Chemical Evolution of Self-Replicating Molecules Observed In a Lab (nature.com) · · Score: 1

    $32 per copy otherwise. If you want free suggestions then provide a free readable piece.

  7. Most districts don't think of this... on Turning Around a School District By Fighting Poverty (npr.org) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    they just keep throwing money and gadgets at the school building with little or no thought for the other 18 hours of the students' day.

  8. 11K. on LG Announces "Super UHD" TV Lineup (digitaltrends.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm holding out for 11K.

  9. Why use a machine? on Ask Slashdot: Any Dishwasher Hackers Out There? · · Score: 1

    It takes marginally more time to completely wash a dish than it does to rinse it and put it in the machine.

  10. Right here on the shelf. on Before Google There Was the Chemical Rubber Company (hackaday.com) · · Score: 1

    Lived by this tome for much of my education and a substantial portion of my career.

  11. The eGolf is quite the effort... on Musk, Others Want Volkswagen To Go Electric Instead of Fixing Diesels (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    inch for inch a Golf, not an unproven model (leaf) encroached or compromised trunk space (energi, volt) and more-than-commuter range. $21K with the rebates - that's less than a GTI. This is a huge opportunity for VW. If my commute gets below 80 miles I'm getting one.

  12. They're cute on Astronomers Spot Baby Galaxies Cradled In Dark Matter (phys.org) · · Score: 1

    when they're small.

  13. Add a $10 / 10 min battery to every desktop... on Ask Slashdot: What Single Change Would You Make To a Tech Product? · · Score: 1

    to allow save / quit in case of power bloops.

  14. Drones are the dirt bikes & ATVs of the skies. on The Problem With Mandatory Drone Registration (roboticstrends.com) · · Score: 1

    And we know we can't regulate those on the roads, so this will do no better.

  15. Nobody needs 8. on Maybe You Don't Need 8 Hours of Sleep After All (theatlantic.com) · · Score: 1

    you need 6 or 7.5 or 9 based on REM cycles. 8 is most likely a convenient rounding of the mean of the most common waking times, 7.5 and 9. Nobody wants to print 8.25 in a story.

  16. Isn't " ignorant and curious" the next Discovery on Volkswagen Seeks To Repair Its Image By Focusing On Electric (wired.com) · · Score: 1

    Channel reality series? Oh, wait, that was done already - and ABC called it "Lost"

  17. The e-Golf may be my next car... on Volkswagen Seeks To Repair Its Image By Focusing On Electric (wired.com) · · Score: 1

    Inch for inch a Golf. 85 mile range. Down to USD$28K ($21K after the tax credit). For $500 Bosch comes and installs a fast charger in your garage. What's not to like?

  18. Re:Star Trek is a MILITARY service on Can Star Trek's World With No Money Work In Real life? (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    Hey! You're from Boston too?! "not much need for cahs aboard a naval vessel" (*ducks* c'mon, at least it's a funny typo tag...)

  19. Since time is money, how about all the time they on Can Star Trek's World With No Money Work In Real life? (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    saved in the 23rd century by not having to touch their communicators and say "Spock here. Oh, and you're on speaker. Bones, Captain, and two red shirts are here with me." or "Hold on I have to take this..." and then duck behind a foam rock for privacy.

  20. Meh. I've been using a laser to control my cat's on Scientists Control a Fly's Heartbeat With a Laser (ieee.org) · · Score: 1, Funny

    heart rate, CNS, vocal cords and - sadly - excretory functions for some time now.

  21. Imagine if someone said, on Microsoft's Mission To Reignite the PC Sector (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    "Hey! Cars aren't selling! We'll try making some too!" "They'll also have a bicycle and roller skates and a jet pack built in!" You would walk away from them very fast.

  22. Blame Ben Affleck. on What Happened To the Martian Ocean and Magnetic Field? (theatlantic.com) · · Score: 1

    Then we get another movie.

  23. Yes, even nastier when it's radioactive. on The Mutant Genes Behind the Black Death · · Score: 1

    Worked on a research team back in 1980 to try and find the iron-uptake chemical in this bug. To do so we had to feed it Iron 57. Most of the team was simply hyper-aware. Some were downright jumpy.

  24. I predict they will get sued into oblivion. on Yelp For People To Launch In November · · Score: 1

    And that will be the easiest part.

  25. Hey, that's a nice infrastructure you got there... on Linux Foundation Puts the Cost of Replacing Its Open Source Projects At $5 Billion · · Score: 1

    lotta rogue apps come running thru here. Be a shame if one of them, you know... No, no - I'm not saying nothing, I'm just saying. (It's a joke. What they've accomplished in software is stunningly good.)