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  1. Digital, Legal; Paper, Illegal. on Creator of Online Money Gets 20 Years in Prison (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    I know some one else who ran a money laundering business for many years and made billions. He then started two highly innovation companies that are changing the future. His name is Elon Musk and that company still exists, PayPal.

  2. Lies and Damn Lies on FDA To Regulate E-Cigarettes Like Tobacco (cnn.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Basically big corporations are using this legislation to take over the e-cig market. If you have to pay the FDA $2 million to approve a device, then that's the end of everyone but a few big players. And that's how our government works. This has absolutely nothing to do with the actual health of people. It's all lies.

  3. Re:Here's another totally meaningless question... on Slashdot Asks: What Do You Think Is The Most Influential Gadget Of All Time? (macrumors.com) · · Score: 2

    But C is for Cookie.

  4. Everybody knows it's the TOWEL.

  5. Ugh these sites... on China Creates World's First Graphene Electronic Paper (techtimes.com) · · Score: 0

    Please stop linking to sites that are 70% ads.

  6. Re:industrial sabotage on China Creates World's First Graphene Electronic Paper (techtimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Proof?

  7. Re: China is a big country on China Creates World's First Graphene Electronic Paper (techtimes.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Why? B/c they are "Chinese"?

    Perhaps you should provide some evidence.

  8. Parents just don't understand... on Government Could Ban BBC From Showing Top Shows at Peak Times (theguardian.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    the commercial guys don't seem to understand Netflix. No amount of bribing the Goberment is going to save them.

  9. So... what *modern* development methodology and platform did they use?

  10. I agree. I have often though they should have either gone 32-bit and been done with it, or 16-bit with an escape character to change between standard sets. While the later isn't quite as simple as the former it is actually rare that more than one set is used in any given document.

  11. Because they are doing a pretty crap job on both accounts. But hey, thanks for the tiger vs leopard emojis. That distinction is going to come in handy for sure. And let me tell you there's nothing like having to reprogram a backspace key so it knows how to delete a multi-unit vs a one unit UNICODE character. Fun times!

  12. There is nothing wrong with a UBI. In fact it is very good idea if it replaces the other means tested welfare programs and the amount isn't too high. But even if it is too high, inflation will adjust quickly to correct. A UBI is not anti-Capitalistic, rather it is just a variable in the equations of Capitalism that is overlooked b/c it is assumed to be zero. Kind of like the cosmological constant was in physics. (One perk that might convince conservatives: with a UBI it would be feasible to get rid of the minimum wage.)

    The Swiss vote promises an amount of $2,500, which is surely too high, but not as high as most non-Swiss probably think because the average wage there is over $90,000 a year.

  13. Really? on Slashdot Asks: Does It Matter That We've Reached Peak Smartphone? · · Score: 1

    If they are stuck on how to innovate, then they can give me call.

  14. Re:The Purpose of a Phone on Slashdot Asks: Does It Matter That We've Reached Peak Smartphone? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    +1,000,000

    Mind boggling isn't it? Here we are well into the 21st century and I feel like I am talking through a string an tin can most of the time.

  15. Since they took over for Nokia, their phones have just gotten uglier, too. I really liked the look of the 532, wish they'd bring that back.

  16. I have a name for it... on Neil deGrasse Tyson Says It's 'Very Likely' The Universe Is A Simulation (extremetech.com) · · Score: 1

    The Russian Doll Hypothesis

  17. > Also from the report, "Penner suggests that a more common metal, like nickel, could replace the gold if the technology catches on."

    What about Silicon? It is my understanding that this kind of tech is exactly what silicon needs to be viable, and silicon has up to 10x the storage capacity.

  18. Amazon is getting out of control. If we had a government that actually worked, I'd half expect some anti-trust actions would be hovering around them by now. I wonder how much worse it will get?

  19. The one that got away... on Is the $400 Billion F-35's 'Brain' Broken? (cnn.com) · · Score: 1
  20. Re:Isn't that -more- expensive? on Americans Abandoning Wired Home Internet, Shows Study (seattletimes.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    If you have to choose between a cell phone and a home Internet connection, which are you going to choose?

  21. What the fuck is this? And why is it here?

  22. It's legit, but... on Flying Jet-Powered Hoverboard Now a Reality (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    I saw the video. It looks legit. But it eats fuel like campers eat marshmallows. Flight time is mere minutes.

  23. Sheesh... on Online Voters Name British Vessel 'Boaty McBoatface' (telegraph.co.uk) · · Score: 4, Informative

    Learn to have some fun. Go with it, and enjoy the laughs.

    Reminds me of the dwarf planet and its moon originally named "Xena" and "Gabrielle". Great names relevant to current culture. But nooooo... the old sticks-in-the-mud decided they had to use long dead Greek gos names. So officially they became "Eris" and "Dysnomia". How many people do you think know those names today? -- I know about them and still I had to look the names up *again*.

  24. FYI They aren't the only ones... on Apple Expects Users To Replace Their iPhone, Apple Watch After Three Years · · Score: 1

    I read in Consumer Reports that appliance makes are moving to a three year planned obsolescence model.

    Isn't the future just shiny!?

  25. One billionaire's opinion over another? on Facebook Employees Ask Mark Zuckerberg If They Should Try To Stop a Donald Trump Presidency (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    Sure, go with the one that has made privacy obsolete. What could go wrong?