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  1. Re:Next up for debunking on Cracking The Code On Trump Tweets (time.com) · · Score: 1

    I seriously doubt the Clintons put Trump up to destroy the Republican party.
    That's not to say Trumps goal is to destroy the Republican party. I've considered that for a while.

  2. It just makes sense on Canada Wants To Keep Federal Data Within National Borders (thestack.com) · · Score: 1

    This is data that should be nationally controlled and protected. Keeping it with borders makes sense.
    The US doesn't have a law. It has regulations the amount to the same. So do other countries.
    All the big brother conspiracists, please give the rest of us a break.

  3. Did you Not buy a computer because it didn't have a 3 1/2 floppy drive? For that matter do you even know what one is!
    The headphone jack interface is ancient. It needs to die.
    Be a Luddite or get over it.
    The arguments against are specious.

  4. Have a core and use others on Ask Slashdot: How Often Do You Switch Programming Languages? · · Score: 1

    I've been doing C/C++ for decades.
    I've picked up some Java, Python.
    Can do C# when it's the front end (I'm not a GUI guy).
    Of course shell script is always useful.

  5. Petitions are meaningless on EFF Delivers 210,000 Signatures Opposing Trans-Pacific Partnership (eff.org) · · Score: 1

    Petitions are meaningless in federal law.
    Signatures on nothing mostly, since most are electronic.
    Anyone who wants to make this a single issue vote in Nov. really needs to wake up. Most Republicans support it.

    If congress doesn't pass it before January, it may never pass. Just because Clinton won't oppose it doesn't mean she'll support it on her watch.
    Don't make assumptions.

  6. Very Sad. Get over it on Debian Founder's 2015 Death Ruled A Suicide (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: -1, Troll

    Get over it!

  7. The Problem is the Wires on Landlords, ISPs Team Up To Rip Off Tenants On Broadband (backchannel.com) · · Score: 0

    You can't get cable without wires.
    No building owner is going to allow random wiring all through their building. The bigger the building, the bigger the problem.
    Sorry, it suck to rent in this case. Even single family homes can have clauses in their agreements about wiring. The FCC can't write rules about it.
    If you don't own the building you're locked into whatever the owner wants. Don't like it, move.

  8. Why I won't use Facebook Messenger on Facebook Messenger Now Has 11,000 Bots (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    The title of the article says it all.

  9. 90% of dinosaurs survived? on Scientists Say The Asteroid That Killed The Dinosaurs Almost Wiped Us Out Too (theweek.com) · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Decimated means to kill 1 in 10.
    The author is not a very good writer. I believe the word he was looking for is annihilated.
    This is science. What words mean is important.

  10. MOD this topic DOWN! on The Moral Dilemma of Driverless Cars: Save The Driver or Save The Crowd? · · Score: 1

    repeat of a worthless post. get this crap off my screen.
    I didn't care before.
    Now I want them all dead.

  11. I love when Science invalidates Sci-Fi on Physicists Confirm a Pear-Shaped Nucleus, and It Could Ruin Time Travel Forever (sciencealert.com) · · Score: 2

    Time travel has been over used and generally poorly done. Hopefully this kills it.
    Several Sci-Fi genre relied on gravity not being bound by the speed of light. LIGO has killed that.
    It will be interesting to see where the hard sci-fi authors go now.

    Oddly enough Edgar Rice Burroughs is still sorta safe, since his Mars is in an alternate reality (other obvious failings aside).

  12. Mind bogglingly complecated co-processing on California Researchers Build The World's First 1,000-Processor Chip (ucdavis.edu) · · Score: 1

    Maybe things are getting better. Too many programs are single threaded. Too many drivers are single threaded. Yes you can sandbox them.
    That leaves out the nasty deadly embrace. Or less nasty, waiting on a key resource to complete.
    More core just gets you bound up in your shorts faster.
    more cores is not a magic bullet.

  13. Re:No company makes it that far. on Julian Assange: Google is 'Directly Engaged' In Hillary Clinton's Campaign (infowars.com) · · Score: 2, Insightful

    >No company gets the breadth of google without getting in bed with the government.
    very insightful. correcting typos and reposting

  14. and we should care? on Julian Assange: Google is 'Directly Engaged' In Hillary Clinton's Campaign (infowars.com) · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    I have no idea what the details are. But Sweden is a very liberal country. Assange is holed up in an embassy to avoid rape charges. And above all, he isn't a US citizen. The man has issues, given the rape charges, that won't go way, with women. And what does he think? The other guy would be better? He has serious issues.
    why is this tripe newsworthy?

  15. Re:That's just too damn bad. revisited on Weary Homeowners Wage War On Waze · · Score: 1

    Actually. Waze has a failure with private roads that are visible to satellite. I have sent in several corrections, some of which they persist in ignoring. Fortunately some of the ones they have ignored are blocked by a fixed gate. They still won't block (during school hours) the street that's closed during school hours behind a local elementary school (also blocked by a gate).

  16. 1st programming. self taught basic in 1976 on Slashdot Asks: How Did You Learn How To Code? · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Using a teletype on the school district mainframe, with an acoustic modem. There was no such thing as a personal computer at that time.
    I taught myself basic.
    Pascal was the language taught in college.
    Since then I've taught myself C, C++, Java, Python, Javascript, ...

  17. OLD NEWS! - NOT A STORY! on Why Don't Scientists Kill The 'Demon In The Freezer'? · · Score: 0

    mod down the dolt who thought this is news!

  18. smart people can also be idiots on Billionaire Tech Investor Peter Thiel To Back Trump As GOP Presidential Candidate (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 0

    It's like religion. They get hooked on an ideology. Even when it's proven to be incorrect. They believe.
    9/11 proved the Libertarian ideal WRONG!
    people continue to believe despite facts
    some actually learn:
    Truth can not confront truth:
    Saint Pope John Paul
    He said that about changing the Church's view on the origin of the Universe.
    I'm not catholic. I have immense respect for the man's ability to adjust his view.

  19. who cares? on Developer Installs Windows 95 On An Apple Watch (theverge.com) · · Score: -1, Troll

    nice tech demo.
    who cares
    boring

  20. great, buy why? on Developer Installs Windows 95 On An Apple Watch (theverge.com) · · Score: -1, Troll

    so he could
    who cares

  21. International Law on Blackmail: Obama Under Pressure To Declassify Secret 9/11 Report (cbsnews.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    You can't sue sovereign states. It's a foundation of international law.
    If congress is is stupid enough to ignore this the US is screwed. We lose that protection.
    I know it sucks. But, we have to tell these people they have NO recourse against Saudi Arabia.

    Lots of people want and try to sue the US government. Constantly! Not just in the US
    They all get thrown out at stage one. you can't sue sovereign states.

    Just for instance:
    If this bill passes
    Millions of Vietnamese could sue the US

    think about it!

  22. Re:It is DNC problem - NOT on Obama: The Word 'Classified' Means Whatever We Need It To Mean (techdirt.com) · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Stupid Republican response.
    Nixon resigned to avoid being impeached for the Watergate break in. A criminal act, which Ford pardoned him of.
    Reagan used the IRS to target opponents. Had the CIA sell Colombian cocaine to fund weapons deals congress would approve. Enacted laws that targeted opponents.
    Nixon started the war on drugs to target "blacks and hippies"
    the list goes on and on

    Don't throw stones when you live in a glass house.

  23. you left out Compartmented.

  24. what marketing tool thought this up? on Verizon Plans $20 Upgrade Fee Even If You Pay Full Price For a Phone (macrumors.com) · · Score: 2

    How to convince people to switch carriers.
    guaranteed to make people walk.

  25. Re:Translation: Next Time...... on FBI Delays Case Against Apple; May Have Way To Break Phone (threatpost.com) · · Score: -1, Troll

    log in and post or your comments are worthless. I mod occasionally so my settings are set very low.
    You made a good point, but almost no one reads worthless assholes (anonymous cowards).

    It REALLY is a good point! you have to log in for anyone to read it.