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  1. Aside from the GPU, the oldest it has ever been on Ask Slashdot: What Hardware Is In Your Primary Computer? · · Score: 1

    I remember not to long ago to play the latest PC games you needed to upgrade your CPU which meant upgrading your motherboard and memory about every 18 months. I think I have been rocking the same Core i5-2500K cpu for almost four years now, and it still sits at the top tier of the Tom's Hardware gaming CPU chart.

    I realize this has occurred because games have become much more GPU dependant, but it is still a big money saver for me.

  2. Everyone is booing this? Why? on G7 Vows To Phase Out Fossil Fuels By 2100 · · Score: 1

    To get anything done you have to set attainable goals.

    It is not reasonable to stay that we will be off of all fossil fuels by 2040. It just isn't, baring some technological breakthrough.

    So what you do is set goals and milestones to reach that end results. If you want to be 100% sustainable energy at some point in the future, you try to be 20% less by some milestone and then another 20% less by another.

    2100 may be too long for some people, we need to start somewhere. No agreement at all is the same as setting the year at 2200.

  3. Re:Noocular on G7 Vows To Phase Out Fossil Fuels By 2100 · · Score: 1

    Lucky for us we are just 30 years away until fusion energy solves all of our problems.

  4. Re:There' a decent chance it's one of the big four on Opening Fixed-Code Garage Doors With a Toy In 10 Seconds · · Score: 1

    Haha. The code to my condo complex is #3.

  5. Re:A Good Solution on Chinese Nationals Accused of Taking SATs For Others · · Score: 1

    At least scan in whatever photo ID the test taker is showing up with.

  6. Typing on Ask Slashdot: What Tech Skills Do HS Students Need To Know Now? · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Please teach all kids how to type at least 70-80 wpm. It is a skill they will use forever.

  7. Not admissible does not mean not useful on Douglas Williams Pleads Guilty To Training Customers To Beat Polygraph · · Score: 1

    Say a lie detector is correct 90% of the time. That would certainly be useful in a variety of situations as long as the results were supplemented by other information.

    But would you want to use that in court? Juries would be so biased to follow whatever the lie detector said, no matter what the other evidence showed.

    There is a reason we still use them, just not in court proceeding.

  8. Re:money? on Maglev Train Exceeds 600km/h For World Record · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Live in NYC, and just got back from Tokyo.

    The train system in the Northeast is a joke compared to anywhere in Europe and a hilarious joke compared to Japan.

  9. Re:Interstate Water Sharing system on William Shatner Proposes $30 Billion Water Pipeline To California · · Score: 1

    Get your water where the Colorado river reaches the sea

    This is an interesting idea. What would happen if we diverted most of the Colorado river to a piping system to southern California?

    I'm sure Mexico would be pissed, but so what?

  10. Re:Is banishment legal? on Gyrocopter Pilot Appears In Court; Judge Bans Him From D.C. · · Score: 3, Informative

    Not as a final sentence, but you can ban people from a number of things as a condition of bail.

  11. Re:Keeping spoilers close to the chest??? on Nearly Half of Game of Thrones Season 5 Leaks Online · · Score: 1

    How about Sansa getting carted off to Winterfell to marry Ramsey Bolton? Bet you didn't know about that.

  12. Flying Drone Cabs on Amazon Gets Approval To Test New Delivery Drones · · Score: 1

    Maybe Back to the Future II wasn't that far off.

  13. Is this really needed? on Senate Draft of No Child Left Behind Act Draft Makes CS a 'Core' Subject · · Score: 1

    I think a basic logic course should be mandatory and certain CS course could cover this requirement.

    But this seems too specialize to require of all teachers.

  14. Re:Why is that important news? on Windows 10 Successor Codenamed 'Redstone,' Targeting 2016 Launch · · Score: 1

    Because you usually don't need an entirely new OS every year, unless you are Ubuntu.

  15. I have not problem having the protocol on Court Mulls Revealing Secret Government Plan To Cut Cell Phone Service · · Score: 1

    The government has protocols for all types of crazy situations. It is usually better to come up with a plan when you have some time to discuss options than on the fly. Many of these protocols have never been used and never will.

    I think what we are concerned about is when the government USES the protocol. Certainly there would be improper uses of it, and that is what should be at issue.

  16. Why even have a car? on Focusing On Tech Alone, You Miss How Autonomous Driving Will Change Society · · Score: 2, Interesting

    There will certainly be some people that will need to have a dedicated vehicle based on the cargo they are carrying, but for the most of us, why have a car at all? Thing about the space savings if you didn't need to park all of those cars downtown and during the day they could drive themselves somewhere else and drive someone with a different schedule, sort of like a driverless Uber, where everyone just shares the cost of the fleet of cars based on usage.

  17. Too bad I love beer on Hacking Weight Loss: What I Learned Losing 30 Pounds · · Score: 1

    I think if I cut beer out of my life, I'd drop 30 pounds in a year. But then life would be too boring.

  18. I seriously doubt that it is compulsory. I bet you can also turn it off like most new features.

  19. Against TOS on This App Lets You Piggyback Facebook's Free Internet To Access Any Site · · Score: 2

    Clearly against the terms of service and will quickly be patched and disabled. Being critical of facebook in this instance seems a little office base. They are clearly getting limited access that they would not already have. No one is entitled to everything for free.

  20. Incentive to target the wealthy? on $56,000 Speeding Ticket Issued Under Finland's System of Fines Based On Income · · Score: 1

    Seems like the police department would develop an incentive to pull over seeming wealthy individuals.

    So on top of getting bigger fines you are targeted more often because you drive an above average car? No thanks.

  21. Re:I'd quit my job on $56,000 Speeding Ticket Issued Under Finland's System of Fines Based On Income · · Score: 1

    Minimum fines. Or something tied to net worth.

  22. Re:No plans ... on Hertz Puts Cameras In Its Rental Cars, Says It Has No Plans To Use Them · · Score: 1

    I bought a laptop with a forward facing camera that I never intend to use. It was just cheaper than getting a laptop that didn't have one.

    The same can be said for any off the shelf hardware. Sometime you are just stuck with what they make.

  23. Re:I know it is a bit late in life... on Number of Legal 18x18 Go Positions Computed; 19x19 On the Horizon · · Score: 1

    This is how I felt learning a rubix cube.

    It was really cool learning how to solve it, but learning all of the more efficient way to do it just took the fun out of it for me.

  24. gave up on local torrenting years ago on uTorrent Quietly Installs Cryptocurrency Miner · · Score: 3, Informative

    Just another reason to have a seedbox for all of your torrent needs.

  25. Re:Cape Wind Will Die on The US's First Offshore Wind Farm Will Cut Local Power Prices By 40% · · Score: 1

    Even for this?