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  1. Re:Bitcoin only? on Winklevoss Twins Get Closer To Launching Their Bitcoin Exchange · · Score: 1

    Will they only deal with Bitcoin or will they also accept other crypto-currencies such as Litecoin, Dashcoin and Dogecoin?

    BTC-E added certain coins like Name, Nova, PPC, and those stuck but there were at least 3 others that were added then removed due to a lack of interest from customers. Bots just sync up the alts like a Bitcoin metacurrency and they became pointless.

  2. There's still the unstoppable spread of killer africanized bee swarms that are theorized to be able to survive even up to southern Alaska's climate.

  3. I hope someone does it on Remote Control of a Car, With No Phone Or Network Connection Required · · Score: 1

    I reeeeeeeally hope some jackass either bricks or low speed crashes or stalls out a massive amount of cars in the middle of rush hour so Congress can showboat in front of the media and do something about it. Right now most congressmen don't even know cars have computers.

  4. wait a minute... on The French Scrabble Champ Does Not Speak French · · Score: 1

    I would think the hardest part about French scrabble would be finding an e with an accent mark over it. For real though, how do they handle accented versus not? They're two different words in most cases, although that wouldn't matter for scoring.

  5. A question on Pro Gamers To Be Tested For Doping · · Score: 1

    How much Red Bull are they going to consider an illegal amount though? (but seriously, they considered in the past limiting mg of caffeine in the bloodstream to a certain amount)

  6. I have an idea on Fiat Chrysler Recalls 1.4 Million Autos To Fix Remote Hack · · Score: 1

    Maybe they should keep the internet the fuck out of my car. All it is is a gimmick to sell ongoing services. It's the same bullshit Microsoft tried to pull with Office 365.

  7. It's a virus on Free Tools For Detecting Hacking Team Malware In Your Systems · · Score: 1

    The first download link is broken and the second one was flagged by my antivirus. Great article checking, guys.

  8. You're right! They should waste their money hiring someone to test every single game extensively and raise the price of graphics cards to cover it.

  9. Re:Science doesn't prove things on US Wins Math Olympiad For First Time In 21 Years · · Score: 1

    And yet your post 100% proves mental retardation.

  10. Get over it on US Wins Math Olympiad For First Time In 21 Years · · Score: 1

    Men and women's brains are wired differently and men are generally better at math. That is scientifically proven fact. Get over it.

  11. Re:I have an idea on Spurious Drones Buzzing Around Spanish Royal Palace · · Score: 1

    Naw man, water park!

  12. such a complete load of bullshit on Silicon Valley Still Wrestling With Diversity Issues · · Score: 2

    Gigantic successful companies would crash and burn if they constantly hire the under qualified, under performing, incompetent white guy over the much more skilled minority who is better at doing his job. It's the same with video game makers. If you hire whoever you want regardless of skill, you get Dai Katana. If you hire the best workers in the world regardless of color or background, you get Skyrim. The fact that these companies are successful means they aren't hiring in a racist manner. What it DOES mean is that more white males are getting into computer science so there's a higher percentage of them that are absolutely amazing at their jobs.

    You know why most basketball players are black? Is it racist hiring practices? No! The best players are black and they hire the best players. The source of the issue is that it became part of black culture to aspire to be a great basketball player so there's a higher volume of black people trying to get good at it which results in a larger pool to choose from with better players at the very top end. The same goes for programming. Go to an inner city school and ask any black person if doing well in school and aspiring to get a great eduction is considered "acting white" and would be frowned upon by the person's peers. The answer is yes and, it's mostly BET's fault, and it's why Facebook isn't filled with black programmers.

  13. I have an idea on Spurious Drones Buzzing Around Spanish Royal Palace · · Score: 1

    What are they, stupid? One of them has to land eventually. Follow them.

  14. #1 on Linux Foundation's Census Project Ranks Open Source Software At Risk · · Score: 0, Troll

    1. The .NET framework

  15. sort of already exists on Boeing Patents an Engine Run By Laser-Generated Fusion Explosions · · Score: 1

    I've heard of lasers used in high gap distance spark plugs. They're supposed to ignite more fuel faster than high voltage electrical sparks but I have my doubt. But seriously, fusion?! You lose magnetic containment for one second and that engine blows apart. Worst idea ever.

  16. Silicon power SSDs, which my shop has sold over 300 of, have had a failure rate of zero drives thus far, they're medium-high speed compared to other drives, and they're $0.35 per GB. They're still the king in best overall SSD by a long shot.

  17. Toshiba also does this on Two-Pounder From Lenovo Might Be Too Light For Comfort · · Score: 0

    The new R30 and Z30 models from Toshiba are a magnesium honeycomb design that's supposed to be really tough. I don't believe them. Their modern satellite series is pathetic. They're around 4 pounds but still have 15.6" screens. They're the same old composite material that laptops have been made with for years so naturally it cracks and fractures and bends and really doesn't impress the person holding it. They're so stupidly fragile! I've had 6 HP sleekbooks come in with shattered screens too, which makes sense since the lids are about a half centimeter thick. This stupidity needs to stop.

  18. the opposite of what anyone wants on Mozilla's Plans For Firefox: More Partnerships, Better Add-ons, Faster Updates · · Score: 1

    So more "partnerships" as in paid bullshit we don't want to use or see like Yahoo Search. Better add-ons so more malware, more adware, and slower performance while neglecting the core browser. Then the mother of them all, faster updates. You know, the thing that ruined Firefox over the last 2 years.

  19. wow! on Brain-Inspired 'Memcomputer' Constructed · · Score: 1

    They invented a processor with level 1 cache? WOW! I assume they phrased it incorrectly and in reality it does computing logic in the RAM, not stored the data inside the processor....like modern processors do.

  20. Re:Post should have clarified: on Bitcoin Snafu Causes Miners To Generate Invalid Blocks · · Score: 2

    Are they vulnerable to double spending attacks for the indefinitely future because of one bad block or was it just during the block's formation? And the way I understand it, the mining pool that solved the block would have to be the one injecting the malicious data itself since the old method of block validation is good enough to prevent double spend attacks but I could easily be wrong about that.

  21. Re:$50,000 dollars on Bitcoin Snafu Causes Miners To Generate Invalid Blocks · · Score: 3, Funny

    I believe they're referring to Double Dollars, the currency on Trigun.

  22. wait, what? on Square Enix Pulls, Apologizes For Mac Version of Final Fantasy XIV · · Score: 1

    They tested the mac version on a mac running Windows, or as I like to call it, A WINDOWS PC. What about that was supposed to work? I think I know where they went wrong: designing a game for a mac.

  23. they're handling this incorrectly on Can New Chicago Taxes On Netflix, Apple, Spotify Withstand Legal Challenges? · · Score: 1

    The proper way to handle such ridiculous legal nonsense is to simply ignore it. Refuse to collect anything and pretend the law wasn't passed. Then make Chicago do all the legal work to form a case proving they actually need to comply with the law. That's cheaper, easier, and more likely to work than immediately lawyering up and fighting it.

  24. oh I get it on Google's Niantic Labs Sorry Over Death Camps In Smartphone Game · · Score: 2

    This completely explains how Russian troops with smartphones keep accidentally ending up in the Ukraine. Their smartphone game said go take over a site in the Ukraine.

  25. Re:THIS is why I don't vacation in Liberia anymore on The Epidemic May be Over, But Liberia Has New Ebola Cases · · Score: 2

    If I want to go on a vacation I go down the street to Arby's then back to my house to play video games and watch marathons or things on Netflix. Why do people even travel? "Ohhh I just have to see the sights!" It's called Google images. I've never had to get a passport to use Google images nor did I ever get mugged, get pickpocketed, have my luggage lost or stolen by customs, caught a disease, had drugs stuffed into my luggage, gotten stuck by grounded planes, had my hotel bombed, been kidnapped, etc. Fuck other counties.