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  1. Re:not-a-bug; wont-fix on New Android Trojan Fakes Device Shut Down, Spies On Users · · Score: 2

    Or just follow the golden rule of Android since it's invention: stay off the third party app stores!

  2. Re:get the lawyers ready on Resistant Bacterial Infection Outbreak At California Hospital · · Score: 1

    I hope there's no patent on the bacteria or they'll be paying licensing fees until they're better.

  3. Re:not-a-bug; wont-fix on New Android Trojan Fakes Device Shut Down, Spies On Users · · Score: 2

    This sounds much more like something the Chinese government would do, although they would simply force the manufacturer to do it, not trick people with fake apps.

  4. get the lawyers ready on Resistant Bacterial Infection Outbreak At California Hospital · · Score: 1

    "through contaminated medical instruments, the hospital revealed"
    You just said the magic words that summons their lawyers. Law suit time!

  5. sure, let's do that on Another Star Passed Through Our Oort Cloud 70,000 Years Ago · · Score: 2

    "Still, maybe the best way to engage in interstellar travel is just to wait until the time is right."
    Yes, let's hop on board a star. That's safe and makes sense. Even orbiting it, to catch up to the star, you have to be going the same speed as it and in the same direction, in which case you might as well just keep going in whatever craft you're in and ignore the star. Hurray for physics and math.

  6. I've heard of this on Nanotech Makes Steel 10x Stronger · · Score: 1

    In Starcraft 2 it also increases the capacity of your Terran bunkers by 2 if you research it.

  7. orly? on NVidia Puts the Kibosh On Overclocking of GTX 900M Series · · Score: 1

    You can't control the power supply or heat dissipation on a laptop. So yes, you'd be a complete idiot to overclock one. You'd almost have to not even know how overclocking works to even attempt it.

  8. bullshit on California Floats Conditional Approval For Comcast/TWC Merger · · Score: 1, Interesting

    So it's illegal abuse of their monopoly...but only for 5 years then it's a free for all. That makes sense. What a load of crap. The next president should run his entire platform on crushing ISPs and replacing them with companies that actually give a crap about service and fair pricing. I use my internet a lot more than I use healthcare so guess which one I want reformed.

  9. unbelievable on Apple Invests $848 Million Into Solar Farm · · Score: 1

    Well our Foxconn workers are basically slaves who jump off the roofs occasionally but we better use that 75% profit margin and illegal monopoly abuse proceeds to stop global warming! (actually they just want free electricity after the panels pay for their initial investment). At least now they can get an eco-credit on those taxes that they don't pay to the US gov.

  10. orly?! on Alcohol's Evaporating Health Benefits · · Score: 1

    A biotoxin that kills basically all known living cells isn't good to drink? YOU DON'T SAY?! By the way, I've noticed a pattern. The doctors that say drinking a glass of wine per night if good for you are also incredibly fat and thus complete hypocrites and possibly alcoholics.

  11. THE solution on The Dark Web Still Thrives After Silk Road · · Score: 1

    I looked into how this can possibly work. Apparently they go to the post office and send their drug shipment with priority mail. WHAT THE HELL?! So spend like $50,000 on one drug sniffing dog at each major USPS hub. Problem solved. Then when those idiots resort to in-person trades, arrest them in sting operations. How has the FBI not figured this out yet?!

  12. don't trust asians on Another Bitcoin Exchange Fraud · · Score: 0

    100% of purposely fraudulent exchanges were run in Asian countries. Completely unrelated, in most of Asia it's culturally acceptable to rip someone off or scam them if you can. See a pattern here?

  13. better idea on Hobbyists Selling Tesla Coil Kits To Fund Drone Flight Over North Korea · · Score: 1

    I wanted to start a kickstarter to simply bomb North Korea. If the US does it, then the US did it. If a bunch of random people from around the world fund it, who is there to strike back at?

  14. failure imminent on Microsoft Trademarks "Windows 365" · · Score: 0

    Does anyone have actual numbers on subscriptions to Office 365 vs amount of customers who simply bought Office 2013 outright? I would bet that OS licensing would be 5x less popular than even those pathetic office subscription numbers.

    Let's break it down. You pay for the OS forever so Office 2003 for example would have cost you over $2000 per seat by now. BUT WAIT it's worth it because you get free mandatory updates to your product so you have to re-test all your corporate software every single time they release an OS so it costs EVEN MORE money! What a great deal! Paying 10x more for software plus upgrades you never wanted. And I'm sure it's simple to buy a computer from Dell or HP with no windows license when you replace your actively subscribed PCs with new hardware. MS is a big fan of OEMs selling OS-less computers.

  15. obvious on Mystery Ash Clouds Rain In Parts of Washington, Oregon · · Score: 2

    It's either time-traveling ashes or an alien spaceship that burned up in our atmosphere. Come on, I figured that out in seconds.

  16. wrong on How a Hardware Designer Was Saved By His Own Creation · · Score: 2

    For the 1000000000th time, defibrillators don't start your heart, they stop it. That's how they all work. Look it up.

  17. They can't even get basic computer use or hacking correct in a $200 million movie. How are they going to accurately represent software programming in a cartoon? The computer will probably beep every time she types like some 90's movie.

  18. Re:problem on Apple Said To Be Working On a Pay TV Service · · Score: 1

    Oh btw, forget Apple TV. Try deciding to stop using iTunes and bring your purchased music and videos and your Apple ipod over to another store/software platform. Oh wait...

  19. Re:they're a disaster on Programming Safety Into Self-Driving Cars · · Score: -1, Troll

    Hey, it's not nice to talk about Asians like that. They can't driver automobiles or planes but it's not PC to mention it openly like you did.

  20. Re:problem on Apple Said To Be Working On a Pay TV Service · · Score: 1

    Those numbers are bullshit. There are 7 android phones in the world for every 1 apple phone of any generation.

  21. Re:problem on Apple Said To Be Working On a Pay TV Service · · Score: 1

    Then you should have bought a cheaper device.

  22. they're a disaster on Programming Safety Into Self-Driving Cars · · Score: 4, Insightful

    If you're not aware of the level of performance of current self-driving cars, let me break it down for you. They can't stop for construction or understand rerouting from it or obey temporary signs. They can't see stoplight colors while the sun is setting anywhere near behind them. They can't drive on snow at all. They will slam on the brakes for a piece of newspaper blowing across the road or other low density objects. They think puddles are obstructions and will slam on the brakes.

    They're basically deathtraps on wheels and they don't work at all plus they're illegal in several states.

  23. problem on Apple Said To Be Working On a Pay TV Service · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Everyone in America at this point knows if it says Apple, don't get into it in the first place. It's like a black hole. Once you're inside, you're stuck and that's that.

  24. what? on Staples To Buy Office Depot For $6.3 Billion · · Score: 1

    How can you buy something that isn't a thing anymore? Office Depot and OfficeMax merged. Did they only buy half the newly merged company? Did they cancel the merger? Is Staples buying both companies?

  25. Re:hmm I wonder on WA Bill Takes Aim at Boys' Dominance In Computer Classes · · Score: 1

    Womens' and mens' brains do work differently. Ask anyone who knows. That means logically one is better and one is worse. Instead of guessing which might be the case, look at reality. More men work in computer science so it's men.