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  1. And we're surprised, uh, why? on Cisco Removed Its Seventh Backdoor Account This Year, and That's a Good Thing (zdnet.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    So you're saying you're surprised a company named Crisco has a lot of backdoor accounts?

  2. Re:This is hilarious. on A Third of Wikipedia Discussions Are Stuck in Forever Beefs (vice.com) · · Score: 1
    How about this delicious bit of irony:

    ...inattention from experience editors...

    *It would lose all its charm if I explained it.

  3. Sigh.
    How far Slashdot has fallen. Pitiful.

    OK, I'll say it:

    My Eyes! The goggles do nothing!

  4. In other words... on US Bans Exports To Chinese DRAM Maker Citing National Security Risk (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    "When a foreign company engages in activity contrary to our national security interests, we will take strong action to protect our national security. Placing Jinhua on the Entity List will limit its ability to threaten the supply chain for essential components in our military systems," said Wilbur Ross, Secretary of Commerce.

    In other words, ya gotta pay to play bitches! Call me when your check clears.

  5. Re:It's chronological nationalism at its worst! on Morocco Decides To Scrap Seasonal Time Changes (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    On any UNIX/GNU Linux (see what I did there?) terminal, ask it "cal 1752" and check out the entry for September. People roited to get those missing days back.

  6. I didn't say it on TSA Lays Out Plans To Use Facial Recognition For Domestic Flights (theverge.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I didn't say that the TSA were a bunch of goose-stepping bully Nazi thugs armed with technology the Gestapo only dreamed of.
    Oh. Wait. Yes I did.

  7. Re:Typical conversation on How the Finnish Survive Without Small Talk (bbc.com) · · Score: 5, Funny

    I have this terrible pain in all the diodes down my left side.

  8. Re: Summary does not live up to promise on How the Finnish Survive Without Small Talk (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    No. That's Michigan (particulary the UP).

  9. Re:Typical conversation on How the Finnish Survive Without Small Talk (bbc.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    No, I totally get it. People ask you how you are, and then when you actually tell them the truth, they're all bored and not interested.

  10. Typical conversation on How the Finnish Survive Without Small Talk (bbc.com) · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Hi! How are you"?
    "I'm Finished."

    <conversation over>

  11. Re:They don't confirm the Standard Model on Measurement Shows the Electron's Stubborn Roundness (scientificamerican.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Now if only the Standard Model were an actual theory, instead of a list of empirical observations.

  12. The flipping water bottle trick only works for inertial frames of reference. Get back to me when you work out Special Flipping.

  13. Riiiiiight..... on Instagram Tests Sharing Your Location History With Facebook (theverge.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Because Instagram and Facebook are totally different companies.

    Oh. Wait...

  14. Re:He doesn't know what the cargo is yet on Jeff Bezos Is Planning To Ship 'Several Metric Tons of Cargo' To the Moon (vice.com) · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    He'll subcontract out the actual delivery, at $6.35/hr. And the subcontractors will have to supply and use their own vehicle. And they have to make 62 other stops, all around the solar system in the same day, or pay a performance penalty.

  15. Re:do I just hang out on lefty sites on Trump Administration Prepares a Major Weakening of Mercury Emissions Rules (nytimes.com) · · Score: 5, Interesting

    ...Andrew Wheeler, a former coal lobbyist who is now the acting administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency...

    "What further need have we of witnesses?"

  16. We could have had the 4-day workweek years ago on Wharton Professor Says America Should Shorten the Work Day By 2 Hours (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1, Insightful

    But we elected Ronald Reagan instead.

  17. Re:What could possibly go wrong... on Google's Android OS To Power Dashboard Displays (go.com) · · Score: 1

    Sorry, you lost me at "Mini-van".

  18. Professor Who???

  19. Re:Humans Need to Leave Nature the Fuck Alone on Google Funds A Starfish-Killing Robot To Save Australia's Great Barrier Reef (abc.net.au) · · Score: 5, Funny

    Seriously, Is it too much to ask that slashdotters keep up with the professional literature?

    You must be new <looks at parent UID> errrr, <head asplodes> must not come here very often.

  20. This is a great idea on Will Future Nuclear Power Plants Float? (thebulletin.org) · · Score: 1

    Because the coastal-land-based Fukushima withstood unexpected weather so well. I'm sure a floating plant would withstand rogue waves and tsunamis just as well. And then there's the whole undersea cable thing...

  21. Now that's a GREAT emulator on Windows 95 Is Now An App You Can Download and Install On macOS, Windows, and Linux (theverge.com) · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...but "Internet Explorer isn't fully functional as it simply refused to load pages."

    So, just like the Win95 Real Thing then.

  22. Re:More crap for your "convenience" on Faces Are Being Scanned At US Airports With No Safeguards on Data Use (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    It is axiomatic that whenever you see a sign that starts: "For your convenience...", what it REALLY means is: "For our convenience...".

  23. Re:Good luck with that on BBC Wants Microsoft To Expose 'Doctor Who' Leaker (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 1

    Just playing devil's advocate here, but try to imagine the reaction if Dr. Who (or, say, Romana) had traditionally been female, and were suddenly switched to male...

  24. Re:Somnambulant train station on The Ultra-Pure, Super-Secret Sand That Makes Your Phone Possible (wired.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    Heh. They're lucky. My train station is narcoleptic.

  25. Re:NoScript and Ghostery on Front-End Developer Decries 'Garbage' Design Choices on 'The Bullshit Web' (pxlnv.com) · · Score: 1