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  1. Re:So this means... on Microsoft Brings Native HEIF Support to Windows 10 (thurrott.com) · · Score: 1

    Embrace
    Extend
    Extinguish.

    Support is nowhere to be seen.

  2. Re:Great! Now let's work on Native PDF Support on Microsoft Brings Native HEIF Support to Windows 10 (thurrott.com) · · Score: 1

    >> MS Server 2014
    We're in 2018. You should use Linux Server 2014 R2 :)

  3. Re:I'm confused... on Microsoft Joins Group Working To 'Cure' Open-Source Licensing Issues (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    MS is confused also

  4. Re:Fox fixing the hen-house on Microsoft Joins Group Working To 'Cure' Open-Source Licensing Issues (zdnet.com) · · Score: 2, Informative

    >> three are lawyers that work at Microsoft. I'm sure they would like to decrease their legal costs. I know their move to Git was held-up for months by their lawyers.
    Microsoft should hire programmers. Not lawyers.
    You should search some new friends :)

  5. Re: BSD is the cure on Microsoft Joins Group Working To 'Cure' Open-Source Licensing Issues (zdnet.com) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    >> It is if you are trying push it to its limits, trying to mix non-GPL with GPL technologies
    No problem here.
    You can do pretty much everything with a GPL program, except statically link or mix in code with a non GPL compatible licence.
    BSD is GPL compatible.
    No problem here.

  6. >> That survived a lethal explosion?
    Yep, why not
    When part of it dries, it explodes, spreading chunks of undried one around, which is still not sensitized.

  7. nah, it's probably a big quantity of nitrogen triiodide.
    Don't go near that.

  8. Re: Better Car analogy on NASA's Planet-Hunting Kepler Space Telescope Is Running Out of Fuel (mashable.com) · · Score: 1

    >> Better car analogy: Your 10 year old electric car with 300k miles on it, torn seats, and a shot suspension, has a shot battery that won't hold a charge anymore.
    How do you treat your car ?

  9. Re:Horrific on China To Bar People With Bad 'Social Credit' From Planes, Trains (reuters.com) · · Score: 0, Troll

    Nothing new here.
    The exact same system applies in USA :
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

  10. why is this news ? USA is the same. on China To Bar People With Bad 'Social Credit' From Planes, Trains (reuters.com) · · Score: 1, Insightful

    The exact same system applies in USA :
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

  11. >>Bali itself currently faces imminent danger thanks to an active volcano, Mt Agung.
    And also loss of Internet connectivity:)

  12. Re:PayPal not such a concern on The 600+ Companies PayPal Shares Your Data With (schneier.com) · · Score: 1

    >> Nobody forces you to use PayPal.
    You've never used Ebay, it seems
    (Others also similar)

    Also, often, when you pay per credit card, you automatically are using paypal without even noticing, and boom, your purchase, address, and private data is gone.

  13. Re:I love meeting the enemy on Apple Bans Iran from the App Store (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 1

    yeah, but it seems you won't be able to talk to them via your eyephone.
    Take a samsung instead.

  14. Samasung on Apple Bans Iran from the App Store (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 1

    Buy Samsung

  15. My car runs out of fuel in 10 km, I should buy another one.

  16. >> So what happens when someone who is using VoIP telephone service attempts to contact emergency medical, fire, or police services?
    It happens the same than when someone has a hard disk failure : he learns the importance of backups.
    It happens that this person then realizes that VOIP is not a bullet proof service that should be relied on for emergency, and next time this person and a few around will be better prepared.

  17. No profit on How Amazon Became Corporate America's Nightmare (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Amazon makes no or low profit.
    Every company should.

  18. Re:I want my flying car! on Larry Page's Flying Taxis, Now Exiting Stealth Mode (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1
  19. Re:What about lightning to 3.5mm? on Apple Is Letting Companies Make 3.5mm To Lightning Cables Now (9to5mac.com) · · Score: 2

    Buy Samsung
    or others.

  20. Re:How about fucking FOLDER SIZES microsoft? on Windows 10 Is Finally Adding Tabs To File Explorer (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 1

    Why do you want to know the size of the "fucking folder" ?
    What is a "fucking folder" in the first place ?

  21. Obviously a Pony can be a wizard, and a wizard can be a Pony

  22. That's the modern kind of chicks I like ;)

  23. >> "have proven to work well" with the steps that are outlined.
    "Work well" implies that they patched meltdown and spectre, and that it's slow as crawl.
    Intel processors, by defective design, cannot work well any more.

  24. That's true. it's more effort to write good malware in HTML5 compared to flash, coz it has less "features"

  25. Re: The two requirements for a trustworthy county on China Bans Letter N From Internet as Xi Jinping Extends Grip on Power (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Trump is obviously idiotic, but your post is terrible.