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  1. Re: Why do they say "OS"? Windows-Only! on Petya Ransomware Uses DOS-Level Lock Screen, Prevents OS Boot Up (softpedia.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    Black hat virus writers are a bunch of bad guys, but it would be some next level evil to turn a Macintosh computer to boot into Dos or Windows.

  2. Sounds like the story i heard from my friend on Wrecking Crew Demolishes Wrong Housing Duplex Following Google Maps Error (cnet.com) · · Score: 2

    In his version that he observed, the locals who sit in the pub and drink all day got a contract. They went out to tear down a porch after having one more drink. They came back to his pub shaking and needing another drink talking about tearing down the wrong porch. All I can think is that his neighbor will be complaining about the guys who didn't tear down his and asking who his neighbor got to tear down his.

  3. Has a politican ever not claimed public interest? on D.C. Regulators Approve Exelon's $7 Billion Takeover Of Pepco (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    I think in the vast majority of situations, the politician says what he does is good for the public... Whether it is or not.

  4. 3d already gives me motion sickness on PlayStation VR Pre-Orders Sell Out In Minutes At Amazon (roadtovr.com) · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I wonder what degree of motion sickness a vr helmet would do. One idea i had for a vr game was being suspended by a 3drange of motion harness. Do movements like you're in space in an iron man suit playing a game of soccer... The queasiness of vr and being spun around would probably outweigh the coolness factor.

  5. No dystopian future here on "Happy Birthday To You" Set To Finally Reach the Public Domain · · Score: 1

    I wondered after 20 year imprisonment for copyright infringement in the UK if people with birthday parties on facebook would get prison time.

  6. Re: Reverse Auction on Congress Joins Battle Against Ticket Bots (csoonline.com) · · Score: 1

    They'd make more money over all for each event too. Surprising they don't already do this.

  7. Same with cars on On iFixit and the Right To Repair (vice.com) · · Score: 2

    For the past 20 years the automechanics of my family would lament the computers in the cars make parts of the car impossible to fix without a hookup device. Then over time they would complain that doing something that would be easy to do on an older car was almost as if the engineers designed the cars not to be worked on. And just on Slashdot in the past 2 years, an article was posted about how some car companies were thinking of making a TOS that says you can't work on your own car. I understand about liability and them not wanting to be responsible if you get hurt working on your car, but for that to be a reason to take it away from you isn't right. I don't care if it gets 5mpg less, but a car or truck that could be worked on could be a marketable thing if you could get around liability. Of course this idea is probably just as bad as The Homer Simpson Car. Liability laws are out of hand, and one of the reasons we have to pay for costly insurance.

  8. You and me both on George Lucas: "I'm Done With Star Wars" · · Score: 1

    Between the three movies I pretend don't exist and Electronic Arts doing the video game side, I've seen nothing I liked since xwing vs tie fighter. I don't even plan on seeing the next movie unless I hear really good reviews from friends.

  9. Gnu image is a quality product on 20 Years of GIMP (gimp.org) · · Score: 1

    I use Gnu Image manipulation program all the time in game development. I fortunately saved a version just before the adware got bundled in. Whew.

  10. Re: The movie's not out yet and I'm already tired on Star Wars Battlefront Released (giantbomb.com) · · Score: 1

    It's EA, if you try to play in a few years the servers will be down.

  11. Jackie Chan happened on What Happened To Passenger Hovercraft? (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    As long as this world has Lamborghinis and Jackie Chan, it is not a safe world for hovercraft.

  12. Re: How can there be? on No Such Thing As 'Unlimited' Data (wired.com) · · Score: 1

    Headline'"Monopoly not satisfied with record profits."

  13. Re: the "connected class"? on Electric-Car Startup Faraday Future Building a $1 Billion Factory In California (businessinsider.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    And they will also make a model to prevent people from being connected. "Why do I have 0 bars everywhere I go?" Welcome to the Faraday's Cage.

  14. Re: National Security Agency on NSA Uses Vulnerabilities Before It Discloses Them, Keeps Some To Itself (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    I love the USA. I just wish we didn't feel the need to promote malware vectors instead of patch them. I try and keep my Windows computers off the Internet anymore since there are so many viruses you can get just by clicking a wrong link. You don't even need to run a file anymore to get a virus. Things are pretty bad now. I wonder if things will get worse or better for computer security.

  15. National Security Agency on NSA Uses Vulnerabilities Before It Discloses Them, Keeps Some To Itself (reuters.com) · · Score: 0

    Security Agency, completely against computer security. You know vulnerabilities can be used against US targets too right? Backdoors can be used by criminals.

  16. This happened with whoever ran against obama on "Unsecured Memory Card" Prompts Election Fraud Investigation In Georgia (ajc.com) · · Score: 0

    Who was that republican who ran against Obama in 2012. In the primaries, they lost the voting machine for hours. Then they found it at an old ladies place who acted innocent like she didnt even know. Then the guy won 51% to 49 %. To me that could be tampering. Its like saying you're 21 at a bar.

  17. Why not just code your own match 3? on Activision Buys Candy Crush Developer For $5.9B (inquisitr.com) · · Score: 1

    Its not hard to code a mobile match 3. A team at Blizzard could churn one out in under three months if they wanted to.

  18. The size of the universe fascinates me. on Why Gravity Is the Ultimate Space Telescope (forbes.com) · · Score: 0

    I like that the stars are out there, bigger than our petty affairs down here on Earth. I also like to think that there are even more amazing than the stars we observe in this universe.

  19. Re: Adding energy to Earth on Solar Energy in Space is not Necessarily Easy to Harvest (Video) · · Score: 2

    Not to mention the dangers we learned from playing Sim City.

  20. Re: My name is Jim. I like short variable names on Bad Programming Habits We Secretly Love (infoworld.com) · · Score: 1

    Exactly. Stuff used throught the project is better given a longer name.

  21. Seriously, we have drones that fly, but aren't smart enough to use a hacksaw to cut through razor wire. This must still be the first century of the Internet Age.

  22. Re: I appreciate the mame guys on MAME Emulating a Sonic the Hedgehog Popcorn Machine (polygon.com) · · Score: 2

    Sorry for half comment, mobile device some how posted. I appreciate the mame guys because back in the day you'd go to the arcade and come back another day and your favorite game would be gone! Those machines break and if no one fixes them, they're done for. Mame preserves the games.

  23. I appreciate the mame guys on MAME Emulating a Sonic the Hedgehog Popcorn Machine (polygon.com) · · Score: 1

    Back in th

  24. Re: Did they learn anything?? on Study: Standardized Tests Overwhelming Public Schools (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    I was a senior in high school the year before it came out and we called it then," Sounds like no child gets ahead act". Some of my friends seemed concerned that we'd have to make a difference if the next kids don't get a quality education anymore, but I think they were being overly dramatic.

  25. Wait, is this drawing conclusions on You Can't Get Smarter, But You Can Slow How Fast You Get Dumber (nytimes.com) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    People with dimensia normally dont have a lot of social interactions precisely because they are hard to communicate with. Does social interactions actually help, or do people not want to be around people who's faculties are going?