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  1. Re:Brainwashing on Starbucks' Music Is Driving Employees Nuts (www.cbc.ca) · · Score: 2

    Back in the 1990s, I used to work in an independent electronics store when home cinema was taking off. We had the Laser Disc of Jurassic Park on a continuous loop all day, every day to demonstrate the 5.1 system and the subwoofer. If I never see that film again, it'll be too soon.

  2. When I was little I ate a whole set of Lego.

    Did you end up shitting bricks?

  3. Cookies on Ask Slashdot: What's The Worst IT-Related Joke You've Ever Heard? · · Score: 5, Funny

    Our team manager brought in some cookies to say "thank you" for our recent coding sprint, but I wouldn't have any. I told her, "I'm sorry, but I don't accept third-party cookies."

  4. Deprioritization on T-Mobile To Increase Deprioritization Threshold To 50GB This Week (tmonews.com) · · Score: 5, Informative

    For those wondering what the term means:

    "customers who use more than xxGB of data in a single billing cycle will have their data usage prioritized below other customers for the remainder of that billing cycle.
    "When your data usage is deprioritized, you may see slower data speeds when you’re at a location where the network is congested. If you move away from this area to a less congested spot or if the location becomes less congested, your data speeds should return to normal."

    Source: http://www.tmonews.com/2017/05...

  5. Three cups a day? Clearly, sir, you underestimate the British capacity for consuming tea.

  6. Shirley, SFC for Software Freedom Conservancy?

  7. ObXKCD on The Information Theory of Life (quantamagazine.org) · · Score: 2

    It's all just mathematics at the end of the day.

  8. Re:Red Hat has come a long way on Red Hat and Microsoft Partner On Azure (redhat.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Why yes, because Red Hat don't contribute anything back to the kernel, sponsor a community distro or open source the software from companies they buy. We don't need their type around here! </sarcasm>

  9. Re:M$ and Redhat? on Red Hat and Microsoft Partner On Azure (redhat.com) · · Score: 1
  10. Case Colour on Meet "London," Marshall's First Android Smartphone · · Score: 1

    It's like, how much more black could this be? and the answer is none. None more black.

  11. Re:No mention of Concorde on Supersonic Jet Could Fly NYC To London In 3 Hours · · Score: 1

    Unsinkable ship set to sail from Southampton.

  12. Who or what is Gigaom? on Gigaom Closes Shop · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Until this story, I'd never heard of them. Would it have hurt to included a brief sentence or two in the summary as to why it's "a loss for the tech community"?

  13. Modem connection tones on Ask Slashdot: Sounds We Don't Hear Any More? · · Score: 5, Funny

    Nerrrrr! Squawk! BONG! BONG! BONG! Scrrrrch! Doot!

  14. Re:About time. on CentOS Linux Version 7 Released On x86_64 · · Score: 5, Informative

    And it doesn't look like there will be a true SL7:

    http://linux.web.cern.ch/linux...

  15. Re:I know what users could do! on Stack Overflow Could Explain Toyota Vehicles' Unintended Acceleration · · Score: 1

    A lot of gearboxes on modern cars are "fly-by-wire", so selecting N may not work. How about some way to mechanically disengage the engine from the driving wheels? You could make it foot-operated and install it to the left of the brake pedal.

  16. If discovered in the US... on Texas Scientists Regret Loss of Higgs Boson Quest · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... they would have patented it then sued everyone for having mass.

  17. Re:Google and Mozilla on Google and Mozilla: Partners, Not Competitors · · Score: 1

    It's British vs American English usage. We Brits treat companies as plurals.

  18. ObXKCD on Study Shows Many Sites Still Failing Basic Security Measures · · Score: 0

    Let's get Bobby Tables out of the way.

  19. Spare the mirror sites, use the torrents on Fedora 16 Released · · Score: 4, Informative

    Fedora torrents are located here.

  20. Re:He just used more solar cells on 13-Year-Old Uses Fibonacci Sequence For Solar Power Breakthrough · · Score: 2

    As someone pointed out, what if you have all 20 flat cells rotation to point at the sun 24/7.

    Then it would be a pretty damned good trick (without constantly changing its geographical location).

  21. Re:Lay off the crack. on Can Minecraft Change the Gaming Industry? · · Score: 1

    Bravo, Mr AC, bravo.

  22. Asperger's, the Get Out of Jail Free card? on UK Hacker Ryan Cleary Has Asperger's Syndrome, Court Told · · Score: 1

    I can see it now, every low-life scrote using that as an excuse for their actions.

    "Yeah, I couldn't help meself from robbin' those cars. I've got me that Assburger's, ain't I?"

  23. Re:So What? on Cheap GPUs Rendering Strong Passwords Useless · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Doesn't matter how strong a password is, xkcd have it covered.

  24. Re:Photocopied? on ATM Repairman Accused of Taking (and Faking) Cash · · Score: 1

    For shits and giggles, I tried photocopying a £20 note on our new colour copier in the office. I ended up with an A4 sheet of black toner.

  25. Yes, but... on Man Demonstrates His New Bionic Hand · · Score: 1

    Can he use his new robotic hand to deploy and build mini-sentries?