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  1. I would think lutefisk would be a better target.

  2. Re:Uh huh. on Volkswagen Boss Blames Software Engineers For Scandal (bbc.co.uk) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    We had a president at our company who had monthly meetings with all the managers where they had doughnuts and just chatted.

    One meeting he asked everyone to be candid and say if they had any concerns about upper management or the direction of the company. The following week, everyone who spoke up at that meeting was fired.

  3. Inventory on Marijuana Growers Need Software, Too (Video) · · Score: 1

    Kyle "worked at a grow and experienced the problems with cannabis inventory management first hand.

    Yeah, I imagine inventory had a tendency to go up in smoke.

  4. Re:Isn't it obvious? on Porsche Chooses Apple Over Google Because Google Wants Too Much Data · · Score: 1

    Is that you, Edward?

  5. Re:It's not what Google wants.... on Porsche Chooses Apple Over Google Because Google Wants Too Much Data · · Score: 1

    Information about the car is what CONSUMERS want. Google is asking for it because we are asking for it.

    Yes, we need this data.

    For example: If only they could put something on the dashboard that would tell us how fast the car is moving.

    That would be an incredible innovation!

    We could call it a "speed-o-thingy".

    And something to tell you how far down the throttle is pressed. I can't tell you how often I've found myself driving down the road only to discover that I've had the throttle floored for the last 5 miles.

  6. Re:The Message on Study Finds Humans Are Worse Than Radiation For Chernobyl Animals · · Score: 1

    Yes.

    Unfortunately, I was bitten by a radioactive cockroach.

    Now I find myself zipping under furniture every time someone turns on the lights.

  7. Re:Might not need? on Volkswagen Diesel Scandal Logistics Imply Sizable Conspiracy · · Score: 1

    It probably counteracts the ballbuster system that some passengers may carry.

  8. Re:About the government ? on Xiaomi Investigated For Using Superlatives In Advertising, Now Illegal In China · · Score: 1

    Tienanmen Square? What's that?

    According to the Chinese govt., nothing ever happened there.

  9. Re:I'm sure you're a menial "by rote" wannabe on Xiaomi Investigated For Using Superlatives In Advertising, Now Illegal In China · · Score: 1

    Looks like you've picked up a stalker, Coren.

    You must have really ticked him off. He's so mad he can't even write coherently.

  10. Re:Unauthorized teardown on Apple Bans iFixit Repair App From App Store After Apple TV Teardown · · Score: 1

    Perhaps write an ATV app similar to the one they had on the iTunes app store?

  11. Re:Unauthorized teardown on Apple Bans iFixit Repair App From App Store After Apple TV Teardown · · Score: 1

    OK, let's run with that analogy.

    What if the company you send it to requested a working lawnmower and also has a lush green lawn in front of the building that is obviously in need of being mowed? They've also signed an agreement that they won't talk to anyone about the lawnmower because it's not yet available on the market.

    In this case, iFixit does (er... did) have an app on the app store. It would stand to reason that they requested the unit in order to develop an app for the Apple TV app store. If they did tear it down, they should have known not to publish the teardown until the unit was available in stores.

  12. Re:Why not go 6G? on Europe Agrees To Agree With Everyone Except US What 5G Should Be · · Score: 1

    You mean the HBO subscribers only get one or two updates to the show before they are abandoned by their pay TV company, and everyone seems to be watching a different version of the storyline? :)

  13. Re:good on Europe Agrees To Agree With Everyone Except US What 5G Should Be · · Score: 4, Insightful

    It will be decided on by the telcos. It will be something that can be achieved inexpensively and yield maximum profits. It will grant a minor speed bump for us in the USA, while giving the telcos an excuse for doubling consumer costs.

    And it won't be remotely as fast as "5G" anywhere else in the world.

  14. Re:Of course, this is natural. on Europe Agrees To Agree With Everyone Except US What 5G Should Be · · Score: 1, Funny

    If they weren't on the metric system, 5G would be more like 16.4G.

    Just imagine the speed!

  15. Re:Yep on EFF: DMCA Hinders Exposing More Software Cheats Like Volkswagen's · · Score: 1

    To this day, if I mention either the DMCA or the Copyright Extension Act to a non-geek, all I get is a blank look until I tell them about the law and its genesis.

    Then I get a comment along the lines of "Oooo, that's bad."

    If I mention the law to that same person a year later, I get the same blank look until I explain it again.

    The average person just has other concerns than who can copy an old song, or disassemble a program's object code (which is incomprehensible to the average person, anyway).

  16. Re:Yep on EFF: DMCA Hinders Exposing More Software Cheats Like Volkswagen's · · Score: 1

    And it can get even better.

    Here in California, during one primary election, the Republicans allowed the incumbent governor (a Democrat, obviously) to choose his own opponent.

    He did so by running ads during the primary campaign against the one Republican candidate (a somewhat moderate candidate) that he knew had a chance of dethroning him. The Republicans bought the ads, hook, line, and sinker, and voted for a candidate that had no chance of winning.

  17. Re:So, I actually don't understand this. on Tank Hack Ensured Farmland Didn't Thwart the Invasion of Europe · · Score: 1

    As I understand it, the hedgerow growth was so thick (more like trees, actually) that the tank couldn't crush it readily. Instead, the front end of the tank would lift high into the air before bearing its full weight on the hedge, giving exposure to the thinnest part of the armor. Even if the tank made it over without taking a shell to its belly, the hedge probably sprang back up behind it, cutting off any infantry support it might have had following it.

    The comb allowed the tank to gain purchase between the trees or under (in the dike upon which the trees were growing) , either snapping off the trunks or uprooting them altogether.

  18. Re:House loses most staunch Democrat on Speaker of the House Boehner Announces Resignation · · Score: 1

    "Your fly is open."

  19. Re:How long will the company stay up? on Volkswagen Diesel Scandal Spreads To Porsche and Audi · · Score: 1

    The CEO is leaving, he has his money from the past X years.

    More than that. I believe I read that his exit package will be on the order of about $67M.

  20. Re:Well that settles it then on Court Rules Batmobile Is Entitled To Copyright Protection · · Score: 1

    a 10 year old kid making one out of cardboard

    Batman: "Quick Robin. To the Batmobile!"

    Robin: "Damn it, Batman! The rental again?"

    nana-nana-nana-nana

  21. Re:cooler idea... on 1000-key Emoji Keyboard Is As Crazy As It Sounds · · Score: 1

    Entering the puking emoji could also be kind of messy.

  22. Re:I am 34 and what is this. on 1000-key Emoji Keyboard Is As Crazy As It Sounds · · Score: 1

    I'm 50-something and I get it. He did it because he could. The intention was to have some fun.

    Why does a mountain climber climb a mountain?

  23. Re: the work he has put in does warrant appreciati on 1000-key Emoji Keyboard Is As Crazy As It Sounds · · Score: 4, Funny

    Why? What's there to appreciate? A tremendous waste of time and effort? :)

    Why? See, right there you used an emoticon. It took you two whole keystrokes.

    Tom could have typed it with one!

  24. Re: Finally, we've arrived! on VW Fiasco Puts Ethics In Engineering Under the Spotlight, CEO Steps Down · · Score: 1

    In the USA, most non-doctors die in a hospital or medical care facility, while most doctors die at home.

    The reason is believed to be that doctors recognize when their own case is hopeless, and just choose to spend their final days at home with minimal care. But most doctors have not been trained to have "the talk" with their patients, so the patient is never offered that option.

  25. Re:Discovery Channel Promo on Selfies Kill More People Than Shark Attacks · · Score: 1

    All I want is a selfie stick with a frikin' laser beam attached!