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  1. Re:Rounded like a donut? on Canadian Man Invented a Wheel That Can Make Cars Move Sideways (nationalpost.com) · · Score: 1

    I am sure Canadians are used to driving sideways - in winter.

  2. O for on Google Reveals What N In Android N Stands For -- Nougat · · Score: 1

    Oreos

    Yeah its trademarked so there would have to be some negotiation

  3. "That's wrong. I came up with 233 degrees Kelvin. "

    Water doesn't flow at 233 degrees Kelvin, no matter how thick your pipe is

  4. In space on Axiom Plans A New Private-Sector Outpost in Space (blastingnews.com) · · Score: 2

    a privater sector outpost in space could have a use as a tax haven

  5. WTF? Russia was invaded in 1941, so the 70th anniversary would be 2011.

  6. Yeah the tines don't add up/
    Bear in mind that black holes can do funny things to timr.

    But my bet is on an error in the summary. That seems to happen much more often than black holes colliding

  7. Re:Does not has microSD on Amazon's New Kindle Is Only $80, Comes In White, and With More Storage · · Score: 1

    I don't think Amazon believe in microSD
    or any other external storage
    youre meant to store your books in the cloud.
    Fortunately books don't take up much space
    Anyway I bought a PaperWhite a while ago, I was very disapointed. It didn't do white text on black background which is what I prefer (I have vision problems)

    I now use a Fire HD 6
    and it does have a headphone jack (for when "the barking of dogs is loud on every side")

  8. I wasn't born in this country (but English IS my first language)

    cav (singular) is short for cavalry (as in Air-Cav helicopter mobile troops first used in 'Nam

    or is it CAV = Computer Aided Visualization?

  9. Re:MP3 on Slashdot Asks: What's Your Preferred Music Streaming Service? · · Score: 1

    Yep, I store my music collection on a microSD card in my phone
    I don't want to pay VZW for data overage.

  10. Needs propellers on Tesla Model S Floats Well Enough To Act As a Boat, According To Elon Musk · · Score: 1

    Spinning the wheels with road tires on isn't going to do much
    Most amphibious vehicles have propllers or water jets
    Remember the Amphicar, the VW schvimwagen and the DUKW

  11. Supe? on Interviews: Ask Security Expert Mikko Hypponen A Question · · Score: 1

    Didn't I see this yesterday?

  12. Re:To put it into perspective on Small Asteroid Discovered Orbiting Earth (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    : It's never going to be cost effective."

    asteroid mining is not forminerals for Earth. Its for use in space construction or on the Moon.
    It costs way more in energy,fuel or propellant to lift something out of Earths gravity well and thick atmosphere than it does to move it from the asteroid belt of even Kuiper Belt to geostat orbit or L5

  13. To drug and alcohol test the congresspeople and senators too.
    They must be high on something.

  14. Never mind the Mystery and Thriller planets, I want to see the Science Fiction and Fantasy planets

  15. That my PC has an AMD CPU

  16. Breathe on Developer Accuses Apple Of Stealing His Breathe App (www.bgr.in) · · Score: 2

    Breathe in the air
    don't be afraid to care

  17. in this case - Blood Sugar
    at the moment the only way to get an exact measurement is to have a nurse or TMA pierce theayient's skin and get a blood sample
    at least the nurse asks for permission first., I din't know how a patient would respond to a robot

  18. Mckesson on How Activist DeRay Mckesson's Twitter Account Was Hacked · · Score: 1

    Any relation to the medical supply company?
    the family that owns that must be billionaires.

  19. Re:TIme flies on It Took 33 Years To Find the Easter Egg In This Apple II Game (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    I bought an Apple ][ in 1981 - it was my 3rd computer

    I still think it was the best of the 8 bit machines. Although the C=64 had better graphics, the Apple was more expandable and had faster I/O

  20. Yeah, and its part of Amazon Prime, along with the free 2-day shipping and Prime Videos
    But I prefer to buy and download my .MP3's (once) and not have to pay the cellphone company for the extra data

  21. Re: Yeah - not at all an advert. on Woman Uses 'Hey Siri' To Call An Ambulance and Help Save Her Child's Life (networkworld.com) · · Score: 1

    How many iPhone users does it take to wreck a nice beach?

  22. I thought the acronym was LBNAWKIJ
    (the B stands for But)
    Of course Intelligence is probably not confined to 'life' (eg AI)
    and not all lifeforms are intelligent

  23. that the Singapore Govt may have difficulty retaining skilled staff.

  24. Re:What did they break? on Firefox 47 Arrives With Synced Tabs Sidebar, Better YouTube Playback (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 1

    }Does the Cassic-ui-plugin still work? :

    If you meab Classic Theme Restorer, then no, I had that installed and with it active, Zoom didnt work (even by Keyyboard.
    That was V1.52 of that plugin, maybe there will be an update

  25. Looks that way, I turned off a few extensions and Zoom works again
    Now I just https://news.slashdot.org/story/16/06/07/2055235/firefox-47-arrives-with-synced-tabs-sidebar-better-youtube-playback#have to narrow it down to which add-on is the problem...

    It looks like Classic Theme Restorer
    I had v1.52 installed
    wonder if theres an update