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  1. I upgraded to FF47 and found that the zoom stopped working
    both buttons in the toolbar and the CNTRL + key

  2. Where women aren't allowed to drive on Uber Raises $3.5 Billion From Saudi Arabia (fortune.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    FP?

  3. Re:Sure, skip it on Samsung: Don't install Windows 10 (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    "It's an even release, so it sucks. Wait until Windows 11 is out."

    So when is Windows 11 coming out.

    Or a better question = when is the next version of Windows that doesn't suck coming out

    (wait until thten and buy a new PC with it pre-installed)

  4. :All OS Versions On Sale For $90,000"

    What OS versions reetail for $90,000 ?

    Maybe some punctuation in the headline might help.

  5. I have Win 7 on Ask Slashdot: Would You Recommend Updating To Windows 10? · · Score: 1

    Where can I buy a barge pole?

  6. So if I want more ads on Samsung To Roll Out In-TV Ads To Legacy Displays Via Software Update · · Score: 1

    I should buy a Samsung TV

    But what if I don't want ads?

  7. Sink the Bismarck on WWII Code-Breaker Dies At Age 95 (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    It might have been a strategic victory, but a very pyhric one.
    The Hood went down with only 3 survivors

    Code breaking was more important in the fight against U-Boats

  8. DC comics lawsuit in 3 ,2, 1

  9. and are those Gigabits (1,000,000,000) or Gigibits (1,073,741,824)

  10. Re: When I was a kid... on Nevada Startup Stores Energy With Trains (fortune.com) · · Score: 1

    A lot of your excess wind power during the summer comes at night when it's cool,"

    I gurddit depends where you live, but around here there's usually less wind at night,
    and its usually still warm and humid, so home a/c is still running,
      plus there;s no solar power at night (as the fossil fuel industry keeps reminding us.

  11. Billion hour test on Backblaze Releases Billion-Hour Hard Drive Reliability Report (extremetech.com) · · Score: 1

    A billion hours is 114 thousand years
    civilization didnt exist that long ago
    at least on this planet

    even if they tested a thousand drives for 114 years that would still be amazing. what sort of hard drives were around in 1902 ?

  12. But the Ieaqi government doesn't control the entire country.
    What about ISIS, or the Kurds,

  13. Why would you want to listen to FM radio on a Smartphone?

    If its music you want, just download the .MP3 s to your phone and listen to the selection of music that you want.
    Without ads
    and if its erws, talk, or sport then you're better off with the AM band.

  14. Re:Historically accurate = Boring game on History Buffs Discover Inaccuracies In Battlefield 1 Trailer (hothardware.com) · · Score: 4, Informative

    "Blimps went out of use the moment airplanes became popular."

    Blimps were STILL used in World War 2.
    Of course by then they were inflated with Helium

  15. Self digging out cars?

    Of course a thermostat wired into the remote starter to keep the car from freezing when parked outside at night should be easy

  16. I am a real person and my name is Ross.

    Its mot that uncommon...

    I Am Not A Lawyer

  17. So whats the rule with FF version?

    Id it 'odd numbers are good' (like Windows)
    or
    'even numbers are good' (like Star Trek movies)

  18. Sue Google on Sue Googe Uses Google's Font To Run For US Congress (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    for breach of privacy

  19. So why didn't they bet more? on Swarm AI Correctly Predicts Kentucky Derby Superfecta, Turns $20 Into $11,000 (yahoo.com) · · Score: 1

    They could have made a million if thet were that confident.

  20. Re:Once again, hydrogen looks to be the future on Scientists: Electric Vehicles Produce As Many Toxins As Dirty Diesels (dailymail.co.uk) · · Score: 0

    "Most hydrogen comes from steam acting on hydrocarbon fuel,"

    I thought most hydrogen has been around since not long after the Big Bang.
    13 point something billions years ago.

    Of course a lot of people in this country believe that Creation was less than 10,000 years ago,and climate change isn't mentioned in The Bible so its wrong etc.

  21. Re:"Bear trap will be free to unsuspecting victims on Microsoft: Windows 10 Will Remain Free For People With Accessibility Needs (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    "Bear trap will close when your leg is inactive for a period of time."

    Of course the leg may be damaged, but thats ok, its the bear arms that are valuable

  22. Silicon Valley Startups Brace For Cold on Dropbox Cuts Several Employee Perks as Silicon Valley Startups Brace For Cold (businessinsider.com) · · Score: 0

    Cold? the rest of the country is coming into summer - it was 93F in the cities on friday.
    is a California ice age an unexpexted effect of climate change?
    Or are they expecting The Donald to win in November (and therefore Hell to freeze over...)

  23. Re:What's a gym washing service and why is it a pe on Dropbox Cuts Several Employee Perks as Silicon Valley Startups Brace For Cold (businessinsider.com) · · Score: 1

    Washing clothes while the employee is at the company gym."

    I guessed it was 'washing the employees gym clothes after they had been using the gym, which would be a lot cheaper.
    (send the clothes out to a laundry service overnight.

  24. Never heard of it before on Does Free Comic Book Day Help Retailers? (freecomicbookday.com) · · Score: 0

    and I live in a small town, so I would have to travel an hour or three to get to the nearest comic book store

  25. Remember the good old days on NASA Launches Searchable Database Of Public Domain Patents (slashgear.com) · · Score: 0

    when NASA used to launch people into space