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  1. Re:Not white on Researchers Demonstrate the World's First White Lasers · · Score: 1

    I'm a tetrachromat, you insensitive clod!

  2. Re:Pretty sure it doesn't run on Linux on Microsoft Edge On Windows 10: the Browser That Will Finally Kill IE · · Score: 1

    Thank you for that insightful and informative comment which has added so much to the discussion.

    Oh, wait, no it didn't, you just wanted to remind everyone that you don't own a television.

  3. Any ad blockers for it yet? on Microsoft Edge On Windows 10: the Browser That Will Finally Kill IE · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Hey Cortana, how can I block ads when I'm using Edge?

  4. Re: "...the same as trespassing." on Kentucky Man Arrested After Shooting Down Drone · · Score: 1

    Can it be jammed?

    The legal answer to that, is, I believe, a resounding and near-universal "no," for any value of "it."

  5. Re:Meredith was totally within his rights on Kentucky Man Arrested After Shooting Down Drone · · Score: 1

    No, he wasn't within his rights. Having your privacy violated doesn't give you the right to, for example, discharge a firearm within city limits.

    People have NO RIGHT to fly their drones over private property.

    That doesn't automatically grant you EVERY RIGHT to end the violation.

  6. Re:Kentucky Man on Kentucky Man Arrested After Shooting Down Drone · · Score: 1

    Then everyone'll just start flying anti-drone drones! You didn't think this through.

  7. Re:Or... just hear me out here... on Kentucky Man Arrested After Shooting Down Drone · · Score: 1

    Yes.

    You say that as if it's an obvious and objective truth.

    Even if a right of yours is being unquestionably infringed upon, that doesn't mean you have the automatic right to take any action whatsoever.

    The guy was apparently arrested for discharging a firearm within city limits - not for shooting down a drone, specifically.

  8. Re:Today I learned... on Kentucky Man Arrested After Shooting Down Drone · · Score: 1

    Today I learned that Kentucky is a populated area. Who knew?

  9. Re:the ultimate test on Windows 10 Launches · · Score: 1

    EnvMan to the rescue.

  10. Re:Other kinds of energy weapons on US Military Stepping Up Use of Directed Energy Weapons · · Score: 2

    Not interesting per se, but they'd certainly get my attention in the circumstances.

  11. Re:Ball tracking is not new on A Computer Umpires Its First Pro Baseball Game · · Score: 3, Informative

    Ditto tennis, where most people find it adds to the enjoyment.

    The only tech that assists with calls on a regular basis is (I believe) the one that tells the umpire if the ball nicked the net on a serve, which has been in place for decades. However, players are allowed to challenge other calls (or lack of call), in which case the decision is turned over to the computers, which display an animated view of the ball's trajectory and it's calculated impact, to much "ooh"ing from the crowd.

  12. Re:Applications? on Scientists Identify Possible New Substance With Highest Melting Point · · Score: 2

    And many of them can be assumed to be spherical.

  13. Re:Make the stuff on Scientists Identify Possible New Substance With Highest Melting Point · · Score: 1

    Don't dream up a vaporware material

    I see what you didn't know you did there.

  14. How does it compare to RAM, though? on Intel and Micron Unveil 3D XPoint Memory, 1000x Speed and Endurance Over Flash · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Intel and Micron say 3D XPoint memory is 1000 times faster than NAND, boasts 1000x the endurance of NAND, and offers 8-10 times the density of conventional memory.

    How does the speed compare to conventional memory, though?

  15. Re:bottlenecks on Intel and Micron Unveil 3D XPoint Memory, 1000x Speed and Endurance Over Flash · · Score: 2

    From the BBC:

    Rather than pitch it as a replacement for either flash storage or RAM (random access memory), the company suggests it will be used alongside them to hold certain data "closer" to a processor so that it can be accessed more quickly than before.

  16. Clickbait on Why Your Software Project Is Failing · · Score: 1

    Headline contains the word "your" and is therefore clickbait.

  17. Re:Damn aliens! on Voyager's Golden Record For Aliens Now Available On SoundCloud · · Score: 1
  18. Re:Sure is big... on Andromeda Galaxy's Secrets Revealed By Going Beyond Visible Light · · Score: 1

    I couldn't even do that properly. The images seem to be segmented.

  19. Re:How to Disable Stagefright? on 'Stagefright' Flaw: Compromise Android With Just a Text · · Score: 2

    What are the chances of someone texting me while I'm in their underwear?

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    Alternative reply: Way ahead of you.

  20. Re:keef is frequently a no-show. on Police Shut Down Anti-Violence Fundraiser Over Rapper's Hologram · · Score: 1

    Clearly the 3d holography

    OT, but that's marketing hype. It's neither 3d nor holographic.

  21. Re:Since when is a video a "hologram"? on Police Shut Down Anti-Violence Fundraiser Over Rapper's Hologram · · Score: 3, Insightful

    It's a Pepper's Ghost of (probably) a projection. Very much 2D.

  22. Re: Bitcoin only? on Winklevoss Twins Get Closer To Launching Their Bitcoin Exchange · · Score: 2

    Yes, but there are many many more stories about asshole idiot trolls being maligned as asshole idiot trolls.

    But those stories are boring so no-one tells them.

  23. Re:Windows 10? on Windows 10's Automatic Updates For NVidia Drivers Causing Trouble · · Score: 1

    Wasn't Win10 the system where you can't turn off updates?

    Err, yes. As the first line of the summary points out.

  24. Re:My interpretation of the joke on Twitter Yanks Tweets That Repeat Copyrighted Joke · · Score: 1

    Therein lies the problem. It's not funny your way, and it's not funny the other way that people come up with when they realise it's not funny the first way.

  25. I don't get it on Twitter Yanks Tweets That Repeat Copyrighted Joke · · Score: 1

    Saw someone spill their high end juice cleanse all over the sidewalk and now I know god is on my side

    Is that a joke? It doesn't seem to be a very good one.