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  1. It's a little on the big side... on Add USB LED Notifications To Your PC With Just a Bit of Soldering (Video) · · Score: 1

    Considering how small Bluetooth adapters can be, this is a little on the chunky side.

  2. Re:DevCon.exe and a red-glowing USB mouse on Add USB LED Notifications To Your PC With Just a Bit of Soldering (Video) · · Score: 1

    I'm all for kit electronics, but e-mail / smartphone notifications are the way to go for computer notifications remotely.

    Everyone is not you. There are plenty of reasons not to have your phone connected 24/7. For that matter, there are plenty of people who don't own smart enough phones.

  3. Re:Scolllock and Numlock on Add USB LED Notifications To Your PC With Just a Bit of Soldering (Video) · · Score: 1

    For each LED, have instead a tiny window behind which you put some flap which is other side red, other side black.

    I work exclusively in blue light, you insensitive clod!

    Adding moving parts to what was previously an entirely solid-state device running on batteries. What could possibly go wrong?

    High contrast e-paper, on the other hand...

  4. Re:Old idea on Add USB LED Notifications To Your PC With Just a Bit of Soldering (Video) · · Score: 1

    I can ... whack on the keyboard for an hour

    Not on the hospital's time, pal.

  5. FoxNews.com has learned. on Moon Express Unveils Next Moon Lander · · Score: 2

    FoxNews.com has learned.

    Oh, shit. How long before it becomes self-aware?

  6. Re:robocop was somewhat like that on Scientists Boost the "Will To Persevere" With Current To the Brain · · Score: 1

    I can't think of why anyone who posts to slashdot would not be familiar with the Frankenstein monster.

    Perhaps because out of the 7 billion people on this planet, 6,999,999,999 of them are not you.

    I can't think of a reason to assume that anyone who posts to slashdot would necessarily be familiar with Frankenstein.

  7. Re:About to on Two Supermassive Black Holes About To Embrace · · Score: 1

    Only in this reference frame.

  8. Re:If they where thousands of light years apart... on Two Supermassive Black Holes About To Embrace · · Score: 1

    To quote todrules:

    FTA, it was more of a generalization on 2 black holes collapsing. It wasn't talking about anything specific in this case.

  9. Re:Did not read article yet, but... on Two Supermassive Black Holes About To Embrace · · Score: 1

    if they observed these black holes at a few thousand light years apart, and then some time later (assuming less than a few thousand years later) at just a few light years apart...

    That's a big "if." A casual reading of the summary might lead you to infer it, but it's more likely something they've extrapolated from the current observations.

  10. Re:FSVO "about" on Two Supermassive Black Holes About To Embrace · · Score: 1

    Yes, it is.

    (well, if you don't have to provide any evidence, nor do I).

  11. Re:Just in time too. on Moore's Law Blowout Sale Is Ending, Says Broadcom CTO · · Score: 1

    Well, we had a good run. 99% of the computing needs of 99% of the people can be met by the existing chips electronics.

    Hasn't that been true since the computer was invented?

  12. Re:Tough luck.. on Thieves Who Stole Cobalt-60 Will Soon Be Dead · · Score: 2

    'You have heard that it was said, "An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth". But I say to you, do not resist an evildoer. If anyone strikes you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also.'

    Yeah, and it did not end well for him.

  13. Re:Tough luck.. on Thieves Who Stole Cobalt-60 Will Soon Be Dead · · Score: 3, Insightful

    It isn't always because they are evil or "bad guys".

    FTFY.

  14. Re:Bu.lls.hit on Famo.us To Open Source Rendering Engine Replacement JavaScript Framework · · Score: 2

    It doesn't matter. They are abusing the domain name system to make the dot look like punctuation in the middle of a word.

    That's a side effect. They're using the domain name system to make the full name look like a single word. Yes, it's a little bit hipsterish, but nothing to get in a flap about.

    It's called marketing. You're not going to forget that URL in a hurry, are you?

  15. Re:science writer knows nothing of science on Oldest Human DNA Contains Clues To Mysterious Species · · Score: 3, Funny

    So what exactly is the "clues" that have been gained?

    are

    Sorry.

    So what exactly is the "clues" that are been gained?

  16. Despite being an actual murder, it wasn't clear whether or not she'd actually be sentenced to any punishments.

    Because she wasn't likely to harm anyone else? Or because she may have been deemed not to be responsible for her actions?

    Despite being an actual murder

    Sounds like that might be open to interpretation too:

    Murder is the unlawful killing, with malice aforethought, of another human

  17. Laws were invented to prevent harm, not categories of behaviour.

    Why is attempted murder a crime then?

  18. Re:This almost happened to me at a Pizzeria Unos on EV Owner Arrested Over 5 Cents Worth of Electricity From School's Outlet · · Score: 1

    It's strange to think how different things are today, where everyone just does this anytime they are out.

    Do they? I wouldn't, and have never noticed anyone doing it.

  19. Re:Taxpayers Pay For and Own The School on EV Owner Arrested Over 5 Cents Worth of Electricity From School's Outlet · · Score: 1

    Does that mean we've got the right to use the classrooms whenever we feel like it, too?

    Need some supplies for your meth lab? Just take what you need from chemistry class, as long as you pay your taxes.

  20. Shouldn't the public be able to make use of something they have paid for?

    Didn't work when I wanted a go in an MRI machine*.

    *NHS.

  21. Re:Don't expect the cop to know how much was stole on EV Owner Arrested Over 5 Cents Worth of Electricity From School's Outlet · · Score: 1

    He's not charging. He's arresting

    He reported. The arrest came days later.

  22. If there are no laws restricting the charging of electric vehicles at an (arguably) public outlet, then it is allowed.

    Operative word. The summary possibly gives the misleading impression that all and sundry were free to charge their ipods in this socket, but I suspect it's actually meant to be for the sole use of custodial staff and the like.

  23. Re:Not money, precedent. on EV Owner Arrested Over 5 Cents Worth of Electricity From School's Outlet · · Score: 1

    This is a PUBLIC outlet

    No it isn't. Just because something is funded out of taxes, doesn't mean you get to use it whenever you want and however you want.

    When the summary says

    the same outlet one could use to charge a laptop or cellphone.

    it doesn't mean "could" in the sense of "is allowed to" but in the sense of "is plausibly able to"

  24. Re:Cop was "in his car"? on EV Owner Arrested Over 5 Cents Worth of Electricity From School's Outlet · · Score: 1

    Proof by (electrical) induction, you could say *imaginary pipe puff*

  25. Re:More than theft on EV Owner Arrested Over 5 Cents Worth of Electricity From School's Outlet · · Score: 3, Insightful

    What makes you think it's there for the benefit of the public? It's more likely there for the sole use of custodial/maintenance staff.