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  1. It's the new Turbo button!

  2. Can I ask it how much a ten inch by eight inch by twenty inch box of water would weigh and expect an answer that isn't just a butchered version of the question inserted into a google search.

    That's the answer I'd give...

  3. Ups and downs on The Flying Lily Camera Drone is Dead, Buyers Will Be Refunded (mashable.com) · · Score: 2

    The Lily company faced "many ups and downs" last year

    Well... you'd hope so, really, when you're developing a drone.

  4. Re:This already happens on Windows 10 Will Soon Lock Your PC When You Step Away From It (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    This already happens

    It seems no-one actually knows for sure what this does, but it seems likely it's a bit more than just "lock after a x minutes of no keyboard/mouse input." It probably keeps checking via the webcam for your face, and if it doesn't see you for a while, it locks.

  5. This has gone far enough! on Windows 10 Will Soon Lock Your PC When You Step Away From It (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Windows 10 Will Soon Lock Your PC When You Step Away From It

    Bloody hell, will it? Even though I'm running Windows 7/Centos 7? That's very clever.

  6. Re:WW3 is going to be a nightmare on Pentagon Successfully Tests Micro-Drone Swarm (phys.org) · · Score: 1

    "The wars of the future will not be fought on the battlefield or at sea. They will be fought in space, or possibly on top of a very tall mountain. In either case, most of the actual fighting will be done by small robots. And as you go forth today remember always your duty is clear: To build and maintain those robots."

  7. Apple Patent Paves Way For iPhone With Full-Face Display, HUD Windows

    Not "Windows," but "windows," of course.

    Title case is a pointless, arbitrary, and confusing tradition. Let it die.

    No-one Writes Anything Else Like This, So Why News Headlines?

  8. Re:That's very bright! on Scientists Predict Star Collision Visible To The Naked Eye In 2022 (npr.org) · · Score: 4, Informative

    Nice try at being pedantic, but you failed.

    -fold: a native English suffix meaning “of so many parts,” or denoting multiplication by the number indicated by the stem or word to which the suffix is attached

  9. Re:"will collide in 2022" on Scientists Predict Star Collision Visible To The Naked Eye In 2022 (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    You must be a hit at parties.

    Look, it's not a lecture to an audience of astronomers. They went with the simplest description that would be understood by the most people. And that includes you, because you know what they meant. We all do.

  10. Re:that cant be right on Scientists Predict Star Collision Visible To The Naked Eye In 2022 (npr.org) · · Score: 5, Informative

    Yes, but since they can't please normal people and pedants, they've gone with the description that both can easily understand.

  11. Re:If its visible here in 2022 on Scientists Predict Star Collision Visible To The Naked Eye In 2022 (npr.org) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Not in all reference frames.

  12. Re:That's no moon! on Our Moon May Have Formed From Multiple Small Ones, Says Report (go.com) · · Score: 2

    It's a bunch of small moons taped together!

  13. Cough, splutter, that's the sound of the police.

  14. Re:Solid object stops bullet. on Macbook Saves Man's Life During Fort Lauderdale Airport Shooting (chron.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    more about the near miraculous survival of the victim

    Not miraculous in the slightest when you consider the five people who did die. If that's God's idea of a miracle, he's a bit of a prick.

  15. Re:Well fuck unicode, amiright? on Kodak Is Bringing Back Ektachrome Film (petapixel.com) · · Score: 1

    12 hours later and you still haven't fixed it. Just don't give a shit, eh.

  16. Well fuck unicode, amiright? on Kodak Is Bringing Back Ektachrome Film (petapixel.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    âoeThe reintroduction [...] a resurgence in shooting film,â Kodak Alaris says. âoeResurgence [...] physical end product.â

    Jesus fucking Christ, Slashdot. It's 2017.

    At they very, very least, you should code something that warns of accented characters before publication. It'd take two minutes to write.

    I thought you were trying to be a professional news service, but you come across like an absolute shower of useless berks..

  17. Re:Wikileaks on WikiLeaks Threatens To Publish Twitter Users' Personal Info (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1

    #unexpectedcrypticcrosswordclue

  18. Re:Propaganda? on Fewer People Are Dying of Cancer Than Ever Before (theoutline.com) · · Score: 1

    The law was passed in 2010 and it took quite a while to get the exchanges up and running, get people enrolled, and then get them to actually see a doctor.

    You don't have to be fully cured of cancer for your treatment to have an impact on rates of death. All the people who are currently in treatment, who otherwise wouldn't be and would have died by now (which could have been just months or weeks away when they started treatment), will be helping the numbers.

  19. > The sole reason why I don't own a 3D TV is that you have to have special glasses. You can't just use any 3D glasses like you can in the theater.

    That depends on the TV. With some, you can.

  20. Re:WTFA on Rumors of Cmd's Death Have Been Greatly Exaggerated (microsoft.com) · · Score: 2

    Click on the fucking link.

  21. Re:It's not quite please, it's the law on Apple Removes NYTimes App in China, Shows How Far It Is Willing To Go To Please Local Authority (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    It is frustrating that Apple has no way to convince China to knock this off.

    Yeah, I'm always wishing Apple was more powerful than the third most powerful country in the world.

  22. Apple Removes NYTimes App in China, Shows How Far It Is Willing To Go To Please...

    ...its shareholders, to whom it is beholden to make as much moolah as it can.

  23. Is this a discovery or an invention? Is it a case of making ReRAM do something it wasn't designed or expected to do, or has someone built a new thing that connects to/updates ReRAM?

  24. Is this as opposed to all those monitors that just display whatever pixels they want to?

    Those must suck.

  25. Re:Coming soon: screen lag? on AMD Debuts Radeon FreeSync 2 For Gaming Displays With Stunning Image Quality (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 1

    With F/G-Sync you get increased input lag.

    Why?