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  1. Re:migration paths per distribution on Linux Kernel 4.7 Reaches End of Life, Users Urged To Move To Linux 4.8 (softpedia.com) · · Score: 1

    Sure, if you want to turn a 15 second process that you understand into a 2 minute process that can be easily described to friends or family if they're interested in doing the same without a technical background.

    Fixed that for you.

  2. Net Neutrality on More Unblocking Companies Give Up Their Fight Against Netflix (techspot.com) · · Score: 1

    If only Netflix supported net neutrality, you know the system where everyone receives what they've paid for.

  3. Immediately follow by... on Reddit Brings Down North Korea's Entire Internet (mirror.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Netcraft confirming the sites' activities bringing them down again.

  4. Re:Seems reasonable to sell a product on Sony Wins Battle Over Preinstalled Windows in Europe's Top Court (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Many products do have a label indicating that you can, in the event you're not completely satisfied, return any unused portion for a full refund. Those are usually products worth purchasing. Many jurisdictions offer such consumer protection regardless of the label. It's worth finding out if you're paying taxes to support such an endeavor.

  5. Re:C&R are over 35 years old on Spain Runs Out of Workers With Almost 5 Million Unemployed (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    And Dennis Ritchie has been deceased since 2011. But that's probably just a minor set back.

  6. Re:Or they offer too little on Spain Runs Out of Workers With Almost 5 Million Unemployed (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Or my favorite aspect of the "paradox", when employers demand a 4 year degree, or 5 years equivalent experience with technology that has existed for 2 years. Then the problem isn't the workforce, it's the expectation of far more than the required skill set to perform a job.

  7. This is clearly a plea to correct the issue where Rick Astley isn't the richest man on earth.

  8. Re:SubjectIsSubject on Kickstarter Just Did Something Tech Startups Never Do: It Paid a Dividend (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    Right after chapter 11?

  9. Business model on Microsoft Is Buying LinkedIn For $26.2 Billion (microsoft.com) · · Score: 1

    For just $12 a month you can opt out of LinkedIn.

  10. Re:The law on this is well-established. on Autonomous Robot Intentionally Hurts People To Make Them Bleed (fastcompany.com) · · Score: 1

    That would probably be "simple assault" in most jurisdictions, as it doesn't require directly inflicting the damage yourself.

  11. Re:Our govenrnment at work on Feds Ask Supreme Court To Void Apple's $400 Million Award From Samsung (siliconbeat.com) · · Score: 1

    Government determines that they may have overreached, Anonymous Coward decides this is also overreach and that the original government overreach must be correct. Because screw both due process as well as checks and balances.

  12. Here is the problem though, Blacks kill other blacks in mass on a weekly basis,

    So it's the Catholic ones that are the real problem? Perhaps you meant en masse?

  13. Re:Obligatory on Movie Written By Algorithm Turns Out To Be Hilarious and Intense (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    I see your xkcd and raise you a Dilbert.

  14. Redundant? on Siemens Now Commands An Army Of Spider Robots (dailydot.com) · · Score: 5, Funny

    I just imagine the Australian readers wondering why the summary felt the need to point out that spiders are microwave sized.

  15. Always two there are on Facebook Says It's Not Secretly Recording You (fb.com) · · Score: 1

    Don't forget Zynga.

  16. Re:Easy if you are bilingual - Transliterate on Ask Slashdot: How Do You Create A Highly-Secure Password? (securitymagazine.com) · · Score: 2

    Even better, just use Welsh, then no one will ever be able to guess your password.

  17. Vexatious litigation is legal action which is brought, regardless of its merits, solely to harass or subdue an adversary. It may take the form of a primary frivolous lawsuit or may be the repetitive, burdensome, and unwarranted filing of meritless motions in a matter which is otherwise a meritorious cause of action. Filing vexatious litigation is considered an abuse of the judicial process and may result in sanctions against the offender.

    Italicized emphasis mine.
    repetitive? check
    burdensome? I'd have to ask Yahoo whether the FBI was going to foot the bill for the time spent gathering the information.
    unwarranted? as suggested by the literal lack of warrant, check
    All that's left is the FBI to try to apply the all writs act and now we've got the litigation portion covered.
    Now you'd have Yahoo required and the FBI expressly forbidden from completing the actions by law. I think this needs to see trial.

  18. Re:"Is there a flaw in that argument?" on Elon Musk: 'One In Billions' Chance We're Not Living In A Computer Simulation (vox.com) · · Score: 1

    Logo actually

  19. Sister Miriam Godwinson was quoted today saying, "We must Dissent."

  20. Police departments around the globe showed immense interest in this product until they discovered that it doesn't actually have anything to with doughnuts.

  21. Re:Central planning failure on Chile Has So Much Solar Energy It's Giving It Away for Free (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Free as in, "already paid in full by taxation, then handed back to taxpayers without additional charges." So "marketing department" free (as in buy one get one free, or free with any purchase of at least $20), so sure it's literally free in that sense. A "perfect" market doesn't contain a step where a government takes full credit for the productivity of the citizens it's meant to represent. The taxation step suggests it's not free as in freedom or free market.

  22. Re:Login is hard to understand on Microsoft Removes 260-Character Path Length Limit In Windows 10 Redstone (softpedia.com) · · Score: 1

    I misread that as MSJW devs, and now I'm really hoping that doesn't become a thing.

  23. You mean you don't use your favorite Twitter comments as each branch of the file tree?

  24. Re:On the plus side on Foxconn Cuts 60,000 Jobs, Replaces With Robots (thestack.com) · · Score: 1

    You'd think that, but I think Foxconn will be proactive and innovative with the first stream of robot suicides.

  25. Re:Not welcomed by some government agencies on Researchers Generate Electricity Using Seawater and Sunlight · · Score: 4, Funny

    Wait, you're suggesting that something combustible can be used both to fuel engines and explosives? Perhaps someone should come up with an award to encourage people to use this knowledge for good instead of evil! Something catchy like, say, the Nobel Peace Prize.