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  1. On other words ... on Windows 10 Gets a Package Manager For the Command Line · · Score: 4, Funny

    sudo apt-get install malware

  2. It was only a matter of time on Law Lets IRS Seize Accounts On Suspicion, No Crime Required · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Since legalized theft through Civil Forfeiture pumps billions of dollars every year into the coffers of police departments throughout the country, the IRS simply wants their piece of the pie as well.

  3. Minor problem on German Publishers Capitulate, Let Google Post News Snippets · · Score: 1

    The law they had their cronies enact is still on the books. It's only Google that no longer has to give a shit about it, but it's still there to threaten innovation.

  4. A matter of perspective on How To Find the Right Open Source Project To Get Involved With · · Score: 2

    In my case it was because I'm a lazy bastard. I needed e bug tracking module (exception details are turned into a unified format to report to a bug tracking server) and I came across one that was already 95% of what I wanted, so I simply contributed enhancements until the final 5% were covered.
    The same thing got a former colleague of mine involved in the Firebug project until he became a regular contributor.

  5. Re:news for nerds? on New US Airstrikes In Iraq Intended to Protect Important Dam · · Score: 0

    Quick, someone distribute a shitload of tanks to the untrained police and open up some offshore concentration camps!

  6. Re:Love Free Offline Nokia Here Drive+Maps on Post-Microsoft Nokia Offering Mapping Services To Samsung · · Score: 1

    Don't forget the other advantages of satnav in a handheld device, like how you can take the device with you, save the spot where you parked the car as a way point.

  7. Coincidences over coincidences on Munich Reverses Course, May Ditch Linux For Microsoft · · Score: 1

    The new mayor once brokered the deal to get Microsoft to move its German headquarters (and the tax revenue that comes with it) into Munich proper instead of some satellite city and now that he's been elected, he and his friends constantly spread rumors about problems with the completed Linux migration (never any lists of actual concrete examples) and they want to look into whether they should move back to MS products.

  8. Re:Email? Ha. I remember em saying fax is dead on Email Is Not Going Anywhere · · Score: 1

    Funny how even the fax is still alive and kicking in this modern age.

    Our company deals with small businesses like supermarkets and bakeries on a regular basis and in those areas it's still necessary because many of them don't use their computers for more than Excel and porn.

  9. Re:US people only on Old School Sci-fi Short Starring Keir Dullea Utilizes Classic Effects · · Score: 1

    The film itself came out quite a while ago and their official page has a hassle-free pay-to-view feature at a normal price (people can either rent it or outright buy a digital download):
    http://www.henrithefilm.com/

    The only thing that has changed since then is that it's now also available on a streaming site that requires workarounds if you happen to live anywhere else than one certain country on this planet.

  10. Re:Good on Justin.tv Shuts Down Amid Reports Google Is Acquiring Twitch · · Score: 1

    It had its uses back in the day, but when they started the whole "This channel has reached the maximum number of free viewers for your country" bullshit to badger people into signing up for a paid account that stopped as well.

  11. Re:pocket change in Apple's world on Apple $450 Million e-Book Settlement Wins Court Approval · · Score: 2

    Nowadays that's like half a lawsuit against Samsung.

  12. And ... on Obama Administration Says the World's Servers Are Ours · · Score: 1

    Pray that the data isn't stored in a country that has oil!

  13. Re:sure you want to go with 'undead' ? on Perl Is Undead · · Score: 1

    It means that the uninfected humans have to shoot it in the head. Or stake it through the heart. And quickly, before things get worse.

    Kinda like what Adobe has been trying to do to ColdFusion ever since they acquired it as part of the Macromedia deal.

  14. Re:Who knew the end of capitalism... on German Intelligence Agency Planning To Follow Big NSA Brother On Shoestring · · Score: 1

    Considering that Terry Gilliam is still very much alive it might just be because your jokes suck.

  15. Re:The difference with the USA on German Intelligence Agency Planning To Follow Big NSA Brother On Shoestring · · Score: 0

    Like the last left-leaning government that did more damage to the nation's healthcare, social security, employee protection, financial market regulation and other sectors than the previous conservative government could've ever dreamed during its 16 years of majority?

  16. Re:English to German is relatively easy on Microsoft Demos Real-Time Translation Over Skype · · Score: 1

    Even with languages that share a common ancestry, these programs still have trouble when it comes to context, as shown in the following screenshot on the same topic.
    http://www.androidcentral.com/...

    In this case the software tried to translate "move", which the original text uses in the context of "cancel the lease on your apartment and move to a different address" (German word would be "umziehen") and instead picks the German word "verschieben", which is the translation in the context of "grab and item and push it until it's no longer in spot A but in spot B".
    Unless the software can actually factor in the context (as Google's search algorithm often tries to do), Murphy's Law will still have a field day with words that can translate into several different and distinct ones in the other language.

  17. Re:why are they taking so long? on New IE 8 Zero Day Discovered · · Score: 3, Funny

    The NSA probably wanted more time to exploit it.

  18. A matter of priorities on Fusion Power By 2020? Researchers Say Yes and Turn To Crowdfunding. · · Score: 4, Insightful

    14 billion? That's less than it costs to supply that little adventure in the Iraqi desert with toilet paper!!!

  19. Re:Why are they in the EU again? on UK May Kill the EU's Net Neutrality Law · · Score: 0

    That US lap dog's EU membership has become a cancer that's been festering for decades. Nowadays they're almost nothing beyond that.

  20. Re:WOW on James Cameron and Eric Schmidt's SOI Grieve Loss of Nereus ROV · · Score: 1

    Look at what Jim Cameron's brother Mike does for a living. Extreme stuff like that is in the family's blood.

  21. Re:If Apple is its biggest supporter, then... on Can Thunderbolt Survive USB SuperSpeed+? · · Score: 2

    It'll turn out just like how they abandoned Firewire once there was finally enough hardware on the market to even take note of it.

  22. Re:Careful! on Joss Whedon Releases New Film On Demand · · Score: 1

    Haven't tried disabling the Flash plugin to force the browser to fall back on the HTML5 version (which many of us would probably prefer anyway). Maybe that one will work better for others.

  23. Re:Careful! on Joss Whedon Releases New Film On Demand · · Score: 1

    Don't get your panties in a bunch, we're talking about Joss Whedon, not Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
    In most of his work you can see the eventual outcome from miles away. It's the ride to get there that makes his work fun.

  24. Re:Careful! on Joss Whedon Releases New Film On Demand · · Score: 1

    Your summary still might help some others.

    It's a cable modem and regular Vimeo works just fine. It's only the VOD stuff that shows this off behavior (because it loads the video in 40 MB pieces to circumvent most download tools and fails to stitch them back into seamless output).

  25. Re:Careful! on Joss Whedon Releases New Film On Demand · · Score: 1

    Won't work in this case, but thanks for the good intention.

    Unlike regular Vimeo, where it's easy to work around the basic methods, the VOD site loads parts of the video in 40 MB or so pieces, tries to stitch them together again and in my case it failed miserably at doing so (despite a proven and more than sufficient downlink),