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  1. Re:What about cars auto staring in the garage to r on Many Lexus Navigation Systems Bricked By Over-The-Air Software Update (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    They cant autostart AFAIK. Starting them still requires you to push the power button. The keyfob is required to be within 15-20 feet (from my experiance with a 2010 Prius rental) and unless you want the care stolen no one leaves it in the car lose.

  2. Sometimes it's people trying to pull a scam though,

    I remember that James Sikes guy who was bankrupt and owed an a$$-ton of money (around 700K ) to creditors and 19K behind on the loan on the Prius pulling something fishy.

    I believe it failed and he had a history of insurance fraud, filing false police reports, theft and regular fraud that made his story rather suspect (also the story was unbelievable in almost every detail).

  3. There were BBS systems and services like AOL before the internet that offered much of the same (at the time) service as what the internet provided starting in the 80's

  4. My milk is bad isn't it?

  5. Re:You have to know how to secure a Windows 10 PC on Ask Slashdot: Would You Recommend Updating To Windows 10? · · Score: 1

    Just built fresh machines and used M.2 SSD for OS. Win7 SP1 media was used for the install and when I checked, trim support was turned on during the install.

  6. Re:Fuck All Ads. on Samsung To Roll Out In-TV Ads To Legacy Displays Via Software Update · · Score: 1

    What ports do I block in my firewall?

  7. Re:32 bit or 64? on Upcoming OS/2 Release Will Be Called ArcaOS 5.0 (techrepublic.com) · · Score: 1

    I don't know about this specific version but ecomstation has LVM as part of the installer and it's been bootable from CD-ROM/DVD since forever. If they are using the same code IBM developed it should have the JFS2 code IBM wrote when they were creating it for AIX and ported to OS/2.

  8. Re:OS\2 Warp: Boxed Copy on Upcoming OS/2 Release Will Be Called ArcaOS 5.0 (techrepublic.com) · · Score: 1

    Are you looking for the fun of the experiance?
    Why not try a more up to date version with LVM and other features?

  9. Re:Why but why on Upcoming OS/2 Release Will Be Called ArcaOS 5.0 (techrepublic.com) · · Score: 1

    AIX got jfs2 due to OS/2 getting a LVM implementation that was written from the ground up.
    Not remotely frozen in time.

    Should have looked at ecomstation to see what changed over time.

  10. Re:It is worth what somebody will pay for it on Windows Zero-Day Affecting All OS Versions On Sale For $90,000 (softpedia.com) · · Score: 1

    I own a gen 1 Prius (296K miles) and even when it was new the best way to improve mileage to near sticker (highway) was to use cruise control as much as possible.

  11. Bullshit. The two times I neglected to gas up in PA I got fucked so bad in NJ.

  12. Another fun part of getting gas in NJ is that the pump keeps running up the $$ charge after it has stopped dispensing fuel. I've been stuck sitting there for 5 min after the tank filled watching another shit ton of $$ rack up on the pump while the one attendant was moving slowly between 12 pumps.

    Apparently this is legal there.

    Fuck NJ. Never buy gas (or anything else) there.

  13. Re: Not apples to apples on Former McDonald's USA CEO: $35K Robots Cheaper Than Hiring at $15 Per Hour (foxbusiness.com) · · Score: 1

    The big question is will the robots be calibrated to put as much lettuce and onion outside the Big Mac as current humans manage?

  14. Re:How is Linux any better? on Microsoft Backtracks On 'Nasty Trick' Upgrade To Windows 10 (bbc.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    I was able to fresh install Win7 after testing a Win10 upgrade with the same license key.

  15. Deadpool on Sorry, There's Nothing Magical About Breakfast (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    I can not accept that Colossus is wrong about this.

  16. Re:Not a surprise on PC Gamers Too Good For Consoles Gamers? · · Score: 1

    One thing that helps console players (and has been migrating to PC sadly) is auto aim/aim assist. from what I can tell the game is aiming for you and all you have to do is point mostly at the area the target is in.

    Take a console game that's been ported to PC and play with this feature on then turn it off and you will find a night and day difference in how much you actually have to aim to get those head shots.

  17. Re:Hardly on Too Much Multiplayer In Today's Games? · · Score: 1

    I'm too old.
    Most of the way through your post I was thinking "MW2, I'm amazed people are still playing MechWarrior 2 multi.". Thankfully you mentioned achievements and my more modern gamer brain parts ran a search and came up with the game title you were actually talking about.
    I think I need to buy a cane to wave at people.

  18. Re:Not sure where you got that idea on Too Much Multiplayer In Today's Games? · · Score: 1

    I bought Sierra games (especially LSL and SQ games) because of the ability to die horribly in a unique variety of ways that often were accompanied by unique text/graphics to your death.

  19. Re:What the hell was wrong with DOOM3? on id Software Announces Doom 4 · · Score: 1

    I had an AVP2 moment like that.

    When you are in the deserted base and you first enter the area that has been modified (you are still above ground) the entrance area is all full of hissing steam and I swear I saw an alien looming out of the mist and I started firing wildly. My wife and a friend were watching and got a good laugh out of that.

  20. Re:Misstep? on id Software Announces Doom 4 · · Score: 1

    I can understand not being able to have the flashlight out while using a rifle size weapon but at least we could have had it and the pistol out at the same time.

  21. Re:Their next film on Speed Racer's Visual FX Uncovered · · Score: 1

    So it is a B5 crossover, and the overfiend is whatever the Centauri worshiped.

  22. Re:It's not "Speed Racer!" on Speed Racer's Visual FX Uncovered · · Score: 1

    There are a number of series that don't go for big eyes and over the top stuff.
    I'm starting to watch Monster and it looks like it's a drama based around a doctor. Not a doctor who does super magic surgery, but the dialog seems rather sane and there are no super tricks.

    There are other series/movies I have seen that follow in this style.

  23. Re:jarred out? on Iron Man Released · · Score: 1

    Three things I think apply.

    He wanted a "down to earth, good-old, American, cheeseburger", a comfort food that isn't trendy, expensive or fancy. I think that after three moths of gruel I would also be looking to sample a few of Mr. CMOT Dibblers finest sausages (see Interesting Times).

    Out of all the fast food burger chains, I think that BK ones, at least taste like they have been on the grill and I enjoy that flavor (mmmm carcinogens) since being a rain god seems to get in the way of my own BBQ adventures.

    Finally, they were paid to have BK be placed in the film, so in a world where writes who are paid, control things, billionairs do eat at BK. Seeing as this was Stark, I would have had him show up in one of the paper crowns as well.

  24. Re:The best indicator of my enjoyment of a film... on Iron Man Released · · Score: 1

    I believe someone here (or at the register) once said "Transformers was the best LEGO Bionacle movie ever!".

  25. Re:What's the draw? on Guillermo del Toro Will Direct "The Hobbit" · · Score: 1

    Try "The Lathe of Heaven".

    Do not under any circumstances watch the A&E TV version!!1! If you must watch an adaption of it, watch the PBS made one; it's dated but conveys the story. The defect of A&E production is that it cut out most of the story and lost it's way agfter the first commercial break.