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  1. Re:WebAssembly on WebAssembly and the Future of JavaScript · · Score: 2

    Decades more of Flash, eh? Is that the same Flash that I haven't used in over three years now?

  2. Re:"is idiots" on Ask Slashdot: Which Expert Bloggers Do You Read? · · Score: 1

    English is not my native language.

    "are idiots"

    sorry.

  3. Re:xkcd on Ask Slashdot: Which Expert Bloggers Do You Read? · · Score: 1

    It's also full of interesting information, such as http://theoatmeal.com/comics/b...

  4. Re:Jesus on Samsung Releases First 2TB Consumer SSD For Laptops · · Score: 1

    Well, since it's solid-state, it should be much faster to rewind compared to a DVD.

  5. Re:Step 1 on Samsung Releases First 2TB Consumer SSD For Laptops · · Score: 0

    I think the bitcoin blockchain takes up more space than anything other individual thing on my system.

    Well, you could send me your Bitcoins to clear some space on your drive... 18LQHMjKSCSU3g4f29TfmtfxHXUfnh7juB

  6. Re:I don't. Why follow when you can lead? on Ask Slashdot: Which Expert Bloggers Do You Read? · · Score: 1

    Well, you just cared about his post, so you're not even following his advice even though you think he's right.

  7. Re:I don't. Why follow when you can lead? on Ask Slashdot: Which Expert Bloggers Do You Read? · · Score: 1

    But you have to ignore a lot of what's going on. If you follow 5000 twits heading for a cliff, even if you don't follow them down, you'll still have wasted your time.

    A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky dangerous animals and you know it. Fifteen hundred years ago everybody knew the Earth was the center of the universe. Five hundred years ago, everybody knew the Earth was flat*. - Kay

    * Part of the quote was removed to fit reality**

    ** Reality as I know it, anyway***

    *** If this really is reality in the first place (insert Matrix-style question here).

  8. Re:xkcd on Ask Slashdot: Which Expert Bloggers Do You Read? · · Score: 4, Informative

    http://theoatmeal.com/ also has more insightful writing than most of the drivel posted on "blogs".

  9. Re:Rhetorical question on Ask Slashdot: Which Expert Bloggers Do You Read? · · Score: 1

    You're quite right about that. All that's left is idiots who try to get referrals to their Bitcoin faucet account.

  10. Re:Politics: SCGNews on Ask Slashdot: Which Expert Bloggers Do You Read? · · Score: 5, Funny

    Well, if you use Canadian oil you'll go from 1 mile per gallon down to 0.425143706 kilometre per liter. Nobody wants that!

  11. Re:(Humans) teach a machine to analyze (xyz) on Astronomers Teach a Machine To Analyze Space Images · · Score: 1

    Surely you mean 2009.

  12. Re:First Jolla and now Microsoft on Microsoft To Cut 7,800 More Jobs, Take $7.6 Billion Writedown On Nokia · · Score: 3, Funny

    I say we wait another 80 years. If most cellphone users are dead by then, it means that those wavelengths really are dangerous.

  13. (Humans) teach a machine to analyze (xyz) on Astronomers Teach a Machine To Analyze Space Images · · Score: 1

    Do you want Skynet? Because this is how you get Skynet.

  14. Re:Ternary sector on UK May Send More People Into Space · · Score: 1

    I vote to update Mr. Adams' space program and build four space crafts. The fourth one, to be launched first, will include every religious person.

  15. Re:Space whale on UK May Send More People Into Space · · Score: 1

    Are you my mommy?

  16. Re:TARDIS? on UK May Send More People Into Space · · Score: 1

    And when they're not young and cute, they sure have a mind and a temper of their own.

  17. Re:What's worse? on Most Doctors Work While Sick, Despite Knowing It's Bad For Patients · · Score: 1

    Yeah, but Canadian doctors are spreading free infections.

  18. MBC? on BBC Reveals Its New Microcomputer Design · · Score: 1

    Too bad they couldn't come up with a name which would have been "BBC" for the acronym.

  19. Security! on 'Severe Bug' To Be Patched In OpenSSL · · Score: 5, Funny

    Always keep your software up-to-date for security reasons!

    OpenSSL versions 1.0.2d and 1.0.1p are claimed to fix a single security defect classified as "high" severity. [...] The defect does not affect the 1.0.0 or 0.9.8 versions of the library.

    Unless of course the up-to-date versions are less secure than the old versions...

  20. Re:My Plans for Firefox on Mozilla's Plans For Firefox: More Partnerships, Better Add-ons, Faster Updates · · Score: 1

    Virtual +1 Funny

  21. Re:Mixed Feelings on Click-Fraud Trojan Politely Updates Flash On Compromised Computers · · Score: 4, Informative

    A lightweight static image with a link to the product page? Sure.

    A multiple-files-download, drag-down-my-CPU dynamic HTML5 ad? Fuck you.
    An auto-playing video ad? Fuck you too.

  22. Re:Alternate reason? on Click-Fraud Trojan Politely Updates Flash On Compromised Computers · · Score: 1
  23. Alternate reason? on Click-Fraud Trojan Politely Updates Flash On Compromised Computers · · Score: 4, Insightful

    But one aspect of it is unusual: it updates the victim's installation of Flash to the most recent version, ensuring that similar malware can't get in.

    Or maybe it just wants to make sure that all ads are shown so that it can click on them.

  24. Re:pardon my french, but "duh" on How Bad User Interfaces Can Ruin Lives · · Score: 1

    FaceTime is easy, the icon and the interface hasn't changed much since its introduction.

  25. Re:And where does the nitrogen come from? on Philips Is Revolutionizing Urban Farming With New GrowWise Indoor Farm · · Score: 1

    I knew it, I'm surrounded by assholes!