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  1. Do you want to get Borgs? on Army Exoskeleton Prototype Helps Soldiers Learn To Shoot · · Score: 1

    Because that's how you get Borgs.

  2. Re:Based on my research on Checking Mammoth DNA Against Elephants Hints At How They Got Hairy · · Score: 1

    When things are getting hairy, you just have to keep pushing through.

  3. Re:Looking to move off of iTunes on How Apple Music Can Disrupt Users' iTunes Libraries · · Score: 1

    I've said it above and I'll say it again:

    Select all the tracks for the album, "Get info". On the "details" page, there is a checkbox named "Compilation [_] Album is a compilation of songs by various artists". iTunes will then keep the files in a directory for the album (under /Compilations/AlbumName/).

  4. Re:Looking to move off of iTunes on How Apple Music Can Disrupt Users' iTunes Libraries · · Score: 1

    If you don't want iTunes to manage the files then you have to manage them yourself. Unchecking that option means iTunes won't copy/move your files when you add them to your library.

  5. Re:Looking to move off of iTunes on How Apple Music Can Disrupt Users' iTunes Libraries · · Score: 3, Informative

    In any case, if you don't want iTunes to manage the files, simply uncheck the option "Keep iTunes Media folder organized".

    I really can't understand why people are bitching about this so much.

  6. Re:Looking to move off of iTunes on How Apple Music Can Disrupt Users' iTunes Libraries · · Score: 1

    If you're using iTunes, it doesn't matter how your files are organized, you're supposed to use playlists and smart playlists using the metadata.

    And iTunes already does organize files by directories if your metadata is correct.

  7. Re:How much electricity was used last month to min on Bitcoin Snafu Causes Miners To Generate Invalid Blocks · · Score: 1

    If Dogecoin ever replaces Bitcoin (including its value per coin), I'll be freakin' rich!

  8. Re:Looking to move off of iTunes on How Apple Music Can Disrupt Users' iTunes Libraries · · Score: 1

    I used to care how the files were organized too, until I realized it was pointless if the software can do it for me. It's not about "the Apple way", it's about letting computers do the job for us, like it's supposed to be.

  9. Re:Why? on Russian Progress Cargo Ship Docks With Space Station · · Score: 1

    It's a joke since their current 3D-printer can only print in plastic and even if they could 3D-print anything they need they'd still need to be supplied with print materials regularly.

  10. Re:Looking to move off of iTunes on How Apple Music Can Disrupt Users' iTunes Libraries · · Score: 1

    Select all the tracks for the album, "Get info". On the "details" page, there is a checkbox named "Compilation [_] Album is a compilation of songs by various artists".

  11. Re:Looking to move off of iTunes on How Apple Music Can Disrupt Users' iTunes Libraries · · Score: 1

    Why does it matter how the files are organized? Let the OS and the software take care of technical details and manage your music through iTunes.

  12. Re:Looking to move off of iTunes on How Apple Music Can Disrupt Users' iTunes Libraries · · Score: 1

    People don't know how to use software and then complain that the software is buggy, news at 11.

    Hint: check the "compilation" box.

  13. Why? on Russian Progress Cargo Ship Docks With Space Station · · Score: 1

    Can't they 3D-print anything they need? /joke

  14. Re:Well... on Ask Slashdot: How Much Did Your Biggest Tech Mistake Cost? · · Score: 1

    You have to plan for idiots, because there will be idiots. And odds are, they will outrank you.

    Is that a quote from somewhere? Who said that?

    In any case, I'm adding it to my list of quotes.

  15. Re:Happy 4th of July! on When Nerds Do BBQ · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Whoever's in charge of this guy, please lower his dose of Kool-Aid.

    Thank you.

  16. Re:The reason is more simple on Why Electric Vehicles Aren't More Popular · · Score: 1

    If you think I'm anti-EV, you couldn't be more wrong. In fact, if a small one or two person EV car was available for around 10$K or less, I'd be driving one already. I work from home and only go out of town once or twice a year and it's usually with someone else who have their own car. So I don't care about charging time and I don't care about the range, even only 50km would be more than fine.

    The problem really is the cost.

  17. Re:The reason is more simple on Why Electric Vehicles Aren't More Popular · · Score: 4, Insightful

    A lof of things differ from country to country: subsidies, availability of electric cars, cost of fuel. And not everyone spends the same amount of cash on fuel per month because not everyone drives the same distance every month.

    And not everyone buys new cars, so until there's a lot of used electric cars available, they're only going to be a fraction of percentage of all the cars on the road.

  18. The reason is more simple on Why Electric Vehicles Aren't More Popular · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Electric vehicles are expensive and most people only buy a new vehicle every X years while electric vehicles have only been (easily) available for the last few years.

  19. Re:I've seen this movie on How To Design Robot Overlords For "Robot Overlords" · · Score: 1

    Now that you've seen the special effects, you've seen ALL this movie has to offer.

    It can't possibly be any worst than those insipid Transformers movies.

  20. This is only a test on Machine Learning System Detects Emotions and Suicidal Behavior · · Score: 1

    ...a new machine learning technology [...] which can identify emotion in text messages and email, such as sarcasm...

    Of course it can detect sarcasm, the algorithms required are really simple.

  21. Sword Art Online on Someone Will Die Playing a Game In Virtual Reality · · Score: 1
  22. That's not so bad on Samsung Faces Lawsuit In China Over Smartphone Bloatware · · Score: 2, Funny

    Once systemd assimilates all those apps, the number will be much lower.

  23. Re:/. a congragation of the worlds legal scholars on Ask Slashdot: What Is the Best Way To Hold Onto Your Domain? · · Score: 1

    Sounds about right to me. Have you seen the topics we discuss lately? A lot of them can be answered with lmgtfy.

  24. Re:How to break the Internet on Aussie ISP Bakes In Geo-dodging For Netflix, Hulu · · Score: 1
  25. Re:Sheep on Rocket Labs Picks New Zealand For Its Launch Site · · Score: 1

    What about exploding sheeps?