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  1. OK, I have to say this on Canadian Health Scientists Resort To Sneaker Net After Funding Slashed · · Score: 0

    With regard to deleting libraries, the only positive thing is that we are trying physically or electronically to follow the limits of human memory, and allow ourselves to start fresh from time to time. I go to the public library twice weekly, so don't take this as "born again, live free whatever", but the electronic age has grabbed everything and brought it with us, generations onwards...same music, books, etc from the past. At some point, we maybe (and I'm throwing this out there) deserve the freedom to discover truths about ourselves, in our time, without the uninformed literature of the past. If we can record everything, we need to think about not saving everything, but what the limits on saving should be.

  2. Re:Easy one... on Why Does Windows Have Terrible Battery Life? · · Score: 1

    Microsoft have long wanted to get into Wall St., so years ago they started working on improving algorithms, but then decided to hedge their bets, and that resulted in background processes trying to kill each other, some being idle for a long time, others short, so in financial terms, it formed a bubble... and that's why windows performance is sub-prime!

  3. Re:sorry but... on Two Birmingham Men Are Arrested By UK's New Intellectual Property Crime Unit · · Score: 1

    does someone really BUY the dvd boxset of the vampire diaries? Now I do watch the series mostly out of habit now, but buying it? I mean seriously?

    duh...they're vampires. they glamm'd the innocent folk into buying DVDs :)

  4. Re:Make it easier on 400 Million Chinese Cannot Speak Mandarin · · Score: 1

    they practically invented packaged food...all the illiterate folk starved, or ate the insanely hot green colored funny rabbit sticks, and never came back :)

  5. remember mood rings? on Can Even Apple Make a Watch Insanely Smart? · · Score: 1

    I could see a slight advantage to having a wrist band that changed color according to the urgency of the call/email/message, but that requires AI to function properly. Having moved away from wearing a blackberry on my belt, towards hiding my smartphone in a pocket, the smart-wrist thing is useful only to free up some of the time spent to pull your phone out to read it (yes, I drink lattes and am burdened by first world problems), only the cheaper models would fit within a profile of "don't want this taken from me on the subway".

  6. I feel Wuxi... on Fire At Hynix FAB May Bump DRAM Prices · · Score: 1

    maybe it's the lack of sleep, but things seem to be flying over my head today.

  7. short term business model on The Death of the American Drive-in · · Score: 1

    If your drive-in has 2K, maybe upgradeable to 4k projectors, then 8K comes out in a few years...what a difference to having 40 odd years of 35mm projectors!

  8. Re:Fun? Really? on The History of The Oregon Trail · · Score: 1

    still better than the other end of the trail, where it's more like: "bite me" !

  9. Re:Remote wipe? Not enough on Google Announces Android Device Manager For Later This Month · · Score: 3, Funny

    I carry my phone in my pocket, in my pants next to some important things. YMMV !

  10. Re:I'd rather have the electrical MB SLS on BMW Debuts First Electric Vehicle Made Primarily of Carbon Fiber · · Score: 1

    given that your example: "includes four synchronous electric motors", I like the analogy of having a 4 core vehicle!

  11. godzilla, life sized. on A Radical Plan For Saving Microsoft's Surface RT · · Score: 1

    what about huge outdoor screens of tablets, each one pixel ? (and a lot left over for spares)

  12. Re:Banksters on Jail Time For Price-Fixing Car Parts · · Score: 1

    "Blythe Masters"....what an excellent name for a bankster!

  13. we've changed our time frame. on Reconciling Human Rights With Ubiquitous Online Surveillance · · Score: 1

    Things used to be "written in stone", and laws and behaviour took appreciable periods of time to develop. In the computer age, we simply edit/overwrite and modify with much faster cultural impact. Society reacts quicker; corrects or makes mistakes in much shorter time periods. We may do well from this sooner than we think.

  14. Actually... on Got Malware? Get a Hammer! · · Score: 1

    If you were a government office, and stuck with old crap, this makes perfect sense as a means to get new equipment!

  15. More Likely Story: on Fears of Olympic Cyber Attack Detailed After Snooping Revealed · · Score: 1

    facebook sees itself in a mirror, and goes into infinite loop. all those affected turn to twitter, which promptly fowls itself. WaPo, while listening to Alanis Morissette, realizes that the internet itself is under attack...and that's when NSA claims credit (IRL) for edge detection.

  16. We're sorry, on Microsoft Research Adds 'Mood Detection' To Smartphones · · Score: 2

    We sense that re-arranging your icons made you angry...we will find them again, trust us :)

  17. the alternative: on Foxconn's Robot Workforce Now 20,000 Strong · · Score: 1

    what about using robots to round up your human workforce, and make sure they don't leave the building ?

  18. The rest of the lab aren't sure... on Eye Surgery By Magnetically Guided Microbots Moves Toward Clinical Trials · · Score: 1

    especially the first 20 bunnies, whose eyes helplessly follow Ms. Shurke wherever she passes by.

  19. Re:Hire car experience; not just 'black box' data on Lawmakers Try To Block Black Box Technology In Cars, DVR Tracking · · Score: 1

    Christine? is that the car you rented?

  20. Re:aren't there laws against monopolistic practice on Verizon Accused of Intentionally Slowing Netflix Video Streaming · · Score: 1

    Mods? oh, about 1963 in the UK.

  21. "Showcasing robots, fire, and lasers" on High TechCarnival Aims To Entertain, Inspire, and Educate · · Score: 1

    Can I suggest they could present darwin awards at the same time ?

  22. Re:just what the world needs on Wi-Fi Light Bulbs Shipping Soon · · Score: 1

    first they made running shoes more expensive, then phones, then bottled water, now light bulbs!

  23. it's a typo on Don't Panic, But We've Passed Peak Apple (and Google, and Facebook) · · Score: 1

    didn't you mean peek data ?

  24. Click......click click click! on Space Diving: Iron Man Meets Star Trek Suit In Development · · Score: 1

    "I see you are trying to start the thruster boots, would you like help with that?"

  25. best way to work on projects while travelling? on Ask Slashdot: What's the Best Way To Work On Projects While Traveling? · · Score: 1

    uh, make sure you fly to the city where the project is located ?