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  1. Everything old is new again on 'Fortnite' May be a Virtual Game, But It's Having Real-life, Dangerous Effects (bostonglobe.com) · · Score: 1

    Pythia - Battlestar Galactica : "All of this has happened before, and all of it will happen again"

    World of Warcraft: Stayed up, Launch events (IRL, Online), not eaten, bought special edition expansions, guilds, vent, etc. It is all old news.
    Space Invaders: hanging out at arcades.
    Rock concerts are the devils work

    Every generation of game, or fashionable thing has the same problem

  2. Re:Call me when they roll it back on Microsoft Releases Windows 10 Build 18290 With Start Menu Improvements (betanews.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    Besides having a weird time delay (experienced on many systems) where the OS doesn't pick up the first couple of letters in the password field, start menu, etc. So you have to 'wait' for it to catch up after pressing alt-ctrl-del when logging in, pressing start to search, and all number of actions that should be quick and thoughtless...

    It also has a search that doesn't work as good as windows 7s. Someone it has gone backwards. Want to quickly get Notepad++?

    Press start button (on keyboard) and type note... wait it didnt pick up the n, so its got 'ote'.. it worked out you wanted "Notepad" and every file indexed on the system with 'ote' in it, but no other application on the system with the string 'ote'. NotePad++ is picked up with 'ote', and Windows 7 doesnt have a stupid delay after pressing hotkeys.

  3. Re:"Blocking" social media on Schools Are Giving Up on Smartphone Bans (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    Turn off WiFi, use Cellular Data. Now you're not restricted by the school's IT policies.

  4. Re:Not a feature.... on IETF Approves TLS 1.3 As Internet Standard (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 1

    "What if they are not visible?"

    Then you're relying on M&M security.

    "What is about to come out of the laser printer, a few seconds before it literally gets printed out on paper in plain text."

    I'd take a guess that what comes out of that printer would be internal documents which may or may not contain financial, PII and other confidential information.

  5. Re:Recycling? on 'No One Wants Your Used Clothes Anymore' (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Rayon is not natural

  6. Re:Need no explanation on Ask Slashdot: How Can Programmers Explain Their Work To Non-Programmers? · · Score: 1

    "What do you do"
    "Network Admin / System Admin / Web Developer / Security Consultant / .....
    "Ahhh, my pc/tablet/phone isnt....."
    "I've come across this before, have you checked the Turbo Encabulator? Sometimes the digital spurving bearings go out of alignment and need calibration"

  7. Useless solution is useless on Tinder Bans Most Teens (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    This week at the same time as the ban Tinder population of "18" year golds grew by approximate the same number of banned 13-17 year olds. This solved nothing.

  8. Assuming Next Door on Ask Slashdot: Simple Backups To a Neighbor? · · Score: 1

    Assuming it is a next door neighbor it sounds like something a neighbor and i did during highschool:
    -Merge the 2 LANS with a fibre switch at both ends.
    http://www.netgear.com.au/business/products/switches/smart-switches/smart-switches/GS110TP.aspx
    -Remove the internet account at one property and increase the bandwidth at the other property so there is only one gateway OR statically assign IP addresses for both properties so there are still 2 networks and two gateways
    -Put a NAS on both properties with dual LAN cards and multi-home them so that each NAS is on Both networks at the same time.