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  1. More like.. on Apple Recalls Beats Pill XL Speakers As Fire Risk · · Score: 1

    Apple allows clueless customers (followers) a second chance to make an "intelligent" purchasing decision.

  2. Re:So what on Take Two Sues BBC Over Drama About GTA Development · · Score: 1

    Streaming on your tablet is fine but you want to own an actual TV in the UK, you need a licence, whether you watch live TV or just use it for TV games is irrelevant.

    Incorrect,

    I cancelled my TV license last year as i don't own any TV services (eg: sky/virgin), and, i don't watch TV as its being shown live. Our household only uses internet streaming, netflix and bbc i player (on demand).

    The TV license "representative" who checked my property confirmed, you only need a license if you watch or record LIVE tv.
    Even if you have a SKYbox or Virgin box, they would still need to prove your doing it before they can fine you.

    TV licensing uses "scare tactics" in their methods. But the basic rule applies for everyone. You only legally need a TV license if you watch or record LIVE tv. Ondemand is not LIVE.
    Just be aware that watching BBC i Player when the program is being broadcast LIVE does count as breaking the law without a TV license.

  3. Epic Failure on Generate Memorizable Passphrases That Even the NSA Can't Guess · · Score: 1

    You should write your new passphrase down on a piece of paper and carry it with you for as long as you need.

    Whole point of this news article = pointless.

  4. They just couldnt resist. on Fight Over Arduino Name Pits Originators Against Contract Manufacturer · · Score: 1

    1 mouse scroll = A TALE OF TWO INTERNETS OF THINGS
    Article quality = 0%
    Resolution = alt+f4

  5. Re:negative comments? on Ask Slashdot: Best Strategies For Teaching Kids CS Skills With Basic? · · Score: 1

    I see a lot of negative comments pertaining to teaching basic as a first step in understanding how to code. I respectfully disagree. I believe that basic removes all of the complexity that gets in the way of learning pure logic skills.

    I kind of agree, it worked for me.
    When i was 12, i self taught Qbasic and wrote a simple program. 10 years later, i went back into programming and self taught C, a year after that i learned C++.

    "Self taught" is the key. Most people cant achieve knowledge/skill in an area, unless they have the interest and a drive to do so. Programming isnt for everyone. However, looking back, i honestly believe a "programming" lesson at school could of changed my careerer, regardless of the language.

    Now my programming skills are used for hobbies and projects that i enjoy doing. On the other hand, if programming was my full-time careerer, i very much believe the enjoyment of programming would disappear, quickly.

  6. Re:This is absurd on New Concept Tire Could Recharge Car Battery · · Score: 1

    It will never work. It's not 3D printed, using the internet of things, or an Elon Musk company. How can it expect to succeed?

    By using the cloud and "hacking" a raspberry pi to run Windows 8 under Wine?

  7. Re:Not sure what they're looking at? on Ultralight Convertibles Approaching Desktop Performance · · Score: 1

    Exactly what i was thinking and i'am grateful you did the tests to prove it.
    If only i had some mod points to use.

  8. Re:Only useful if your find yourself on Reddit Imposes Ban On Sexual Content Posted Without Permission · · Score: 1

    The whole point of my post was that the person I was responding to was an idiot for his complaint, because the only alternative to what he's complaining about would be completely absurd.

    I'am an idiot? lol.

    In my post, although very SARCASTIC. You can clearly see that the ONLY way Reddit links can be checked is if everyone (the permission holders) checks EVERY link on Reddit.

    So, by your calculations, i'am not only an "idiot" but "absurd" for stating the facts.

    Get off your fucking high chair.

  9. Only useful if your find yourself on Reddit Imposes Ban On Sexual Content Posted Without Permission · · Score: 0

    If you believe that someone has submitted, without your permission, to reddit a link to a photograph, video, or digital image of you in a state of nudity or engaged in any act of sexual conduct, please contact us.

    So, the only way to see if someone has "Posted Sexual Content Without Your Permission", is to make me (the permission holder) search through EVERY FUCKING PICTURE on Reddit.

    Awesome!
    bSarcasm = !bSarcasm;

  10. Re:The upshot is on 'Google Search On Steroids' Brings Dark Web To Light · · Score: 1

    http://www.robotstxt.org/robot...

    There are two important considerations when using /robots.txt:

    robots can ignore your /robots.txt. Especially malware robots that scan the web for security vulnerabilities, and email address harvesters used by spammers will pay no attention.
    the /robots.txt file is a publicly available file. Anyone can see what sections of your server you don't want robots to use.
    So don't try to use /robots.txt to hide information.

  11. Give me back MXO on Layoffs Begin At Daybreak Games · · Score: 1

    With any luck, Daybreak games will go into administration.
    Hopefully some rich guy buys it for £1 and kindly releases the Matrix Online Server sourcecode, so us old farts can hyperjump and bullet-time again.

  12. Use Warning Level 4 (W4) on Ask Slashdot: What Tools To Clean Up a Large C/C++ Project? · · Score: 2

    You should be running at Warning Level 4 when coding. Its good practice to prevent the issue you have now.
    It will give you a crap load of warnings (which are all worth fixing if you have the time), but, it will highlight any unused variables and/or functions.

    in Visual Studio 2008-2013:
    - Project > Properties
    - Configuration Properties > C/C++ > General
    - Change "Warning Level(W3)" to W4

  13. Re:Datacaps? on BT Unveils 1000Mbps Capable G.fast Broadband Rollout For the United Kingdom · · Score: 1

    How low will they set the datacaps? What good will 1000mbps be if you hit the ceiling immediately? And how many people does have to be online simultaneously before everyone gets throttled to 512kbps?

    I have BT infinity option 2 (Fibre to Cabinet):
    - Unlimited bandwidth
    - No throttling
    - 80mbit download / 40mbit up, 24/7

    The only "throttling" you get is at peak times due to network congestion, but even then i'am still unable to see any service impact or major delay.

    As always with BT, it depends where you live.
    If your lucky enough to be on a cabinet with only 20 connections and your exchange is running at less than 50% capacity, and, you live less than 100m away from the cabinet that doesnt rely on vintage 1950's telephone lines, your laughing. I was told by a BT engineer that each FTTC cabinet has 100 available connections.

  14. Re:Offtopic but... on UK Broadcaster Sky To Launch Mobile Service · · Score: 1

    It's the gradual infiltration of beta.

    And/Or (regarding the massive header font size on main page)
    - The invasion of a semi-blind website designer.
    - The website designer had to use a 22" monitor today.
    - The website designer had Chrome set to 25% zoom in testing and didn't realise.

    And/Or (regarding the double paragraphs header under "You may like to read")
    - The Website maintainer's Enter key is broken and commits two clicks instead of one

  15. Re:Up next, automatic intelligence rating... on Anonymous No More: Your Coding Style Can Give You Away · · Score: 1

    goto blah;
    ^^ Idiot.

    // If you don't know why this is here, don't fuck with it.
    goto blah;

    ^^ Code guru.

    Yep i hate them aswell, only ever had to use them once in coding. But there is a very rare case that goto is actually needed. Nested loops.
    http://pastebin.com/FBQMDBme

  16. Re:the problem with Twitter on Twitter Moves To Curb Instagram Links · · Score: 1

    I agree, however, I got bored and wanted to find out how much potential storage twitter posts use on a daily basis.
    500Million Tweets a day : http://www.internetlivestats.c...
    * 140 bytes = 70Billion Bytes, or, 70Gigabytes roughly a day

    If you double the char array to 280, thats only 140Gigabytes a day for just tweets.

    Twitter have the money and network infrastructure to do this without question. I think its more a case that Twitter believes the 140 character limit is part of their "ethos", changing it would piss off all those users who wasted their life mastering the "shorthand of Twitter messages".

  17. Dont Install any. Use free manual scans. on Ask Slashdot: Best Anti-Virus Software In 2015? Free Or Paid? · · Score: 1

    Turn off Windows Defender via run > services.msc.
    Run this free AV/Malware scan twice a month, or whenever you feel your system "may be infected".
    http://www.eset.com/us/online-... (left option)

    - No need to install a bulky Antivirus/Anti-Malware program that will slow your PC down more than an actual infection.
    - No need to pay for something that you'll probably never use, let alone need.

    If you "must" have active protection. Re-enable Windows Defender and put up with the performance impact it has on your system.

  18. Friends that spam.. Solution on Facebook Will Let You Flag Content As 'False' · · Score: 1

    If you're tired of seeing fake or misleading news articles posted by your friends to Facebook and then spreading like wildfire, you might be in luck.

    No luck needed, i have the magic ability to remove that spamming "friend" from my friends list.
    If i want to read the news, i'll choose someone who went to school, got a degree and is highly regarded in the news sector on a daily basis (eg:their job at BBC news).

    So if enough people don't believe something and flag it false, it becomes "false." Something else for paid shills and opinionated people to do I suppose.

    Facebook will never be a true opinionated platform unless they add a "DISLIKE" button. Until then, i fail to see the point of creating an artificial "fake" world for people to waste their life with. Facebook works by allowing its users to believe on the assumption that everyone loves them and everything they say is gold dust.

  19. Typical abuse of unpaid opensource devs. on With Community Help, Chrome Could Support Side Tabs Extension · · Score: 3, Insightful

    if someone from the open source community would step forward to do the work to drive the feature to completion.

    Google/Chromium paid devs can then take all the credit. One sided deal if you ask me.

  20. Result of your request:

    800-555-1212 -- Nemyst -- Confirmed quality number with confirmed name, removed from our call database -- Placed on working number selling list

    I used to be so kind to call center workers, asking them to remove from the call list, with all the please and thank you's i could give. But most of the call centers would call back (most likely due to the above).

    Now i tell them to "Fuck off", be abusive and swear my heart out. Surly that gets you put on the "black list" and removed from the system?
    Works for me in the UK.

    I feel sorry for the staff, but at the end of the day, their job is to piss people off and they know it.

  21. Re:US only and needs MS Silverlight .. on Ridley Scott Adapts Philip K. Dick's 'Man in the High Castle' For Amazon · · Score: 1

    US only and needs MS Silverlight ..

    http://phx.corporate-ir.net/ph...
    Amazon’s First Pilot Season of 2015, Featuring Slate of 13 Original Comedy, Drama, Docuseries and Kids Offerings, is Now Available on Amazon Instant Video in the US, UK and Germany

    And yeah, Silverlight :S . Amazon must be getting some £££££ from Microsoft, either that, or their video/web department is run by 16 year olds that never heard of flash.

  22. Music based: on Ask Slashdot: Sounds We Don't Hear Any More? · · Score: 1

    Roland TB-303
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R...

    I miss that warm vintage sound.

  23. Sequence of events on In Paris, Terrorists Kill 2 More, Take At Least 7 Hostages · · Score: 1
  24. Re:Bah ... on Ask Slashdot: Options For Cheap Home Automation? · · Score: 1

    Bah, do what people have been doing for centuries ... have kids and make them get up and do it.

    I did the "have kids" part, but it cant even crawl yet!
    Misses will be pissed when i have to hire her services again.

    Light-hearted joke. Dont go all "omgwtfbbq sexism" on me lol

  25. EFF meeting 101 on EFF Takes On Online Harassment · · Score: 1

    We can and should stand up against harassment.

    EFF meeting:
    Lets make a search engine?
    - Google done that

    Lets make the world more connected?
    - Facebook/Twitter did that

    Fuck it, lets enforce our own laws on the world and get donations to do it.
    - Roger that. Lets create an issue that doesnt really need to exist and make people fall for it. Lets ignore the things that really matter like world hunger, corrupt governments and corporations. But hey, at least EFF will get popular sifting shit down peoples throats that DOESNT REALLY MATTER.