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  1. Re:Dictator dictating is a Dictator on Obama's New Executive Order Says the US Must Build an Exascale Supercomputer · · Score: 1

    Never forget something that exists only in your fevered imagination? What's the point of that when you don't post your bizarre belief under your own name so we know to avoid you?

  2. Re:Acquired skill on Short Sleepers Might Be Benefiting From a DNA Mutation · · Score: 1

    That's a really bold, totally untrue assertion.

  3. Re:My experience on Ask Slashdot: Have You Tried a Standing Desk? · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    >The government that governs least governs best

    This a stupid thing that stupid Libertarians believe. Don't be like those arrested-development cases. A power vacuum is rapidly filled and abused by unelected profiteers and exploiters.

  4. Re:It's that time... on Volkswagen Factory Worker Killed By a Robot · · Score: 1

    No, oddly considering her name, she has not seen the Terminator movies.

  5. Re:LOL on Depression: The Secret Struggle Startup Founders Won't Talk About · · Score: 3, Interesting

    >Financially.

    Correct. Clinical depression does not give a crap about how much money you have in the bank, though not having to worry about being homeless is a plus.

  6. Re:Illogical on Wi-Fi Router's 'Pregnant Women' Setting Sparks Vendor Rivalry In China · · Score: 1

    >If you haven't done any experiments to prove how much damage WiFi can cause, then how do you know that your APs are safe?

    Because they know that standard APs are safe..

    >. But he said the company is appealing to consumers' beliefs, whether they are supported by science or not.

    They know that they're marketing to delusional people. It'll probably improve their sales.

  7. Re:SubjectsInCommentsAreStupid on Building the Face of a Criminal From DNA · · Score: 1

    If nutrition varied, there's no way you could determine a child's height from measuring their parents. You couldn't do it from DNA for the same reason.
    Very short people who grew up poor can have children that tower over them by their 12th birthday if the kids grow up in a better environment.

  8. Re:Whats IMAX? on IMAX Tries To Censor Ars Technica Over SteamVR Comparison · · Score: 1

    Time to get some professional help.

  9. Re:Intentional Streisand Effect on IMAX Tries To Censor Ars Technica Over SteamVR Comparison · · Score: 1

    IMAX are the only movies that are a better experience than a decent home theater, but now I'm hesitant to give them any more of my money.

  10. Re:IMAX is a trademark, shame on Ars' editors. on IMAX Tries To Censor Ars Technica Over SteamVR Comparison · · Score: 1

    We should probably all stop mentioning them anyway. If they don't want journalists to mention their name, reviewers and movie listings shouldn't either.

  11. My experience with robocalls on 86.2 Million Phone Scam Calls Delivered Each Month In the US · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I never receive them, because if you're not in my address book, I'm not picking up the phone.

  12. Re:Don't worry, they'll try again on After Uproar, Disney Cancels Tech Worker Layoffs · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Just like attention was drawn to the destruction of so much blue-collar work? Most Americans don't seem to care that the wealthy are looting the country until they lose their own jobs. Too many working-class people have an absurd belief that they'll be one of the wealthy exploiters, so support the destruction of the American dream of hard work bringing you a good life. It's insane.

  13. Had to disable the Samsung KB on day 1 on Samsung Cellphone Keyboard Software Vulnerable To Attack · · Score: 1

    I have an S6, and the Samsung keyboard would disappear as soon as it appeared, making text entry impossible. Fortunately I could use voice recognition to find another keyboard in the Play store to make the phone usable.

  14. Re:Proprietary Wireless on Microsoft Announces Customizable Xbox Elite Wireless Controller · · Score: 1

    >You have truly shown me the light, you obtuse ass.

    It's funny that you don't realize that you're the clueless ass. Slashderp is mostly stupid people these days.

  15. That's a terrible suggestion. Confidential data can't be given away to Google like that, and Outlook search works fine.

  16. Re:data caps on Android, Chromecast To Get HBO Now · · Score: 2

    Or people just won't be able to leave Internet TV on in the background all day. All the services I use ask me if I'm still watching at least every couple of hours, so it seems that they want to avoid unnecessary use.

    Caps will have to go up, but ISPs and video services do not want people to use their bandwidth streaming 1080p video 24/7 to have something on in the background, so don't expect them to go away.

  17. Re:How about driverless engines anyway? on Amtrak Installing Cameras To Watch Train Engineers · · Score: 1

    We don't. I guess driverless trains just aren't exciting to the people trying to automate driving. It's obviously a much simpler problem than cars, though a single serious accident would be a far greater tragedy than a car crash, so there may be more business risk than anyone wants to get involved with.

  18. Re:wtf? on Amtrak Installing Cameras To Watch Train Engineers · · Score: 1

    They should if the vehicle is public transportation, like a cab or Uber driver. There is no slope here, slippery or otherwise. It's about keeping an eye on people who are responsible for the safety of others.

  19. Re:I already feel the smell of a GoogleGlass failu on Oculus Rift Hardware Requirements Revealed, Linux and OS X Development Halted · · Score: 1

    You're already nuts if you can't tell the difference between VR and reality. No, VR is not going to fail. It's amazing. You seem to be unable to live in the present.

  20. Re:Meh. on Oculus Rift Hardware Requirements Revealed, Linux and OS X Development Halted · · Score: 2, Insightful

    You're projecting your preferences onto others. I care about 3D, and VR is a lot more that 3D.

  21. Re: Mac/Linux support removed... mildly surprised on Oculus Rift Hardware Requirements Revealed, Linux and OS X Development Halted · · Score: 0

    Valve is already interested. The HTC/Valve VR system is a competitor to the Oculus Rift, and will probably be better due to Valve's background in game publishing.

  22. Re:Well... on Oculus Rift Hardware Requirements Revealed, Linux and OS X Development Halted · · Score: 0, Troll

    They probably don't want a sub-par version out there harming their reputation, so it would be most likely be a mistake to let the open source people run with it. This is something that takes a lot of resources to create.

  23. >This new version is better in many ways....but it will still make you sick.

    No it wont, unless you're prone top motion sickness, in which case VR is not for you.

    Even VR a decade ago didn't make me sick, and I'm having a great time with my VR Gear and S6. Oculus fixed whatever caused the virtual world to warp as you turn on older VR systems like eMagin's device. It literally feels like being in a different environment. The phone version of Oculus is damn good, and the PC version will be much better. The head-tracking seems to be perfect in almost any app or game.

  24. Re:Keurig, to large to be a paperweight. on Here Comes the Keurig of Everything · · Score: 1

    I used mine a lot too, though I don't grill a lot of meat these days. They're very useful for quickly cooking meat from both sides.

  25. Re:carsickness on Will Robot Cars Need Windows? · · Score: 1

    >Not just "people who get carsick". Everyone.

    Yes, just people who get carsick. You're obviously one of those people. Many of us can read or look at a laptop in a moving vehicle without problems.