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  1. Prior Art Exists (tm) ... on Rumblefish Claims It Owns 'America the Beautiful' By United States Navy Band · · Score: 1

    each armed services band has filmed both the national anthem and American the Beautiful as sign-on /sign-off video for TV stations since the 1950s. those freebie films were sent gratis to all licensed stations. anybody who wants to fight need just get some copies of those promos and authenticate their release dates through the public affairs group of each service.

  2. one rusty pickup truck. on How the Next US Nuclear Accident Might Happen · · Score: 1

    one rusty pickup truck with a plow mount and a bed full of old crystallized dynamite has a very good chance of taking down any nuclear facility. if they can smash the first chain-link fence, chances are very high they'll git 'r dun.

    a night watchman rattling doors is not going to stop them. even if he's at the video guard desk, he can't.

    and the whole security chain knows this. just saying...

  3. WSJ article: Dear Mr. Journal: on WSJ Overstates the Case Of the Testy A.I. · · Score: 3, Funny

    here's how the AI machine got to "I have no time for a philosophical argument." --

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    there is not a testy machine here. there is a testy programmer. the crash-out value is always "I have no time for a philosophical argument." no matter what you type into the box. period.

    and yet, the code was smarter than you...

  4. I still laugh at him because he's crazy on New Snowden Leaks Show NSA Attacked Anti-Virus Software · · Score: 1

    which doesn't change the facts that when he looks towards Washington and spits, he's right.

  5. yep, it's a silly question. on When Will Your Hard Drive Fail? · · Score: 2

    hard drives will fail whenever it will cause the largest disruption, be it money, time, career, or life safety. they got it from further development of the "critical detector" in all office copy machines, which invariably takes the machine down for days when you absolutely MUST make a squillion sets of a critical document.

  6. they've got no hands on Allstate Patents Physiological Data Collection · · Score: 1

    they're all snakes.

  7. I did not know he was that sick. on Kim Jong Un Claims To Have Cured AIDS, Ebola and Cancer · · Score: 1

    Supreme Fearless Leader Mr. Big should be more careful who he parties with.

  8. they're not playing Buzzword Bingo on The Tools Don't Get You the Job · · Score: 2

    put all office suites (Microsoft, Libre, TeX, etc) and all certs in the resume. somewhere in there, also squeeze in your specialized talents. if you don't win Buzzword Bingo, they don't call you.

  9. serving subpoenas on an Internet company? on Is Surespot the Latest Crypto War Victim? · · Score: 2

    hey, just tape it to the side of your computer. it'll get there if it's supposed to. trust me.

  10. tell your mobile not to share it on Santander To Track Customer Location Via Mobiles and Tablets · · Score: 1

    done.

    if Banco Santander barfs at the login screen because of that, don't use itty bitty computerish stuff with a GPS in it. or use the browser on the itty bitty device to talk to their regular website.

  11. not after the late 70s. on Ask Slashdot: Dealing With Service Providers When You're an IT Pro? · · Score: 1

    I forget the name of the Supreme Court ruling, keep thinking it's Code-a-phone but that's not right...but that's the core of the "bring your own stuff" telecommunications industry. the Bell System didn't let you hook your stuff up to THEIR precious network. you had to lease (never buy, that was bad business) their terminations, whether they said Western Electric or something else on the nameplate. well, an answering machine outfit sued... persisted... and WON. in our area, primarily Comcast and CenturyLink (formerly Qwest formerly US West, formerly Northwestern Bell, a member of the Bell System) you can go to Best Buy or wherever, get your own CPE, and hook it up. you will need to have the credentials set, but there y'go.

  12. if you don't have a model-T spark coil handy on Ask Slashdot: Dealing With Service Providers When You're an IT Pro? · · Score: 1

    the microwave will do nicely. it kills DTV pass cards in 5 seconds. kills CDs in 7. most modems are slightly shielded, give it 20, unless you hear a large CRACK! in which case, you also did the microwave. electronics make smaller pops and crackles.

  13. Restart your power nuclear plant, I will wait... on Ask Slashdot: Dealing With Service Providers When You're an IT Pro? · · Score: 1

    to hear the sirens and the SWAT team's bullhorns

  14. - click - on Ask Slashdot: Dealing With Service Providers When You're an IT Pro? · · Score: 1

    I got frustrated and four-lettered once with DEC, and they told me clean it up or they would disconnect. any outfit that has to be cuddly and always chirpy because of Federal contracts or equal rights regulations has the right to do the same.

  15. Choice between overseas and US folks? on Ask Slashdot: Dealing With Service Providers When You're an IT Pro? · · Score: 3, Informative

    I can tell you if you have CenturyLink and you get "call-a-me-Bob" when you call up, ask them to transfer you to the US staff. they do so, and you talk to nice folks in Boise who can shift off the script once they know you have done all the tier-zero stuff already.

  16. what about IP Nightly? on How Ready Is IPv6 To Succeed IPv4? · · Score: 2

    seriously, as long as it goes end to end, and I don't have to set it up, I don't care which method goes.

  17. real bullshit on Mystery Company Blazes a Trail In Fusion Energy · · Score: 1

    Toyota kept funding Pons and Fleischmann long after it was apparent they were promoting rounding errors, lousy calorimetry, and curiously beneficial editing choices. apparently there is another fool with too much money around. try to make the electrodes last in a Farnesworth Fusor, and you might get someplace within several lifetimes.

  18. a couple million microdiodes a stack on New Technique To Develop Single-Molecule Diode · · Score: 1

    and 4 or 5 rectifier stacks to power a linear amplifier for ham radio. those microdiodes better be damn cheap.

  19. Power Point Rocks! on Why PowerPoint Should Be Banned · · Score: 1

    1 - Perfect

    2 - Paid For

    3 - I forget

  20. assets are also cheaper in Chapter 7 on Microsoft Reportedly May Acquire BlackBerry · · Score: 1

    wait it out, enter the auction. much smarter business.

  21. NNNOOOOOOOOO !!! on Microsoft Reportedly May Acquire BlackBerry · · Score: 1

    why would Microsoft double down on a dying dud? nothing there but dead weight, a black hole.

    patents are cheaper in Chapter 7.

  22. best phone: WEco 520 desk model on Ask Slashdot: What's the Best Dumb Phone? · · Score: 1

    you didn't say wireless phone...

  23. it's a security nightmare, distributed on Ask Slashdot: Best Way To Solve a Unique Networking Issue? · · Score: 1

    not a central one at this point. I will bet you a gallon of Ethyl that the pumps have hardcoded authentication, and the software probably has enough holes you could drive the Indy 500 through.

    you don't want that on a network. not even for a little bit. you want that locked behind a panel. if there is no security, all you have is obscurity.

  24. your crap gets in my way on Editor-in-Chief of the Next Web: Adblockers Are Immoral · · Score: 5, Interesting

    and it gets worse forcing autoplay of that dancing singing crap, much of which gags my browser. take your Flash and HTML5 and go to hell.

  25. keys on Ask Slashdot: What's On Your Keychain? · · Score: 1

    a Proton light on the small one, along with an AP fob. on the heavy one, a Lenkurt 40-year fob.