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  1. she almost crashed both Lucent and HP on Former HP CEO Carly Fiorina Considering US Presidential Run · · Score: 5, Informative

    so let's not talk any further about Carly ruining the US, OK?

  2. perhaps it's time to scuttle legacy applications on Windows Kernel Version Bumped To 10.0 · · Score: 2

    Windows has so many piles of APIs and hooks rotting in the corners, unpatched for 15 years and longer, that it's perhaps time to blow up the known universe and start afresh.

    the danger is that it becomes open competition for all business and consumer apps. but with a fully sandboxed emulator, as Apple did, the well-behaved stuff should get enough life to allow CrankyCo to take down their FrankenCode and streamline the apps around the core data.

  3. it means the laws of physics are for real on Lessons Learned From Google's Green Energy Bust · · Score: 1

    and no amount of fiddling by a hack Supreme Court can change it. not even Google.

  4. there is an end to the halting problem on Halting Problem Proves That Lethal Robots Cannot Correctly Decide To Kill Humans · · Score: 2

    branch to the HCF operand on any error.

    (newbies, that is the Halt, Catch Fire command)

  5. just update the exec's laptops on Microsoft Releases Out-of-Band Security Patch For Windows · · Score: 1

    then if it's a fail, you can lobby to switch to another platform.

  6. oh, I thought it was Japanese for "Hindenberg" on Toyota Names Upcoming Hydrogen Fuel Cell Car · · Score: 3, Funny

    seriously, folks, I gotta tell ya, it drives 300 miles, period. there is one fuelling station in the country, out in the toolies, because of zoning rules. 400 miles from the dealer.

  7. Nah, the lawyers weighed in on Groupon Backs Down On Gnome · · Score: 2

    they said, "Crap, the propellerheads found some money. Lost that bet."

  8. so Canada = Egypt, Iran, Pakistan, etc... on Canadian Police Recommend Ending Anonymity On the Internet · · Score: 1

    guess we can call them Canuckistanis now, eh, because they are among the Internet deniers. I have a better idea. we remove Canada, Egypt, Iran, Pakinstan, et al from the Internet. let them send messages in a bottle.

  9. origin traced back to political postcards on Scientists Discover a Virus That Changes the Brain To "Make Humans More Stupid" · · Score: 1

    and the Supreme Court chambers.

  10. good. now, about the fruit bats... on Ebola Nose Spray Vaccine Protects Monkeys · · Score: 1

    once the vaccine works in fruit bats as well as monkeys, it's time for a general rollout to all wild beasties.

    oh, wait, there was some talk of humans at one time, wasn't there?

  11. the reason you can't find that mass on Physicists Resurrect an Old, Strange Dark Matter Theory · · Score: 0

    is that it's in boxes behind stuff. this is a theory that all these PhDs, going college to college to advanced study for a decade or so, should sign on to in a flash. I'll take my Nobel in person, thanks.

  12. no corruption here, no sirree! on Another Election, Another Slew of Voting Machine Glitches · · Score: 1

    the fact that 400,000 ballots were found next to the boiler in the courthouse has absolutely nothing to do with my finding $1 million on the seat of my official government car.

  13. nothing the UK can't fix by taking away freedoms on Flaw in New Visa Cards Would Let Hackers Steal $1M Per Card · · Score: -1, Troll

    it will be illegal to walk around, carry a mobile phone, or have money. that ought to do it.

  14. I like it. feature of the ghetto. on Windows 8 and 8.1 Pass 15% Market Share, Windows XP Drops Below 20% Mark · · Score: 3, Informative

    and I swore a lot less at Win98 than I did at 8.0. Win8.1 is useable, but still bites at your fingers now and again.

  15. damn, ya caught me. on UN Climate Change Panel: It's Happening, and It's Almost Entirely Man's Fault · · Score: 1

    yeah, I made two trips yesterday when I could have done all my errands in one. here's my drivers license, please don't shoot me... the gunpowder pollutes, too

  16. Gallium is also a dopant in chipmaking on Buying Goods To Make Nuclear Weapons On eBay, Alibaba, and Other Platforms · · Score: 3, Informative

    problem is, almost everything has the potential for dual-use. thorium for tube filaments for audiophools and ham radio power tubes. plutonium for.... yeah, that's it, degradation deep-space power modules, right. there might be room for a law to allow the customs boys to bring you questionable materials, and inspect the delivery address... .

  17. and also put The Unabomber Channel on lowest tier on Free Broadband For NYC Public Housing? · · Score: 1

    and while you're at it, hand out free Snickers bars at every stoplight from all your trucks...

  18. real simple... no priority bit increase on Real Net Neutrality Problem: 'Edge Provider' vs 'End User' · · Score: 1

    no matter how much you pay, no priority bit jump to get your traffic ahead of anybody else's. you can buy a gig if you want to, and it's offered in your area. but you're the same priority 0, or 2, or 3, or whatever the provider grants to non-critical traffic like VoIP or management commands, that all internet traffic users have. that's net neutrality in a nutshell, and it applies to Google as well as Billy Joe Whistlebritches and his 600 kB line ten miles out in the sticks.

  19. damn thing is written to preclude debate on Is Public Debate of Trade Agreements Against the Public Interest? · · Score: 1

    probably be sent to the Senate as 1500 blank pages with a cover, "pass it or no selfies with (whoever the incumbent) President." total crap. first, publish it. then, we can talk. until then, one voice in unison, "HELL NO!"

  20. ... and Minnesota... on Boo! The House Majority PAC Is Watching You · · Score: 1

    whether registered voters exercise the right is contained in every state's registration of voters. this open document is supplemented at political parties by canvassing each election in their own databases (in Minnesota at least, it's called the VAN.) every survey or doorknock you take, you update the VAN.

    just like Amazon tracks your purchases and makes recommendations, and Facebook suggests new friends and a bunch of bogus ads for crap you want to shoot like skeet.

    because the vote is secret, you can game the VAN if you so choose. the percentages of error are going to be really, really small, so it doesn't matter whether you do or not. a million won't for the prankster that does. it's thus a ton more accurate than anybody else's survey of 467 landline users in WAKO-TV land.

    big data has been trained to slavery for politicians. to a very fine point. make of it what you will.

  21. in Soviet Russia, TV watches you! on Smart Meters and New IoT Devices Cause Serious Concern · · Score: 1

    disable wi-fi in the menus, if so equipped, and do NOT plug in an Ethernet cable. if the POS still shows up on the wifi connections list, take it back for a refund.

  22. and the irst powered flight since tinkering fuel on Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo Crashes · · Score: 1

    which is the most forward instrument in the space opera, "ours all go boom."

  23. how to identify drone parties on France Investigating Mysterious Drone Activity Over 7 Nuclear Power Plant Sites · · Score: 1

    shoot the damn things down. you will hear from the owners soon enough. if it's nation-states, at the UN. if it's big kids and big toys, the courts.

    it's the ones that don't bring any compaints that you had to worry about.

  24. Here's how you can do it on Hungary's Plans For Internet Tax On Hold After Protests · · Score: 1

    every time the name of Hungary's dictator appears on Da ISH, charge him personally ten euros tax. that ought to settle matters.

  25. I suppose this means... on MPAA Bans Google Glass In Theaters · · Score: 3, Funny

    that I can't bring my 70mm camera and tripod in, and can no longer tap into the theater sound, either. what a bunch of spoilsports!