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  1. my notes on my papers can't go on virtuals on Slashdot Asks: Is Paperless Office a Dream? (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    and some of those notes can mean the difference between wrecking a box of bits or recovering it.

  2. it's a Chinese copy on China Tells Trump Climate Change Isn't a Hoax it Invented (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    the real Global Warming (tm) was invented here

  3. don't click "Is this Genuine Linux?" button on Google Joins Microsoft's .NET Foundation (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 1

    CCclippy will erase your drive.

  4. but-but-but will I have to buy an extra seat? on Samsung Washing Machines Recalled For Risk of 'Impact Injuries' (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1

    and where does the drain hose go when you're at 35 Angels high in a sealed airplane?

  5. if you've ever fixed one, you will understand on Samsung Washing Machines Recalled For Risk of 'Impact Injuries' (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1

    there are minimal fasteners because time is money. generally a couple folded-steel tabs in the front, not too deep because the wires and connections are not too long, and the two or so screws holding the control panel on seal the back. if the tub support is minimal, and it really gets banging on the sides, it could pop the front tabs.

    really, the fix is to have put a cheap vibration sensor on the top or in the control panel, and if there is a whangin' bangin' good time happening inside, it slows or stops the motor. probably would have cost Samsung two bucks per washer including programming changes. so now they have to recall 5 years worth of production because somebody said no to the safety feature.

  6. same few folks get the bonuses from all sales unit on Samsung Washing Machines Recalled For Risk of 'Impact Injuries' (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1

    so it's all Samsung. in Asia, commonly the conglomerates sorta-kinda hide the vertical parts makers in chaebol, set up to do the dirty work at less pay and prestige. over here, we call them "franchises."

  7. if they insist it's their computer, ought to pay y on Here We Go Again: Microsoft's Popping Up Ads From the Windows 10 Toolbar (pcworld.com) · · Score: 1

    ought to pay you to suffer with it. if it's your computer running their OS, you should still be able to control the appearances.

    getting to hate the 'softies.

  8. civilization likes stability on NASA Scientists Suggest We've Been Underestimating Sea Level Rise (vice.com) · · Score: 2

    and it's very likely the civilization, ocean traders, and ports just so happened to be important enough that that's where the few sea gauges that exist were put precisely there. saves money. allows for flood warnings for millions. why dump an expensive gauge where nobody is and nobody will be?

  9. Indiana, the state. not Indian, the protest. on Crushable Runway Technology Saved Mike Pence's Plane (cnn.com) · · Score: 2, Funny

    compiler failure, unknown variable. pick up your cards and fix it.

  10. dude, the 80s are so OVER! on Nuclear Plants Leak Critical Alerts In Unencrypted Pager Messages (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    ditch the pager crap. disconnect from the web. use a mediator system and if the local politicians want to meddle, tell them you'll install a siren that goes past 11 to 35.

  11. don't mess with Texas. it encourages them. on Russia Unveils 'Satan 2' Missile Powerful Enough To 'Wipe Out UK, France Or Texas' (telegraph.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    drop two or three Satan2s on Texas, fool, they'll send a Texas Ranger over to visit you. after all, one war, only one Ranger to end it. takes a few nukes to give a Ranger a twitch, you know.

  12. means more if it's Coors on Uber's Self-Driving Truck Went on a 120-Mile Beer Run To Make History (businessinsider.com) · · Score: 1

    well, it IS an old movie...

  13. Note 8 -- now with colored flames! on Samsung is Hoping To Rekindle Note Brand Name Next Year (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    the number for Hell is a default setting in the directory, but hey, unique feature!

  14. hey, maybe IoT is a sucky idea to start with on Slashdot Asks: How Can We Prevent Packet-Flooding DDOS Attacks? (oceanpark.com) · · Score: 1

    exactly how vital is it to have refrigerators ordering food on their own, and sock drawers starting the washer?

  15. require a security certification level on Slashdot Asks: How Can We Prevent Packet-Flooding DDOS Attacks? (oceanpark.com) · · Score: 1

    just like anything that radiates electrical energy needs a FCC certification, there ought to be a standardized security grade. not backwards like the FCC (A is wide open, B is filtered for home use), but like in grammar school. D and F doesn't get past customs. C limited to devices that are not ordinarily connect to anything approaching our Connected Internet. B and A for residential, and A for data centers.

  16. the President can say "plan" all day long on President Obama Orders Government To Plan For 'Space Weather' (nbcnews.com) · · Score: 1

    and that's legal.

    to fund anything requires Congress' budgeting authority.

  17. there is no new money here on President Obama Orders Government To Plan For 'Space Weather' (nbcnews.com) · · Score: 1

    Congress (the opposite of progress) is going to get appropriations requests, and the public utilities will bring wheelbarrows full of critical failure points they haven't worked on for 50 years to the body.

    considering that many city water and sewer systems are in default of the law already and running on baling wire and duct tape, ouch.

  18. change them all so the hackers can't get ya on 4Chan Hackers Claim To Have Remotely Wiped John Podesta's iPhone and iPad (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 2

    I use "asswordP" myself. they'll never guess ;)

  19. buy to shut down price: $1 on Verizon Believes Yahoo Email Hacking 'Material,' Could Affect Deal (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Verizon already has one greybeard portal, AOL. they will gain more by shutting down the other creaky old man of The Commercial Connected Internet than by trying to maintain it and merge it. start poaching talent and change their offer to one thin buck.

  20. that's what you get... on Soylent Halts Sale of Bars; Investigation Into Illnesses Continues (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    ... when you make your stuff with Zika victims...

  21. that was no eagle, it was a pigeon in a Halloween costume in the nest. Bigfoot probably is playing a hoax on us.

  22. there is this "thing" about fluids and aluminum on Replacement Samsung Galaxy Note 7 Phone Catches Fire on Southwest Plane (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    that airplanes avoid. seems they don't want the seams and rivets to corrode, for some silly reason.

    you can pull a car over and get out if it starts falling apart. not so an airliner. no curb.

  23. why don't they just add permanent staff? on NSA Contractor Arrested in Possible New Theft of Secrets (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    for instance, ex-military, which presumably would be copacetic with maintaining operational security. anybody with bingo-number resumes can qualify as a contractor, able to take a higher bid with no remorse.

  24. Why are you entitled to breathe our air? on Interviews: Ask Martin Shkreli a Question · · Score: 0

    being such a weasel and all...

  25. and how many thousands from the old method? on World's First Baby Born With New '3 Parent' Technique (newscientist.com) · · Score: 1

    "More research is needed to determine the extent of the reaction." (tm) (c) all academia