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  1. secure PC... no Win10 on Ask Slashdot: Would You Recommend Updating To Windows 10? · · Score: 2

    GWX is the first in a long line of insults and privacy breaches. I no longer trust MacroShit.

  2. hey, just disconnect, you guys in Turkey! on PayPal To Suspend Business Operations In Turkey Following License Denial (thestack.com) · · Score: 1

    yeah, you with the gold stars on your greatcoat. just pull the plug that hooks you to the decadent scum in the rest of the world. keep it local. we don't mind.

  3. "Hi, I'm Marky.... on Facebook Begins Tracking Non-Users Around the Internet (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    "I see you're not using Facebook. Can I help steal your identity and expose you to phisning attempts now, too?"

    and everybody still running Office 97 clicks.

  4. robots don't buy burgers and McCafe, either on Former McDonald's USA CEO: $35K Robots Cheaper Than Hiring at $15 Per Hour (foxbusiness.com) · · Score: 1

    and they eat electricity and you have to have an IT guy zipping to all the stores to reset the beasts when they flip stuff all over the building. actuators break. crappy programming freezes them.

    yeah, good luck with that. maybe the robots will lurch over to the Wendy's kiosks on "break" and run them over, too. lawsuits!

  5. Prior Art Exists (tm) on Apple Sued Over iPhones Making Calls, Sending Email (fortune.com) · · Score: 1

    look up Marconi, Popov, Fessenden, deForest, et al. you can add Edison to the list. some guys named Bell and Morse also. fella named Armstrong talked upon the earth...

  6. "ay, Vinnie, pop a cap on 'im" on AT&T Begins Capping Broadband Users (dslreports.com) · · Score: 1

    and a customer bites the dust. and another gone, and another gone....

  7. you can't put 10 pounds in a 5 pound bag on Windows Phone Market Share Sinks Below 1 Percent (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    and Windows is too fat, too full of legacy code, and too slow to put in a pocket.

  8. this is so easy -- pass a law! on Why Don't Scientists Kill The 'Demon In The Freezer'? · · Score: 1

    done.

    at least, that's what all your elected officials think.

  9. the name says it all... Sky Hype on Microsoft Needs To Fix Skype (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    it's cranky in the work version also, especially if you connect to somebody else's desktop outside.

  10. I didn't invent email either. how much can I get? on Guy Who Didn't Invent Email Sues Gawker For Pointing Out He Didn't Invent Email (techdirt.com) · · Score: 1

    and who do I sue, The Connected Internet?

  11. ha-ha, I used a Brother label! it's staying on! on Microsoft Removes Wi-Fi Sense Feature From Windows 10 Which Shared Your Wi-Fi Password · · Score: 1

    that's login persistence, thank you very much.

  12. or you can get rid of trending topics on Senate GOP Launches Inquiry Into Facebook's News Curation (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    and that matter, get rid of all the cruft on the right quarter of the screen. the no-interest-DIE! section of the screen.

  13. and hopefully flag paywalled sites right on the fa on Google News Will Now Highlight Local News Sources For Major Stories (theverge.com) · · Score: 2

    you KNOW you don't want to have your interest piqued, only to click through and be stared down with "turn off your ad blocker or you can't see me" or "subscriber access only."

  14. maybe everybody has what they need now? on Sales Of PCs, Laptops, Tablets Continue to Fall, Hit Lowest Point Since 2011 (canalys.com) · · Score: 2

    we have been led down a path... "we doubled the speed of the Smokin'Board processor, so you need it. notice how slow things are?" and that is because the bloatware providers saw that chip coming, and packed in more delays and non-features to cut your computing speed effectively in half.

    everybody knows it. and they're saying "enough. This is fine. Stop."

  15. not posting lies and nonsense... yes, that's news. on Former Facebook Workers: We Routinely Suppressed Conservative News (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    bravo Facebook.

  16. yay, my nightmare is over July 29th! on Windows 10 Now Runs On 300M Active Devices; Upgrade To Cost $119 After July 29 · · Score: 1

    software forkers and their malware trying to push Win10... I will be shed of them! woohoo!

  17. I sniffed my new phone. nothing. on Half Of Teens Think They're Addicted To Their Smartphones (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    so how the hell are they getting addicted?

  18. Nut Korea steals copies, looking for loopholes on Novel Model Illustrates The Finer Details Of Nuclear Fission (phys.org) · · Score: 1

    sorry Charlie, physics are physics and you still don't have it right.

  19. every darn farmer has a tank in his truck bed on Gas Delivery Startups Want to Fill Up Your Car Anywhere, But It Might Not Be Legal (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    as well as a lot of construction guys. lot of that is diesel. lot of that is gasoline. this is not the end of the world.

  20. contact lens surgery is done by MDs, not geeks on Google Files Patent For Injecting A Device Directly Into Your Eyeball (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    and I prefer to leave it that way. as a ham, I am likely to eff up my eyes when I key the rig. no, not ever, never, ain't coming near here.

  21. one random drunk, and self-driving chaos ensues on Google, Ford, Volvo, Lyft and Uber Join Coalition To Further Self-Driving Cars (reuters.com) · · Score: 0

    seriously, what do you do with a drunken sailor, weaving in a clunker? show me how robocars will deal with that, without killing all the riders in them? that car's not controlled, not in the network, like a sniper at a Super Bowl

  22. so dump the nonconformists, go micro-payment on Your Media Business Will Not Be Saved (medium.com) · · Score: 2

    if users could invest some money in a micropayment common service, and get debited for each article they read as a non-subscriber, a stable central "bank" would make these characters more money than they get from the malware-packing page-freezing Wild West of ad servers. just sayin'...

  23. it's not April First any more, guys. on Human Limbs Evolved From Shark Fins Thanks To Sonic Hedgehog Gene (mirror.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    stop posting beer talk.

  24. boneheads. write your own critters to kill this. on US Anti-Encryption Law Is So 'Braindead' It Will Outlaw File Compression (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 3, Informative

    there just isn't anything else to say. this is legislation in the ISIS category meant to hammer society back to 600 AD.

  25. yep, the Pentium 585.7894323 on DARPA's Latest Chip Is Designed To Be Bad At Arithmetic (technologyreview.com) · · Score: 1

    replaced a lot of them when I worked contract for an engineering outfit