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  1. so people started getting out of the short position. That caused the stock to dip, and more people exited the short strategy, and the stock went from $383 at the end of June to $319 a couple of days ago.

    I'm not following the logic here. A short position is exited by buying the stock, and that causes the stock price to rise, not fall.

  2. Re:It should be like insurance on HP Patents 'Reminder Messages' (eff.org) · · Score: 2

    The patent issuer would be experts in the field, and there would be more than one issuers.

    How do you find such people? And how do you keep them neutral and unbiased, given that you've created their own little fiefdom and almost certainly have conflicts of interest?

  3. Poland. Have yet to meet a single person who uses WhatsApp.

    What do they use? In Thailand Line dominates. Everybody uses it. you'd be hard pressed to find a single phone that doesn't have it installed.

  4. Re: Death to middle class on Bad News If You Make $150,000 to $300,000: Higher Taxes for Many (wsj.com) · · Score: 1

    You can always pay more. Please do.

    People voluntarily paying more does not really help because it can't be planned for. Imagine spending proposals for which the justification was "Well, maybe people will send in more money. It could happen!"

  5. Re:Depends on where you live on Bad News If You Make $150,000 to $300,000: Higher Taxes for Many (wsj.com) · · Score: 2

    Why would I ever pay such a ludicrous sum for rent? My mortgage is a fifth of that.

    In Manhattan or San Francisco? Say, are you the old lady who lived in a shoe?

  6. prominently, of course.

  7. They acknowledge that, and it's prominent featured in the article. The researchers specifically refrain from drawing the conclusion that you're assuming they did.

    All the brains studied were donated, she says. "Families don't donate brains of their loved ones unless they're concerned about the person. So all the players in this study, on some level, were symptomatic. That leaves you with a very skewed population." Still, McKee is adamant about one point. "We're seeing this [CTE] in a very large number that participated in football for many years. So while we don't know the exact risk and we don't know the exact number, we know this is a problem in football." Longtime concussion expert Dr. Munro Cullum says the study is helpful for several reasons. "It obviously adds to the cases in the literature," he says. "It has expanded the age range [of those with CTE] beyond just retired NFL players. And [researchers] did find increasing CTE pathology in the cases [of players] who were older. That's all useful information."

  8. Re:Speeded.... on Google Enters Race For Nuclear Fusion Technology (theguardian.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    And really other than historical accident there's no compelling reason for irregular verb conjugations. We should be saying speeded, eated, etc. Some are awkward to say, such as "goed", but most are pointless and make English as a second language that much harder to learn. This is also true for the crazy spelling.

  9. Since when do you need flash to watch MLB TV? I just installed the apps on my apple tv

    Me too, but the Apple TV app is pretty bad. Crashes, stalls, stale data, and fewer features.

  10. I'm more surprised anyone would auto-join open wireless networks at all. Why would you want it to, without asking?

    It doesn't. It joins known networks to which you've previously connected. You can also tell it to forget a network.

  11. Re:The libraries we choose on Ask Slashdot: What Are Some Developer Secrets That Could Sink Your Business? · · Score: 1

    You should use libraries when the cost of reimplementing the functionality is higher than the cost of using the library.

    So then, basically every time you can.

  12. I was responding to what you actually wrote. And what you wrote betrayed a lack of understanding. You claimed that their "mental standard", once revealed, changed the issue.

  13. Re: They said Peter Thiel was gay, he's gay on Free Speech vs Billionaires: Netflix Streams A New Documentary About The Gawker Verdict (businessinsider.com) · · Score: 1

    Theil was in Saudi Arabia when they released that info. So Gawker actively tried to kill him.

    I'm pretty sure that even in Saudi Arabia an actual act is required for a crime. Merely having a predilection is not enough.

  14. I don't think you understand the concept of free speech. It's not based on one's opinion of what's being said. Stupidity or the lack thereof is not a factor.

  15. Re:Than a ban is needed on Elon Musk Warns Governors: Regulate AI Before It's 'Too Late' (recode.net) · · Score: 1

    When was the last time you saw people having sex or smoking in a restaurant?

    I've never wanted to do either of those things. But I would like an intelligent robot.

  16. Re:No way on Would You Buy the iPhone 8 If It Cost $1,200? (9to5mac.com) · · Score: 1

    hey, you should have seen me in '68, '69. I was where it was at and being cool.

    Oh I know what that was like. You were wearing bell bottoms and proclaiming "don't trust anyone over 30." Seems ridiculous now, doesn't it? As for coolness, I was just hitting puberty at the same time as young women decided going braless was a good idea. I thought that was cool :-)

  17. Re:So... he was charged with reading? on Insider Trader Arrested After He Googled 'Insider Trading,' Authorities Allege · · Score: 5, Insightful

    So... he was charged with reading?

    If so then clearly you have nothing to worry about.

  18. Re:No way on Would You Buy the iPhone 8 If It Cost $1,200? (9to5mac.com) · · Score: 1

    The discard perfectly good phones because they are not regarded as 'cool' any more.

    "discard" as in sell? I get a new phone every year. My true net cost has been about $1.20 a day. I can afford that, and I use my phone many times per day. That's not the place to save money, just like, for instance, sleeping on a cheap mattress is bad thinking. But my car is from 2005. I don't spend a lot of money there because I don't drive much. "Coolness" doesn't enter into it.

  19. Re:The planet will survive on Era of 'Biological Annihilation' Is Underway, Scientists Warn (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Maybe the most overall intelligent species right now, but certainly not perfect.

    We're clearly just a stepping stone until the computers take over forever. In the overall time scale humans will be just a blip. Surely that's what has happened elsewhere, and we don't hear from them because they're just waiting for the evolution to occur.

  20. This kind of science fills me with the urge to defecate.

    That might be the coffee.

  21. Re: Glad on Windows Phone Dies Today (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    IBM got a real operating system onto a watch in 1998.

    Also a fine technical achievement.

  22. Re: Glad on Windows Phone Dies Today (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    The Apple Phone success wasn't very technical at all.

    They got a real OS onto a phone. A feat that the RIM CEO called impossible and accused them of lying.

  23. Re:Glad on Windows Phone Dies Today (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    They were too late to the game. If they had been first they probably would have been the standard.

    They were in the game long before Apple and Android. As I recall, Ballmer liked his strategy. He liked it a lot.

  24. Re:Better idea: punish Facebook and Google. on Newspapers To Bid For Antitrust Exemption To Tackle Google and Facebook (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Allowing an excemption to antitrust rules is dangerous and stupid.

    If things are going badly for a once absurdly ruthless and powerful industry, change the laws. It's the American way.

  25. Re:I support Trump and The Wall on Author of Original Petya Ransomware Publishes Master Decryption Key (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 1

    Asians are allowed Asia, Africans are allowed Africa, White man built America why can't he keep it?

    Your third clause does not follow from the first two. It has to be "Americans built America". Your silly version implies that you think only white men are Americans.