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  1. Re:Proof read on Steam Fined $3 Million For Refusing Refunds (smh.com.au) · · Score: 3, Funny

    Seriously editors, what's a "pentaly"?

    It's when you get screwed over five different ways.

  2. Re:Uber owns these cars on Uber Starts Self Driving Car Pickups In Pittsburgh (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 2

    So what? The whole medallion deal serves to create an artificial scarcity. Once there are no jobs to protect there'll be millions of these on the roads. I can't wait until I no longer need to own and drive a car.

  3. Re:Fools on Uber Starts Self Driving Car Pickups In Pittsburgh (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Only a fool would step into one of these things.

    It won't be long until it's the other way around - only a fool would ride with a human driver.

  4. Re:Ex post facto on EU Finance Ministers Line Up Behind $21B Tax Ruling Against Apple (herald-dispatch.com) · · Score: 1, Troll

    He also claimed that the deal was made in contravention of existing EU treaties and laws, despite the fact that the EU itself did not even exist.

  5. Re: Tesla is a sinking ship on Third Tesla Crashes Amid Report of SEC Investigation (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1

    There is a point implied in the statement. Sorry I didn't spell it out for you.

  6. Re:Thanks for the concise summary on FBI Closes D.B. Cooper Investigation After 45 Years (oregonlive.com) · · Score: 1

    it is meant as a means to prevent prosecutors from delaying prosecution unreasonably or using it as a kind of blackmail.

    It's difficult to mount a proper defense years after the event. The Statute addresses that as well for all but the most serious of crimes.

  7. Re:Tesla is a sinking ship on Third Tesla Crashes Amid Report of SEC Investigation (usatoday.com) · · Score: 2

    Be greedy when others are fearful.

    That strategy works right up until it doesn't. Because sometimes the fearful ones are right.

  8. Re:That's why we wear watches on our left hands. on Hackers Can Use Smart Watch Movements To Reveal A Wearer's ATM PIN (ieee.org) · · Score: 1

    And typically before putting it on, I'd think, so the wearing of the watch seems more dictated by the perceived delicateness of the device. Just my speculation, though. I don't know the answer.

  9. People who post info on social media are fools! Oh. Wait.

    No worries, this is Slashdot. This is anti-social media.

  10. Re:That's why we wear watches on our left hands. on Hackers Can Use Smart Watch Movements To Reveal A Wearer's ATM PIN (ieee.org) · · Score: 2

    Why is no one offering a smart watch in a pocket watch form factor?

    They have those, but they call them "phones".

  11. Re:That's why we wear watches on our left hands. on Hackers Can Use Smart Watch Movements To Reveal A Wearer's ATM PIN (ieee.org) · · Score: 1

    and so would want to wind a watch with their right hand

    I always figured it was to reduce the chance of damage and keep it out of the way, but I don't know that. Winding is/was infrequent, wasn't it?

  12. Re:Wrong focus on Pod Planes Could Change Travel Forever (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    or food, medicine, education, etc. The car problem is solving itself.

  13. Re:Armed robberies can't happen in Europe! on Mugger Arrested After Victim Spots Him On Facebook's 'People You May Know' (bgr.com) · · Score: 1

    Clearly, the answer is to ban knives.

    And brandishing.

  14. Re:I don't know how it would work.... on Apple Sued Over iPhones Making Calls, Sending Email (fortune.com) · · Score: 1

    Neither the fashion or automotive industries have copyright or design patents

    That's why the fashion industry started plastering their name on everything, to be able to claim trademark infringement. Now it's ubiquitous and everyone is a walking billboard.

  15. Re:Absurd! on Apple Sued Over iPhones Making Calls, Sending Email (fortune.com) · · Score: 1

    Apple should use some of that cash it has stockpiled and stomp the trolls into the ground.

    They do. But it's like that whack-a-mole game, and sometimes the mole wins.

  16. Re:wait, wut? on Apple Sued Over iPhones Making Calls, Sending Email (fortune.com) · · Score: 1

    Someone having a general idea does not constitute prior art. By that measure almost nothing would be patentable. (I'm not saying that would necessarily be a bad thing.)

  17. That would be awesome to have an FM radio in a cell phone.

    You are easily awed.

  18. Re:And the problem is? on Self-Driving Features Could Lead To More Sex In Moving Cars, Expert Warns (www.cbc.ca) · · Score: 1

    Not much of a "warning". More of an "advertisement".

    And what is this "expert" thing? Expert how? More like Captain Obvious says...

  19. There's a 100% chance that his actions would be primarily motivated by what most benefits Donald Trump. Any benefit to the public would be entirely incidental.

    Making the public happy would benefit Trump, as he well knows that there's a lot of money and power in being well-liked. As he won't have much traditional political power he will rely on the perceived ability to turn that public against his enemies.

  20. Re:Year-over-year? on Billionaire Investor Carl Icahn Sells Entire Stake In Apple (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    br Makes it sound like they've been declining for several years.

    You're taking it wrong. Y/Y means the same quarter of a year ago, rather than the previous quarter. The reason for doing this is to remove seasonal biases from the comparison.

  21. Re:Dangerous on New Heating Technology Uses Seawater and Carbon Dioxide (csmonitor.com) · · Score: 1

    I'm sure there are people who require a 100% return in just three years. But most of world would be knocking people down to get a 100% return in four or even eight.

  22. Re:Including John Kerry's accounts? on There Will Be A Huge New 'Panama Papers' Data Dump (businessinsider.com) · · Score: 1

    Seriously? They are poorer than I am.

    You have a billionaire wife?

  23. Re:What is Uber, a CAB COMPANY? on Uber's New Policy Fines Riders Who Are Two Minutes Late · · Score: 2

    Given that I now have a permanent injury to my foot because a cab driver was a no show for 2 fucking hours and I had to walk home

    Were you walking on broken glass? Normally walking two or three miles is uneventful. If some freak accident occurred, well, that's just bad luck. That same bad luck could have happened the other way around if, say, the taxi got in a collision.

  24. Re:Dangerous on New Heating Technology Uses Seawater and Carbon Dioxide (csmonitor.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Four years to recoup a capital investment is beyond fantastic. Even double that, as will be more likely when everything is figured in, is really good.

  25. Re:Sad news, Stephen King dead at 54 on In a First, Judge Throws Out Evidence Obtained from FBI Malware (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    That's been getting posted for years. It's its own joke. Here's one from 13 years ago with that same text line for line.