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  1. Well depends on the situation... on Coders' Primal Urge To Kill Inefficiency -- Everywhere (wired.com) · · Score: 1

    ... sometimes I like to do something unbelievably inefficient. Not for production code though.

    In college a teacher gave us an assignment to reverse a linked list. I made it recursive. My teacher said: "It's inefficient and that will only works with small lists, you will get a stack overflow". I said "Who cares, it is pretty", Still got an A.

  2. Re:Best comment today! Law allows it for non-profi on Locast, a Free App Streaming Network TV, Would Love to Get Sued (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    The parent post is very informative, but won't be seen by a lot of people because it's AC and doesn't have its own subject line.

    Quoting the AC:

    17 USC 111(a): "Certain Exempted. The secondary transmission of a performance or display of a work embodied in a primary transmission is not an infringement of copyright if... the secondary transmission is not made by a cable system but is made by a governmental body, or other nonprofit organization, without any purpose of direct or indirect commercial advantage, and without charge to the recipients of the secondary transmission other than assessments necessary to defray the actual and reasonable costs of maintaining and operating the secondary transmission service."

    So the law is re-transmitting the broadcast is okay if it's done by a non-profit.

    Note this is only about re-transmitting *broadcast* TV, which was already being sent out to everyone for free.

    So, a non-profit,in theory, could deliver broadcast TV only charging for the maintenance of the antennas/servers/internet used for delivery? Interesting...

  3. I would prefer an RC one with tracks... on iRobot Unveils Terra, a Roomba Lawn Mower (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 1

    like this one just a residential version (not costing over 2K). Don't think the iRobot one would climb a slope.

  4. Re:I was furious at Gates and IBM on Was Commodore's Amiga 'A Computer Ahead of Its Time'? (gizmodo.com.au) · · Score: 1

    Did you ever try to add a hard disk to an Amiga?

    No.

    It was a nightmare, it just wasn't designed for it.

    IBM PC's were.

    I had an A2000 and it was simple. I bought a GVP board and a SCSI drive with a ton of space (120MB). It wasn't that hard. I did it myself and all I had worked with before was a C64. I still have that Amiga although the 1084S is acting weird.

  5. Re: Essential Phone on Ask Slashdot: What's the Best Unlocked Smartphone? (slashdot.org) · · Score: 1

    This. Crazy fast updates (had android p just 3 hours after Google announced the release) great hardware, camera is ok. The 3d camera attachment is great.

  6. Re:Medical devices with Windows 7? on Ask Slashdot: How Do You Handle Hardware That Never Gets Software Updates? (hpe.com) · · Score: 1

    At work we have 3 Spectrometers with integrated computers. One uses MSDOS with a PATA drive and a floppy. A pain when the HD dies, have one of those flash drive->floppy drives ready for when it breaks (not touching it if its working). Another with a weird Windows 2000 Embedded that it's impossible to find, and another with XP. They are too specialized and only upgraded by the company. Also new ones go for 100k or something, so unless they blow up they stay as they are.

  7. Re:Milk comes from a mammal - Juice from a plant on Should the Word 'Milk' Be Used To Describe Nondairy Milk-Alternative Products? (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Obviously peanut paste. Now what do we do with toothpaste?

  8. Experts have already talked about this... on Should the Word 'Milk' Be Used To Describe Nondairy Milk-Alternative Products? (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1
  9. Re:What about real ones for safety needs? on Emirates Planes Could Be Going Windowless (abc.net.au) · · Score: 3, Funny

    I would love if they added AR (augmented reality) options. Maybe every once in a while have dragons of UFOs flying around, or maybe a gremlin on the wing

  10. When I started reading the title of the post.. on 'Red Alert' Protest For Net Neutrality Starts May 9 (cnet.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    ... I got excited for a moment because a new Command and Conquer was coming out.

  11. Old news, russsians did this long ago... on Researchers Are Keeping Pig Brains Alive Outside the Body (technologyreview.com) · · Score: 2

    ...and it was all done in the 1950s. Search for Doctor Sergei S. Bryukhonenko.

    Experiments in the Revival of Organisms

    Check the weird stuff in youtube.

  12. Are you sure it was a QNX demo or the Amiga DE SDK based on TAO intent OS? I still have the Amiga SDK manual for that OS and probably the DVD is hidden somewhere around my house. I actually liked that OS.

  13. Re: Essential Apps Not Updating on Andy Rubin's Essential Phone Considered Anything But (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Maybe the Sprint version. The unlocked one works ok and everything updated. Now running the oreo beta without problems. Btw there is only one app, the camera one, rest is stock clean android.

    I really like the phone. Camera is ok. Never used the headphone jack. Dont care about waterproofing. I thought it was overpriced now at 400 is perfect. A solid titanium block with stock android. Reminds me of my favorite iPhone, the iPhone 4.

  14. Come and try ti hack the power company here in Puerto Rico. You will fail miserably!!!

  15. Re:I pray the power never goes out PERIOD on In a Cashless World, You'd Better Pray the Power Never Goes Out (mises.org) · · Score: 1

    Most hospitals are operational AFAIK, they have priority for getting electricity from the power company. Diesel supply is good now and the lines at gas stations are gone. I have been about 2 months without power, water comes and goes. Thank god I bought a military power generator years ago and it has been working flawlesly. Those things are awesome. I'm planning to buy a backup as soon as this mess gets better.

  16. Yeah, didn't enjoyed the Borderlands either. Wonder why there is no mention of any of the BioShocks. Other than the Portals or Serious Sams (and maybe Dishonored) Bioshock is better than anything on that recommended list.

  17. Why was this even a thing?? on Fidget Spinners Are Over (fivethirtyeight.com) · · Score: 1

    I don't get it.

  18. Of course the warming is caused by humans... on Scientists Marvel At 'Increasingly Non-Natural' Arctic Warmth (msn.com) · · Score: 1

    ... specially those scientist living there warming the place, if they moved out it would obviously cool down again.

  19. Re:C# vs Swift on Slashdot's Interview With Swift Creator Chris Lattner · · Score: 1

    There is RemObject Elements. It compiles C#/Swift/Delphi and soon also Java to Net/IOS/Java/MacOS/Windows/Linux executables. The windows/linux compiling was is new. Is really cool stuff.

  20. Obama already said he can't pardon him... on Petition With Over 1 Million Signatures Urges President Obama To Pardon Snowden (cnet.com) · · Score: 2

    ... (or won't) after all he hasn't been to a trial yet, just accused. That might be true or not, but he already spoke about it on November. He wont pardon him.

  21. Re:Testing in Racoon City? on Crispr Wins Key Approval to Fight Cancer in Human Trials (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    ..or X-men, so is a 50/50 chance of zombie apocalypse or mutant powers, I say go for it.

  22. Who would have thought... on Tom Wheeler Defeats the Broadband Industry: Net Neutrality Wins In Court (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    ...that the dingo would not eat the baby.

  23. Just make a dumb TV on Panasonic To Stop Making LCD Panels For TVs (nhk.or.jp) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I really just want a dumb TV. No android, no apps, no speakers just inputs.

  24. Google should then buy RemObjects... on Google May Adopt Apple's Swift Programming Language For Android, Says Report (thenextweb.com) · · Score: 1

    and be done with it. RemObjecs Elements compiles Swift/C#/Oxygene(Delphi-lile language) to ios/windows/java/mac.

  25. Re:Not so fast! on New Windows 10 Preview For PCs With Bash, Cross-Device Cortana Released · · Score: 2

    From what I read it actually does all that. You can 'apt-get install '. At least that what I understood from reading this. I think its kind of cool, like a "reverse WINE".