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  1. Re:Binary on Ask Slashdot: What's The Worst IT-Related Joke You've Ever Heard? · · Score: 1

    There are 2 types of people in the world. Those that understand binary and those that don't.

    10 types perhaps ;-)

    What about the other 8?

  2. So the true purpose of the Large Hadron Collider is to rectify the situation.

  3. Who's on first? on Why Is 'Blade Runner' the Title of 'Blade Runner'? (vulture.com) · · Score: 1

    "Yes, I know about the nurse, but who's the doctor?"

    "Doctor Nourse"

    "He can't be a doctor and a nurse at the same time."

    "No, he's the doctor. Doctor Nourse."

    "That doesn't make any sense!"

  4. Canada shipping on Amazon Is Testing Its Own Delivery Service To Rival FedEx, UPS (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Amazon.ca is now shipping using Intelcom express. My delivery was fine and on time, but lots of people have reported bad experiences with them.

    Their shipment tracking page just looks like an email feedback form. I don't think they have an publicly accessible tracking system yet.

  5. Re:Maybe it's different on Linux on Google Plans To Alter JavaScript Popups After Abuse From Tech Support Scammers (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 1

    I've found that i can right click on a tab to close it when it's been hijacked by models.

    Is that the one where one goes down on you while the other steals your wallet? Because I already heard that one.

  6. Re:The benefits of Single Payer on Canada's Top Mountie Issues Blistering Memo On IT Failures (www.cbc.ca) · · Score: 2

    The critical step to this "unlimited budget via the back door" is to bring the new system up, regardless of how far away from actual completion and stability it is, then immediately shut down the old systems, shred the hard drives and dispose of the hardware, so that no one can ever contemplate returning to the old system as a standby.

    That's funny, because it's exactly what they did when they overhauled the Canadian federal employee payroll service (Phoenix). There are now egregious failures with the new system: unpaid employees, overpaid employees and incorrect amounts in year-end income tax documents.

    Imagine receiving triple your salary, making sure to keep the extra money aside, because it *will* have to be reimbursed. And to add insult to injury, pay income tax on that huge amount, then fight CRA to have your tax return revised when the correction finally gets applied.

    http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

  7. Just by looking at the cheeto-grease smears on the screen

  8. William F--king Shatner on NASA Names an Asteroid After 'Star Trek' Actor Wil Wheaton (cnet.com) · · Score: 2

    doesn't even have an asteroid yet.

  9. Re:Jumped the shark a long while ago on Star Trek Discovery Gets Delayed Again As Spock's Father Is Cast (hollywoodreporter.com) · · Score: 1

    Have you seen Star Trek Continues? [...] The guy who plays Kirk in Continues has it down to perfection, every mannerism, speech pattern, facial expression. [...]

    He also does a hilarious Zapp Brannigan cameo, in a recent Futurama live-action fan film.

  10. Re:Many of you are missing something on 150 Filmmakers and Photojournalists Call On Nikon, Sony, and Canon To Build in Encryption (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Unfortunately that $5 wrench can also be used to shatter the memory card into thousand of fine silicon particles. PKI doesn't help protect against that.

  11. What's the best yt ripper browser extension? on YouTube-MP3 Ripping Site Sued By IFPI, RIAA and BPI (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 1

    Adware, malware, spyware need not apply.
    Loss-less audio and video rip
    Support for HD, 3D, 4K

    "Asking for a friend"

  12. Re:"flew more than 80 feet" on Tesla's Inherent Safety Saves Five Joyriding Teenagers In Germany (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    ... or about 30 imperial meters aka "yards".

  13. Does not compute! on 1 in 3 Developers Fear AI Will Replace Them (computerworld.com) · · Score: 1

    Any Dev AI exposed to actual end users requirement documents would promptly crash and lock-up, much like the Norman android or Nomad probe of Star Trek.

  14. Re:Can it be used... on New Metallic Glass Creates Potential For Smart Windows · · Score: 1

    Looks like Dr. Nichols finally figured out the dynamics of that matrix.

  15. "PLAID CARTRIDGE LOW"

    [And *that* is my Spaceballs reference for the day.]

  16. Re:Crap! Trouble now on Discrepancy Detected In GPS Time · · Score: 1

    13.7us means about 4km of position error, so yeah, a big deal.

  17. Coat of arms 'special' lion on Finland Releases National Emoji Collection (theguardian.com) · · Score: 2

    Is it going to have satwcomic's 'special' lion with a sword thru the forehead?

  18. Re:Gravity ... on Review: The Martian · · Score: 2

    Mars Landing Hoax.

    Watney is playing all that in a soundstage somewhere in Nevada. That's why gravity is all wrong. It's all a plot to increase NASA funding and to stick it to the Russkies. ...

    I'm sorry, that was the plot to Capricorn One. Carry on.

  19. Re:As opposed to... on Google Launches Brotli, a New Open Source Compression Algorithm For the Web · · Score: 1

    I could see a lossy algorithm for HTML / JS that eliminates lengthy tags and inefficient structures, perhaps even perform code optimization on heavily JS-infested pages, while rendering identically to the original.
    The result of course would look nothing like the source and couldn't easily be reconstructed.

  20. Re:"Other types of electromagnetic radiation" on The Town That Banned Wi-Fi · · Score: 2

    Radiotelescopes do not work that way!!! Good Night!!!

  21. Re:No, this is absolutely normal SOP these days. on Uber Threatens To Do 'Opposition Research' On Journalists · · Score: 1

    Oh, like TransCanada / Keystone XL Pipeline is trying to do...
    http://www.theglobeandmail.com...

  22. "Do you feel like I do?" on Polyphonic Overtone Singing Explained Visually With Spectrograms · · Score: 1

    Yeah, but can she make a Les Paul talk like Peter Frampton?

  23. I work at a fed site in Ottawa 7km away from downt on Shooting At Canadian Parliament · · Score: 5, Informative

    We are in a total lockdown. No one gets in or out.

  24. Nexus support for flash drives on After Negative User Response, ChromeOS To Re-Introduce Support For Ext{2,3,4} · · Score: 2

    Other android smartphones flash drives with OTG cables out of the box, why don't you?

  25. FL100 on Flight Attendants Want Stricter Gadget Rules Reinstated · · Score: 1

    Your stuff stays stowed below 10,000 feet so you don't get tangled up in your earbuds, tablet, Ken Follet paper brick as your trying to exit the plane should the unthinkable happens.

    It's not the safety drill that is the issue here.