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  1. No earbuds necessary with his back to the car. The sound of a stationary car with its engine on is the same as the sound of car rolling backwards with its engine on.

  2. Re:Moral of the story... on Developer Accuses Apple Of Stealing His Breathe App (www.bgr.in) · · Score: 1

    No this is the best thing that happened to him, he can sue them for millions now.

  3. Re:Another one bites the dust on Microsoft Is Buying LinkedIn For $26.2 Billion (microsoft.com) · · Score: 1

    No, LinkedIn was shit before Microsoft bought them out. That's why their stock was down something like 50% this year. People sign up for LinkedIn, but after they connect with some people they know, they don't do anything at all. It's been months since I even logged into LinkedIn.

  4. Don't give Microsoft any ideas on Facebook Threatens To Delete Users' Photos If They Don't Install Moments app (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    Otherwise they'll start deleting your C:\users\ directory if you don't upgrade to Windows 10.

  5. He's just saying what Neil DeGrasse Tyson said... on Elon Musk: 'One In Billions' Chance We're Not Living In A Computer Simulation (vox.com) · · Score: 2

    ... a few weeks ago.

  6. Re:It's THIS EASY to stop Windows 10 Upgrades. on Massive Backlash Building Over Windows 10 Upgrades (fortune.com) · · Score: 1

    Would it be a problem to run both Never10 and GWX Control Panel? Who knows, some Microsoft Windows 10 update might slip thru one of those but be caught by the other one.

  7. They abandoned this practice over 5 years ago on Amazon Stops Giving Refunds When an Item's Price Drops After You Purchase It (recode.net) · · Score: 1

    I remember emailing them over 5 years ago trying to get a price match after they dropped the price on an item a few days after I ordered it. They said they no longer had a price matching policy.

  8. Is there a list of safe W7 updates? on Microsoft Releases Big 'Convenience Rollup' Update For Windows 7 · · Score: 1

    That won't install any telemetry or Windows 10 related garbage? Someone should packaged those up, or at least write a script to allow people to easily download those updates.

  9. Re:Just wanted to point out... on Guy Who Didn't Invent Email Sues Gawker For Pointing Out He Didn't Invent Email (techdirt.com) · · Score: 1

    You may have dated Jennifer Anniston, but you didn't date Jennifer Aniston.

  10. Pushing back dinner time by an hour? on Dropbox Cuts Several Employee Perks as Silicon Valley Startups Brace For Cold (businessinsider.com) · · Score: 1

    Wait, so they actually want employees to go home early so they don't have to spend as much money on free dinners?

  11. Except they won't end the free Windows 10 upgrade on Microsoft To End Nagging Windows 10 Upgrade Notifications In July (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    That's what the anonymous Microsoft employee posted yesterday on slashdot.

  12. Re:Ok, so how should it work? on Software Audits: How High-Tech Software Vendors Play Hardball (infoworld.com) · · Score: 2

    Except in many cases, that isn't at all how it works.

    Someone will send an anonymous "tip" that a company is using unlicensed software. Often this is a disgruntled employee or ex-employee. Hell, BSA has been running ad campaigns on Facebook for a while now encouraging people to report companies in exchange for the possibility of a small reward.

    The software companies (Or BSA on their behalf) will start hassling the reported companies, whether or not it is true. This leads to either a voluntary audit of their licenses (Which still costs quite a bit in time and effort) or legal action. Every instance I've heard of companies going through with the voluntary audit has had the companies threatened with having trivial, honest mistakes punished with large fines and legal action. It's a losing proposition for them, even if they've done nothing wrong, or have small technical issues with their licensing that they've made a good faith effort to have in compliance.

    It is a complete shakedown.

    It wasn't like that in my experience 15 years ago. I was a disgruntled employee, I sent an anonymous tip to BSA.org, but nobody showed up at my company.

  13. Re:The right direction on Microsoft Announces Windows 10 Build 14328 With Windows Ink, New UI (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Microsoft is going in the WRONG direction. Their insistence on alerting the mothership every time you compile, open notepad, open your media player, view photos... it isn't good. At all.

    As well as the forced updates, some of which render your computer unbootable.

  14. Not just video games, Blu Rays, and DVDs on Amazon Won't Sell Non-Prime Members Certain Popular Movies and Video Games (businessinsider.com) · · Score: 1

    I have seen hard drives, keyboards, and soaps marked "Exclusively for Prime Members". They can do it for ANY type of item.

  15. Re:By this argument... on Slashdot Asks: Does It Matter That We've Reached Peak Smartphone? · · Score: 1

    I highly doubt a 5 year old laptop could do 4K video playback without serious stuttering.

  16. Did Amazon improve their Prime video selection? on Amazon Splits Prime Video Service To Compete Directly With Netflix (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    I've done the Prime trial a few times and was never impressed by their video selection.

  17. Apple should file an FOIA.

  18. The problem with "Graham-Cumming" on Names That Break Computers (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    I would have thought the problem would be something else, not the fact that it was hypenated.

  19. How is McKenzie too long in Japan? on Names That Break Computers (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    So a name like Yakamoto would be too long in Japan?

  20. Re: Women don't like dating engineers, in America. on Amazon Employees Launch Matchmaking Startup For Coworkers (geekwire.com) · · Score: 2
    | I don't act like women are vending machines dispensing sex after enough nice guy tokens are entered

    Only beta males act like that.

  21. Re: 500 dates? on Amazon Employees Launch Matchmaking Startup For Coworkers (geekwire.com) · · Score: 1

    Remember, people have sex nowadays before they even reach the dating stage.

  22. Re:A famous book of literary criticism once said.. on Peter Jackson and JJ Abrams 'Back' Sean Parker's Screening Room (variety.com) · · Score: 1
    > Are there actually THAT many people that HAVE to see it on release day

    and also can't just go to the theater and pay $12 instead of $50 with this new service?

  23. Don't circumcise them without asking them, either on Children To Parents: 'Don't Post About Me On Facebook Without Asking Me' (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Child autonomy.

  24. Re:Is that on Bill Gates Sides With FBI In Apple Spat (ft.com) · · Score: 1

    Windows 10 does send information back to Microsoft, but nothing personal aside from anonymous telemetry data. It's not stealing documents, it's not stealing photos, it's doing the same thing OS X does, it's doing the same thing Android does, it's doing the same thing Ubuntu did.

    Oh fucking bullshit.

    If you can actually read, Microsoft very plainly and explicitly says that they scrub your identifying data after thy get your telemetry. So why would they tell you they scrub it if they do not have it?

    Why scrub after it gets sent and not before? Your identifying data is going over the internet - not good.

  25. I guess investors like this crap on Windows 10 Forced Update Resets Default Apps To Microsoft Products (theinquirer.net) · · Score: 1

    MSFT stock keeps going up in the face of all these bugs and privacy violations.