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  1. Re:Shes real? on Siri Voice Actress Doesn't Use Siri (huffingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    Agent Smith. This one is onto us. You know what to do.

  2. Simpletons! on Global Majority Backs a Ban On 'Dark Net,' Poll Says (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    The survey might as well have asked them if the government should ban cancer.

    So much dumb these days.

  3. Re:Then why go? on Mars Colonies and Class Warfare (examiner.com) · · Score: 1

    Change of scenery?

  4. Re:Is this peak class envy? on Mars Colonies and Class Warfare (examiner.com) · · Score: 2

    > Mankind is on the verge of its greatest accomplishment, to be executed by the bravest and most hardworking of us.

    Thanks, but it's just a web site with a bit of scripting. Though, yeah, I am quite proud of it! It'll be finished next Thursday. I appreciate your support!

  5. Then why go? on Mars Colonies and Class Warfare (examiner.com) · · Score: 1, Insightful

    You can live in my basement and have all those things except the gravity. Add some more concrete and you can do it even if there is WWIII. Space radiation will the picking holes in Musk's DNA while you'll be safe and sound living out your dream... in my basement.

  6. Wade Hoyt is the best PR spokesman EVER! on Texas Plumber Sues Car Dealer After His Truck Ends Up In Videos of Syria's Front Lines (mashable.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    LMAO Non paywalled link: Wade Hoyt, Toyota's spokesman in New York, who put the best corporate spin on the situation this week. "It is not our proudest product placement," he said. "But it shows that the Taliban are looking for the same qualities as any truck buyer: durability and reliability." http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11... http://www.bloombergview.com/a... Top Gear: https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

  7. THUNDERBIRDS ARE... on Airbus Patent Shows Modular, Removable Aircraft Cabins (gizmag.com) · · Score: 1

    ...PRIOR ART!

  8. In unrelated news... on NASA Concludes That Comets, Not Alien Megastructures Orbit KIC 8462852 (examiner.com) · · Score: 1

    ... two Men In Black were seen leaving the Oval Office! https://www.youtube.com/watch?... https://www.youtube.com/watch?... PS ;-)

  9. Please don't tell me there's another prophecy about another chosen one who will rise to bring balance to ( ) the force ( ) the matrix ( ) the tamamatrix (pick one)

  10. Not really open source on Atom 1.1 Is Out, With Lots of Graphic Improvements (blog.atom.io) · · Score: 0, Troll

    GitHub co-founder Tom Preston-Werner specifies, only "Atom core" code will be closed source, while "all the existing MIT-licensed repos under the Atom org will remain so forever." The reasons are purely commercial, as he notes: "Atom won't be closed source, but it won't be open source either. It will be somewhere in-between, making it easy for us to charge for Atom while still making the source available under a restrictive license so you can see how everything works."

    Keep your wallets handy, peeps.

  11. Well I didn't vote for it on Trans-Pacific Partnership Trade Deal Is Reached · · Score: 1

    I hope now the bureaucrats and big companies have passed it they will now show it to politicans and peasants affected by it? Democracy my butt.

  12. His Twitter handle is ''Crafty Deano''. Figures! on iOS Ad Blocker "Crystal" Will Let Companies Pay To Show You Ads · · Score: 1

    True. And not only did Dean Murphy's app net $75,000 from customers who thought they were paying for an ad-free experience, but the extra cash to allow ads is being paid to him by Adblock Plus themselves! http://www.theverge.com/2015/9...

    iTunes says nothing about letting certain ads through: "Crystal is a content blocker for iPhone & iPad designed to make the mobile web a great experience. It blocks Adverts, User Tracking and improves speed, data use and battery life of your device as a result." Deceptive advertising!

    His Twitter handle is ''Crafty Deano''. Figures! https://twitter.com/CraftyDean...^google|twcamp^serp|twgr^author

  13. Adblock plus does the same thing on iOS Ad Blocker "Crystal" Will Let Companies Pay To Show You Ads · · Score: 1

    AdBlock Plus: Extortion or Smart Business? | John C. Dvorak | http://www.pcmag.com/article2/...
    Adblock Plus demands cash from websites to whitelist ads | http://www.digitaltrends.com/w...

    Is that extortion? the practice of obtaining something, especially money, through force or threats. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

    A German court says it isn't. http://blog.pagefair.com/2015/...

    Still stinks, but. People use adblockers to block ads. Not to only see ads where the advertiser greases the palm of some third party promising to block ads.

  14. Alternatives to AVG on AVG Proudly Announces It Will Sell Your Browsing History To Online Advertisers · · Score: 5, Informative

    A timely PC MAG review rating many free anti-virus programs: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/...

    Don't let the door hit your bum on the way out, AVG

  15. Hush, Peon! on Elon Musk's Latest Idea: Let's Nuke Mars · · Score: 1

    He has money. Therefore we must listen to him!

  16. Thank you for not saying "Leaked"

  17. panspermia on Research Suggests How Alien Life Could Spread Across the Galaxy · · Score: 1

    He should win the Nobel for the name alone! :-)

  18. Not if you're searching for Maaaaaaatlock... ;-) on Google May Try To Recruit You For a Job Based On Your Search Queries · · Score: 4, Interesting

    "64-year-old engineer sues Google for age discrimination" http://arstechnica.com/tech-po...

    Even too much knowledge of 1980s pop culture will put you on thin ice: "Median age at Google is 29, says age discrimination lawsuit" http://www.computerworld.com/a...

    Teletubbies is still fine. FOR NOW! :-O

  19. Don't trust M! on Facebook Is Now Working On Its Own Digital Assistant Called M · · Score: 4, Interesting

    M can't keep a confidence. Blab Blab Blab. A real gossip. Keeps passing around my photos without my permission. And told her I was thinking of buying a new TV. Next thing you know I'm being bombarded by TV salespeople. I think she told them. What sort a friend does that? Even more crass: I think she even solicited money off them for for info!

    PS. Does anyone else think Cortana would be better if it spoke in Bill Gates voice? :-D

  20. Well of course he would say that on Amazon Work-Life Balance Defender: Prior Employer Nearly Killed Me and My Team · · Score: 1

    > citing a long, passionate response in disagreement from Nick Ciubotariu, a head of infrastructure development at Amazon. Interestingly, Ciubotariu — whose take on Amazon's work-life balance ("I've never worked a single weekend when I didn't want to")
    > head of infrastructure development
    > head
    > ("I've never worked a single weekend when I didn't want to"
    > head
    > head
    > work-life balance

    Big difference between being a grunt on low wage but a life outside of work to look forward to and being a well-compensated "I'd die for my company" manager.

  21. Re:well played on UK Government Signs New Deal With Oracle · · Score: 1

    Government uses eminent domain all the time http://www.cracked.com/blog/4-... so I'd love to see them go nope your license fees are too high so I think we'll just take control of you :-)

  22. Dream on on Bozza Wants To Be Africa's Answer To iTunes, Spotify and Netflix · · Score: 1

    > Bozza Wants To Be Africa's Answer To iTunes, Spotify and Netflix

    Yeah, and I want to be the next Microsoft, but it ain't gunna happen! :-)

  23. Re:DirectX is *NOT* the "future of graphics" on DirectX 12 Performance Tested In Ashes of the Singularity · · Score: 1

    Safe to say the Troll(-1) mods downvoting this this aren't genuine but really Disagree(-1) or Shill(-1).

  24. DirectX is *NOT* the "future of graphics" on DirectX 12 Performance Tested In Ashes of the Singularity · · Score: -1, Troll

    > The future of graphics APIs lies in DirectX 12 and Vulkan,

    Well that's a marketing statement if I ever heard one.

    Vulcan (sic), maybe. It's open platform. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

    DirectX 12, as if!!! Microsoft screwed up terribly tying DirectX to Vista where they denied DirectX upgrades to customers who wouldn't "upgrade" to Vista -- nearly everyone! And their Windows 8 disaster chased developers off the Windows platform and onto mobile devices where OpenGL rules supreme. DirectX still has its place for the Xbox and Windows PC games only (( developers also targeting the Mac will use cross platform OpenGL )) -- but DirectX is definitely *not* "the future of graphics" despite OP's claim

    PS Nice way to fumble the ball at kickoff on Windows 10, Microsoft. Your peeping tom privacy policy for Windows 10 is a great reason not to upgrade. Look: "Microsoft's Windows 10 privacy headache extends into gaming" http://www.theverge.com/2015/8...

  25. The immortal mouse on Ask Slashdot: How To "Prove" a Work Is Public Domain? · · Score: 1

    True... kind of... but only because he would have entered the public domain if Disney didn't keep lobbying Congress for more copyright extension laws. And they will do it again. And again. And again. The mouse is pure gold. If all it takes are some phone calls to sympathetic congressmen why wouldn't they? http://www.washingtonpost.com/... http://artlawjournal.com/micke... but hypocritical because Disney swooped on Kipling's Jungle Book as soon as that fell into public domain https://www.techdirt.com/artic...