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  1. Yeah limping away to prepare his golden parachute.

  2. Don't Forget on China Produces Nano Fibre That Can Lift 160 Elephants - and a Space Elevator? (nzherald.co.nz) · · Score: 5, Informative

    That even when the tech is ready:

    "The Space Elevator will be built about 50 years after everyone stops laughing." - Arthur C. Clarke

  3. Windows 10 isn't that bad... on Adobe's Next Major Creative Cloud Release Won't Support Older OSes (petapixel.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    Once you whack it on the head with a sledgehammer and disable all the rubbish app stuff, Windy 10 is ok.

      Add Classic Shell / Classic Start (new open source name)
      Use Winaero Tweaker.
      Use Disable Win Tracking.
      Add Aero Glass for Windows 8 (if that is your thing, needs a donation for no nag).
      Add old calculator.
      Give paint 3d the heave ho.
      Add the old windows picture viewer.
      Add back all the old sound schemes (some guy on deviantart has done this).

  4. Re: Spoilers on A Star Wars Boba Fett Movie Is In the Works (variety.com) · · Score: 1

    and an animated CGI series

  5. I think feature would be more appropriate...

  6. Re:Microsoft kills everything on Microsoft Turned Customers Against the Skype Brand (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Blame Stephen Elop for that one, not the first company he destroyed for a buyout. See the Macromedia buyout by Adobe.

  7. Re:Superman vs God on Algorithm Automatically Spots 'Face Swaps' In Videos (technologyreview.com) · · Score: 2

    If a fake video algorithm could fake a fake video algorithm, how much could a fake video algorithm fake?

  8. Re:How about on AV1 Beats x264 and Libvpx-Vp9 in Practical Use Case (facebook.com) · · Score: 4, Informative

    Ogg and Matroska are contrainers not codecs. AV1 is a codec.

  9. Re:Maybe the Amiricans won't mind on The Car of the Future Will Sell Your Data (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    That is when said self driving car gets a punch, right in the screen.

  10. Best Command Ever on Hey Microsoft, Stop Installing Apps On My PC Without Asking (howtogeek.com) · · Score: 1

    Open Powershell as Administrator

    Then run the best command ever

    Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers | Remove-AppxPackage

  11. Re:Why not a middle ground? on Rejoice: Samsung's Next Flagship Smartphone Looks To Keep the Headphone Jack Alive (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    What I meant was use a 2.5mm connector and people get their own 2.5mm to 3.5mm adaptor cheaply.

    2.5mm has no patents/royalties to worry about and is commonly used for corded headsets and analogue video adaptors

    There is no 3mm connector.

    https://www.google.com.au/sear...

    One way or another phone manufacturers are obsessed with making phones thinner, hence the compromise idea.

  12. Re:Bronies too on Firefly Canon To Expand With Series of Original Books (ew.com) · · Score: 1

    Simpsons cancelled in 1998? That would have been a blessing.

    Stopping after the first 8 or 9 seasons would have been just fine with me.

    https://deadhomersociety.com/z...

  13. We already have TRRS 2.5mm connectors why not start using those on phones? 1mm saved right there and the adaptors are cheap as. Not as space saving as no connector at all but a reasonable compromise.

  14. Re:Last DRM free media on Are Music CDs Dying? Best Buy Stops Selling CDs (complex.com) · · Score: 1

    For more commercial artists there is hdtracks, it requrires a downloaoder thingo but the result is DRM free.

  15. Re:No Magic Left on Apple Seems To Have Forgotten About the Whole 'It Just Works' Thing (zdnet.com) · · Score: 2

    Mediator? If he was still of this earth he would be yelling his box off at the programmers responsible for that ridiculous root bug followed by demeaning them. He was a prick but at least things got done right because of it.

  16. Re:Too bad on Is the Optical Cable Dying? (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    I think you missed the boarding call for S.S. Sarcasm

  17. Also according to Newsweek... on Silicon Valley 'Divided Society and Made Everyone Raging Mad', Argues Newsweek (newsweek.com) · · Score: 1

    Springfield is America's Crud Bucket

  18. Re:And make sure it is an actual button on Refresh Is Sacred (tbray.org) · · Score: 1

    Request desktop often works better with responsive design if you rotate your device

  19. Re:YEah, only 1.2m is hard to justify on Font Maker Sues Universal Music Over 'Pirated' The Vamps Logo (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 2

    It is a font, of course it can be justified. It could also be aligned left, center or right.

  20. I look forward to USB 3.0 and 3.1 becoming "USB 3.2 Gen 1", "USB 3.2 Gen 2" and actual USB 3.2 being "USB 3.2 Gen 3".

    Seriously these marketing idiots need to be shot.

  21. Re:Everything is awesome? on How Lego Clicked: The Super Brand That Reinvented Itself (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Yeah then buy the round dish off bricklink...

    Oh wait THAT costs a bundle lol.

  22. Re:Everything is awesome? on How Lego Clicked: The Super Brand That Reinvented Itself (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Nevermind that the Millenium Falcon set fetches over $3k... used

  23. Archimedes... on WikiLeaks Reveals A CIA LAN-Attacking Tool From 'Vault 7' (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    So if the tool is called Archimedes, does it use a bath-overflow exploit?

  24. Re:19th and 20th century powerhouse on Britain Set For First Coal-Free Day Since Industrial Revolution (theguardian.com) · · Score: 5, Informative

    China is the world leader in solar installations
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
    As of 2014 China had 23% of total electricity generated by renewables:
    http://www.iea.org/statistics/...

  25. Then we will need medical medical drones for when the medical drones break down.