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  1. If I was really paranoid I'd go for something well-shielded (so no listening in on stray EM) and as silent as possible (so no reverse engineering type from sound).

    Doesn't really make much difference when your OS is spying on you anyway...

  2. Re:Laptop Ergonomics... on Ask Slashdot: What Kind of Keyboard Do You Use With Your Computer and Why? · · Score: 1

    You could have inherited it from your grandpa? :)

  3. Re:Drones? on First Ever Plane With No Moving Parts Takes Flight (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Solar panels will never be efficient enough to give you the electricity you need.

  4. Re:I'm no MIT student, on First Ever Plane With No Moving Parts Takes Flight (theguardian.com) · · Score: 2

    It's a good thing that scientists are not easily convinced of anything. It encourages proof and continued experimentation. Imagine if scientists went around believing any old thing...

  5. Re: Takes humans into another dimension on First Ever Plane With No Moving Parts Takes Flight (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Or just put a net behind the "engine" exhaust...

  6. Re: I for one would quite like to see them fly aga on First Ever Plane With No Moving Parts Takes Flight (theguardian.com) · · Score: 2

    This is true of any lifting gas. But hydrogen is a lot easier to replace than helium...

  7. Re:This does not scale well on First Ever Plane With No Moving Parts Takes Flight (theguardian.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I wonder how that huge lifting surface would respond to moderate gusts of wind...

  8. Re:This does not scale well on First Ever Plane With No Moving Parts Takes Flight (theguardian.com) · · Score: 2

    Not to mention how much more electricity would it need to work at higher altitudes where the air is not as dense?

  9. Re:What's inside a black hole? on Nearby Star Is Sun's Long-Lost Sibling (syfy.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    Stuff that used to be outside a black hole.

  10. Because banning software from export has worked so well in the past. You know, what with it being so bulky and difficult to transport, there's just no way people can get their hands on tools when they're outside the US... I think billions of dollars should be spent on this preventative effort. It will be money well spent.

  11. gentlepeople

    I identify as an attack helicopter you insensitive clod!

  12. And one eye should be good enough for anybody.

  13. Re:There is no 5G on Samsung's Upcoming Galaxy S Phone Will Sport Six Cameras and Support 5G, Report Says (wsj.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    5G is another excuse to make your cell phone data plan 100% more expensive.

  14. Honestly Windows tries to nuke KMS every month.

    And fails. Every month...

  15. Non security updates pulled, because they weren't secure...?

  16. Cut out the middle-man on Norwegian Company Plans To Power Their Cruise Ships With Dead Fish (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    The two main repeating themes of cruise liners are fire and diarrhea. Surely someone should be able to figure out how to extract work from either (or both) of these phenomena and power the ships directly?

  17. Forcing? Your honor if you look here the plaintiff signed they agreed to do this. No one was forced. Next.

  18. Hear that? on GitLab's Secret To Success? All Its 350 Employees Work Remotely (inc.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    That's the sound of Marissa Mayer's head exploding.Yeah I know it's hard to hear anything from behind that $180+ million golden parachute, but it happened...

  19. Re:Bonus: it disproved Bell's theorem! on China Says It Has Developed a Quantum Radar That Can See Stealth Aircraft (digitaltrends.com) · · Score: 1

    Ahh but mine can do work. The more work you ask it to do, the faster the universe ends :)

  20. Haha, here it comes on Microsoft is Testing Ads in Mail App For Windows 10 in Select Markets (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    You took the bait, suckers. Now enjoy the ride up to the surface.

  21. Re: All for fake money on Energy Cost of 'Mining' Bitcoin More Than Twice That of Copper Or Gold (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Or you could hold on to it, realizing that it will always be a store of value and can always be sold for cash, anywhere in the world.

  22. Re: All for fake money on Energy Cost of 'Mining' Bitcoin More Than Twice That of Copper Or Gold (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Not everyone buys used and dirty tulips and beanie babies. Not much of a market for those items. Whereas dirty gold - oh wait, gold never tarnishes!

  23. Re:This is why NN is dumb. on Senators Ask Four Major Carriers About Video Slowdowns (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    So they can throttle everything coming OUT of Netflix and Skype, so long as they don't throttle my occasional request to change channel...

  24. Re:This is why NN is dumb. on Senators Ask Four Major Carriers About Video Slowdowns (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    But, but World of Warcraft is MUCH more important than those MRI images I'm sending!!! /sarcasm

  25. He plans to hire the accountants from the Pentagon audit since they have experience in working the practical side of multidimensional mathematics.