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  1. Re:easily exploitable software? on New York Criminalizes the Use Of Ticket-Buying Bots (engadget.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The reason the bots work on these ticket sites is because they are faster than humans. If they had to wait for humans to enter CAPTCHAs, they would lose all their advantage.

  2. Re:Non-Causal Relationship on Elon Musk: 'One In Billions' Chance We're Not Living In A Computer Simulation (vox.com) · · Score: 1

    But there is an (incredibly narrow) realm in which the coin may land and balance, perfectly, on it's edge.

    As Lawrence Krauss likes to say, "Rare events happen all the time because the universe is big and old."

  3. All you've done is prove that the "parent" universe must be more complex than ours.

  4. If it's a game, who says they're playing individual characters? Maybe it's like SimCity or Civilization. They are starting wars, advancing technology, and then sending in hurricanes for fun.

  5. What's yellow and dangerous?

  6. Re:Saddled with Windows 10 on Sales Of PCs, Laptops, Tablets Continue to Fall, Hit Lowest Point Since 2011 (canalys.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    While you make a good point about the tracking in Windows 10, even the summary states that while Apple sold more units, they also had a bigger decline in sales than the industry as a whole, so you can't chalk this up to Microsoft fear/hate.

  7. Re:Welcome to America on Snapchat Sued For Facilitating 107 MPH Car Crash (patch.com) · · Score: 1

    A car going 100mph can cover the length of a football field in 2 seconds. It's quite possible the speeding car wasn't even within view when they started pulling out and then suddenly it smashes into them.

  8. Re:Frivolous lawsuit on Snapchat Sued For Facilitating 107 MPH Car Crash (patch.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It only takes 2 seconds to travel the length of a football field while going 100mph. The car may not even have been in view when they started pulling out and then suddenly it smashed into them.

  9. Re:facebook should stay out of it on Facebook Employees Ask Mark Zuckerberg If They Should Try To Stop a Donald Trump Presidency (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    But Facebook employees should feel free to do their part to support the candidate of their choice.

    That brings up an interesting issue. How do social media sites such as Facebook handle posts by their employees? If I post something to my company's web site or intranet (even during off-hours) it better be both professional and business related.

  10. I'm selling my beachfront property in Arizona.

  11. In Soviet Russia... on Putin Says Panama Papers Part of US Plot to Weaken Russia (go.com) · · Score: 1

    People in Russia, sadly, don't seem to care much about Panama Papers.

    My first guess is that the people of Russia have more important things to think about. Based on the past actions of Putin, this probably doesn't even rank in the top 100 things to care about politically/legally.

    Also, do we even know if this is illegal under Russian tax code? Even if it were, I'm guessing Russia would follow the legal maxim of rex non potest peccare (the king can do no wrong).

  12. Yes, most new sites might have one or two jokes. That's fine. They're funny. Slashdot just basically gives up on news for the day.

  13. Dear Slashdot on Gmail's Mic Drop April Fool Backfires Horribly Costing People Their Jobs (telegraph.co.uk) · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    To the new Slashdot owners:

    I forgot to submit my suggestion when you took over. Please stop these stupid April Fools stories every year. They are fucking terrible.

    Every year, I have to quit Slashdot for a day and get my tech news elsewhere.

  14. No kidding on Study Says People Who Continually Point Out Typos Are 'Jerks' · · Score: 2

    I don't need a university study to tell me I'm a jerk. I'm comfortable with that fact already.

  15. How I read the title.

    [32,000 Workers At Fukushima.] [No one Got High Radiation Dose, Tepco Data Show.]

    That sounds like really good news.

  16. Okay by me on People Will Follow a Robot In an Emergency - Even If It's Wrong (gatech.edu) · · Score: 3, Funny

    I don't mind. It leaves the stairways less crowded for the smart people to get out first.

  17. Re:Ask Schlage, Master, Yale, Medeco, ASSA for thi on N. Carolina Senator Drafting Bill To Criminalize Apple's Refusal To Aid Decryption (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Ask the average person whether they would put a lock like that on the doors to their home.

    Do you realize that all kinds of people probably have the exact specific key to your home, and that thousands of people have the master key. Even the most expensive locks you can get at your typical Home Depot only have at most 100,000 different combinations (most brands have fewer).

  18. Ads aren't the problem on TV Networks Cutting Back On Commercials (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    The problem is the cable companies, not the TV networks. I don't have a problem with TV commercials. I'm a cable cutter, and you aren't going to get me to sign back up because there are fewer ads. We need more local/regional competition in cable and internet providers to bring some decent service back.

  19. Has the writer ever seen a pumpkin before?

  20. Re:Where can I find an extension on Ask Slashdot: Where Can I Find "Nuts and Bolts" Info On Cookies & Tracking Mechanisms? · · Score: 2

    Except media queries are performed locally within the browser - not on the server. Even if the media query is specified in a link element in the head, the CSS file is still downloaded even if it doesn't fulfill the query requirement.

    https://scottjehl.github.io/CS...

  21. Someone should write a guide... on NASA To 'Lasso' a Comet To Hitchhike Across the Solar System · · Score: 1

    Grab your towels everyone!

  22. What was that? on The Boeing 747 Is Heading For Retirement · · Score: 5, Informative

    That "summary" is just a rambling pile of words.

  23. Endowments on Stopping Universities From Hoarding Money · · Score: 1

    You do know how endowments typically work, right? Some rich alumni gives the school $1,000,000 for a scholarship. If they just gave out the million to students they might help 50 students for 1 year, but that's not what they do. They invest the million and use the interest to fund the scholarship and can then help a few students per year - basically forever.

  24. And that is why you wait... on Broken Windows 10 Update Causes Reboot Loops For Some Users · · Score: 1

    And that is why you wait for Service Pack 1. And never install updates immediately. And never set up auto-update (which of course rules out Win10 Home edition).

  25. Re:2001 Monolith on Which Movies Get Artificial Intelligence Right? · · Score: 1

    That's one of the first things that jumped out at me too. While there was a miniature monolith on the moon which started the story, HAL was not introduced yet.