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  1. Re:Trump was right on The Fake News Machine: Inside a Town Gearing Up for 2020 (cnn.com) · · Score: 2, Insightful

    The real irony is that Trump bitched up a storm all of 2016 about how everyone was out to get him, and he was the underdog, when in reality, he had plenty of "help" getting elected.

  2. The Dead on Ask Slashdot: What Are You Reading This Month? · · Score: 0

    by Hank Harrison.

    No, I'm not a Dead Head, but I am a "student" of Rock Music History.
    This book is chock full of interesting anecdotes and stories from the earlier(60s-70s) period of the Grateful Dead.
    A very interesting read.

  3. Trump was right on The Fake News Machine: Inside a Town Gearing Up for 2020 (cnn.com) · · Score: 2, Funny

    The election was rigged.

  4. Mod Points!!!

  5. Abrams Star Trek film is an abhorrent joke.
    Star Wars Episode VII is much worse...

    We've been over this before, how bad the story/script of Force Awakens is.
    The acting, special effects, cinematography are outstanding, but the story is ridiculous and an affront to true Star Wars fans.
    Abrams and whoever else was in on the writing of the script for Force Awakens took what could have been an interesting and entertaining story and turned it into the "Star Wars for Idiots".

    Abrams for the Lose.

    On a related note, Rogue One was light years more interesting and entertaining that Force Awakens, and most importantly, actually felt like it belonged in the Star Wars universe. Force Awakens doesn't feel at all like it belongs in the Star Wars universe, even with the actors from the original films included. Force Awakens is embarrassing.

  6. Community Radio on Traditional Radio Faces a Grim Future, New Study Says (variety.com) · · Score: 0

    I've been a supporter of KRCL for a long time.
    It is a great "Community" radio station based in SLC, UT.
    They play an interesting variety of music and DJ's that cover most bases...

    Radio? as in tune in to the FM frequency?
    Sure...

    Or you can stream it from anywhere.
    So what really constitutes "Radio" as a platform?

    I would imagine that all the "regular", annoying as hell, Sinclair Media owned radio stations can also be streamed.

  7. On August 22nd, three days before the storm hit, the mission team was briefed by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and decided the best plan was to stay put. They realized that whatever hit Texas would likely hit Round Rock, too, which is located outside of Austin.

    So the next time I need to refresh some servers or workstations I can call NASA?

  8. Google News Headline from 2056 on FDA Issues Recall of 465,000 St. Jude Pacemakers To Patch Security Holes (zdnet.com) · · Score: -1

    The recent wetware update for QuiangXi neural implants has been recalled, due to reports of hacked dreams in some users.

    Analysis by Alvaro Bastiani, the renowned author who created the DreamScape platform, which was bought by QuiangXi and re-titled, shows a large percentage of users, around 40%, are stuck in a loop, reliving their last 38 seconds before the update, over and over again.

    A spokesbot for QuiangXi says users of their very popular Happy Future platform have nothing to fear, and that steps have already been taken to correct what they are calling a "minor technical issue".

    Since the platform is provided gratis for users who receive their primary income from New World UBI, there is no legal recourse for the majority of those affected, though legalbots have queued up and have begun signing up plaintiffs.

  9. Re:You know, it occurs to me that the entire plot. on FDA Issues Recall of 465,000 St. Jude Pacemakers To Patch Security Holes (zdnet.com) · · Score: 0

    Yea, I guess it is defined by what you would consider an "awesome classic".

    I know several people who are film buffs who think Logans Run stunk it up...
    Personally I like it, and thought it wasn't bad for the time it came out.

    I think with the right director and screenwriter it could be done well.

    I never placed Logans Run in the same category I would sci-fi films like Alien, Star Wars or 2001 a space odyssey...

  10. Re:You know, it occurs to me that the entire plot. on FDA Issues Recall of 465,000 St. Jude Pacemakers To Patch Security Holes (zdnet.com) · · Score: 0

    With all the shitty remakes of films recently, I can't believe they haven't done one for Logans Run.
    With todays CGI, and the story of people only being able to live to 30, you would think a studio would be frothing at the mouth to remake it.

  11. Blame the Screen Writer on What We Get Wrong About Technology (timharford.com) · · Score: 0

    I constantly see things in films, whether Sci-Fi or not, that are annoying and not thought out well.
    The suspension of disbelief plays an important role, especially when some script writer has us all in his/her world.
    The script writer can create a story, or a world that is completely believable, regardless of whether it matches our existing science.
    That usually isn't the case though.

  12. I'll help you with your ignorance of political and historical reference points.
    What do Hitler(Nazi/Hard Right) and Stalin(Communist/Hard Left) have in common?

    They were both Authoritarians.
    So whether you compare Trump to either one really doesn't matter...

    Do yourself a favor and read Bob Altmeyers book on the subject.

  13. Re:Regulated as a utility on Rural America Is Building Its Own Internet Because No One Else Will (vice.com) · · Score: -1

    Oh... come on now.
    I'm sure you've enjoyed a smoked dick now and again.

  14. Re:I must just be old... on Publishers Are Making More Video -- Whether You Want It or Not (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 0

    The worst is when searching for help with a technical issue, and there are all these YouTube videos for something that someone could explain very simply with text.

    But they want us to watch(and listen) to someone move a mouse around on a screen.

  15. Actually there is an Oracle clause called pivot, that can come in quite handy sometimes.

  16. Re:good luck hacking in to mine on Someone Published a List of Telnet Credentials For Thousands of IoT Devices (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 0

    No pretending involved my friend.

  17. The lyrics to 2112 become more relevant by the day.

  18. Re:good luck hacking in to mine on Someone Published a List of Telnet Credentials For Thousands of IoT Devices (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 0

    I bet you wish you had an extra wifi router laying around.

  19. Re:I knew nothing of him, so I checked Wikipedia.. on Facebook's 21-Year-Old Wunderkind Leaves For Google (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 0

    Not only is Idiocracy becoming real, so is Silicon Valley.

    Oh, but Silicon Valley has been real for years and years....
    Bwahahahahahahahahah!

  20. Re:A government the US _righties_ want on China Orders Internet Comments Linked To Real Identities (engadget.com) · · Score: 0

    Do you share these posts with your therapist?
    That would be an interesting conversation.

  21. Re: Fuck China. on China Orders Internet Comments Linked To Real Identities (engadget.com) · · Score: 0

    Awesome...

    Nothing worse than some dickwad who has Atlas Shrugged memorized by heart.

  22. Re: So "Hyperloop" is a 200mph maglev? on 201 MPH Pod Run Wins SpaceX's Second Hyperloop Competition (geekwire.com) · · Score: 1

    I think that goes hand in hand with Musk's boring company.

    How can you call Tesla, Space-X and Solar City boring?!?!

  23. Re:Environment, people and animals on Amazon Just Made Shopping at Whole Foods Cheaper (businessinsider.com) · · Score: 0

    Best comment on the board.

  24. Re:Imagine war against a major power on Thousands of ATMs Go Down in Indonesia After Satellite Problems (reuters.com) · · Score: 0

    I couldn't agree more about cash.
    I have been a big proponent, regardless of what the /. digiterati apologists say, that it is always good to have cash, at least a couple of hundred bucks.

    Sure, you can still use your cards, I do, but always have cash on hand.

  25. Oblique and in charge.