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  1. Re: This generation has never known tyranny on More Millennials Would Give Up Voting Than Texting (nypost.com) · · Score: 1

    Or perhaps they hold to the "Alcoholic's Anonymous" school of thought, wherein to make any sort of change one must hit rock bottom. The one who must hit bottom being our nation as a whole.

  2. Re: Finally we get to the crux of the matter on More Millennials Would Give Up Voting Than Texting (nypost.com) · · Score: -1, Troll

    It is merely compounding the problem. There is the electoral college, which means farmers and other rural folk tend to decide the election. Areas where knowledge spreads more slowly, and people tend to make decisions based on a candidate's professed faith or their own undereducated beliefs. Point to farmers in Montana or such voting for a wall in Mexico. Do people in Montana really have an impactful number of undocumented migrant workers lowering the market values for labor and thus anything associated with it? Or are they just suffering from propaganda?

  3. Re: I'm surprised... on More Millennials Would Give Up Voting Than Texting (nypost.com) · · Score: 1

    Given a large enough sample size, the ratio should theoretically be comparable to the voting habits anyway. It is probable that the 50% who would give up voting, have essentially done so already.

  4. Re: What an odd premise on More Millennials Would Give Up Voting Than Texting (nypost.com) · · Score: 1

    Would voting make a difference? I think there are bigger problems than whether millennials vote or not. Problems that can't be fixed from the oval office.

  5. Re: Poor thought process on More Millennials Would Give Up Voting Than Texting (nypost.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I knew Trump would win, too many radio stations, church congregations, and family members of mine, all voting for Trump. What I have trouble imagining is Trump being a two term president. We're not even one year into his presidency and several people are already ready to jump ship from the Trump bandwagon. I'm not sure we can last four years, so I doubt he will be re-elected. The only reason Trump would be re-elected is if there seemed to be some "stragglers" in Washington who would be expected to quit their jobs if Trump was re-elected. That whole "drain the swamp, whatever the cost" thing.

  6. Re: Well they bought an HP on HP Users Complain About 10-Minute Login Lag During 'Win 10 Update' (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Well, my Linux system did, several times. Most recent issue I ran into was a system which had downloaded kernel source packages for dozens of kernels, and ran out of inodes. The last attempt I made to do an update seemed to pull several kernels at once, and kept failing on the second to most recent. The vmlinuz, initrd, and Grub were pointed to that second to last, so the system likely wouldn't have rebooted if I tried. At least Synaptic, and most apt based package managers, have an "optional" console which can be opened to view what is actually going on. Whereas Windows just sits there displaying incorrect information, requiring that you be clairvoyant to resolve the issue.

  7. Re: Poor thought process on More Millennials Would Give Up Voting Than Texting (nypost.com) · · Score: 2

    Depends on whether this is an individual action, or a large scale "buyout" such as the poll "demonstrates". An individual can do this and as long as their peers don't, the impact will be negligible if it matters whatsoever. However, if the results match the poll, or otherwise happen on a large scale, then it could seriously impact the election results, or have consequences beyond the elections. A move to restrict texting following such a fiasco would be surprising, even from the more responsible members of the country. Would such be necessary to protect our nation from ineptitude? Would it protect our nation from ineptitude?

  8. Re: Why do Windows updates take so long? on HP Users Complain About 10-Minute Login Lag During 'Win 10 Update' (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    On Windows 7, sometimes it is literally doing nothing. The update simply didn't tell Windows Update it was finish, and so sat there in an infinite loop until you pressed Ctrl-Alt-Delete.

  9. My experience with a Surface Pro 4, is that Windows 10 also takes 10 minutes to open most UWP control panels.

  10. Even still, doesn't change much. A device without a local admin losing trust with the domain, is a device which is nearly useless until it is in the hands of I.T. to fix it.

  11. Re: Well they bought an HP on HP Users Complain About 10-Minute Login Lag During 'Win 10 Update' (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    *Windows Vista, and Windows 7 before they patched it. No edit functionality.

  12. Re: Well they bought an HP on HP Users Complain About 10-Minute Login Lag During 'Win 10 Update' (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    For Vista and Windows 10, those 1 core "recompile bombs" were Windows indexing installed updates to figure out what the next one you needed was. Though, most discovered this because Windows Updates would simply dog out an entire core indefinitely, on a single or dual core, anytime an update was superseded.

  13. Re: 5-minute black screens - pansies! on HP Users Complain About 10-Minute Login Lag During 'Win 10 Update' (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Which when you're tech savvy enough, will either run well in WINE, or ij that WindowsVM suggested.

  14. Flash should not be built into Edge. Edge should use HTML5 native video playback.

  15. Re: plenty of time to choose another wireless prov on 8,500 Verizon Customers Disconnected Because of 'Substantial' Data Use (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Which as somebody else suggested, might be a "Verizon Spectrum" service, and the owners of said equipment may only provide Verizon cell phone. So there is a possibility that Verizon is the only carrier option, despite not actually being an option.

  16. Re: Yes and no... on Equifax CEO Hired a Music Major as the Company's Chief Security Officer · · Score: 1

    Its the CSO's job to make sure the techs are doing thier job. To make sure that there are audits and systems in place to verify the job is getting done. If your company is big enough to have a CSO, that is what they are there to manage. A CSO who's employees are not doing there jobs, and the company suffers a breach of this magnitude, is a CSO who failed to do his or her job.

  17. I see no advantage to that. When I go to th doctor I expect him to have a knowledge of scientific terms, not advertising brands. I also expect the doctor to have more knowledge than I do. The doctor prescribing something advertised on TV is a reason to distruct the doctor, as one who is receiving a commision.

  18. Let me Google that for you: http://lmgtfy.com/?q=Straight+...

  19. Most likely it is limited to those already diagnosed, and are taking existing medications to treat something. Advertising tells the patient that a new "miracle cure" is available to treat their malady, so they naturally are interested, and therefore insistent on getting information about this new treatment option.

  20. Have a sense of humor dude. Sometimes a joke is funnier when you have the straight man deliver the punch line.

  21. Re: Intentionally poor headline on The iPhone Is Guaranteed To Last Only One Year, Apple Argues In Court (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    Personally seen is not statistically significant. Again, the discussion is about statistically significant numbers of the product surviving to 30 years. Such as more than 75%-85%, and definitely at 95% of the product making it to a certain life span, such as two years for iPhone, or 30 for the mixer.

  22. Probably not the wisest thing to admit, but I opt out of paying for a multi-year warranty if I thing the manufacturer produces a product of sufficient quality that the 1 year warranty is immaterial. Apple has been good with product repairs and such. Maybe not the best, but good no the less. An automobile I might be less inclined to opt out of an extended warranty on. Extremely high price of ownership, lots of moving parts, plenty of opportunities for failure, and I'm not exactly a mechanic either.

  23. Re: Intentionally poor headline on The iPhone Is Guaranteed To Last Only One Year, Apple Argues In Court (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    The comments seem to suggest statistics are what expect it to last that long, not "some people". Basically the company might be able to play the odds, sell more products due to a higher warranty, and improve their profits by fixing whichever ones don't last for 30 years for free. Good customer service = good customer satisfaction = more customers.

  24. Re: Only in soviet Russia on Why Bats Crash Into Windows (nature.com) · · Score: 1

    lol

  25. Re: stealth uses this same function on Why Bats Crash Into Windows (nature.com) · · Score: 1

    So bats should be able to detect curved surfaces, made of the same material? Does it boil down to how big an objects sonar profile is? (not sure of terminology).