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  1. What was the result? on Yahoo Secretly Scanned Customer Emails For US Intelligence (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Did they find any?

  2. Re:MS Hates Linux on Microsoft Signature PC Requirements Now Blocks Linux Installation: Reports · · Score: 1

    Counter example:

    A brand new AMD graphics card will happily drive two monitors at 4k from the dual-link DVI and HDMI outputs with the stock driver under Linux, with no user interaction required.

    The same card, under Windows in the same computer will drive the same monitors at 4K from the HDMI output, but will limit the DVI output to a paltry 2048x1152.

    And then there's the mountains of older computer hardware that still work fine under Linux but have long been abandoned by their manufacturers so don't run under any recent Windows at all.

  3. Re:Clearly Samsung's QA department..... on US Warns Samsung Washing Machine Owners After Explosion Reports (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    Really?

    I have never seen a washing machine made after 1975 that *didn't* have an off-balance shutdown.

    In what part of the world do you live?

  4. Re:Why do you have to be prepared for it? on Elon Musk: First Humans Who Journey To Mars Must 'Be Prepared To Die' (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Different people react differently when confronted with imminent death.

    You want to prepare and screen people as much as possible on Earth, so that if something goes wrong during the mission you lessen the chances of someone going moonbat crazy and jeopardizing the rest of the mission.

  5. Re:This should be the death of Capcom on Street Fighter V Update Installed Hidden Rootkits on PCs (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    That's great news!

    Could you please reply here with step by step instructions on how to accomplish this?

    Thanks.

  6. Just don't put it on a server on Ask Slashdot: Who's Building The Open Source Version of Siri? (upon2020.com) · · Score: 1

    Whoever is designing such a system needs to remember to keep it client-side.

    Given the ridiculous amount of processing power available on even low-end phones and tablets now there's really no excuse to rely on the horrible latency and dependence that comes with server based voice recognition.

    Any voice processing that relies on server-side processing has already failed.

  7. Re:Dealers won't accept Musk's Scam on Tesla Sues Michigan Over Sales Ban (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1

    Wait, Trump makes electric cars?

  8. Re:Who cares? on Smoking Permanently Damages Your DNA, Study Finds (nbcnews.com) · · Score: 2

    So, you *don't* eat snails and frogs legs in real life?

  9. Sssh! We call that one Dalvik!

  10. No. That is wrong, low quality and dangerous.

  11. Kat? on 28 Years A Smeghead: Red Dwarf Is Coming Back (theguardian.com) · · Score: 2

    Kat?

  12. You don't have children, do you?

    Pro tip: Not all behaviour comes from family. Not even close.

  13. Re:Removable battery? Nah... on Samsung Stops Airing Galaxy Note 7 Commercials, Preps Early Launch of Galaxy S8 (sammobile.com) · · Score: 1

    I think you've happened upon the wrong web site there, son.

  14. This is ludicrous on 10 Years in Prison For Online Pirates a Step Closer in the UK (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 2

    Abolish copyright. Now.

  15. My understanding of the matter is that while both have similar health effects, consuming HCFS does not suppress the appetite the same way sugar does. So people who consume HCFS beverages are in danger of not feeling full as quickly and so are in danger of idly consuming more if self control is an issue.

    One anecdote (not data): The one time I drank a can of HCFS fizzy, I was surprised to find I didn't get the bloated feeling I usually experience when consuming regular sugary drinks. Of course that wasn't exactly a blind study.

  16. So their own countries won't take them back. Again, how is that Israel's fault?

  17. What do you mean prison? They're free to leave and settle in Lebanon, Syria, Egypt, Saudi Arabia or Turkey any time they want.

    Tell me again, what is keeping them where they are?

  18. Re:How about.... on Facebook Is Collaborating With The Israeli Government To Determine What Should Be Censored (go.com) · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Oh, bullshit. Genocide? Perhaps you mean the nations surrounding them that want to wipe jews off the planet.

    You think your laundry list above of cherry-picked offences don't go on every single day in other dirtball countries?

    Israel's worst 'crime' is defending itself, and perhaps the heinous crime of being the only democracy in the Middle East. Or perhaps you take exception to the fact that women and minority religions there have more rights than in any other surrounding nation.

  19. Re:That PR guy really screwed up. on Apple's Response To Diversity Criticism: 'We Had a Canadian' Onstage at iPhone 7 Event (mic.com) · · Score: 1

    Pro tip:

    SJWs are never, NEVER satisfied. They will always find a cause to whine about with righteous indignation.

    Once someone has offended them, they think that gives them moral power over them for all eternity.

  20. Re:Unity on Slashdot? on Linking Without Permission Violates Copyright, Rules EU Court (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Your example is plagiarism (ie passing off someone else's work as your own), not copyright violation. Scummy, yes, but not what we're talking about here.

  21. Re:State colleges give garbage degrees on ITT Tech Is Officially Closing (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    Wow, (Score:5, Smackdown)

    Very well said, sir.

    For better or worse, in this economy education is pretty much vocational. Unless you are very wealthy there is no value in pursuing a liberal arts degree since there are very few jobs that require one.

  22. Re:Unity on Slashdot? on Linking Without Permission Violates Copyright, Rules EU Court (reuters.com) · · Score: 0

    Nope.

    If your content can be accessed via a link over the Internet without requiring any kind of authentication, then it is public. End of.

    Given that password protection is trivial (even in an .htaccess would do) there is really no excuse for such poor judgement.

  23. Re:And the crowd goes mild!!! on Costa Rica Has Gone 76 Straight Days Using 100% Renewable Electricity (vox.com) · · Score: 1, Informative

    Solar is great but it is not a base load. Without a massive, MASSIVE, bank of batteries solar has no effective buffering - it generates full power when the sun is out, less when cloudy, and nothing at night and so cannot be depended on as a single source of power. Likewise for wind.

    They are best served supplementing renewable base loads such as hydro, so when there is plenty of sunlight/wind the hydro use, and thus depletion of the water level, is reduced.

    Of course, there may be better base loads in the works. Molten salt perhaps?

  24. Unity on Slashdot? on Linking Without Permission Violates Copyright, Rules EU Court (reuters.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I'm genuinely curious:

    Is there anyone here who believes that this is not a completely stupid ruling?

    If so, please explain to the rest of us how pointing to something that is already publicly available (ie published on a web page) could possibly be a violation of copyright.

  25. A fatal crash of a Tesla Model S in the United States earlier this year knocked the company's shares and raised concerns about whether automated driving technology was being released to consumers safely.

    Simple answer: It isn't.

    Stop all this automated up-selling bullshit and give me my damn electric car.