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  1. Re:...and also not true on New Atomic Clock Reaches the Boundaries of Timekeeping · · Score: 1

    Dammit where are my mod points? You just shot down a whole lot of pedants with that comment.

  2. Great idea on Smartphone App To Be Used As Hotel Room Keys · · Score: 1

    And I'm sure it will work well.

    Right up until your battery dies as you're walking back to your room late at night.

  3. Re:Doesn't solve the problem on A Smart Electric Bike: Taking the Copenhagen Wheel Out For a Spin · · Score: 1

    Rain IMO is a much more uncomfortable bike-riding environment than snow or ice.

  4. Re:I'm surrounded by morons on Ask Slashdot: Where Do You Stand on Daylight Saving Time? · · Score: 1

    I was referring to summer time, when DST is in effect.

  5. Re:Progress comes at a cost on SpaceShipTwo Pilot Named; Branson Vows To 'Move Forward Together' · · Score: 1

    Evidently nothing. However all the people actually involved with the "vanity project" will care enough about it to have some interest in mitigating events that would result in its demise.

  6. Re:Progress comes at a cost on SpaceShipTwo Pilot Named; Branson Vows To 'Move Forward Together' · · Score: 1

    Yeeees, but think about it from another point of view. If Dickie Branson had been the one killed in yesterday's launch, that would have been the end of Virgin Galactic. Gone. Done. Finito.

    Now, they are going to try again.

  7. Re:It gets dark before the drive home on Ask Slashdot: Where Do You Stand on Daylight Saving Time? · · Score: 1

    Wait, so you Spring Back and Fall Forward, such that DST is a *winter* shift? That's an interesting way to do it. Tell me, where do you live?

  8. Re:I'm surrounded by morons on Ask Slashdot: Where Do You Stand on Daylight Saving Time? · · Score: 1

    Drive home in the dark? Surely not from work, because if that were the case DST does nothing to help the 5-7pm commute since you're already in daylight at that time of year anyway.

    If you don't want to drive home in the dark then you would be best to simply advance your time zone by one hour permanently so you get an extra hour of daylight in Winter, when you actually need it. Of course that means the morning commute is darker but that can't be solved without making winter working days shorter and I can't see that happening any time soon.

  9. Re:Ad-enabled music videos? on YouTube Considering an Ad-Free, Subscription-Based Version · · Score: 1

    Okay, thank you for your constructive criticism there.

    Are you perhaps talking about ads that are a part of the viewed content? I'm talking about videos that are inserted into the playing video stream.

    The content makers choose whether or not to enable ads on their videos, (and probably where to put them, I'm not sure on that point). Google then chooses what ads to put in based on their secret sauce (in no small part your geographic location).

  10. Re:Ad-enabled music videos? on YouTube Considering an Ad-Free, Subscription-Based Version · · Score: 1

    What are you talking about? In New Zealand we already see video ads appearing right in the middle of some YouTube videos.

    I guess that particular treat hasn't reached your country yet. For it, I place the blame squarely on ad-blockers. Google know that a percentage of their viewers never see nice static ads, so they resort to these obnoxious aggressive tactics.

  11. Re:He tried patenting it... on Independent Researchers Test Rossi's Alleged Cold Fusion Device For 32 Days · · Score: 1

    The science part is going to be difficult, but it has been SOCIOLOGICALLY proven beyond any doubt that the device does not work, due to this one observation:

    Andrea Rossi is still alive.

  12. Re:The OS that wasn't on Ubuntu Turns 10 · · Score: 1

    You've never heard of Fedora have you?

  13. Re:Happy Birthday on Ubuntu Turns 10 · · Score: 1

    I don't know. Can you configure it out of the box to talk to an LDAP server yet, or does it still assume that everyone is outside a managed network?

  14. Re: Yay :D on If You're Connected, Apple Collects Your Data · · Score: 2

    Yes, just like that one. But preferably one that actually stops the system from sending data back to Apple.

  15. Re:iMac looks cool on Apple Announces iPad Air 2, iPad mini 3, OS X Yosemite and More · · Score: 1

    Umm, yes but aren't the vast majority of those 4k/5k monitors sporting horrible TN panels, ie unusable for anything other than twitch gaming?

  16. Re:Too bad... on Wind Power Is Cheaper Than Coal, Leaked Report Shows · · Score: 1

    Net solar irradiation is also relatively easy to control with a large network of umbrellas in space.

    I am not joking.

  17. Re:Q: Can the sun power clouds? on Can the Sun Realistically Power Datacenters? · · Score: 1

    The Sun could have powered clouds, if it hadn't been absorbed by the mighty Oracle.

  18. Re:What shape would you like on Sharp Developing LCD Screens In Almost Any Shape · · Score: 1

    Go HUD.

    He says, with absolutely no idea of whether it will be practical for your situation. It just sounds cool.

  19. Debian on What's Been the Best Linux Distro of 2014? · · Score: 1

    Debian was going to be my choice for delivering a consistently stable , if not bleeding-edge, operating system.

    Two brain-dead decisions this year have made me question their overall direction. Those decisions are somewhat inter-related, and are the following, in order of most to least disruptive:
    The move to systemd as the operating, sorry, init system.
    The move to GNOME3 as the default desktop

  20. Re:This show made my brain sad on A Critical Look At Walter "Scorpion" O'Brien · · Score: 1

    These router-hubs each keep a "shadow copy" of every document (shut up shut up SHUT UP!) that flows through them for months (what the hell?) and that they could find the document they needed by going to some random data center with one of these router-hubs (it hurts to type that) and getting the shadow copy.

    They're probably not far from the truth there but more by accident than anything else. The "router-hubs" are just installed and maintained by the NSA.

    Lol "rack-mounted LED lights".

  21. Re:Suspension of Disbelief on A Critical Look At Walter "Scorpion" O'Brien · · Score: 1

    Comic book universe. That's why Spiderman could never take a ride in a helicopter.

  22. Re:Chimps have rights, babies don't on Chimpanzee "Personhood" Is Back In Court · · Score: 1

    Interesting.

    So your position is that a woman should have the right to kill her offspring if it is convenient for her to do so. Now I assume that you don't think that anyone else should have the right to kill her offspring if they wish to.

    Therefore your argument boils down to the belief that the life of a child has no value unless the mother says it does.

    No matter what *you* think, that is a deplorably barbaric position.

  23. Re:Chimps have rights, babies don't on Chimpanzee "Personhood" Is Back In Court · · Score: 1

    I'm pro-life and pro-contraception.

    Would you like some leaflets to distribute now or would you prefer to use word of mouth?

    Thanks.

  24. Re:Chimps have rights, babies don't on Chimpanzee "Personhood" Is Back In Court · · Score: 1

    Congratulations on being moderated Insightful for that comment, but you're going to have to explain what the hell you're talking about.

  25. Re:Still being made... on The Greatest Keyboard Ever Made · · Score: 2

    Wait, did you say legs? You mean those things that angle the keyboard towards you?

    They force the wrists into an awfully extended position that shouldn't be maintained for any length of time. I'm pretty sure they're designed to help hunt and peck typists see the keys a little better.

    I often break them off before deploying new keyboards.

    Other than that, I agree with your post wholeheartedly!