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  1. Primtive, but good ideas on Boeing Unveils 737 Max Software Fixes (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Passengers will keep debugging.

  2. Curie temperature on Earth's Magnetic Field Is Acting Up and Geologists Don't Know Why (nature.com) · · Score: 1

    The liquid iron theory is so old and so dumb, why is it always repeated? Curie temperature, you know about it?

  3. Somebody discovered a small plate at Donald Trump's hip. According to it, was produced by Huawei.

  4. Don't confuse the chemicals on Stop Adding Cancer-Causing Chemicals To Bacon, Experts Tell Meat Industry (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Nitrites don't cause cancer, but nitrosamines do. One gets converted into the other but it depends on how you prepare your breakfast. You should be an informed breakfast preparer.

  5. Many people still get paychecks - like 60 years ago. Many others have no bank account, because of lack of proper papers or stains in their financial CV. Not accepting cash will deepen the social split.

  6. Oh tempora...! on Xbox One To Gain Mouse and Keyboard Support Next Week (polygon.com) · · Score: 1

    What comes next? Support for abitrary devies. Like, for instance, a PS4 controller?

  7. RHEL still at Linux kernel 3.10 on Greg Kroah-Hartman: Outside Phone Vendors Aren't Updating Their Linux Kernels (linux.com) · · Score: 1

    Maybe Fedora updates on a regular base, RHEL (Redhat Enterprise Linux) does not.

  8. Nothing said on Eric S. Raymond Identifies A Common Programming Trap: 'Shtoopid' Problems (ibiblio.org) · · Score: 1, Insightful

    No-one can doubt that Eric S. Raymond is a talker.

  9. A more important reason for death on Alcohol Causes One In 20 Deaths Worldwide, Says WHO (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Life is reason for 10 of 10 deaths. Stop life and nobody needs to die anymore.

  10. Where is Donald Trump when you need him? on FDA Chief Considers Ban of All Flavored E-Cigarettes (wsj.com) · · Score: 1

    Could have installed a useless puppet at the head of FDA too.

  11. Trumpism made easy on Supreme Court Nominee Brett Kavanaugh Opposes Net Neutrality (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 0

    Have an opinion towards everything, oppose what you don't understand, stun everybody with provoking thoughts.

  12. Global warming also endangered on A CO2 Shortage is Causing a Beer and Meat Crisis in Britain (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    British government announces emergency polluters to be activated.

  13. 20 bucks for Free Speech on Rhode Island Bill Would Impose Fee For Accessing Online Porn (providencejournal.com) · · Score: 1

    A bargain! People selling you what you already own are an interesting phenomenon.

  14. Three months till they change their mind again... on Microsoft Starts Selling Lumia Windows Phones Again (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    You can't rely on these people, and there's no proper support in sight anyway.

  15. 100 million spending, 5900 in some richs' pockets on India Plans To Spend $6 Billion On Creating New Forests (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    India is one of the countries where you wouldn't expect a single change, no matter how giantic the amount to spend sounds.

  16. Re:xpdf on Adobe Reader 7.0 Coming to Linux · · Score: 1
    Ummm recompile xpdf to get rid of that "feature," then.
    That's the password protection. You can disable that feature, but with the newer DRM and embedded content features, there is nothing to be disabled, because they're implemented in a totally different way and not yet present in any OSS (since the format was never published).
  17. Re:xpdf on Adobe Reader 7.0 Coming to Linux · · Score: 4, Informative
    What's wrong with xpdf? I am sure it loads a heck of a lot faster.
    You still can't read each and every PDF document with xpdf, especially DRM protected files are impossible to view...
  18. Re:Big day for Mandrakesoft on Mandrake to Acquire Conectiva · · Score: 0, Redundant
    Come on editors, READ YOUR OWN DAMN SITE.
    Probably the payment is too low...
  19. Re:Doesn't work on PPC or SPARC on QEMU Accelerator Achieves Near-Native Performance · · Score: 1, Informative
    It should be noted that the Accelerator only works with x86 computers. It will not work on SPARC or PPC.
    Sorry, but that's wrong. QEMU can emulate SPARC on x86 like it can emulate x86 on SPARC. Only certain speed-ups won't work everywhere.
  20. Re:It was called "Windscale". on London Nuke Plant Loses 30 Kilos of Plutonium · · Score: 1

    Etymologically: The meaning is the same: Won by the Gales.

  21. Winsgale on London Nuke Plant Loses 30 Kilos of Plutonium · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Even in old times, the plant in Winsgale (now called Sellafield) was losing radioactive material all the time. You could out for swimming in the sea, come back at night and you didn't need a flashlight, cause you were glowing.

  22. Re:The site on First Program Executed on L4 Port of GNU/HURD · · Score: 1
    Shouldn't the site be slightly updated, then? At least take the "this project is dead" part out. Go Hurd!
    Hm, they should wait till they're absolutely sure that it's not dead.
  23. Re:Authenticity on Carbon Dating & The Shroud of Turin · · Score: 1
    It's pretty generally accepted already by all those without blind faith that the piece of fabric known as the Turin Shroud is not what Jesus was wrapped in. Further experimentation with and investigation of it seems to me an extraordinary waste of money.
    Long time ago, it was pretty generelly accepted that the earth is the center of the planet system, not say the whole universe.
  24. Re:You can feel safe on U.S. Plans to Tighten Nuclear Power Plant Security · · Score: 1

    I beg your pardon, as far as I understand the text contains implementation rules for future programs and "implementations", and absolutely no improvements for existing ones?

    For my person, I am still impressed that these rules appear that fast. I mean three years is nothing compared to the age of the world, even according to creationists' counting.

  25. You can feel safe on U.S. Plans to Tighten Nuclear Power Plant Security · · Score: 1

    You can feel safe, knowing that your government plans to make nuclear power plants less vulnerable against attacks from the Internet.

    It's like they were planning to find weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, or they were trying to catch Osama Bin Laden in Afghanistan. Another example of ineffectivity and paralyzed work, three years after a serious security incident...