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  1. Re:This fixes a UI failure on Microsoft Removes the 'X' From Windows 10 Update Leaving No Way Out (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: -1

    Jesus. Because you disagree with me, I'm a shill.

    More like, you're defending ridiculous behavior on MS's part because you're a shill.

    -jrc

  2. I have a friend who had a look at Oracle 9i's source code some years back. He told me he'd never consider using any version of Oracle in production.

    -jcr

  3. Re:Due Diligence... anyone, anyone, Bueller? on Forbes Just Cut Its Estimate of Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes's Net Worth From $4.5 Billion To Zero (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    Even after the Enron and Bernie Madoff debacles, hardly anyone bothers with due diligence, because they stupidly believe that the SEC looks out for stock fraud.

    -jcr

  4. So, she's like a female Reed Slatkin? on Forbes Just Cut Its Estimate of Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes's Net Worth From $4.5 Billion To Zero (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    Is she a scientologist, too?

    -jcr

  5. This would be a highly effective way for a pissed-off tenant to make their landlord look very, very bad...

    -jcr

  6. I want a new TV. on Samsung To Roll Out In-TV Ads To Legacy Displays Via Software Update · · Score: 1

    I'm in the market for a 4K display. Who's making one that's not loaded with Android or other crapware?

    -jcr

  7. Re:Brain dead. on Apple Not Allowed To Open Stores In India (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Think you can justify price controls, snowflake? Give it your best shot.

    -jcr

  8. Brain dead. on Apple Not Allowed To Open Stores In India (reuters.com) · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Sad to see that India hasn't fully thrown off the economic ignorance that stifled their growth from independence until the late 1980s. Protectionism is nearly as stupid as price controls.

    -jcr

  9. Re:Thank Jesus... on Android Is 'Fair Use' As Google Beats Oracle In $9 Billion Lawsuit (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Nah. The fact that they both pay up means that Hillary would stay out of it.

    -jcr

  10. So do the Google moguls. Politically, it's a wash.

    -jcr

  11. Re:Would be nice if it shut up the snark on How the Pentagon Punished NSA Whistleblowers (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    If they ever do any time for their crimes, you'd have a point, but they won't and you know it.

    -jcr

  12. Oh, noes! A butthurt leftard called me stupid!

    Really dude, that would hurt if I had any reason to value your opinion.

    -jcr

  13. Re:top security on State Dept. IT Staff Told To Keep Quiet About Clinton's Server (computerworld.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    What if I told you that Hillary's thousands of felonies aren't excused by citing examples of other government fuck-ups?

    -jcr

  14. Re:Timmy Timmy Quite Contrary on Apple To Open Up Siri To Developers, Release An Amazon Echo Competitor (bgr.com) · · Score: 1

    Sad to say that at Apple Inc. Cuper-town Infinite Loop Basement Bunker, there is no one who understands Lisp, let alone C.

    Want to bet?

    -jcr

  15. Re:Makes sense on Tesla Co-Founder Says Hydrogen Fuel Cells Are a 'Scam' (electrek.co) · · Score: 1

    Because there is an electrical infrastructure in place while there is no hydrogen infrastructure in place,

    Did you notice the phrase "in the long run" in my post above?

    most hydrogen is currently produced as a fossil fuel byproduct.

    ...and in the future it will mostly be produced either by electrolysis using Daniel Nocera's rapidly improving catalysts, or as a fermentation product from engineered bacteria. Don't assume that the status quo for H2 production is the only way it can be done. That would be like proclaiming Teslas cars impossible on the basis of the weight of lead-acid batteries.

    -jcr

  16. Re:A scam for mobile on Tesla Co-Founder Says Hydrogen Fuel Cells Are a 'Scam' (electrek.co) · · Score: 1

    They haven't vanished. You can buy natural-gas fuel cells today, but they're not very cheap.

    -jcr

  17. Re:I disagree on Tesla Co-Founder Says Hydrogen Fuel Cells Are a 'Scam' (electrek.co) · · Score: 1

    The pressure tank will be heavy

    That's not necessarily true. Carbon fiber tanks are surprisingly light, and the hydrogen permeability problem can be tackled in several ways.

    -jcr

  18. Re:Makes sense on Tesla Co-Founder Says Hydrogen Fuel Cells Are a 'Scam' (electrek.co) · · Score: 2

    Toyota's HFC car refills in three minutes and has a range of about 300 miles. Besides that, it has all the same advantages as any other electric car, in addition to far less weight for batteries.

    Toyota's building out fueling stations just like Tesla did. I don't see any reason why an HFC car isn't just as viable as battery cars in the long run.

    -jcr

  19. Re:Since when did Apple "rule" smartphones? on Avoiding BlackBerry's Fate: How Apple Could End Up In a Similar Position (marco.org) · · Score: 4, Informative

    Go look up who's making the money in that market. Apple rules it, hands down.

    -jcr

  20. Re:Since 1984 on Avoiding BlackBerry's Fate: How Apple Could End Up In a Similar Position (marco.org) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    As I've often said... Apple Computer: on the brink of oblivion since 1975!

    -jcr

  21. Re:Would be nice if it shut up the snark on How the Pentagon Punished NSA Whistleblowers (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Are either of those perps in jail?

    Try again, bootlicker.

    -jcr

  22. Re:Would be nice if it shut up the snark on How the Pentagon Punished NSA Whistleblowers (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    people high up in the DOD and DOD IG suspected of criminal misconduct in the retaliation and abuse against the whistle blowers are under investigation and stand a good chance of going to jail?

    Give us one example, you lying, bootlicking piece of shit.

    -jcr

  23. Re: Who will watch the watchers? on How the Pentagon Punished NSA Whistleblowers (theguardian.com) · · Score: 5, Informative

    because they were breaking the law for a "good cause" [wikipedia.org], they were allowed to get away with it by both Democrat and Republican administrations

    No, they got away with it because Hoover and his minions had dirt on every president since Calvin Coolidge. JFK and RFK despised him, but they didn't dare make a move against him.

    -jcr

  24. They're posting reviews, not hacking the review sites. Calling it "sabotage" is just sniveling SJW bullshit.

    -jcr

  25. Re:F*cking Keynesian morons. on As Robots Eat Our Jobs, Fed Should 'Drop the Money From Helicopters,' Says Bill Gross (janus.com) · · Score: 1

    Your education is lacking. Go look up what a "bank note" is.

    -jcr