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  1. Re:And what about google calendar? on Google Drive Has a Serious Spam Problem, But Google Says a Fix is Coming (howtogeek.com) · · Score: 2

    You can turn that feature off.

    I had several of those invites, and after deleting about a half dozen or so, looked for the setting to disable them. It's under settings, next to the last option, titled Events from Gmail. Uncheck the box that reads "Automatically add events from Gmail to my calendar"

    Haven't had a problem since I turned that off.

  2. Re:Some Nonprofits are Scams on Giant Trap Deployed To Catch Plastic Littering the Pacific Ocean Isn't Working (cbsnews.com) · · Score: 1

    It's a hassle where I live in Iowa. The only place locally I know for sure where I can get the 5 cent refund is at a Walmart. They have a row of machines with a hole to insert the can or bottle, although they only accept products they sell, kicking anything else back out. In the end, it prints out a coupon for the amount of the refund, which is only usable at Walmart. AFAIK, it can't be redeemed for cash. It's not worth the hassle to do a small amount, and I don't have the room to save up cans and bottles enough to make it worthwhile, so we give them to a neighbor every week or so.

  3. Re:No more Free iPads and Walmart gift cards?!?! on Google Working on Blocking Back Button Hijacking in Chrome (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Accidentally? There are sites that do the redirect without having to click on anything.

  4. Re:Slashdotted on YouTube is Down · · Score: 1

    And the response is to have every /. user go to YouTube to see if it is really down.

    (It is.)

    Ah, yes, the good ole slashdotting (look at my slashdot id#, younglings)

    Get off my lawn, ya whippersnapper!

  5. Re:Virtue signalling on California Has a New Law: No More All-Male Boards (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    You'd have to retcon the last season out of existence, to do it right.

    Damn, now I'm wondering if I still have the Airwolf theme. I used to have a clip that I used for a while as the Windows startup sound.

  6. Re:No one has ever went wrong naming their product on Mozilla Is Rebranding Firefox and Wants Your Feedback (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yes, and have it stand for Bob's Our Browser

  7. Why couldn't you give it? It takes no rep to post an answer.

    An answer isn't supposed to be posted in a comment, anyways.

  8. Fourteen year old dupe of a dupe, although some thought the bet was for a set of encyclopedias

    Originally mentioned in this article: https://science.slashdot.org/s... and duped a few months later: https://science.slashdot.org/s...

  9. Off by over 100 years on 39 Years Ago The World's First Spam Was Sent (mercurynews.com) · · Score: 1

    Maybe that's when the first e-mail spam was sent, but according to this link, the first record of spam being sent was back in 1864, via telegraph.

  10. Dupe from workplace.stackexchange on Ask Slashdot: Should You Tell Future Employers Your Salary History? · · Score: 1
  11. Re:Interstate commerce? on New Wyoming Bill Penalizes Utilities Using Renewable Energy (csmonitor.com) · · Score: 1

    Are there even 200,000 registered voters in Wyoming to sign the petition?

  12. Keep asking all over the internet? on Ask Slashdot: How Would You Deal With A 'Gaslighting' Colleague? · · Score: 1

    Keep asking the question until you find someplace or someone who will give you an answer you like? I could have sworn I saw this exact same question asked recently on workplace.se. Unfortunately, if I did, it's been deleted, as I can't find it.

  13. Re:Incentivized vs fake? on Amazon Makes Good On Its Promise To Delete 'Incentivized' Reviews (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    Lately, all I see are reviews with verified purchases. However, the system may still be a work in process, as a couple of times, I've seen 100% duplicate reviews, although I'm uncertain if they were the exact same review posted twice by the user, or just displayed twice by the system.

  14. Re:Thank you! on Why It's Almost Impossible To Teach a Robot To Do Your Laundry · · Score: 1

    Second this! In addition, RFID can also be read when the printed code can't, due to soil, fading, etc.

    Disclaimer: I used to work for a uniform rental company that used RFID to track garments through the wash cycle.

  15. Re:Perfect? Really? on Researchers "Solve" Texas Hold'Em, Create Perfect Robotic Player · · Score: 1

    Not true at all. Read Joe Navarro's book on tells. Everybody has tells. Some pros will even use fake tells.

  16. Bummer on Yahoo Shuttering Its Web Directory · · Score: 1

    I kind of miss it, and had forgot it was around.

    It was kind of a big influence on me, as I hacked a perl script together to take a netscape bookmark file and turn it into something resembling the Yahoo directory.

  17. Re:I Can't Help But Feel on Blackjack Player Breaks the Bank At Atlantic City · · Score: 1

    Bzzzt. Read the article and try again. Not all casinos use 8 decks of cards, and these certainly did not, nor did they continuously shuffle for him.

  18. Re:TSA = Federal Government on Time To Close the Security Theater · · Score: 2

    That reminds me of an old bumper sticker.

    "Vote Cthulhu! Why settle for the lesser of two evils?"

  19. Re:full support severely lacking on A First Look At Gaim 2.0 · · Score: 1

    Funny, I can click on my status selector, and there, 3rd from the top, is invisible.

  20. Re:You might try some alternate shells... on Virtual Desktops on Windows? · · Score: 1

    I used to love Litestep, then development slowed, and I held off on upgrading. When I decided to try and upgrade with a new installer, it just hosed my old setup, overwritting my rc files.

  21. Re:To better help answer the question... on Virtual Desktops on Windows? · · Score: 1

    The first one is rather obvious. Switch, momentarily, to shared desktops, alt-tab to the app you want on the current desktop, then turn off shared desktops.

    I agree that the 2nd is a problem. I had that issue with Access, when working with it for a database class. Odd that these particular MS products don't work well together.

  22. Re:i agree on Continued Opposition To Laptops in Schools · · Score: 1
    but there is no reason for any student to have a computer in 6th grade math.


    I dunno. I came out pretty good doing math in 6th grade on the computer. Granted, they were Apple IIs, but I got so far ahead of the rest of the class I was starting in on algebra. Basically all the software did was display a problem and and several answers, it was still up to the student to work it out, in most cases, in their head.

    I think their best use would be in a basic typing/computer use class, as well as advanced math and science courses.
  23. Re:So what's new? on How iTunes Hurts Weird Al · · Score: 1

    Tom Petty is probably the most famous example of this. He declared bankruptcy after his third album just to get out of the massive debt he got into producing "Damn the Torpedos" when his record company changed hands.

  24. Re:Don't get me wrong, but what? on Marvel Gets Cash to do 10 Films · · Score: 1

    When did Nick Fury turn black?

    This one will be interesting, which part of his life will they focus on? His exploits in WWII leading the Howling Commandos? I know my dad and I would go see that. Or will they do his years with SHIELD, possibly ignoring some or all of his backstory?

  25. Yeah, but what about a Ford Falcon? on A Mac Mini-lennium Falcon · · Score: 1

    What I want to see is a Ford Falcon modded to carry a Mac Mini or other computer ;)