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  1. How often have you seen the Blue Ring of Death since Win10?

  2. Yes. on Slashdot Asks: Would You Eat Lab-Grown Meat? (dmarge.com) · · Score: 1

    Yes.

  3. A killer app is StreetView. on Oculus Rift Review: Virtual Reality is Almost Here · · Score: 1

    How to find an estate sale.

  4. I listen to NPR via web from two stations. on Slashdot Asks: Should NPR Stop Promoting Its Own Podcasts and NPR One App On Air? (boingboing.net) · · Score: 1

    That costs the stations money for the stream. Radio in the modern age is experiencing technical dificulties . . .

  5. How do I export my yahoo email history? on Starboard Launches Proxy Fight To Remove Entire Yahoo Board (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    worst coming to worst.

  6. FLAC: Where art though? on FLIF: Free Lossless Image Format · · Score: 1

    FLAC

  7. Two Slice Toaster. on Here Comes the Keurig of Everything · · Score: 1

    #4 Melita size electric drip coffee maker Coffee bean grinder. The rest are either less specialized, hidden, or absent.

  8. Why not? on Amazon's Delivery Drones Will Be Able To Track Your Location · · Score: 1

    When I want a fresh souvlaki I want it delivered warm.

  9. In Japan, Japanese, English on Want To Influence the World? Map Reveals the Best Languages To Speak · · Score: 1

    Mandarin or Korean.

  10. 800k weren't delivering the mail? on US Postal Service Suspends Telecommuting Following Massive Breach · · Score: 1

    What were they paid to do?

  11. I would be more impressed on New Ford Mustang May Have Electronic "Burnout" Button · · Score: 1

    if it pulls the front wheels off the ground and continues to maintain lane.

  12. At this time NSIDC is down. on Boulder's Tech Workers Cope With Historic Flood · · Score: 1

    Water

  13. Two unrelated problems. on Prosecutors Push For Anti-Phone-Theft Kill Switches · · Score: 1

    In the course of a strong arm robbery it is important to get away. That means taking the victim's phone whether or not it is smart.

  14. The killer app: on Google Releases Glass Factory System Image, Rooted Bootloader · · Score: 1

    nekkid pics previously posted. For extra credit: action pics.

  15. In the mean time. JIS screws and screwdrivers on White House: Use Metric If You Want, We Don't Care · · Score: 1

    are unknown in the US.

  16. One more thing. on Ask Slashdot: Geekiest Way To Cook a Turkey? · · Score: 1

    Pull it out of the cold brine early and let rise toward room temperature. Then place the bird's breast in ice water until it has dropped twenty degrees in comparison to the thighs. Dry, stuff, and roast. It all gets done at the same time that way.

  17. Me, obviously on How Do You Spot a Genius? · · Score: 0

    Look no further. Send money . . .

  18. Human Right. Think Libraries. on Is Mobile Broadband a Luxury Or a Human Right? · · Score: 1

    And cheaper to deploy.

  19. Stainless Steel Rat on Sci-fi Author Harry Harrison Dies at 87 · · Score: 1

    Is still working to save humanity. R.I.P. and good luck?

  20. Beyond the most basic Calculus, none. on Ask Slashdot: How Many of You Actually Use Math? · · Score: 1

    There was that one time I was able to do a Group Transform. It was mostly lucky and it made no difference.

  21. I key Dvorak as my handle indicates. on Is It Time To End Our Love Affair With the QWERTY Keyboard? · · Score: 1

    The change I most want to see adopted is getting rid of the slant and getting the columns aligned vertically. This is a legacy of manual typewriters and should have been corrected when offices went to electrics.

  22. They may not be yet on Bill Gates Says Tablets Aren't Much Help In Education · · Score: 1

    but it is not unlikely that they may be soon. As a replacement for TI graphing calculators at the same price?

  23. Wiss 20R Carpet Shears on Worst Design Ever? Plastic Clamshell Packaging · · Score: 1

    4 1/2 inch blades and very heavy (nearly a pound) duty. Makes short safe work out of this kind of package.

  24. I'm entirely OK with this. on Amazon To Pay Texas Sales Tax · · Score: 1

    Why not let bricks compete against the cloud on an even footing? Amazon et al do not need this advantage anymore and ebay has no reason to market itself as a tax avoidance scheme.

  25. At the Amazon link in the post on Book Review: Microsoft Manual of Style · · Score: 1

    The Third edition is available new for only $240.96. The fourth edition, reviewed here is available for $19.99. QC fail.