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  1. Re: Nighttime watering? on Australian Farmers Switch To Diesel Power As Electricity Prices Soar (abc.net.au) · · Score: 1

    That requires a large hill or plateau, and is not for irrigation. It's a battery, the same as Mr. Musk suggested.

  2. Consumer router options on Nearly 200,000 Wi-Fi Cameras Are Open To Hacking (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 1

    So when will we be able to have consumer grade routers that keep selected crwp devices on a separate network and generally restricted access? Is this possible with Tomato or an OSS firmware, either manually or automagically? To me I see this as the next step to informing and training consumers on networking, the first being adding passwords to their wireless networks.

  3. Re: Yay! Cruelty-free bacon! on Scientists Use Stem Cells To Grow Animal-Free Pork In a Lab (digitaltrends.com) · · Score: 1

    I like the vegan ideal because it creates less entropy.

  4. Problem is that some firmwares make it so that I can't use remanufactured toner cartridges (e.g. my Samsung CL-325W). Thanks DRM and the DMCA.

  5. Re:I Got One But It Doesn't Work on The 'USB Killer' Has Been Mass Produced -- Available Online For About $50 (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 2

    I made one to plug into my iPhone 7 audio jack and blow it up. Oh wait...

  6. Before 2000 it was the other way around, color wise.

  7. Re: Old school reflective lcd on Why Sys-Admins Are Disabling The Lights on WiFi Access Points (networkworld.com) · · Score: 1

    You can get white electrical tape and have just a hint of light get through.

  8. Storms here are more violent, with wind gusts hitting 80mph/130kph, and that rips shingles off. We don't get as much snow, but we do get ice storms that leave a layer of ice more than 1inch/25mm thick. Trees break under the weight and fall onto houses. We use asphalt rather than tile, which inherently lasts a shorter period of time. Think 20 to 30 years. Some old houses had slate-rock, and last as long as your tile, but can also break. Some roofs are literally wood shingle, and those are just disgusting and leak. Oh, and the materials for shingles has changed over the years due to environmental regulations, so that you can't get a real 50-year roof anymore. BTW, I worked in Germany for a month and a half. Beautiful country, but dang is everything expensive.

  9. Re: Turn over: yes. Decrypt: no on Should Cloud Vendors Decrypt Data For The Government? (helpnetsecurity.com) · · Score: 1

    ^^ mod parent up.

  10. Free upgrades don't end.. on Free Upgrade To Windows 10 Mobile Will Continue Past July 29 (thurrott.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    Free upgrades to Linux, BSD or whatever flavor will be available for quite some time longer.

  11. Re:This steaming pile of rancid dung on Windows 10 Upgrade Activates By Clicking Red X Close Button In Prompt Message (bbc.co.uk) · · Score: 2

    Next week I plan to release a free crapware game, spamming CDs to the masses ala AOL. In the prompts in the auto-installer, the text will say that in order to cancel, press ctrl-alt-shift-t while clicking cancel, with any other key combination or selection automatically upgrading the computer to BeOS.

  12. Kiddie porn perps get outed. FF reaction is to close the loopholes.

    Their CEO is illegally outed for supported the popular Prop 8. FF reaction is to burn the witch.

    I still use FF, often as Palemoon, and have used Moz since before Phoenix, but they've turned into complete jackasses in the last few years.

  13. Re: So what? on SpaceX Successfully Lands Its Rocket On A Floating Drone Ship Again (theverge.com) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I recall that back in the 1990s Bill Gates wanted to build a satellite based cell network. It failed partially due go launch costs. The joking image showed Bill tossing satellites up by jumping on a springboard. More immediately, we need more weather satellites to improve weather forecasting, to keep GPS working, and better communication to far flung places. I recall possibilities of better balanced high speed bearings made in space, balanced better due to microgravity, so cheap launches could spur that. Long term, Musk wants to colonize Mars, and further. He's making the space elevator look less necessary after all.

  14. Re: It's time to wake up: Microsoft has changed! on Windows Phone Free-Fall May Force Microsoft To Push Harder On Windows 10 (pcworld.com) · · Score: 1

    This was proven in an experiment involving monkeys, bananas, a ladder, and electrocution.

  15. Re: Only $1 million? on Pro-Clinton Super PAC Caught Spending $1 Million On Social Media Trolls (usuncut.com) · · Score: 1

    These are communications majors who make $10/HR at McDonald's, not senior developers making 150k.

  16. Re: Included Spending on White House Redirects $589M In Funds To Fight Zika Virus (reuters.com) · · Score: 2

    I doubt it'll go towards purchasing DDT from the few places that still use it, so this is likely for naught.

  17. Re:About BIZX on Slashdot and SourceForge Sold, Now Under New Management (bizx.info) · · Score: 1

    I also liked Winamp and Dialpad.com (also a VOIP site), and look where they are today!

  18. Re:Open to Questions on Slashdot and SourceForge Sold, Now Under New Management (bizx.info) · · Score: 1

    to try and gauge

    "try to gauge". The editing farce continues...

  19. Re:Who is whipslash? on SpaceX Successfully Tests Crew Dragon Landing Parachutes · · Score: 1
    If you're going to veer off topic, at least post something fun, like the SpaceX lander game (unofficial) https://scratch.mit.edu/projec...

    Full disclosure: I've done some work for SpaceX.

  20. Re:Who is whipslash? on SpaceX Successfully Tests Crew Dragon Landing Parachutes · · Score: 1

    Looks like you're a marketing guy who sold VOIP and hosted some chintzy tourist sites.. Good luck with that one. I only hope that you paid so little for these sites that you don't feel the need to monetize them any further than to pay the bills and mortgage and make what simple improvements are necessary.

    That said, I welcome our new /. overlords.

  21. Re: Let's make some assumptions... on Estimating SpaceX's Reusable Rocket Cost Savings (theverge.com) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    They plan on making every stage reusable. Musk's long range goals include sending someone to Mars. To do so, he wants to be able to send a lot of mass into upper orbits for as low of a cost as possible.

  22. Re: Get High! on Study: Happiness Won't Extend Your Life After All (latimes.com) · · Score: 2

    Due to this study, I'm going to quit my all-Happy Meal diet.

  23. Re:Uhmmmm on What's the Oldest Technology You've Used In a Production Environment? · · Score: 2
    Funny, but obviously they're looking for something electronic or at least with a series of modern replacements that have long ago decremented the item to oblivion. Or should have. Somehow that dang thing is still critical and chugging along.

    In recent days, I've used WinNT4 machines in a manufacturing environment, and there are a few machines with relay logic in our machine shop. I've heard of a handful of machines still surviving from the early 1950s to WW2 days, but they're few and far between, and most of those are probably gone by now.

  24. 401K on Ask Slashdot: Making Donations Count · · Score: 4, Informative

    I know it sounds selfish, but put away a few percent ASAP. Then, the EFF is a good bet, unless you work in government and want them to flag you as a possible terrorist. Then, pick one that has a decent return. http://www.charitynavigator.or...

  25. Re: file transfer on Ask Slashdot: Old PC File Transfer Problem · · Score: 5, Funny

    I have one on the shelf next to me. Yawn. Email me if you'd like to borrow it.