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  1. Re:Sputnik days are here again on North Korea's Satellite Tumbling In Orbit · · Score: 1

    Even if they did manage to do that, the entirety of N Korea would be quickly turned into a hot glass mess. For as much bluster and bullshit they turn out, even they know that they could not survive a nuclear war with the US.

  2. Re:Not even alive on 30 Years Since The Challenger Disaster: Where Were You? (space.com) · · Score: 1

    Also, I was watching Channel 1 in school when the Challenger blew.

  3. Re:Not even alive on 30 Years Since The Challenger Disaster: Where Were You? (space.com) · · Score: 1

    Holy Crap are you a cousin of mine? I had the exact same experience at the 96 Olympics. We got home, turned on the TV and were like holy crap! we just all walked through that area!

  4. It's a feature on Whatsapp Will Become Free, Companies Can Pay To Reach Users (nytimes.com) · · Score: 2, Funny

    Never ssaw this coming after the FaceBook Acquisition.

    Nobody expects the Facebook Acquisition

  5. Re:is anyone else tired? on Samsung's Latest Smart Fridge Has Cameras and a Huge Display (engadget.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Completely fed up with this BS. I don't need a fridge that can slice dice and wash my laundry. I want it to keep my food cold and ice frozen and be dependable doing so.

  6. Re:Dat's racist on Debian Founder Ian Murdock Has Died (docker.com) · · Score: 2

    If you bother to read and think a bit instead of going off in some kneejerk reaction. It appears he had some sort of altercation with the police where he receieved a righteous ass whuppin. Then was charged for assaulting the cops. When he got home, he claims they kicked his ass again and had to go to the hospital for stitches.

    If you read his last comment and *try* to put even a little bit of context around it, it appears that he felt that he was trying to say something like "it doesn't just happen to black people" it happened to me. etc etc etc

  7. Re:42 year old dies and nobody asks why? on Debian Founder Ian Murdock Has Died (docker.com) · · Score: 2

    It looks like He blamed it on Police Brutality. Some sort of incident happened where he claims(ed) he was beaten by the police badly enough to go to the hospital, got home, was assaulted again by police.

    http://pastebin.com/yk8bgru5

  8. Re:This isn't just at the Federal Level on US Dept. of Ed: English, History, and Civics Teachers Good Enough For CS Class · · Score: 1

    i majored in secodary ed at toledo, with minors in cs and math. did my first year of student teaching and said fuck this bullshit.

  9. Re: Science Fiction at its finest... on Mars Colonies and Class Warfare (examiner.com) · · Score: 1

    I really enjoyed KSR's Mars Trilogy. It had it all: hard science, politics, murder/assassinations, adventure, rockets, space elevators. crashing space elevators messing up the planet. Really enjoyable. slow at times. intensely interesting. You probably wont like it if the only science fiction you read is space shoot-em-up /alien drama/cowboy genres.

  10. Re:Why do light bulbs need firmware? on Lightbulb DRM: Philips Locks Purchasers Out of 3rd-Party Bulbs With New Firmware (techdirt.com) · · Score: 1

    nah It's not going to email you.... because the toaster wont even turn on if you don't use Philips bread

  11. Re:Samsung Gear S on Ask Slashdot: Smart Electronics For a Marathoner? · · Score: 1

    While she does have a S3, she doesn't want to carry her phone with her. And from all of my research, the Gear S doesn't have a built in GPS

  12. Re:Focus on the ENGINE, not the accessories on Ask Slashdot: Smart Electronics For a Marathoner? · · Score: 1

    Thank you,

    I have never once heard her talk about cadence or really caring so much about her HR while she runs. I think for her it's more about the music and getting to the finish line, than tweaking out every last bit of performance from her body.

  13. Re:Roku on Ask Slashdot: Smart Electronics For a Marathoner? · · Score: 1

    Yeah, I got those already! It's just not what the wife is looking for....

  14. Re:must have versus nice to have on Ask Slashdot: Smart Electronics For a Marathoner? · · Score: 1

    Yeah I though so as well, I'm asking for a "Watch" after all.

  15. Re:How about ... nothing? on Ask Slashdot: Smart Electronics For a Marathoner? · · Score: 1

    I guess she could "just go out and run", care to be the one to tell her? She's done 2 half marathons so far, Destination Races - Kelowna BC and the Denver Rock N Roll half marathon and is just ramping up to do more. I'm not really much of a runner, I'm more of a Hockey Guy (As our son would say) https://www.youtube.com/watch?... is more my style. though after watching her run, I'm starting to feel inspired to try running a bit myself.

  16. Re:A Couple Thoughts on Ask Slashdot: Smart Electronics For a Marathoner? · · Score: 1

    I'm not saying I don't agree with separate devices, but I'm just trying to meet the requirements listed by the Boss, before I make a case against them.

  17. Re:my experience on Ask Slashdot: Smart Electronics For a Marathoner? · · Score: 1

    I'm a BIG Garmin/Suunto fan, I currently use a VivoSmart for daily use and the only time it comes off my wrist is a once a week charging. It does everything I need nearly perfectly. From on-call to exercise. I also have a Suunto hiking watch from the early 00's. To your knowledge, does Garmin combine the three things I listed (GPS, Music storage/playback, bluetooth) in one device?

  18. Re:Pussy! on Ask Slashdot: Smart Electronics For a Marathoner? · · Score: 1

    My coworkers recommended that I build an arduino *something* and encase it in resin. While intriguing, I don't think it would meet WAF (Wife Approval Facter) On a side note, the ONLY piece of tech that I have ever discovered that meets an extremely high level of WAF are Harmony Remotes.

  19. Re:New iOS devices mostly unphased by water on Ask Slashdot: Smart Electronics For a Marathoner? · · Score: 1

    If Garmin could add GPS and a bit of music storage to the VivoSmart I would recommend it to her in a heartbeat. As it is, the only apple device that I have in my possession is a PowerBook supplied by work. Everything else in my house is linux with the exception of a Yoga 2 Pro. (home desktop/mythtv, android phones, roku, openelec RPI etc etc etc)

    So suggesting an over-priced status symbol for hipsters like an iWatch, which doesn't do GPS, is like saying you should get a Bugatti Veyron to do daily commuting and transport your family

  20. Re:One device to rule them all on Ask Slashdot: Smart Electronics For a Marathoner? · · Score: 1

    Good to know, I'll check out doing a full reset as another poster mentioned. If that doesn't work, I'll try Garmin's Support

    Thanks!

  21. Re:I'm not a runner, but... on Ask Slashdot: Smart Electronics For a Marathoner? · · Score: 1

    Good to know, I'll have her check into this. The two half marathons shes done have not banned them.

  22. Re:I'm not a runner, but... on Ask Slashdot: Smart Electronics For a Marathoner? · · Score: 1

    Ha OP here? My co-workers outed me this morning, because I posed to them the same question. They don't believe that I have a wife either! My wife is amazing and she does what she puts her mind to. For example, she's conquered all the official and un-official 14ers in Colorado.

    The question I pose to most ./ers is: Can your wife do that?

  23. Re:Fine on FCC Fines Another Large Firm For Blocking WiFi · · Score: 2

    How are you still married? That is woman speak for "I'll kill you in your sleep!"

  24. Crap removal? on Vivaldi Hits Its First Beta (vivaldi.com) · · Score: 2

    Since it is chromium based, does it

    1) remove all the google phone home junk?
    2) block ads
    3) block js/flash
    4) remove all the google phone home junk?
    5) block all tracking?

    if it doesn't do any of the above, what is the reason to switch?

  25. Re:A friggen video driver... on AMD To Retire Catalyst Control Center Drivers, Rolling Out New Crimson Platform (hothardware.com) · · Score: 2

    Who the fuck cares? you'll respawn in 30 seconds either way. If you really care about not having notifications popup, how about logging the fuck off of facebook before you start playing. Are you really going to be playing a serious game, and expect Social media notifications at the same time?

    I say let drivers be drivers, let social media be social media and never should the two meet.