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  1. only 3000? on Astronomers Have Spotted the Universe's First Molecule (sciencemag.org) · · Score: 1

    The furthest known star is 13.26 billion light-years from earth. I would bet that there are more than a few HeH+ molecules there, seeing that stars are made up of Hydrogen and Helium. Why only 3000 light years?

  2. Re:I don't shop online on Scammers Are Buying Thousands Of Fake 5-Star Amazon Reviews -- on Facebook (thehustle.co) · · Score: 1

    I stopped doing that way before Amazon became a thing. It turns out, that sales people don't actually USE the products that they sell. What's worse is that they just repeat the marketing gibberish on the product description and sales literature, but often have no clue as to what they are saying. For a solid single-piece item, that may be fine, but for anything electronic, or has complex moving parts, Sales people are idiots.

  3. Re:Periodic venting to vacuum? on The ISS Is a Cesspool of Bacteria and Fungi, Study Finds (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    If we have learned ANYTHING from SciFi movies, it's that alien bacteria *LOVES* radiation.

  4. Well, it doesn't seem to even ASK you for your email address, or any other personal identifying information. It only seems to store the name of the company/service that was breached, and what KIND of information was leaked. If that database was released to the public, that would only be BETTER for consumers...

  5. Re:lets just try this one out. on Ban Fortnite, Says Prince Harry (gamespot.com) · · Score: 1

    He said Fortnight was MORE ADDICTIVE than alcohol or drugs, not MORE DEADLY.

  6. Re:Like what exactly? on iPad Mini Makes Two Common Repairs 'Unnecessarily Difficult,' Says iFixit (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    HP Laserjet 5si (and 8000 series) printers were designed for maintainability. The electronics and motors were on a backplane, and all other components connected to them with easy push-on or drop-in connectors. The most common repairs were stupidly easy to accomplish. You can remove the fuser and various pick-up rollers without a screwdriver. Along with the toner cartridge, these were the most commonly replaced parts. I have seen these printers with MILLIONS of pages on them.

  7. Re: For an immediate cheering up on Linux Mint 19.2 'Tina' is On the Way, But the Developers Seem Defeated and Depressed (betanews.com) · · Score: 4, Informative

    ...And completely sane users who also hate systemd.

  8. Re:He should have gotten Smollett's lawyer on US Requests 12-Year Prison Sentence For Prenda 'Copyright Troll' Lawyer (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 1

    He already pleaded guilty. I think the lawyer is just doing what he can at this point.

  9. Data lost due to corruption. Backups of corrupted data contain corrupted data.

  10. Re:Totally safe on 'Halo Drive' Would Use Black Holes To Power Spaceships (space.com) · · Score: 2

    Let's hope that the black hole at your destination is still there when you arrive. It might have moved or dissipated.

  11. Re:There ain't no black holes nearby on 'Halo Drive' Would Use Black Holes To Power Spaceships (space.com) · · Score: 1

    Drop a black hole anchor.

  12. Re:Wonderful, except on Solar Panel Splits Water To Produce Hydrogen (ieee.org) · · Score: 1

    Not all at the same time.

  13. Re:What happened to Mars. on Solar Panel Splits Water To Produce Hydrogen (ieee.org) · · Score: 2

    Or, with so much hydrogen around, someone lit a match.

  14. Re:So now we know.... on Physicists Reverse Time Using Quantum Computer (phys.org) · · Score: 1

    Yeah, it's due to a change in The Matrix.

  15. Ugh! The only thing the addition of the windows key has done has been to kick me out of a game when I accidentally hit it. Almost every other function can be done with a control-keypress equivalent. They just wanted the branding on every keyboard ever. I'm surprised that they didn't implement a windows button on Mice.

  16. In the era of DOS applications, F3 was the nearly universal key for exiting the program, and returning to the DOS prompt. This was pretty ubiquitous, except for WordPerfect, which for some reason used F7, and never had an on-screen legend to tell you how to exit. The F1 key was also the universal key for Help.

    Since the implementation of GUIs beginning with Windows, the F3 function key has had no effect, or does something other than Exiting.

  17. Re:Not for everyone. on Congress Introduces Bill To Improve 'Internet of Things' Security (cnet.com) · · Score: 2

    Insecure IoT devices are a threat to EVERYONE, including the federal government, regardless of if they are used by the government or not.

  18. Re:Not just Minnesota on America's Cities Are Running on Software From the '80s (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    The Minnesota License software is called MNLARS, and is made by a company called Mathtech, Inc. It would be interesting to see if your state uses software from the same vendor.

  19. Re:Strange experiment on Computer Servers 'Stranded' in Space (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Suppose there is a hull breach, and a loss of pressure. I wonder how all the electrolytic capacitors in the power supplies will deal with that. Will the electrolyte slowly boil away, or will the capacitors suddenly rupture.

    It's not only NASA that wants to know how these things perform.

  20. Re:Welcome to retail on Starbucks' Music Is Driving Employees Nuts (www.cbc.ca) · · Score: 1

    Ahhh, CompUSA. The place where they don't put prices on the merchandise, only SKU numbers. It's not a surprise that they went out of business.

  21. Re:silence: indeed on Starbucks' Music Is Driving Employees Nuts (www.cbc.ca) · · Score: 1

    Tinnitus that was caused by TOO MUCH NOISE.

  22. Doesn't Facebook require real names? That, paired with the Cognizant corporate employee directory should be enough to ID the moderator.

  23. Brainwashing on Starbucks' Music Is Driving Employees Nuts (www.cbc.ca) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Anyone who has worked in retail knows the torturous effects of Christmas music. It's hard to be festive or jolly when you have heard Jingle Bell Rock too many times.

  24. Re:First to market. on Did A US Navy Scientist Just Invent A Room-Temperature Superconductor? (phys.org) · · Score: 1

    New Hot Wheels brand hovercars that float above a magnetic racetrack. If Mattel licenses the technology, can Hoverboards be far behind?

  25. Re:And there's the opposite side of the coin on Disney, Nestle, and Others Are Pulling YouTube Ads Following Child Exploitation Controversy (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Yeah, they're implants, but are they CYBERNETIC, or just saline? Do they even have Bluetooth?