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  1. Quality telephone customer service is really *NOT* what google is known for.

  2. Re: Blade Runner - bad example? on What We Get Wrong About Technology (timharford.com) · · Score: 1

    How do they have fax machines when they use PADDs instead of paper?

  3. Re:SF doesn't always predict future tech... on What We Get Wrong About Technology (timharford.com) · · Score: 1

    SF doesn't always predict future trends either. The last time it rained, I didn't see dozens of people carrying light-up umbrellas, talking crosswalks only just now made it into my city, and I have searched high and low, but have yet to find any establishment with a giant neon sign that reads "ATARI".

  4. Re:The best part? on Domino's Market Tests A Self-Driving Pizza Delivery Car (cnn.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    You mean that you will never give a robot a "gratuity". On the other hand, TIPPING a robot is something I might do...

  5. Re:This is not progress. on Domino's Market Tests A Self-Driving Pizza Delivery Car (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    In many states, it gets COLD in the winter. In my state, it can get to -40F. If I have to walk outside to a car to get a pizza, I might as just well drive to the Domino's store and get it myself.

  6. Bitcoin is anything but "cold, hard money".

  7. Re:AI, brains and computers on Elon Musk's Neuralink Gets $27 Million To Build Brain Computers (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Elon Musk: "No, no, no! AI will doom us all (unless it's the AI in a self-driving Tesla Model X). Instead, we connect HUMAN brains to the machines! Yeah, that's the ticket. That way, a human will be in control of the deadly robots at all times (Unless it's a self-driving Tesla Model X)."

    "BTW: It doesn't matter anyway because we're all living in a simulation."

  8. Re:Fast and Furious - Eyebrow Drift on Selling Alterable Versions of Star Wars Is Still Infringement, Says Court (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Filter violence? It's called Star *WARS*! If you can't handle the violence, go watch the "My little Pony" movie.

    What do you suppose happens in that filtered version of Star Wars? The death star *DOESN'T* blow up Alderaan, Obi Wan doesn't disappear, the rebels skim the trench of the death star only to have it NOT blow up, and then at the end, everyone receives the Nobel Peace Prize (Except for Chewie, because fuck him)!

  9. Re:Who named them? on The Xbox One Is Now an Ex-Box (kotaku.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    The joke is on them. We all call it the X-Bone.

  10. Re:Eating on Software Is Eating the Auto Industry (strategyanalytics.com) · · Score: 1

    MTV is fat.

  11. Re:Smart TVs will never go away on Ask Slashdot: Best Non-Smart TV Sets? (slashdot.org) · · Score: 1

    Well, the same thing happened with computers, and I don't hear people complaining about it every day. My Apple II would immediately start booting from disk upon powerup. Now, we have to wait through an exhaustive memory check, look for boot devices, etc. every time you power on your PC. I wouldn't be surprised if self-driving cars needed a couple of minutes to warm up from power-off as well.

  12. You say that now, but wait till you save $99 on your first shopping trip!

  13. Re:"Smart" TVs are stupid. on Samsung TV Owners Furious After Software Update Leaves Sets Unusable (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Evaluating whether an update bricks a TV or not is the job for the MANUFACTURER, not the user.

  14. Re:Sure you didn't on AccuWeather Updates Its iOS App To Address Privacy Outcry (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    So AccuWeather loses points for "not being aware" of things that are obvious.

  15. So the antennas are picking up ACOUSTIC vibrations, instead of EM signals. Acoustic vibrations travel at the speed of SOUND, not the speed of light. That means if you use a cell phone with this technology, then there will be HUGE latency issues, already worse than what cellphones have now.

    You would be better off just standing on your roof and SHOUTING to the person that you wanted to call.

  16. Re:I have the opposite on We Can't Stop Checking the News Either. Welcome to the New FOMO (wired.com) · · Score: 1

    I call that FOBO (Fear of Bumming Out).

  17. Re:So what is the kill mechanism? on DJI Spark Owners Must Update Firmware By September, Or Their Machines Will Be Bricked (suasnews.com) · · Score: 2

    Any mechanism based on a certain date will require the flight controller to keep track of time. If it can keep track of time, I bet the time can be changed to allow longer use of the old firmware... Not that you would want to in this case.

  18. Unless you're buying illicit drugs or something, who cares? And if you are, shame on you! You should have been more discreet.

  19. Re:Robots.... Dash, Sphero, and Ozobots on Ask Slashdot: How Can You Teach Programming To Schoolchildren? · · Score: 1

    Those sound like those are robot control languages. Sure, robots are fun, but they are more expensive than learning LOGO because you now need to acquire the hardware. Also, there is the communication with the bot (Wireless? USB?), and then you also have to keep it fed with batteries. Your suggestion has just limited the kids that can learn programming now to just kids that can AFFORD to learn programming.

    Keep it simple, keep it free.

  20. He jettisoned the instrument pod, potentially killing a man!

  21. Re:Negligence on Marcus Hutchins' Code Used In Malware May Have Come From GitHub (itwire.com) · · Score: 2

    No, he's innocent until proven criminally negligent.

  22. Tracked by pop songs on How Hackers Can Use Pop Songs To 'Watch' You (fastcompany.com) · · Score: 1

    Songs by those artists haven't been popular for a long time. Not only can hackers tell your location in a room, they can also tell how old you are.

  23. Re:That's too complicated on Waymo Patent Shows Plans To Replace Steering Wheel, Pedals With Push Button (driverless.id) · · Score: 1

    Because that's called a train.

  24. Re: This guy is a moron on Developer Accidentally Deletes Three-Month of Work With Visual Studio Code (bingj.com) · · Score: 1

    I believe the old saying "once bitten, twice shy" applies to backups here.

    In the late 80's, Great White was literally singing the virtues of backing up your data.

  25. It's so meta... He deleted the word "deleted".