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  1. Re:Nothing to Worry about ... yet on Windows 10 Creators Upgrade Cuts Support For Some Intel PCs Early (pcworld.com) · · Score: 1

    Creator's Update was released On April 11 2017, and on THAT DATE Microsoft advised owners of affected chips NOT to apply the Update while the situation was resolved.

    But the update was installed three whole months later, and the problem was STILL not fixed. I also experienced a problem with the Creator's Update: The new Night Light feature (similar to f.lux) didn't turn off automatically. Searching for some answers, I found several posts about people reporting the same problem to microsoft... in April. Three whole months went by, and they still didn't fix it. What's the point of using your users as a beta test if you don't actually *DO* anything with the feedback?

  2. What kind of robots will they be using? We nerds want the news! It matters to us!

  3. Re:I've been robbed... on Ask Slashdot: Why Do So Many of You Think Carrying Cash Is 'Dangerous'? · · Score: 1

    Don't worry. Slashdot has a money-back guarantee.

  4. Re:eggs and oranges on Ask Slashdot: Why Do So Many of You Think Carrying Cash Is 'Dangerous'? · · Score: 1

    I'm not sure I understand, so please forgive me if I don't have this right... The Italians are to blame for Cylons invading Canada?

  5. Re:I carry cash. on Ask Slashdot: Why Do So Many of You Think Carrying Cash Is 'Dangerous'? · · Score: 1

    Scenario B
    4) Enter wrong PIN, card eaten by ATM
    5) Crack head leaves, you go to bank tomorrow to get new ATM card.

  6. Re:No longer a home appliance on PC Shipments Hit the Lowest Level In a Decade (cnbc.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    The younger generation can type on virtual (mobile) keyboards as fast as most PC typers

    It doesn't count if their accuracy is terrible, even WITH autocorrect.

  7. Re:It wasn't the plating or outside... on Luxury Phone-maker Vertu Collapses (bbc.com) · · Score: 2

    Any phone can call a concierge. Just add the contact to your favorites....

  8. Re:Riiight.... on EFF Officially Appeals Tim Berners-Lee Decision On DRM In HTML (techdirt.com) · · Score: 2

    It's a better *USER* experience, not a better *PIRATE* experience. Arrr....

  9. Right. That's not hijacking a radio station, it's just running your own radio station at a higher wattage. To really hijack a radio station, see Airheads.

  10. Re:Three different sources, three different units on Iceberg the Size of Delaware, Among Biggest Ever Recorded, Snaps Off Antarctica (marketwatch.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    The future of Antarctica is mobile.

  11. Re:Cyber BS on 41 Percent of Adults In the US Have Been Harassed Online, Says Pew Study (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 4, Informative

    On usenet in the mid 90's, sure there were the occasional jerks who would just rip into everyone. You added them to your kill filter, and that was pretty much the end of that.

    More forums need kill filters.

    *PLONK*

  12. Re:Sharif don't like it on Microsoft's Default Font Is at the Center Of a Government Corruption Case (thenextweb.com) · · Score: 1

    The kids today just don't get that post.

  13. Re:Story icon on Windows Phone Dies Today (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    When you hover your mouse pointer on it, the tooltip says "Android".

  14. Obvious Question: on First Object Teleported From Earth To Orbit (technologyreview.com) · · Score: 1

    How do they know it's the same photon?

  15. Re:Depends on the features on Would You Buy the iPhone 8 If It Cost $1,200? (9to5mac.com) · · Score: 1

    or a headphone jack?

  16. Re:In my case I can confirm on Would You Buy the iPhone 8 If It Cost $1,200? (9to5mac.com) · · Score: 1

    Oh my God, no! The internet would cease to exist!

  17. Re:No way on Would You Buy the iPhone 8 If It Cost $1,200? (9to5mac.com) · · Score: 1

    That explains why every iPhone user always has the same ringtone: That xylophone tune.

  18. If the listener cannot tell the difference between a track from a well-known artist and a track from a knock-off artist, then it's all good. It sounds like this was being done on playlists where the tracks are all ambient or instrumental anyway. If they tried to copy the vocals of a popular song, I bet they would have a lot more trouble keeping it secret.

  19. Firefox won't install the plugin on Ask Slashdot: Is There a Way To Experience the Chinese Internet From Outside? (fffff.at) · · Score: 1

    If your current version of firefox won't install the plugin, then install an older version of firefox.

  20. Startups want a name that they can trademark. All the normally spelled words are already taken or are untrademarkable.

  21. Re:What's the motive for wosign? on Google Guillotine Falls on Certificate Authorities WoSign, StartCom (zdnet.com) · · Score: 2

    Wosign was guilty of issuing certs for google.com. "It was only used in a test environment" was their excuse. Maybe it was, but it could have easily been used in public instead. It's shady practice, and for that, they will pay with their lives!

  22. Is it just me, or does investing in a startup seem more like gambling?

  23. Re:Well, collect on the deposits... on Umbrella-sharing Startup Loses Nearly All of Its 300,000 Umbrellas In a Matter of Weeks (shanghaiist.com) · · Score: 1

    Or, just buy an umbrella instead of renting one. Problem solved.

  24. Re:If it's an electronic signal ... on Former Oculus Exec Predicts Telepathy Within 10 Years (cnet.com) · · Score: 2

    Right. And we all know that telepathy is instantaneous regardless of distance, and not affected by relativistic effects of near light-speed travel.

  25. Re:I call bullshit on Google Home Ends A Domestic Dispute By Calling The Police (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    I'm with you. Not only that, but the summary first says it "called 911", then says it overheard the suspect say "call the sheriffs". So which did it call, 911 or the local sheriff department? Did it require the user to first add a contact for the local sheriff department first?

    No, no, no. Something doesn't add up here.