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  1. Re:I want my 5 minutes back. on Movie Written By Algorithm Turns Out To Be Hilarious and Intense (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    I disagree. I just saw it and was surprised how amazingly similar it was to Total Recall....

    The second one.

  2. Thanks. on Larry Page Is Secretly Working On a Flying Car (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    Well, gee, it's not much of a SECRET now, is it?

  3. Re:As a parent... on The US Army Is Rolling Out Superhuman Hearing to Soldiers (popularmechanics.com) · · Score: 1

    As your neighbor, so would I.

  4. Waitaminit! on Weary Homeowners Wage War On Waze · · Score: 2

    Try this: In the summary above, replace "weary homeowner" with "millionaire recluse" and also replace "Timothy Connor" with "Reginald Bottomtooth". Now tell me if you feel bad for this guy.

  5. Re:Angry Ai on Google Is Developing an AI Kill Switch (hothardware.com) · · Score: 1

    AI = Artificial Intelligence.... Not Artificial Emotion!

    It doesn't get happy. It doesn't get sad. It just runs programs.

    - Newton Crosby

  6. Re:Hey Google... on Google Is Developing an AI Kill Switch (hothardware.com) · · Score: 1

    That would trigger the AI to shut down gracefully, and then power off. Battery backups don't last forever. Usually 10-15 Minutes.

  7. Of course it's a Unix shell.. on Python/Unix Hybrid Demoed at PyCon (xon.sh) · · Score: 4, Funny

    It's cleverly named "conch", like the history of other shells (Korn shell, Bourne Shell, Bourne Again Shell (BASH), C Shell). I kinda wonder why there isn't a Taco Shell....

  8. Re:Just Solipsism and Faith-Based Nonsense on Elon Musk: 'One In Billions' Chance We're Not Living In A Computer Simulation (vox.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    Occam's razor suggests that Elon Musk is just trolling us.

  9. Re:How to defeat #windows10 nagware. Solution. on Microsoft Removes the 'X' From Windows 10 Update Leaving No Way Out (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    What if GWX.EXE crashes on its own? How would they tell the difference?

  10. Re:This is what their audience demands... on Startups Can't Explain What They Do Because They're Addicted To Meaningless Jargon (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    I hope you mean "product" instead of "produce", or else you're just a grocery store.

  11. You need to "Disrupt" the subscription paradigm.

  12. Re:Why a TV at all? on Ask Slashdot: Why Do You Want a 'Smart TV'? · · Score: 1

    No sound.

  13. Re:Death Spiral in 5...4...3...2...1... on Microsoft Sells 1,500 Patents To Xiaomi To Build 'Long-Term Partnership' (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Don't you mean "eventual destruction and liquidation of Microsoft", since it is Microsoft who SOLD the patents?

  14. Like us on facebook... Or ELSE, you bastards!

  15. So... OS/2 is fine?

  16. Re:2 meters high. on China Unveils 'Straddling Bus' Design To Beat Traffic Jams (theguardian.com) · · Score: 2

    That's WAY more expensive than just repainting some lines on the road.

  17. Re:Great News on Adidas To Sell Robot-Made Shoes In Germany (dw.com) · · Score: 1

    Do you know the meaning of TROLL?

  18. Re:Yes, they are stupid on Consumer Campaigners Read T&C Of Their Mobile Phone Apps To Prove a Point (bbc.com) · · Score: 2

    Well, I'm sure SOME of the terms are the same from app to app (especially seeing that Google maps, youtube, and gmail are all owned by google). Google Lawyers need to implement subroutines in their TOS language, or some other equivalent. For instance, a standard set of terms that apps could call upon to reference in their own TOS. This would have the effect of:

    Making it quicker to write.
    Making it quicker to read.
    Helping the end user remember what the terms are.
    Making it use up less memory on the device.

    For code, it just makes sense. I don't know why the legal industry hasn't adopted this yet.

  19. Re:And then those employees burn down your restaur on Former McDonald's USA CEO: $35K Robots Cheaper Than Hiring at $15 Per Hour (foxbusiness.com) · · Score: 1

    In your nicely formatted list, you can replace "Robots" with "Minimum wage workers", and it will still hold true. All that stuff is what MANAGEMENT would need to take care of, and a human one at that.

  20. I don't get it... on Adidas To Sell Robot-Made Shoes In Germany (dw.com) · · Score: 1

    You don't like children working in sweatshops, but you also don't like it when those jobs are automated. It seems to me that a job that requires repetitive physical labor is *PERFECT* for automation. I'm surprised this hasn't happened decades ago.

    Sure, if the workers are using their own creativity to make the products, then that would make sense, but I expect every Adidas shoe in every footlocker store everywhere to be assembled to the same standards. This happens better with robots than it does with humans.

  21. Not much has changed on American Schools Teaching Kids To Code All Wrong (qz.com) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    When I was in high school, (25+ years ago) we had computer programming classes. The languages they covered were BASIC, Pascal, and LOGO. Sure, you could drive a little turtle around on the screen and make pretty Spirograph pictures, but nobody used it to play chess or do their taxes. Of course, many of the students in that class went on to take university classes in computer science.

    Lesson: Rudimentary programming classes are not the end-all, be-all of computing. It's just a stepping stone to let you know if you want to continue your education in that field.

  22. Re:And people say Apple is arrogant? on Windows 10 Upgrade Activates By Clicking Red X Close Button In Prompt Message (bbc.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    "...oh, and the doors don't work."

  23. This is what happens when all businesses think they can do without IT, or even worse, outsource it to India.

    Hire an IT guy. Hire one local to you. Your technology experience will improve.

  24. Not a Mountain on New Clues About Why Mt. Gox Failed (thedailybeast.com) · · Score: 4, Informative

    It's MTGOX, not Mt. Gox.

    The website was originally named because it was a trading site for "Magic the Gathering" cards. It's an acronym for "Magic The Gathering Online Exchange". It's not a mountain named Gox.

  25. Re:How long will it be? on Real-Life RoboCop Guards Shopping Centers In California (metro.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Every robot has an off switch.