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  1. Re:It's free beer on Developers Frustrated with GitHub Prod For Changes In Bug Reports, Transparency · · Score: 1, Troll

    Isn't the whole idea of GIT is that it is a DECENTRALIZED version control system? Why do you even need GITHUB?

  2. Re:Time to Switch to OS/2 Warp on Linux Foundation Quietly Drops Community Representation (dreamwidth.org) · · Score: 1

    I can't! I no longer have a floppy drive!

  3. Another prime number found means another prime number that can be used in encryption... and since this is the largest prime yet, that means it's just going to be harder to brute force, which means better security (aside from any quantum computing breakthroughs).

  4. Re:He's not wrong on Hawking Says Scientific Progress Is Major Source of New Threats To Humanity · · Score: 3, Insightful

    That is the way of science, discoveries that can benefit humanity greatly can also all too often be used as weapons.

    Velcro?

  5. Re:I'm somehow not surprised. on Opel Dealers Accused of Modyfing the Software of Polluting Cars (deredactie.be) · · Score: 1

    There is also no surprise that there is an environmental lobby group called DUH.

  6. Re:also a case for "Design in China" on What's In a Tool? a Case For Made In the USA (hackaday.com) · · Score: 1

    I don't think that a wholly outsourced tool design and manufacturing company would necessarily make better tools. They would probably design SAE tools in metric.

  7. Re: IoT on Nest Thermostat Bug Leaves Owners Without Heating (thestack.com) · · Score: 1

    I don't want my toilet to be bidirectional!

  8. The summary is saying that users will see a new tab that says "Support for Internet Explorer has ended. Upgrade to Internet Explorer."

    WTF?

    Do they mean "Upgrade to Edge"?

  9. Re:Clickbaity summary title on Microsoft Ends Support For Internet Explorer 8-10 and Windows 8 (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 1

    Support has ended for Windows XP.... We all know this. Support for Windows 7 will continue until 2021. Why the hell is the article saying that Windows 8 support has ended?

  10. Re:Useless Metrics on Major Health Organization Stops Forcing Doctors To Adopt New Technology (internalmedicinenews.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Medical management software is not designed for speed or ease of use. For instance, you work in the Emergency Room and need to log in a new patient, and list symptoms. What you're doing is data entry. You are using the keyboard to enter this information. If you need to click on other pages or tabs, you are taking your hands off the keyboard and moving to the mouse. Then you are moving the mouse to the precise location, and clicking a button. Then you are moving your hands back to the keyboard so you can enter more text. Now do that hundreds (if not thousands) of times a day. This is a ***HUGE*** slowdown, all because the software devs don't bother to integrate keyboard shortcuts or alt-key assignments in their software. They just don't get it.

  11. What, you don't think the ATF uses CONTRACTORS?

  12. Re:Penny on Should the US Change Metal Coins? (networkworld.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    That's because all those Canadian pennies are circulating here in the U.S.

  13. Re:Luke Force Choked on Quantifying How Much the Force Is Used In Star Wars (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Before I saw episode VII, I surmised that Kylo Ren was actually Luke. It made an interesting story twist, and it also fit in well with the Anakin story: Anakin started out as a little kid, and joined the Jedi. As he grew, he was temped by the dark side, and finally converted to Darth Vader. Vader was evil until the very end when he died, and Luke saved him.

    It's not so hard to believe that the same thing could happen to Luke.

  14. A simpler solution.... on South Korea To Restart Propaganda Loudspeakers Along Border · · Score: 1

    If you're going to do that, just play the Nokia Ringtone over and over again. That will be enough to drive anyone up a wall.

  15. Re:Liers Lawyers on Will Advanced AI Spell the End of Lawyers? · · Score: 1

    Robots (ok, computers) lie all the time! You have probably been lied to by a computer sometime in your life. It could be something like "Your call is important to us", or maybe your PC told you that it couldn't save a file because it was write protected , even though you know damn well it's not. Many humans can tell when a computer is lying, but I bet other computers cannot. There will still be a need for humans in jobs, especially when there are lots of computers performing them.

  16. Alternatively... on The E6-B Flight Computer Is 75 Years Old, Still In Use (informationweek.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Windows 95 is 20 years old, and is still in use today."

    That doesn't quite have the same ring to it, does it?

  17. Re:waste of time and money on Dog With 3D-Printed Legs Gets an Upgrade (gizmag.com) · · Score: 2

    Yeah, but who would want to wear them? Your $40 legs made of 2x4 might be cheap, but I bet they're uncomfortable. These 3d printed legs are custom fit.

  18. Ban user-interface patents on Microsoft Patents a Slider, Earning EFF's "Stupid Patent of the Month" Award (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    There should not be any patentable user interface designs. Suppose Ford patented the steering wheel? Then everyone other than Ford who makes cars would be trying to reinvent the control scheme, and then the drivers would be stumped when they sit in that car.

  19. Re:Sue the fuck out of them. on Giant Methane Leak in California Won't Be Capped For Months · · Score: 1

    I don't think that will matter much. BP was sued after they dragged their feet capping an underwater oil well, and they still have plenty of fuck left in them.

  20. Re:The Dumbing of America on Merry Christmas - Be an Erector Engineer! · · Score: 1

    Yes, I had some erector sets as a child, but what was really neat was the RIVITRON set I had. It had plastic plates with holes in them, and a bunch of rubber rivets that were a teeny bit larger than the holes. You put the rivet on a tool that stretched it out so it would fit in the holes, and then released it so the rivet would expand, and secure the plates.

    Sadly, it was recalled due to too many stupid kids swallowing the rivets and choking on them.

  21. Re:This is "news"? on Pirate Bay Cofounder Utterly Bankrupts the Music Industry (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 2

    Brilliant! You have at your disposal an entire computer.... A machine DESIGNED for performing repetitive and tedious tasks, and you're asking *ME* to do math in my head? You're fired!

  22. Re:This is "news"? on Pirate Bay Cofounder Utterly Bankrupts the Music Industry (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 1

    Your 1 line of code doesn't calculate how many copies per second are being made, or reports how many copies were made after a period of time.

  23. Audit them on Ubuntu User Count Pegged At Over One Billion (phoronix.com) · · Score: 2

    If these "users" are in fact true, then they will have a user ID on the systems they used. No user ID, you're not a user. Pretty simple, really.

  24. Re:The first time didn't help. on Ask Slashdot: How To Deal With a Persistent and Incessant Port Scanner? · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...and then, post it to 4chan.

  25. The submitter's problem is that he keeps trying ELECTRONIC solutions to stop the port scanning. How about writing a letter on paper? This is how lawyers do it. That might scare the people doing the scanning enough to stop it.