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  1. Re:Bandwidth is high on Cuba's Answer To the Internet Fits In Your Pocket and Moves By Bus · · Score: 1

    Cuba has better internet via physically shifting bits than the majority of the US.

    Oh please. Show us the numbers.

  2. Re:$68 Billion for high speed trains on As Drought Worsens, California Orders Record Water Cuts · · Score: 1

    "repub farmers"? You mean the people that feed you?

  3. New? No on Drone Racing Poised To Go Mainstream · · Score: 4, Funny

    How is this any different than RC aircraft racing, which has been around forever?
    Oh, I know.....'drones'.

  4. Re:Redundant technology on Samsung, LG Smartwatches Give Up Personal Data To Researchers · · Score: 1

    I am soooo grateful my office bans (under threat of firing) cellphones, smartwatches, cameras, tablets, etc.

  5. How about no on Microsoft Research Paper Considers Serving Web-ads From Localhost · · Score: 2

    Ads stuffed into my machine, but also prevetted by the ACLU and EFF? How high do you think we are?

    Not only do you want to suck up my bandwidth, you want to suck up my drive space. And only those ads deemed 'acceptable'?
    Didn't we go through that whole push thing about 1998 or so. Hell, you even got free dialup if you accepted their pushed ads. Of course, it rendered the machine unusable, because it was trying to keep up with the ads stream...

  6. Re:How to get rid of the free upgrade icon? on Features That Windows 10 Will Deprecate · · Score: 5, Informative

    To remove:
    http://microsoft-news.com/how-to-remove-windows-10-upgrade-notification-on-windows-7-and-windows-8/


    And Win 10 will not be a subscription model.

  7. Re:No media center? Windows 10 is DEAD to me... on Features That Windows 10 Will Deprecate · · Score: 3, Informative

    Direct from MS:
    "Windows Media Center is not part of Windows 10 and won’t be available after upgrading to Windows 10. If you use Windows Media Center, we will alert you during upgrade that Windows Media Center is not available on Windows 10. We know that some users use Windows Media Center to play DVDs, and we are providing a free DVD playback app in Windows 10 for Windows Media Center users."

    https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/windows-10-faq

  8. So you don't have to click too far on Virginia Wants Your Self-Driving Cars · · Score: 3, Informative

    The relevant roads are:
    "portions of Interstates 95, 495 and 66 as well as on U.S. 29 and U.S. 50 that are being dubbed Virginia Automated Corridors."

    Of course, that info was too complex to put in the summary.

  9. Re:What after one year? on Windows 10 Release Date: July 29th · · Score: 1

    Yes.

  10. Re:What after one year? on Windows 10 Release Date: July 29th · · Score: 1

    If you do not upgrade with the first year (July 29, 2016), you will have to purchase it. Leaked doc from Newegg says $110.
    If you DO upgrade within the first year for free, it is free forever.

  11. Re:guys, i got an idea! on Google Chrome Tops 1 Billion Users · · Score: 4, Insightful

    And people used to think that AOL was "the internet". They were wrong then, too.

  12. What else? on California Is Giving Away Free Solar Panels To Its Poorest Residents · · Score: 1

    Why don't you buy him a Prius as well? It saves gas and money, right?

  13. Re:US help? on Heat Wave Kills More Than 1,100 In India · · Score: 1

    As far as "realistic", 5,000 landings per day is the combined total of the 5 busiest airports on the planet.

  14. Re:US help? on Heat Wave Kills More Than 1,100 In India · · Score: 1

    Of course, I made a typo in there...:)
    "To supply half a million people with" = "To supply half a billion people with "

    Berlin was one city, a couple of hundred miles away. Not 1/2 a country on the other side of the planet.

  15. Re:US help? on Heat Wave Kills More Than 1,100 In India · · Score: 3

    'airlift some water'

    Well, that's about the dumbest thing I've read today.

    Let's assume that 500,000,000 citizens are at risk in India.
    Let's further assume that they would benefit from a mere 2 liters of water each, per day.

    Water = 1kg per liter
    747-400 MTOW - operating empty weight = ~215,000kg. So a 747 can lift 215,000 liters of water (assuming it actually fits inside)

    To supply half a million people with 2 liters each, per day = 5,000 747 flights, every day.

    airlift some water....right.

  16. And replace it with what? on Why PowerPoint Should Be Banned · · Score: 2

    The same crappy presenters will use whatever other platform to do the exact same crappy job of presenting the info.
    Powerpoint is not the actual problem.

  17. Re:US rail system on Amtrak Installing Cameras To Watch Train Engineers · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Ah, there it is. The obligatory US bash. Got it in early, too.

  18. Re:Maybe on A Conversation with Druva Co-Founder Jaspreet Singh (Video) · · Score: 1

    Well, one thing going for him. He wins at Bingo.

  19. Re:What is it you want again? on Ask Slashdot: What's the Best Dumb Phone? · · Score: 1

    So if you turn off the 'smart' part, it lasts as long as a less expensive phone without those bits. Gotcha.

  20. Re:That raises the question on Adult Dating Site Hack Reveals Users' Sexual Preference, Extramarital Affairs · · Score: 1

    How many Republicans? :-)

    Probably around 49%. Add in 49% Democrat, and 2% other.
    Or were you trying to make a hyuckhyuck statement?

  21. Re:Bullshit on Hydrogen-Powered Drone Can Fly For 4 Hours at a Time · · Score: 1

    Not unsurprisingly, the word "drone" does not appear in that pdf.

  22. Re:Please? on Hydrogen-Powered Drone Can Fly For 4 Hours at a Time · · Score: 1

    "Drone" correctly refers to either an autonomous or remotely-piloted unmanned aircraft per the International Civil Aviation Organization.

    So every toy RC aircraft ever can be referred to as a 'drone'?

  23. Please? on Hydrogen-Powered Drone Can Fly For 4 Hours at a Time · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Please...can we stop using 'drone' unless/until it is actually autonomous? Otherwise, it's just a little RC aircraft.
    This particular one is a little RC aircraft with a new, different fuel source.

  24. Re:Take something apart on Ask Slashdot: What Tech Skills Do HS Students Need To Know Now? · · Score: 1

    That would work too.

  25. Take something apart on Ask Slashdot: What Tech Skills Do HS Students Need To Know Now? · · Score: 1

    Take something apart, wait 2 weeks, then put it back together so it works.
    Or...just hand them a random box of PC parts and an OS install disk, and say "Make me a PC out of this"

    Further....some coding investigation. "Find the line of code in here where it talks to homebase and sends some of your info to them."