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  1. He's lying again! Caldera never offered any license... (They only let you see the code.) You're making things up again.

  2. I think the should've called it 'Jevuie'.

  3. Colon cancer dropped 30% (thanks to better tech) on Fewer People Are Dying of Cancer Than Ever Before (theoutline.com) · · Score: 2

    Colon cancer rates dropped thirty percent by 2012 from where it was 10 years earlier. It's been attributed to better screening technology, which can detect and even eliminate pre-cancerous growths....

    http://www.cancer.org/cancer/n...

  4. Re:But, Linus Tovalds on The Linux Foundation Offers 50% Discounts On Training (linuxfoundation.org) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    They won't put the good courses on kernel development on sale.

    Um, it says "any of our e-learning courses." You just apply the coupon code at checkout.

    I seriously don't understand all this hatred for the non-profit Linux Foundation that pays Linus Torvalds to keep working on Linux.

  5. Re:Unsubscribe on The Linux Foundation Offers 50% Discounts On Training (linuxfoundation.org) · · Score: 4, Funny

    What part of the word "non-profit" don't you understand?

  6. But, Linus Tovalds on The Linux Foundation Offers 50% Discounts On Training (linuxfoundation.org) · · Score: 4, Informative

    They sponsors Linus's kernel development.

    Why exactly are we ragging on them?

  7. What I learned from this article on Which Programming Language Is Most Popular - The Final Answer? (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    The author says you should learn multiple languages, which I think is correct. The "popularity" question is really just a way to figure out which languages it's most important to brush up on if/when you're looking for your next job.

    And there's really no surprise there. The "C family of languages," and also Python, is a pretty good start.

  8. A better idea on 'Transformer' BMW Turns Into A Giant Robot (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    Serious question: Why can't they just invent a car that folds up into a smaller car so it's easier to park?

  9. Wasn't Android supposed to be Open Source? on Ask Slashdot: Who's Building The Open Source Version of Siri? (upon2020.com) · · Score: 1

    Honestly, the only way that I see this happening is if Google decides to make their AI interface open source. Which they might do as a public service -- but we're still playing in Google's sandbox.

    Unless there's some way to get geeks to contribute their unused CPU cycles, like what SETI was doing...

  10. We're all nation states now! on Krebs Is Back Online Thanks To Google's Project Shield (krebsonsecurity.com) · · Score: 2

    Krebs quoted his mentor as saying this:

    "DDoS attacks have become the Great Equalizer between private actors and nation-states."

  11. I'm using an adblocker -- AdBlock Plus -- and the page loads fine for me.

  12. But... systemd? on Penetration-Testing Distro Kali Linux 2016.2 Released (kali.org) · · Score: -1, Troll

    It's still using systemd, correct?

  13. Re:Clickbait headline on Players Seek 'No Man's Sky' Refunds, Sony's Content Director Calls Them Thieves (tweaktown.com) · · Score: 1, Funny

    Um, because while working at Sony (for 10 years) he was the one who acquired the rights to No Man's Sky for the company. (According to TFA...)

    So he's very clearly the person at Sony who's most invested in the game's reception -- and was in fact the content director responsible for its presence at Sony in the first place.

  14. Captain Kirk says... on 'Longest Living Human' Says He Is Ready For Death At 145 (telegraph.co.uk) · · Score: 2

    "The problem with immortality is that it's boring."

    (There's an episode of the original series where a man gives up immortality to be with the woman he loves....)

  15. Why are there only six? on Group Wants To Shut Down Tor For a Day On September 1 (softpedia.com) · · Score: 1

    I can't be the only one who noticed this. They're supposedly concerned that government agents have actually infiltrated Tor -- and yet they only have six demands that are related to that.

    And yet there's ten demands about the Appelbaum investigation.

    It seems like government agents infiltrating Tor would be a bigger concern....

  16. The first rebuttal on Group Wants To Shut Down Tor For a Day On September 1 (softpedia.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful
    For what it's worth, here's the first response posted on the tor-talk mailing list to the user who explained their motivations.

    Well, that is twaddle.

    Tor is for people who are censored using the internet.
    What twisted logic do you use to avoid feeling you're letting them down?

  17. Internet royalty walks among us on IPv6 Achieves 50% Reach On Major US Carriers (worldipv6launch.org) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I just think it's cool that the Internet Society's Dan York is posting to Slashdot (and has a six-digit UID).

  18. Serious replies only? Damn... on America's NIST Seeks Public Comments on Cybersecurity and Cryptography (thehill.com) · · Score: 2

    I was going to suggest that they re-name their commission "Boaty McBoatface"

  19. First cool site was 'the liquid oxygen barbecue' on The World's First Web Site Celebrates 25 Years Online (info.cern.ch) · · Score: 2

    The first really cool site that I remember was where a guy poured liquid oxygen onto his barbecue. You can still watch it at Archive.org...

    There was a massive fireball -- and a huge rush of adrenaline. I was always kind of sad that they didn't find some way to keep the original web page on the internet forever...

  20. Re:EFF offered this years ago... on New Site Checks Your Browser's Fingerprint · · Score: 1

    Here's a blog post on the University of Adelaide's web site linking to the browserprint.info URL, if there's any doubt...

    https://www.adelaide.edu.au/ne...

  21. Re:Why would Putin fear Clinton? on Clinton Campaign: Russia Leaked Emails to Help Trump (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    Um, what would you consider to be a qualification?

    I mean, it seems like a good answer would be "Six years as secretary of state, plus eight more years of meeting world leaders as First Lady -- and then another six years as a U.S. Senator." Your response is "Nah, that's not experience....."

    So what is?

  22. Re:Switch tasks when you are stuck on Multitasking Drains Your Brain's Energy Reserves, Researchers Say (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    I've heard the same thing, described as "Pile A" and "Pile B". (I think it was a famous science fiction writer, who had two piles of manuscripts he was working on -- but I can't remember which one. Maybe Robert Heinlein?)

  23. Re:Alfred Hitchcock on Is The Future Of Television Watching on Fast-Forward? (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    > Alfred Hitchcock was known as the "master of suspense" precisely because he avoided chopping the scene to pieces with a million different camera angles.

    I was all set to argue with this. ("Then how do you explain the shower scene in Psycho?") But actually, yeah, it's preceded by a long, slow, continuous take of the door to the bathroom opening. And for that matter, there's that whole long scene in "The Man Who Knew Too Much" where the orchestra keeps playing, slowly, slowly, and there's tension pretty much because the scene is dragging on...

  24. Re:Who's using Perl? on Interviews: Ask Perl Creator Larry Wall a Question · · Score: 1

    DuckDuckGo, Ticketmaster, Priceline, Craigslist, IMDB, LiveJournal and......Slashdot.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

  25. "Pac-Man es victorioso!" on Real-World Pong Created by Amateur Builders (geeky-gadgets.com) · · Score: 1

    This reminds me of that commercial where a man in Mexico entertained children with a puppet show version of Pac-Man

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?...