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  1. Every molecule is moving, every one. on One in Five of Us May 'Hear' Flashes of Light (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Not a lot of CRT's left around to demonstrate this to people though.
    It's not just the horizontal and vertical deflection coils, the flyback transformer can be quite noisy.
    As these things age the varnish binding the coils can deteriorate allowing movement.
    The plates in the flyback transformer can suffer a similar fate.
    Hmmmmm.

  2. Re:Wesley? on One in Five of Us May 'Hear' Flashes of Light (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    I would recognize it anywhere.

  3. Been using KDE for years, had not heard of KDE Connect. So thank you!
    Per their site https://community.kde.org/KDEC...
    KDE Connect is a project that aims to communicate all your devices. For example, with KDE Connect you can receive your phone notifications on your computer, or just use your phone as a remote control for your desktop. To achieve this, KDE Connect implements a secure communication protocol over the network, and allows any developer to create plugins on top of it. Currently there are KDE Connect clients on KDE, Android and Blackberry, and soon we will support iPhone as well.

  4. Slashvertisement much? on New Smart Guns Will Have Fingerprint Readers (computerworld.com) · · Score: 1

    The "Mark Zuckerberg of guns"??
    Really?
    Is Zuckerberg a massive failure too?
    Does he champion a product that fleeces stupid investors too? Okay, that might be a draw.
                  (He said draw, while talking about guns! He should be banned!)
    Beautiful, take away the ability to use it the the most common function of self defense but cleverly leave the common use of sick peope available, suicide.
    I submit they ought to name this suicidal gun "The Kevorkian, model 666".
    It's also cheeper than my obamacare deductables by far.

  5. Re:Its been denied by McLaren on Apple Approaches McLaren About A Potential Acquisition: FT (ft.com) · · Score: 2

    Also, everyone's job is secure.
    There will be no staffing reduction following the takeover, that isn't happening.
    The current McLaren CEO did not respond to calls for clarification, he was out shopping for a new yacht.

  6. Additional qualifications: Hardly ever indicted.

  7. Re:Lay them all off! on Seagate Fires 6,500, Or 14% of Workforce, Stock Soars (zerohedge.com) · · Score: 1

    I had heard that Seagate had MTBF problems.
    I didn't realize that meant "Mean Time Between Firings".

  8. Re:TRANSLATION on Google To Train 2 Million Indian Android Developers (thestack.com) · · Score: 1

    So, that puts them on par with US college graduates.

  9. Re:What about nose-pickers? on Study Shows Thumb-Sucking and Nail-Biting Can Be Good For Kids · · Score: 1

    Because thanks ti PhotoShop you CAN pick a friends nose!

  10. Re:Parachutes won't save you from a bomb on Pod Planes Could Change Travel Forever (cnn.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    What if you just follow the instructions?
    1) Light Fuse.
    2) Get Away.
    3) Pull Ripcord.
    4) ????
    5) Prophet!

  11. Re: Wiretapping laws on American Cities Are Installing DHS-Funded Audio Surveillance (csoonline.com) · · Score: 1

    Hey dude, HRC is running for the presidency, Nixon is dead.
    There IS a difference.

  12. Re:Immigration on World Reacts To The Worst Mass Shooting In U.S. History (cnn.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    So "a tiny minority of native Americans" were spontaneously generated in the Americas?
    Pretty cool.

  13. Re:Most publishing is privately owned on Twitter Ignites Censorship Debate After Removal Of Parody Putin Account (thenextweb.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    So, why can we parody and ridicule Trump but not Putin?

  14. Wait a minute!
    This implies you found a white female that you could tell her when she's wrong, I have a hard time believing you sir.
    As any woman this: If a man speaks in the woods and no woman is around to hear him, is he still wrong?

  15. So, in sum: If people don't agree with YOU then they are prejudiced and hateful and you've got a huge problem with that.
    Perhaps you wrote in haste but you come off as being what the parent was speaking about.

  16. Re:A very Libertarian argument on Snowden: 'Governments Can Reduce Our Dignity To That Of Tagged Animals' (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    He said 'Governments Can Reduce Our Dignity To That Of Tagged Animals'.
    Lets try what IT managers get away with, yes where I work HR is just the enforcer.
    '(Public Sector) Companies Reduce Our Dignity To That Of Tagged Animals'.
    But I'm not bitter.
    Just doomed.

  17. Re:"Sigh. Here, I'll just fix it." on Slashdot Asks: What Are Some Insults No Developer Wants To Hear? (infoworld.com) · · Score: 1

    You are 100% correct, if not more so.
    I have cow-workers that I have enabled to show up late, take 2 hour lunches, and leave early.
    They are perfectly happy showing me their failed code and have me fix it.
    I do the work, they get the credit.
    If I point out that I deserve credit for finally getting the thing wotking the word I hear most often is "Trivial".
    My fault for allowing it, would like to finf a manager that cared though.
    In fact my manager says "No one can be abused without their consent".
    It's a real learning experience for me.

  18. Re Don't you see the irony on Amazon Customers Sign Letter To Jeff Bezos To Dump Donald Trump (thestreet.com) · · Score: 1

    He doesn't, he's a liberal.
    Can he do the math on Sanders economy?
    No, math is hard, besides, math isn't liberal. it keeps following the same rules.

  19. Perfect and Thank You! on The 'Human Computer' Behind the Moon Landing Was a Black Woman (thedailybeast.com) · · Score: 1

    Unfortunately none of the "offended by the obvious racism" will understand what you pointed out.
    Worse yet, the article is obviously false because everyone at NASA was racist and sexist so it is impossible that any woman or other "minority" was ever hired.
    Now days we know there were no black teachers, lawyers, scientists, inventors, or doctors when the Americans fought the war of independence from England.
    It wasn't until Linden Johnson became president, right?

  20. Re:BAHfest methodology on How Sliced Meat May Have Driven Human Evolution (sciencemag.org) · · Score: 1

    That was a perfectly cromulent analysis.
    Except for the sys.

  21. Re:Beef Jerky is Devolution on How Sliced Meat May Have Driven Human Evolution (sciencemag.org) · · Score: 1

    Sounds like my ex.

  22. Re:Copyright protects all the creative elements by on Pow! With Supreme Court Rebuff, DC Comics Wins Batmobile Copyright Case (newsoxy.com) · · Score: 1

    Well, no.
    Ever seen a Sidewinder boat?
    Ever seen the exact same boat, made from a mold made from a Sidewinder but sold by Glastron?
    Sidewinder sued and it turned out that judges can make decisions that follow their own reasoning rather than follow a series of decisions that we mere mortals can follow.
    http://www.leagle.com/decision....
    Maybe DC Comics and the movie studio are more 'influential' with a judge than some small time car customizer much like Sidewinder vs Glastron?

  23. Re:wah wah wah clickbait on Writer: Why Watching the Original Star Wars Again Was a Bad Idea (cnet.com) · · Score: 2

    That's not a potatoe.

  24. Re:Same story, different book. on Mostly Theater? Taking Aim At White House 'We the People' Petitions · · Score: 1

    I think you described the voting system in my state.

  25. Re:Kind of self-defeating on 'Privacy Visor' Can Fool Face-Recognition Cameras · · Score: 1

    Elton John has been wearing these for years.