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  1. Universal Resource Locators are no longer Universa on Ask Slashdot: What Software (Or Hardware) Glitch Makes You Angry? · · Score: 1

    If you google for "windows 10 iso download" you get to the official page by Microsoft where you can download the .iso - but only if you do this from non-Windows platform. If you try to access the same URL from Windows you are redirected to "media creation tool", or some other nonsense. Web installers with no full installer available fall into this category too.

    Somewhat related - web pages that display different content depending on their idea what my preferred language is, what my geo-location is, what OS I run, .... often with no possibility to override.

  2. Re:9 people did.... what exactly? on The White House Now Has Zero Science Advisors (cbsnews.com) · · Score: 2

    So, under Obama, they had 9 people working in this office, making $150,000 a year, doing... what exactly?
    What were the great visionary policies for science coming out of the Obama White House?

    So under Trump you have 1 man working in office making $400000 a year doing what exactly? Being an embarrassment for all Americans? Surrounding himself with idiots defending undefendable? What great visionary policy came out from the Oval office? Mexican wall? Firing Comey? Travel ban? Offending allies? Banning cameras from White House briefing? Repealing FCC privacy rules? Withdrawing from Paris Agreement?
    Even if those advisories did absolutely nothing, it is still much better then doing the damage like Trump does.

  3. Re:False economy. on Microsoft Admits Disabling Anti-Virus Software For Windows 10 Users (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    You cannot design a foolproof OS that is still somewhat usable by an average user. The AV companies will focus on trojans and checking data that is being input to various SW and may exploit that application's vulnerabilities - think PDF and Acrobat Reader, e-mail attachments, fishing web sites, ...

  4. Re:Any folder? on Google Drive Will Soon Back Up Your Entire Computer (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    If you ever loose /dev/urandom just drop me a line and I'll send you my copy.

  5. Re:The president and a small group of people... on 'COVFEFE Act' Would Make Social Media a Presidential Record (thehill.com) · · Score: 1

    The president and a small group of people know exactly what he meant.

    Let me give you a hint: what do you think is a group of random letters, forming a word that is not in a dictionary, that have a specific meaning to the POTUS and a small group of people around him?

    I just hope they changed it in the meantime. And also put in some digits and non-alphanumeric characters.

  6. Thank you, that was very enlightening.

  7. While I mostly agree with you, I found no traces of ME on my desktop machine at home (admittedly it is several years old) and neither on three desktops at work (one of them being at about 2 years old). And yesterday I checked one laptop that is only several months old and found no traces either.

  8. ... the incredible value of the President's time ...

    Are you still talking about Trump??

  9. Until you provide numbers, I won't care about your alleged improvements.

    Don't worry. Your machine will be "improved" when you briefly look away. Or blink.

  10. It was peer reviewed, published in a prestigious journal...

    Olivia Doll confirms!

  11. Re:sprint or marathon? on Is Amazon's AWS Hiring 'Demolishing The Cult Of Youth'? (redmonk.com) · · Score: 1

    However, when your management team rewards "presentee-ism" and "heroic" efforts, rather than dull, predictable, progress: what should you expect?

    Dunno. Perhaps that the grownups adapt to the rules of the game - no matter how silly they are - instead of waiting that the PHBs wise up?

    Note: I do not advocate that. I'm just providing a possible answer to your question.

  12. Live on Robot Police Officer Goes On Duty In Dubai (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Robot Police Officer Goes On Duty In Dubai

    So you want to say that ... it went live?

  13. Re:Wrong! on 'WannaCry Makes an Easy Case For Linux' (techrepublic.com) · · Score: 1

    Try harder. WannaCry on Linux

  14. Re:2017 on 'WannaCry Makes an Easy Case For Linux' (techrepublic.com) · · Score: 1

    The future is now. WannyCry runs on Linux!

  15. Do they ever learn? on EPA Dismisses Half the Scientists on Its Major Review Board (nymag.com) · · Score: 2

    In these sad times I would appreciate a story about a person wising up after an issue, that you warned about, backfired. Do you have some?

  16. Re:Who gains the most from dividing the EU? on 'Weaponized' Twitter Bots Spread Info From French Campaign Hack (recode.net) · · Score: 1

    And bargaining power of countries with 5-10mio citizens is undisputed in the global market. /sarcasm

  17. Re: And the moral of the story is... on Oregon Fines Man For Writing a Complaint Email Stating 'I Am An Engineer' (vice.com) · · Score: 2

    Getting an engineering degree over here (Central Europe) means that it becomes part of my name. It is written in my driving license/ID card/passport/... in the field "Name". Some people also use it when introducing themselves such as "Hi, my name is engineer John Smith" (thought it is becoming less frequent nowadays). Now if I come over to Oregon, and do that or present my passport, I can be fined?

  18. Re:How is this currently legal? on Bill Would Stop Warrantless Border Device Searches of US Citizens (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    I don't understand how this isn't currently the law.

    That one is easy. It's all about one word: "unreasonable".

    I find unreasonable that SCOTUS does not see border searches as unreasonable. And SCOTUS finds unreasonable my opinion that border searches are unreasonable.

  19. They would. But they "Do No Evil".

  20. demo code on Ask Slashdot: What Are Some Lies Programmers Tell Themselves? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    "Don't worry. This will be used only as a demo/proof of concept and never in production".

    Actually that's a lie told to me by the management and I tend to believe it up to the date when the demo happens.

  21. Re:Remember that guy who had a bomb in his underwe on UK Flight Ban On Devices To Be Announced (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Checking in the underwear?

  22. Re:Distortion is fact. on Boston Public Schools Map Switch Aims To Amend 500 Years of Distortion (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Absolutely! And it's perfectly un-distorted ;-)

  23. Re:Distortion is fact. on Boston Public Schools Map Switch Aims To Amend 500 Years of Distortion (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    You must have some type of distortion when projecting a map of a globe on a flat plane

    You can make a non-distorting projection of Earth to a globe. You can also make the globe big enough so that the curvature is virtually indistinguishable from a flat plane in the area that fits in the classroom. Then you just cut off the parts of the globe that are not relevant to the lecture ;-)

  24. Re:Two perfectly good solutions on Ask Slashdot: How Would You Solve the Instant Messaging Problem? · · Score: 1

    2. Install seven apps.

    3. Use an application that supports multiple protocols such as kopete, pidgin, miranda-ng, ...

  25. Re:Emergencies? on Hyperloop One Reveals Test Track Progress (computerworld.com.au) · · Score: 1

    I guess that the hyperloop tube is closer to inhabited areas. But apart from that, no, not that much. Just substitute spilled oil with spilled passengers.