User: BobSwi

Doubt it

On: Windows 10: Can Microsoft Get It Right This Time?

Windows 10 will just be another spyware ridden OS, it wont let you uninstall OneDrive, the Camera app, or the Windows Store. It seems like it'll have at least 2 browsers again, at least 2 calculator apps, and default search is "Everywhere" (sending your search queries to MS).

Required Reading

On: CES 2015: FTC Head Warns About Data Grabbed By Smart Gadgets

Sounds like someone's been reading it: Industrial Society and Its Future (also called the "Unabomber Manifesto")

Welp

On: CIA Lied Over Brutal Interrogations

Thanks Osama!

It worked in blazing saddles

On: First Star War Episode 7 Trailer Released

Django Fett, the "D" is silent.

Out of control

On: US Marshals Seize Police Stingray Records To Keep Them From the ACLU

This business will get out of control. It will get out of control and we'll be lucky to live through it.

EVE

On: Largest-Yet EVE Online Battle Destroys $200,000 Worth of Starships

Always more fun to read about EVE than it was to play it.

Re:Root?

On: Oppo's CyanogenMod Phone Gets Blessed To Run Google Apps

No, it'll probably be easy to do but it seems that root was not allowed: http://www.androidcentral.com/oppo-n1-cyanogenmod-edition-passes-google-cts-launching-dec-24 Writing on the CM-dev list, community lead Abhisek Devkota (better known as ciwrl) described it as "a major milestone for everyone in this project," adding "aside from root access, we were not forced to make any compromises in terms of features or functionality."

Heart of the Mountain

On: Enormous Tunneling Machine 'Bertha' Blocked By 'The Object'

Clearly it is the Arkenstone. They digged too greedily and too deep.

Re:I left them all behind for Minecraft

On: Ask Slashdot: MMORPG Recommendations?

Try CubeWorld or Trion's new Trove perhaps?

Re:Obligatory Linux evangelism

On: Ask Slashdot: Light-Footprint Antivirus For Windows XP?

Or a Chromebook?