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  1. Fucking lies. on The iPhone Turns 10 (economist.com) · · Score: 0

    > 1. The iPhone put the internet in everyone's pocket.

    Bullshit. It put the internet in the pocket of people who bought iPhones. It was already in the pocket of Palm Treo (from 2003), Nokia Symbian phones (from 2002), Blackberry (I can't be bothered to figure out the date) ....

    The internet was on even earlier phones if you count WAP -- which you should, it was real and it was Internet.

    The iPhone was a real improvement over other smartphones. It didn't invent the fucking smartphone.

  2. Re:This is a good idea on A Colorado Group Wants To Ban Smartphones For Kids (apnews.com) · · Score: 1

    No. It is (currently) the OPINION of some individuals that it is a bad situation, and the opinion of many others (including the majority of /. commenters, apparently) that it is not a bad situation. This conflict should be resolved by DOING SCIENCE. (In my opinion.)

  3. Re:Anesthesiologist != pediatrician/psychologist on A Colorado Group Wants To Ban Smartphones For Kids (apnews.com) · · Score: 1

    Correction: Motherfucker needs a cellphone jammed up his ass and another one in each eyeball.

  4. Re:Dunno about a law.. on A Colorado Group Wants To Ban Smartphones For Kids (apnews.com) · · Score: 1

    So because you don't enjoy it, there must be something sinful about it?

  5. Re:This is a good idea on A Colorado Group Wants To Ban Smartphones For Kids (apnews.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    It's an approachable idea that I would have no problem with individual parents implementing for their children.

    I don't even mind if indviduals try to convince other individuals it's the right thing to do.

    LEGISLATION should be based on fucking SCIENCE, not opinions. Get your fucking hands off the people's rights unless you can prove you're right.

  6. Re: not a government issue on A Colorado Group Wants To Ban Smartphones For Kids (apnews.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Firsthand experience as a parent is good enough to express an opinion and try to convince other people.

    Legislation should be based on science, for fucks sake.

  7. Re:Actual communication? on Chinese Satellite Breaks Distance Record For Quantum-Key Exchange (sciencemag.org) · · Score: 1

    RTFA, then RTFScience so you understand it. Entanglement will never result in instantaneous communication.

  8. Re:And the other "valid" signal?? on Chinese Satellite Breaks Distance Record For Quantum-Key Exchange (sciencemag.org) · · Score: 5, Informative

    RTFA. Or if you can't, I'll summarize.

    The satellite generated entangled photon pairs, sending them down to two separated ground stations in the Himalayas.

    One out of every 6 million pairs was received properly (how they could tell, I don't know. Time codes?). Polarization measured at each ground station and correlated (via normal phone or perhaps Internet). Correlation was nonrandom due to Bell's Inequality, demonstrating that entanglement survived the transmission from space.

  9. I accidentally the whole database on Developer Accidentally Deletes Production Database On Their First Day On The Job (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    now I'm too full

  10. Dump voicemail and use an answering machine. on No, Your Phone Didn't Ring. So Why Voice Mail From a Telemarketer? (lifehacker.com) · · Score: 1

    NT$

  11. Re:No. Thank you for your opinion on Our Obsession With Trailers Is Making Movies Worse (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Everyone's got one, they all stink and nobody wants to look at yours.

  12. Maybe we could quarantine on Our Obsession With Trailers Is Making Movies Worse (cnet.com) · · Score: 2

    all the trailers in a single place, like a park. We could call it a trailer park.

  13. The real horror is 58GB of smurfs. on 'First Pirated Ultra HD Blu-Ray Disk' Appears Online (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 1

    It is time to nuke the planet. Nothing more that is good can ever exist.

  14. Re:Run Longer, die sooner... on 'Exercise-In-A-Pill' Boosts Athletic Endurance By 70 Percent, Study Finds (sciencedaily.com) · · Score: 1

    I thought the leading cause of cancer in rats was scientists.

  15. Re:Holy Fuck Read The Fucking Summary Ed on 'Exercise-In-A-Pill' Boosts Athletic Endurance By 70 Percent, Study Finds (sciencedaily.com) · · Score: 1

    You're still a fucking idiot.

    The old study (2007) showed that the drug did not have affects unless coupled with exercise.

    The current study (2017) tried the same drug but gave it to the mice for longer periods.

    This time there were effects, even on mice who were kept sedentary until the endurance test.

    READ IT AGAIN,

  16. I am permanently anti-Apple and I don't care on Ask Slashdot: What Is the 'Special Appeal' of Apple Products? · · Score: 1

    what anyone thinks of me for it.

    I distrusted Jobs from the NeXT era onwards, and now that he's been sainted the taint will never go away.

    I don't want Apple in my life and I don't need it either. So fuck off.

  17. BASIC, from a paper book on Slashdot Asks: What Was Your First Programming Language? (stanforddaily.com) · · Score: 1

    In 1977, at age ten, I started reading BASIC, from a paper book, before I ever saw a computer.

  18. I have never watched more then 2 minutes of ESPN on ESPN Has Seen the Future of TV and They're Not Really Into It (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    and I plan never to break this record. Watching sports on TV just is not something I ever have enjoyed or ever will enjoy. If everyone at ESPN was eaten alive by cannibals tomorrow, I wouldn't even notice.

  19. For God's sake WHY??? on Reddit To Transform Into a Social Network With New Profile Pages (digitaljournal.com) · · Score: 2

    Don't we have enough Facebook already? Reddit was something special.

  20. Re:"it would figure to be him" on John Goodenough's Colleagues Are Skeptical of His New Battery Technology (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    Ninjaed.

  21. "All but certainly"? Asshole summary. on John Goodenough's Colleagues Are Skeptical of His New Battery Technology (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    Some people use desktops. There may be a small lithium cell in mine that keeps the firmware alive but the power comes from the wall socket.

  22. Don't forget Slipstream. on Science Fiction Actor Bill Paxton Dies At Age 61 (ew.com) · · Score: 1

    We must never forget Slipstream . On second thought, maybe we should forget it. It was terrible.

  23. Re:Not that expensive on Studios Push for $50 Early Home Movie Rentals (variety.com) · · Score: 1

    Yes, I have seen every decent older movie I care to see. Every once in a while I am surprised by an old movie I missed, but it's quite rare. After a couple decades even great movies start to show their age anyway.

    If you can say this with a straight face, then you are someone who:

    • ** has no respect for the history of film

    ** is too young to know what the fuck you want

    ** deserves to pay $50 for crap like "Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension"

  24. block an ad on this page on The Death of the Click (axios.com) · · Score: 0

    block div class="stackcommerce-widget scw-horizontal col4"

  25. Re:lower your phone bill on Ask Slashdot: What Are Some Things That Every Hacker Once Knew? (ibiblio.org) · · Score: 1

    Did you see http://hacking.co.in/pc-pursui... ?
    No actual access numbers listed, but it mentions the national "dial up for an access list" number 1-800-424-9494