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  1. Re:Have you ever met anyone... on Domestic Appliances Guzzle Far More Energy Than Advertised, Says EU Survey (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    fluid dynamics in general--there's only so much energy in a gallon of water that's not elevated 6 feet above the bowl

    They used to be like that at one time. You don't see them so often now.

  2. I thought you were being jocular and then discovered (while doing something unrelated) that it's an actual thing.

    Literally vapourware.

  3. Re:Big, big sofa on Ethereum Exchange Reimburses Customer Losses After 'Flash Crash' (gdax.com) · · Score: 1

    They didn't lose it. [...] While it's nice that the exchange is reimbursing people for their losses

    What losses? You just said they didn't lose it.

  4. Re:Education system that educates, perhaps? on Why So Many Top Hackers Come From Russia (krebsonsecurity.com) · · Score: 1

    And you know why? No communists!

  5. Re: Makes sense now on What Happens When Geoengineers 'Hack The Planet'? (thebulletin.org) · · Score: 1

    Who "wins" if global warming continues unchecked?

    Aliens from Wolf 336 who can bend their knees the wrong way.

  6. Re:This is a solved problem on Ethereum Exchange Reimburses Customer Losses After 'Flash Crash' (gdax.com) · · Score: 1

    That's old economy. This is like apps and all that shit.

  7. Big, big sofa on Ethereum Exchange Reimburses Customer Losses After 'Flash Crash' (gdax.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Yet the currency exchange announced Friday that they're honoring everyone's gains, while also reimbursing customers who suffered losses.

    No idea what the volume's like, but if one guy made a million buying on the dip that means somebody lost it, so they're on the hook for at least that. One guy, remember.

    I wonder where an outfit that's basically a server and a domain name - and the former's probably rented - can find that kind of dosh.

  8. Re:another problem: it was touch-only on Software Developer Explains Why The Ubuntu Phone Failed (itwire.com) · · Score: 1

    Another problem with Ubuntu's phone OS: its UI bought into the militantly-fashionable idea of eliminating all physical buttons

    Is it fashion? I always thought it was cost-cutting.

    The effect's the same though. It's like an input method version of Gresham's law - a touchscreen will always drive out other devices.

  9. It makes joe_dragon look like Robert M. Pirsig. on Software Developer Explains Why The Ubuntu Phone Failed (itwire.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    starnge, pesonaly [...] duoe to pacwards copatibility. knowlage [...] hav the inklination

    I'd run that through babelfish if I knew what language it was supposed to be.

  10. Have you tried turning it off and on again on Software Developer Explains Why The Ubuntu Phone Failed (itwire.com) · · Score: 1

    Are you a sysadmin? That'd be a pretty convenient excuse. "Well I would fix it, but ...".

  11. Right. Because drugged up loons always hit with the first shot, and one person shooting doesn't cause others to join in.

  12. Re:And if they screw up, next planet on What Happens When Geoengineers 'Hack The Planet'? (thebulletin.org) · · Score: 1

    Before testing or reconfiguring, always mount a scratch planet.

  13. Re:Makes sense now on What Happens When Geoengineers 'Hack The Planet'? (thebulletin.org) · · Score: 1

    It's a bluff. They're already rich, but that doesn't mean they're satisfied with what they've got. A crisis for the poor is an opportunity for the wealthy. All those homes that got repossessed and sold off for a song - who do you think bought them?

  14. Re:Any STABLE Android-x86 or high-perf ARM boards? on Survey Says: Raspberry Pi Still Rules, But X86 SBCs Have Made Gains (linuxgizmos.com) · · Score: 1

    It's a small computer, not a coffee machine.

  15. Re: Never will work... on State Legislators Want Surveillance Cameras To Catch Uninsured Drivers (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 0

    Why should the person who isn't at fault pay for the damage? You have the cheek to call *me* entitled, you fat cunt.

  16. Re: Never will work... on State Legislators Want Surveillance Cameras To Catch Uninsured Drivers (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Fake Beau HD? It's debatable whether the original one is real.

  17. Re: Never will work... on State Legislators Want Surveillance Cameras To Catch Uninsured Drivers (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Your claim was that restrictions on driving are unconstitutional. What kind of car did George Washington drive?

    P.S. Was the bus the only mode of transport I mentioned?

  18. Re:Great guy on Linus Explains What Surprises Him After 25 Years Of Linux (linux.com) · · Score: 1, Troll

    "Windows 95/98, (n): 32 bit extension and a graphical shell for a 16 bit patch to an 8 bit operating system originally coded for a 4 bit microprossessor, written by a 2 bit company that can't stand 1 bit of competition."

    http://www.urbandictionary.com...

  19. Re:what they'd like to see in a "dream Linux lapto on Phoronix Announces '2017 Linux Laptop Survey' (google.com) · · Score: 1

    It's a single point of failure. Whether it's a bug of some kind or a TLA backdoor it's suddenly become much harder to flank around any problems.

  20. Re: Great guy on Linus Explains What Surprises Him After 25 Years Of Linux (linux.com) · · Score: 2

    Without Microsoft, we may not actually have had the computer revolution that we had. Windows ran on anything

    Microsoft wasn't the only chicken in the race. IBM were originally intending to buy CP/M from Digital Research.

    That's not to say the Gary Kildall couldn't have been as much of an asshat as Gates, or even worse ...

  21. Re: Never will work... on State Legislators Want Surveillance Cameras To Catch Uninsured Drivers (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    None, until they run into him. By which time it's too late. Ounce of prevention and all that...

  22. But if a private contractor is doing it that's free enterprise isn't it?

  23. Re: Never will work... on State Legislators Want Surveillance Cameras To Catch Uninsured Drivers (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Right. No car == no movement, because there's no such thing as walking or taking the bus.

  24. Re:As "marketplace" stores cut back on Amazon To Buy Whole Foods Market For $13.7 Billion (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1

    I hadn't noticed he did that till you pointed it out. It's bloody annoying, isn't it?

  25. Re:what they'd like to see in a "dream Linux lapto on Phoronix Announces '2017 Linux Laptop Survey' (google.com) · · Score: 2

    I find Writer sometimes buggers up the formatting (especially bullet points & indents) but then again I've had the same problem from different versions of MS Office.

    Calc isn't too bad. It doesn't seem to have conditional formatting though. Formulas & charts are no clunkier than with Excel.

    I used the Poohypoint equivalent once, it was dross.

    (Note: I'm on CentOS which is pretty conservative so I probably don't have the latest versions)