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  1. Re:Pretty obvious on Ask Slashdot: How Do You Explain 'Don't Improve My Software Syndrome' Or DIMSS? · · Score: 2

    "We've found by experience that people who are careless and sloppy writers are usually also careless and sloppy at thinking and coding (often enough to bet on, anyway). "

    http://www.catb.org/esr/faqs/s...

  2. Could Reach Sirius Sooner Than Alpha Centauri on Light Sail Propulsion Could Reach Sirius Sooner Than Alpha Centauri (arxiv.org) · · Score: 1, Funny

    So when are we expecting Alpha Centauri to get there?

  3. Re:Thought Experiment on Light Sail Propulsion Could Reach Sirius Sooner Than Alpha Centauri (arxiv.org) · · Score: 2

    Elon Musk will build a 3D printer that can do it. It'll be powered by blockchains.

  4. Can someone explain to me why TFS refers to it as a rodeo?

  5. If Microsoft or Oracle did that it wouldn't be a racket. It'd be a smart and innovative business strategy.

  6. Theranos used to be an editor here.

  7. Utter twaddle on Samsung Will Fix the Galaxy S8 Red Tint Issue With a Software Update (xda-developers.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Because it's organic, it is expected to have some sort of variance from one device to another.

    Are they breeding them instead of manufacturing them? Or is there perhaps some inherent unpredictability in carbon chemistry that I'm not aware of and that the brewing, pharmaceutical & petroleum industries have found a way to overcome?

  8. Frog wanker on Ask Slashdot: How Do You Explain 'Don't Improve My Software Syndrome' Or DIMSS? · · Score: 1, Funny

    If you didn't write crap like "a software" people might take you & your ideas more seriously.

  9. Re:Costlier lobbying is a good thing. on In The First Months of Trump Era, Facebook And Apple Spent More On Lobbying Than They Ever Have (buzzfeed.com) · · Score: 1

    He's making America great again, like it was 40 years ago.

    Like everything was 40 years ago...

  10. Re:Copyright should have an availablity requiremen on Court Rules Fan Subtitles On TV and Movies Are Illegal (thenextweb.com) · · Score: 1

    Me not selling something today doesn't mean I won't want to sell it tomorrow.

    Fair point. You can have until next Thursday.

  11. The couple of maniacs that run around with their beat up pickups festooned with NRA and Sarah Palin bumper stickers will still admit to it

    So only 90% of Alaskans, then?

  12. It's exactly two dimes and a nickel. Has the penny dropped yet?

  13. Re:Can I reformat the Hard Drive and install Linux on Leaked Document Sheds Light On Microsoft's Chromebook Rival (windowscentral.com) · · Score: 1

    The whole system needs to be protected against any kind of modification by the end-user.

    Does it? Wouldn't protecting against unintentional/inadvertent/accidental modification achieve the same thing, while still empowering those who know what they're doing?

  14. Re:So lobbying has become less efficient? on In The First Months of Trump Era, Facebook And Apple Spent More On Lobbying Than They Ever Have (buzzfeed.com) · · Score: 1

    Eh? If people are spending more on beer it could mean that beer has got more expensive. It could equally mean they're drinking more of it.

  15. Re:Costlier lobbying is a good thing. on In The First Months of Trump Era, Facebook And Apple Spent More On Lobbying Than They Ever Have (buzzfeed.com) · · Score: 1

    That means that each dollar being spent is having less of an effect, and so more money is needed to try to get results similar to those in the past.

    Why do you think that's the case?

  16. Your rent control metaphor is flawed - people can move.

    With ISPs, you are stuck with whoever owns the lines where you live.

    People can move. You sent the memo but you didn't get it?

  17. Re:DeadHat !! on Red Hat Suffers Massive Data Center Network Outage · · Score: 1

    It's DeadRat. You must be one of those multiply-pierced twats who thinks booting off an umbongo live CD makes you some kind of guru.

  18. Re: Is this a kick starter or some shit like that on Plastc Swiped $9 Million From Backers, Now It Plans To File For Bankruptcy and Shut Down (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    You think he'll stop at 8?

  19. Re:DeadHat !! on Red Hat Suffers Massive Data Center Network Outage · · Score: 1

    A few whole months, eh? Mind if we call you grandpa?

  20. Re:Shuttleworth seems like a real tool on Dozens Of Canonical Employees Resign As Ubuntu Switches To GNOME, Shuttleworth Returns As CEO (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    you choose between GNOME 2 (Mate) and GNOME 3 (Cinnamon).

    Cinnamon is not Gnome 3. Not even close. Get a clue.

  21. If anyone remembers installing linux on the laptop was a very painful experience pre-2010 days, still is

    I installed RH7 (not RHEL7) on a Gateway (anybody remember them?) lappie without any problems that weren't due to PEBKAC.

  22. I'd have thought DeadRat (and relatives like CentOS, Scientific & Larrynux) and SLES would have been bigger on servers.

  23. Re:A perfect case for initial deployment on Japan Automakers Look To Robots To Keep Elderly On the Move (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    And the chicks have diddly-doodlies that go sideways. Fact. Read it on the internet.

  24. The top 1% don't need AI, they have II (Inside Information).

  25. Re:Pink Floyd? on As Streaming Booms, Songs Are Getting Faster and Shorter (japantoday.com) · · Score: 1

    I always thought there was a perfectly good five and a half minute song struggling to get out of there.