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  1. Re:Poor cubans on Google Global Cache Is Coming to Cuba (ap.org) · · Score: 1

    Close call, but I don't think Bezos has killed that many people yet. Or maybe I mean Brin? Whatever.

  2. it tries to get all fancy and put "a_10" after "a_9" instead of after "a_1".

    The solution to that is to name your files properly, once and for all, at source. Because plenty of stuff (my current TV, most walkmen/mans(?) I've owned) just do dumb asciibetical sort.

    Really, it should be switchable, like ls. Your way is -v, if you didn't already know. It's useful - when you want it.

    Aside: I had some files which I'd numbered with Roman prefixes because $reasons, and I swear it sorted them "correctly" but I couldn't replicate it afterwards so perhaps there was something in my tea that day.

  3. Re:Yet another attack on public education on Inside Peter Thiel's Genius Factory (backchannel.com) · · Score: 1

    The question wasn't how I can change it; I know that (it's Win-spacebar).

    The question was to stop Winduhs changing it, so I don't fucking have to change it back if I go for a piss and the screensaver kicks in.

    Common sense would indicate, would it not, that someone generally will be quite aware of when he wants to change it? It's difficult to plug in an external keyboard by accident.

  4. fortune in the milesical industry.

    For those who don't know, that's an actual, word. Music for millenials. Bland, rehashed or bland and rehashed.

  5. Re:Slashvertisement on 'Star In a Jar' Fusion Reactor Works, Promises Infinite Energy (space.com) · · Score: 1

    I feel reassured now that you've pointed out how it couldn't possibly go wrong in any way at all.

  6. Re:Can you say Oligarchy? I knew you could. on NSA's Best Are 'Leaving In Big Numbers,' Insiders Say (cyberscoop.com) · · Score: 1

    a misogynist, xenophobic, sexist, rude, compulsive, racist, poorly spoken, selfish, scientifically illiterate, and frankly, not too bright president.

    It makes you wonder what kind of people would possibly vote for someone like that...

    P.S. He's not exactly thin, is he?

  7. Re:*sigh* again... this is what you get.... on Does The 'Snoopers Charter' Also Enshrine Lying In Court? (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    On top of that, it'll make it easier to get rid of all that oiky stuff like employment rights and health and safety.

    Full speed ahead to the 1880s!

  8. Re:*sigh* again... this is what you get.... on Does The 'Snoopers Charter' Also Enshrine Lying In Court? (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 2

    Why are Americans so absolutely certain they know absolutely everything about the laws, customs and culture of countries they've never visited & couldn't even point to on a map?

    There should be a unit. The dY - deciyank. Log (amount they think they know / amount they actually know)

  9. Wouldn't it be easier to chip them on Japanese City Tags Elderly Dementia Sufferers With Barcodes (japantimes.co.jp) · · Score: 2

    Wouldn't it be easier to chip them, like you do for cats, dogs & marmosets?

  10. Re:What's the point of having a court like this? on Does The 'Snoopers Charter' Also Enshrine Lying In Court? (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 0

    The "Just because evidence was obtained by illegal means such as a search without a warrant doesn't mean that the evidence is untrue." crowd has put a lot of innocent people in jail.

    How it's obtained and what it is are two independent things and you're conflating them.

    As are whether it's true and whether it is (or should be) admissible.

  11. Is this one of the devs that pays you for the privilege of working on your shitty POS app that nobody's heard of?

  12. Muggles would never begin a filename with anything other than a letter. Even numbers make them nervous.

    Anyone beginning a name with a special character is doing it for a special reason.

    tl;dr: You're full of shit.

  13. Unless you are a billionaire VC who is invested in the company... Why is it any of your fucking business

    Where does it say you have to be personally affected by a scam before you can call it a scam?

    and who are you to pass judgment or make snide shitbag remarks?

    I could ask you the same, if I didn't already know.

    yet you still feel entitled to something from them

    Well I am. Go through the list of things I asked for in my Frosty Piss and tell me why I'm not.

    Fuck off.

    Assume I don't. What next, fatty?

  14. ... and you can buy it with bitcoin.

  15. Re:Genius my ass... on Inside Peter Thiel's Genius Factory (backchannel.com) · · Score: 1

    It has value to those who are in it. Just like any cabal.

    But if anyone is trying to pass this off as Capitalism 4.0 or a universal panacea they're selling snake oil.

  16. I'm sure they do sort properly in shells. But GUI file manglers often try to second guess you. Nautilus (which really ought to know better) ignores a leading underskid & ignores case to boot.

  17. Mixed reality = this clown's press releases.

  18. Re:Fix the link in the summary on NSA's Best Are 'Leaving In Big Numbers,' Insiders Say (cyberscoop.com) · · Score: 2

    There are links, but they're classified.

    BRB, door.

  19. Perhaps on David Pogue Calls Out 18 Sites For Failing His Space-Bar Scrolling Test (yahoo.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Perhaps he should check sites for whether, when you follow a link and return, it takes you back to where you were or to the top of the page.

  20. Re:Yet another attack on public education on Inside Peter Thiel's Genius Factory (backchannel.com) · · Score: 1

    NO; youÃre qdocile zqge slqve becquse[1]

    I'll come in again.

    No, you're a docile wage slave because you lack any reading comprehension skills at all.

    [1] BTW, if anyone knows how to stop Win 8.1 randomly changing keyboard layouts, can they tell me?

  21. Re:Erector set on Ask Slashdot: What's The Best Geeky Gift For Children? · · Score: 1

    One, the plural of Lego is Lego.
    Two, you don't form plurals with an apostrophe.

  22. Re:"Amazon be ashamed pay their workers so little" on Struggling Workers Found Sleeping In Tents Behind Amazon's Warehouse (thecourier.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Makes me wonder what his PhD is in. And where it's from.

  23. Re:Independent contractor? on Uber Asks Everyone To Stop Making It The New Tinder (sfgate.com) · · Score: 1

    Well obviously it depends on where you are, but in the UK for example it's one of a series of tests.

    https://www.gov.uk/employment-...

  24. Re:Try buying something on Bitcoin Hits Highest Levels In Almost Three Years (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Sticking it to the man!

  25. Re:Slashvertisement on 'Star In a Jar' Fusion Reactor Works, Promises Infinite Energy (space.com) · · Score: 1

    Hey, it's the fat grannygrabber A.K Mark, with his J.D. in international law from DeVry.