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  1. Someone's been chopping onions in here again...

  2. There were NO offsite backups????? on Hackers Wipe US Servers of Email Provider VFEmail (zdnet.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    No offsite backups? No tapes????

    Who designed the disaster plan for these guys?

  3. And we've found the sarcasm-impaired guy.

  4. Mars One is Dead? on Mars One is Dead (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    I'm not going to believe this until Netcraft confirms it.

  5. Jack Thompson told me that video games turn kids into real-life killers!!! /s

    [sarcasm indicator added due to ADA requirements for the sarcasm impaired]

  6. Re:It's all fun and games... on Developer Releases Windows 95 OS as an App For Windows 10, macOS and Linux (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    All it will need then is a good text editor. Vi comes to mind...

  7. Too bad they couldn't come up a recursive acronym on Mars Lander Seismometer Gets Protective Shield (theguardian.com) · · Score: 2

    If they could have come up with an MIC portion "on Mars InSight Craft"?

    Then it could have been a recursive acronym... SEISMIC Experiment for Interior Structure on Mars InSight Craft

  8. Did you even RTFS (much less RTFA)?

    Tabs/Ribbon are available, they are not the default interface. If you are a masochist, you can turn them on. Otherwise, it looks the same (modulo icons).

  9. Only works in the US (and the UK)

  10. Wolves ignore "Do Not Eat The Sheep" signs. Film at 11.

  11. Re:Win 10 So Bloated Already on Windows Setup Error Messages Will Soon Actually Help Fix Problems (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    You just invented "Windows XP Mode"

  12. Re:Robots what now? on Engineers Create a Robot That Can 'Imagine' Itself (eurekalert.org) · · Score: 1

    Only if they had a brain the size of a planet.

  13. Re:But toxic chemicals are okay on Record Number of Americans See Climate Change As a Current Threat (axios.com) · · Score: 1

    Life IS chemicals, Princess. Anyone that tells you otherwise is selling something.

  14. Re:Tracking on Digital License Plates Are Now Allowed in Michigan (theverge.com) · · Score: 2

    Technically, for the US government, it is. Otherwise, the government has no legal existence.

  15. Re:Tracking on Digital License Plates Are Now Allowed in Michigan (theverge.com) · · Score: 2

    And what, precisely, is the constitutional basis for such a tax?

  16. Re:Tracking on Digital License Plates Are Now Allowed in Michigan (theverge.com) · · Score: 2

    I go on a coast to coast trip and back. Of that 6000 miles of wear, only about 400 miles is from California. Why should CA tax me on 6000 miles of wear instead of 400?

  17. Will someone please translate that official reply from ODS into plain English?

  18. Monoliths. on Saturn Put A Ring On It Relatively Recently, Study Says (npr.org) · · Score: 2

    We all know that Saturn's rings were created about 3 million years ago, when the aliens who built the Monolith built the Star Gate.

    Read the documentary book 2001: A Space Odyssey. Note that the film version does not contain this portion of history.

  19. Re:And it's a toaster. on A Guy Made a Computer Mouse That is Also a Functional Laptop (vice.com) · · Score: 2

    That's a great OS, but what text editor does it come with?

  20. Re:I know the perfect person! on Americans Want To Regulate AI But Don't Trust Anyone To Do It (technologyreview.com) · · Score: 1

    We could have Isaac Asimov (or Dr. Susan Calvin) do it!

  21. Gee, thanks, Comcast! on The Lies Comcast Allegedly Told Customers To Hide Full Cost of Service (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Comcast has responded to some lawsuits -- including this one -- by saying that the company had already stopped the practices that triggered the court actions.

    Murder Suspect: "Yeah, I killed somebody once, but I'm not doing it any more, so you don't need to punish me."

  22. Re:Seriously? on 'Two Years Later, I Still Miss the Headphone Port' (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    Not protection from data loss, but protection from infection.

    The old saw: "Practice safe computing... always wear a write protect tab".

  23. Re:Seriously? on 'Two Years Later, I Still Miss the Headphone Port' (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    USB sticks are superior in every way to a floppy disk; therefore invalid comparison.

    Three words: Write Protect Tab.

  24. Yippie-ki-yay mofo on Using Data To Determine if 'Die Hard' is a Christmas Movie (stephenfollows.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    It ain't Christmas until Hans Gruber falls from Nakatomi Tower

  25. Re:Is there a website ... on Remove.bg is a Website That Removes Backgrounds from Portraits in Seconds (petapixel.com) · · Score: 1

    APK, is that you?