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  1. Re:Sounds about right on Report: Average American Will Use 22GB of Mobile Data Per Month In 2021 (mashable.com) · · Score: 1

    Curse you, good sir! I came here to post the exact same thing!

  2. Obligatory... on Samsung To Roll Out In-TV Ads To Legacy Displays Via Software Update · · Score: 1

    They are altering the deal.
    Pray that they do not alter it any further.

  3. I think it's clear that the end goal of systemd is to be its own operating system, providing all services to the programs that run on top of it.

    Yeah, but when will it get a good init system?

  4. Re:Sounds like HP is in trouble on HPE To Spin Out Its Huge Services Business, Merge It With CSC (cio.com) · · Score: 1

    Where's Carly? She's busy laying off Ted Cruz's campaign staff.

  5. The big surprise... on Microsoft Is Laying Off 1,850 to Streamline Its Smartphone Business (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Microsoft HAS a smartphone business????

  6. Re:It's already scheduled, not caused by "X" on Windows 10 Upgrade Activates By Clicking Red X Close Button In Prompt Message (bbc.co.uk) · · Score: 5, Interesting

    You are missing the point of why people don't want Win10.

    I was planning on doing the upgrade. And then I read about the mandatory spyware. You know, the phone-home that you cannot disable unless you are running an Enterprise version?

    Some people don't want to have that. Others CANNOT have that and remain within the bounds of the law (*cough*HIPAA*cough*).

  7. AT&T says... on AT&T Begins Capping Broadband Users (dslreports.com) · · Score: 1

    "We want to continue providing a great experience for our Internet customers so weâ(TM)re giving U-verse Internet customers more choices,"

    Yeah, because so many customers have said, "We want to have our data capped for a better internet experience".

    [Disclaimer: I am (or was) a moderately satisfied UVerse customer]

  8. Re:Nothing happens by accident in Germany on Did A German Nuclear Plant Intentionally Leak Radioactive Waste? (thelocal.de) · · Score: 1

    Only GM car I ever wanted they discontinued.

    '86 Buick Grand National.

    GM discontinued it because it regularly trashed Corvettes on the test track.

  9. Actually, where I live, for all partisan offices except for President, I have exactly two choices on the final ballot.

    California has this weird "Open Primary" system where the top two votegetters in the primary appear on the general election ballot. That's it. That includes pretty much all statewide offices, as well as Congressional seats and Senate seats.

    So no, I do NOT have more than two options for the idiots who vote this sort of shit into law.

  10. Re:Maybe they just don't like the shows? on Men Are Sabotaging The Online Reviews Of TV Shows Aimed At Women (fivethirtyeight.com) · · Score: 1

    My wife watched House Hunters International.

    I'd rate it a 1. Why the f**k would I give a shit about someone with too much money trying to buy a house in some exotic place?

  11. Re: Over a decade? on Europa's Ocean Chemistry Could Be Earth-Like (discovery.com) · · Score: 1

    Just wait until space aliens from Europa take our jobs.

  12. Re:Fury Road on 2015 Nebula Award Winners Announced (sfwa.org) · · Score: 1

    "Oh yes, the rest of the world has gone to shit, radioactive wastelands, mutants, and so forth. But, it's just lovely here."

    From the late '70s:

    Genesis II.

  13. Re:Jeez I thought it was bad in the US on China's Tech Work Culture Is So Intense People Sleep and Bathe In Their Offices (techinsider.io) · · Score: 1

    He got the idea from Herbie

  14. Re:Oh sure, I want one on Samsung Unveils 256GB MicroSD Card, Highest Capacity In Its Class (thenextweb.com) · · Score: 1

    You can buy the 200GB SanDisk for about USD$80 on Amazon.

  15. Re:Windows 10 can just hack out features? on Microsoft Removes Wi-Fi Sense Feature From Windows 10 Which Shared Your Wi-Fi Password · · Score: 1

    They learned it from Sony. Please see "Other OS" on the PS3.

  16. Fuck you. My wife would never have been born if Hitler hadn't been stopped.

  17. Re:Why not turn over the keys? on British Hacker Love Wins Court Battle Over Encryption Keys (theintercept.com) · · Score: 1

    Uh... Lauri Love is a guy.

  18. Solvable in 1 second. on Seattle Seventh Grader Wins National Math Bee (ap.org) · · Score: 4, Informative

    10^n is evenly divisible by 2^n

    Therefore 999,999,999 = 10^9-1. Therefore the remainder is -1 mod 32 which = 31.

  19. Is that for video game trailers only? on 'Battlefield 1' Trailer Most Liked In YouTube History, 'Infinite Warfare' Trailer Most Disliked (gamespot.com) · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Because I read somewhere that the Ghostbusters trailer was the most disliked in history.

  20. Re:And while the one hand asks for better security on FTC Orders Apple, Google, Microsoft, BlackBerry, Samsung To Divulge Mobile Security Practices (networkworld.com) · · Score: 1

    Pre-9/11, the NSA had a similar bent... They had a group working on securing stuff, and a group working on cracking stuff.

    See Cliff Stoll's "The Cuckoo's Egg". He talks about his visit to NSA.

  21. Re:Paranoia strikes deep on Airline Delays Flight Over Passenger's Suspicious Math Equations (usnews.com) · · Score: 2

    Please look up "Buffalo Springfield" and "For What It's Worth" in any decent online search engine.

  22. DHS = Department of Homeland Security
    KGB = Committee for State Security

    And NOBODY in Congress noticed the resemblance?

  23. Re:Dealing with the devil on Cupertino's Mayor: Apple 'Abuses Us' By Not Paying Taxes (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Reagan had zero to do with Prop 13. Prop 13 passed in '78. Jerry Brown was Governor and had been since '73. Reagan was not holding any office at the time.

    Prop 13 came about because of Howard Jarvis and Paul Gann.

    And yes, people WERE being forced out of their homes at the time because property taxes kept getting jacked. That's why there was a competing proposal (Prop 8) on the same ballot.

  24. Re:a "Hold My Beer" function is a bad idea on Snapchat Sued For Facilitating 107 MPH Car Crash (patch.com) · · Score: 1

    For those who don't know about the MoFos... MoFo represented Novell against the Litigious Bastards (SCOXQ)

  25. And Carly Destroys Another Organization.... on Ted Cruz Drops Out Of The Republican Presidential Race (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Namely "Cruz for President"