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  1. Re:There's still the pollution thing on The Box That Built the Modern World · · Score: 1

    Pollution at sea isn't a concern?????

    It's the bunker fuel that's monumentally dirty...

  2. Re:Not new. on Learning To Fly, With a Full-Size Cockpit Simulator · · Score: 1

    Occulus Rift VR headset rig?

  3. Re:Forced upgrades on Windows 10 Upgrades Are Being Forced On Some Users (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    A National Security Letter will get almost any corporation to play ball.

    Perhaps that's what's making them push it so hard...

  4. Re:How come THEY always get all the cool stuff? on Microsoft Now Uses Windows 10's Start Menu To Display Ads (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    mint...

  5. Re:1996 was the year of Linux on the desktop on KDE Turns 19 · · Score: 1

    Windows is now about to die.. people are really, really going to get pi55ed off with Windows 10...

  6. Easy way round... on Porsche Chooses Apple Over Google Because Google Wants Too Much Data · · Score: 1

    Put it on it's own separate Canbus and feed it crap data... it should never be connected directly to the real bus.

  7. Re:"Right-of-Way" Misused. on San Francisco Still Among Most Dangerous For Pedestrians · · Score: 1

    The California Vehicle Code requires that all automobile drivers YIELD to pedestrians in the road, but as pedestrians do not have a permanent right-of-way, they can still be cited for jaywalking.

    Ah yes, 'jaywalking' a crime invented by the motoring industry and heavily lobbied for to put the blame for the carnage onto the pedestrians and not the new-fangled motor cars that were charging around the roads.

    How the motoring industry invented jaywalking

  8. Re:Nope on San Francisco Still Among Most Dangerous For Pedestrians · · Score: 1

    I've known militant bicyclists who carry gear to damage a car that doesn't respect their space.

    Ninja rocks being one example... a D-lock in easy reach is another... less contentious, being caught with ninja rocks in some places will get you on a charge of going equipped for burglary

  9. Re:Have an awareness raising conversation on San Francisco Still Among Most Dangerous For Pedestrians · · Score: 1

    For example, if a pedestrian steps off the curb right into my bumper against a red light, while I have the green, I can run their ass over and have no liability whatsoever. Their death in that case, tragic though it may be, is their own stupid fault.

    Bollocks... your green light does NOT give you carte blanche to wipe said pedestrian out... 'oh it's OK, it was my green...'

    You as a driver, have a responsibility to others when operating your machine in the public space...

  10. Re: it's the weather, stupid on Don't Worry, That Blimp Isn't Watching You Much · · Score: 1

    Ground radars cannot see as far... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

  11. Re:I have seen that happen. on Mozilla Fixed a 14-Year-Old Bug In Firefox, Now Adblock Plus Uses Less Memory · · Score: 1

    So when you start Firefox has a base footprint of about 340 K + 8K per tab.

    I think you mean

    "So when you start Firefox has a base footprint of about 340 M + 8M per tab."

  12. and only have to wait a few more days if at all...

  13. dust off and nuke it from orbit... on Ask Slashdot: Herding Cats, Aging Systems? · · Score: 2

    it's the only way to be sure...

  14. Re:Why would anyone do that? on Apple's First Android App Makes It Easy To Move To iOS · · Score: 1

    Every day I need to cancel the scheduled update to my phone. It pisses me off. I don't want it. But evey morning I need to stop it from happening or I'm going to get it anyway. And if I accidentally hit the wrong button in a waking up fog, I'm screwed.

    what da phuk???scheduled phone update? Nah, just turn the bloody thing off... turn off 'allow automatic downloads' - that's the option in my Sony Xperia and it's unchecked by default...

  15. Re:Quick poll on Apple's First Android App Makes It Easy To Move To iOS · · Score: 1

    hey at least the Apple app store has an adblocker in it unlike Google's which kicks out anything that blocks apps

  16. Software Engineers? on Twitter's Tech Lead On Making Software Engineers More Efficient · · Score: 1
    or just code monkeys...

    your software engineers shouldn't really be coding but getting the design of the application right before it comes to coding.

  17. it means nothing, on What Congress' New Email-privacy Bill Means For Your Inbox · · Score: 5, Insightful

    they'll just have all traffic routed offshore where it can be freely trawled through in a 'constitution free' zone, or else get the Brits to intercept it all as it goes via a British controlled territory...

  18. Re:I always figured on TSA Luggage Lock Master Keys Are Compromised · · Score: 1

    having a master key lets them snoop on your luggage without leaving nearly as much trail

    this is why I use bits of cotton thread strategically laid inside so that if they rummage around, the threads get all mussed up...

  19. So sad this didn't get funded... Raspitab on Raspberry Pi Touch Screen Released · · Score: 1
  20. Flight Sim X... FS98, FS2000, FS2002, FS2004 on Ask Slashdot: What Windows-Only Apps Would You Most Like To See On Linux? · · Score: 1

    just can't get on with Flight Gear... got a lot invested in flight sim aircraft, cockpits, scenery etc.

  21. Glad to see Philae had some purpose on Hedgehog Rovers Hop and Tumble In Microgravity · · Score: 1

    in Philae's failure to stick to the surface and it's subsequent journey into the pit of doom, NASA has seen an inspiration to make the next robot work any way up and be able to move as well...

  22. Re:Will it read non-Amazon-sourced books? on Amazon Reportedly Aiming For the Low End With a Loss-Leader $50 Tablet · · Score: 1

    you can rip Amazon books out of your tablet using Calibre and a USB cable. http://calibre-ebook.com/

  23. Re:Some tablets have stereo speakers? on Amazon Reportedly Aiming For the Low End With a Loss-Leader $50 Tablet · · Score: 5, Funny

    and sellotape these to each speaker: http://www.machinadynamica.com...

  24. Re:list of articles deleted on Wikipedia Blocks Hundreds of Accounts Doing Paid Editing · · Score: 2

    that's just the articles created by one sockpuppet account... what about the rest?

  25. Re:Mogensen and Aimbetov will only stay until 11 S on Soyuz Heads To Space Station With New Crew · · Score: 1

    The Danish crewman was bringing up some special Lego models that are going to be used as prizes in school competitions, but I'm surprised by the short duration as well...

    http://www.theguardian.com/sci...

    it seems his mission is a short one anyway...

    http://blogs.esa.int/iriss/201...