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  1. Blasting to make more icebergs on Engineering Firm Plans To Tow Icebergs From Antarctica To Parched Dubai (stuff.co.nz) · · Score: 1

    Even if this works, and they start running out of large icebergs, the next step will be to create more or larger bergs, by blasting them apart from the ice shelf with out waiting for them to break off naturally. They would have more success with additional desalination and possible treatment of waste water.

  2. Re:Going back to MySpace on Nearly a Third of Tech Workers Are Ready To #DeleteFacebook (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    Well at least on myspace.com you can login with your Facebook account ...

  3. Handicap Placards on Studies Are Increasingly Clear: Uber, Lyft Congest Cities (apnews.com) · · Score: 1

    Another thing I forgot to mention, but saw it again at lunch time, was the convenience of being an Uber/Lyft driver with handicap plates or a placard. Premium "parking" spot while you wait for someone or drop someone off. I don't think those spots should be used as an advantage for your business. I could see it if the passenger is handicap and there is no way to get closer to the entrance, but that's not what I've observed.

  4. Re:Parking/waiting issues on Studies Are Increasingly Clear: Uber, Lyft Congest Cities (apnews.com) · · Score: 1

    This is the same thing I've noticed in the San Diego area. They stop, and sometimes wait, in no stopping zones and other places where they block the normal flow of cars, as if the rules do not apply to them. Often I can't tell if they are waiting for someone or just looking at their phone for the next pick up.

    I walk a lot, and nearly every day I get a car pulling up to the curb asking if I am "Kevin" or "Bob" or whoever they are looking for. I'm wondering what will happen if I say, "yes" and get in, to see where they take me.

  5. Re:I believe the children are our future... on Mines Linked to Child Labor Are Thriving in Rush for Car Batteries (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    I believe that you must stake a claim prior to commencing mining operations on land under control of the Bureau of Land Management. A three foot pile of rocks ought to do it - https://www.blm.gov/programs/e...

  6. 16 out of 11,000 members? on 36 Indicted in Global Cybercrime Ring That Stole $530M (go.com) · · Score: 1

    Only 16 out of nearly 11,000 members? I guess it's a start, but they still have a long way to go.

  7. Re:Military Humor on Ask Slashdot: What's The Worst IT-Related Joke You've Ever Heard? · · Score: 1

    He must serve with Kernel OK.

  8. Caesar's Last Breath: Decoding the Secrets of the on Ask Slashdot: What Are You Reading This Month? · · Score: 1

    Caesar's Last Breath: Decoding the Secrets of the Air Around Us by Sam Kean.
    He has some other good science/history books:
    The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements
    The Violinist's Thumb: And Other Lost Tales of Love, War, and Genius, as Written by Our Genetic Code
    The Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons: The History of the Human Brain as Revealed by True Stories of Trauma, Madness, and Recovery

  9. Where on the Central Coast? - Re:Camille on Hurricane Irma Reaches 185 MPH, Trailing Only Allen As Strongest Atlantic Storm On Record (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    My brother lives in AG, behind the Pismo Dunes. I really like this part of California, but it's quite a long drive from San Diego, which is why my mom takes the Amtrak back and forth.

  10. Re: An unfortunate use of technology on America's Cars Are Suddenly Getting Faster and More Efficient (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    But do they make the PSSHHHHHTTT! sound too?

  11. Go FCC Yourself dot Com on A Bot Is Flooding the FCC's Website With Fake Anti-net Neutrality Comments (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1
  12. Re:February 1978 ... on Ask Slashdot: What Was Your First Home Computer? · · Score: 1

    10 years as an ET, working on aircraft carrier UHF/SHF/EHF systems. Had a TRS-80 MC-10 in the early 80s, but in the late 80s and early 90s was working on Sperry-Univac AN/UYK-20s (yuck 20) with the core memory, and switches to step through octal codes, and they were paper/mylar tape loaded. Also brought my TI-85 (later 86 and 89) with for something to program on. Even had the link cable with homemade serial port adapter for saving programs to a PC when space was needed.

  13. Re:TRS-80 on Ask Slashdot: What Was Your First Home Computer? · · Score: 1

    Same - TRS-80 MC10 Color Computer 4K RAM, with the 16K expansion module on the back, cassette loaded, crappy old TV for a monitor, typed in programs from some books and magazines, around 1982 or 83. It was cool at the time, but then a couple years later I got a C-64 with 300 baud modem, which was when the real fun began. I wish I still had them, but when I was in the Navy I donated them to a local computer club. A very old man was happy to receive them, especially the C-64 accessories.

    I should come back later and tell the story of how we obtained the MC-10.

  14. Re:Taxes are for dummies on Sorry America, Your Taxes Aren't High (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Anyone that says that willfully disregards Social Security and Medicare/Medicaid taxes which are NOT exempted under any circumstance.

    I can list many government employers, like police departments, that in fact do not pay into SS. I do not think any should be exempt, but there are many.

    https://www.ssa.gov/planners/retire/stateandlocal.html

  15. Re:Still clinging to iPhone limitations on Samsung Launches Galaxy S8 Smartphone (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Same reason I am still using my Note 4. One of the batteries makes the phone suddenly shut down around 30%, so I just ordered another one yesterday. The other one will run the phone all the way down to 1%.

    I also miss having a built in FM radio. ehhhhh get off my weeds ....

  16. Maybe stronger, but not to live longer. Short term ok, but avoid long term stress.

    "Telomeres are a protective casing at the end of a strand of DNA. Each time a cell divides, it loses a bit of its telomeres. An enzyme called telomerase can replenish it, but chronic stress and cortisol exposure decrease your supply. When the telomere is too diminished, the cell often dies or becomes pro-inflammatory. This sets the aging process in motion, along with associated health risks."

    http://www.apa.org/monitor/201...

  17. What I learned from the comments on Typo In IP Address Led To an Innocent Father's Arrest For Paedophilia (buzzfeed.com) · · Score: 1

    Slashdot needs UTF support, as pointed out by people who didn't see how many other people already pointed it out.

    We need to watch the movie, "Brazil" as also pointed out by people who didn't see all the other posts about needing to watch Brazil.

  18. Maybe Trump will bring back those 400 lost jobs by reverting to doing it all manually.

  19. Re:Podcasts on Slashdot Asks: Your Favorite Podcasts? And Why? · · Score: 1

    I'll need to try Security Now. I have been listening to the Risky Business weekly pod cast, usually near the start or end of a work day. Patrick Gray seems to cover a good amount of current security issues. He's Australian, so be prepared for the accent Americans.

  20. Because they prefer Marvel comics.

  21. Re:The Earth will do just fine on Scientists Marvel At 'Increasingly Non-Natural' Arctic Warmth (msn.com) · · Score: 1

    Yep, it's about time for a good sized asteroid impact.

  22. Pokemon Go on Apple Sets a New Record For iPhone Sales (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    I read somewhere that they were on track to make $3 billion just from Pokemon Go app store sales.

  23. On Windows not running as an administrator is more important than having AV, especially for users who will click and install anything, like kids, or those who do not know any better.

  24. Re:Almost there on The Doomsday Clock Is Reset: Closest To Midnight Since The 1950s (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    YES! I came here to post the same, but thought I would check the comments before posting redundant, like most people do here.

  25. They gotta do something with all that recalled hardware from the Note 7. I'm wondering if they put it into the S8 or Note 8.

    Yes on headphone jack, yes on removable battery, and please bring back my FM radio (headphone jack is needed for the antenna).