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  1. We lose money on every trip on Uber CEO: We Could Be Profitable -- We Just Don't Want To Be (fastcompany.com) · · Score: 1

    But that's okay, we'll make it up in volume!

  2. Re:Busted on How Fonts Are Fueling the Culture Wars (backchannel.com) · · Score: 1

    Does it also bother Bernie supporters that western languages are written from left to right? Or that non-Brits drive on the right side of the road? Or that ~90% of humans are right-handed? Or that many people say "right" in lieu of "correct"?

  3. Re:Anemic growth is not normal on U.S. Jobs, Pay Show Solid Gains in Trump's First Full Month (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Investors must have been absolutely *terrified* for the past 8 years, running the stock market up to record levels.

  4. Re:PasswordSafe on Ask Slashdot: Should You Use Password Managers? · · Score: 1

    As twitnutttt mentioned, Dropbox works really well for syncing the PasswordSafe file between multiple computers, though I'd be reluctant to connect to my personal Dropbox account from a work computer (actually at my current job I *can't*). There's a PasswordSafe (& PasswordSafe Sync) app for Android which works great. On my ipad I use an app called pwSafe which also works with my PasswordSafe file.

  5. Re: Another boondoggle on Crushable Runway Technology Saved Mike Pence's Plane (cnn.com) · · Score: 2

    Sand and gravel will freeze solid in winter months.

  6. Re:I thought this was obvious? on T-Mobile Fined $48 Million By FCC For Mischaracterizing 'Unlimited' Plan and Throttling Users' Data (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 4, Informative

    Like a good Slashdotter, I originally posted without reading the article, but then went back and read the details.
    Sounds like this applies to their "unlimited" plan which was not clear that they'd *eventually* throttle that plan, too.

    FTA: "T-Mobile failed to adequately inform its unlimited data plan customers that, under a “Top 3 Percent Policy,” their data would be slowed at times if they used more than 17 gigabytes in a given month, the FCC said. It said the company had agreed to update its disclosures to better explain who may be affected."

    Oops.

  7. I thought this was obvious? on T-Mobile Fined $48 Million By FCC For Mischaracterizing 'Unlimited' Plan and Throttling Users' Data (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I've been a T-mobile customer for several years, and I thought it was pretty obvious that they'd throttle the data when you reached your plan's threshold. Did they, at some point, market the plans as "unlimited data at 4G speeds"? Or are certain customers being deliberately obtuse?

    Beats the heck out of getting cut off completely, or worse - getting charged a zillion bucks for data overages.

  8. Clippy: It looks like you may have cancer! Would you like me to schedule an appointment with an oncologist?

  9. Overly complicated on Facebook 'Safety Check' Lets Friends Know You're OK After a Major Disaster · · Score: 1

    Why not just post a status update that sats "I'm fine. Munching on a Pop-Tart."

  10. Will it improve my grep on the road? on Automotive Grade Linux Released For Open Source Cars · · Score: 1

    Yup, I went there

  11. Re: Scholarships, you mean on James Dyson: We Should Pay Students To Study Engineering · · Score: 4, Funny

    If Chewbacca lived on Endor, he could easily get a basketball scholarship.

  12. Sounds familiar on Elementary School Bans Students From Touching Each Other · · Score: 1

    My kids' elementary school banned running at recess and gym. They also couldn't use bats so they had to hit the wiffle ball with their arm. So glad they've moved on to middle school where they're slightly less paranoid.

  13. That's no space station... on Indian Army Mistook Planets For Spy Drones · · Score: 2

    It's a moon!

  14. Re: Slippery slope. on Bruce Schneier On the Marathon Bomber Manhunt · · Score: 5, Informative

    The lockdown wasn't put into place after the bombings. It was enacted after the murder of a security guard, robbery, carjacking, a shootout with ~200 rounds of ammo, one of the suspects blowing himself up, and the other escaping into the neighborhood with who-knows-what for intentions or weapons.

    That, combined with the lockdown happening on a Friday (hey, 'free' day off of work!), and it doesn't shock me that people were willing to comply for a day.

  15. Re:And... it's gone on North Korean Missile Raised To Firing Position, Says US Official · · Score: 1

    Slightly OT, but I have an uncle who sold his dental practice, joined the Army as a dentist and served in Korea. Probably not the same person, since there are likely to be >1 dentist in the US Army, but it was interesting to hear about your friend doing the same thing.

  16. Re:Define "presence" on US Senate Passes National Internet Sales Tax Mandate · · Score: 1

    Why would they do that? Sales tax is *already* collected on internet retailers with a presence in a given state. This bill would allow states to collect sales taxes even if the internet retailer does not have a presence, but that doesn't mean that establishing a presence would exclude them.

  17. Fraud? on Canadian File Sharing Plaintiff Admits To Copyright Trolling · · Score: 4, Insightful

    IANAL, but why isn't this simply considered fraud, and prosecuted as such?

  18. That's a pretty big "if", and probably will be so for a long time.

  19. Re:News for Nerds ?! on Pope To Resign Citing Advanced Age · · Score: 2

    Martin Luther & John Calvin were fairly successful in forking it. One could say Luther published the source code by translating the Bible into German. (OK - better stop before I start doing car analogies!)

  20. Re:Will the new pope run Linux? on Pope To Resign Citing Advanced Age · · Score: 1

    He'll never switch to Linux - I hear he's far more "Cathedral" than "Bazaar".

  21. Re:Football field unit. on NASA Says Asteroid Will Buzz Earth Closer Than Many Satellites · · Score: 2

    But paper beats rock, so we are still doomed. Launch the giant scissors!

  22. Re:WBC on BioWare Launches "Gay Planet" For the Old Republic · · Score: 4, Funny

    They'll be edited into the background of Darth Vader's funeral pyre, harassing Luke with anti-gay vitriol, in the next release of ROTJ.

  23. Re:I'm all for it ... HOWEVER we need... on Campaign To Remove Paper From Offices · · Score: 1

    we could power a small city with that "Whoosh" and a windmill.

  24. I get angry, too... on Canadian Teenager Arrested For Photographing Mall Takedown · · Score: 1, Funny

    When I see someone still using film. I mean, come ON, it's 2012 already! ;-)

    Seriously, though, did anyone else think the rent-a-cops were bullying the guy for using last century's tech?

  25. Re:Attack against Microsoft on Linux Forcibly Installed On Congressman's Computer In Act of Terrorism · · Score: 5, Funny

    After all, if it had been a legitimate forced-install, the computer has ways of shutting down those ports so the naughty bits can't take hold on the internal disk.