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  1. Are you now or have you ever been a member of Kapersky Lab?

  2. I'm ok with this

  3. Re:Um, right on Dormant Diseases Frozen In the Ice Are Waking Up (bbc.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Get back to the custody courtroom Alex Jones!

  4. Re:Price isn't everything on Ask Slashdot: What Is the 'Special Appeal' of Apple Products? · · Score: 2

    trackpad which doesn't suck

    All trackpads suck, give me TrackPoint any day

  5. Re:Rounded corners! on Ask Slashdot: What Is the 'Special Appeal' of Apple Products? · · Score: 1

    ...and they make tons of Julienne fries!

  6. They tried that with Conservapedia and we all know what a steaming pile of turd that is.

  7. Re: Sucks, but derivative work on Court Rules Fan Subtitles On TV and Movies Are Illegal (thenextweb.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    In the US this fee, usually to ASCAP, is paid by the venue not the artist.

  8. Re:This is why we can't have nice things on Plastc Swiped $9 Million From Backers, Now It Plans To File For Bankruptcy and Shut Down (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Last time I used one of these was two years ago, when the power went out in my local bar and I had to pay with a card before it came back. Ancient

  9. He's too busy playing golf to be bothered with that.

  10. Re:They could have done better with the data on Despite Well Known Risks, Survey Finds Most People Use Smartphones While Driving (cbslocal.com) · · Score: 4, Informative

    Nope. All evidence shows that it is the conversation on the phone that is dangerous.

    Citation?

    Really? Found this in 3 seconds: https://www.researchgate.net/p...

  11. Re:MS pushing more into older OS or Linux/Mac on New Processors Are Now Blocked From Receiving Updates On Old Windows (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 0

    It's the equivalent of trying to run OSX 10.6 on a Macbook you just bought today (Apple also denies you from doing this, and yes 10.6 is the same vintage as Windows 7 - and it's long since been end of lifed).

    Not entirely as Apple provides free upgrades for OSX, whereas the free upgrade from Win7 to Win10 ended some time ago.

  12. Re:Lessons from this are on Former Sysadmin Accused of Planting 'Time Bomb' In Company's Database (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 1

    eyaml works very nicely for this

  13. Re:When will they learn? on Broadcasters Put New Ad-Skipping Restrictions On YouTube TV (dslreports.com) · · Score: 1

    As a purveyor of entertainment, you don't get to treat your customers like puppets.

    You do realize this is exactly what unbridled capitalism means?

  14. Re:Not Quite Right on Broadcasters Put New Ad-Skipping Restrictions On YouTube TV (dslreports.com) · · Score: 1

    Its also why they'll never give-up trying

  15. Re:Can't we all just get along?!?!? on Russian Arrested in Spain 'Over US Election Hacking' (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    I wish more people looked at things this way instead of total polarization.

  16. At least some research shows quite the opposite actually.

  17. Re:Good thing we have a humble leader now... on If Humble People Make the Best Leaders, Why Do We Fall for Charismatic Narcissists? (hbr.org) · · Score: 1

    Silent Cal?

  18. Re:For profit Medicine B$ on The Cost of Drugs For Rare Diseases Is Threatening the US Health Care System (hbr.org) · · Score: 1

    You mean tax rates before Reagan broke things? Where the economy was still great and we didn't have nearly the wealth disparity we do now? Not possible

  19. Shit, wrong damn story

  20. Can't wait for all the "I don't see this at my company therefor it doesn't exist" bullshit anecdotes.

  21. Re:In before global warming whiners... on Sea Ice Extent Sinks To Record Lows At Both Poles (sciencedaily.com) · · Score: 0

    There is more truth in this than in 90% of /. commenters these days

  22. Re:Before everyone piles on on Amazon Wins $1.5 Billion Tax Dispute Over IRS (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Wish we could put "a pound of flesh" back in the tax code.

  23. Re:Again like I said! on Senate Votes To Kill FCC's Broadband Privacy Rules (pcworld.com) · · Score: 1

    Why wouldn't they be? They see it as a needless regulation and killer of business.

  24. Re:Women want security and not to feel abandoned on Women Still Underrepresented in Information Security (betanews.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    My coworkers and I have zero tolerance for slackers.

    Hey now, it wasn't THAT bad a film!

  25. Throw Battlefield Earth in there and you might have something.