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  1. Re:A Modest Proposal.... on What They Don't Tell You About Climate Change (economist.com) · · Score: 1

    But there aren't 6 billion Irish people in existence...

  2. Re:I'm excited about this! Now make more than 10 e on Doctor Who's 13th Time Lord Announced: Actress Jodie Whittaker (bbc.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Because, unlike Americans, they know it will turn to shit if they make too many.

    Moffat did a good job of turning the show to shit during Series 6 and 7 and the fiftieth-anniversary specials.

    And wouldn't you know it -- he's Scottish.

  3. Betteridge's Law of Headlines on Ask Slashdot: Is Computing As Cool and Fun As It Once Was? · · Score: 0
  4. Re:Confusing branding for gamers on Facebook Officially Announces Gameroom, Its PC Steam Competitor (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1
    From the Wikipedia article the parent linked:

    Earlier in 2015, game packs and other DLC became unavailable for Xbox 360.[4] Currently as of November 2015, it is not possible to download or re-download the content[5] and there have been reports of users not being able to access the games even when they had purchased them.

    Classic Microsoft -- games that can be PlayedForSure!

  5. Fixed in 10.10.5, 10.11.6, 10.12 -- NOT just 10.12 on Google's 'Project Zero' Hid A Major Vulnerability in Apple's OS and iOS Cores (thestack.com) · · Score: 4, Informative

    Because the summary and both articles are ambiguous, I was confused what was meant by "latest system updates." For anyone else wondering, this vulnerability was patched in Yosemite, El Capitan, and Sierra -- not just Sierra. See under "System Boot" heading here: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT207275.

  6. And nothing of value was gained.

  7. Re:"at least 55 countries, which between them" on Climate Deal: US and China Join Paris Climate Accords (bbc.com) · · Score: 1
  8. Honest to God had never heard of this service before. Thanks for the link. After suffering on this website for 13 years, I've finally learned something!

  9. Sometimes I think Apple patents things they DON'T want to see developed, with absolutely no intention of actually developing the ideas themselves, either.

    God, I fucking hope so. Especially in this instance. The probability of abuse of this technology is so damn high, it's a certainty.

  10. Re:One of the benefits of reading on Is The Future Of Television Watching on Fast-Forward? (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    Maybe what's needed is a button that says "for the next N seconds (maybe 15?), accelerate slowly, then decelerate back to normal speed", and you can hit that button at a rate that lets you process what you're seeing at a comfortable rate.

    Reminds me of what George Miller did in Mad Max: Fury Road last year. If he felt a part was moving too quick to be understood, he slowed down the framerate. If he felt a part was too slow or too obvious, he'd speed up the framerate.

    Granted, that's not user interaction, but there are people thinking about it. It's also easier to get away with in Fury Road because there's so little dialogue, and the film is designed to be understood visually.

  11. Re:Just make a dumb TV on Panasonic To Stop Making LCD Panels For TVs (nhk.or.jp) · · Score: 1

    Never mind. "Just inputs" rules out a built-in TV tuner. Sorry, my reading comprehension seems to get worse when I'm multitasking...

  12. Re:Just make a dumb TV on Panasonic To Stop Making LCD Panels For TVs (nhk.or.jp) · · Score: 1

    I really just want a dumb TV. No android, no apps, no speakers just inputs.

    So... a monitor?

    Monitors lack TV tuners. So I myself would say No.

  13. Re: So who decrypts your files for you? on Apple Has Shut Down the First Fully-Functional Mac OS X Ransomware (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    Is this true for older versions of Mac OS X, or just 10.11 El Capitan?

  14. Re:Wrong! on Apple Says Sorry For iPhone Error 53 and Issues IOS 9.2.1 Update To Fix It (betanews.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    All right, I'm partially wrong. iOS 9.2.1 is from Jan 2016, but Apple pushed a new build of 9.2.1 on 18 Feb 2016 to fix the Error 53 issue. The /. headline says 9.2.1 came out today, which is why I was confused.

    Also, to get the new build of 9.2.1, you apparently need to download it through iTunes, not over your iDevice's Wi-Fi connection.

  15. The latest version of iOS is in fact 9.2.1—but it was released on 19 January 2016. (Screenshot for archival reference.)

  16. Re:Parse error: "in train" on US and China Setting Up "Space Hotline" (ft.com) · · Score: 1
    I'd never heard this before either, so I looked it up. From The Free Dictionary:

    if you set in train an activity or an event, you make it begin

    So the first AC reply to your comment is correct.

  17. Re:A different way to use a comet on NASA To 'Lasso' a Comet To Hitchhike Across the Solar System · · Score: 1
    Sounds a bit like Dirk Gently's method of driving applied to space travel:

    [...] he had a tremendous propensity for getting lost when driving. This was largely because of his "Zen" method of navigation, which was simply to find any car that looked as if it knew where it was going and follow it. The results were more often surprising than successful, but he felt it was worth it for the sake of the few occasions when it was both.

    Well, more like the attitude. I dig it.

  18. Re:Every single time on Oracle Exec: Stop Sending Vulnerability Reports · · Score: 1

    Have you considered working for TBN?

  19. Re:Trademark violation on Apple Gets Antitrust Scrutiny Over Music Deals · · Score: 1

    I'll go ahead and feed the troll, here: http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=22940&cid=2467731

  20. Re:only one explanation... on Hubble Spots Star Explosion Astronomers Can't Explain · · Score: 2

    I hope someday someone finds me, caught beneath the landslide...

  21. Re:I'm sorry but on Homestar Runner To Return Soon · · Score: 2

    They did get paid. H*R was selling enough merchandise for The Brothers Chaps to quit their dayjobs and work on the site full-time. What it sounds like to me is they saw opportunity to do more (other) things they wanted to do and got sucked into doing those all the time.

  22. Re:Buzzfeed titles! on Nate Silver's FiveThirtyEight Relaunches As Data Journalism Website · · Score: 1

    You Won't Believe the Way EmagGeek Avoids Seeing Shameless Clickbait Headlines!

  23. Re:"all for AN game" on Star Citizen's Crowdfunding-Driven Grey Market · · Score: 1

    Apparently we can't even spell our own goddamn demonym correctly, either. I'm an idiot.

  24. Re:"all for AN game" on Star Citizen's Crowdfunding-Driven Grey Market · · Score: 1

    Because we're Americans, not Amiercas.

  25. Re:What... on Student Arrested For Using Phone App To 'Shoot' Classmates · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Look at it as a life lesson: They don't want kids growing up to stand up to the bullies they'll face in adult life, so they don't let them do it as kids.