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  1. Re:As someone who appreciates and pays for content on Studios Sue Dragon Box in Latest Crackdown on Streaming Devices (variety.com) · · Score: 1

    "Kodi can be installed on Windows"

    Thanks for the tip, I'm off to do it right now.

    I guess those assholes shouldn't have sued and made people attentive.

  2. Indirect presence? on Apple's Indirect Presence Fades from CES (techpinions.com) · · Score: 1

    That's what I'll call it next time I'm not on a job I'm supposed to be.

  3. On Facebook?
    Seriously?

  4. And obviously ... on Cisco Can Now Sniff Out Malware Inside Encrypted Traffic (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    ...malware is torrents.

  5. Re:One way to learn it on The Invented Language That Found a Second Life Online (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    "...Just wake up on the Riverworld."

    Diable, vi venkis min in!

  6. Let's see on Top US Government Computers Linked to Revenge-Porn Site (thedailybeast.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    Any chance for the peepee-tape?

  7. Lots of companies have that on Uber Used Another Secret Software To Evade Police, Report Says (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 2

    Did you think PriceWaterhouse et al would just give you everything just because some lowly policeman has a piece of paper?
    They protect their clients with teeth and nails, like everybody.

  8. A bit late on Future Samsung Phones Will Have a Working FM Radio Chip (androidpolice.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    Norway has already abandoned FM completely, the rest of Europe not far behind.

  9. I have a Kindle like that on Microsoft Announces First Mobile Carriers To Support Always Connected PCs (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Always connected and it doesn't cost a dime in +100 countries.

    Now if I could get uTorrent to run on it...

  10. The airplanes obey the stable genius and don't fall from the sky (as he says) but gov. satellites don't?

  11. We need MORE encryption, not less, as the FBI wants.

    We'll need it _everywhere_!

  12. "The virus, which can steal personal data and has been linked to fraud, was added inadvertently, "

    They always say that.

  13. Re:Am I missing something? on Apple Planning New, 'Robust' Parental Controls To Help Protect Children, Teens (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    "Why seek a technical solution to the problem? Why not simply take the device away from the child after x time elapses?"

    Because they are cheap nannies and so the parent can do their thing instead.
    Additionally they always know where the brats are.

  14. "Portal will be equipped with a wide-angle lens that is capable of recognizing individual faces and associating them with their Facebook accounts."

    'That's the only thing I see Portal doing that my phone won't.'

    So your phone isn't spying on you and report back to Facebook who is in your living-room?

    That's a feature.

  15. I knew it!

  16. Re:How to cause panic with statistics on US Disaster Costs Shatter Records In 2017, the Third-Warmest Year On Record (cnbc.com) · · Score: 2

    "this has everything to do with weather, and nothing provably to do with "climate change", and reputable scientists will still affirm that"

    Those 2 guys are as reputable as the 'genius' is stable.

  17. Re:He knows rural on Trump Pushes To Expand High-Speed Internet In Rural America (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    "He is one of US!"

    And a very stable, smart genius.

    So Kentucky beware, there will be Alexas in every moonshine hut soon.

  18. Order? on What's On Center Stage at the CES Tech Show? Your Voice (apnews.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    "If these prove popular, you'll soon be able to order around much more of your house, including kitchen appliances, washing machines and other devices."

    IOW an AW.

    Artificial Wife.

  19. The need a new app. on Apple Should Address Youth Phone Addiction, Say Two Large Investors (reuters.com) · · Score: 2

    The iParent app.

  20. Re:The article didn't state on Alexa is Coming To Windows 10 PCs From HP, ASUS and Others (engadget.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    "why I would want this?"

    It's progress.
    When you now say on a public toilet:
    There's no fucking paper!"
    Nothing happens.

    On the new toilets you say:

    "Alexa, there's no fucking paper!"

    You'll get a response:
    "Order for toilet paper confirmed, stay put until monday."

    Or in select cities:
    "Stay put for 2 hours."

  21. " a battery that can last multiple days; "

    Who needs that? Unless you live in Kentucky and have to watch the moonshine still for a couple days and watch porn in the sticks.

  22. Re: Can you say on Would You Use a Smartphone-Style Laptop With a Three-Day Battery Life? (king5.com) · · Score: 2, Informative

    "The hatred of Christianity on Slashdot is on par with Kabul, Tehran, or Riyadh."

    Not at all. Those countries have their own invisible friend.
    We are sane and have none.

  23. News for nerds, stuff that matters on Google Loses Up to 250 Bikes a Week (siliconbeat.com) · · Score: 1

    Thieves steal bicycles.
    Film at 11.

  24. "graced the cover of Time with Bill as the 2005 Persons of the Year."

    Like Stalin and Hitler who also 'graced' the cover in their day?
    It's not an honor.

  25. Indeed on Can We Replace Intel x86 With an Open Source Chip? (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    "It would certainly be a nice gesture of Big Blue"

    Indeed. Perhaps they could throw in a nice free pony for everybody.