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  1. "The data leaked from an ElasticSearch server that was left exposed online without a password,"

    Their security seemed to have some elasticity I bet.

  2. Compression works for normal hearing on Why High-Fidelity Streaming is the Audio Revolution Your Ears Have Been Waiting For (forbes.com) · · Score: 2

    If you hear a difference, your hearing is impaired and you should see a doctor.

  3. Silver bullets work only against werewolves, bugs have to be squashed.

  4. " killed the farmers and burned the homes of all who resist their despotic wrath - what should we do?"

    The Emperor complacently shrugs."

    We will build a beautiful wall.

  5. Re:Sure, go right ahead and share that petition on Facebook Launches a Petition Feature (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    "Seriously ... I will unfollow anyone who shares one of these idiotic Facebook petitions, the same way I unfollow anyone who insists on sharing every bit of braindead clickbait they see"

    If you are able to unfollow anyone, you are already part of the problem.

  6. That's why I pass on The Economics of Streaming is Making Songs Shorter (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    As an old fart, I prefer to listen to a local BC that plays even Pink Floyd's Echoes and Atomheart Mother, both of them over 23 minutes.

  7. Re:This is good! on How Orkney Leads the Way For Sustainable Energy (theguardian.com) · · Score: 0

    ""As a conservative republican, I am for using nature's natural resources to power humanities future." - Did you mean "humanity's future" or are you... uneducated generally, blathering above your pay grade?"

    But he stated clearly that he was a Republican, a conservative on top.
    They use spelling from the time spelling wasn't invented yet, they don't like that liberal Grammar thingies either.

  8. Re:About time! on MIDI Association Announces MIDI 2.0 Prototyping (hackaday.com) · · Score: 1

    " It's kind of impressive that the music industry is still entirely reliant on 35+ year old tech that hasn't changed"

    They are innovative. They abandoned cat-gut strings years ago, ditto for ivory keyboards.

    I guess you'd think that trumpets need batteries to annoy the neighbors?
    You're wrong.

  9. Re:Angry male ramifications?? on 'I Got Death Threats For Writing a Bad Review of Aquaman' (huffingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    "Being that Aquaman was aggressively marketed towards women"

    It was supposed to make them wet?

  10. "did Mark Davis actually add intelligence, or do you just not disagree with him?"

    It's not very smart to use your real name on the web.
    Not only for this reason.
    If you want credit, you have to take the threats as well.

  11. Re: See, I told you we were different, Aaron! on Identical Twins Test 5 DNA Ancestry Kits, Get Different Results On Each (www.cbc.ca) · · Score: 1

    "You must be new here. The DNA of Slashdot readers prevents us from reading TFA."

    This is also valid for my identical twin.

  12. Re: See, I told you we were different, Aaron! on Identical Twins Test 5 DNA Ancestry Kits, Get Different Results On Each (www.cbc.ca) · · Score: 1

    "It is bold from you to assume that I didnt read the TFA. Of course I did. "

    You must be new here. The DNA of Slashdot readers prevents us from reading TFA.

  13. That's the cells that form cellphones.

  14. So they got the robots to work on Tesla Is Cutting 7 Percent of Its Workforce To Reduce Model 3 Price (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Thought so, it's not rocket science.

  15. "Microsoft Suggests Windows 10 Mobile Users Switch To iOS or Android"

    Both of them?

  16. It's not 23% it's 25% on Cassette Album Sales in the US Grew By 23% in 2018 (billboard.com) · · Score: 1

    There were 4 users and now there are 5.

  17. "No, there just aren't enough idiots in US to elect Trump, so significant number of non-idiots voted for him. "

    Statistically half the voters have an IQ under 100 and he got almost half the votes.

  18. Doesn't matter on Google Maps Deterring Outback Tourists, Say Small Firms (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    There's no cellphone coverage there anyway, so you can't get at the wrong info.

  19. Re:Up or down? on WhatsApp Now Has More Monthly Active Users Than Facebook App (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 1

    "ie. People are deleting the Facebook app in droves but not the Whatsapp app (sic)."

    Indeed. It's nice because it's widely used.

    But once I have get their first Ad via Whatsapp, I'll be gone.

  20. Good for the Finns.
    Lots of countries have trouble just to teach their pupils 'I'.

  21. The Conference for Horses.

    Was my first thought.

  22. If it's _in_ the Holland Tunnel, it might be secure but it ain't safe.

  23. Re: Wow.. Common Sense Prevails? on Feds Can't Force You To Unlock Your iPhone With Finger Or Face, Judge Rules (forbes.com) · · Score: 1

    "Is it really true that cops could force you to do this before? "

    Force? No. They just asked: "Is this your phone?" And it unlocked as if by magic.

  24. Re:I take it as a point of pride on USB Type-C Headphones Were Nowhere in Sight at CES 2019 (androidauthority.com) · · Score: 1

    "that I still use a 1/8" headphone jack."

    For your phone or your portable wax-roll player?

  25. Now we only have to wait for 4000 years to see if it worked.