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  1. Re: Of course it's lawful! on UK High Court: Uber Is Lawful (bbc.com) · · Score: 1, Interesting

    how do you make sure he is properly bonded

    Is there an improper way to bond?

    ...pays taxes...

    Why should I give a rat's ass? That's the IRS's job.

    and has insurance

    That's the job of the police and the DOT.

  2. Of course it's lawful! on UK High Court: Uber Is Lawful (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    It's analogous to hiring your next door neighbor's son to mow your lawn with his mower. This is idiotic.

  3. Why will making guns illegal be any more effective than making drugs illegal has been?

  4. Re:Finally! on Linus: '2016 Will Be the Year of the ARM Laptop' (softpedia.com) · · Score: 5, Informative

    Except this is retarded either way. Linux on netbooks? It has been done and saw a 400% higher return rate than Windows on the same device

    Thank you for the link to that article... from 2008. Of course, nothing has changed in the SEVEN YEARS since that article was written. Well, except for:

    1. Those were netbooks, which were Atom-based and crappy, regardless of the installed OS
    2. ChromeOS didn't even exist
    3. Android was in its infancy
    4. We're now talking about ARM machines with VERY capable GPUs
    5. The competition is no longer WinXP or 7, but Win8/10.

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  6. Re:Perfect for Hotels! on Worries Mount Over Upcoming LTE-U Deployments Hurting Wi-Fi · · Score: 1

    And jam their own WiFi in the process. Right.

  7. Re:Hardware Access on Android Lollipop Can Be Hacked With Very Long Password · · Score: 1

    I wonder how many people here, like me, went to this page thinking they'd be able to respond to your challenge, only to see the warning about bricking the phone. I feel bad for you -- my T-mo GS4 is so much better with Cyanogenmod installed.

  8. Re:And how much does the rest of the world owe us? on Researcher: The US Owes the World $4 Trillion For Trashing the Climate · · Score: 1
  9. He didn't say there's no tool chain available for Linux. He said the tools he uses (eg. Keil uVision) have no linux versions available. I'm in the same boat. The rest of the firmware team I work with use uVision. I could use gcc, but then I wouldn't be working with the rest of the team and what they have all chosen.

    Incidentally, I have gotten uVision working under WINE, I just can't get the ST-Link (debugging/programming) to work.

  10. Re:In before on Carbon Dating Shows Koran May Predate Muhammad · · Score: 2

    WBC is a bigger threat and problem for USians than ISIS.

    Really? To date, how many people have they beheaded?

    I hate the jackasses of WBC just as much as anyone, but you're a fucking moron.

  11. Re:Microsoft Menus .. on The Long Reach of Windows 95 · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Also, let's not forget OS/2 Warp, which came out in 1994. It had something very similar to a start button and task bar, only it was located at the top by default.

  12. Re:v4.2 lol on Linux Kernel 4.2 Released · · Score: 1

    Yeah, but now they've regressed back to 10. So, at this rate, Linux will catch up in 3... 2... 1...

  13. Fine on Coca-Cola To Fund Research That Shifts Blame For Obesity Away From Bad Diets · · Score: 1, Insightful

    With the recent *cough* revelations that sodium and dietary fat aren't has harmful as we've heard for the past 40+ years, more research into nutrition is probably a good thing. Granted, this "research" will most likely be heavily biased toward specific conclusions, but maybe (fingers crossed) there's, at least, some new information to be gained. Obviously, nutrition is one area where 20th century "science" failed us.

  14. That's no... on An Epic View of the Moon In Earth's Orbital Embrace · · Score: 1

    "That's no moon"

  15. We talked about this ad naseum back when Chromebooks were about to hit the market. A better question is, why don't keypads (the 10 key-like group of buttons on the right of a PC keyboard) have TAB, SHIFT+TAB and Backspace keys. This would make it much easier to navigate and enter data in web forms and spreadsheets with only one hand. Idunno -- just a thought.

  16. Why are yo not drunk? on A Welcome Shift: Spam Now Constitutes Less Than Half of All Email · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Serionsly, it's Feiday night! Why are you reading this? It'd time o be drunk right now. If you are reading this article it means you are not having fun. you shold loosen up and have a drink. I know, this makes me sould like a fool , but comeone. You need to just get a lief and have some fun. I don't even know what this story is about. Here's some adviece. Don't RTFA. Just get some vodka, take a few (eg. 7) shots, and get aaway from your omputer. Its funny. it releaves stress.

  17. Re:Salad? on This Cooking Robot Wants To Make Your Future Meals · · Score: 1

    Nope. Never worked at a restaurant. But, I've shopped at a grocery store. And, do you know what they have at grocery stores. *cough* fucking bags of salad.

    Also, rather than placing the ingredients to a salad in this robot's hoppers, do you know another way you could combine them into a fully assembled and ready to eat salad? Hand them to a THREE YEAR OLD and have him mix them. Or, you could toss them into a bowl and... do nothing, because BINGO! There's a salad.

    Yep, you're welcome.

  18. What's Reddit? Is it like Digg?

  19. Salad? on This Cooking Robot Wants To Make Your Future Meals · · Score: 1

    Holy shit! Did I just see that thing cook a salad? WOWWWwwww. A salad. Now, even chefs need to worry about their jobs being taken over by robots!

    A SALAD!

  20. Re:Raise awareness? on Asteroid Day On June 30 Aims To Raise Awareness of Collision Risks · · Score: 1

    Yes, of course. I was talking about my personal role in the matter. If you're one of the people with the telescopes and nukes then, by all means, pay attention. But, outside of that, if there's ever a "deep impact", we're all going to end up in Heaven, Hell, Sto-vo-kor or oblivion anyway. Why concern yourself with that over which you cannot ever hope to have influence? Strife cannot stem the unavoidable.

  21. Raise awareness? on Asteroid Day On June 30 Aims To Raise Awareness of Collision Risks · · Score: 1

    Why? If there's an impact, or risk thereof, there's not a goddamn thing I can do about it. Why waste my time and energy worrying about such things?

  22. Re:PDF link to PDF exploit on Security Researcher Drops 15 Vulnerabilities for Windows and Adobe Reader · · Score: 0

    I know, right? That's how long it takes on my 200 MHz Pentium system too.

  23. Re:Capitalist logic on Restaurateur Loses Copyright Suit To BMI · · Score: 4, Interesting

    If the DJ did indeed pay a fee to play said songs, then I don't see why another should be paid by the restaurant owner.

    EXACTLY. What if the DJ had played the songs in a park? Would the city have to pay BMI's licensing shakedown fee?

  24. Enough with the 'G' already on 5G Is On Its Way, But Approaching Slowly · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Just tell me how fast it is -- give me the stationary and moving data rates. With every other marketable metric I can think of, there's at least some idea of what to expect (DPI, storage capacity, home internet service speed, etc.)

  25. Re:RAND PAUL REVOLUTION on Patriot Act Spy Powers To Expire As Rand Paul Blocks USA Freedom Act Vote · · Score: 1