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  1. Re: Flying Car on The Promise of 5G · · Score: 1

    Yes. Both will gone once it eradicates the human infestation.

  2. Re:Won't do a thing. on Legal Scholars Warn Against 10 Year Prison For Online Pirates · · Score: 1

    You kid, but you are already there. Papers please.

  3. Re: What problem? on Ask Slashdot: How To "Prove" a Work Is Public Domain? · · Score: 1

    Damn. How many of us are on here?

    Maybe do a headcount.

    Two.

  4. Re: Weather forecasting has a way to go on How Weather Modeling Gets Better · · Score: 1

    I wasn't considering even a week in the future. These were next day forecasting.

    One of them will nail it. I just don't know which one.

  5. Re: Weather forecasting has a way to go on How Weather Modeling Gets Better · · Score: 2

    Really?

    I check 4 websites for the weather in my city [forecast.io, theweathernetwork.com, weather.gc.ca, accuweather.com], and they regularly will all have totally different weather. One will be 'sunny', one will be '5-10 cm of snow', one will be 'rain', and one will be 'overcast'.

    It seems like they all get together, decide on the 4 most extreme possibilities, then randomly assign each one to a site.

  6. Re: He's got company on Donald Trump Thinks Going To Mars Would Be "Wonderful" But There Is a Catch · · Score: 1

    Are you kidding? Regardless of who is elected, it will be business as usual.

  7. Re:EVER HEARD OF A on Paywalled Science Journals Under Fire Again · · Score: 1

    probably as good as half the so-called peer reviewed journals out there.

  8. Re:Sounds like a Star Trek book on XKCD Author's New Unpublished Book Becomes Scientific Best-Seller · · Score: 2

    They had their day...fifteen years ago.

  9. Re:AT&T had zero choice on AT&T Helped the NSA Spy On Internet Traffic · · Score: 2

    Yes, they could have refused all that wonderful government money. Not. It probably added 50% to the CEO's bonus over those years.

  10. Re:So... on Google Research Leads To Automated Real-Time Pedestrian Detection · · Score: 1

    More like:

    1) "That was a pedestrian you just hit"
    or
    2) "That might have been a pedestrian you just hit"

  11. Re:Darn! on Octopus Genome Sequenced · · Score: 1

    That is something totally different.

  12. Re:Groklaw Needed More Than Ever on Oracle: Google Has "Destroyed" the Market For Java · · Score: 1

    Oracle appears to be trying this with Google, and certainly the only reason it has gone this far is that Google is of a similar size to Oracle. If google were significantly smaller, Android would have to be radically altered or everyone would have to pay out megadollars for 'Java' licenses.

  13. Re:Groklaw Needed More Than Ever on Oracle: Google Has "Destroyed" the Market For Java · · Score: 1

    By crushing the implementation of the idea. You lose your current pile of cash due to IP problems, good luck finding investors to give you a new pile for the same idea "this time, we'll do it right!".

    That is, of course, unless the winner of the lawsuit doesn't do the "well, we can settle this before you go out of business if you sign over 75% of the company".

  14. Re:Just starting now? on Airline Begins Weighing Passengers For 'Safety' · · Score: 1

    Have you seen Americans? I think they only have 'all-you-can-eat' restaurants. And they must get full value for their money.

  15. Re:Groklaw Needed More Than Ever on Oracle: Google Has "Destroyed" the Market For Java · · Score: 2

    You are doing it to crush the idea. Getting a bunch of money as well is just a bonus.

  16. Re:Republicans want the death penalty... on Robotic Lawn Mower Gets Regulatory Approval · · Score: 1

    They are totally flying it wrong!

  17. Re:Ring ring ring on Stagefright Patch Incomplete and Zero Day in Android Google Admin App Found · · Score: 1

    I believe he is trying to inform you to turn your head 90 degrees and insert it in your mouth.

  18. Re:Groklaw Needed More Than Ever on Oracle: Google Has "Destroyed" the Market For Java · · Score: 1

    Ugh. Having to mount a fair use defense is basically "prove I'm innocent". Not really useful for anybody with say, less than 10 or 20 million /year in revenue, as you can't afford a defense.

  19. Re:What did you expect to happen? on Facebook Intern Gets Preemptive Ax For Exposing Security Flaw · · Score: 1

    Of course, it's both.

  20. Re:Missed opportunity on GitHub Desktop Launches To Replace Mac and Windows Apps · · Score: 1

    Yeah, it could suck equally well on more platforms.

  21. Re:Is it 1984 yet? on Fitbit Wants To Help Corporations Track Employee Health · · Score: 1

    Would you mind buying one of our products for each of your employees? It might make some of them think you actually give a fuck about them.

    Don't forget to make sure any laid-off employee's return the device, as you'll need a steady stream of spares to replace the broken ones.

  22. Re:body slam any company.... on Tech Firms, Retailers Propose Security and Privacy Rules For Internet of Things · · Score: 1

    OMG, SB totally has to start selling that.

  23. Re: Kind of self-defeating on 'Privacy Visor' Can Fool Face-Recognition Cameras · · Score: 1

    Note, there will be complaints if you label it "gorilla".

  24. Re:you set up an ethicist. he finds issues. congra on The NSA's Philosopher · · Score: 1

    If we gather data, and nobody knows we did it, how can it be illegal!

    Job done.

  25. trick question. Windows only installs on a standard path.