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  1. Re:first on CNET Editor Rails Against Non-Consensual Windows Updates (cnet.com) · · Score: 5, Funny

    thank god Windows didn't reboot while you were typing that. you lucky dog.

  2. Re:Insignificant user on Twitter Releases National Security Letters (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    Twitter misunderstood "every" is not a proper name specifying an individual account, but a noun used to indicate all members of a set, indicating that the NSL was for all accounts.

  3. I will now have some lawyers create a large number of shell companies, all interlinked, but with to real purpose, but impossible to determine who owns what, and pursue the lawsuits using those shell companies, so I can't be directly linked to the lawsuits.

  4. Re:more leeches in the middle on PayPal Has Been Talking With Amazon on Payments, CEO Says (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Totally worthwhile, because it means more corporations know your personal information, credit history and what specific items you purchase. There is no downside.

  5. Re:Easy answer on Ask Slashdot: A Point of Contention - Modern User Interfaces · · Score: 1

    Microsoft, their trying to weld a touch-screen UI with a keyboard/mouse UI that can "scale" between a 4" phone screen to multiple 30" monitors. Almost nobody can spend the time/money/effort to present a good UI across those devices. And then Microsoft also has to deal with making stupid decisions just to make their UI different from MacOS.

  6. Yes, just what we always need. A bigger boom in a smaller space.

  7. No. There have been WAY too many reports of computers with valuable data being stolen from vehicles in the past 10+ years for him to be able to claim "I didn't realize computers get stolen from vehicles". Physical security of the computer has been part of computer security for a long time.

  8. A "computer security expert" would not leave their laptop in their car overnight.

  9. Re:Just a guess.. on Galileo Satellites Are Experiencing Multiple Clock Failures (bbc.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    Answer: Each time, I can bend it a little more. I ended the test when I reached 180 degrees. I was unable to go past 180 degrees due to a physical limitation.

  10. Re:Science is now propaganda?? on Scottish Government Targets 66% Emissions Cut By 2032 (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    I hope they are from Russia. I heard they are the best.

  11. Re: Which is it? on Robotic Sleeve Mimics Muscles To Keep a Heart Beating (seeker.com) · · Score: 1

    That just happens to be where AC's heart is.

  12. Re: Years late, millions short on Microsoft Plans To Add an Ebook Store To Windows 10 (mspoweruser.com) · · Score: 1

    New error message: "You cannot view this ebook on your display because it does not support HDCP 3.7. Please connect a display that supports HDCP 3.7 or later and no other displays to your computer and try again."

  13. actually, for the Enterprise version (at least it was supposed to be like this), moving the slider to zero is supposed to result in no data being sent. The same setting on the version us commoners get to use still sends data to MS.

  14. Re:Think of it as evolution in action. on 'Superbug' Resistant To 26 Antibiotics Kills A Patient In Nevada (upi.com) · · Score: 1

    Evidently, the "good" stuff is reserved for non "common" people...

  15. Re:Welcome to India on 'Superbug' Resistant To 26 Antibiotics Kills A Patient In Nevada (upi.com) · · Score: 1

    That's going to hurt in the morning.

  16. Re:This should be the only comment on Trump's Cyber Security Advisor Rudy Giuliani Runs Ancient, Utterly Hackable Website (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Having a man who called it "the cyber" deciding who should be in charge of keeping the US safe from/on "the cyber" is what the real mistake is.

  17. Evidently even no health care is better than the ACA...

    For Republican's, it is preferable that the people that need healthcare the most should be the first to go bankrupt paying for treatment, and then die because they can't afford it anymore. That way, it's a little cheaper for everyone else.

  18. Fraud has been the 'big thing' since forever. It's been time tested to be an excellent method separate people and their money.

  19. Re:Whining is in their genes on Despite Piracy Claims, North American Box Office Hits Record $11.4 Billion In 2016 (variety.com) · · Score: 1

    Hookers and coke dealers keep raising their rates...

  20. Re:So... on The Recent Changes In Earth's Magnetic Field (esa.int) · · Score: 1

    Maybe.

  21. Re:My girlfriend's muffin... on LibreOffice Will Have New 'MUFFIN' UI (documentfoundation.org) · · Score: 1

    You really shouldn't talk about your daughter that way. It's quite inappropriate.

  22. Re:Lost $800 Million on Uber Lost $800 Million In Third Quarter (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Except pets.com had an AWESOME spokes-puppet.

  23. Re:Not sure that their present brand is the right on BlackBerry Unveils Autonomous Vehicle Hub In Canada (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 2

    too many rim-job jokes to use "research in motion". It worked when they had co-ceo's that demanded rim-jobs, but it can't with a real corporate structure. It will collapse under the weight of all the jokes.

  24. Re:Wiping servers? on US Scientists Scramble To Protect Research On Climate Change (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    Yeah, if you aren't rich enough to move away, you deserve whatever happens to you. -creed of Republicans

  25. Re:In Other News on Uber Appeals Against Ruling that Its UK Drivers Are Workers (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    w.t.f. Permission? Why do we need permission to do something? We've never needed permission before!