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  1. yup, stupid idea on Safercar.gov Overwhelmed By Recall For Deadly Airbags · · Score: 1

    Doesn't appear to apply to mine but...

    It came from north of Vancouver BC, in the mountains. And from the look of the underside spent half it's buried in snow. But now is in Spokane for the last 6 months after living in the mountains for 7 years. It's not that humid here so not a problem, right?!?

    Not exactly comforting, all these recalls lately seem to miss me by a model year.

  2. tech is cool and all but..... on High-Tech Walkers Could Help Japan's Elderly Stay Independent · · Score: 1

    That walker doesn't look all that great. It is very far forward in front of the person. The best wheeled ones let you walk in between the handles like the standard alum ones do. Even the common wheeled ones are closer to you than this one is. It appears to lack support for..umm..walking. Besides a motorized walker just sounds like trouble. It is going to pull grandma along without pulling her over?

    If you insist on high tech there is one that shines a laser on the ground to show you where to step, kinda cool for Alzheimers and stuff.

    That back support is cool but I can't see a nursing home paying over $1000/month, they balk at a $150 patient lift.

  3. sure, i am convinced on The Guardian Reveals That Whisper App Tracks "Anonymous" Users · · Score: 2

    "Zimmerman also said the Guardian has had a months-long partnership with Whisper that used the very techniques the article decries."

    Would that be the technically impossible ones or the ones they would NEVER use?

  4. Couple of issues on Designing Tomorrow's Air Traffic Control Systems · · Score: 3, Interesting

    1st this was done 4 years ago. The future is now.

    But mostly...

    Why were none of the tests more than 4 hours long? What happens after the test period, do they need to recover or something?
    If this is so efficient why are we talking about a 4 year old test instead of the implementation 3 years ago?!?

  5. wrong focus on Samsung's Wi-Fi Upgrades Promise Speeds Up to 4.6Gbps · · Score: 1

    I am a little more concerned with why they think my frig is gonna need 4.6Gbps :O

  6. Re:I love Model Ms. I still have two of them. on The Greatest Keyboard Ever Made · · Score: 1

    Looks like it takes a lot of work for them to get an old keyboard on a modern system. Probably kills my hope of someday getting my old minicomputer keyboard to work on anything :( Someday I will figure out if a microcomputer can translate it somehow. Especially as it would crush the Model M in a fight :)

  7. Re:I love Model Ms. I still have two of them. on The Greatest Keyboard Ever Made · · Score: 1

    Sure, as long as you don't swing it at the modern computer ;)

  8. Re:"into harmony" on Physicist Claims Black Holes Mathematically Don't Exist · · Score: 1

    Politicians and lawyers don't sound very appetizing, count me out.

  9. Re:Mustang Shelby GT 500 on Is the Tesla Model 3 Actually Going To Cost $50,000? · · Score: 1

    lol, the house across the street from me is listed at $80k right now. Disregard the smell and don't touch the garage lest it fall down on you, but the house is pretty solid.

  10. Re:Welcome to America! on CBC Warns Canadians of "US Law Enforcement Money Extortion Program" · · Score: 1

    You're behind the times. I am out at the fair all this week, the lastest and greatest is a cheeseburger with a glazed donut for the bun :)

  11. ARRRRGH on Universal Big Bang Lithium Deficit Confirmed · · Score: 1

    " there is about three times less lithium in stars than expected "

    God I hate this style of description. We expected to find 100 units but we found -200 instead?

    pet peeve of the day completed.

  12. Re:I really don't my vital body parts to be on wif on In France, a Second Patient Receives Permanent Artificial Heart · · Score: 1

    Maybe we finally found a use for a smartwatch.

  13. Me too on Ask Slashdot: What Old Technology Can't You Give Up? · · Score: 2

    Average age of stuff in my house must be a good 25 years old.

    Or the equivalent in the case of my flip-phone from 2007 which several people have said sounds better than their smartphone :) Even my TV is almost 20 years old (ok, I don't want to replace the 30 year-old entertainment center actually) My home phone has Bell Systems stamped on it and the other is Conair Trimline that has survived 100+ falls by now. My stereo is over 30 years-old now and does a great job of recording 8-tracks but it weighs about 1000 lbs. Just got rid of my 23 year-old car for one that's only 9 ( i was aiming for pre-2007 on purpose). Finally got my 1974 Opel on the road again. The Atari 2600 isn't tooo dusty. None of my music is on a HD, nor video for that matter. ...insert other 2 pages...

    Even the 386 gets a little use as my music database doesn't sort on a HD larger than 250MB due to the 25 year-old shareware program from my 286.
    I DO have an i7 gaming computer......attached to a CRT :)
    Hell, my toaster is from the 70's because all the prettier replacements died in a year or two. After the 1st couple I gave up. (ISO: 70's proctor-silex toaster that is NOT green)

    To make matters worse I collect old toys and computers. I have a working 1960's slot car setup in the basement and my original 1st year Hot Wheels in a wall display.

  14. Re: slashdot on Ask Slashdot: What Old Technology Can't You Give Up? · · Score: 5, Funny

    But if you just keep repeating it enough.....

  15. Re:Not the PSUs? The actual cables? on HP Recalls 6 Million Power Cables Over Fire Hazard · · Score: 1

    It wasn't that long ago a tons of standard power cables were discovered to be subpar. Grab your thinnest feeling one and cut it open.

    I think I still have a cable that says "18 GA 15 amp" that contains at best 24 ga wire but looks even smaller. Probably ok on the cheap thing it came with, but they get swapped around a lot and hooking that to your laser printer is not so good.

    I always found the ones with 3 strands like the pic to be the better ones (Dell usually)
    Luckily my HP one has been replaced a friendly Chinese company already...

  16. All you can eat pizza.... ...only $1.00 per slice.

  17. missed one on California DMV Told Google Cars Still Need Steering Wheels · · Score: 1

    Convince the AI to pull onto your yard to wash it :)

  18. Re:Not surprising on California DMV Told Google Cars Still Need Steering Wheels · · Score: 1

    lol, that was one of the 1st things I tried when my dad got our 1st FWD car. It had no problem dragging the locked rear tires. While moving it does little but make a lot of tire smoke. Only useful for flipping a 180 while parking the car, oh, and holding it in place afterwards ;)

    I just tested my 'new' car. The engine wins from a stop even, much less a running start. Does ABS encourage this by not locking the tires? Either way I suspect Traction control+Adaptive AWD beats out ABS.

  19. What makes no sense? on Study: Ad-Free Internet Would Cost Everyone $230-a-Year · · Score: 1

    My cable company DOES make a quarter of those shows now.
    The other cable company ...um used to? ...I gave up trying to decipher Time-Warner.

  20. *COUGH* on The Billion-Dollar Website · · Score: 1

    Mine says, "Lifewise"

    It also says, "Essential Silver 2500 HSA" which defines it as one selected from the website. The network name probably identifies it also. Not to mention the 4 other id numbers on the card.

    Not sure why a doctor would care as they seem to be rather normal insurance plans but they could tell if they wish.

    Medicare/Medicaid are a whole other story. Often patients don't have the copay and that is profit for many procedures/items due to low payments on SOME things. (and some are still overpaid) Often the additional paperwork and the threat of an audit put many off accepting those. Or, as in my case, All of the above plus the fact I can't afford the bookkeeper JUST for 3rd party billings.

    I currently sell medical supplies and did the books for a medical supplier for almost 20 years.
    Survived a Medicare audit and a Sales Tax audit with no penalties ...don't try this at home!

  21. Re:plot from Crichton novel on A Thousand Kilobots Self-Assemble Into Complex Shapes · · Score: 1

    lol, I think you'll still be ok for bit. It took them 11 hours to make the letter K. It would take them days just to cuss at you. To make something threatening would take... way longer than anyone is going hang around and keep them charged.

    On the other hand...I'll take a set as cat toys. See how long they can hold the shape of a mouse :)

    6-12 hours per formation....there is probably a good reason everyone uses virtual ones.

  22. Just in case on Where are the Flying Cars? (Video; Part Two of Two) · · Score: 1

    Just in case we all get our flying cars soon, I am going to buy up all the car washes. Have you ever had to wash a small plane? They get very big very quick ;)

    Any. Day. Now. Just a couple more physical problems to work out. Then we will easily solve the issues of who can fly em, and where, and when. The issue of cost will solve itself with volume, once everyone has one, everyone will be able to afford them ;) Breeding enough of the Rainbow farting unicorns to power them may take a little longer so be patient.

    Mental masturbation at it's finest. We have been humbled by the pros!

  23. Re:Good Idea on Microsoft Black Tuesday Patches Bring Blue Screens of Death · · Score: 1

    Build a new computer. The instructions are right there on the CD that comes with the motherboard.....

  24. all of them then? on Gmail Now Rejects Emails With Misleading Combinations of Unicode Characters · · Score: 1

    This looks like fun, I probably wouldn't catch that bank example and family certainly wouldn't. Looks like pretty much any word could substitute one letter.

    No idea exactly what these "combinations" are. The example used one letter substitution. Using this example and the little display of new letters there would appear to be billions of potentially misleading combinations.

  25. Re:No, school should not be year-round. on Slashdot Asks: Should Schooling Be Year-Round? · · Score: 1

    When I was a kid I spent the summer in drum corps. Lots of work and exercise but I got to see places I never* would have otherwise. By the time I was 21 I had been to like 45 states even if only passing thru. This was how I got to the Smithsonian for one being 3000 miles from home, it's not like we were gonna make a day trip there. We tried to hit an amusement park and a cultural site each year. 6000+ mile bus trips show you a lot of America ;)

    For various degrees of 'never'. I may have got to some of these places with family eventually but I know many of the others would not ever get there otherwise.

    I don't see how this could be done with year-round school. We basically practiced school hours in June and July to prepare for August.

    PS. I could have done without seeing downtown Houston in August just fine however :O 30 years later I still want to slap whoever thought that parade was a good idea....