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  1. This explains ... on Typing By Brain Arrives: No Surgery Necessary (wired.com) · · Score: 1

    all the 'y0u fAiL' posts.

    (Damn, she has a nice pair of ....) where the hell is the backspace?

  2. Re:Question ? on 'Bashware' Attacks Exploit Windows 10's Subsystem for Linux (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    Completely different security philosophies. Windows depends too much on 'trusted' executables to prevent bad things. And they attach Admin rights to a subset of normal users. So if a user with admin privileges happens to run an evil command accidentally, too bad. *NIX controls access to privileged functions in the OS. And treats root (admin) as a separate user. Even if you write an 'evil' executable, a normal user can only do limited damage (usually to their own files) when running it. And you just don't go around running as root except for special circumstances.

  3. This is ... on Chinese Scientists Are Developing A Vaccine Against Cavities (nature.com) · · Score: 1

    ... nothing more than an attack on the white race. Starting with the hillbillies.

  4. Re:Fluoride rinse on Chinese Scientists Are Developing A Vaccine Against Cavities (nature.com) · · Score: 0

    Grain alcohol and rainwater. Right, Jack?

  5. Oblig Bad Car Analogy on 'Bodega' CEO Apologizes, Insists They'll Create More Jobs (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    We're sorry we named our new product line 'Buggy Whip'. We will immediately re-brand it as 'automobile'.

  6. Re:wasn't there an executive.... on Is Online Advertising Worthless? (zerohedge.com) · · Score: 1

    I've heard that remark. And it would seem that the Internet and tracking cookies would make a science out of figuring out which half. But it seems that companies marketing executives are spending too much time at the golf course or cocktail lounge. Or Google and its ilk are obfuscating the data.

    TFS gives an example of Restoration Hardware taking a look at it's add words and figuring out that the vast majority came from a few words. And mostly from its brand name. The data is out there, even if ad sellers might try to hide it. This sort of feedback review should be a monthly or quarterly review at every company buying ads. There is no excuse.

  7. Re:Windows & Linux on Will Linux Innovation Be Driven By Microsoft? (infoworld.com) · · Score: 1

    Run Windows apps side by side with X11

    Or run Windows apps in X11. In a past life, I used to do exactly that. I had a Linux desktop (on a 200 MHz Dell). The company had an NT server farm hosting multiple Windows desktop sessions through a third party networked dirplay handler. This supported all the engineering folks with AIX, HP-UX, Sun and Linux desktops. Because office productivity*.

    But this will take a bite out of Microsoft's per seat licensing model. When people realize how infrequently they need a Windows app the s/w purchase or monthly rental fees will dry up.

    *When you aren't stuck with Windows, it's surprising how infrequently we had to fire up the Windows stuff. Once or twice a week was about average when some manager absolutely had to send out some PowerPoint crap.

  8. Re:I can attest to the didgeridoo on 2017 'Ig Nobel' Prizes Recognize Funny Research On Cats, Crocodiles, and Cheese (improbable.com) · · Score: 2

    Join a choir.

    I've heard some choirs. Stick with the didgeridoo.

  9. "One Cat Short of Crazy"

  10. Re:True for any tool on The Father of Mobile Computing Is Not Impressed (fastcompany.com) · · Score: 1

    Nobody ever fapped to ASCII/8 bit porn

    Are you sure about that?

  11. Passivity on The Father of Mobile Computing Is Not Impressed (fastcompany.com) · · Score: 1

    In other words, no keyboard. You just sit and consume our content. If you have anything to say, keep it to 144 characters that you can compose with two thumbs.

  12. traditional American culture

    What exactly is this? One of our founding principles is placing the individual above the group or the state. And to protect the rights of any like-minded individuals to assemble and practice their own culture. That said, where exactly is the definition of this "traditional culture"?

  13. But it's a 5 years later airplane, at a time when technology was moving very quickly.

    First, that excuse can be used to never do anything. Better to build them and then follow on with upgrades.

    One of the things that the Arrow was supposed to do was to be a development platform for the Iroquois engine, which used quite a bit of titanium. In addition to making these engines available to other allied jet programs, they were a means to develop Canada's titanium resources and metallurgy. After the Arrow debacle, Canada basically pulled the plug on developing titanium. Only a few years later, the USA had to make up stories in order to buy the titanium it needed for the SR-71 from the Soviet Union. Think about what it would have meant to US defense production to have a next door neighbor with titanium resources, processing and machining capabilities and even some nice engines to buy or license for our own stuff.

  14. Canada (and Britain) have a history of abandoning promising technology to the USA.

  15. Well .... on Facebook Enabled Advertisers To Reach 'Jew Haters' (propublica.org) · · Score: 1

    ... there goes the market for white bed sheets.

  16. Re:okay we get it, we eat plastic on We're Eating Plastics From Our Own Dirty Laundry (vice.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Unless it's going to leech a chemical that mimics hormones,

    I think that's the major concern here. Plasticizers mimicking estrogen, etc. Either we eat them directly and suffer the consequences. Or fish eat them and they interfere with their growth/reproduction cycles and we get fewer fish. Or gay fish.

    The answer isn't so much to get plastics out of the environment as it is to get these specific components out of the plastics. You will probably absorb far more weird chemicals from your food packaging then from particles that you consume from the environment.

  17. Move your iPhone? on Apple Explains Face ID On-stage Failure (bbc.com) · · Score: 5, Funny

    I didn't think you were supposed to remove it from its shrine. Just gaze at it with admiration. If it deems you worthy, it will unlock.

  18. Contributing to the evils of the world on Union Power Is Putting Pressure on Silicon Valley's Tech Giants (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Just watched 'On the Waterfront' again. Not all evils are corporate.

  19. Re:Viva Comrade! on Union Power Is Putting Pressure on Silicon Valley's Tech Giants (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    That would be somewhere in China. Good luck with that.

  20. Trusted flagger on EU Set To Demand Internet Firms Act Faster To Remove Illegal Content (reuters.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    What is a trusted flagger? Is there a certification and licensing program in place? How about indemnity insurance should the flagger incorrectly call for a takedown and damage some group or the content hosting company as a result?

  21. Re:That is why I use mutt on The Only Safe Email is Text-Only Email (theconversation.com) · · Score: 1

    elm here.

  22. Re:Why no /. coverage of the Apple event? on The Only Safe Email is Text-Only Email (theconversation.com) · · Score: 0

    Here you go. Live video.

  23. Re:One active season and now everything is differe on What's Causing The Hurricanes? (yahoo.com) · · Score: 1

    except of the ones that made landfall

    Ships' logs. Not as detailed as records from on land. But a few hundred years worth.

  24. Re:Quick! A fat bonus for the CEO! on Equifax's App Has Disappeared From Apple's App Store and Google Play (fastcompany.com) · · Score: 1

    Of course. He's to big for his breeches.

  25. ... Google has a patent on The Dark Side.