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  1. It's just easier to have a 2nd device on Ask Slashdot: Why Are There No True Dual-System Laptops Or Tablet Computers? · · Score: 1

    If it is that important that you don't trust a dual boot, you probably aren't going to trust anything that is in 1 package.

    That being said, I carry 2 laptops (personal and business) and 2 phones. I have 2 phones as well, same reason.

  2. Thank you, I'm now a Hubble customer! on Contact Lens Startup Hubble Sold Lenses With a Fake Prescription From a Made-up Doctor (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    As others have pointed out, this is a non story. I do wonder if the source of story is from somebody that has an interest in a different lens company.

    I need different powers of contacts depending on what I'm doing that day. If I'm on a computer all day, there is a pair for that. If I'm going stargazing, there is a pair for that. If I'm walking in the woods hunting for shrooms, yup, another pair. Night? Completely different script too.

    I have only found 1 optometrist that understood my need for dialing in lenses given the application. The problem was that their computer system wouldn't allow the different contact prescriptions. Sure, she gave me a paper copy, but I had to keep the paper copy, because their system wouldn't allow for the multiple 'scripts.

    This company offers a service to me. Please let me decide what specifications I need for my eyes.

  3. With that kind of money, can we have Futurama back on Netflix Plans To Spend $7 Billion On Content In 2018 (streamingobserver.com) · · Score: 1

    Can we please have the 1st 5 seasons (and the movies) of Futurama back?

  4. It works for child birth too on Roller Coasters Could Help People Pass Kidney Stones, Says Study (nbcnews.com) · · Score: 1

    Physics works. Stones, children, vomit, crap.... It is all the same, enough gs, anything will work its way out.

  5. Re:Requires W10 or El Capitan on Microsoft Weaponizes Minecraft In the War Over Classrooms (backchannel.com) · · Score: 2, Informative

    I completely agree and that is why I recommended 'standard' edition. This was refused by the school because they have been sold on the EDU edition. The value adds are minimal, with the exception is that it was 'free'.

  6. Requires W10 or El Capitan on Microsoft Weaponizes Minecraft In the War Over Classrooms (backchannel.com) · · Score: 4, Informative

    I taught a Minecraft class last year at our school last year for 3rd-8th grade kids. They tolerated Minecraft EDU, but would rather just play on servers or in LAN world as a regular Minecraft Client.

    They won't be having the class this year as the Education Edition requires them to upgrade their lab to Windows 10. They aren't going to do that and want linux in the classroom. Now that Education Edition requires W10 for both client/server, I no longer have any interest in the 'value add' of the EDU product.

    I can almost appreciate the need for a W10 server, but requiring all clients to be on W10? No thanks.

  7. Re:Photoshop, anybody on Kim Jong-Un Found To Be Mac User · · Score: 1

    I should have been much more clear. But what you say:

    "Except you're a decade behind the times"

    Is exactly what my point was. So is N Korea.

  8. Photoshop, anybody on Kim Jong-Un Found To Be Mac User · · Score: 5, Funny

    Macs are still the best platform for manipulating photos and videos, right?

  9. Not moderated on their pay site? on News Aggregator Fark Adds Misogyny Ban · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I'm just wondering if it will be moderated on 'totalfark'. Totalfark is the paid side of Fark. I could see this as just revenue generation.

  10. Dup on Florida Man Faces $48k Fine For Jamming Drivers' Cellphones · · Score: 3, Informative
  11. Re:Thanks to popup ads on Security DVR + iNet + X10 = Easy Home Automation (Video) · · Score: 2

    You must be hitting beta.x-10.com

  12. Re:all i really want from IE on Next IE Version Will Feature Web Audio, Media Capture, ES6 Promises, and HTTP/2 · · Score: 1

    You don't need it. FTP is your friend.

  13. Slashdown confirmed on SpaceX Cargo Capsule Leaves Space Station For Home · · Score: 4, Informative

    Splashdown. Status below -

    http://spaceflightnow.com/falc...

  14. How many accidents could he have caused on FCC Proposes $48,000 Fine To Man Jamming Cellphones On Florida Interstate · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I hate when people talk, text and drive. You jam somebody, they are going to take the phone from their head and try to call again, or at least figure out what is going on. This is probably more distracting than just talking to somebody.

  15. Destroyed? Hello No...

    These will be on Woot in a few weeks, re branded of course.

  16. Re:I just have to say... on Latest Java Update Broken; Two New Sandbox Bypass Flaws Found · · Score: 1

    "Is Oracle really this inept at making stuff secure?"

    Aside from their database, Oracle is inept at pretty much everything.

  17. Re:Big news to our family on Gut Bacteria Cocktail May End Need for Fecal Transplants · · Score: 1

    Thanks for the well wishes. It is difficult, if not impossible to feed our son things like you mention. That being said, we are doing the best we can do and are working the diet piece.

  18. Big news to our family on Gut Bacteria Cocktail May End Need for Fecal Transplants · · Score: 1

    We had a son that was born at 23 weeks/0 days. Yea, that is 4 months premature. At this time (he turns 4 in December) the biggest problem he has is chronic issues with his gut. The odds are that he never got the correct mix of bacteria in his gut early on, because he was in a sterile environment when his body should have been getting mama milk and the crap that goes along with it. ;)

    This is good.

  19. Re:Water? On the moon? on Simulation Using LRO Data Shows More Locations With Ice on the Moon · · Score: 1

    Hate to reply to my own - but can't miss this opportunity....

    "The moon does not look like earth at all.
    There are no trees!
    No Lakes, no water at all!
    There is just deep, grey dust.
    Dust, dust, dust."

    "You Will Go To The Moon" -Mae and Ira Freeman, 1959

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_Will_Go_to_the_Moon_(book)

  20. Water? On the moon? on Simulation Using LRO Data Shows More Locations With Ice on the Moon · · Score: 1

    Man, I'm feeling my age. When I went to school we were taught that it was made of cheese.

  21. just use booble on Bing Gets Porn Domain To Filter Explicit Content · · Score: 4, Informative

    go to booble.com

  22. Re:Copying between servers is NOT backing up on Hacker Destroys Avsim.com, Along With Its Backups · · Score: 3, Insightful

    "I hope the same administrator will never again make the same mistake with backups."

    He won't for this company, that is for sure.

  23. Re:3.125% on A Look At the Wolfram Alpha "Search Engine" · · Score: 1

    Or these days, your mother.

  24. 2nd brightest? not quite. on ISS To Become Second Brightest-Object In the Sky · · Score: 4, Informative

    Yes, the ISS is bright and will be brighter.

    This still doesn't rival the brightness of an Iridium flare.

    Predictions of the ISS and Iridium flares are provided at http://www.heavens-above.com/

    Then there have been comets and supernova that have been visible during daylight. Yea, I think the ISS is cool to observe, but don't call it 2nd brightest after the moon.