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  1. It wasn't just Facetime on Lawsuit Claims Apple Forced Users To iOS 7 By Breaking FaceTime (appleinsider.com) · · Score: 1

    I remember clearly that Podcasts were having problems as well. And several of us upgraded just to get that fixed.

  2. I'll always remember him as... on Actor John Hurt Dies At Age 77 (hollywoodreporter.com) · · Score: 1

    ...The Storyteller.

  3. Re:If I Was An Insurance Investigator... on Russian Supply Rocket Malfunctions, Breaks Up Over Siberia En Route To ISS (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    Which then makes me wonder whether the actual components of the rocket were all there. Send up a shell which had no intention of going into space. And then send those parts...elsewhere.

  4. If I Was An Insurance Investigator... on Russian Supply Rocket Malfunctions, Breaks Up Over Siberia En Route To ISS (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    ...I'd wonder if the cargo was actually inside.

  5. Re:Bubble Wrap on Dungeons & Dragons Inducted Into Toy Hall of Fame (npr.org) · · Score: 2

    Actually, cardboard box is already on the list. :D

  6. Behind all the fake tinsel we now find the real tinsel.

  7. Now that I have the Two-Step... on PSA: PlayStation Network Gets Two-Step Verification (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    ...Would someone please teach me the Charleston.

  8. Fair is fair... on Conservative Site Argues Profiting from Snowden 'Treason' May Violate Law (judicialwatch.org) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    How much money have they confiscated from the paid military advisors for the movie Blackhawk Down? While others have been accused, and found guilty, for releasing this same information they were allowed to cash a check.

  9. Re:Old price is the problem. on Apple Should Stop Selling Four-Year-Old Computers (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Actually, we consider the 17" MacBook less a laptop and more a lap dance.

  10. In essence, is the person in the copyright office saying, "We can't have a corporation give out water because someone else might build their own freezer. And that would be bad for Big Freezer Inc. and Big Ice Inc. who are both owned by the conglomerate HydroTwoOxy Inc."?

  11. Maggie Griffin Approved Idea on Scientists Find Chemical-Free Way To Extend Milk's Shelf Life For Up To 3 Weeks (digitaltrends.com) · · Score: 4, Informative

    Or, how about we just sell milk in bag-in-boxes like they do in other countries. They can sit on the shelf for up to 6 months as long as they're not opened. Grocery stores could still refrigerate them so they're cold and ready to go when people get home.

  12. Re:News media not doing their job on Pokemon Go Leads to Reckless Driving, Injuries, and A Corpse (chicagotribune.com) · · Score: 1

    Betcha she only travels East and South since she's already found everything in the North and West.

  13. Official Coroners Report Will Say... on US Death Rate Rises, Health Officials Aren't Sure Why (nbcnews.com) · · Score: 1

    Death by Complacency.

  14. Look! Up in the Sky!... on NASA Feed 'Goes Down As Horseshoe UFO Appears On ISS Live Cam' (mirror.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Batman vs Superman II: The Return of the Phantom Zone Projector

  15. Because the issue isn't that they crashed something. The issue is that they could have crashed something in another country. And it wouldn't matter whether they said it was a test or not.

  16. Six of one... on UK Pharma Giant GSK Won't Patent Its Drugs in Poorer Countries · · Score: 2

    Did the tax code change so they can now just write-off the lost profits without having a patent? And I'm not just talking about the U.S.. Could the ability to do this be in that multi-national trade agreement they're shoving down our throats?

  17. Re:Wolfram? on Ask Slashdot: Math-Related Present For a Bright 10-Year-Old? · · Score: 1

    Wow. I read that too fast. I originally saw Wolfram And Hart.

  18. Put another nickel in... on Ask Slashdot: Math-Related Present For a Bright 10-Year-Old? · · Score: 1

    How about getting him Tool's album Lateralus. It's concept is based on several mathematic principles. Though, this might be something you'd want to give him when he's older. https://scholarhero.wordpress....

  19. Up The Ladder on Crime Lab Scandals Just Keep Getting Worse (slate.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    And where was her boss during all of this? Did he give her raises by checking her performance or her conviction rate?

  20. The Street Lamp on The Most Disruptive Technology of the Last 100 Years Isn't What You Think · · Score: 1

    I thought this would have been at the top of the list. Before street lamps people had to continually worry about their own personal illumination. That's 'torches' for those who have never seen a Hammer film. It also had a great deal of impact on the environment. Wild animals who could freely roam now had to learn new instincts and survival skills.

  21. Next time it'll be cash on When Fraud Detection Shuts Down Credit Cards Inappropriately · · Score: 1

    I actually had my credit card send me a message because I tipped too much! It was a nicely laid out e-mail that had a column of numbers. And the percentage I added was in bright red. "You paid $12.64 for your meal and tipped $5. Are you sure you wanted to give this much?" YES! Because the waitress was working her ass of during the lunch rush! What's next? "Are you sure you wanted to buy name-brand toilet paper in bulk?"

  22. Re:Not the only factor? on Apple's 16GB IPhone 6S Is a Serious Strategic Mistake · · Score: 1

    Thank you Pete for mentioning this. A little history... (Now, my memory may be a little rusty on the details, but you'll get my point.) InDesign used to be called Pagemaker. When the V.3 came out it was five disks. This was crappy especially when you're a company and have to pay someone to upgrade all of your systems one at a time. Which was a heck-of-a-lot back then. When Aldus(?) announced all the new features for the next version people freaked. How many disks was this going to be?...seven?...TEN!??! Three. Two less than the previous version. Because they started from scratch and rewrote the whole damn thing. When's the last time you heard a major software maker doing something like this? I think you're right on point, Pete. Apple wants lean, mean apps. Not bloatware. It'll save disk space and memory allocation. And remember, we're now getting 2 gigs of memory after many years? I doubt they're going to up the memory again any time soon. And software designers need to realize this now rather than later.

  23. William Castle would have done a great job of it. on TSR's Lost 1980s Dungeons and Dragons Movie Script, Reviewed · · Score: 1

    Give the entire audience the dice. And every so often they'd have to roll them and yell out their numbers. The most rolled number would decide the next scene. Hey, it worked for Dr. Sardonicus...well...sort of. ;)

  24. Re:*Holds up hand...* on US Government's Pirate Movie Bootlegger Gets 24 Months Probation · · Score: 1

    "The reason you have property is that the government protects it for you." Unless there's an eminent domain issue and then they protect it 'from' you.

  25. *Holds up hand...* on US Government's Pirate Movie Bootlegger Gets 24 Months Probation · · Score: 4, Insightful

    So why, exactly, does the DoL have 5-tray DVD burners in the first place?