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  1. Re:Playing poker on Wisconsin's $4.1 Billion Foxconn Boondoggle (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    I'm sorry, Registered Coward v2, you misheard the governor. He said, "Look, over there, a union..."

    And then taxed you to pay for the torches and pitchforks.

  2. Re:There is an alternative on The Shutting Down of FilmStruck and the False Promise of Streaming Classics (newyorker.com) · · Score: 1

    I was surprised I liked that site. Same goes for the youtube channel Omeleto. They post short films every so often from a variety of genres. Many times they're hit or miss. But that's what I like about it. It's nice to see if someone is trying to do something different.

  3. Re:In the long run, all streaming is ephemeral on The Shutting Down of FilmStruck and the False Promise of Streaming Classics (newyorker.com) · · Score: 1

    And yet only a few years ago I saw Birth Of A Nation on DVD, with a box cover showing a Klansman on a horse, on the shelves of a Best Buy.

    And let's not forget Cartoon Network. They supposedly had a shelf section which was labeled, "Never to be broadcasted."

  4. The best way it could work... on Star Trek Animated Comedy Series Is In the Works (ew.com) · · Score: 1

    ...would be to make it like Sealab 2021

  5. Re:The Orville on Star Trek Animated Comedy Series Is In the Works (ew.com) · · Score: 1

    "...people were just so radically differently that they'd readily support an obviously evil person from the mirror universe with a policy of getting stuff done, no matter the cost?"

    *raising finger*
    *thinks*
    *turns around and walks away*

    Nope, not going there.

  6. Re:Russia Comedy Channel on China, Russia Are Listening To Trump's Phone Calls, Says NYT Report (thehill.com) · · Score: 1

    I wonder if it's also the top rated show on SCTV...

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

    (Awesome blast from the past.)

  7. Re:$100/month would be absurd. $6,000 for 5 years on The Full Photoshop CC Is Coming To the iPad In 2019 (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    *gasp* You said the 'W' word!

    Wacom is still the industry standard for this type of stuff. And I think Apple is going to try and close the gap.

    Start off with an iPad version to get the kinks out. Then go full steam ahead and come out with a line of touch screen monitors to directly compete with Wacom.

    Several years ago an Apple patent was released for a touch screen monitor. And the design made it so you could slide your iPad into the back of the monitor for recharging and syncing.

  8. Re:We are the Borg... on A Future Where Everything Becomes a Computer Is As Creepy As You Feared (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Ah, a software upgrade.

  9. We are the Borg... on A Future Where Everything Becomes a Computer Is As Creepy As You Feared (nytimes.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    ...we know you want fries with that.

  10. Re:About time on Energy Department Proposes Funding For Ohio's First Offshore Wind Project · · Score: 1

    There's no such thing as an insightful reply, therefore I shall not type.... ...wait....damn.

  11. Reverend Lovejoy's wife stands up and yells... on Entire Broadband Industry Sues California To Stop Net Neutrality Law (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    ..."Will someone please think of state's rights!!!"

  12. Re:let that be a lesson. on Entire Broadband Industry Sues California To Stop Net Neutrality Law (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    I swear people used to say the same thing about truckers.

  13. South Park introduces new character... on California Has a New Law: No More All-Male Boards (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    Tokeena. In 3....2...1...

  14. I'm more worried about... on Apple Watch's Fall Detection Could Get Users Into Legal Trouble (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    ...it keeping track of dates/times a person has fallen. This record could easily be used by relatives to get conservatorship over a senior citizen against their will.

  15. it's the only offal our alien overlords truly enjoy. :(

  16. I can't believe people are excited over the time-of-day screen saver. About 20 years ago there was a program called Sundial which did exactly the same thing.

  17. Re:I have a smart phone I take everywhere on Slashdot Asks: Anyone Considering an Apple Watch 4? (usatoday.com) · · Score: 2

    Yeah, but how many human sacrifices did you have to make to make sure it came back the next day?

  18. Whenever I see an article like this it reminds me of what Aldus did decades ago. (Quick history...Aldus PageMaker was bought by Adobe which later changed the name to InDesign.)

    One release of the program was something like seven 1.4 Mb disks. At that time this was a lot. Not to fall back on their laurels, they rewrote the program from scratch. Their next version contained a lot of the most wanted features people had been asking for...and took only four disks.

    This was the first and only time I ever saw reviewers concentrate on optimized coding rather than the user experience.

  19. Re:Telcos are upset because they oversold themselv on Net Neutrality Gives 'Free' Internet To Netflix and Google, ISP Claims (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    "...video and web pages are not the same kind of traffic and NEED different priority..."

    When I load a webpage it downloads the text first and then images. Prioritized at the client level.

    When I download a file on my computer and play a game on my PS4 the game takes precedent. Prioritized at the client level.

    These decisions are made at my level on my machines. I don't want someone else making those decisions for me.

  20. Decades ago on 60 Minutes... on Net Neutrality Gives 'Free' Internet To Netflix and Google, ISP Claims (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    They had a piece about a city which built a new baseball stadium but had no team. And any time another city would say no to their current baseball team demands, the team owner would say, "We could always move there." So, this empty stadium was continually used as an excuse for giving the team owners what they wanted. This city's empty stadium was constantly being used as a bargaining chip and a scapegoat.

    I think of this story every time I read, "...deter investment and delay broadband deployment...in rural areas..."

  21. "Eve confirms, she'd recuse herself... on Verizon Lobbyist Runs For New York Attorney General As the State Sues FCC Over Net Neutrality Repeal (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    ...from cases involving Verizon or other telecom issues, leaving policy decisions to senior staff..."

    And are the hiring/firing of these senior staff under her direct control?

  22. Faye Weldon wrote it best... on An Abusive Silicon Valley CEO Is Going To Jail (cbslocal.com) · · Score: 1

    "Ordinary people are impetuous and err by accident. The middle class err by design. Therefore the penalties should be doubled, not halved." - Ruth (The Life and Loves of a She-Devil)

  23. Re:1975 - 10 years olds and teachers would sing... on Student Arrested For Posting Zombie-Killing AR Game Clip Filmed at His High School (yahoo.com) · · Score: 1

    Which reminds me of...

    On top of spaghetti
    all covered with cheese

    I lost my poor meatball
    when somebody sneezed

    It rolled off the table
    and onto the floor

    and then the dog ate it
    my meatball was no more.

  24. 1975 - 10 years olds and teachers would sing... on Student Arrested For Posting Zombie-Killing AR Game Clip Filmed at His High School (yahoo.com) · · Score: 1

    Glory, glory hallelujah
    teacher hit me with a ruler
    shot her behind a door
    with a loaded 44
    now teaches stands no more

    Went to the cemetery
    went to the grave
    instead of throwing flowers
    we threw hand grenades
    then we went to school
    and said we really had it made
    cause teacher stands no more.

    No student was suspended.
    No teacher was fired.
    It never made the front page of the paper.

    That year there were three school shootings.

  25. Re: An arrest is not an infringement of rights per on Student Arrested For Posting Zombie-Killing AR Game Clip Filmed at His High School (yahoo.com) · · Score: 1

    "Your rights end where [WHITE] children's rights to not be shot begin."

    Corrected that so our more conservative viewers will be on your side.