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  1. Re: IT took me years to learn on Why Did The Stars Wars and Star Trek Worlds Turn Out So Differently? (marginalrevolution.com) · · Score: 1

    George Washington et al never resorted to terrorising attacks on soft targets.

    Tell that to the Iroquois.

  2. Like this guy, perhaps? on The Moral Dilemma of Driverless Cars: Save The Driver or Save The Crowd? · · Score: 1

    William Shockley

    William Shockley

  3. Re:Sweet on New C++ Features Voted In By C++17 Standards Committee (reddit.com) · · Score: 2

    has a responsibly acting committee doing a good job overlooking the long-term language evolution. So much unlike many other programming languages, were inexperienced people have introduced the same mistakes over and over again, because nobody was there to question them.

    To be pedantic here, I'd prefer if they were overseeing it.

  4. Criterion of Artificial Intelligence on Artificially Intelligent Russian Robot Escapes...Again (livescience.com) · · Score: 1

    Will we know that we have achieved artificial intelligence when the robots outsmart the programmers?

  5. Re:Just amazing on Study Finds Password Misuse In Hospitals Is 'Endemic' (securityledger.com) · · Score: 1

    Would a data breach on a regular Joe 6-pack user's machine be newsworthy enough for us to hear about it?

  6. Re:Speakign as a Brit on Assange: Wikileaks Will Publish 'Enough Evidence' To Indict Hillary Clinton (rt.com) · · Score: 1

    As an American, I find it a total disgrace that Margaret Thatcher could be elected PM. And that Charles could be next in line for the throne . . .

  7. Re:I didn't know Assange was a Sanders supporter on Assange: Wikileaks Will Publish 'Enough Evidence' To Indict Hillary Clinton (rt.com) · · Score: 1

    And the early polling had Dukakis with a wide lead over George H. W. Bush. Do you have a point?

  8. Re:It's amazing she still has defenders on Assange: Wikileaks Will Publish 'Enough Evidence' To Indict Hillary Clinton (rt.com) · · Score: 1

    That would be a choice among the least of three or four evils.

  9. Re: Sources of Support on Assange: Wikileaks Will Publish 'Enough Evidence' To Indict Hillary Clinton (rt.com) · · Score: 1

    How is the Iran deal awful?

  10. Re:Sources of Support on Assange: Wikileaks Will Publish 'Enough Evidence' To Indict Hillary Clinton (rt.com) · · Score: 1

    Fortunately for Assange, even Trump isn't crazy enough to declare war on Ecuador.

  11. Re:It's about time on Larry Page Is Secretly Working On a Flying Car (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Will these flying cars have cool theme music?

  12. Re:No looking for new apps on Slashdot Asks: Is the App Boom Over? · · Score: 1

    And if the person "looses" the remote in the sense of throwing it at the TV during low-quality programming?

  13. It's about time on Larry Page Is Secretly Working On a Flying Car (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 2

    Well, it's about time. But will this really make commuting easier?

  14. Re:New Anti-Missile Laser Tech on North Korea Ballistic Missile Explodes On Launch Fourth Straight Time · · Score: 1

    Ah, yes, the Alan Parsons Project.

  15. Re:A new class of rich assholes on Billionaire Technologist Accuses NASA Asteroid Mission of Bad Statistics (sciencemag.org) · · Score: 2

    Getting rich requires a certain skillset.

    Such as being born to the right parents.

  16. Wouldn't seven years be between 4 and 5 generations?

  17. Re:Wow, they really are stuck in the past on Al-Qaeda Calls For the Execution Of Bill Gates and Others To 'Damage the US Economy' (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    A slashdot comment! Perhaps an allusion to Atlas Shrugged.

  18. Re:4.7?? on Linux Kernel 4.6 Officially Released (softpedia.com) · · Score: 1

    Some people's intranets are up to 192.168.0.1!

  19. Which Germans offered to surrender?

  20. Re:Also known as on Combat Lasers To Be Added To US Fighter Jets (nextbigfuture.com) · · Score: 1

    But will there be an ink version? Spray it on the enemy's cockpits and blind them.

  21. Obligatory XKCD reference on Researcher Writes A Machine Language For The Universe (typepad.com) · · Score: 2
  22. Re: But where can I buy^Wrent my software? on Microsoft No Longer Allows Admins To Block Windows Store Access In Windows 10 Pro (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    If only Debian could develop an apt solution for this!

  23. Re:But where can I buy^Wrent my software? on Microsoft No Longer Allows Admins To Block Windows Store Access In Windows 10 Pro (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Are you aware of how sarcasm detectors work?

  24. Re:This is the year of the Linux Desktop on Microsoft No Longer Allows Admins To Block Windows Store Access In Windows 10 Pro (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Does LibreOffice have text-entry math, or do I ave to use a point-and-click interface?

  25. Re:This is the year of the Linux Desktop on Microsoft No Longer Allows Admins To Block Windows Store Access In Windows 10 Pro (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    PDF can also be generated from LaTeX, which allows for math and pstricks (LaTex -> dvips -> ps2pdf).