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  1. Whatever they do, the past participle on 'Microsoft Should Scrap Bing and Call it Microsoft Search' (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    ... should be something straightforward.
    We say "I have googled", but what is the past participle of "to bing", is it "bung"?
    Come to think of it -- what is the past and pp of DuckDuckGo -- DuckDuckWent and DuckDuckGone?

  2. book.

  3. I hope they all realize on Apple Says That All New Apps Must Support the iPhone X Screen (9to5mac.com) · · Score: 1

    that they will NOT be supporting the Ultra Retina display.

  4. You failed to explain the amiga3D.

  5. The real story here is Natural Stupidity on AI is Helping Seismologists Detect Earthquakes They'd Otherwise Miss (theverge.com) · · Score: 0

    not Artificial Intelligence.
    In other words, F**king Fracking, which in the end means the destruction of human habitat.

  6. Quantum Leap? on New Silicon Chip-Based Quantum Computer Passes Major Test (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    Neh -- Nature's behind a paywall.

  7. Shouldn't it have been a line segment, not a disc? on New Horizons Probe Captures Images At Record Distance From Earth (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    After all -- isn't the earth flat?

  8. It does have plans for a 'series of tubes' though on Trump's Infrastructure Plan Has No Dedicated Money For Broadband (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    The oil and gas carrying kind... See https://www.truthdig.com/artic...

  9. Let's hope that gcc ... on Unknown Language Discovered in Malaysia (smithsonianmag.com) · · Score: 1

    ... will soon support this new language.

  10. I can put up with the occasional paper jam on Why Paper Jams Persist (newyorker.com) · · Score: 1

    Better than getting the "lp0 on fire!" message.

  11. ..is more dislikes.

  12. To all our friends on Slashdot on NSA Sent Coded Messages From Its Twitter To Communicate With Foreign Spies (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Peace of mind comes without Twitter.
    I repeat: Peace of mind comes without Twitter..

  13. .. in the state of Denmark.

  14. Re:I hate to be THAT one but ... on Researchers Create Simulation Of a Simple Worm's Neural Network (tuwien.ac.at) · · Score: 3, Funny

    They were probably thinking "Wein, Worms and Gesang."

  15. iBoot: One i, one Boot on Apple Says the Leaked iPhone Source Code is Outdated (cnet.com) · · Score: 0

    What iBoot needs is many eyes; they make all bugs shallow.

  16. Why worry? on A Flaw In Hotspot Shield Can Expose VPN Users, Locations (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Isn't this just 'metadata'.

  17. that doesn't like their 'business' model, the 'whatever Pro' thingy?

  18. his insubordination. What is this world coming to?

  19. Better him fired ... on Hawaii Missile Alert Worker Fired, Will Sue State for Defamation (khon2.com) · · Score: 2

    ...than the missile he erroneously sounded the alarm for.

  20. I seem to recall the Jevons Paradox addresses a phenomenon like this.

  21. Apply this idea to politicians on YouTube Will Put Disclaimers On State-Funded Broadcasts To Fight Propaganda (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Imagine the labels Hillary or the Donald would have been covered with.

  22. is where Americans should invest their hope.

  23. GTA? on GTA Online Is Full Of Abandoned Modes (kotaku.com) · · Score: 0

    WTF!

  24. Re:What's with all the stories about the moon? on How To Watch the 'Super Blue Blood Moon' Lunar Eclipse (livescience.com) · · Score: 2

    It's just that astrology and arbitrary meaning (dumbness) in general have been on a steady rise for the past 40 odd years.

  25. Re:So how do I watch it? on How To Watch the 'Super Blue Blood Moon' Lunar Eclipse (livescience.com) · · Score: 1

    Yes, your eyes. Ans maybe binoculars, if you have them.