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  1. Re:MSDN availability? on Microsoft Releases a Version of Windows 10 For the Chinese Government (techinasia.com) · · Score: 1

    I'm no fan of Windows myself, but the company I work for creates software for Windows and has clients in mainland China; I've checked my work MSDN account however and there's nothing there. Is this actually available yet?

    This is for the Chinese government, not the Chinese consumer.

  2. The version of Windows 10 in the US allows data collection by Microsoft and the US Government.

    Of course there is no proof of the last part of your comment.

  3. Lo and behold! on Microsoft Releases a Version of Windows 10 For the Chinese Government (techinasia.com) · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Interestingly, Microsoft is also producing a version of Windows 10 for the US Government featuring "fewer of Microsoft's consumer-targeted apps and services while including more management and security controls" in accordance with the needs of the US government (I know, I work for the DoD). I'm sure that they will, for a fee, do the same for large corporate clients.

  4. Re: All gun laws are anti constitutional. But... on 33,000 Sign Online Petition Promoting Guns At Republican Convention (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    That works for private businesses. But as people have commented up above, there are government facilities also doing this, as if they were a private business.

    For which there are almost certainly laws that allow the restriction that the Slashdot trained lawyers are not aware of.

  5. Re:Ubuntu Easter Eggs on Slashdot Asks: What's Your Favorite Easter Egg? (slashdot.org) · · Score: 0

    Lame. It's just Goatse. Up your game, troll.

  6. Re: All gun laws are anti constitutional. But... on 33,000 Sign Online Petition Promoting Guns At Republican Convention (cnet.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    You misunderstand what a "public place" is.

    Just because the public is allowed some place does not make it a "public place". For example restaurants or any other business is perfectly with their rights to ban firearms on their premises.

  7. Re:Dr. Peter Breggin MD on Brain Implant Can Automatically Adjust Dopamine Levels (ieee.org) · · Score: 1

    Your brain has already been lobotomised, that much is clear.

  8. Re:Megatord! on Yellowstone Supervolcano Eruptions Even Bigger Than Originally Thought (csmonitor.com) · · Score: -1, Troll

    Off-topic moron. Why not take your crap to Reddit where your kind hang out?

  9. Re:Teh on Names That Break Computers (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    An asian co-worker of mine who's family name is Teh has found that his name is almost impossible to type in tools like microsoft word, which auto correct Teh to The.

    Failure to pay attention to "auto-correct" is a user error. Also, please not that with Word (and other word processors) this issue is handled by adding the word to your dictionary.

    This is *NOT* exclusively a Microsoft Word issue, but thanks for your Micro$loth prattle.

  10. Re:In the demolisher's defense on Wrecking Crew Demolishes Wrong Housing Duplex Following Google Maps Error (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    In the demolisher's defense... Both the houses were white with shingle roofs.

    And yet they were on different streets...

  11. I don't see the problem... on Google's $149 Nik Photo Editing Suite Goes Free · · Score: 1

    In other words, they dont want to support or develop it any more and now they can point to the Free price tag for justification.

    And what is the problem with this? You would prefer they keep it closed source even as their own interest in it ramps down?

  12. Furthermore, the real question is, how many titles do they have in their current catalog. How much of a percentage is 2,500 titles.

    Your answer is in the article summary::

    ...has shrunk by a third since 2014. The report claims that in March 2014, the US Netflix library consisted of about 6,500 movies and 1,600 television shows.

  13. Re:"We've noticed you're using an ad blocker...." on Microsoft's 'Teen Girl' AI Experiment Becomes a 'Neo-Nazi Sex Robot' · · Score: 1

    You can not get to Forbes or the ink in this article at all with ad blocking software enabled.

    As to Slashdot, I have *paid* Slashdot a premium to view ad-free.

  14. "We've noticed you're using an ad blocker...." on Microsoft's 'Teen Girl' AI Experiment Becomes a 'Neo-Nazi Sex Robot' · · Score: 5, Insightful

    "We've noticed you're using an ad blocker...."

    Slashdot should ban the use of source links to sites that pull this shit.

  15. Re: Smut peddler.. on Pornhub Unveils Free VR Porn Channel (pcworld.com) · · Score: 1

    Go fuck your self... ;)

  16. Re:10 years as a civilian? on Whistleblower: NSA Is So Overwhelmed With Data, It's No Longer Effective (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    If the programs worked, we'd be thwarting terror plots more than getting hit by them.. yet that is not what is happening.

    How do you know? The FBI arrests plotters and ISIL recruits all the time. And simply because they have not publically disclosed "big plots" that they have broken up doesn't mean that such things haven't happened.

  17. All they need is... on Boom Aerospace Company Wants To Bring Back Supersonic Civilian Travel (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    ...billions and billions and billions of dollars in venture capital.

  18. Re:Women don't like dating engineers, in America. on Amazon Employees Launch Matchmaking Startup For Coworkers (geekwire.com) · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Not all Amazonians are engineers.

    Engineers tend to be introverts and beta-males, and as such they don't exude the sense of power that makes men attractive to women (despite their wealth).

    I keep hearing this. It's an anecdote that doesn't hold true in my circles.

  19. Re:500 dates!!? on Amazon Employees Launch Matchmaking Startup For Coworkers (geekwire.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    Personally, I stick to the under $10s rule for the first date...

    I'll bet you don't have too many "second" dates...

  20. Re:Never going to happen. on Uber Seeking To Buy Self-Driving Cars (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    I think it's sad that reactionary assholes down vote a comment that states the facts and not opinion, simply because they disagree with the facts.

    1. Uber is a taxi service.
    2. Uber declines to follow the rules of taxi services (right or wrong)
    3. Local municipalities are cracking down on Uber, as are several (and counting) countries.

    These statements are factual.

    I have used Uber and will again. But that does not mean I am blind to the contradictions in the Uber Group Think vs. Reality.

  21. Never going to happen. on Uber Seeking To Buy Self-Driving Cars (reuters.com) · · Score: 0

    Uber's time is coming to and end as more and more cities and countries force Uber to comply with the same laws and regulations as taxis, which is what Uber is. These laws are not going away.

    Also, it will be a long time before self-driving cars will be commercially available, there are still many kinks to be worked out and questions about liability that will keep them off the road for general use, especially taxis.

  22. Re:Hackers ruining our infrastructure on What's Frying the Electrical Systems On BART Trains? (ieee.org) · · Score: 1

    I think it's the Chinese.

  23. Re:"a growing number of people" on SeaWorld To End Orca Breeding Program (latimes.com) · · Score: 0

    "Wikipedia has done a great job in training me to ..."

    And that's where I stopped reading...

  24. Re:Seems to be more and more on McAfee Uses Web Beacons That Can Be Used To Track Users, Serve Advertising · · Score: 3, Insightful

    However, using Open Source enables a bunch of eyes to review the code.

    That something can happen doesn't mean it does happen. In fact, very little Open Source other than high profile code, gets "reviewed" by anyone knowledgeable enough to know what they are looking at, other than the authors themselves.

  25. Re:They are not burning a spacecraft on NASA Will Intentionally Burn Unmanned Orbiting Craft In Space (phys.org) · · Score: 1

    Yes and no. The craft is intended to survive the fire, but will later burn up in re-entry.