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  1. Re:Swapping on Rare 9-way Kidney Swap a Success · · Score: 1

    You know that is NOT true, and I would kindly ask you to stop slandering me.

  2. Re:Obvious solution on SourceForge Responds To nmap Maintainer's Claims · · Score: 5, Interesting

    That's what I'm doing.

    Hope to have my SF projects migrated after the weekend.
    My actively developed projects are already on GitHub.

    But just because a project isn't active doesn't mean it's dead; it just means there has been no need (or requests) for changes.

    Luckily none are big enough to be near the top of SF's "loot-&-pillage" list.
    But even then, this seems to me to be the last dying breaths of SourceForge.
    I don't expect them to exist in any recognizable form this time next year.

  3. Re:Latest Chrome and Firefox betas break websites on Chrome Beta Now Automatically Pauses Less Important Flash Content · · Score: 2

    Please don't spread FUD.
    Security weaknesses are pretty bad as it is.
    Obvious overexaggeration just makes people think it's less bad.

  4. Re:Before everyone jumps on the "Hatez the microso on Microsoft To Release Low-Cost Windows 10 With Bing Branding · · Score: 1

    I don't actually have a problem with this, despite regularly having been branded a "Microsoft hater".
    The modern internet is definitely a platform in it's own right. Browser-only (or browser-mostly?) devices have a place in the market.
    The only problem I have with this is the name "Bing"... I just can't help but think of Friends' Chandler Bing whenever I hear it.

  5. Obviously guilty on US Prosecutors Say Clearing Browser Data Can Be Obstruction of Justice · · Score: 1

    This guy is obviously guilty.
    I mean, just look at the evidence; it's not there!

  6. Re:Just partner with Sourceforge on Intel Security Scares Ransomware Script Kiddie Out of Business · · Score: 4, Funny

    And what do you think SourceForge would do with the scripts?
    Hijack the most popular projects and bundle them with malware?
    Oh wait...

  7. Re:Such a nice, sugary story.... on Disney Making Laid-Off US Tech Workers Train Foreign H1-B Replacements · · Score: 5, Funny

    It IS how a lot of fairy tales begin; with evil villains causing unjust and misery.

  8. Re:You Mean...? on Features That Windows 10 Will Deprecate · · Score: 1

    You forgot to mention the nationalistic discrimination feature, which allow the DVD to refuse being used by foreigners.
    Back then, corporate executives were racist.

  9. Translation on 100kb of Unusual Code Protecting Nuclear, ATC and United Nations Systems · · Score: 1

    100% effectiveness.

    What they really mean is:

    We have no clue how effective this really is, and are too stupid to realize it.

    This goes for nearly every "100%" claim and most "99.99%" claims.

  10. Re:Also-ran? on Nokia Shifts To Selling Back-End Systems To Mobile Networks · · Score: 1

    dalliance

    You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.

    "Short-term dalliances" tend not to nearly bankrupt a company.

  11. Re:Subscription or no? on Windows 10 Release Date: July 29th · · Score: 2

    It could very well be that Microsoft has decided to give something away without expecting anything in return.

    Given their track record, it seems somewhat unlikely.

  12. Re:Subscription or no? on Windows 10 Release Date: July 29th · · Score: 1, Insightful

    That link doesn't say anything about the inevitable updates for Windows 10 being free.
    Perhaps I'm being paranoid, but this IS microsoft we're talking about here.
    There has to be something here which is screwing over users, we just have to figure out what it is.

  13. Re: Marketing-driven deadlines on Windows 10 RTM In 6 Weeks · · Score: 2

    I understand MS wants to make Windows 10 a subscription model.
    I wonder if that means this free upgrade will be suddenly start asking for subscription money (i.e. turn ransomware) in a year.

  14. Re:What we should really be... on Australia's Prime Minister Doesn't Get Why Kids Should Learn To Code · · Score: 0

    I'd like to say "Why don't you submit a story?", but...

    Slashdot's problem is that it's owned by the same company that owns Sourceforge.

  15. Re:Another reason my first new car will be a Tesla on Volvo Self-Parking Car Hits People Because Owner Didn't Pay For Extra Feature · · Score: 1

    Not according to this site: http://my.teslamotors.com/mode...

  16. Re:Elon Hours on SpaceX Cleared For US Military Launches · · Score: 2

    So basically you got paid the equivalent of less than 35K/year.

    100k/year.
    50k/year for 40 hours.
    34.4k/year for 251 days/year.

  17. Re:Slippery slope, blame the driver on Volvo Self-Parking Car Hits People Because Owner Didn't Pay For Extra Feature · · Score: 1

    This isn't a slippery slope.
    The driver pushed the gas pedal hard, the car obeyed.
    It's the correct response, even if it hypothetically had pedestrian detection.
    How is the car to know that the driver wasn't caught in some sort of dangerous carjacking situation that warranted the driver's actions?
    Until we get AI that can make decent moral decissions, it should defer to the driver's judgement.

  18. Re:Another reason my first new car will be a Tesla on Volvo Self-Parking Car Hits People Because Owner Didn't Pay For Extra Feature · · Score: 2

    Why can't all cars be more like a Model S and ship with the most relevant technological developments "out of the box"

    Which out-of-the-box Model S are you talking about?
    The one without the cruise control, lane assist, self-parking or adaptive suspension options? (which is all of them).

  19. Oh how I wish the person could be recalled, though I don't think his mother would enjoy it.

  20. What is "autonomous movement"? If I put my car in first gear and release all the pedals, it'll start moving forward without me touching any part of the car.
    In this particular case we're talking about "autonomous breaking"; a safety feature.
    If you make an auto manufacturer 100% liable for any additional safety feature not working 100%, they simply won't implement any additional safety feature at all.

    Also, my sig seems to apply to parent's comment.

  21. Re:Surprised those edits weren't reverted on British Politicians Delete Negative Wikipedia Descriptions Before Election · · Score: 5, Interesting

    It's an issue in that these politicians are wasting the precious time of honest, taxpaying volunteers.

  22. Re:What is the difference of these 2 positions? on Apple Design Guru Jony Ive Named Chief Design Officer · · Score: 4, Funny

    Indeed, for Jony Ive is the God of rounded corners.
    Nobody can make corners quite as rounded as Him.
    He is the Angle and the Radius of corner roundation.
    Fear ye square and bevelled, for thou art condemned to the outer corners of the un-Apple.
    Praise the Omniroundcornerand's name.

  23. Re:Geolock Porn on Leaked Document Shows Europe Would Fight UK Plans To Block Porn · · Score: 1

    They can pry the porn from my warm, wet hands!

  24. Re:*shrug* on 25 Years Today - Windows 3.0 · · Score: 1

    C64 Geos did it better and earlier than Win3.
    Win3 really didn't offer much over single applications with GUI's.
    Win95 was the first release where I thought that this OS might hang around for a while..

  25. Re:Love it on The Body Cam Hacker Who Schooled the Police · · Score: 1

    I wonder why they didn't just downscale the resolution and let the video player handle blurring during upscaling.

    Also, if it's a regular blur, it's possible to restore quite a bit of detail using deconvolution (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deconvolution).