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  1. Re:It IS hipsterism (if that's a word) on Cassettes Are Back, and Booming (fastcompany.com) · · Score: 1

    Depends on how often you demagnetize the heads. High frequencies can go away in a single pass.

  2. Re:It IS hipsterism (if that's a word) on Cassettes Are Back, and Booming (fastcompany.com) · · Score: 1

    Q: What do you call 250 Indian girls with no nipples?

    A: The Indian nippleless 500.

    I'll see myself out.

  3. Alibaba isn't worth their book value, Yahoo can't sell the stock, per Chinese rules. But it is worth something. More than the name by far.

  4. Re:No, *physics* killed it on Google is Killing Its Solar-Powered Internet Drone Program (businessinsider.com) · · Score: 1

    Because it's possible, doesn't mean that routine operations will happen at that altitude. Like I say: 'entire class of yet unbuilt airplanes'.

    And nobody has started to address the electric power requirements a hotspot at 60 kft would have. At a 25 mph cruise speed, the wing loading is very low. It's possible the plane will work, just not with a useful payload. Without even looking at power issues, finding a place for directional antenna's on that plane will be challenge, depending on what band they run on.

  5. Impotent anger. Nice.

  6. Re:No, *physics* killed it on Google is Killing Its Solar-Powered Internet Drone Program (businessinsider.com) · · Score: 1

    There isn't much air at 55kft ether. I don't presume to know the flight envelope for an entire class of yet unbuilt airplanes.

    Consider the difference in power required for transmitters depending on altitude.

    Also: Google for 'jetstream altitude' returns 8 to 15 km. 15km is about 50,000 feet (using the 3 meters is about 10ft shortcut).

  7. Re:Should already be habit on Windows 10 Will Soon Lock Your PC When You Step Away From It (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Bet it didn't work on rubber duckies. Just USB storage.

    Rubber duckies look like keyboards to the computer.

  8. Re:No, *physics* killed it on Google is Killing Its Solar-Powered Internet Drone Program (businessinsider.com) · · Score: 1

    You think a solar powered, long loiter airplane would have the speed to fight the jetsteam? Solar powered planes will have the same problem.

    Yes they might work outside the jetstream, but it moves.

  9. Re:Mystery solved on New Research Suggests the Appendix Has a Purpose After All (qz.com) · · Score: 2

    Everybody has two rows of vestigial nipples. The first is easiest to see, looks like a small mole, the rest look like freckles.

  10. Allowing one to avoid taxes and capital controls is a very nice start.

    In this case it is good for the whole world. When the Chinese bubble goes pop, there are going to be 1.6 thousand million pissed off people. Giving the smarter ones a chance to preserve some of their net worth will help.

    How would you have felt, just after the .com bubble popped, if the US government had restricted your sales of .com stocks prior to the mess? At least you would vent your anger at the US government. I'm betting a large chunk of Chinese anger will be towards the 'foreign devils'.

  11. Re:This is a Story about China, not about Bitcoin on Bitcoin Slides as China's Central Bank Launches Checks On Exchanges (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    The Chinese aren't holding bitcoin, they are using it to move past their governments capital controls.

    If the Chinese flux in bitcoin is that large a share of total bitcoin holdings than China and Bitcoin are even more fucked than I thought.

    As you note: Capital controls never work.

  12. Watch for Chinese Glass Hearts on Bitcoin Slides as China's Central Bank Launches Checks On Exchanges (reuters.com) · · Score: 2

    The last time I speculated on /. about the share of Bitcoin being used by Chinese citizens to get capital out of the bubble, guess what happened? I was called a Japanese shittalker.

  13. Re:I don't stream.. on Streaming TV is Beginning To Look a Lot Like Cable (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Even better are private sFTP servers shared among groups of friends and family.

    Set one up and you will find that very soon 90% of your (non-porn) piratebay searches are already on the server. Helps to have one person in the circle on Gigabit fiber...I've got two.

    For live TV I find that OTA TV is 'good enough', especially with an antenna tower so you can just reach out past the blackout areas for sports.

  14. Re: Tried Sling, do not want on Streaming TV is Beginning To Look a Lot Like Cable (theverge.com) · · Score: 0

    In America, one 'side' has chosen to disarm itself. Obviously not 100%, but between the disparity in access and 'gunfu' skills it would be over before it really started.

  15. Disambiguate.

    Thousand million.

    Fuzzy foreigners are confused about Billion verses Trillion. (Statement is true from either side, but Euros are, on average, fuzzier in my experience.)

  16. Re:Make the banks take the risk when an driver hit on Regulators Criticize Banks For Lending Uber $1.15 Billion (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 1

    There is a difference between 'necessary' and 'mission critical'.

    Which isn't to say CEOs are all 'mission critical', some are about as competent as drunk monkeys throwing darts at 'decision boards'.

    If your Janitors (digital or mop) are 'mission critical', you are doing it wrong.

  17. I believe a pinhole camera behind the screen has also been done. Don't recall by who.

  18. Re:Is this worthy of a patent? on Apple Patent Paves Way For iPhone With Full-Face Display, HUD Windows (appleinsider.com) · · Score: 1

    Vague, broad patents fall to prior art.

    Specific patents fall to altered details.

  19. Re:That's one of the nice things about being well on Living Near Heavy Traffic Increases Risk of Dementia, Study Finds (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Women still earn less than men, but statistically spend about 70% of American income. They also control more wealth than men.

    Somehow, women still consistently get money from men. If you think women aren't looking for provider potential when dating, you are just nuts, but we all already knew that.

  20. There are clueless people everywhere. But all AOLers and these days all Yahoo email users ARE clueless.

  21. That explains all the crumbling buildings in China?

  22. A better choice is to not use your ISP supplied email, at all. Do you expect to keep your ISP for all that long? Using their email etc just makes the market for ISPs sticky, which is good for them, bad for you.

  23. Re:Why Mayer was so incompetent? on The End of Yahoo: Marissa Mayer To Resign; Yahoo To Change Its Name To Altaba (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    She was hired because she had a pussy, she failed because she is a moron.

  24. Yahoo users are fools. The only value is in the bookmarks. So keep the domains and redirect them to the new site.

    How much do you think the AOL name is worth? Yahoo is no different.

  25. The user data is available for _much_ cheaper than that.