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  1. Re:Microsoft's Windows is dead. on Windows 10 is Adding SwiftKey, Laying the Groundwork For Dual-Screen Tablets (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    ah yes, the old 7-4-7 haiku structure we all love

  2. If you want Calculon to race to the laser gun battle in his hover-Ferarri, press 1.
    If you want Calculon to double-check his paperwork, press 2.

  3. Re:Article? on Oil Changes, Safety Recalls, and Software Patches (daemonology.net) · · Score: 1

    It says "An anonymous reader shares a blog post"

  4. Re:Upsell Downside on RadioShack Is Preparing to File For Bankruptcy Again (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    We absolutely needed AAA batteries and Radio Shack was the nearest place that had them. I bought a 4 pack and the guy asked me "Do you also use AA batteries?" in an attempt to get me to purchase some of those as well.
    I told him "No, I only use AAA batteries" and left with my purchase.

  5. Re:What happened to Speaktoit Assistant ??? on Google Assistant To Be Available On Older Versions of Android Soon (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    API.ai, originally known as Speaktoit, had some success with Assistant, which was downloaded more than 10 million times from the Google Play store
    On September 19 2016, Google announced it had acquired API.ai, a startup that launched Assistant in 2011, one of the earliest independent virtual digital assistants (VDAs).
    this from here

  6. You're really complaining a lot more about the image-word-detection and voice-to-text translation than you are about actual language translation

  7. Re:The game needs more stuff to do on Pokemon Go Daily Active Users, Downloads, Engagement Are Dropping (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Dang, that's a really good idea

  8. Intended Streisand Effect on Olympics Committee Says Non-Sponsors Are Banned From Tweeting About the Olympics (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 2

    Is this an intentional Streisand Effect? Are they just trying to get their name out more by claiming they don't want you to talk about them?

  9. Re:I play my own music on Slashdot Asks: What's Your Preferred Music Streaming Service? · · Score: 1

    I, uh, don't think that was right

  10. It's so you can see when to empty it. The fuller the container gets, the less well it works

  11. Re:Tiny? on Ask Slashdot: Economical Lego-Compatible 3-D Printer? · · Score: 1

    because he missed one 'd' on "practiced"?? What are you providing to slashdot with that comment?

  12. Did Hitachi release a swingin song about Shingled Magnetic Recording? The Perpendicular one was great!

  13. Re:Editors : WTF on Britain Shuts Off 750,000 Streetlights With No Impact On Crime Or Crashes · · Score: 1

    Guildenstern: You can't not be on a boat.

    Rosencrantz: I've frequently not been on boats.

    Guildenstern: No, no... What you've been is not on boats.

  14. Re:And how many were terrorists? Oh, right, zero. on TSA Has Record-Breaking Haul In 2014: Guns, Cannons, and Swords · · Score: 2

    Until there are 4 or 5 thumb sized holes, or a hole the size of a window

    Plus no one has ever piloted a shopping mall into a building

  15. Re:must... protect.... god... on Bill Gates Opens Up About Steve Jobs · · Score: 1

    Whip. Llamas WHIP winamp's ass

  16. Re:Gun control however... on California Lawmaker Wants 3-D Printers To Be Regulated · · Score: -1, Troll

    Why do we have laws at all then?  Why do we say don't have sex with children when criminals are just going to do it anyway?

  17. "You ever read a book that changed your life? Me neither." - Jim Gaffigan

  18. Re:Hawaiian Bill! on Hawaiian Bill Would Force ISPs to Track Users' Web Histories For 2 Years · · Score: 1

    I came here to make a similar joke, so I guess my work here is done

  19. S3 on HTC To Buy S3 Graphics From VIA · · Score: 1

    I thought it said $3 Graphics!

  20. I don't get it on A Sticky Touch Screen Lets You Feel the Buttons · · Score: 1

    Why would you be dragging your finger across the screen, looking for a button? If you were already touching the screen, how would you then 'press' the button?

  21. Unrelated reasons? on Fired Gucci Employee Accused of Attacking Network · · Score: 3, Funny

    Thanks Gucci for not breaching time continuity for not firing him for something he would do in the future!

  22. Re:I would be very concerned on Electronics In Flight — Danger Or Distraction? · · Score: 1

    But, much like seat belt laws, they are designed for the people around you as well.  If you're unrestrained during an accident, you're going to bounce around in the car and potentially injure other people.  If you're not paying attention during takeoff/landing and something happens that you don't notice, you could potentially be responsible for 2 peoples' deaths if you were in the aisle seat, at the very least.

  23. Re:not this crap again on IBM Projects Holographic Phones, Air-Driven Batteries · · Score: 1

    Screw meal as a pill.  I want the opposite.

    I want huge whole meals that have the caloric content of something the size of a pill.  I love eating, but if I ate what I wanted, when I wanted, I'd be 300lbs.  I wanna be able to eat and eat and not gain weight, and so does most of America.

  24. Binging on Revenge of the Cable Customer · · Score: 1

    Geez, maybe Microsoft's advertising is working, or maybe it was just the capitalization, but i actually read your signature as Bing-ing (like Googling)

  25. backpack on Cheap Incubator Backpack Could Reduce Infant Deaths · · Score: 2, Funny

    But how do you get the baby to wear the backpack?