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  1. Re:The book they need isn't a CS book. on High School Computer Science: Look Ma, No Textbooks! · · Score: 1

    X as taught in high school is not the same as X defined at the collegiate/university level.

    Isn't that rue for all X?

  2. Re:Ob on Big Backing For 'Universal Stylus' Campaign (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Mistake isn't there in the original. The editors can't even copy and paste properly.

  3. Re:I'd think this was a stupid story on Big Backing For 'Universal Stylus' Campaign (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    and brake when falling

    They have parachutes?

  4. Yes but banning the is the president wouldn't work.

    Wouldn't work? It doesn't even parse.

  5. Re:Great on 'The State of JavaScript Frameworks, 2017' (npmjs.com) · · Score: 1

    Don't worry, this year's climbers will probably be next year's lamers.

  6. Re:Ask Alexa the weather? on Amazon Alexa is Coming To Headphones, Smart Watches, Bathrooms and More (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    If you don't have a smart watch it's right where it always was - outside.

  7. Re:My Great Big Nuclear Button on Scientists Get Closer To Replicating Human Sperm (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    They aren't even tolerant of each other. Maybe they could start by agreeing on what the exact definition of a woman is.

  8. Like, it has two graces?

  9. Re:If it's legit,.. on An Anonymous Bitcoin Millionaire Is Donating Their Fortune To Charities (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    Respect to the donator.

      Assuming he knows about it, of course.

  10. Re:Most "purists" are hypocrites on Why Linux HDCP Isn't the End of the World (collabora.com) · · Score: 1

    "This Churchill guy is a hypocrite. He wants to fight the Germans, but gets so angry when you suggest we appease them instead. I mean, fighting the Germans means we don't get destroyed by them, and appeasement also means we don't get destroyed by them."

    I don't know where you studied history and logic, but you should ask for a refund.

    Fighting the Germans doesn't mean you won't get destroyed by them. Beating them does.

  11. Stupid answer: in Soviet Russia, country of origin masks YOU!

    Slightly less stupid answer: it won't work. They'll find some flaw, bodge, frig or loophole.

  12. Re:Flying nuclear reactors != clever on China Will Spend $3.3 Billion to Research Molten Salt Nuclear-Powered Drones (scmp.com) · · Score: 1

    > unless you want the ground crews and mechanics to die of radiation exposure.

    Right, because suits aren't an actual thing.

  13. Re: And how many were false positives? on Facial Recognition Algorithms -- Plus 1.8 Billion Photos -- Leads to 567 Arrests in China (scmp.com) · · Score: 1

    People make false positives all the time, too, and presumably these are double-checked by the actual cops making the arrest, the prosecutor bringing the case, and the judge and jury involved in assessing his guilt.

    *golf clap*
    Nice one. For a moment I thought you were serious.

  14. Re:Godel, Esher and Bach on Your Brain 'Blinks' When Your Attention Shifts, Researchers Discover (vanderbilt.edu) · · Score: 1

    Wow a bot claiming to be a human but who doesn't know that peripheral vision is a thing!

    I've heard of peripheral vision. That's how I know it's not the focus of attention. It's only really good for motion detection.

    Turing test failed

    Talking to to yourself? First sign of madness, that.

  15. If there wasn't a problem, We should expect to see participation at around the same percentages as the population of the area.

    Basketball is pretty racist then.

  16. the densest things in the universe apart from black holes and slashdot editors.

    FTFY.

    Actually, I'm not sure about the black holes.

  17. Re:Its hard to tell what the poster is upset about on Is Open Source Innovation Now All About Vendor On-Ramps? (infoworld.com) · · Score: 1

    Making software of completely requires a lot of man hours isnâ(TM)t free even for volunteers base.

    Lost me there. Is it from Zero Wing?

  18. Re:Godel, Esher and Bach on Your Brain 'Blinks' When Your Attention Shifts, Researchers Discover (vanderbilt.edu) · · Score: 1

    How do they do that? Do they have multiple foveas?

    That aside, if I was writing a summary about something that's quite similar to something else I'd add a sentence explaining why it's different, but I'm a bit eccentric sometimes.

  19. So you might die, and it would cost somebody his bonus to prevent that.

    It's the Ford Edsel all over again.

  20. The morale of the story? on Legislators Take Aim At Star Wars Battlefront II, EA Over 'Gambling In Games' (polygon.com) · · Score: 1

    The morale of the story? Employ editors who are actually literate.

  21. Michael Jackson?

  22. Re:Nice Advertisement on Deep Learning Is Eating Software (petewarden.com) · · Score: 2

    Of course if it looks like it'll save money then it'll get applied to problems which aren't suitable. There will be tears; whether they're of sadness or laughter, we know not yet.

  23. Re: two spaces == Period and Apostrophe catastro on An iOS 11.1 Glitch Is Replacing Vowels (mashable.com) · · Score: 1

    It's amazing how many people don't write like that.I find it very annoying,don't you?

  24. Re: Bullshit on iOS 11 'Is Still Just Buggy as Hell' (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    Perhaps they don't want to admit they made a mistake hiring him?

  25. From the department of redundancy department on Windows 8 and Later Fail To Properly Apply ASLR (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 0

    if users have enabled system-wide ASLR protection turned on

    As opposed to having disabled system-wide ASLR protection turned on, or enabled system-wide ASLR protection turned off...?

    Were you not taught to write "Its height is six feet" or "It's six feet high" and not "Its height is six feet high" when you were in primary school?