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  1. Re:Such arrogance on The Universe Has 20 Times More Galaxies Than We Thought (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    How they got to this number is actually fascinating.

    The amount of data you can obfuscate by the innocent displacement of a decimal point is fascinating.

    Assuming of course the speed of light proves a constant and not a variable across the galaxy.

  2. Re:hah! "may" ... yea right. on Android Devices That Contain Foxconn Firmware May Have a Secret Backdoor (softpedia.com) · · Score: 1

    I see this more as corporations looking at slumping sales or sales of the devices that the consumer is still able to root and load other images onto like Cyanogen and that pisses them off.

    Better scare everyone into buying new better locked down phones.

  3. Such arrogance on The Universe Has 20 Times More Galaxies Than We Thought (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 0

    Because the cosmos emerged some 13.8 billion years ago

    Lets just ask an infant how long the Earth has been around by staring at a few rocks, blades of grass and a fart in the wind.

    Then accept that answer as absolute dogma to be defended in online discussion forums with rating systems to down-vote everyone that disagrees with that dogma.

    GO :>

  4. Careful not to drink the Hillary koolaid here.

  5. Re:So the bureaucrats have solved all the problems on Germany Calls For a Ban On Combustion Engine Cars By 2030 (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    Electric tractors for hobby-farms yes. Not for serious agriculture. No way in hell.

  6. We owe no loyalty to *them*, but they should to us.

  7. Re:So the bureaucrats have solved all the problems on Germany Calls For a Ban On Combustion Engine Cars By 2030 (engadget.com) · · Score: 0

    It doesn't really matter

    Is the quote that wants everyone to disregard physics and believe in his or her fantasy regarding what people will *do* regardless of what OP *wants*.

    Here, let me just set my batteries on file while I plow hundreds of thousands of acres of farmland at 2 miles an hour.

    Recall that Tesla has to be talking about pickup trucks. Semi's are allowed to weigh up to 88,000 pounds on US highways. You would need a load full of batteries just to move that at highway speeds.

  8. Re:Finally, news for nerds... on MuckRock Identifies The Oldest US Government Computer Still in Use (muckrock.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    We had a customer call us to fix their billing system that ran on an old 8088 in the mid 90s. It was in a welding shop and never cleaned. When we opened it there was metal power-laced dust-bunnies all over everything and the system was fried.

    We built them a new machine and went to restore their data. They had kept their backups on a 5.25 floppy and sometime they turned off the write verify because 'it was taking too long'. Well at some point years ago the drive stopped writing data to the disk and they had no idea.

    They ended up manually inputting two years of financials to get caught up.

  9. Re:Old sometimes better than new on MuckRock Identifies The Oldest US Government Computer Still in Use (muckrock.com) · · Score: 1

    "Track 0 bad -Disk unusable"

    This was usually a symptom of your anti-virus denying access to the boot sector of the drive because it detected badness. Wiping the disks with the library's anti-theft magnetizer would usually do the trick and the drive was usable again.

  10. make calculated decisions on whether or not to intervene in any socially distressing situation.

    As long as it fit within the budget,

  11. What would happen if the zombies from Yahoo mated with with Ebola victims of AOL? And would we still need to bus their asses around?

  12. There's a rope for that.

  13. Re:better to snipe at successful people on /. on Linus Torvalds Says 'Buggy Crap' Made It Into Linux 4.8 (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    You are a degenerate.

  14. Re:Someone should make an Indonesia Stupid Meme on Indonesia Wants To Criminalize Memes (dailydot.com) · · Score: 1

    Not a cliche or Lazy Language, but a linguistic term used in debate.

  15. +1 insightful Pls.

  16. Re:Cause on Google's Autonomous Car Passes 2 Million Miles · · Score: 1

    It's sad this was modded down to oblivion but it's tragically very true.

    When evaluating who was at fault of an accident it's not who *caused* the accident, but who gets hit in most cases.

    If someone's coming into your lane you and you change lanes and get a broadside it's your fault, as opposed to staying straight and praying your car stops in time and getting killed in the head on.

  17. Re:Someone should make an Indonesia Stupid Meme on Indonesia Wants To Criminalize Memes (dailydot.com) · · Score: 2

    I know this is a slippery slope but I for one would love to see Meme's disappear. If you are unable to articulate your thoughts in an educated manner then you really have no place at the table.

    At this rate our communications will devolve from Memes back to Hieroglyphics. "Dewd she schooled you, she showed you the *bird* "

  18. Re: they should really plan for this on Outage Knocks Out All Major Phone Providers On the East Coast (dailydot.com) · · Score: 0

    Level 3. Not surprised in the least. I had worked for a company that hosted there. There was at least one power outage per quarter and often lasted for hours.

  19. Re:they should really plan for this on Outage Knocks Out All Major Phone Providers On the East Coast (dailydot.com) · · Score: 2

    You have been watching too much Mr. Robot.

  20. Re:Closer to true than you might think on Outage Knocks Out All Major Phone Providers On the East Coast (dailydot.com) · · Score: 1

    You could only get access from a university and then only as a student there in some class that needed it,

    Or you knew someone with the right number to call. Some universities used department level login credentials that would get you all the Archie, Gopher, or WAIS you wanted.

    Finding things was a lot like exploring a new HDD you found in the closet with no *real* search functions. Finding neat and interesting stuff could be a real challenge sometimes.

  21. The market will decide. on Samsung's Next Flagship Smartphone May Not Feature a Headphone Jack (sammobile.com) · · Score: 1

    Long live LG !!

    ( Better phones anyways )

  22. Re:Is the implication that fresh water is bad? on Scientists Identify Another Source of Dangerous Greenhouse Gases: Reservoirs (popsci.com) · · Score: 1

    Oh and Drain the lakes too.

  23. Re:Is the implication that fresh water is bad? on Scientists Identify Another Source of Dangerous Greenhouse Gases: Reservoirs (popsci.com) · · Score: 1

    Someone better get rid of the fucking ocean then. That's the biggest body of water right there. Problem solved.

  24. Re:Is the implication that fresh water is bad? on Scientists Identify Another Source of Dangerous Greenhouse Gases: Reservoirs (popsci.com) · · Score: 1

    Mod me down and I will become more powerful than you can possibly imagine.

    The truth is seldom appreciated and I am not surprised to be modded down for telling it.

  25. Re: Is the implication that fresh water is bad? on Scientists Identify Another Source of Dangerous Greenhouse Gases: Reservoirs (popsci.com) · · Score: 1

    All the while the same turds have to have their smart-phones, starbucks Latte's, electric cars and toilet paper, etc.