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  1. Re: Think of it as evolution in action. on 'Superbug' Resistant To 26 Antibiotics Kills A Patient In Nevada (upi.com) · · Score: 1

    Of course, if you had bothered to RTFA, you would have noticed that the antibiotic resistance element in question most likely came from a pig who was fed the drug in it's feed.

    How is that not overuse of antibiotics?

  2. Re:VLC isn't a native macOS app? on Chrome is Getting the Ability To Play FLAC (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Yes.

    PS: Welcome to Slashdot.

  3. Re: Breaking news, water is wet! on Wireless Headphone Sales Soared After Apple Dropped Headphone Jack (fortune.com) · · Score: 1

    26% of nothing is nothing.

    Math: Do you do it?

  4. Re: From the department of the obvious... on Wireless Headphone Sales Soared After Apple Dropped Headphone Jack (fortune.com) · · Score: 1

    With less than a month of sales data it's hard to say how many of those will regret their impulse purchase.

    Apples offering isn't exactly getting 5-star reviews.

    https://www.cnet.com/products/...

  5. Re:Breaking news, water is wet! on Wireless Headphone Sales Soared After Apple Dropped Headphone Jack (fortune.com) · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    If you bought an iPhone this Xmas then the only way to listen to it is with something wireless. These people literally had no choice about what sort of things to buy.

  6. Re:Breaking news, water is wet! on Wireless Headphone Sales Soared After Apple Dropped Headphone Jack (fortune.com) · · Score: 1

    What's 'soaring'?

    They went from selling two pairs a month to three? What...?

  7. Re:Make the banks take the risk when an driver hit on Regulators Criticize Banks For Lending Uber $1.15 Billion (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    Where were these "regulators" when the banks were lending trillions on junk mortgages then reselling them to people as bonds?

  8. Re:double standards on Volkswagen Closes In on $4.3 Billion US Settlement in Diesel Scandal (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    Only allowed when the EU targets a USA company.

    Don't look at me, I don't make the rules!

  9. It's almost as if you missed the links to the TV documentary posted further up.

  10. Re:Documentary on Vast New Tomb Now Covers The Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster Site (slashdot.org) · · Score: 1

    PS: And ... what did you think of the documentary?

  11. Re:Documentary on Vast New Tomb Now Covers The Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster Site (slashdot.org) · · Score: 1

    Instead of futzing around with a 1.26 GiB torrent, you can just watch it on YouTube:

    Horses for courses. I just clicked a magnet link and two minutes later I had a copy I could watch at leisure.

  12. Re:Kicking the can down the road.. on Vast New Tomb Now Covers The Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster Site (slashdot.org) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Isn;t this really just making a bigger headache for the people that have to deal with this in 100 years time?

    No.

    The original sarcophagus is falling apart. It was built by people who could only stay in the zone for a few minutes at a time and has no welds, bolts, or anything else. It's basically just a big pile of heavy stuff on top of the reactor.

    Something has to be done. Now.

    This new dome has plenty of space inside it and lots of cranes and robots built-in to dismantle the old stuff. When it's finished work a few years from now there will be easy access to the reactor, lots of space, and many years left over to think about what to do next.

  13. Documentary on Vast New Tomb Now Covers The Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster Site (slashdot.org) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    The BBS did an excellent documentary on this last week, well worth watching:

    https://thepiratebay.org/torre...

  14. Re:Apple is no longer a computer company on Apple's Share of PC Users Drops To A Five-Year Low (infoworld.com) · · Score: 1

    Apple Inc. does not even innovate with the Apple iPhone products. On the desktop and notebook front Apple Inc. has not refreshed their hardware in years nor have they made a compelling case as to why someone should buy their desktop and notebook computers in 2017.

    Obviously they don't need to change anything - people are happy as-is.

  15. Re:Apple is no longer a computer company on Apple's Share of PC Users Drops To A Five-Year Low (infoworld.com) · · Score: 1, Informative

    Saying as a user of iPhone, new MacBook Pro, iPad, TimeCapsule and AppleTV, that apple is no longer a computer company.

    Go to an educational institution sometime. Out of every 100 laptops on display 99 will be MacBooks.

    (I don't know why - you can also get thin/small Windows laptops if you're prepared to pay Mac prices for one).

  16. Re: when you need to take ALL OF YOUR PORN on Kingston DataTraveler Ultimate GT 2TB Is World's Largest Capacity Flash Drive (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    If your thumb is as big as this thing then you should see a doctor.

  17. Re: Breaking, or braking? on Tesla Rolling Out Autopilot Software Updates to 1,000 Cars (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    I really don't think you did.

  18. Re:Yes, a fine research tool! on Wikipedia Announces Their Most Viewed Articles Of 2016 (wikipedia.org) · · Score: 1

    To be fair, Carrie Fisher only died a few days ago and she's still near the top.

    Who knows what would have happened if she'd died a week earlier?

  19. Re:Keep it original... on Lucasfilm Creates A 4K Ultra-HD Restoration of the Original 'Star Wars' (4k.com) · · Score: 1

    Because in the original one Han Shot First.

  20. Re:Sails under the black flag on Despite Piracy Claims, North American Box Office Hits Record $11.4 Billion In 2016 (variety.com) · · Score: 1

    The "study's" what? Come on, don't leave us in suspense...

  21. Re:All those movies suck. on Despite Piracy Claims, North American Box Office Hits Record $11.4 Billion In 2016 (variety.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    Why do the worst movies make the most money?

    Because parents will pay any amount of money to shut the kids up for 90 minutes.

  22. They love consuming hype.

    Sadly true.

    In their heads they always want to believe they're doing the latest, greatest thing. Even if it's not.

  23. Looks to me like somebody is going for a higher-paid job in Trumps brave new administration.

  24. Re:Sure, I also stream a lot... on Music Streaming Hailed as Industry's Saviour as Labels Enjoy Profit Surge (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    I can assure you that Apple/Spotify aren't paying artists anything.

  25. Now that's a term I haven't heard in a long time...

    It's almost as if you didn't read to the end of the article summary before posting that...