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  1. A Nova III..wow?
    I still have the original documentation for the original Nova and Supernova.
    ooohhh...

  2. The wind... on Strong Wind Topples a Wind Turbine in Japan (digitaltrends.com) · · Score: 1

    Ah yes...Gone with the Wind...
    There's a joke there somewhere, eh?

  3. The taxi business is burdened by regulations requiring purchase of an expensive medallion for their taxi. Medallions run $800,000 to over a million. Uber & Lyft have no such regulation, but they are basically in the same busines. How is that fair? How is requiring a minimum wage hike for Uber/Lyft ever goint to level the playing field?

  4. Dave: "Open the pod bay doors, Hal."
    Hal: "Dave? Dave's not here."

  5. Do most jobs last more than two years in 2018?

    Umm...pardon me...but, where do these folks plan to go? Are jobs that plentiful that they can just skip out and move on? And what will the hiring company think about the "2 years and I'm outta here..."? mindset.

    Geez, as a hiring manager, I would hesitate to hire any of these folks.

  6. Re:Thank goodness on Senate Votes To Save Net Neutrality (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    Thank goodness! Now I can get back to using the internet for what it was invented for: pornography.

    ...and cat videos, email, and Calvin comics

  7. Re:Hows that going to work? on Eventbrite Claims The Right To Film Your Events -- And Keep the Copyright (eventbrite.com) · · Score: 1

    Brilliant response!
    Hey...I may need a lawyer...are you available?

  8. Agreed...exactly WHAT is the author referring to? I read the "TFA" and could find nothing concrete. Agh!

  9. Re:Difficult to compress centuries to hours on Apple Is Developing a TV Show Based On Isaac Asimov's Foundation Series (deadline.com) · · Score: 1

    Gads...I read this series a long time ago, in a place far, far away (oops...wait...getting confused here). Anyway, I seem to recall that the psychohistorian made accurate predictions for awhile, then realized some errors in his calculations. These errors indicated his predictions were going off course. But, he kept it a secret. Hmmm...

  10. Re:Ban corporate campaign contributions on Facebook Donated To 46 of 55 Members On Committee That Will Question Zuckerberg (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1

    The notion that corporations are people is ludicrous..

    Agreed. If "corporations are people", then they should be capable of serving prison terms. And, who, you ask would actually go to jail? The people who run the company: all senior executives AND the Board of Directors.

  11. Re:Juvenile Biological Rhythms on Poor Grades Tied To Class Times That Don't Match Our Biological Clocks (berkeley.edu) · · Score: 1

    Will they ever really grow up?

    No we won't. And you can't make us. So there! Nyah, nyah, nyah!

    Oh boy...thanks for the good laugh... I really needed that!

  12. I don't think you're inherently wrong, but "I keep hearing" is a tired refrain. How about, "There are peer-reviewed, replicated study results"?

    I agree with you 100%. It woud be so more intelligent, helpful, professional to stop referring to these anonymous "people". I hope these are not the talking heads on Fox or MSNBC. And I really hope these "people" are not just the voices in his head. But, we really know better, don't we.

  13. Re:If I lived in West Virginia on Drug Firms Shipped 20.8 Million Pain Pills To West Virginia Town of 2,900 (foxnews.com) · · Score: 1

    Do you have any friends taking 2 opiate pills 3 times per day, at least that you know of?

    Yes. Me. Twice:
    First for a back issue: oxycodone 3 x/day. Later switched to tramadol when the oxy started to get, well, really really good.
    Second for a shoulder injury: opiate 2x/day, plus lidocaine patch, plus 4 ibuprofen 4x/day. The pain had peaked so intensely that I could not sleep for 5 days straight.

  14. Re:Junk mail is worse than any e-spam... on Spam Is Back (theoutline.com) · · Score: 1

    I get two types of junk mail: local (from super markets, local businesses, etc) and national (jewelery, clothes, etc). Both types include a phone number to call to get removed from these mailings. I tried. It worked. No more junk mail.

  15. Can you whitelist/blacklist? on Students Are Better Off Without a Laptop In the Classroom (scientificamerican.com) · · Score: 1

    Pardon my lack of technical expertise here. I am assuming these students are connecting via WiFi, which goes through a router. Isn't it possible to whitelist only those sites you want to make available to the students, and blacklist everything else? Aren't these just router settings?

  16. Holy cow...OpenFog Consortium...someone is really kidding here, but their website is pretty cool: https://www.openfogconsortium....

  17. Can someone help me with 2 questions? on WanaDecrypt0r Ransomware Earns Just $26,000 In Ransom Payments (krebsonsecurity.com) · · Score: 1

    1) Is it possible to trace the bitcoin recipients? To their real IP address? To their home address?

    2) Other attacks are often followed by "those who know" telling us that the attack occurred in Russia, or China, or...wherever. Since it is easily possible to spoof the sending IP address of an attack, how are these attackers identified? Won't all the routing information also be compromised? In fact, the only IP address that is accurate is the recipient. Any help?

    --
    As usual, I am confused.

  18. Re:Let the filling of the Feeding Trough begin on Trump is Launching a New Tech Group To 'Transform and Modernize' the US Govt (recode.net) · · Score: 1

    Yes! At last, someone has solved the problem: we clearly need thingies everywhere, connected, talking to each other, exchanging data about everything, everywhere, every time. And selling all that information. With pictures.

    Of course, we will all be encouraged to remove those TVs, phones, lamps, heaters, and any other electronic device from our bedrooms and bathrooms, because, you know...those things talk to each other.

  19. Re:I can already smell... on GM Hooking 30,000 Robots To Internet To Keep Factories Humming (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    If GM has 30,000 robot hookers, the world is changing faster than I though!

    OK...this one gets my vote for sarcastic humor of the week!

  20. Re:The real problem... on Microsoft Finally Reveals What Data Windows 10 Really Collects (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    So help me here: Is it possible to write a little macro (I know...old think...deal with it) that zeros out those fields that are collected?
    Why or why not?

  21. Re:This is relevant, how? on Bannon Loses National Security Council Role in Trump Shakeup (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Why is this on Slashdot?

    Because national security policy drives information security policy.

    ...and because rumor has it that Bannon wanted all government systems converted back to COBOL. He said he was really fond of those COBOL subroutine names...always so long and descriptive.

  22. Re:Just coding is no longer sufficient on Computer Programmers May No Longer Be Eligible For H-1B Visas [Update] (axios.com) · · Score: 1

    Interesting.
    First it seems to establish a stratospheric requirement ("recognized authority"..."published"),
    but then is says you only need a Bachelors.
    Eh?

  23. Are we missing the key point? on Ivanka Trump To Take Coding Class With 5-Year-Old Daughter (hollywoodlife.com) · · Score: 1

    Wow...how quickly the slashdot discussion goes astray.

    Ms. Trump and young Ms. Trump will learn all about coding.
    Then young Ms. Trump will grow up, get a software engineer job, make a decent living, then get replaced by an H1-B visa from somewhere offshore.
    Of course, young Ms. Trump will be forced to train her replacement or lose her severance.
    Young Ms. Trump will then complain to her grandfather, who will tell her to run for office.
    At this point, someone else can pick up the story line.

  24. Where's my hand basket?
    I have a trip I'm going to take.

  25. I love it...the congresscritters voted to support this bill so they could continue to collect campaign donations from ISPs. Clearly, they did not realize that THEIR browsing histories could be collected, and sold.
    Imagine what the infamous Anthony Weiner would reveal.

    But, my question is: can browsing history be captured if they us a VPN?