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  1. I have something a lot cheaper on Procter and Gamble Unveils New Device That Aims To Remove Signs of Aging (bbc.com) · · Score: 2, Funny

    I have something a lot cheaper that will make you look years younger. It's a nappy and a rattle.

  2. The car dealership I work for bought a car yard that the former owners had bankrupted. Got inside to look around the day we got keys. All the desks/furniture had been removed by the liquidators, but there were boxes of paperwork laying around that had customer info, bank details and financial info in them. There was also a huge box of unissued license plates.

  3. Re:If Uber stops paying on Uber Glitch Stops Payments To Drivers, Prices Surge (sandiegoreader.com) · · Score: 1

    Seriously, if your employer misses payment on payday, would you keep coming to work?

    But they took my stapler!

  4. Re:Seemed appropriate on Colorado Candidate For Governor Wants To Put His State On the Blockchain (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    I would have thought this was more appropriate https://www.theregister.co.uk/...

  5. Should do an advertising campaign as well on Pentagon Creates 'Do Not Buy' List of Russian, Chinese Software (defenseone.com) · · Score: 1

    "When you think government spyware, Buy American!"

  6. Re:Silly headline on Scientists Discover the World's Oldest Colors (phys.org) · · Score: 1

    Back when I was young, there was black only. Then a man dressed in white appeared and there was white and it was good. I think he was the doctor.

  7. I've got a post it note on my monitor that says "Domain Password: Swordfish". No-one has got the joke yet. https://imgur.com/MYpqHLR Maybe I should change it to "Domain Password: hunter2" so people will get it.

  8. Re:I remember they trialled this on Bondi Rescue on Lifesaving Drone Makes First Rescue In Australia (yahoo.com) · · Score: 2

    Yeah, I thought the same thing when I watched this episode. However, I reckon the drone, depending on its battery range, would do be good for shark spotting. It would also be cheaper than calling out the chopper all the time.

  9. I remember they trialled this on Bondi Rescue on Lifesaving Drone Makes First Rescue In Australia (yahoo.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    They trialled this on Bondi Rescue a while back. They raced the drone, a lifeguard on a board and a lifeguard on the jetski. The jetski won. https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

  10. Re:Or just get one that has 4 wheels on Scientists Discover How To Stop Luggage From Toppling On the Race Through the Airport (theguardian.com) · · Score: 2

    Mine has hundreds of little feet. It also never gets lost!

  11. Re:You get what you pay for... on Bose Headphones Secretly Collected User Data, Lawsuit Reveals (fortune.com) · · Score: 1

    Lord Vetinari, is that you?

  12. Re:I know just the man for the job on 'Sightings' of Extinct Tasmanian Tiger Prompt Search in Queensland (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Yeah, except he shoots the Tassie Tiger at the end of that movie. Loved it BTW. William Dafoe has done some good movies down here in Aus, another one is Daybreakers http://www.imdb.com/title/tt04...

  13. Re:No Take offs? on 'IT Issue' Grounded All United Airlines Flights In The US (nbcnews.com) · · Score: 1

    All planes will land eventually land, it'll just depend if the landing was survivable.

  14. How about a nice game of chess? (connects to Windows Store to download chess app)

  15. Suprised she could move that much without concern on One of Europe's Biggest Companies Loses 40 Million Euros In Online Scam (softpedia.com) · · Score: 5, Interesting

    We're in the process of tracking the same type of emails within our company.

    It started two weeks ago when our CFO received an email purportedly from our CEO asking him to transfer money. The CFO was suspicious the second he read it, as the email was well written, had proper grammar and had more than two sentences unlike actual emails from our CEO (I wish I was joking about this, but I'm not)

    We're still trying to see where these emails are coming from.

    Even if he fell for it and tried to send the money, we have a two factor banking system where someone else with authority has to verify the transfer, authorise it and send it. We handle limits well below 40 million.

    I'm suprised one person can transfer 40 million euros without raising any eyebrows beforehand.

  16. Re: CryptXXX only runs on Microsoft Windows .. on New and Improved CryptXXX Ransomware Rakes In $45,000 In 3 Weeks (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    CryptXXX only runs on Microsoft Windows I presume ..

    I recently switched to Linux Mint; could you perhaps recommend some good Linux-compatible ransomware that I can run on my machine?

    The SCO Group

  17. Just wait until you see "lp0 on fire" on your greenscreen CRT terminal

  18. Re:Lawers should be put out of job on A 19-Year-Old Made A Free Robot Lawyer That Has Appealed $3M In Parking Tickets (businessinsider.com) · · Score: 2

    A world with less lawers is a nicer world.

    Can you imagine a world without lawyers?

    https://youtu.be/m2VxpTMAbas?t...

  19. Re:Took the virtual tour, could clearly see graffi on Google Maps, Lasers Reveal Vatican Catacombs · · Score: 1

    No, it said "Romanes Eunt Domus"

  20. Re:So why continue it... on Bill Gates Acknowledges Ctrl+Alt+Del Was a Mistake · · Score: 1

    Still happening these days. Fallout New Vegas, I'm looking at you!

  21. Re:Are you fine with China getting in and snooping on Linus Torvalds Admits He's Been Asked To Insert Backdoor Into Linux · · Score: 1

    How far away do you live from Aristotle's birth place?

  22. Re:How your car thief will will steal your cars. on Your Brain Waves Are a Password: How Your Next Car Will Check You're Not a Thief · · Score: 1

    Maybe the onboard GPS system can direct the driver to the local police station when it detects the brain waves from a decapitated head**. Pretty pointless directing them to the local hospital.

    * I don't have a clue how long the brain can generate brain waves after decapitation. If the system can read them, you'd think it would translate into nothing but "FUCK, FUCK, FUCK, FUCK, FUCK, FUCK, FUCK, FUCK, FUCK, FUCK, FUCK, FUCK".

  23. Either way, the future of driving will be safer and better. Hopefully before too long we will see the widespread adoption of either driverless cars or, to a lesser degree, this technology coupled with stuff like automatic braking and obstacle avoidance and other technology already on the market.

    Personally, I want the driverless cars. A bad driver is a bad driver no matter how much automation they have at their disposal. In fact, I would say that more automation makes a driver worse if the driver is still the one at the top of the chain controlling it. People who have literally no idea how big their car is, because they rely on automatic cruise control with distance sensors, and automatic parking assist.

    Best take drivers out of the picture all together.

  24. I'd be happy if the technology could be used just to detect brain waves from the driver and prevents the car starting if it doesn't detect anything.

    Some of the maniac's I see driving around here are beyond comprehension.

  25. Re:Wouldn't it of been easier ... on Bone-Eating Worms Found In Antarctic Waters · · Score: 1

    Maybe the wood worms just spread out and find new wood to eat on an annual cycle, or are just really slow to find new wood.

    Where would this wood come from? The tropical rainforests of Antarctica?

    Close. The tropical rainforests of Atlantis actually.