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  1. Re:MS Works? on Microsoft Works To Port Ubuntu To Windows ARM (neowin.net) · · Score: 1

    Unnecessary capitalisation wrecks readability. I'm English but would prefer nouns capitalised as in German language.

  2. Weird on Microsoft Works To Port Ubuntu To Windows ARM (neowin.net) · · Score: 1

    And creepy... There must be a carcinogen in the code.

  3. Re: Small bump on Apple's iMac Turns 20 Years Old (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    The switch to Intel came later.

  4. Re: Small bump on Apple's iMac Turns 20 Years Old (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    I disagree about maturity, although it was young, it was better formed than the competition. I bought a dual boot Mac at that time because it was easier to administer than the Redhat Linux that my family had been been using for the last couple of years, and streets ahead of the crashy Windows that I'd abandoned in the past. BTW, are you up for a "dual"?

  5. Re: End of censorship on Facebook May Have Secret Plans To Build a Satellite-Based Internet (ieee.org) · · Score: 1

    Oops my "satellite" just bumped into your satellite. Oh what, no signal? What a shame.

  6. Yes!

  7. Re:Not zero emission in China yet. on Electric Buses Are Hurting the Oil Industry (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 2

    It is nit really corruption. It is simply incompetence on all levels. It starts with hiring the cheapest company and setting illusional goals for finalizing.

    .

    This is a common fault in most of our "capitalist world" where the economy is dictated by accountants rather than people who know stuff.

  8. Re: If cell phones cause cancer on World's Largest Animal Study On Cell Tower Radiation Confirms Cancer Link (digitaljournal.com) · · Score: 2

    unless there is some homeopathic thing going on, holding a cell phone right up to your head exposing it to the the near field is going to dose you a hella lot more than being in the far field of a cell tower.

    Hell if it homeopathic you'd better strap a handset to your head permanently, increasing the distance could be deadly...

  9. Imagine if that had happened with Apple.

    Slashdot would have completely filled-up their Servers by now with the Hand-Wringing and Apple-Hating Diatribe.

    Think about it.

    Do you mean the acutely difficult: sudo diskutil repairPermissions /

  10. Re:It's a Linux software package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Could Come with Snap Apps Preinstalled (omgubuntu.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Indeed it would be a version of the holy grail. As a multi platform admin I find that mostly Mac applications are easiest to deal with. Their bundles are convenient and not that wasteful of space - the contained libraries are tiny and certainly dwarfed by comparison with leftover dregs I find on a certain other popular platform.

  11. Re:Einstein Disagrees on Ask Slashdot: How Would You Explain Einstein's Theories To a Nine-Year-Old? · · Score: 1

    "If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough."" -- Albert Einstein

    You mean like Feynman being asked to explain how magnetism works? https://www.youtube.com/watch?... Nothing becomes simple until the complex bases are understood.

  12. Do I get a rebate? on Intel Says Chip-Security Fixes Leave PCs No More Than 10% Slower (axios.com) · · Score: 1

    If one of my products turned out to do only 90% of advertised, I'd offer a rebate or return for credit (customer's choice). Maybe that's why I'm a small company, not a mega-corp.

  13. Even the Koreans haven't - looks like the "Hot Line" uses XP: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/worl...

  14. It was intended as quip. I'm 2.5 out of those 3 (1:0.5:1), but we all need some humour to make life bearable.

  15. Re: Maybe it's because... on People Still Aren't Buying Smartwatches -- and It's Only Going To Get Worse (businessinsider.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    I understand and have no reason to disbelieve all you've written, the smartwatch saved your life! However I think you'll find a better (and ancient) solution is to get a wife or husband, who will sleep with you. They're far more expensive than a smart watch but they have many additional benefits.

  16. Does DC have bandwidth?

  17. You mean that "sinister" left-hand rule?

  18. Re:Overpriced on Apple iMac Pro Goes on Sale December 14th (engadget.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Very few people have any use for a system like this though, particularly if it's not running Windows.

    I fail to see what "running Windows" has to do with the argument. It's obviously aimed at a market point that you have no knowledge of. Multiple 5K displays are most likely of use to people in moving image processing, this relatively big data needs this spec as an absolute minimum nowadays.

    I doubt very many will be bought for gaming.

  19. I just cashed in on Bitcoin Nears $17,000 After Climbing About $4,000 in Less Than a Day · · Score: 2

    I had some residual left in Bitcoin from early 2016 (note I use the singular). I'd forgotten about this until the recent boom publicity and realised that just like Tulip Fever, it is based on nothing and may not climb much further. Anyway, I'm a happy bunny with the payout (x34). It will probably climb a bit further but many will lose in the crash.

  20. Where I work, if it isn't HP and Microsoft, it's not a computer (for which I disagree). Looking at the posts it seems that Slashdot commentators think that if it's not Intel and Microsoft, it's doomed. I'll stick to Unix on ARM, thank you.

    Oh, and hasn't Apple made a roaring profit (=success) of ARM (iPads) for the last few years? Why shouldn't Microsoft?

  21. They're as smart as they need be on Study Finds Dogs Are Brainier Than Cats (vanderbilt.edu) · · Score: 2

    Each specie has evolved to be as smart as it needs to be, any further would be a waste of resources. Both cats and dogs may have evolved a little faster since they hitched a ride on human civilisation.

  22. P=I*V

  23. So this is a product adverisment?

  24. Re:doctors independent contractors / own offices on UK's NHS Could Have Avoided WannaCry Hack With 'Basic IT Security', Says Report (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Well those same IT people should have patched the servers! Oh wait, they probably knew sweet FA about Unix.

  25. I suspect all AV as being partisan. Not that they're phoning home, just that they're ignoring particular other malware that IS phoning home.