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  1. Re:Keep a hammer in the car on BMW Traps A Car Thief By Remotely Locking His Doors (cnet.com) · · Score: 2

    If you don't have a hammer the headrests can often be removed and the metal ends used to break the windows

  2. Once you understand the Islamic Doctrine of Abrogation (later verses replace earlier verses of the Koran) then you will see that Koran 9:29 is the only verse that really matters to non-Muslims.

    This is like a buddhist telling you what the bible says you think, because he studied one too.

    It is like buddhist telling you what the bible says you think, because he studied one too and there are hundreds of thousands of Christians saying and acting on the same interpretation. Yes you might think that Mary Madeline was Jesus's wife ... or that Islam is the religion of peace ... but this goes against mainstream thinking and interpretation.

  3. Re:Challenge to *TRUMP*!?!?!?! on Destructive Hacks Strike Saudi Arabia, Posing Challenge to Trump (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1
  4. The fact that it doesn't have a picture or name on French Man Sentenced To Two Years In Prison For Visiting Pro-ISIS Websites (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    The fact that it doesn't have a picture or name of the "French man" makes me suspect that this "french man" is in fact a Muslim and hates liberty, fraternity, and equality and everything that France stands for. This being the case getting another one off the streets is a good thing.

  5. Re:Developers say it is safe? What about engineers on San Francisco's 58-Story Millennium Tower Seen Sinking From Space (sfgate.com) · · Score: 2

    Re:Developers say it is safe? What about engineers?

    Don't you think that people have had enough of experts?

  6. A better headline would have been "Volkswagen incites the Wrath of Khan"

  7. Apart from the Porsche's 918 Spyder on Tesla 'Easter Egg' Makes the World's Fastest Car Even Faster (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 2

    Apart from the Porsche's 918 Spyder which managed managed 0-60 in 2.2 seconds in independent tests.

  8. Let's hope Argentina don't read this on Royal Navy Giving Up Anti-Ship Missiles, Will Rely On Cannons For Naval Combat (telegraph.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Let's hope Argentina don't read this.....Goodbye Falklands...

  9. Hissing or fake engine noise.

    I want mine to say "Sausages, sausages, sausages"

  10. Re:OK, that's funny on it's own, but... on Microsoft Says Windows 10 Version 1607 is The Most Secure Windows Ever (thurrott.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...now say it in Donald Trump's voice.

    We have a big beautiful firewall. That's goin to block websites. Because websites have drugs, pornography, crime ... and some I believe may be good sites.

  11. Well he did say "This will be Brexit Plus Plus Plus"

  12. I think we should do this on Slashdot Asks: Is It Time To Dump Time Zones In Favor of Coordinated Universal Time? (nytimes.com) · · Score: 5, Funny

    I think we should do this right after everyone in the world learns Esperanto and we adopt base 12 counting.

  13. Easy to root for, as a citizen of Greenwich, England, where no changes will be made.

    Not quite, we'd have to ditch British Summer Time. We are only on UTC in the winter months

  14. Re:We heared the same over and over again on Elon Musk Predicts Automation Will Lead To A Universal Basic Income (mashable.com) · · Score: 1

    > Umm, no.

    Ummmmmmmmmmmmmm
    ummmmmmmmmm
    ummmmmmmmmmmmmmm

    Become a Buddhist?

  15. I didn't invent a lot of things on Gawker Pays $750,000 To That Guy Who Didn't Invent Email (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    I didn't invent a lot of things. Where's my $750,000?

  16. We heared the same over and over again on Elon Musk Predicts Automation Will Lead To A Universal Basic Income (mashable.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    From the 1930s Keynes predicted a 15 hour working week. In the 60s and 70s a three day weekend was predicted. What actually happens is that some people have to work harder than ever for fear of losing their jobs while others have no work and live in poverty.

    The test is whether Musk would be willing to pay a significantly higher corporation tax to fund the basic income.

  17. Re:They really should approve though on UK's Brexit Cannot Pass Without Parliament Approval (aljazeera.com) · · Score: 1

    . Two years after article 50 of the Lisbon treaty has been invoked, the UK will be out of the EU anyways, even if no "exit deal" is reached. That's what article 50 says.

    That's not what law professors told the House of Lords, or the person responsible for drafting the article think.

  18. They really should approve though on UK's Brexit Cannot Pass Without Parliament Approval (aljazeera.com) · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I am against Brexit, but in the interest of democracy it would be wrong for parliament to reverse a vote on the exact same question as was put to parliament. I agree that it should go to parliament, we can do without ancient devices like the PM using royal prerogative to bypass parliament, but the only reasonable direction for the English, Welsh, and Northern Irish MPs would be to vote in favour.

    However after an agreement is reached there should be another vote. People voting for and against Brexit did so for different reasons, sometimes contradictory. For example I know some people who wanted reduction of all immigration to very low figures, and others who though that a level playing-field with the same level of immigration would mean that they could bring in curry chefs from Mumbai rather than having to take on and train Polish chefs. Once there is a concrete proposal then MPs should be able to vote for or against it, or maybe even have a second referendum. After all if most people would disagree with a proposal then it's diffcult to argue that pushing it through is the most democratic course of action.

  19. Re: Be careful what you ask for... on Uber Drivers Are Company Employees Not Self-Employed Contractors, Rules British Court (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    You do realise some of the practises mentioned there are also illegal under UK employment law, right?

    The only one that could be illegal would be "Drivers will be ranked by productivity, with the least productive being fired". Obviously in ranking someone must be bottom, but providing that the lowest are performing adequately then it could be unfair dismissal.

    There would be limits on some of the others, for example on driving hours and "how they must do their work" couldn't include any instructions contravening law (i.e. no rules like "must speed, must use a mobile device while driving"), but I don't think any are intrinsically illegal.

  20. Re: Ita about time! on Uber Drivers Are Company Employees Not Self-Employed Contractors, Rules British Court (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    And nothing of value was lost...

    In fact something of value would be gained, the principle that you can't circumvent laws on hours, holiday pay, maternity pay, redundancy pay simply by saying that someone is a self-employed contractor. It doesn't matter whether Uber stay or go

  21. Pushes Some Apple Loyalists To Ubuntu Linux on MacBook Pro (2016) Disappointment Pushes Some Apple Loyalists To Ubuntu Linux (betanews.com) · · Score: 4, Informative

    Pushes Some Apple Loyalists To Ubuntu Linux

    I would think that some will actually be very few. I'm a Linux fan, but I think it will only attract the very few technically aware MacBook users. Though getting better, Linux is does not match the "everything works" Apple philosophy, i.e. you buy a graphics tablet or whatever, plug it in and all your apps will work with it straight off.

  22. Re:Is it just an American thing on Rich People Pay Less Attention To Other People, Says Study (businessinsider.com) · · Score: 1
  23. Is it just an American thing on Rich People Pay Less Attention To Other People, Says Study (businessinsider.com) · · Score: 2

    Is it just an American thing, the assumption that wealth and class are the same? In the UK we have working class billionaires and a lot of financially struggeling members of the middle classes

  24. "Inerieted"? That's an odd word. Did the writer perhaps mean to type "inebriated"?

    I suspect they meant "inherited".

    But they probably were inebriated

  25. The warhead is designed to be impossible... on Russia Unveils 'Satan 2' Missile Powerful Enough To 'Wipe Out UK, France Or Texas' (telegraph.co.uk) · · Score: 2

    The warhead is designed to be impossible to intercept because it does not move on a set trajectory.

    Cremlin: Oh Shit ... it is coming back to us