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  1. Re:A blacklist of sites distributing this crap exi on Microsoft Is Confident In Security of Edge Browser · · Score: 1

    Looky here. Hosts file mods are ok, but when it becomes too unwieldy it slows the crap out of any browser and blocks sites you really want to see. Blocking 3rd party sites sometimes makes the parent page not work.
    So far add block is the only solution and setting that up on IE is a pain and quite flaky so unless Edge has something familiar, I can't and won't use it.
    The other recommendation is to get all flash requests to ask before running. Saves bandwidth and autorun video and other stuff and makes pages load a lot faster.

  2. Re:The first edition on Microsoft Is Confident In Security of Edge Browser · · Score: 2

    Any modern browser is good enough IF their UI is usable. What makes I.E. and perhaps Edge last in line is the pathetic amount of add-ons and plug-ins. Last time I looked there was less than 10. The other unmentionable is the UI. The clean look trades off functionality. Why bury common functions? What's the point?

  3. Uber wants to buy Nokia's HERE maps. Personally I don't trust them. HERE maps are excellent and I'm afraid that Uber will stuff them up somehow like MS did with Skype.

  4. Re:Not for animals or locations on World Health Organization Has New Rules For Avoiding Offensive Names · · Score: 1

    Naaah.... the local housos here say 'Old Timer's' instead.
    I need to lie down as I think I'm getting another episode of Gornophobia.

  5. Re:Not for animals or locations on World Health Organization Has New Rules For Avoiding Offensive Names · · Score: 1

    Meh. Lyme disease is not recognized in Australia. Patients are treated for symptoms, often with incorrect medications.

  6. Re:Not for animals or locations on World Health Organization Has New Rules For Avoiding Offensive Names · · Score: 2

    Way back when swine flu was rampant, the only pig in Afghanistan was quarantined. Evidently, the Afghans kept one as a curiosity in a zoo.
    http://www.reuters.com/article...

  7. As long as you don't own one on British Pilots: Poll Data Says Public Wants Strict Rules For Drones · · Score: 1

    I bet the people who are against it are the ones who don't own one.

    More elucidation here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

  8. Re:Here's a "real" example on The Challenge of Web Hosting Once You're Dead · · Score: 2

    Next door neighbor has kept his deceased daughter's website an facebook pages alive. I reckon facebook will last a long long time.

  9. Re:Named on The Challenge of Web Hosting Once You're Dead · · Score: 1

    The best thing anyone can do to be remembered is simply to have your DNA done. This gets placed into a world database and is searchable. The DB will last as long as DNA studies exist, which is presently pretty much forever in human terms.
    Spend as much as you can - for around $350 you can get a lot of DNA markers analyzed and stored. Anyone doing your genealogy would be very grateful and you will be remembered.
    www.enaos.net (French site) is also an option.

  10. Re:if I am dead on The Challenge of Web Hosting Once You're Dead · · Score: 0

    But I know it stokes God when we follow him, do good, be loving, and help people in their faith. So helping people to find Jesus even when I'm not around will be beneficial.

    You should know that the concept you are proselytizing is an ancient Greek one, where worship of their gods keep them in existence. The corollary is that if you forget your gods, they disappear.

  11. Re:OMG - How will I update twitter when I'm dead? on The Challenge of Web Hosting Once You're Dead · · Score: 1

    Webcam in the coffin that auto uploads every now and then. Just make sure you've dressed to your expectations. What else?

  12. Re:Pick a field you like on Ask Slashdot: Moving To an Offshore-Proof Career? · · Score: 1

    That's good and pretty realistic. I think I can specialize though as I'm fairly bloated; envisioning scenes where they drag me up from a lake bed. Minimal makeup, no fat suit required and I flop around convincingly as well. I also have a few head scars and a dented plate where my left temple used to be so my left v right profile is different. Only got 3 teeth too.
    Know any good agents?

  13. Let's not jump to conclusions on Brainwave-Reading Patents Spike On Increase In Commercial Mind-Reading Apps · · Score: 3, Funny

    I can see it now. Next iteration of Windows Phone will automatically select your emoji.
    Mind you, my brain pulses like a bad 50's B grade movie.

  14. Re:Pick a field you like on Ask Slashdot: Moving To an Offshore-Proof Career? · · Score: 1

    I had a flash of insight the other day. I thought of being an actor that only plays dead bodies. Job should pay well.

    ACTION!: Lie there
    CUT!: "That was brilliant".

    Profit....

  15. Re:Barber or Masseuse on Ask Slashdot: Moving To an Offshore-Proof Career? · · Score: 1

    A highly esteemed Professor of Chemistry from the University of Budapest wound up as a high school lab assistant at my school. None of his qualifications were recognized after he emigrated to Australia. Brilliant mind, too old to retrain. The school allowed him to teach a few classes in top level chemistry and physics.
    Your janitor references Big Bang Theory btw.

  16. Re:Bailout on 28-Year-Old Businessman Accused of Stealing $1 Billion From Moldova · · Score: 1

    Most of the woodcuts depicting the act showed a large cauldron with the boilee inside, surrounded by flames. Presumably the boilers used water.

  17. Re:I knew it wasn't "Delores" on 28-Year-Old Businessman Accused of Stealing $1 Billion From Moldova · · Score: 1

    Thanks. Must be the American accent.....

  18. Re:Bailout on 28-Year-Old Businessman Accused of Stealing $1 Billion From Moldova · · Score: 1

    I thought it was the Uzbeks that boiled them, not the Moldavians.

  19. Re:I knew it wasn't "Delores" on 28-Year-Old Businessman Accused of Stealing $1 Billion From Moldova · · Score: 1

    I will do a self deprecating woosh over my head as I still can't work out what term of the female anatomy either Seinfeld or whatever is referring to.

  20. Re:Moldova on 28-Year-Old Businessman Accused of Stealing $1 Billion From Moldova · · Score: 1

    Moldavia was the medieval lands. Moldova is the current political nation. Same place though.

  21. Re:Brand? on 17-Year-Old Radio Astronomy Mystery Traced Back To Kitchen Microwave · · Score: 1

    Does the bff glow in the dark?

  22. Re:Brand? on 17-Year-Old Radio Astronomy Mystery Traced Back To Kitchen Microwave · · Score: 1

    You're right. I only realized how good the appliances were when I house sat for a month. All she said to the salesperson was "I just want quality. I don't ever want to buy it again." Good sales staff know their products, know about return data/model and respect warranty issues.

  23. Re:Brand? on 17-Year-Old Radio Astronomy Mystery Traced Back To Kitchen Microwave · · Score: 1

    AHA! I recently replaced my old dryer with one that shuts off when it considers the clothes dry enough. It also has an 'off' switch and an interior light. It is so efficient that I don't even think about it as being a power hog.

  24. Re:ALIENS! on Mysterious Sounds Recorded During Near Space Balloon Flight · · Score: 1

    Smegging garbage pod!

  25. Re:From what I know of SalesForce, it's a perfect on Report: Microsoft Considering Salesforce Acquisition · · Score: 1

    And then there is NetSuite http://www.itwire.com/it-indus...