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  1. Re:Please no on Europe Plans Ban on Plastic Cutlery, Straws and More (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    Learn to use chopsticks.

  2. Re:High Cost of Damaging the Brand on A Star Wars Boba Fett Movie Is In the Works (variety.com) · · Score: 1

    The Calvary led my Robert Mueller.is all the help we need. War hero vs. Draft dodging coward. This is what makes for a great story.

  3. Re:High Cost of Damaging the Brand on A Star Wars Boba Fett Movie Is In the Works (variety.com) · · Score: 1

    Also Luke instead of growing up, reverted to a pouty 9 year old that prefers temper-tantrums.

    Luke = Donald Trump

  4. Re:All this from playing Warcraft? on UK Military Fears Robots Learning War From Video Games (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    How do you equate becoming good at a Real-time Strategy or Shoot-em-up game with being able to be a good hacker?

    Watch the movie "War Games."

  5. Since the link to the TFA was broke can't tell.

  6. Wifi signal is a big problem on Wi-Fi Alliance's Wi-Fi EasyMesh Certification Aims To Standardize Mesh Networks (pcworld.com) · · Score: 1

    If you have to go more than one hop using a radio, it may work most of the time but there will be outages, brown outs, and rebooting equipment. No way that even works as the number of nodes reaches 10 or more. My experience has been with consumer grade access points however. YMMV

  7. What about Draft Kings? on EA Still Believes in Loot Boxes, Will 'Push Forward' With Their Use (variety.com) · · Score: 1

    Players spend real money to gamble on Draft Kings fantasy teams in MLB, NHL, NBA, and NFL. How is this not considered gambling yet loot boxes that don't payout real money is? All these pro leagues not only tolerate this, they take money from Draft Kings who is an official sponsor? What would Kenesaw Mountain Landis think of this?

  8. Cameras that use glass negatives will be the rage one day.

  9. Re:Is there a way to avoid the update? on Ask Slashdot: Any Idiosyncrasies of the New Windows 10 April 2018 Update? · · Score: 1

    In other words, if you don't want MS to break your computer, pay MS some money and upgrade. I was forced to buy a Windows 10 license because you can't buy an OEM PC without paying the Dane Geld.

  10. Re:Nice... on Windows 10 April 2018 Update is Coming On April 30 (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 1

    One of the reasons Linux is having trouble taking off as a mainstream desktop ...

    The main reason Linux never has and never will become a mainstream desktop is because OEMs are required to pre install Windows. For most use cases Linux is perfectly acceptable. The auto reboots in the middle of the night is not prophesy. It's god damned real and it doesn't matter you have a bunch of shit running while you sleep.

  11. Re:No. Here's why: on Ask Slashdot: Is There a Good Alternative to Facebook? (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    We should get to it and replace email along the way while we're at it. That thing is from the steam age of computing and it shows at all corners.

    I'll give you my pine when you pry it from my cold dead fingers.

  12. Re:USENET was pretty good on Ask Slashdot: Is There a Good Alternative to Facebook? (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    Usenet had a KILL file that you could filter on user, Subject, excessive crossposting, etc. using regex. I use to have KILL files that would filter over 85% of posts in some froups. At its height there was no way you could read certain groups without filtering.

  13. Re:Just a hunch, but... on Twitter CEO Says Bitcoin Will Be the World's 'Single Currency' In 10 Years (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    The people running these immense dot-com behemoths are bright. They don't think we are very bright.

  14. Is any of this going to be on the test?

  15. Re:Are you sure it wasn't an accident? on Comcast 'Blocks' an Encrypted Email Service: Yet Another Reminder Why Net Neutrality Matters (zdnet.com) · · Score: 2

    This theory could have been easily tested by switching DNS to 8.8.8.8.

  16. Keep your Battlestar off the network.

  17. Re:When they first appear on the road... on Self-Driving Cars Are Being Attacked By Angry Californians (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    This is why we need to get rid of reckless drivers on the road. Make the driving test extremely difficult and make driving infractions enforced automatically so you have to drive carefully. If you can't and lose your license, no big deal, rent a self driving car.

  18. Windows comes pre-installed on practically all OEM boxes. Until that changes Linux will never compete on volume of users.

  19. Re:Hey, Chris Hoffman on Hey Microsoft, Stop Installing Apps On My PC Without Asking (howtogeek.com) · · Score: 1

    If Linux development can ever get it's head out of it's ass and focus on how to make it easier for users to recover from problems without resetting everything they'd probably have a shot at taking away a big chunk of users who don't want to deal with MS' new direction.

    I have been lurking in a Windows 10 support group and ironically the most common solution to recover from an update that goes sideways is to completely reinstall the OS. That's on top of their feature updates every 6 months that practically make you reinstall. At least in Linux the problem usually can be isolated and remedied without even a reboot. With systemd however they are making inroads to be more like Microsoft.

  20. Re: Fearmongering bullshit article seeding FUD on Malware Exploiting Spectre, Meltdown CPU Flaws Emerges (securityweek.com) · · Score: 1

    Patch your systems and malware won't affect it.

    Not that simple. AFAIK you need to update your BIOS. MS had to release a patch to roll back a buggy patch over this in Windows. Even with your system "patched" you won't know it's secure unless you can test it. There should be a PoC web site with a javascript exploit that will dump the contents of your kernel. I don't know of any as of yet. I prefer to take my chances and not patch anything right now until they get the patches bug free and have a way we can reliably test them. Based upon my use case and understanding of these exploits Meltdown won't affect me even without patching but Spectre might. Not everyone's use case will be the same however.

  21. Re:FBI used unconfirmed hit piece to spy on citize on GOP Memo Criticizing FBI Surveillance is Released (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 4, Informative

    Carter Page is the lynch pin that will sink Trump and his children and son in law. This memo is a looky loo to turn real criminal infractions by these people into a partisan football where facts do not matter. The Steele Dossier was merely corroborating information. The FISA application is classified so no one can dispute this memo without leaking classified information, means and methods. Trump is the true heir to P.T Barnum. Mueller's team hasn't said anything. What are they afraid of? Criminals know the crimes they committed.

  22. It's been like 2 years.... WHERE IS THE EVIDENCE?

    The Mueller investigation started last May so it has been less than a year. They have been running a tight ship and none of us know the evidence and case Mueller has built against the Trump family. We know there has been 4 indictments and 2 guilty pleas. We know Mueller is getting bank records. There is a lot of smoke. Right now it appears Trump is cooked. When pigs like Sean Hannity squeal you can bet Mueller is on to something much bigger than collusion.

  23. Re:But the Models Say... on Global Warming Predictions May Now Be a Lot Less Uncertain (wired.com) · · Score: 1

    That people now make reference to Kylie Jenner instead of Kim Kardashian is also proof of climate change.

  24. Why is speed important? on Google Search Will Start Ranking Faster Mobile Pages Higher In July (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 2

    I prefer a page that loads slowly but answers my question to a page that loads fast and by gaming the system using SEO, doesn't have an answer to anything.

  25. Re:Firmware Patch Required as well on AMD Is Releasing Spectre Firmware Updates To Fix CPU Vulnerabilities (theverge.com) · · Score: 2

    Unfortunately I believe there is a chance that the patch could fail silently

    Nothing on Windows fails silently.