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  1. Just my luck on Smartphone App To Be Used As Hotel Room Keys · · Score: 1

    Phone's dead. And the charger's in the room.

  2. Re:Works better for flu on Ebola Forecast: Scientists Release Updated Projections and Tracking Maps · · Score: 1

    So the health workers that did get it in West Africa (Kent Brantly and the other nurse) had blood transfusions from an infected person while they were there?

  3. Re:Works better for flu on Ebola Forecast: Scientists Release Updated Projections and Tracking Maps · · Score: 1

    "blood transfusion with whole blood directly from an infected person could transmit it"

    It doesn't concern you that the woman we are talking about is a nurse and nurses work in conditions were there is a lot of blood?

  4. Re:Works better for flu on Ebola Forecast: Scientists Release Updated Projections and Tracking Maps · · Score: 1

    "She has no symptoms which means she is not contagious"

    But we won't know for sure for three weeks. 21 days is not a lot of ask of someone.

  5. Re:Works better for flu on Ebola Forecast: Scientists Release Updated Projections and Tracking Maps · · Score: 2

    I don't think having her give up three weeks of her life it too much to ask in order to err on the side of caution. After all, she was willing to risk her life to help treat people with it. Compared to the risk of dying, this should be nothing to her.

  6. How are they going to use it? on Power and Free Broadband To the People · · Score: 2, Informative

    If these people are living in poverty, how are they going to have a computer to access the internet with?

  7. Re:Minimalism Overkill on OS X 10.10 Yosemite Review · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Thank you! Apple keeps trying to take things away, but they've gotten to the point where it hurts functionality.

  8. Sibling Rivalry? on OS X 10.10 Yosemite Review · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Siblings should not be the same. Are you and your siblings exactly alike? You're better and some things and they are better at others.

    A desktop and a mobile OS should not be exactly alike. Sure, they can share similarities, just like you share traits with your siblings. But even twins are not exactly the same. Nor should they be.

    A desktop OS should be designed for different jobs than a mobile one.

  9. Re:This doesn't add up on Infected ATMs Give Away Millions of Dollars Without Credit Cards · · Score: 1

    You've never seen Barber Shop, have you?

  10. Godzilla on Scientists Developing Remote-Control Cyborg Moths · · Score: 1

    Didn't Godzilla fight those one time?

  11. Left or Right? on Google's Driverless Cars Capable of Exceeding Speed Limit · · Score: 2

    If you take an American driverless car to London, I hope it can figure out which side of the road to drive on...

  12. The algorithm I want on Inside the Facebook Algorithm Most Users Don't Even Know Exists · · Score: 1

    All the posts from my friends + all the post from places I've liked - anything I've turned off (like game requests)

    Is that so hard?

  13. Re:ROI for drug development on "Secret Serum" Used To Treat Americans With Ebola · · Score: 1

    Don't forget the money that goes to the lawyers. Have you seen all the commercials on TV lately for law firms trying to get people to sue drug companies?

  14. Re:Expert:Ebola Vaccine At Least 50 White People A on "Secret Serum" Used To Treat Americans With Ebola · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Anytime something is "publicly funded" the cost shoot up.

  15. Re:Need a EULA for video on Court Rejects Fox's Attempt to Use Aereo Ruling Against Dish's Hopper · · Score: 1

    "Don't be silly. They'd insert the screen right over the damned show."

    Don't be silly. That'd interfere with the commercial they're already showing over the show.

  16. Yeah, right on DHS Mistakenly Releases 840 Pages of Critical Infrastructure Documents · · Score: 2

    "Mistakenly" Sure...

  17. "Please post your editor and language of choice in the comments."

    O'Reilly and English

  18. On letter off on Seattle Gets Takeout By Amazon · · Score: 1

    Misread as "Seattle Gets Taken out By Amazon".

    Drones gone haywire maybe.

  19. Simple answer on Why Software Builds Fail · · Score: 1

    Complexity

  20. Re:Did that 23 years ago on Programming On a Piano Keyboard · · Score: 1

    I remember playing around with GFA Basic and a Midi keyboard hooked to my Atari ST. I had it set up so that whatever note you played on the musical keyboard, the computer would calculate a note an octave higher and then send that note back out to the musical keyboard and it'd play that note. It was pretty cool.

  21. Fits on George Lucas Selects Chicago For the Star Wars Museum · · Score: 3, Funny

    Chicago. You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy.

  22. Re:Yes, let's tax the poor on 2 US Senators Propose 12-Cent Gas Tax Increase · · Score: 2, Insightful

    It will affect you. Unless you don't buy anything from stores or restaurants.

  23. As if coupon day wasn't enough on Fish-Eating Spiders More Common Than Thought · · Score: 1

    Great, now the line at Captain D's just got longer

  24. Two things on Physical Media: Down, But Maybe Not Out · · Score: 2

    1) There is isn't enough bandwidth for streaming everything.

    2) I think Blockbuster might still be in business if they hadn't run all their customer off by trying to get them to purchase extra things. Redbox shows that there's a demand for DVD rentals.

  25. Tandy Pocket Computer on Ask Slashdot: Where's the Most Unusual Place You've Written a Program From? · · Score: 1

    I had fun programming the Tandy PC-6.