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  1. Surprising! on How Diet May Have Changed the Way Humans Speak (go.com) · · Score: 2

    Not *ONE* comment about Labiodentals? I'm disappointed in all of you.

  2. Re:Beyond stupid... on Trump Endorses Permanent Daylight Savings Time (thehill.com) · · Score: 1

    No, it's shining a light on part of the rope, and yet renumbering the rope with numbers just 1 number greater than what was there

  3. Re:Free pass over privacy on Apple Took Out a CES Ad To Troll Its Competitors Over Privacy (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    I can copy any files I want via USB to a desktop or email and save as if it's a giant USB drive.

  4. Re:The best pushers are not users on Almost a Third of New Cars Sold In Norway Last Year Were Pure Electric (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    https://products.rivian.com/
    This looks really promising.

  5. Re:if it does not hook you up in 2 episodes... on Why Don't We Care About The Rotten Tomatoes Scores Of TV Shows? (digg.com) · · Score: 1

    I'll give you that Soul Hunter was one of the bad ones. but TKO and Gropos were two of the worst in my opinion. STILL want to see something of the likes of this writing again. Don't give me shows with a history reset button like Star Trek, Don't give me shows that take years to tell a quick story, or use 500 characters to start a large scale show. Or change the trajectory of a show in the middle of it.

  6. Your Logic is as faulty as your math... It'd be $520,000 not $502,000

    If the owner and his wife ran the company, it tends to be $1m for the owner, $40,000 for everyone else.

  7. Re:to make it work, go micropayment exchange on Prepare for the New Paywall Era (theatlantic.com) · · Score: 1

    I'm curious.. I Am no fox fan, and while the CNN/MSNBC haven't lost credibility to me. I know the audience they're trying to enrage, and I can't take that non-stop.

    Anyone else enjoy Vice News?

  8. Off topic, but it made me think of it.

    “I am the foremost collector of velvet Elvii in the city of Chicago," I said at once.
    "Elvii?" Marcone inquired.
    "The plural would be Elvises, I guess," I said. "But if I say that too often, I start muttering to myself and calling things 'my precious,' so I usually go with the Latin plural.” Jim Butcher, Death Masks

  9. Re: I've extended something free as well on Microsoft Extends Free Windows 10 S-To-Pro Upgrade Deadline (betanews.com) · · Score: 1
  10. Re:Leave it on Ask Slashdot: What Can You Do With Old Coaxial Cable? · · Score: 1

    I was wondering if someone was going to mention MoCA. I love it for my TiVO Mini.

  11. Re:It's pretty simple on Energy Star Program For Homes And Appliances Is On Trump's Chopping Block (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    Ok, please show me *ONE* Pickup truck that gets 30+ MPG.

  12. Re:Numbers on Why Do Airlines Overbook? (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    That's the thing I don't get. the location of all of this should have been the terminal. They never should have let ANYONE board the plane till they had those 4 seats covered. To hope the "last four" would give it up is silly. Once seated on the plane, it's a lot harder to get someone give up anything.

  13. I have tried explaining this to non tech people. they just don't get it...

  14. Re:Arrest him and throw him into Gitmo on US-Born NASA Scientist Detained At The Border Until He Unlocked His Phone (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    I've often thought about having a "Sandbox" PIN. It might have access to the phone and the camera, and maybe a dummy camera-roll, but any VPN apps or other internal software is kept in another box. It would be great for companies that allow people to BYOD.

  15. This is great and all. but I'd just like their system to work. I am continuously getting email that "John Smith" is still awaiting my invitation. But when I log into the app or the web page, it says "No Invitations" perhaps they should straighten their DB out first, then make improvements.

    Outside of that, the two big things they need to deal with are the "Message Streams" which put everything from colleague achievements, work anniversaries, birthdays, and endorsements all on a splash screen. I do not want 41 of my contacts saying "Happy Birthday" when I do not work for them and have only contacted them for professional assistance. Secondly, those endorsements are a joke. The "so-and-so has endorsed you for 'data center'." means absolutely nothing. and the person who endorsed me? Never worked with me professionally. so how would they know?

    The app is good for networking professionals and keeping contacts with people I have worked with but don't want to "friend on facebook" because I just want to know if I can reach out to someone for electroplating questions or SQL bench-marking with my cluster and SAN. Not to wish them a happy birthday.

  16. Re:Painful Life on 'Longest Living Human' Says He Is Ready For Death At 145 (telegraph.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Crap. Posting to undo mod error. I will never understand why Person A with X insurance for 1 drug could be $50, Person B with Y insurance is $75. and someone paying out of pocket is $55.

  17. Re:It didn't have an off switch before on You Can't Turn Off Cortana In the Windows 10 Anniversary Update (pcworld.com) · · Score: 1

    I don't want to compare analogies back and forth. but your reasoning seems to be comparing bullets with tank artillery. where one is more powerful than the others. I'm taking a list of 100+ items and some of them skip it, some don't. I'm not weighting the values as more lethal than the others. Your second point is dead on topic. they are making it so consumers require professional working knowledge of computers and networks to keep any part of their data under their own control. I'm a mac user at home but a Windows user at work. and I can't stand having to jump around this minefield to make sure it's not sending everything out to MS and its partners every time I boot up.

  18. Re:It didn't have an off switch before on You Can't Turn Off Cortana In the Windows 10 Anniversary Update (pcworld.com) · · Score: 1

    If only a select few bullets get through my body armor, I don't think it's very good armor. As long as one ignores the host file, I wouldn't put stock in the rest.

  19. Re:Still have to pay RENT after you buy it on TiVo's Latest Offering Detects and Skips Ads, Adds 4K Capability · · Score: 1

    I have had many TiVo's for many years. (between family and friends) and there have been times where they will let you xfer a lifetime license to another device. Has happened on more than one TiVo. I know the plural of Anecdote is not data, but I have never had anything but excellent service from them.

  20. Re:Can't trust them to make a AppleTV on Can We Trust Apple To Make a Good Games Console? · · Score: 1

    Uh. Yeah it is. 1080P is 1920 Wide, 4K is 3840 Wide. 1080P is 2K wide, and 4K is TWICE (in each dimension) 1080p. That's why it's twice as wide, twice as tall, and 4x the resolution.

  21. Re:Poor Scalia on Supreme Court Ruling Supports Same-Sex Marriage · · Score: 1

    You know. This was part of the story they left out of Schoolhouse Rock's 'I'm just a Bill" song...

  22. Re: This isn't a question on Ireland Votes Yes To Same-Sex Marriage · · Score: 1

    Hrm. I wonder if the Mars colonists will be allowed to marry someone of their own gender... ;)

  23. Re: This isn't a question on Ireland Votes Yes To Same-Sex Marriage · · Score: 1

    I think a legal license is needed because you can't create something new like you suggest without first destroying the former (IMHO, YMMV) otherwise you'll have 2 classes of citizens the "old-timey marriage" and the "new legally recognized union thingy"

  24. Re: This isn't a question on Ireland Votes Yes To Same-Sex Marriage · · Score: 1

    As someone who just had his husband in the hospital for a month. That shit does matter. (We also filed healthcare proxies just in case...) But let me tell you. I've done Domestic Partnership, Which was cute. I even thought about just going to a more legally recognizable LLC before we wed in 2013. ( would be better if we got hurt south of D.C. than a marriage cert) Wills and estates are fine. But without even a marriage certificate, my husband's ex wife would have entitlement to parts of our collected stuff. I always felt I shouldn't have to hire lawyers and pay for all these documents just because we both have a Y Chromosome. Granted we have to do the wills and estate stuff for the little we do have since I have a religious sometimes vindictive family should something happen to me I could see them trying to kick him our of our house and give my stuff to a church. The ability to make decisions for children are easier for married couples, simply based on adopted kids where the birth mother/parents are still around. That's how I read it. Thankfully I have my dog. Way better than children. While I agree that marriage isn't working, to have them give us something else that is not entirely equal would set off balances one way or the other. I never did intend to get married, we were together for almost 12 years when we did. Why? Work's insurance wouldn't cover a domestic partner in a state that allowed marriage. (I get their point, if we require straight people to be married to put them on insurance, why not make it equal) so I planned, invited, and had my wedding in 4 days.