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  1. Re:Why does this matter? on Symantec Antivirus Products Vulnerable To Horrid Overflow Bug (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    My guess is they'd actually transfer the .deb or .rpm and use dpkg or rpm to install, not apt or yum. If you use gentoo, they'd emerge apt or rpm, or perhaps in the end tell you you're SOL.

  2. Re:Strong enough for a man, made for a woman on Men Are Sabotaging The Online Reviews Of TV Shows Aimed At Women (fivethirtyeight.com) · · Score: 1

    It probably flopped more for male assholery in word of mouth than female.

    It flopped because Superman lifted a continent made of Kryptonite, a mineral that saps his power. A quick intelligent fix showing him scanning the coast for a lead factory and covering himself in molten lead would have done wonders for that one terrible scene. It's like Batman picking up a machine gun and turning into the Punisher; didn't stick to source material.

  3. Re:Slashdot in twenty sixteen on Filmmakers Ask 'Pirate' to Take Polygraph, Backtrack When He Agrees (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 1

    "phone" does not mean Android for all people.

  4. Re:Slashdot in twenty sixteen on Filmmakers Ask 'Pirate' to Take Polygraph, Backtrack When He Agrees (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 1

    I don't have ad-block plugins for my phone's browser. Also, the ad removal checkbox did work, occasional glitching or "forgetting" that I had it checked notwithstanding. Now there are ugly ads, and soon there will be malware ads (slashdot doesn't control the ad network, so I'm sure it will happen).

  5. Re:Slashdot in twenty sixteen on Filmmakers Ask 'Pirate' to Take Polygraph, Backtrack When He Agrees (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 2

    There was an ad covering this article when I looked at the frontpage, I had to go click on a red X to close it even with my adblocker. Why I still bother to go read yesterday's stories on Slashot when plenty of alternatives are much more convenient & faster is beyond me.

    I stopped reading slashdot on my phone when the "ad-removal checkbox for good karma" went away. At least my desktop browsers still have script-blockers, adblockers, and cross-site blockers. It's reduced my slashdot reading by about 80% though. Probably more in the future. Ad networks are malware spewing traps for your readers. Way to drive a site into the ground. Posting non-anonymously partly to lend eyes to the parent (not that I witnessed it, but I believe it).

  6. Re:daily mail reporting on Scientists: Electric Vehicles Produce As Many Toxins As Dirty Diesels (dailymail.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Hey when the court jester tells you something you might check his sources. Don't worry you cons do the same thing anyways.

    When the court jester tells you something, it's usually more true than anything anyone else in the court might say. He is privy to the conversations of those in the know, and is the only one who can insult the king and court with impunity. The town fool is the one to double check, but determining who is a fool can be tough, because there's often more than a dozen. Even then, don't double check the sources, check the statement itself.

  7. Close the roads and utilities on Cupertino's Mayor: Apple 'Abuses Us' By Not Paying Taxes (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Close the roads and utilities, then. Not just to Apple campus, but to all Apple employee neighborhoods. Watch all the Apple employee income tax and sales tax flee your area. You'll probably still get he property taxes, but they'll reduce across the board.

  8. Promoting interest by restricting access on IBM Gives Everyone Access To Its Five-Qubit Quantum Computer (fortune.com) · · Score: 1

    They're restricting access to those who are already extremely interested, and perhaps invested in quantum computing. How does that promote interest?

  9. The digital clock, which led to the digital watch, which Douglas Adams recognized as the pinnacle of human achievement.

  10. 2.A. Wear wet clothes. 0.A. In the shade
    This is huge. It can change a 105F extreme day into a functional working day.

  11. Re:Unsmart quotes on Malware Taps Windows' 'God Mode' · · Score: 1

    rd Ãfoe\\.\%appdata%\com4.{241D7C96-F8BF-4F85-B01F-E2B043341A4B}Ãf /S Either add support for UTF-8 to Slash or edit your copypasta to remove broken quotes. Don't just throw your hands in the air.

    Replying to undo mis-moderation. Strangely, modding this up from -1 left it at -1. Is there a secret -2 that reads as -1?

  12. Re:What about flex? on Bison To Become First National Mammal Of The US (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    A bison without a lexical analyser is pretty much useless! Wow would it recognize the tokens being thrown at it?

    *yak*

  13. That scene from the Meaning of Life on Obesity 'Explosion' In Young Rural Chinese A Result Of Socioeconomic Changes, Study Warns (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Mr. Creosote. I can't watch that movie because of that scene. Now I can't read this article about obesity explosions because the title reminds me of him.

  14. Re:It is literally a god argumet on Neil deGrasse Tyson Says It's 'Very Likely' The Universe Is A Simulation (extremetech.com) · · Score: 1

    If, on the other hand, it's impossible for any universe to have enough computational power to perfectly simulate another universe then it's a very, very different situation.

    Perfectly simulate *what* universe? A (simulated) universe might lack the **HYUIVBHJHG** that the higher order universe has, and thus be imperfect, but how would we know we lack it, not knowing about it, or even having the capacity to know about it?

  15. Re:Government benefit / government rules on VC, Entrepreneur Says Basic Income Would Work Even If 90% People 'Smoked Pot' and Didn't Work (techinsider.io) · · Score: 1

    And, if we're wishing for unicorns, creating a third house of congress that is chosen completely at random from each state (in my mind's eye, I see them as only being able to debate and vote on laws) keeps in check the power brokers.

    $#&%! I've been selected for Congress. Hey, Jim! How'd your doctor get you out of Congessional duty?

  16. Re:Box office turd polished - film at 11 on How 'The Jungle Book' Made Its Animals Look So Real With Groundbreaking VFX (inverse.com) · · Score: 1

    I'm saying its 2015 and we're so used to CGI powering fantasy movies that no one cares about "breakthrough" special effects - they're expected. And, if they're your main story about your movie, your movie probably sucks. (What was the last "good" movie you know that was primarily marketed on its special effects?)

    Inception. The commercials all seemed to focus on the impossible dream sequence special effects. They weren't incredible, but that's how the movie was marketed. What's the last movie marketed on its special effects that actually had impressive special effects for the time? TRON.

  17. Re:How About We RTA? on NJ Legislator Proposes Fine For Walking While Phone-Distracted (philly.com) · · Score: 1

    "'If it builds awareness, that's OK,' the lawmaker said. Similar bills have failed recently in New York state, Nevada, and Arkansas."
    She's using the wrong tool to build awareness. She has more than hammers, but still insists everything is a nail.

  18. Re:wrong solution on NJ Legislator Proposes Fine For Walking While Phone-Distracted (philly.com) · · Score: 1

    what could a pedestrian be possibly doing that would not be detected and avoided by a reasonably attentive driver?

    Jogging at night and running across an intersection against the light when the speed limit on the road is 45 mph. Standing behind a tall car or light pole and stepping into traffic. Standing behind other people and stepping into traffic. Standing behind nothing at all and stepping into traffic.

  19. Re:Its a citation on NJ Legislator Proposes Fine For Walking While Phone-Distracted (philly.com) · · Score: 1

    It's another bullshit reason to lawfully stop you which could lead to an arrest if you are founf to have or be doing something else illegal.

    Like resisting arrest.

  20. Re:Its a citation on NJ Legislator Proposes Fine For Walking While Phone-Distracted (philly.com) · · Score: 1

    Yes, the authors of the Constitution totally envisioned telephones, especially portable ones that people would have on them at all times.

    Imagine someone reading a snail mail letter and walking into the path of a team of horses pulling a heavy wagon. Not much different.

  21. Re:Roundabouts? on MIT Study Shows Stop Lights Won't Be Necessary In The Future (computerworld.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    Well sure! Let's just take some extra space from Montana and plunk it into an intersection in Manhattan. Now it fits a roundabout!

  22. Re:He makes a good point on Tim Cook Talks About Encryption, Right to Privacy, Public Safety, and DOJ (time.com) · · Score: 1

    I've been wondering what the FBI did back to solve crimes back before they could hack cell phones. Thanks for reminding me.

    Back then, they had to keep some of the suspects alive for questioning.

  23. Training a car AI with Fallout data on How 'Assassin's Creed' Or 'Fallout 4' Might Help Make AI Smarter (technologyreview.com) · · Score: 1

    After training the AI with Fallout 4, the car passed every test in real life with flying colors and was launched into service in record time. Then it saw a Jackson's Chameleon in the middle of the road and pulled a James Bond style 180 degree turn and accelerated until the gas ran out.

  24. Re:Obvious question isn't obvious. on Autonomous Cars? How About Autonomous Bikes? · · Score: 1

    Are there many stop signs that should not be replaced by yield signs or roundabouts?

    Stop signs are round-robin scheduling. Roundabouts are priority scheduling; they can turn into blocking mechanisms that prevent traffic flow from one or more directions. They're okay for medium-traffic areas with lots of space, but the cities that are installing them are usually the high growth cities (they have newly acquired tax funds and no idea what to spend it on), so they'll have to replace the roundabouts with traffic lights eventually. More pork for construction companies.

  25. Re:Ice 9? on Plastic-Eating Bacteria Could Help Clean Up Waste (inhabitat.com) · · Score: 2

    Bacteria eats wood yet most of us live in wood houses and eat at wood tables sitting on wood furniture.

    Preserved with bacteria killing arsenic and other poisons and sealed against exposure with paint or resins.