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  1. Line in the sand? on White House Vows 'Proportional' Response For Russian DNC Hack (go.com) · · Score: 1

    So, did the White House draw a line in the sand with this?

  2. If Obama were on the rocket to Mars... on Barack Obama: America Will Take the Giant Leap To Mars, To Send People There by the 2030s (cnn.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    Lame duck or not. If Obama were on the rocket to Mars, Trump would get the Martians to pay for it.

  3. People go to Philadelphia for a reason... on Barack Obama: America Will Take the Giant Leap To Mars, To Send People There by the 2030s (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    Oh,come on now and be reasonable! People go to Philadelphia for many purposes, although most of those reasons are as a punishment. Many of the highways in the area also serve as examples of how not to build highways.

  4. Re:Didn't This Story Just Run on Slashdot Recently on High-Tech Card Rolled Out By French Banks Replaces CSC Number Every Sixty Minutes To Prevent Fraud (popularmechanics.com) · · Score: 2

    You are correct---but you may be crazy. These are not necessarily mutually exclusive concepts.

  5. https://tech.slashdot.org/stor...

    Slashdot memory leak detected...
    Core dumped.

  6. Modern locos typically have fixed gear ratios on Which Programming Language Is Most Popular - The Final Answer? (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    A serious mistake, indeed, if you put an automatic or manual transmission on a modern freight locomotive as they typically operate with fixed gear ratios. Most modern locos are diesel electric and speed control is accomplished by controlling current and switching motor coils between parallel and serial configurations.

    Of course this is a hardware problem and not a software problem. Besides, from the programmer's point of view there may be a virtual loco machine that would appear to the programmer as a set of gears...

  7. Déjà vu, all over again. on Google's New Angular 2.0 Isn't Compatible With Angular 1 (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    Ok everyone, turn the crank one more time!

  8. Anyone can have 50 versions... on Google's New Angular 2.0 Isn't Compatible With Angular 1 (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 2

    Anyone can have 50 versions, but let's see if Apple and Google can get 50 versions that are incompatible with the previous one and still have anyone want to use it.

  9. So, how long until... on HP Printers Have A Pre-Programmed Failure Date For Non-HP Ink Cartridges (myce.com) · · Score: 1

    So, how long until Canon messes-up Oce?
    I have a large format Oce printer and I have been very worried that Canon will contaminate Oce.

  10. dont blame the PC on HP Printers Have A Pre-Programmed Failure Date For Non-HP Ink Cartridges (myce.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Blame Carly Fiorina.

  11. This is not my experience on HP Printers Have A Pre-Programmed Failure Date For Non-HP Ink Cartridges (myce.com) · · Score: 1

    We still have an 8150 MFP. Works like a charm. Once, the HDD went bad. Other than that, it just keeps running. Sure, It's a little slow compared to some printers, but compared to printers of the day it was just fine. Besides, how many printers can do double-sided 11x17 prints these days?

    However, I doubt that we would ever replace it with another HP. Mainly because all of our more recent HP printers have been utter crap---especially the inkjet ones.

  12. HP should have merged with Brother on HP Printers Have A Pre-Programmed Failure Date For Non-HP Ink Cartridges (myce.com) · · Score: 1

    Then they would be Big Brother---at least in the printer market.

  13. Dont' blame it on Techies... on Ask Slashdot: Why Aren't Techies Improving The World? · · Score: 1

    Don't blame it on Techies...blame it on the lazy millennials. They cannot handle cereal, let alone attack the important issues!
    http://www.cbc.ca/news/trendin...

  14. Warranty? on China Launches Second Space Lab (space.com) · · Score: 1

    I hope they purchased some kind of extended warranty because I doubt that it will keep running past 10 years---let alone 1 billion years.

  15. high-stakes Angry Birds? on SpaceX Plans To Resume Launches In November (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Some of the birds from Angry Birds are fairly orb shaped.

  16. ...launch pad fire that destroyed a Falcon 9... on SpaceX Plans To Resume Launches In November (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Cause and effect? The video looks like the explosion of the Falcon 9 caused the fire on the launch pad---not the other way around.
    Of course, I am sure only the sharp shooters and alien visitors know what the real cause and effect relation was and they aren't saying much.

  17. Google has a double standard on Ubuntu Torrent Removed From Google Due To DMCA Complaint (omgubuntu.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    When Google was requested by Universal Pictures' agent to nix their own IMDB site due to DMCA infringement, they did not comply. However, when a few days later when Paramount's agent clearly makes a bogus DMCA claim that an Ubuntu torrent infringes on their Transformers movie, the link gets taken down. Clearly, there's a double standard.

    https://search.slashdot.org/st...

  18. So close to the truth, but more accurately NPH: Not Patented Here.

  19. Custom Bluetooth? Bluetooth-Like? on Apple To Unveil 'AirPods' That Use Custom Bluetooth Chip (macrumors.com) · · Score: 1

    Custom Bluetooth? Bluetooth-Like? Just call a duck a duck---or in this case it's called proprietary.

  20. no, that other future on Amazon Is Testing a 30-Hour, 75% Salary Workweek (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    Apparently Bezos idolized that other future, where people work part time and get part benefits.

  21. It's not entirely the EPA's fault. It is quite difficult to prove that some level of exposure will not cause harm. However, since the EPA is influenced by political whim...

  22. Chemicals...contaminants...who cares? on 6 Million Americans Exposed To High Levels of Chemicals In Drinking Water, Says Study (businessinsider.com) · · Score: -1

    The post has a terrible title. I would hope that you would be exposed to chemicals in your water---especially water.

  23. Win10Win8Win7 on Ask Slashdot: Share Your Experiences With Windows 10 · · Score: 1

    Windows 10 is horrible. The UI is, in a word, terrible. Maybe slightly worse than Win8. If it were not for Classic Start Menu (www.classicshell.net) I would be very unhappy. The rest of Win10 is a heap of junk. It's as if MS doesn't do any QA. Things break and then get fixed from update to update.
    I just don't see what is better than Win7 here. Win10 is two steps back and no steps forward.

  24. DNC email more precious than classified US info on Obama Creates a Color-Coded Cyber Threat 'Schema' After the DNC Hack (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    So, when the DNC's email servers have been compromised, the White House scrambles to come up with some cockamamie Directive on United States Cyber Incident Coordination. However, if the Secretary of State uses her own, unsecured server, the POTUS just states that "it was just a mistake" and doesn't endanger national security and the AG doesn't even try to slap a wrist.
    What a bunch of inconsistent idiots.

  25. So, no ethnic Romanians work for Putin?
    In the US I know many people who claim to be ethnic XYZ and cannot speak a word of ethnic XYZ language. Some of these people work for the Feds.
    So, what is the point of the claim?