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  1. Re: How about a different protocol on Comcast Says Should Be Able To Create Internet Fast Lanes For Self-Driving Cars (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    No. ATM gives you e. coli.

  2. Re: "The car will tattle on the driver." on Man Blames Tesla Autopilot System For Rollover Crash, Then Recants (autoguide.com) · · Score: 1

    Umm... You did all sorts of things wrong, in your example.

  3. Re: Slippery? More like actively greased. on Porn Websites in UK Ordered To Introduce Age Checks From Next Year (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Umm... Hitler wasn't elected.

  4. Re: Next Breaking story! on It's Trivially Easy to Hack into Anybody's Myspace Account (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    GNP is defunct. They have been since before I retired and moved here. They made newsprint, as I recall.

  5. Re: Microsoft Windows' history on 'Windows 10 Is Failing Us' (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    With the correct hardware, ME was pretty good. Unfortunately, the correct hardware was most acquired by voodoo, long quests in dark dungeons, and a key hidden in a bowl of potato salad. I ran an OpenNap hub and had remarkably good uptime.

  6. Re: A commercial success? on 'Windows 10 Is Failing Us' (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    I love me some Linux, as well. But, they didn't mention a laptop.

  7. Re: A commercial success? on 'Windows 10 Is Failing Us' (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    Don't they just sell gadgets, these days? ;-)

  8. Re: Will it run full emulators? or the crap pay on on Atari Is Back In the Hardware Business, Unveils Ataribox (hothardware.com) · · Score: 1

    I spent many drunken hours playing River Raid and even played their Olympics and Tank games with drunken friends. So many wasted hours. I may actually get one of these.

  9. Re: If you thought enterprise IT was just software on Ask Slashdot: What Are The Lesser-Known Roles Of The IT Department? · · Score: 3, Funny

    A power chord? You gonna be a rock star?

  10. Re: Trophies for Everyone! on Y Combinator Announces Funding For UBI-Supporting Political Candidates (latimes.com) · · Score: 1

    He broke into camps and stole what he needed.

  11. Re: Very public location, no constitutional issue on Is Homeland Security's Face-Scanning At Airports An Unreasonable Search? (technologyreview.com) · · Score: 2, Insightful

    If you wish to argue it that way, and I am not convinced you're correct, then the airport would be the entity giving permission to search.

  12. Did you read the summary? Sheesh...

  13. Re: IME, these "camps" are a scam. on Early 'Coding School' Dev Bootcamp Is Shutting Down (axios.com) · · Score: 1

    That first paragraph is brilliant. I used to let *anyone* who'd be working directly with the hire sit in on the interview. They knew more about what they needed than I knew. This worked remarkably well.

    And yes, I mean anyone. We didn't actually have an HR department.

  14. Re: Open an early brain surgery camp on Early 'Coding School' Dev Bootcamp Is Shutting Down (axios.com) · · Score: 1

    No Agile with sprints? Hmm...

  15. MÃ Espanol es muy mierda.

  16. Re: Seems like drm should be a PLUGIN to me. on EFF Officially Appeals Tim Berners-Lee Decision On DRM In HTML (techdirt.com) · · Score: 1

    Maybe I remember IE too clearly.

  17. Re: This is hilarious, I can't get enough. on Hyperloop One Conducts First Full Systems Test But Only Traveled 70MPH (jalopnik.com) · · Score: 1

    *sighs*

    I'd suggest you search Rei's username and visit their many citations and links. It'll save us both some time.

    Pardon my skepticism that you're more intelligent than all the people behind this project.

  18. Close enough. ;-)

  19. Re: Divert just 0.5% of the military budget to NAS on NASA Finally Admits It Doesn't Have the Funding To Land Humans on Mars (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 2

    Technically, the Soviets did crash some rockets into parts of Europe, yes.

  20. Re: Seems like drm should be a PLUGIN to me. on EFF Officially Appeals Tim Berners-Lee Decision On DRM In HTML (techdirt.com) · · Score: 1

    For some perspective, no browser seems to actually be fully compliant. It looks like Chrome and Opera are the closest.

  21. Re: Seems like drm should be a PLUGIN to me. on EFF Officially Appeals Tim Berners-Lee Decision On DRM In HTML (techdirt.com) · · Score: 1

    To be fair, browser vendors don't actually have a good history of sticking to standards. I'm pretty sure you could just ignore that and write your own browser. I don't believe there is a browser police task force.

  22. Re: This says two things to me on 3 ISPs Have Spent $572 Million To Kill Net Neutrality Since 2008 (dslreports.com) · · Score: 1

    Somewhere, we got confused. There were rights reserved for the States and the People. There weren't so many reserved for the corporation. Corporations where charters that were approved by the State senates, by discussion and subsequent vote. They had to have a benefit for the People at the State level, meaning where they filed for incorporation.

    That kinda got lost, somewhere behind us. I am not really sure it can be pinned to one event.

    Either way, this is not meant as damnation for incorporated entities, nor of lobbyists. FSF is an incorporated entity, for example. Lobbyists are required because politicians can't be experts on everything. They aren't bad, in and of themselves, they're just horribly dissimilar to a more just system.

  23. Re: This says two things to me on 3 ISPs Have Spent $572 Million To Kill Net Neutrality Since 2008 (dslreports.com) · · Score: 1

    I don't believe that is a straw man, so much as it is another fallacy. IIRC, it has a formal name of 'reductum ad absurdum.' This means they throw out absurd examples that aren't even plausible. While they may make for fine fiction, or philosophical debates, they are a fallacy because they ignore the actual topic of debate.

    You can see this in some neat forms. It also must be a fallacy, and not just something which could be labeled a fallacy. Sometimes, for example, it really is a slippery slope.

    As for neat forms, a phycics student may recall the story of the spherical cows. As a child, you may have pondered the outcome if you possessed all the physical currency. They can be fun to think of, but the government in question is never going to impose 95% taxation on ISPs. That's just absurd.

  24. My school had one. I held it. Later, they'd come take it back. They, instead, gave us a tree - though I'd graduated by then.

    I confess, I've done a lot of drugs, but I'm pretty sure I remember this properly. Pretty sure.

  25. Re: How many even want this? on The Audi A8: First Production Car To Achieve Level 3 Autonomy (ieee.org) · · Score: 1

    You are already placing your faith in technology, when you drive.