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  1. Re: Also... on 'Daylight Savings' Is Grammatically Incorrect (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    ...And try ordering unlockable doors for your building.

    You should be able to get them wherever casinos get theirs...
    Not only are there no locks, the way they are normally kept closed at need is to chain them together.
    And yes, that does happen once in a great while.
    But it's rare.

  2. Wanna see how fast my phone boots?
    Wanna see it again?
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  3. Re:Paging Ric Romero (again . . . ) on Google Docs Is Randomly Flagging Files for Violating Its Terms of Service (vice.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...Still, seems a bad way to treat your product.

    ssshhhh... be quite or they'll print a EULA under your clothes and shrink wrap you!

  4. Re:Also... on 'Daylight Savings' Is Grammatically Incorrect (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    It's an old Carlin riff, and it goes:
    Why Do We Park in the Driveway and Drive on the Parkway?
    And, there is an answer here:
    https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/drive-parkway-park-driveway-history
    As for "freeways", they are something that denoted the lack of a fee or toll to use...
    Oh, and I STILL want my flying car too!
    Then I'll fly past the (gridlocked) expressway and park on the roof...

  5. Re:yea, yeah, evidence, absence.... on Bug in Google's Bug Tracker Lets Researcher Access List of Company's Vulnerabilities (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    , and there's no evidence anyone else found the bugs and exploited them.

    So are we arguing the absence of evidence is evidence of absence?

    That's a definite maybe...

  6. Re: definition is on the first line of the summary on The Meaning of AMP (adactio.com) · · Score: 2

    Yup, every time I see a new TLA I think, WTF, but if I say anything someone gives me TMI about something which IDC. BTA, there may be times when a TLA actually improves communication.. But IAC, ATM IDK any situation like that.

  7. Re:Why not? on Can Science Make Alcohol Safer? (scientificamerican.com) · · Score: 1

    Given the texture and dryness of the cookie part, icing is the path of least complication. High temperature is not the friend of the active ingredients you want to preserve. Plus, the old saw is that you eat the creamy center first, then wander off after losing the crispy cookie part in the couch...

  8. Re:Why not? on Can Science Make Alcohol Safer? (scientificamerican.com) · · Score: 2

    Well, moderation is not in the wheelhouse of most substance abusers... so there's always a market for ideas like this one. My own project is weed infused Oreo cookies. The beauty of my idea is the marketing is baked right in, so to speak.
    Bummed out?
    Have a cookie!
    Got the munchies?
    Have a cookie!
    Walls breathing too loudly?
    Have a cookie!
    I tell you, it's flawless!**

    ** Not intended for diabetics, people who's lifestyle calls for motor skills, sustained effort, or cogent thought. Should not be used by people that can't pull their own pants up without a mechanical device to assist them. Ask your doctor if getting totally blasted is OK for you. If not, then ask your doctor if they want a cookie. If so, then wait 30 minutes after the cookie and ask again if getting totally blasted is OK for you.

  9. If I want to look like Tomb Raider 1's Lara Croft I'm gonna have to make a trip to Costco first...

  10. ...Learn to be like her...

    OK, But I'm gonna have to stuff the bra with a couple boxes of Kleenex...
    Yes, I will take them out of the actual Kleenex box first...

  11. Re: Dumb, expensive and overly complicated on Walmart Tests Shelf-Scanning Robots In Over 50 Stores (engadget.com) · · Score: 4, Informative

    A relative of mine was head of IT for a vendor that served Walmart (and most major food retailers) and I was impressed by how he could check stock at ANY Walmart via a vendors app. Their system for inventory and ordering seemed pretty much on the ball. We actually checked a stores numbers and then visited the store to confirm and they were for the most part spot on for, say, units in the freezers. Back room I don't know about but they had never had an issue with out of stock where the home office didn't get alerts to ship more product to a warehouse. They also tracked expiration dates, as this was perishable food stuffs. I would hope that since they were doing all that already (this was 6 years ago) then any integrating of low stock warnings into the existing system would be axiomatic...
    but then, they might be fudging their sales numbers...

  12. Re:Why is this necessary? on Italy Proposes Phasing Out Coal Power Plants By 2025 (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    I'll go with an attitude of "Ride the existing infrastructure into the ground before spending money to replace what works (no matter the long term costs)" with a dash of "People that sell coal using political donations to extended profits"...

    Deadlines make it harder to obfuscate slight of hand and/or laziness.

  13. Re:The headline I see on Chinese Scientists Create Genetically Modified Low-Fat Pigs (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    ...while the rest of us enjoy guilt-free bacon.

    That tastes just like turkey bacon!

  14. What does an armature have to do with your story?

    Judging by his post, I would say he was really tightly wound...

  15. Re: Hopefully no side effects... on Scientists Selectively Trigger Suicide In Cancer Cells (scitechdaily.com) · · Score: 1

    OK, the way I read "survival rate for patients has remained at about 30 percent" is that 7 out of 10 patients die...

  16. Re: All the above on What Will Replace Computer Keyboards? (xconomy.com) · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm still waiting for the paperless society computers were supposed to bring.

    Not me!
    I'm afraid I won't know how to use the 3 seashells...

  17. "Sure the physics is hard, but isn't that what makes it boring?"

    ~Penny Hofstadter

  18. Re:Iovi, bovi ... on It's Illegal to Pirate Films in Iran, Unless You're the Government (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    Bah!

    wej vaj mangghomDajDaq chaw' jupiter chaw' nuq ox
    Go Klingon or Go Home!

    Oh, wait...

    That's Go Klingon AND Go Home...

    Stupid Translator...

  19. Re:Ehhh... on 'Sooty Birds' Reveal Hidden US Air Pollution (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    It may have been on the fly, but at least they tweeted about it...
    https://twitter.com/MSBbirds

  20. Companies must not make any money at all, All services need to be free open source, collect no information about you, be easy enough for any slob to use it and have no advertisements.

    You forgot "a web facing API with no checks or balances so it can easily be monetized by third parties"...

  21. Alexa told me I could trust her with confidential data...
    she also told me about a sale on encrypted thumb drives!

  22. Re:sailfish on Slashdot Asks: Does the World Need a Third Mobile OS? · · Score: 2

    I'm told it's not available where I am but they are rolling out version X!!!
    https://blog.jolla.com/sailfishx_sales/

  23. So does this mean Microsoft quantum software can be in a superposition state of both running and crashed?

    The Blue Screen of
    LIFE!

    That just sounds wronERROR:IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_heck_I'm_not_really_sure_anymore

  24. Re:What the heck is Google Home? on Clever Hack Fakes A Sleep Timer For Google Home (vortex.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    You put a bunch of IoT junk like cameras, microphones, speakers, device controllers and alarms in your house, hook it to the net, and Google owns your Home!

  25. Re:Does turning off the device work? on iOS 11's Misleading 'Off-ish' Setting For Bluetooth and Wi-Fi is Bad for User Security (eff.org) · · Score: 1