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  1. Lots of products ship with manuals on Ask Slashdot: Why Does Almost Nothing Come With a Proper Printed Manual Anymore? · · Score: 1

    Just not computers. Considering the typical computing device product cycle, it's unlikely that a printed manual would be both reliable and useful by the time the customer opens the product and loads the first update over the net. Plus contextual help on anything with a reasonably sophisticated UI is probably more helpful, anyway.

  2. Can you go to work when you have the flu? I thought the flu proper knocked you on your ass. You don't feel like crawling to the bathroom, much less getting up and going to work.

  3. Patent owner's expert testimony is not convincing to show that the path even goes to ground in view of the magic ground wire, which shows current moving in two directions along a single wire,' noted the examiners dryly.

    "We'd like to submit an amendment: ... moving in two directions along a single wire over the Internet."
    "Oh, that makes much more sense now. Patent upheld. Sorry if we sounded dry about it earlier."

  4. Re:We already have plenty of killer robots on What Will Happen When Killer Robots Get Hijacked? (marketwatch.com) · · Score: 1

    Not only is the future here, so is the video.

  5. Well, there's the one thing on What Will Happen When Killer Robots Get Hijacked? (marketwatch.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    A hacker who identifies with Thanos' agenda could start 'solving' the overpopulation problem by themselves.

  6. Re:2030 hundreds of people working on the Moon on Japanese Company Announces Long-Term Plan To Develop the Moon (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    "Historical discussion preserved and presented for your edification by the Weyland-Yutani corporation. Taking you from the Earth's moon to the solar system and beyond."

  7. Re:Good luck... on A 17-Year-Old Has Become Michigan's Leading Right To Repair Advocate (vice.com) · · Score: 2

    No need, they'll just design the devices differently so there are no parts to replace.

  8. Re:COBOL Has Advantages on Do You Know Cobol? If So, There Might Be a Job for You. (wsj.com) · · Score: 1

    So based on that focus, it's a very practical extraction and reporting language?

  9. Re:Oh, no! on Alcohol Causes One In 20 Deaths Worldwide, Says WHO (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    People would switch to cannabis. Madness!

  10. Re:Alcohol doesn't drink itself on Alcohol Causes One In 20 Deaths Worldwide, Says WHO (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Which is a perfect example of that person attending an irresponsible party.

  11. Re:Typical case of mathematicians on MIT's Elegant Schoolbus Algorithm Was No Match For Angry Parents (bostonglobe.com) · · Score: 1

    As one example, they approximated the students (and school buses) as perfect spheres.

  12. You can disagree or complain about her policies, but try to present your statements in a civilized adult manner.

    Definitely a good idea.

  13. Re:The real question on What Ecstasy Does To Octopuses (theatlantic.com) · · Score: 5, Funny

    First joke: Can't we just cuttle?

  14. You sure they're hiring them? on In a World of Robots, Carmakers Persist in Hiring More Humans (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    I bet they're just extracting their brains and implanting them in the cars, and using them in place of hiring people to write and QA their UI software and anti-collision algorithms.

  15. Re:Proofs are established subjectively on Titans of Mathematics Clash Over Epic Proof of ABC Conjecture (quantamagazine.org) · · Score: 1

    "Now for extra credit: explain this to someone a couple levels dumber than either of the two of us."
    "Clockwise vs counter-clockwise, I can handle. But that? Now you're just being screwy."

  16. Re:Meaningless Penalty on Equifax Slapped With UK's Maximum Penalty Over 2017 Data Breach (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    Have the EU decree that Equifax can't do business in the EU anymore. Then they might actually realize just how insanely inexcusable their actions were.

    4% of global revenue would probably get that point across.

  17. Re:Laziness is a virtue on Humans Simply 'Hardwired' For Laziness, Study Says (studyfinds.org) · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Your response also seems to indicate a decent amount of impatience and hubris. Welcome aboard, our newest Perl programmer!"

  18. Re: The long fall to Socialism on Rice University Says Middle-Class And Low-Income Students Won't Have To Pay Tuition (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    It's probably why they forced you into a terminal degree, rather than giving you the option to continue a full GUI/web one.

  19. Re:Oh thank god on Linux Community To Adopt New Code of Conduct (kernel.org) · · Score: 1

    If you think people won't be afraid to openly criticize code if it comes from *PROTECTED CLASS* when one is a member of *NOT-PROTECTED CLASS* then you've clearly not been paying attention to this part of the world.

    I have been trying to skirt around it, but it seems my primary alternatives are Python and (ugh) Java.

  20. Sounds like a bad idea on Google is Giving up Some Control of the AMP Format (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    That person is often cheekily referred to as the BDFL, or "benevolent dictator for life." Ubl's been that person for AMP, but, he writes, "we've found that it doesn't scale to the size of the AMP Project today. Instead, we want to move to a model that explicitly gives a voice to all constituents of the community, including those who cannot contribute code themselves, such as end-users."

    "Plus, you know, that 'For Life' thing painting a bullseye on my back."

  21. Re:There is usally more to the story. on 'It's Always DRM's Fault' (publicknowledge.org) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Did you think "Digital Restrictions Management" would make accessing content *less* restrictive? It's kind of right in the name.

  22. It's obvious that he must be punished. And here in the lands of Linux, there is only one punishment for hurting people's feelings; after that punishment is meted out, you may deal with him as you like.

  23. The S1-4 will be used for environment monitoring, urban management, and tackling disasters.

    Because *that* doesn't sound ominous.

  24. Re:Yes, well... on Google-Funded Study Finds Cash Beats Typical Development Aid (wired.com) · · Score: 1

    Hopefully, as long as the money stays in the local cigarettes/booze/hookers/blow economy, it's still there to circulate. Buy one iPhone, though ...

  25. The last election did not open a civil war as happened in 1861 when Lincoln took office.

    "And Google showed anti-Republican bias then, as well." -- Abraham Lincoln