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  1. Re:Canada gets screwed by the AGW scam on Canada's Energy Superpower Status Threatened As World Shifts Off Fossil Fuel (www.cbc.ca) · · Score: 1

    It just means that Canada will become a plastics super power. Energy is only one of the uses for oil.

  2. Re:Even on domain computers now on Microsoft's Get Windows 10 App, KB 3035583, Reappears (infoworld.com) · · Score: 1

    Uhmmm... You could stop it all by dropping microsoft.com and windowsupdate.com in your router: https://support.microsoft.com/...

  3. Re:As if people didn't hate M$ enough already! on Microsoft's Get Windows 10 App, KB 3035583, Reappears (infoworld.com) · · Score: 1

    Yup. If you still have MSFT shares, then it is time to dump it.

  4. Re:Spybot Anti-Beacon on Microsoft's Get Windows 10 App, KB 3035583, Reappears (infoworld.com) · · Score: 1

    It is useless information already anyway.

  5. Re:so pay people to make robots on Former McDonald's USA CEO: $35K Robots Cheaper Than Hiring at $15 Per Hour (foxbusiness.com) · · Score: 1

    A hot waitress in a tank top and mini skirt is still awfully hard to replace with a robot. Real Dolls don't do it - yet.

  6. Re:Biggest failure in IT since... HP on Nokia Announces Return To Smartphone, Tablet Markets (nokia.com) · · Score: 1

    It almost makes the HP Autonomy deal look acceptable.

  7. It means 7 billion reasons to kick Balmer on Nokia Announces Return To Smartphone, Tablet Markets (nokia.com) · · Score: 2

    It means Microsoft lost 7 billion dollars on their Nokia adventure.

  8. Re:Confirmed on Microsoft Auto-Scheduling Windows 10 Updates (tomshardware.com) · · Score: 2

    Well, if the Windows disk partition isn't encrypted, then you can mount it and read the data from Linux.

  9. Re:Why not just buy arduino clones?? on Brazilian Devs Launch Tiny $1 STEM-Oriented Microcontroller Board On Indiegogo (hackerboards.com) · · Score: 1

    I don't know what a Brazilian wax has to do with STEM, unless you want the teacher...

  10. Re:Never moving to El Capitan on Mac Users Reporting Widespread System Freezes With OS X El Capitan 10.11.4 Update (macrumors.com) · · Score: 1

    I'm just wondering why you are using Adobe on a Mac. Isn't there something uniquely Apple for the same job?

  11. Re:Never moving to El Capitan on Mac Users Reporting Widespread System Freezes With OS X El Capitan 10.11.4 Update (macrumors.com) · · Score: 2

    Uhh, a bit more than 5 minutes - since you have to re-install the OS after swapping the SSD. I bought a Macbook for a niece and the damn thing failed after 2 weeks - been fine since - so I know exactly how much work it was to replace, re-install and reconfigure.

  12. Garbage dump on UAE To Build Artificial Mountain To Improve Rainfall (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    The garbage mountain on E66 outside Dubai is well on its way already.

  13. Earth on Engineers Plan The Most Expensive Object Ever Built (bbc.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    Imagine how much the mice had to pay Magreia to build the Earth.

  14. CC Dispute on The Future of Shopping: Trapping You in a Club You Didn't Know You Joined (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    The easiest way to reverse it is to call your credit card company and dispute the charges.

  15. Re:Apple Watch not fast enough... on Developer Installs Windows 95 On An Apple Watch (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Reminds me of the time I did a fast Fourier transform on a HP calculator. It really redefined the meaning of fast.

  16. Re:So evil, it just might work. on Goldman Sachs Launches GS Bank, An Internet Bank With A $1 Minimum Deposit (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    At only 1.05% it doesn't sound like a very good Ponzi scheme.

  17. Beer payment is bootlegging on Joking About Giving Money To ISIS Can Cost You Money (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    He was in trouble for two reasons actually: Bootlegging and Terr Funding.

    As Bugs Bunny would say: What a maroon!

  18. Re:A much better idea on Amazon Begins Housing Homeless In Seattle (jeffreifman.com) · · Score: 1

    Well, actually, they just need a single high dose injection to last them for the rest of their life, but that is probably a wee little bit extreme.

  19. Re:Buying off the poor on Amazon Begins Housing Homeless In Seattle (jeffreifman.com) · · Score: 2

    In the bronze age, Aristotle wrote in Ethics: "The poor will always be with us." (To be repeated a few times in the Christian story books much later). So this is a rather old problem.

  20. Re:Just how many office workers on Drone-Shooting is Now a Federal Crime, FAA Confirms (slate.com) · · Score: 1

    There was one. Bet he ain't anymore.

  21. Re:Well SHOOT! on Drone-Shooting is Now a Federal Crime, FAA Confirms (slate.com) · · Score: 1

    "unarmed office worker" What amazes me most is that there was an unarmed office worker in South Africa.

  22. It is to be expected that the expectant parents and expected babies can expect to receive a lot of spam now.

  23. Re:Who doesn't? on The FBI Director Puts Tape Over His Webcam (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    Geez, you know how to unload the video module, but you don't know how to unload the sound module?

  24. Re:Webcam & Microphones on The FBI Director Puts Tape Over His Webcam (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    Yeah, put it inline with the LED...

  25. Re:Webcam & Microphones on The FBI Director Puts Tape Over His Webcam (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    "not carry chains" - Well, depending on the neighborhood, carrying a chain could be very useful. I once chased off five guys with a chain in my hand. It was the only thing I had available (my steering wheel anti-theft device) and it worked really well. I didn't even have to use it - just let it dangle visibly - and they took off at great speed.