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  1. Originally, yes, if you try to copy currency now, it will lock out a board that needs to be sent to factory, along with a lot of questions to answer by the factory and secret service, and your copier will be bricked in the meantime

  2. Re: Called a black and white PHOTOCOPY on Researcher Wants To Protect Whistleblowers Against Hidden Printer Dots (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 1

    Good luck with that, the last analogue copiers came out mid/late 90's and are certainly crushed and recycled by now

  3. at what point... on SpaceX Will Launch Secretive X-37B Spaceplane's Next Mission (latimes.com) · · Score: 2

    Do the drop the X designation?? Almost a decade if flight, I think it passed the test , and what would its new designator be ?

  4. In the server room!!!

  5. Re:Really? on Neowin: Microsoft's Windows Phone Business 'Is Dead' (neowin.net) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Wait... your Windows phone gets updates??!!!
    Wow, you are the lucky one then, because my my Lumia 625 and 635 were promised Win 10,(along with 78% of the MS phone market), then left to die alone in the digital wilderness, like ALL MS hardware eventually does. So Skype,Messenger, and Whatsapp are all unsupported now, in fact, even with the latest FB update, you get stuck in the loop, where if someone messages you, the screen asks to download Messenger, which you cant, they couldnt even roll it back to letting FB receive/reply PM'S,even thought the icon is still there.
    No MS, you lost because your place in the phone arena because you ABANDONED it, it was a TOY to you, Like your first Surface was, Like the Zune was,like...well, ANYTHING not PC related.

  6. WTF really???
    Have installed Mint on 3 old laptops, no probs WHATSOEVER!
    Oh and the old scanner Wndows and Canon stopped supporting years ago, no probs with Linux! same with any printer . I call BS on your install!

  7. Queen to knights level 3
    Computer, verified

  8. Lend an ignorant third worlder a phone on The Woman Whose Phone 'Misdiagnosed HIV' (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    and they will make a call...
    Give an ignorant third worlder a phone, and they'll use it to beat a monkey to death

  9. Re:You're right on Scientists Win $2.6 Million For Star Trek Tricorder Device (vocativ.com) · · Score: 1

    WTF... really? A tricorder is "just" about do-able with the tech we have now, its a first step, which will lead to more steps, and finally a working device. Warp drives? Not at all do-able, too much power needed, transporters....info only right now... if you want something really cool from ST that should be next on list...its gravity plating, cant survive in space too long without it....energy shields would be needed first also... hitting even a tiny grain of sand at even 1/100 th of relativistic speeds is a major concern....

  10. so now... on US Navy Bans Vaping On Ships (go.com) · · Score: 2

    sailors will go back to cigarettes.... way to reduce the pension fund? After all, dead sailors dont cost anything, but the lung damage will cost a lot in their final few years of life. This is ridiculous, just set a mil spec standard, let the free market meet that demand, the majority of battery fires are due to cheap ass Chinese crap or as other posters said, heavy mods done incorrectly.

  11. So.. now they are doing on New Processors Are Now Blocked From Receiving Updates On Old Windows (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 2

    To pc's what they did to older windows phones?? Colour me surprised! Upgrade/ use the hardware we recommend or lose support is the new MA mantra, keep going MS, I had to toss my windows phone because of your lack of support, I've been on Mint for years, the only reason you are still relevant is your entrenched business portfolio, and even that is slipping away.

  12. Re:OS/2 Warp 4: Better than modern Linux. on After 25 Years, 'Lost' OS/2 2.0 Build 6.605 Finally Re-Discovered (os2museum.com) · · Score: 1

    I ran into OS2 doing a printer install for a clothing store chain back in the late 90's, I had never seen it before, there was no support available from the company, but it didnt take long to figure out, was quite intuitive. My sister worked for IBM for a bit and had quite a few OS2 manuals, which I borrowed to learn the system. Seems it was a victim of MS heavy marketing and the hardware prices at the time, seemed like a solid OS for sure.

  13. When members of the legislature.. on Utah Supreme Court Ruling Bars Direct Sales of Teslas Through a Subsidiary (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    go to an Apple store, do they have the same hesitations to buy from a manufacturer??

  14. Im officially DONE with windows phones, I have to use one as work software tie ins require it, bought a spare Lumia635 as a backup as at time it was promised a Win 10 upgrade, which never happened due to ram constraints. Now Messenger, Whatsapp, and even Skpe have been pulled , Im done! Fool me once, shame on you....

  15. my last company did this.. on Comcast Launches New 24/7 Workplace Surveillance Service (philly.com) · · Score: 1

    cameras with microphones in the ceiling that covered the whole workspace, as managers we were allowed into the office for 45 mins in morning and at end of day for paperwork and email correspondence, otherwise the office was supposed to be empty with everyone doing field work. South Carolina is one of those wonderful "work at will" states, so I willed myself to work elsewhere....

  16. Re:Killed by the internet... on RadioShack Is Preparing to File For Bankruptcy Again (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    well that and the fact they started wanting my fing post code when i bought batteries there, they drove themselves out of business.

  17. Well how cool would this be.. on Scientists Have Found a Way To Rapidly Thaw Cryopreserved Tissue Without Damage (sciencealert.com) · · Score: 1

    -Ok, samples 1-50 show perfect integrity after thawing...

    * Well now what can we test this on?

    -Dave, BRING ME THE HEAD OF WALT DISNEY!!!!

  18. Re: Mandatory on Ask Slashdot: Would You Use A Cellphone With A Kill Code? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Why not use thumb for regular login, middle finger for wipe, seems apropo

  19. So you didnt fall for 3D.. on Slashdot Asks: Are Curved TVs Worth It? (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    well Sir, we have this new (shiny) CURVED tv to sell you now, see ITS CURVED! How cool is that! Now just step over here to the register....

  20. Re: Fake News on World's Only Sample of Metallic Hydrogen Has Been Lost (ibtimes.co.uk) · · Score: 4, Funny

    Chocolate...because "shit coloured" didn't track well at DeBeers advertising session groups...

  21. Re: Owning a cat is and of itself a mental illness on Owning a Cat Does Not Lead To Mental Illness, Study Finds (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    You need the best cat brush, a lint roller, pack of 6 for 2 bucks at Ikea, my cat Loves rubbing against one of these, and it gets all the loose fur off, when covered in fur, peel, and presto, whole new sticky surface, I only have to start the peel, then my cat grabs the end in his mouth and rest off for me, best investment ever!

  22. Re: 'Schizophrenia' is a normal reaction... on B Vitamins Reduce Schizophrenia Symptoms, Study Finds (newsmax.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I would reverse that statement to read
    "many schizophrenics suffer from homelessness"
    Most have drug problems trying to combat the symptoms, nit the other way around.
    You see the lies propagated in anti marijuana stories that cite " look, he's a schizophrenic because he smokes weed, when the opposite is closer to the truth, they are self medicating.

  23. Lack of talent my ass!!! on CS Professor Argues Silicon Valley Is Exploiting Both H-1B Visas And Workers (huffingtonpost.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Seeings how they are TRAINING their low wage replacements, exactly how low talent are they??
    Anyone who doesn't understand that low talent is the new code word for "we make too much money according to you" needs to wake up!

  24. this has been done before.. on Reporter Pans Open Source Laptop Kit TERES-I (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    with same results, a Frankenstein-ish laptop with compromises everywhere, and usually thicker and heaver than a store bought laptop. Now the HP Stream and Tosh Chromebook2 could have been the way to go, but some have hard soldered EmmC boards, or non upgradable memory.
      Could this be done, uhhm,yah... but it will take a major manufacturer to make the base kit and still have a relatively sexy laptop.
    So what we need is a great screen to start, a mother board(s) that are cheap and upgradable, extra RAM slots, and probably an M2 interface for storage, with that said, it would have to be a standard, so others can make components to fit.
    I dont see this happenening as long as the main OEM's want you to buy a new laptop every 2-3 years.

  25. Re:Goodbye, good movie on CBS, Paramount Settle Lawsuit Over 'Star Trek' Fan Film (hollywoodreporter.com) · · Score: 1

    really hope they get to Continue this series, they have finally got a good cast and settled into roles, Vic does a pretty good kirk, and the new Spock and Mccoy are passable, story lines are solid, and it has the "feel" of TOS, if they cant go on, we will be left with all the shitty green screen clones that look rubbish...