User: bozzy

Re:But they're not white, so it's OK

On: Indonesia Moves To Ban Same-Sex Emojis On Messaging Apps (thestack.com)

Except the Christian extremists in America tend to not get their way. In Muslim countries, the extremists do get their way.

Re:IOT isn't as easy as it sounds.

On: Trane Takes 2 Years To Remove Hard-Coded Root Passwords From IoT Thermostat (softpedia.com)

Fuck you Trane. I hope you get hit by a Train.

And forced to listen to the band Train...

Reposession

On: Coast-To-Coast Autonomous Tesla Trips 2-3 Years Out, Says Elon Musk (google.com)

If you default on the car loan, it can then repossess itself and just drive away.

Re:USB

On: Outré USB Gadgets

Yeah, though it isn't quite USB "powered". It requires 3 AA batteries.

wincrap.wav

On: Vista Startup Sound to be Mandatory?

Hopefully the sound will be that old wincrap.wav. You know how that went.... "Taaadaaaa...BOOOM! AH CRAP!"

Re:Just get it pre-installed at dell/compaq/HP/etc

On: Marketing Mozilla

Yes, especially if the user in question still has dial-up, which a good number of people still do. The Windows Firefox download is a a mere 4.9MB, but can still be a chore to download over a slow connection.

God forbid you have dialup and need a service pack.

Calculating Trajectory?

On: Robosapien V2 Review - with Video

The bot says "Calculating trajectory" before hurling the ball off to the side. Either that "calculation" was way off or that speech was just ear candy. It was pretty cool up until that point.

Bah.

On: 9th Annual AUV Competition Results

"Interestingly, the UF team ran Windows XP embedded on SubjuGator's on-board computer."

Who the hell would want Gator infected with Windows XP?

No, I didn't RTFA.

I for one...

On: Replacing Humans with Software Inspectors

...welcome my new automated, software-inspecting overlords.