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  1. If there was ever an article to post this to...thi on Apple Seemingly Unable To Recover Data From 2018 MacBook Pro With Touch Bar When Logic Board Fails (macrumors.com) · · Score: 0

    COURAGE!

  2. Making money? on Robocallers Win Even if You Don't Answer (wsj.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    So, can I just call one of my cell phones from my landline millions of times and start making money? WTF is this? Why does the caller make anything?

  3. Re:If Google used OpenJDK on Oracle Wins Revival of Billion-Dollar Case Against Google (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Exactly...that was my thought... Also, OpenJDK has been around since at LEAST 2008... Android initial release: September 23, 2008; 9 years ago

  4. It seems like every few months this gets posted here. These surveys are ridiculous anyway. I'm developing in language XYZ because my employer is paying me to work in it. I am not able to just start development in ABC just because I want to.

  5. What are you talking about??? on Wine Glasses Are Seven Times Larger Than They Used To Be (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    If you've ever watched Cougar Town, I drink a full "Big Carl" every day! Two on Saturday! )-hic!-(

  6. I read this as "GM says it will kill many and dama on GM Says It Will Put Fleets of Self-Driving Cars In Cities In 2019 (detroitnews.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    A Lot of Property in 2019" I especially like the part about "For GM to get the benefit they're looking for, they need these cars on the road at scale as soon as possible," Yes, because rushing code to production is ALWAYS a good idea, especially when it involves large heavy objects that can kill.

  7. "Tumbling" bears (bearly...pardon the pun...one model in 4 positions isn't exactly tumbling) while listening to someone drone on is not only a "game", but something that COULD potentially be nominated for an academy award?? Wow. Manos-The Hands of Fate would be a better contender.

  8. Was it being used? on BitTorrent is Shutting Down Its Live TV Streaming Service (variety.com) · · Score: 2

    I guess the REAL question is...was this service even being used at all? I admit I'd not heard of it before. Oh, and...first post. :)

  9. Re: GMail to the rescue, only if Google would beha on Verizon.net 'Gets Out Of The Email Business' (networkworld.com) · · Score: 1

    That was originally part of my submission..."I guess it's time to switch to gmail. Hopefully they won't orphan it any time soon."

  10. $300...Really??? on A $300 Device Can Steal Mac FileVault2 Passwords (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 2

    So I can go and buy a device for which the way in has already been fixed? Sounds pretty awesome to me. I know not everyone will be updated immediately, but it seems like Mac folks usually do keep up with them.

  11. Re:Who uses ie? on Advertisers Blast Microsoft Over IE Default Privacy Settings · · Score: 1

    I think you meant "faux outrage", not "foe outrage".

  12. Re:So you admit tracking is bad for customers on Advertisers Blast Microsoft Over IE Default Privacy Settings · · Score: 1

    Then provide the option the first time a user starts IE10, with an explanation of what it means.

    That wouldn't be difficult.

    But advertisers won't be satisfied anyway...they want to ignore this and they were just waiting for an excuse to do so, en masse.

  13. Re:Netcraft confirms Kickstarter is dead? on Kickstarter Introduces New Hardware and Product Design Project Guidelines · · Score: 1

    Couldn't agree with the parent more...what is Kickstarter FOR, now?

  14. Camera != Camera in phone on Samsung Unveils Windows Phone 8 Device and Android-Based Camera · · Score: 1

    First is whether these cameras will have enough additional functionality to justify the added cost and weight when most people already have a serviceable camera in their phone.

    UGH!! I'm getting tired of these types of comments. A camera in your phone is just not able to match an actual CAMERA for quality use. Until a phone has optical zoom and can accommodate lenses (which immediately makes it much less easily portable) this will not be possible.

    P.S. Can we get rid of Timothy as an editor, or can he PLEASE take the time to fix the submissions before posting? I swear at least 95% of the time there is a story with misspellings/extra unnecessary words, etc., it's his.

  15. But wait...isn't sugar TOXIC?!? on Spoonful of Sugar Helps the Persistent Bacteria Go Down · · Score: 1

    Gee...I don't know WHAT to believe any more!!!

    http://science.slashdot.org/story/11/04/18/2317205/Is-Sugar-Toxic

  16. Re:won't happen on If You're Going To Kill It, Open Source It · · Score: 1

    Obviously "White Powdery Substance"

  17. Re:Windows "was" a competitor? on How Mac OS X, 10 Today, Changed Apple's World · · Score: 2

    That, and I'd like to know where Google went...I didn't know they weren't a search engine any longer...WTF have I been using???

  18. And the point?? on How Chat and Youth Are Killing the Meeting · · Score: 1

    "meeting time has gone down from as much as 30 hours per week to as little as 2 hours per week."

    And this is written as if it is a BAD thing.

  19. Re:Lawyer? on Comcast Disables VCR Scheduling In New Guide · · Score: 1

    It's not just VCR's that have analog tuners, though... I have a MythTV box...I've got an analog tuner in it and if I want to record anything off of the "digital tier" on my cable box, I have to tune it in on the box. Switching channels automatically is the only way to do this if I need to record several things while away.

  20. M.U.L.E. -- Great times on M.U.L.E. Is Back · · Score: 1

    Wow...M.U.L.E. is definitely one of my favorite games of all time.

    Remember playing it for hours and hours with friends in college.

    I remember M.U.L.E. being the place where I first learned about (and heard the word) "Collusion".

    Hunting the wumpus, trying to get the mountainous regions to get crystite...

    And the only true way to play was the long 90 minute 12 turn game.

  21. Re:Uhm...? on Symantec Support Gone Rogue? · · Score: 1
    No no no...everyone knows the word is more of the AVIAN variety!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WNrx2jq184

  22. Re:Move along, nothing to see here on NVIDIA's Andy Ritger On Linux Drivers · · Score: 1

    Two words: orphaned hardware.

    When nVidia decides they no longer wish to support an older piece of hardware, they just "build it out" of the driver. The driver no longer works with your perfectly good video card.

    If the driver was open sourced in *ANY WAY* (including the scheme from somewhere above where they license it only for use with nVidia hardware) the code would aready be out there in the open and would always be accessible.

  23. Re:Even with the PS2 hardware inside... on PS3's New Back-Compat Limit Outlined · · Score: 1

    I've never understood the "it doesn't have rumble...me so sad". I've never used the rumble. I don't like it. I *ALWAYS* turn it off. I have a PS2 and if I got a PS3, I couldn't care less about it.

  24. Re:Oblig. Tor Johnson on University Professor Chastised For Using Tor · · Score: 1

    Why is this labelled "Troll"?? "Funny" is more appropriate.

    Thanks for making me laugh, MS-06FZ. At least I got it.

    (And Tor Johnson would be more labelled an "Ogre" than "Troll") Heh.

  25. Re:M.U.L.E. on The Most Important Multiplayer Games Ever · · Score: 1

    I could *NOT* agree more. One of the (if not THE) best games I've ever played with friends.