Do you know why they didn't use new/delete? They are simply syntactic sugar to create a less error prone version of malloc/free.

I foresee a mess coming because of the number of pins in USB type-C.

One of the big benefits to USB was that it was only 4 wires: power, ground, and a differential pair. Years ago, we all laughed at the Apple dock connector and it's gzillion pins. USB type-C seems like a throwback, with 24-pins, and a microchip. It looks like 18 of those pins require unique wires (since the ground and power pins can be shared). So that means that where I have a 4-wire USB cable now, the replacement is an 18-wire cable. Of course, most things won't need all of the features, so most cables will probably have far fewer wires than that. They'll omit the configuration wire, the sidechannel wire, the'll make the bus power a smaller gauge, eliminate some of the unused differential pairs, etc. If that happens, you will no longer be able to use any old USB cable for anything. You'll need to know what wires each USB cable has to know what devices it works with. So they'll start labeling them with nifty names like "USB type-C Lion" which has 18 gauge bus pins, and "USB type-C Gamma Monkey" which has 18 gauge bus pins and the sidechannel pins. And they will be more expensive.

Because knockoff videos happen every day and usually the copyright holder doesn't care. See "Mario Warfare", or any other group of people having fun with cosplay. The same thing goes with fan art.

Report the vulnerability to CERT.
https://forms.cert.org/VulRepo...
http://www.cert.org/vulnerabil...?

Because the CFAA is being abused in this realm, major nations need to pass responsible disclosure laws that protect people who report security flaws so long as they follow proper procedure.

You probably got it from MSDN. Not everybody has access to that.

I have to agree with the AC. Perhaps "One man's feature is another man's bloatware." I don't want any of those 4 items. It seems ironic that, in response to Lenovo saying they will remove bloatware, someone is asking for more bloatware.

The book and movie are hugely different. So if you like this concept, and have not yet read the book, I highly recommend it.

Also, the button colors are wrong. I think you meant for them to have a bubble around them. But right now "Post" and "Load All Comments" are showing as teal text on a teal background. Same with "post" "moderate" "moderator help" etc. I only found the post button by searching the page. Similarly, when posting, the buttons for "Preview" "Quote Parent" "Options" and "Cancel" look like regular links. There's no background color or button outline on them.

You can get there by adding /comments to the URL. Ex:
http://slashdot.org/~NotDrWho/...

Also -- is the "Post" button nearly invisible for everyone else? On my browser, it is teal on teal. I only found it by searching the page.

Also - when posting, the "buttons" for preview, quote parent, options, and cancel are just regular link text so they kinda vanish too. They need to be buttons.

TLDR: Skip to the last paragraph for the best part. I didn't find it until I wrote all this up.

Since this is the 2nd Slashdot summary talking about this seemingly wacky procedure, I I decided to look into him a bit. Unfortunately the hard transplant stuff is 99.99% of what the search results return. He even gave a TED talk on the topic of human consciousness. It is possible this guy is just trolling to sell his recent philosophy book since he left his job as a neurosurgeon.

Perhaps the fields of neurosurgery and chiropractic draw people who have a fascination with human consciousness, like how some chiropractors think that they can cure any disease by cracking your back?

He claims to be part of the "Turin Advanced Neuromodulation Group" which is "a Think Tank for the advancement of neuromodulation." It looks like that group is just him, and perhaps one colleage named "Vincenzo Bonicalzi MD" who co-authored a book with him in 2007. Together they wrote "Central Pain Syndrome: Pathophysiology, Diagnosis and Management" But in 2014 Dr Canavero self published "Immortal: Why CONSCIOUSNESS is NOT in the BRAIN". If you read the summary, it looks like your metaphysical philosophy.

The best part: Doctor Canavero and his "group" believe that through a combination of electrical stimulation and head transplants that he can create a society of perfect immortal beings.

If that is how your state bills, then fix it. Other states have.

I live in Maryland, and long ago they separated the "power distribution" from the "power generation" and so you are charged for each one. I don't have a bill in front of me, but I believe there is (1) a fixed monthly fee for the power distribution, then (2) a fee per kilowatt-hour for the distribution, then (3) a separate charge that is for the power generation. This is all part of what has been incorrectly called power "deregulation" and amongst other things it also lets you pick your power provider.

It would be logical, in this scheme, to still charge a homeowner (1) and (2) even if they have solar panels.

There are many places where, not only is the power company unwilling to pay, they are unwilling to take it for free. For a while it was illegal to put power onto the grid, which necessitated inverters and batteries. At that time, home solar wasn't worth it for anyone at all.

I believe that states that have net metering also have a fee for using the grid. I know Maryland does.