In all fairness, Watson has been used in medical contexts where it ranks its suggested diagnoses and treatments (multiple answers, not just one right answer). It also runs on 1 server now, instead of 75. But no, I don't think it's going to scale up to beat Google anytime soon. If/when IBM says they are doing so, that's another story.

It's not a typo. It's the expected rise in value of the US dollar now that we're producing more oil.

Slashdot is a news aggregator. It's never going to be first.

That's incredibly fascinating. What's for lunch?

Oohhhhhhhh...a HORSE! Fuck, why didn't we think of that! Thank god you're here with your ingenius insights. Now all we have to do is to get it eat nothing for long periods of time in the desert while carrying heavy loads 24/7 in a combat environment. Easy!

'An I said, "Oh lord Jebus, it's a hornet!" and I ran. I ran for my life!

Before you start throwing insults and getting all snotty, you might want to check your own facts. TFA mentions just one attempted murder, and nothing about a real murder. Go read it.

You're absolutely right. They're 100% guilty of the non-existent murder they staged. They should be locked up in an invisible prison cell.

Yeah, that'll be so awesome when the next model takes FIVE TIMES AS LONG!!1!

Night Owl: "What happened to the American Dream?"
Comedian: "It came true!"

Let's not forget that DoJ promised Snowden wouldn't be tortured if he were returned to the U.S. As in, it was on the table and everyone assumed that would happen. Getting shot in the head is the least of Snowden's concerns right now.

Which would be, what, Monday?

/ducks

Bingo

Under settings, I should be able to pick from a list of design options:
1. New
2. Old
3. Older
4. Pink with ponies
5. Cowboy Neal
6. ...
7. Profit!

And who exactly is blaming Android? Samsung is called out in the title and almost every sentence in the fantastic summary. And the word Android is only used once to refer to the benchamarking apps.

Um, why would they put a backdoor in a platform they were going to use for themselves?