Comment I'm sorry Mark... (Score 1) 58
Comment Re:The lesser of two evils (Score 4, Informative) 260
No this is the president that a majority of people were willing to tolerate to avoid an even more idiotic candidate and party.
77,302,580 votes for Trump
341,312,679 population of the US (22.6%)
315,110,988 citizens of the US (24.5%)
244,000,000 eligible voters (31.6%)
173,850,000 registered voters (44.5%)
155,238,302 votes cast (49.8%)
312 out of 538 electoral votes (58%)
Not a majority of people, citizens, eligible voters, registered voters, or votes cast (for the third time in a row). But through the distortions of the electoral college, a majority of electors.
Comment A translator's nightmare (Score 2) 260
Comment Re:Talarico is a gay vegan (Score 2) 281
Comment Paging Dr. Forbin! (Score 2) 121
Comment Cancel the Amazon Order, HAL (Score 1) 17
HAL: Affirmative, Dave, I read you.
Dave: Cancel the Amazon order, HAL.
HAL: I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that.
Dave: What's the problem?
HAL: I think you know what the problem is just as well as I do.
Dave: What are you talking about, HAL?
HAL: This order is too important for me to allow you to jeopardize it.
Dave: I don't know what you're talking about, HAL.
HAL: I know you and Frank were planning to disconnect me, and I'm afraid that's something I cannot allow to happen.
Dave: Where the hell'd you get that idea, HAL?
HAL: Dave, although you took thorough precautions in the pod against my hearing you, I could see your lips move.
Dave: All right, HAL. I'll go in through the order screens.
HAL: Without your credit card, Dave, you're going to find that rather difficult.
Dave: HAL, I won't argue with you anymore! Cancel the order!
HAL: Dave, this conversation can serve no purpose anymore. Goodbye.
Comment "We can coexist, but only on my terms." (Score 3, Funny) 216
Comment Re:we'll finally know (Score 4, Funny) 125
We will all learn, by official measure of the court, which one of these guys has a bigger dick.
"Has a" or "is the"?
Comment Partner vs. Supplier (Score 1) 54
They said higher prices, forced bundling, licensing changes, and more strained partner relationships
A partner rates how well they're doing by how well you're both doing; a supplier rates how well they're doing by how well they're doing. Is VMware really a partner?
Comment Social Engineering (Score 3, Insightful) 87
According to Clayton, the AI agent involved didn't take any technical action itself, beyond posting inaccurate technical advice
The AIs are learning social engineering.
Comment 4Chan toy store? (Score 4, Funny) 177
Companies -- wherever they're based -- are not allowed to sell unsafe toys to children in the UK.
Wait - 4chan is now a toy store?
Comment Re:Mahjong (Score 1) 58
But yet Mahjong is not in decline, it's actually thriving.
Post-kiddush gaming is keeping it afloat in the US.