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  1. Re:Petitions.org... on Forest Service Wants To Require Permits For Photography · · Score: 1

    A simple tripod is not an issue and should never require a permit. Its not some special rig, its a stand for a camera, nothing more.

  2. Re:Beyond the law? on FBI Chief: Apple, Google Phone Encryption Perilous · · Score: 1

    Its not a lie if you believe it......

  3. Re:Beyond the law? on FBI Chief: Apple, Google Phone Encryption Perilous · · Score: 1

    The court, in its infinite wisdom still cannot read minds. The 5th exists to protect the citizenry from being abused by a court system that assumes as fact that which it cannot possibly prove. You can never prove i know something, or not. This is not placing your self above the law, its invoking the law to tie the governments hands.

  4. Re:Another terrible article courtesy of samzenpus on Seattle Passes Laws To Keep Residents From Wasting Food · · Score: 4, Informative

    Dude, a properly cooked brussel sprout is HEAVEN. It takes skill to make them right. Next time you are out at a higher end restaurant and they offer them, order them, trust me on this. My evil stepmother used to make me eat them and i hated them with a passion until i had one that was properly prepared.

  5. Re:What about Android? on Google Quietly Nixes Mandatory G+ Integration With Gmail · · Score: 1

    There are other vendors that offer auto-photo backup. Hell even Plex does.

  6. Re:Does it matter? on Google Quietly Nixes Mandatory G+ Integration With Gmail · · Score: 4, Insightful

    It was an annoying insert between me and the services i want to use. I want to see my pictures on PICASA, where i put them, not integrated into G+

  7. Re:ya'll a bunch of lazy slobs! on Nvidia Sinks Moon Landing Hoax Using Virtual Light · · Score: 5, Insightful

    “I am, and ever will be, a white-socks, pocket-protector, nerdy engineer, born under the second law of thermodynamics, steeped in steam tables, in love with free-body diagrams, transformed by Laplace and propelled by compressible flow.” Neil Armstrong

  8. Re:Alright smart guy on Ask Slashdot: Is iOS 8 a Pig? · · Score: 1

    It cant win with apple fans either. From what im hearing, ios8 obsoletes the 4S pretty hard, which is a bit insane considering it is 3 years old. The plain fact is Apple is supporting it in name only. As soon as the screen changed dimensions, it was left behind.

  9. Re:Faster using less power! on NVIDIA Launches Maxwell-Based GeForce GTX 980 and GeForce GTX 970 GPUs · · Score: 1

    For me, its not about the money, its about heat, noise, case size, power draw (as related to PSU sizing) etc. I cant keep the 770 on my desk (noise, heat), but i might be able to keep the 970 on my desk. There are other factors. I will give my 770 to my nephew and get his 750 ti back(another maxwell part) to put in my HTPC. When i talk about power consumption, I'm always more concerned with all the other factors besides actual electricity cost vs capital outlay. While it might not pencil out financially, that doesn't negate the sum of the other gains. IM more concerned with packing more power per watt than saving money.

  10. Re:Faster using less power! on NVIDIA Launches Maxwell-Based GeForce GTX 980 and GeForce GTX 970 GPUs · · Score: 1

    Yep. IM upgrading my 770 to a 970 just for the power savings.

  11. Re:Only payments? on Apple Locks iPhone 6/6+ NFC To Apple Pay Only · · Score: 1

    Fair enough. Stop saying choice is inherently a bad thing. Security is the search for the place between usability and safety. You cant have perfect security, you cant have perfect usability. Its always a compromise. Dont try to tell people they cant have usability in your search for perfect security. Applying 'herd mentality' logic to all computers isnt going to win you many friends here , the idea being you should secure your own stuff not kill choice so you feel safe.

  12. Re:Only payments? on Apple Locks iPhone 6/6+ NFC To Apple Pay Only · · Score: 1

    You are silly, have silly ideas and i dont say this often, but you really have no place here on Slashdot with this kind of thinking. It is anathema to what we do here.

  13. Re:Only payments? on Apple Locks iPhone 6/6+ NFC To Apple Pay Only · · Score: 1

    DId it ever occur to you that you can have both? I run a fully stock apple phone AND 'anything under the sun' phones and tablets. Just because YOU fear choice doesnt mean it shouldn't be offered.

  14. Re:iOS NFC Only Being Used for Apple Pay on Apple Locks iPhone 6/6+ NFC To Apple Pay Only · · Score: 1

    Its because the philosophy of the two are vastly different. Apple limits functionality for ease of use and profit protection, Android tries to give as much user freedom as is possible. Apple has no problem saying 'Thou shalt not do that, because i said so'. OF COURSE these two philosophies are going to clash.

  15. Re:NFC isn't used for just payment on Apple Locks iPhone 6/6+ NFC To Apple Pay Only · · Score: 1

    It DOSNT work quite well for people on hardware below iphone 5. Airdrop is another proprietary piece of shit. Call me when an android user can share a file to an Apple user with AirDrop. Until then its shite.

  16. Re:NFC isn't used for just payment on Apple Locks iPhone 6/6+ NFC To Apple Pay Only · · Score: 1

    Yes, but it does require iphone 5 or above......

  17. Re:goodbye apple on Apple Locks iPhone 6/6+ NFC To Apple Pay Only · · Score: 1

    I actually like the Sony NFC nub. I have one on my a6000 camera. What is it you dont like about the Z2? The Z3 has some features im interested in (multi wifi camera control) but i would love to hear your take on the Z2.

  18. Re:Only payments? on Apple Locks iPhone 6/6+ NFC To Apple Pay Only · · Score: 1

    WHAT? Bluetooth is a full data sharing protocol. You can send files across it. Why do you think Bluetooth only does what you describe?

  19. Re:Flash and Silverlight on Tinba Trojan Targets Major US Banks · · Score: 1

    When i tried it on Ubuntu 12, and 13, i still had X blanking the screen. X has a hard-on for blanking the screen above and beyond the standard power saving stuff.

  20. Re:Flash and Silverlight on Tinba Trojan Targets Major US Banks · · Score: 1

    Netflix requires silverlight on windows and OSX only. Buy a cheap dongle that runs Netflix.

  21. Re:Flash and Silverlight on Tinba Trojan Targets Major US Banks · · Score: 2

    Ugh. You cant even stop the screen from blanking in Ubuntu without executing SEVERAL command lines involving 3 separate processes. I like Linux, but damn they make shit harder than it needs to be sometimes. I would LOVE for Linux to at least have feature parity in simple stuff like disabling screen blanking. That sort of thing should be exposed in the UI, there is no excuse for that kind of incompetence.

  22. Re:Finally, an honest Internet company on Airbnb To Start Collecting Hotel Tax On Rentals In San Francisco · · Score: 0

    Why in the FUCK should VISITORS being paying for local services? Isnt the fire dept funded through property taxes? Fuck you and people like you who think its wise to tax the shit out of visitors.

  23. Re:Finally, an honest Internet company on Airbnb To Start Collecting Hotel Tax On Rentals In San Francisco · · Score: 1

    Did it ever occur to you that these taxes and fees are straight up local robbery?

  24. Re:the photography equivalent of tweeting on How Flickr Is Courting the Next Generation of Photographers · · Score: 1

    I havent stopped taking photographs, but i only share my truly exceptional ones. Most often this is done with a 'real' camera.

  25. Re:Expensive and complicated? on How Flickr Is Courting the Next Generation of Photographers · · Score: 4, Interesting

    You are being purposefully obtuse. Not everyone had access to that kind of ongoing capital. A digital camera is a VERY different proposition than film. It is essentially a camera with unlimited film after the initial capital outlay. I know i waited until digital was ready before getting into photography because of this. All of the stuff you listed needs heavy infrastructure, time, deliveries, chemicals etc. With digital all you need is the camera, and a laptop to store them. 10-15 years ago was 1999-2003. I had taken well over 10,000 unique digital pictures by 2003 at a fraction of the cost of film.