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  1. And yet, the main course of Boiled Frog can't be bothered to pay any true attention, as they squee with delight at the Trump shitshow, backed up with all the other Bread and Circus offerings that they watch from their White Man Terror Bunker / SUV entertainment centers.

  2. This really is a shame as of them all, Cox is by far the most level-headed and hands-off national ISP. I am still thankful I have them instead of the harrowing nightmares that are Time-Warner, Comcast, et al.

  3. I still say on Ted Cruz Wants Minimum H-1B Wage of $110,000 (computerworld.com) · · Score: 2, Funny

    I still say Ted Cruz is actually Al Lewis from The Munsters.

  4. It's a doddle on Germany Fires Up Bizarre New Fusion Reactor (sciencemag.org) · · Score: 1

    However: I doubt anyone ever did the math, you have "inside" a hot core that needs to get heat to the "outside" to drive a steam engine. "In-between" you have super conducting cooled coils (close to absolute zero) which generate the magnetic containment field.

    McDonald's had this figured out _years_ ago: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_N'_Tasty#/media/File:McDLT_Packaging.jpg

  5. Next thing to be exploited on AVG, McAfee, Kaspersky Antiviruses All Had a Common Bug (softpedia.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    ...a basic requirement these days for software programmers to use ASLR (Address Space Layout Randomization)...

    Want to place your bets that most / all ASLR systems are predictably NOT random in their randomization?

  6. Security built right in on WordPress 4.4 Arrives · · Score: 1

    "This screen door has *two* eye hook locks to keep the bad guys out!!"

  7. The path towards a police state justified by terrorism and the always reliable pedophilia.

    What surprises me most about this miserable waste of skin is that she's from supposed progressive California.

  8. I see now on Wired Thinks It Knows Who Satoshi Nakamoto Is (wired.com) · · Score: 1

    It matters because if we do not solve this mystery in our lifetime, the genius of Nakamoto will remain a myth forever.

    Ahh, that's why the cops arrested him! Thanks, Po-Po!!

  9. I don't want to live in a world where some asshole billionaire is the arbiter of what can and can't be said.

    Given how few and who owns the media, what is allowed to be said to you is already rather controlled.

  10. Hulu on Streaming Video Is 70 Percent of Broadband Use (recode.net) · · Score: 1

    It would be even higher if for-pay Hulu didn't still have commercials in the shows. Once I read that, I didn't even consider getting it. I watched all (well, still maddeningly waiting for the last half) of Mad Men on Netflix; I can't imagine bothering to watch even a show about advertising that is interrupted by advertising.

  11. How to sink Japanese whaling ships.



    Just for science. Honest.

  12. Proper credit on French Legislation Would Block Tor and Restrict Free Wi-Fi (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    That's exactly what ISIS told us was their strategy, and told us that they wanted us to do. Their public web sites and social media accounts have been quite clear that they want the west to make life worse for citizens and take away basic freedoms. That helps radicalise people to join their cause, and demonstrates that they are not some ineffectively little group by rather a powerful movement with the ability to influence and control western governments.

    But to be honest, this is from the playbook written by Bin Laden (and still scrupulously followed by those in the West desirous of Absolute Powers). He knew that those holding offices requiring an oath to 'protect and defend The Constitution' were just mouthing words they truly didn't give a fuck about.

  13. Confused on Beijing Issues 'Red Alert' Over Smog (independent.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Is this 'Red Alert' pre-beard or post-beard Riker?

  14. Doug Stanhope and Mother on Researchers Are Developing Cure for Human Pain (neurosciencenews.com) · · Score: 1

    He has a fantastic bit about his mother's passing. He's not everyone's cup of tea, but this one is worth a listen.

  15. Left out on Google Proposes 'Needle-less' System For Drawing Blood (thestack.com) · · Score: 1

    How many 'micro-particles' are required to self-assemble into the permanent tracker.

  16. "The cautionary tale is that democracy depends upon a respect for civil liberties. ... Talking about it in practical terms, the answer is to target the people which you know are up to bad stuff rather than bringing in the 99.8 percent of the inhabitants there, including the vast majority of followers of Islam, who have no intention whatsoever of conducting a terrorist attack."

    Having seen the light, I wish this guy would run POTUS under the Common Sense wing of the GOP (which probably no longer exists, given the Trump / Carson / Cruz shit show).

  17. Mind-boggling on How Mark Zuckerberg's Altruism Helps Himself (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    That seemed wrong, so I asked two different CPAs about it.

    Must be nice to have so much income, you actually have to do this. Meanwhile, in the real US...

  18. Christ, what a racist headline on Giant Telescope Project Stalled By Hawaiian Natives (khon2.com) · · Score: 0

    I half expected the summary to explain how our brave Marines mowed down the savages with Tommy Guns to ensure scientific progress for the enlightened White race.

  19. Note to purchasers on Western Digital Announces World's First 10TB Helium-Filled Hard Drive (techgage.com) · · Score: 1

    By US government edict, these drives cannot be exported to 1930s Germany. We instead recommend our Hydrogen line of Flash drives.

  20. Place your bets on DHS Offering Free Vulnerability Scans, Penetration Tests (krebsonsecurity.com) · · Score: 1

    These digital intrusion attempts, commissioned in advance by the private sector targets themselves, are part of a little-known program at DHS designed to help 'critical infrastructure' companies shore up their computer and network defenses against real-world adversaries.

    What are the odds DHS didn't even bother to make sure the rest of FedGovs house is in order before moving onto the private sector? Though it does nicely prove DHS, et al are all lapdogs to almighty corporate profits.

  21. Real Reason on After Twenty Years of Flash, Adobe Kills the Name (thestack.com) · · Score: 2

    Screen Door was already copyrighted.

  22. Re:It might be good but it won't be MST3K on Patton Oswalt Recruited For New MST3K Cast (cnet.com) · · Score: 2

    You can't recapture the lightning in a bottle dumb luck of a low budget local TV show slowly gaining traction with a record breaking kickstarter and already well known comedians...

    I have to say I'm highly wary of this and am adopting the same attitude as the J.J. Abrams Star Wars - wait and see.

    What, no mention of your lawn?

  23. No no no no on Diamond Nanothreads Could Support Space Elevator (space.com) · · Score: 1

    The dude who created Molecule Chain was named Sinclair!

  24. Again: Big Dumb Co on Even the Dumbest Ransomware Is Almost Unremovable On Smart TVs (symantec.com) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    After I win All The Lotteries, I will form Big Dumb Company, with the principal division being Big Dumb Appliances, such as clothes and dish washers that are so well built, they can be handed down at least two generations, stupidly fixable with decades-long part availability, and that are designed to accomplish one task: WASH THINGS.

    Same with TVs - or should I say monitors - with the best display possible, replaceable power supplies, interface ports (sans wireless nor Ethernet) out the kazoo, AND DUMB AS A BAG OF HAMMERS. Tuner? game console? Roku? Fantastic: PLUG THEM IN. What will the TVs do? DISPLAY THINGS, PERIOD.

    Now, onto phone / Internet service: BIG DUMB PIPE.

  25. Oppenheimer and pals

    The Final Solution (chemistry *and* Hollerith cards)

    Fritz Haber's WWI gas warfare (and laying the groundwork for Zyklon B)

    Hell, even the guys that built a mountain-sized ramp to finally breach Masada were Roman military engineers.