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  1. Next step is muting all domains not on a whitelist.

  2. Re:Right to protest on Anti-Uber Taxi Protest Blocks Access To Airports In France · · Score: 1

    The government created the uneven playing field.

  3. Walled Garden on Sony Music CEO Confirms Launch of Apple's Music Streaming Service · · Score: 3, Insightful

    So, seeing as they are becoming competitors, when will Spotify disappear from the Apple App Store?

  4. Re:I solved this problem 3 years ago with on Android's Smart Lock Won't Ask You For a Password Until You Set Your Phone Down · · Score: 1

    So I just need to hold your phone outside your house to unlock it?

    I'd really like a variation of this where I only had to enter my password once when I get home, and then it stays unlocked until I leave the house again.

  5. Re:Who cares? on Windows 10: Can Microsoft Get It Right This Time? · · Score: 4, Funny

    You probably shouldn't. Do you ask that question for every piece of software that you don't use?

  6. Re:Application installers suck. on How To Hijack Your Own Windows System With Bundled Downloads · · Score: 1

    Are OSX application bundles able to auto-update themselves? If not, package repos (or app stores) have a serious advantage over application bundles.

  7. Re:Secret Ballot? on How Bitcoin Could Be Key To Online Voting · · Score: 1

    Now, the concern that an organization would force it's members to either hand over it's tokens, or allow the organization to review their votes could be real. But I would go out on a limb and guess that any organization to do so would have it's ass nailed against the wall by the AG so hard and fast that the need for a colostomy bag would be a moot point.

    Hopefully you're right. But will you also be right in 20 years? 50? And if you aren't, will it be possible to revert to the old system by then?

  8. Re:Secret Ballot? on How Bitcoin Could Be Key To Online Voting · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The problem is that you yourself can provide the token to, let's say, an employer forcing you to vote a certain way, an abusive spouse or someone who wants to buy your vote.
    The current systems prevent that or make it hard to do in any systematic way. Even taking a picture of your ballot won't help, as you can always get it exchanged for a fresh one.

  9. Re:But one major alternative still exists on Wireless Charging Standards Groups Agree To Merge · · Score: 2

    Consumers won't care the slightest

  10. Re:Better way? on Extra Leap Second To Be Added To Clocks On June 30 · · Score: 1

    Instead it will crash when one event happens at 23:59:59.8 and another happens at 23:59:60.4 (old notation). In your proposed notation, there would be no way of knowing that event one happened before event two.
    In the case of DST, most systems use UTC internally, which doesn't have a notion of DST. Or said in another way, we don't adjust the base clock, we just change time zone.

  11. TAI on Extra Leap Second To Be Added To Clocks On June 30 · · Score: 1

    You could use Atomic time, which is basically UTC but without leap seconds.

  12. Re:Yeah keep it... on After Outage, Sony Makes Peace Offering To Users of PlayStation Network · · Score: 1

    This is about the ddos of Sony Playstation Network, not about the hack of Sony Pictures Entertainment.

  13. Re:Lame on After Outage, Sony Makes Peace Offering To Users of PlayStation Network · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Completely agree. First off, trying to upsell by giving a 10% off coupon is just lousy as hell. And especially for digital goods. And second, 5 days extension for a 4-day down time is extremely weak. It's not like they haven't had a chance to learn.

  14. Re:Are they good? No. on Out With the Red-Light Cameras, In With the Speeding Cameras · · Score: 4, Interesting

    If they are set up to maximize revenue, aren't they also in places where a lot of people are speeding? The motives might not line up, but the results do.

  15. Re:anonymous! on Early Bitcoin Adopters Facing Extortion Threats · · Score: 1

    He might not have tried to be anonymous, though. No amount of obfuscation or anonymity can stop you from proclaiming who you are.

  16. Re:I blame Microsoft on Critical Git Security Vulnerability Announced · · Score: 1

    Are there any advantages to case-sensitive file systems?

  17. Re:Just wondering on French Publishers Prepare Lawsuit Against Adblock Plus · · Score: 1

    You visited their website without their prior consent, too.

  18. Re:It DOES have permission on Uber's Android App Caught Reporting Data Back Without Permission · · Score: 1

    A third possibility is that the sms collection code is in the program, but is never actually called.

  19. Re:Listen to Yoda on Apple Swaps "Get" Button For "Free" To Avoid Confusion Over In-App Purchases · · Score: 1

    Alternative title: If your "get" button is broken, Apple will now replace it for "free".

  20. Re:What about SSL? on Nielsen Will Start Tracking Netflix and Amazon Video · · Score: 2

    It's still encrypted when played back, so it's just white noise. Netflix installs a decryption implant as part of the subscription.

  21. Re:Depends on Embargo Lift on Assassin's Creed: Unity Launch Debacle Pulls Spotlight Onto Game Review Embargos · · Score: 1

    You need time to actually write the review.

  22. Re:Destiny ? on Blizzard Announces Overwatch, a First-Person Shooter · · Score: 1

    That's the problem, it doesn't make sense. When talking platforms, you'll distinguish by processor/instruction set or by OS family. Can you show an example (other than when installing OSX) where your definition of PC is better than using the OS family?

  23. Re:Destiny ? on Blizzard Announces Overwatch, a First-Person Shooter · · Score: 1

    If you install Windows on a mac, does it turn into a "PC"? What's a "PC" called if you install Linux on it? It seems like a pretty useless definition.

  24. Re:So, next piece of equipment for molecular gastr on What Would French Fries Taste Like If You Made Them On Jupiter? · · Score: 1

    Induction cooking?

  25. Re:Summary is a troll on Why Charles Stross Wants Bitcoin To Die In a Fire · · Score: 1

    Same in several EU countries. But almost none of those systems work cross-border. And transfers out of the SEPA zone is even worse.