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  1. Re:Sad to go, But I'll be joining you on Ask Slashdot: Advice For a Yahoo Mail Refugee · · Score: 1

    Thunderbird was my first stop on this adventure. Thanks for replying. (Can you believe all the people suggesting gmail?)

  2. Re:Sad to go, But I'll be joining you on Ask Slashdot: Advice For a Yahoo Mail Refugee · · Score: 1

    I moved everything relevant to the Inbox folder, marked it as unread, and set my pop client to download to my PC. Next step is working on exporting my contacts list.

  3. Re:So Hitler taught them nothing? on Germany Plans To Fingerprint Children and Spy On Personal Messages (fortune.com) · · Score: 1

    And to think they told us the Nazis lost World War II.

  4. The headline is not consistent with the article. on Kim Dotcom Loses Latest Battle To Recover Seized Assets (cnet.com) · · Score: 5, Informative

    A "brief" being filed doesn't necessarily mean that a judge swung his gavel. Geez! This is a total fail on the ./ editor's part.
    Also:
    Kim Dotcom isn't a US citizen and has been going to all his NZ court dates. Hardly what I'd call a fugitive.

  5. Re:Doesn't that present an obvious solution? on FCC Can't Cap the Cost of Cross-State Prison Phone Calls, Court Rules (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    This is a very valid point. There is a significant portion of a America that has family or knows someone currently or formerly incarcerated. This is dark ages "Ma Bell" antitrust behavior by these companies and I can't help but think Jeff Sessions is the Prison Industrial Complex puppet that is helping to move this along.

  6. The trainer, the CTO, the Managed Services Director, and whoever let that doc with the PROD database URL out into the training materials. Those are the people I would hold responsible.

  7. Too many headlines and story lead-ins are click bait. If they want my eyeballs, they're going to have to change their digital subscription pricing models to reflect the much lower overhead of that distribution model.

  8. Re:If you want content, pay for it... on Wall Street Journal's Google Traffic Drops 44% After Pulling Out of First Click Free (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Was tempted.. but nah! You OWN that flab, buddy! XD
    https://www.cdreimer.com/slashdot.html

  9. Re:The WSJ is hurting, you say? on Wall Street Journal's Google Traffic Drops 44% After Pulling Out of First Click Free (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Why would I pay? When newspapers finally come to the realization that digital distribution has a low overhead (and we all know it) compared to print and decides to reflect that in their digital subscription pricing, I won't even consider it. Get a few thousand subscribers for $60-XXX per year or get a few million at $12 a year.

    Fortunately for News Corp, all of Wall Street Journal's news is proprietary.

  10. They want Google to treat their articles equally in search rankings, despite being behind a paywall.

    Essentially :Free Advertising disguised as news.

  11. we've heard you screaming how bad Comcast is so you really do not need to work any harder to make them look bad.

    They do a fantastic job of that all by themselves. Yeah, the math here is a bit dodgy but the point is still valid. We hate Comcast more and more every day.

  12. Re:How can they charge even more? on Comcast Customer Satisfaction Drops 6% After TV Price Hikes, ACSI Says (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    You're not imagining it.

    Most 1/2 hours shows are actually only 21 minutes (22 with opening and credit)
    It is worse on Viacom owned channels like CC and MTV with entire blocks that have 1 hours shows with only 38 minutes of content.

    And.. of course, there are the channels that are part of those great packages that 1: only show reruns of other networks and 2: only do that for 8-12 hours a day with the remaining 12-16 hours dedicated to everyone's favorite ... Infomercials.

    As for your local stuff, I'm in the boonies with the nearest "city" about 25 miles away. I built a DIY HD antenna and used my old Dish to amplify it. Problem solved. Wife is happy with PS Vue and the occassional month of Netflix, Prime, or HBO (gotta watch GoT).
    Cut that cord already!

  13. Re:Beyond their control on Comcast Customer Satisfaction Drops 6% After TV Price Hikes, ACSI Says (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Um, is that why streaming companies can seem to manage decent prices for the same content? Their "worth" as in their networks (infrastructure) is heavily subsidized by taxpayers.

  14. Re:China needs to go on China Censored Google's AlphaGo Match Against World's Best Go Player (theguardian.com) · · Score: 5, Funny

    I guess Beijing didn't want any weiqileaks?

  15. I guess Beijing didn't want any weiqileaks.

  16. Best idea ever!

  17. Re: Well, yeah. on Tech-Savvy Workers Increasingly Common in Non-IT Roles (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    Yup!

  18. Re:Clearly the only viable options are... on Did China Hack The CIA In A Massive Intelligence Breach From 2010 To 2012? (ibtimes.com) · · Score: 1, Insightful

    The deaths started after HRC became Sec. State. and had a non-secure private email server. Coincidence?

  19. Lowest hanging fruit? on Did China Hack The CIA In A Massive Intelligence Breach From 2010 To 2012? (ibtimes.com) · · Score: -1, Troll

    They probably didn't have to hack the CIA. They likely had an easy back door through then Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's private email server.

  20. Re: The media is on Is Russia Conducting A Social Media War On America? (time.com) · · Score: 1

    Thank you. Someone knows their printing.

  21. Re:Democrats looking for a Reason on Is Russia Conducting A Social Media War On America? (time.com) · · Score: 1

    Yes, they have systematically alienated themselves from reasonable voters by pushing identity politics, political correctness, and running/supporting garbage candidates like Hillary Clinton, Nancy Pelosi, and Maxine Waters. (thus reduced the number of people who would take their voices seriously)

  22. This is why I read slashdot comments.

  23. Re: The media is on Is Russia Conducting A Social Media War On America? (time.com) · · Score: 2, Funny

    Now you're an expert on me? Typical... when someone challenges your narrative, you resort to personal attacks. Haha! Triggered much?

  24. Social media war? on Is Russia Conducting A Social Media War On America? (time.com) · · Score: 1

    You mean like the troll army over at Correct the Record?

  25. Re:The media is on Is Russia Conducting A Social Media War On America? (time.com) · · Score: 1

    Excellent analogy. Using.