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  1. Why not ban all security on devices while you're at it?

  2. The app might be used with the headphones, but the headphones don't need the app to operate. You can use the headphones perfectly fine without it, which would mean no data collection.

  3. Lies, Damn Lies, and Statistics on YouTube-MP3 Ripping Site Sued By IFPI, RIAA and BPI (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 2

    "... half of 16 to 24-year-olds use stream-ripping tools to copy music from sites like YouTube."

    *cough* BULLSHIT! *cough*

  4. Re:First Time == Unknown Risk on Satellite Owner Says SpaceX Owes $50 Million Or Free Flight (reuters.com) · · Score: 2

    A) This was not a reused first stage. The first re-launch is scheduled to happen in October with SES-10.
    B) The explosion was initiated in or around the SECOND stage during fueling. Even if it had been a reused first stage, that fact would've had nothing to do with it.

  5. I've had a pair of Audio Technica noise cancelling headphones for a while. They're great for getting rid of constant background noise, like on planes, but they don't cancel out talking very much. In fact, I find it easier to understand people while wearing them because it gets rid of the other noise. Demonstrated it to a flight attendant once when she insisted I take them off for the safety lecture (which I practically know by heart anyway..).

    Unless I'm playing music loudly, in addition to the noise cancellation, hearing someone yell out my name wouldn't be an issue.

  6. Re:Netflix lacks courage to take on networks on Slashdot Asks: What's Next For Netflix? (500ish.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    They do that, they lose all of their non-original content.

    The media conglomerates have Netflix over a barrel. Netflix can't do anything without their approval.

  7. "I will continue the battle to recover my child’s iPhone data. I will not give up," he said in the interview. "He was also a minor. I have the right to access to the phone. There is in a bit of Dama’s life, and I do not want to be subtracted as well. They told me that the only possible operation is to reset the device, but doing so would delete the data, destroying [the iPhone’s] contents... I understand privacy, but I wonder what if inside a disabled iPhone was the password to block the explosion of an atomic bomb planted by terrorists in Rome, then what do we do? Do we let it explode? "

    Jumps from tugging on heartstrings to "but terrorists!"

    Right... There goes any support I had been feeling for him.

    (emphasis added)

  8. I hope the prize for hacking Flash was like 5 bucks..

    Talk about low hanging fruit...

  9. Re:Who made this decision? on Rio Has Given Up On Clean Water For Olympics (go.com) · · Score: 1

    They didn't say "everything's fine" in the bidding, they said "everything will be fine." That gave them time to fix things. They failed.

    Beijing did improve their air quality for the Olympics, but not to the degree that they should have - and as I understand things, they quickly reverted afterward.

  10. Re:Any pictures? on First Hidden Electric Motor In Cycling World Championship (cxmagazine.com) · · Score: 1

    That's not of her bike. That's from almost 6 years ago at the Giro d'Italia. I don't understand Italian, but this could be related to the stink Davide Cassani raised claiming Fabian Cancellara was using a motor in his Classics wins - a claim which held no water..

  11. Re:careful what you wish for on Coming Set-top Box Mandate May Help Break Pay TV Firms' Hold Over Viewers (latimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Money saved short term, maybe, but it's money lost long term.

  12. Re:Enforce against the feds? on SIgn Of the Times: Calif. Privacy Protections Signed Into Law · · Score: 1

    Maybe it's different on that side of the country, but around here, the feds (FBI, Secret Service, DHS, etc.) drive vehicles with "US Government" tags, not state issued tags. As far as I know, they're not actually registered with the state.

  13. Re:Dashboards on Porsche Chooses Apple Over Google Because Google Wants Too Much Data · · Score: 1

    Have you seen the extra INFO that is in the INFOtainment system (I really hate that name, FWIW) for some higher end cars, like the GTR?

  14. Re:Not necessarily malice on Porsche Chooses Apple Over Google Because Google Wants Too Much Data · · Score: 1

    Android Auto doesn't want this data to send back to the Google farm. Their demos have shown a place for car info to be displayed while staying in Android Auto instead of jumping back to the car's UI. They obviously need to get this data from the car somehow if they're going to do it.

    Google already has a source of speed and location data (Maps and Waze). There's no need to get that info from the car via Android Auto.

  15. Re:And only 50p a day... on Met Office Loses BBC Weather Forecasting Contract · · Score: 2

    For me, it wasn't Clarkson, per se, but the chemistry between the three of them. I enjoyed the show, and only a little of that enjoyment came from the cars. It was mostly Clarkson, May, and Hammond.

    Now they've got Chris Evans replacing Clarkson and probably a pair of unknowns joining him (open auditions). It's going to take a while for any sort of chemistry to build. I fear it's going to be like Top Gear USA which, at least initially, was trying to copy Top Gear UK with 3 guys who had zero chemistry. It was terrible..

  16. Been gone for a while now on Virginia Ditches 'America's Worst Voting Machines' · · Score: 1

    Maybe not everywhere, by in my polling location (GWU in Ashburn) they haven't had the e-voting booths for at least the last 4 years. It's all been paper/marker Scantron-type ballots.

  17. Re:Opportunity on "Pixels" DMCA Takedown Even Worse Than We Thought · · Score: 1

    With Hollywood Accounting, every movie is profitable while at the same time being a loss.

  18. Re:iPhone on Man Arrested After Charging iPhone On London Overground Train · · Score: 1

    Well, according to their latest ad campaign "If it's not an iPhone, it's not an iPhone."

    See also: "No shit, Sherlock!"

  19. Re: Absence?! on How Ready Is IPv6 To Succeed IPv4? · · Score: 1

    Whoooosh!

  20. Re:Qualcomm has a crappy record on Daimler and Qualcomm To Develop In-Car Tech, Wireless Charging · · Score: 1

    Until the switch to smartphones, nearly every phone on VZW was saddled with BREW (the OS) no matter what OS the manufacturer would normally put on their phones.

    Also, their Snapdragon SoCs have been a huge success for them.

  21. Re:Random thoughts on ad blocking on European Telecoms May Block Mobile Ads, Spelling Trouble For Google · · Score: 1

    "We're going to block your revenue stream unless you give us a piece of the action."

    Sounds like the Mafia protection racket of old.. "Nice shop you've got here. Would be a shame if something happened to it.."

  22. Internet Security Task Force? on Film Consortium Urges ISPs To Dump Ineffective "Six Strikes" Policy For Pirates · · Score: 1

    What is up with their name? They have nothing to do with "internet security."

    If I saw that name out of the context of this article, I would think they were something like CERT..

  23. Re:And I will follow the van and capture them on USPS Shortlists 'HorseFly' Octocopter Drone Delivery Service · · Score: 1

    You forgot the "Muhahahahahaha!"

  24. Re:Exactly on Google, Apple and Microsoft Squirm As Global Tax Schemes Scrutinized · · Score: 1

    Those laws have existed for a long time. Google, Apple, and the rest used what was already common practice for international corporations. It's only now that lawmakers have decided that it's bad.

  25. Re:Got to be easier to land on stationary target on SpaceX Signs Lease Agreement With Air Force For Landing Pad · · Score: 1

    "choppy sea" is a bit of an understatement. Waves were in excess of 10 meters.