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  1. Re:Did this really need demonstration? on Turning the Arduino Uno Into an Apple ][ · · Score: 1

    The AVR is a fine microcontroller. It isn't meant to be a CPU for a PC.

  2. Re:USPTO IS a branch of government on USPTO Demands EFF Censor Its Comments On Patentable Subject Matter · · Score: 1

    As an example of where the new guidelines fail in general.

  3. Re:Don't want to sound like I'm nit-picking on Judge Allows Divorce Papers To Be Served Via Facebook · · Score: 1

    It may not be considered a violation since the lawyer is acting as her legal agent in this matter. That means that for the purposes of the TOS, she is the one accessing Facebook using her login.

  4. Re:How do they know that he accepted it? on Judge Allows Divorce Papers To Be Served Via Facebook · · Score: 1

    Yes, but we live in an age of expediency. The courts will be happy to assume you totally should have seen that notice taped to the 3rd elm to the left in the nice little park you've never been to and then insist that your ignorance is no excuse.

    In many cases it is allowed to post it in the section of the newspaper that nobody reads or even subscribes to anymore.

    In this particular case though, I don't know what else the court could do. He has no known physical address, employer or even phone number.

  5. Re:BCD mode on Building an NES Emulator · · Score: 1

    Same reason the old "turbo" PCs had a button to drop it back to 4.77 MHz. Now that things are so much faster, code depends on timers and counters rather than loops so it's much easier.

  6. Re:Bring on the discussion of fair sentencing... on 'Revenge Porn' Operator Gets 18 Years In Prison · · Score: 1

    Read my posting history and feel your shame.

  7. Re:Yeah good luck with that... on Hugo Awards Turn (Even More) Political · · Score: 1

    That's an orthogonal point. Agreed on your distinction, but there are people who do paint the former as the latter to shut down discussion.

  8. Re:USPTO IS a branch of government on USPTO Demands EFF Censor Its Comments On Patentable Subject Matter · · Score: 1

    I contend that it is not at all off-topic. It is exactly the topic of the RFC. In one shot they demonstrate the ineffectiveness of the new guidelines and the high potential for harm.

  9. Re:USPTO IS a branch of government on USPTO Demands EFF Censor Its Comments On Patentable Subject Matter · · Score: 4, Insightful

    At the same time, it perfectly illustrates that the new guidelines are inadequate since they approved a patent that is almost identical to one the courts specifically ruled invalid.

  10. Re:Cue... on USPTO Demands EFF Censor Its Comments On Patentable Subject Matter · · Score: 3, Insightful

    It's more along the lines that the USPTO made up it's mind and then asked for comments because they had to. Then yelling SHUT UP! should anyone offer an opinion they don't share.

  11. Re:Not Freeze Dried! on Powdered Alcohol Banned In Six States · · Score: 1

    I doubt you would get enough to out gas in anything like a practical amount of time, it doesn't take much ammonia to create a foul taste.

  12. Re:Do you know how easy it is to make that stuff? on Powdered Alcohol Banned In Six States · · Score: 1

    Some of the vodka out there has taken the next logical step. They bring in tanker trucks full of food grade ethanol, add distilled water ant POOF! Vodka.

  13. Re:Seen on a Hat on Powdered Alcohol Banned In Six States · · Score: 1

    It's sad how they've turned out. They started with a perfectly reasonable goal of curbing drunk driving. But then they succeeded too well and so they had to lobby for lower BAC limits so there would be enough DUIs to rail against.

    As for advertising to children, Sorry, any form of advertising at all or even no advertising will not make teens stop wanting alcohol.

  14. Re:Not Freeze Dried! on Powdered Alcohol Banned In Six States · · Score: 1

    Alas, I suspect the ammonia would form ammonium hydroxide with excess water in the mix.

    You'd have to call the resulting drink a Mr. Clean.

  15. Re:Bring on the discussion of fair sentencing... on 'Revenge Porn' Operator Gets 18 Years In Prison · · Score: 2

    That may be what it means NOW, but that was not what it meant when the Constitution was written. If you want to understand it properly, you'll need to do some learning.

    Likewise, the militia was every able bodies citizen with a gun.

    BTW, I'm not a Libertarian.

  16. Re:Bring on the discussion of fair sentencing... on 'Revenge Porn' Operator Gets 18 Years In Prison · · Score: 2

    They really did mean well practiced much as a clock of the time would be called 'well regulated' if it kept accurate time.

    That would include the ability to work in groups without shooting each other but need not mean government regulated.

  17. Re:Bring on the discussion of fair sentencing... on 'Revenge Porn' Operator Gets 18 Years In Prison · · Score: 1

    No, it isn't, but it does allow one to consider the potential fairness or not of a sentence.

  18. Re:The Car Analogy Come to Life on EFF Fighting Automakers Over Whether You Own Your Car · · Score: 1

    Try to recover a mechanical mod from a broken shard of metal.

    Many crashes do not cause a fire. The flash chips will easily survive a mechanical shock that would obliterate all evidence of a mechanical mod.

  19. Re:Bring on the discussion of fair sentencing... on 'Revenge Porn' Operator Gets 18 Years In Prison · · Score: 1

    I didn't claim it was rape. I said he victimized them. Specifically he blackmailed them. Don't even try to tell me he thought those people were fine with their pictures being posted, the fact that he charged hundreds to take them down suggests he was well aware that their posting wasn't wanted by the subjects.

  20. Re:Constipated Justice System on 'Revenge Porn' Operator Gets 18 Years In Prison · · Score: 1

    To make the comparison fair, try finding a drunk driver who caused thousands of accidents in multiple incidents.

  21. Re:Bring on the discussion of fair sentencing... on 'Revenge Porn' Operator Gets 18 Years In Prison · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Since he blackmailed over 10,000 people that means he is serving less than 15 hours per instance. That's a substantial "bulk discount".

  22. Re:Bring on the discussion of fair sentencing... on 'Revenge Porn' Operator Gets 18 Years In Prison · · Score: 0

    He also victimized more people than even the most dedicated rapist ever could.

  23. Re:Nothing real to complain about today? on EFF Fighting Automakers Over Whether You Own Your Car · · Score: 1

    Got source code for your coffee maker?

    Yes. The microcontroller isn't protected in any way.

  24. Re:The Car Analogy Come to Life on EFF Fighting Automakers Over Whether You Own Your Car · · Score: 1

    The code is far more likely to be recoverable than many mechanical mods.

  25. Re:They do have a point... on EFF Fighting Automakers Over Whether You Own Your Car · · Score: 1

    I believe that nearly became a national sport in the late '70s. Only they went further, you could get a kit to allow you to easily swap back and forth between a strait pipe and the catalytic converter.