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  1. Re: You mean centuries, since ancient Rome on One Year After Data Breach, Equifax Goes Unpunished (boingboing.net) · · Score: 1

    Agreed. The penalties to a single citizen outstrip any penalty levied on a corporation. If a single person created a superfund disaster their life would be ruined. Corporate defense contractor...few million in fines...they shrug it off. The penalties should be so stiff that the CEO almost pisses himself when he learns of the impending litigation.

  2. Re: Not News on One Year After Data Breach, Equifax Goes Unpunished (boingboing.net) · · Score: 1

    The CFPB is the only thing standing between the bank and your money. I work in the industry and no one wants these guys on their ass. I can see where they wouldn't have as much power against the large banks though.

  3. Re: GDPR and credit agencies on One Year After Data Breach, Equifax Goes Unpunished (boingboing.net) · · Score: 1

    These summaries are getting very long and enciteful. Just stick to the facts and get to the point.

  4. Re: GDPR and credit agencies on One Year After Data Breach, Equifax Goes Unpunished (boingboing.net) · · Score: 1

    So it's a win win...?

  5. Then they wouldn't join the military

  6. Re: They mostly just let him talk on Twitter Stock Plunges 21 Percent After Earnings Show Effects of Fake-Account Purge (marketwatch.com) · · Score: 1

    Trump gives zero fucks about running any business. It is all about the chase. Finding a good deal, working it, winning. After that the lust fades and he moves on to the next chase. Same with women. Winning is taking ownership. After he wins it is on to the next game. I wonder if he will run for a second term.

  7. Re: With the exception of the LA Times on Twitter Stock Plunges 21 Percent After Earnings Show Effects of Fake-Account Purge (marketwatch.com) · · Score: 1

    If it is an economic crash that tips us over the edge....the first thing people will ask is where the money went. Where did all the wealth Go? The war will be about getting it back...which of course will lead to an avalanche of reckoning on a global scale.

  8. Re: Commence the down vote bombing runs! on Facebook's 'Downvote' System Begins Rolling Out Wider In US (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    That's why they did not include moderation to begin with. They have painted themselves into a corner from which the escape is likely to result in death.

  9. Re:I guess the ole USB trick is passe now... on State Governments Warned of Malware-Laden CD Sent Via Snail Mail From China (krebsonsecurity.com) · · Score: 1

    Yeah...all you have to do is make it look like it contains the company payroll records in a spreadsheet. They will eagerly open it, allow VBA (macros), and effectively get full control of the machine. Even if someone turns it in, HR will pop it in and open the spreadsheet.

  10. I was going to say. If you have an optical drive you deserve what you get.

  11. Re:About f**king time. on New York Threatens To Kick Charter Out of State After Broadband Failures (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    One of these slimeballs is going to make a deal with Trump and run third party. Guaranteed Trump 2020.

  12. Re:About f**king time. on New York Threatens To Kick Charter Out of State After Broadband Failures (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    peace was NOT going to happen soon

  13. Re:About f**king time. on New York Threatens To Kick Charter Out of State After Broadband Failures (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Moving the embassy to Jerusalem was an unabashed off-script fuck up. Trump will have a lot of friends in Israel for life though. It bolstered support for Arab right-wing movements giving them almost total control. So, Hamas, who was effectively marginalized, have now re-surged as the prominent party--militant terrorist organization. Peace was going to happen soon...but this has pushed us in the wrong direction and emboldened Israel in their land grab and extreme surveillance.

  14. Re:About f**king time. on New York Threatens To Kick Charter Out of State After Broadband Failures (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Democrats are promoting the most radical arms of their party right now. I guess the consensus was that they should have went with Bernie Sanders--because that is their official direction at the moment.

  15. Re:Try installing their stuff on Slack is Buying HipChat and Stride From Atlassian (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Sysadmins hate it because it is seen as just another tool foisted on them to support. They do not know or care about the value it brings to the business. Bunch of socially inept clueless monkeys.

  16. Re:Try installing their stuff on Slack is Buying HipChat and Stride From Atlassian (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Let the janitors keep it running...Jira and Confluence are worth every fucking penny. It is the only centralized system I have ever seen that flows and basically gets out of your way. If Atlassian is bad then the alternatives are fucking horrible.

  17. Imagine telling someone about a modern hard drive in 1960 when they were still striping tape...something that could be done carefully by hand. Modern HDs are treated as everyday tech but the reality is that most people can barely fathom the details that they already know to be true since they are using the damn thing. The scale of a modern mechanical hard drive has far outpaced the human ability to quantify the scale accurately. Mind boggling is the correct term.

  18. Re:THE END IS NIGH, Zuckerbook! on Facebook Stock Suffers Largest One-Day Drop In History, Shedding $119 Billion · · Score: 1

    Mellenials rolls their eyes at facebook and old people love it. Totally dead.

  19. Re:Shity Company on Facebook Stock Suffers Largest One-Day Drop In History, Shedding $119 Billion · · Score: 1

    It is speculative unless they are turning 15% profit.

  20. Re: Retirement on Facebook Stock Suffers Largest One-Day Drop In History, Shedding $119 Billion · · Score: 1

    The company to watch is Ford. They supposedly have no EV market penetration, much less a viable product but they do have a steadily increasing portfolio of technology and a keen conservative eye for the market. They are concerned with charging convenience and are trying to come up with a solution before going full-hog.

  21. Re: Retirement on Facebook Stock Suffers Largest One-Day Drop In History, Shedding $119 Billion · · Score: 1

    Corporations dump thousands of perfectly good laptops on the market every day. You can buy a refurbished laptop for $300 that is much higher quality and performance than a new one.

  22. Re: Retirement on Facebook Stock Suffers Largest One-Day Drop In History, Shedding $119 Billion · · Score: 1

    One could argue that moving to those power sources is hampered by bringing on the load required to power automobiles.

  23. Re: Retirement on Facebook Stock Suffers Largest One-Day Drop In History, Shedding $119 Billion · · Score: 1

    There are safe nuclear and fission alternatives. We are not focused on them though...especially in today's political climate.

  24. Re: Retirement on Facebook Stock Suffers Largest One-Day Drop In History, Shedding $119 Billion · · Score: 1

    I love automobiles...especially gas powered ones. I own a 7000lb truck that is my daily driver. Autmobiles of any size are extremely inefficient. The bicycle is the most efficient transportation known to man. A pack of peanuts can fuel 10-20 miles of travel. Thankfully, there is a bicycle boom in America and other countries. Major cities are refactoring for pedestrian and bicycle traffic that promotes engaging, fun communities of people congregating in cities instead of a heaping pile of automobile traffic. The health benefits resemble a miracle.

  25. Re: Retirement on Facebook Stock Suffers Largest One-Day Drop In History, Shedding $119 Billion · · Score: 1

    Running umpteen data centers on 11 so people can post fake news that literally gets people killed. That is what they are doing for humanity. At least when it started out as a cat meme feed it was just innocent trite.