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  1. Re:Robber vs Counter-Robber on Hacker vs. Counter-Hacker — a Legal Debate · · Score: 1

    Crappy argument is crappy. Just change it to: "If someone breaks into my house and fires a gun at me, is it legal for me to fire back?" In most states the answer to that is a resounding, yes.

  2. Re:An amazingly big deal... on Meet iRobot Founder Rodney Brooks's New Industrial Bot, Baxter · · Score: 1

    From OP's post: "Lets say it can perform task X at 1/4 the rate of a manufacturing worker." Therefore you need FOUR times as many robots to produce the same output as one human.

  3. Re:An amazingly big deal... on Meet iRobot Founder Rodney Brooks's New Industrial Bot, Baxter · · Score: 1
    Your analysis leaves out:
    • * Cost of electricity to run the robot
    • * Cost of repair and annual maintenance
    • * Cost of larger facilities to accommodate 4 robots for every (previous) 1 human job station

    I suspect it will not be as cost effective as you make it out to be.

  4. Re:Ask for a refund on Joyent Drops Lifetime Account Holders · · Score: 1

    I've had to reply to about 7 comments with this same response... The offer (an extension of the contract) specifically defined lifetime as "as long as we exist". Terminating the contract is actually defined IN THE CONTRACT. It's perfectly legal to kill those contracts.

  5. Re:Ask for a refund on Joyent Drops Lifetime Account Holders · · Score: 1

    Absolutely. Your contract terms are for the rest of MY life.Your brother's company will have to honor that agreement... and you should review your T's and C's more carefully. Per the way back machine link, the textdrive offer was for the rest of TEXTDRIVE's life. (BTW - I incorrectly said Joyent above... Joyent is actually the new owner)

  6. Re:new owner may need to honour preexisting contra on Joyent Drops Lifetime Account Holders · · Score: 2

    They do over here too, except this particular offer explicitly defined lifetime as "as long as we exist". Therefore that becomes part of the contract terms.

  7. Re:Ask for a refund on Joyent Drops Lifetime Account Holders · · Score: 1

    Whoops! Textdrive no longer exists... but the point remains the same.

  8. Re:Ask for a refund on Joyent Drops Lifetime Account Holders · · Score: 0

    Bingo. Wish I had mod points for you. His agreement was with Joyent. I do not believe the new owners have to honor that agreement as Joyent no longer exists.

  9. Re:Really? on Barnes & Noble Cuts Prices on Nook Color, Tablet · · Score: 1

    So does CM9. Search xda for Eyeballer's builds.

  10. Re:Politics aside on Mitt Romney To Announce VP Decision Via Smartphone App · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Because they slip the "Phone State & Identity" permission in there and Taaa-Daaaa! You now have the cell numbers for all of your followers / can hassle them for donations.

  11. Re:Why would it need studies? on TomTom Flames OpenStreetMap · · Score: 1

    TomToms problem with open maps is that they can't charge for them, and they compete with their product. This is just marketing BS AKA lies.

    My thoughts exactly. In fact, my old TomTom One used to have a "crowdsource" feature where I could correct the maps and download changes from other users. Their issue with 100% crowdsourced mapping is that it competes with their normal product, and their extended products... and nothing more.

  12. Re:Common Sense on SAP VP Arrested In False Barcode Scheme · · Score: 1

    No, parents purchase of Jones Soda would have registered as a high sales volume in the inventory computer and they would have restocked it if they had some available. Your scenario, they just ripped the label off - effectively blocking sales of the item. The inventory computer would see zero (or very few) sales of the item until the product was discarded and it's very likely they wouldn't reorder it.

  13. Re:First? If the public airwaves are free already on Major Networks Suing To Stop Free Streaming · · Score: 1

    Is it really rebroadcasting though? Or is it "repeating". There are TV repeaters all over my area due to the hill/valley nature of the terrain.

  14. Re:what the tsa will actually do on The Ineffectiveness of TSA Body Scanners · · Score: 1

    Substitute plastic tin for metal tin... problem solved, scanners ineffective again.

  15. At least they'll be sort-of trained on "Learn To Code, Get a Job" According To CNN · · Score: 1, Insightful

    In all honesty, it can't be much worse than the crap our India "consultants" crank out...

  16. Re:Sometimes suggestions reveal real public opinio on French Court Frowns On Autocomplete, Tells Google To Remove Searches · · Score: 1

    Please don't propegate "blog speak".

    Below the fold... after the break...

  17. Re:Simple Solution on French Court Frowns On Autocomplete, Tells Google To Remove Searches · · Score: 1

    Hey look, another monopoly post by this fucktard. Monopoly means EXCLUSIVE supplier for a market. Alternative search engines exist, Google is not a monopoly.

  18. Assumptions on A Fifth of Telecommuters Work Less Than An Hour Per Day · · Score: 2

    While never explicitly stated, the OP seems to indicate that the telecommuters are getting away with murder by working only 1 hour on an 8 hour shift. Perhaps they are part time workers, or were only hired to log a few hours per week?

  19. Re:Pressure from the Telcos on Google Boots Transdroid From Android Market · · Score: 5, Informative

    Transdroid wasn't a BT client for phones, it allowed you to remotely manage a BT client.

    e.g. My home machine is d/l'ing torrents, and my phone can connect to my home machine (via Transdroid) to check status, start/stop torrents, etc.

    I would insert an obligatory RTFA comment... but it was in the summary ("the most popular torrent download manager") - so it's obvious you didn't even get past the subject.

  20. Re:I'm honest on Computer Opens Unmanned Store For Holiday · · Score: 1

    The grocery store by me updated their software to allow scanning to continue while waiting for someone to come over. My faith in humanity has been restored.

  21. Re:Smart on Computer Opens Unmanned Store For Holiday · · Score: 2

    Yes, then half of their customers would pay for things instead of 90% of them stealing things.

  22. Ignored Bug on Bug Forces Android Devices Off Princeton Campus Network · · Score: 1

    This bug has been, and will continue to be, ignored by the Android team. I am consistently disappointed with how rarely they dig into the Issues site and resolve bugs / add developer requested enhancements. If it doesn't fit Google's current agenda (tablet, GPU, etc.) it's abandoned and ignored.

  23. Re:Do Mobiles really need IPv4? on Asia Runs Out of IPv4 Addresses · · Score: 2

    > the likelihood of connecting, directly, with anything on IPv4 that does not support IPv6 is drastically lowered. The parent's point was that a mobile device connects DIRECTLY to two things: * A home WiFi network (e.g. 192.168.x.x and a moot point) * The carrier's network... and all traffic relays through them on the way out to the interwebs You're trying to make the argument that mobile.espn.com has to be IPV6 because my mobile device talks to it... but you're forgetting that my traffic relays through the carrier. Assuming the carrier cuts over to IPV6 internally, it will be mobile (IPV6) to carrier (IPV6) to destination (???). No mobile device needs an IPV4 address because the carrier relay can handle the transition. Edit: screw the formatting... slashdot commenting sucks

  24. Re:Heh... on Google Introduces Domain Blocking To Search · · Score: 1

    I already blocked about 5 of those mailing list aggregators. The original forum post didn't help me... nor did the 5 aggregators that barfed it back.

  25. Re:Heh... on Google Introduces Domain Blocking To Search · · Score: 1

    I've always been able to scroll to the bottom, and still can. Not sure what all the EE hate is about.