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  1. This is like... on Microsoft Gives Windows Device Makers Their 2017 Marching Orders (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    This is like car companies demanding states to build more curvy roads to drive on to highlight the headlight turning feature of their cars.

  2. Safety brief? on Uber Starts Self Driving Car Pickups In Pittsburgh (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    We are still being shown how to use seatbelts on airlines. I can only imagine what we will have to listen to before the car starts to move when they become truly autonomous. There might be a five-minute safety brief before you three-minute Uber ride.

  3. Could be Big Bang episode. on SETI's 'Strong Signal' Came From Earth (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    When reading this headline the first thing I thought was having Koothrappali explain the importance of the signal in the opening of a Big Bang Theory episode. And then at the end of the episode have Sheldon says "yep, I was right, no freaking E.T."

  4. Next... on Google's AI Is Devouring Romance Novels (cbsnews.com) · · Score: 1

    Next up, Literotica.com.

  5. Have Netflix host the speed test on NY Attorney General Wants Public To Report Broadband Speeds (reuters.com) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    To stop ISP's from cheating have Netflix host the speed test.

  6. And then everyone will... on Top Democratic Senator Will Seek Legislation To "Pierce" Through Encryption (dailydot.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    And then everyone will react by sending their encrypted (first level) traffic through a tunnel that performs a second encryption level in a country that laughs at their legal requests. She just doesn't get it. Encryption is here to stay for very good reasons law enforcement has to adapt.

  7. Re:Education... on Arkansas Has a Growing Population of "Climate Change Refugees" · · Score: 1

    The Marshall Islands have an outreach community college based in Japan. Springdale, AR is very close to the University of Arkansas which alone far surpasses anything they had back home.

  8. Will defense also have access to the raw data? on US Gov't Will Reveal More About Its Secret Cellphone Tracking Devices · · Score: 1

    Will defense also have access to the raw data? It is all to possible for the defense to use that data to show other people who also had the opportunity to do the crime. When you listen to a recording or view a video you get the whole, unaltered content. Law enforcement should be required to produce the raw data and demonstrate their process for analyzing the data to ensure those processes are not flawed. Otherwise just showing a Stingray report is like showing a single cropped frame from a video in court without introducing the whole video as evidence.

  9. Re:Balderdash on Doomsday Clock Moved Two Minutes Forward, To 23:57 · · Score: 1

    ... and was at war through his entire administration.

  10. Re:been there, done that on Ask Slashdot: How Should a Liberal Arts Major Get Into STEM? · · Score: 1

    While a junior, working on my CS degree, I had to take an evening creative writing course taught by an aspiring professor as I was working already in my field. She had a doctorate in English and was venting to the class about being paid only $35k/yr for her full-time teaching job which she had been doing for four years already. My class had many engineering students, and many of us were already employed. Her comment brought snickers from many of us and we shared with her that every one of us started for over $50k in our current jobs. She was shocked and I then brought up to her that I just hired a technical writer for $45k and she should reexamine her career goals if earning more money was her primary motivator. Class was cut short that evening.

  11. I am all for these if... on 'Smart Gun' Firm Wants You To Fund Its Prototype · · Score: 1

    I am all for these if having a smart gun also includes open carry and the ability to take it anywhere including schools and government buildings. It is for my personal use and I am responsible for any damage caused from the gun. Anything less will not make it worth purchasing one.

  12. Re:Serious crime? on Smartphones Driving Violent Crime Across US · · Score: 1

    Sorry, cell phone theft is not serious crime. Serious crime is genocide, murder, rape, molesting children, kidnapping, torture, etc.

    Serious crime is what the carriers is charging us for data connections and SMS messaging.

  13. Re:For me... It's the cost of good printers on What's Holding Back 3-D Printing · · Score: 1

    We need the porn industry. Build your own sex toy? Single use toys modeled from "celebrity" parts might do it.

  14. Time to put it into the lab until service pack 1 is released...um, wait.

    Seriously, I cannot deploy this version with most of my known AD environments because:
    - Replication of AD integrated DNS zones not fully supported
    - DFSR not supported, NTFRS and DFS are not good enough
    - The fact that I cannot have a single operating system standard for the forest/domain which governs all security, audit, and governance policies. In short, it makes AD more complex

    The only advantageous deployments I can clearly understand are for a resource forest/domain where all servers in the domain are not Windows. Why? Because as soon as you add a single Microsoft Windows server which authenticates users you are required to purchase Windows Client Access Licenses for each real person or an Internet connector license.

    So unless I am replacing all of the Windows servers with linux, I am not saving any money, only making the environment more complex to manage.

  15. Re:You paid for a license on Microsoft's Hidden Windows 8 Feature: Ads · · Score: 1

    Everyone should now know why Windows 8 costs less than Windows 7.

  16. Re:expect it to become on Feds Approve Google's Purchase of ITA Software · · Score: 1

    Beta version in 12 months.

  17. I am surprised that ISPs haven't already... on Microsoft Eyes PC Isolation Ward To Thwart Botnets · · Score: 1

    I am surprised that ISPs haven't already built up terminal service farms and started renting out thin clients to grandmas. You get a thin client computer installed and setup by a tech, a fully managed desktop with most of the common software you need to get on the Internet plus they can sell you space to store your family photos. Grandma doesn't need anything more than a web browser, Office Online, and the Microsoft freebie sites. An ISP could do the same with an LTSP solution and Google Crome and Google Docs but it is just way easier to find people who have set up Citrix/terminal server farms. An even better solution would be thin provisioned virtual machines. If the ISP controlled so many of the computers I feel you would get that 100 Mbit link a whole lot faster. Back to the mainframe days. And yes, I know there are lots of barriers to this type of solution and it severely restricts grandma from running all the stupid apps she thinks she needs, but that is not the point. The point is why aren't ISPs looking to tap this market? It is there.

  18. Field trip on What 'IT' Stuff Should We Teach Ninth-Graders? · · Score: 1

    Take a field trip to an elderly care facility and have each student try and teach a resident one-on-one something technically simple, like turning on the computer and performing a video phone call. During this process they must follow the process of submitting a help desk ticket, responding to the ticket (the lesson), document the solution, and finally, close the ticket if and only if their student could correctly perform the topic from the lesson.

  19. Re:Sigh on A Million Kids Misdiagnosed with ADHD? · · Score: 1

    Since Adderall has a side effect as an appetite suppressant, diagnose them as ADHD and you kill two birds with one stone!

  20. Good comments? on Apple Censors Consumer Report iPhone4 Discussions · · Score: 1

    Where did all the good comments to this story go? They were just there...

  21. Re:What do you bet... on Feds At DefCon Alarmed After RFIDs Scanned · · Score: 1

    That is why I am glad I live in a state that upholds the right to open-carry a sidearm. Why hide it? Keep it in the open for all to see as a deterant.

  22. Jury on The Mathletes and the Miley Photoshop · · Score: 1

    Unfortunately, people who are good with Math are also good at getting out of Jury Duty.

  23. Re:And I reserve the right... on FCC Reserves the Right To Search Your Home, Any Time · · Score: 3, Funny

    That is why I have a EULA on all my doors and windows.

    "All users entering such premise is accepting all liability during this and subsequent visits. The homeowner is under no liability and expresses no warranty for any difficulties the vistor occurs during their visit. Beware: domicile contains lead and all visitors to this domicile accept the risk they may be injured, maimed, or even killed by lead vapor, or the actual lead bullet."

  24. Are speeders next? on Warrantless GPS Tracking Is Legal, Says WI Court · · Score: 1

    If it is legal to put these on any cars, what about when they figure out they can also use them to:

    - Track habitual speeders (just review the logs and issue the tickets)
    - Failure to failure to stop at a Stop Sign (unless speed=0, you are guity)
    - Driving outside work hours (for those who are driving under a work permit)
    - Finding and then following habitual drunk drivers
    - Track suspected stalkers

  25. Re:How about a location first on What Kind of Data Center Can You Build With $500M? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    You can also negotiate allowing the power company use of your backup generators for their needs if during peak load times.