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  1. It was actually downed by fake news.

  2. Well it may not be suitable for humans but... on Microsoft Anti-Porn Workers Sue Over PTSD (thedailybeast.com) · · Score: 1

    Isn't Tey out of a job? Sounds like the perfect fit.

  3. The fun has just begun on LG Threatens To Put Wi-Fi in Every Appliance it Introduces in 2017 (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    For everyone thinking that a firewall or simply not connecting it to a router will work, wait till it comes with a lifetime cellular connection. That is the future, people will love that it is no hassle and companies will love it because more customers will be compliant subjects.

  4. Like they haven't thought of that.

    It will come with instructions that point out that it will be crippled unless you can get it hooked up to the Internet.

    For reference, see this:

    A website is telling me to disable AdBlock before it will show content.

    Worse it will come with a lifetime cellular network connection and you cannot opt out, even by not connecting it to a router.

  5. Just do not allow it to connect to your network or not allow it to get online by configuring your router?

    Hahahaha. They will soon use a non-opt out lifetime cellular service plan as a backup.

  6. Re:Well for one thing, don't persecute them!! on Ask Slashdot: What Is the Best Way To Thank Users For Reporting Security Issues? · · Score: 1

    I've heard many cases of somebody reporting a security issue, then getting fired, sued, or arrested as a result. In the case of kids in school, suspended or expelled.

    They were HONEST here! They found a security problem and rather than exploit it for personal gain, they reported it, and then get in TROUBLE for it??

    It's absurd. It means when people hear of this and find security problems in the future, they'll keep quiet about them because they don't want to get in trouble too.

    Damn I was going to say "don't prosecute them" but you beat me to it. The parent needs a mod point or two as it is ridiculous when that happens.

  7. Re:Free time travel data? on Uber Gives Cities Free Travel-Time Data (usatoday.com) · · Score: 0

    She's dumping you and aborting your parasite.

    Damnit, did they share time travel information from next year also?

  8. Free time travel data? on Uber Gives Cities Free Travel-Time Data (usatoday.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    Awesome, tell my girlfriend she really needs to take that pill last month.

  9. Re: Previous impacts on African Airline Reports Drone Collision With Passenger Jet (airlive.net) · · Score: 2

    Probably not if its in the air. At those speeds of 150+ mph you just get a fine vapor that gets blown off and dry in no time.

  10. Re:This is not a drone like your kids toy on African Airline Reports Drone Collision With Passenger Jet (airlive.net) · · Score: 2, Informative

    It lacks the scratches to the exterior paint and a large hole that aluminum, carbon fiber, battery packs and other hard man made and heaven materials would leave. I suppose it could actually be a bird but it just looks like a low speed collision with something like a stairway.

  11. Previous impacts on African Airline Reports Drone Collision With Passenger Jet (airlive.net) · · Score: 2

    They may have been debunked but this one looks to be debris.

  12. Re:instrumentally homogeneous temperature records on New Analysis Shows Lamar Smith's Accusations On Climate Data Are Wrong (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Or to quote Neil De Grasse Tyson: "It's basic physics. If you keep adding energy to a system, but you slow down the rate at which the energy can leave the system then the system gets hotter".

    Sadly you lose most people at basic physics. I know it's hard for most slashdotters to wrap their heads around it but many people were brought up believing science and math will never amount to anything except a lack of dates and "cool" friends. Most people tune out science and all they hear is the teacher from peanuts going "whanana naaa naa whwahna".

  13. Re:instrumentally homogeneous temperature records on New Analysis Shows Lamar Smith's Accusations On Climate Data Are Wrong (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    You're not going to convince an idiot by providing evidence that he doesn't understand.

    Due to climate science being too complicated to wrap up in one or two security blanket statements consisting of a pithy statement, we are all doomed to suffer the consequences. How many sheep carcasses, wolf tracks and turds do we need to find before people start actually doing something about the wolves, despite not seeing them personally?

  14. Re: Guess I just never paid attention on Tesla Gigafactory Begins Production (reuters.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    100% of your products can't be loss leaders.

    Typically that makes them an excellent buy as a consumer. I don't care how they stay in business, if only all my products that I buy had this value per dollar spent I'd be much happier. Personally all that means for me is I would stay away from investment.

  15. Re:Guess I just never paid attention on Tesla Gigafactory Begins Production (reuters.com) · · Score: 4, Informative

    Am I the only person here who took this long to realize that Tesla cars are powered by what amounts to a shitload of flashlight batteries wired up in a tub?

    It's actually an excellent system for a low price. The cells are insulated and have a cooling system so as to maintain a optimal temperature. Furthermore, as cells age and get a open/short or bad cell, the pack rewires itself around the trouble allowing it to gradually fail gracefully unlike simple packs. Finally tesla and the government want these to be cheap so they offer massive subsidies and car companies like tesla sell them at a loss so as to not turn people off with a 30 thousand dollar price tag (like it would be marked up for general purpose at a typical company). It's a good deal for the money given today's tech.

  16. Welcome all to a world where you don't own nor are allowed to alter the software on items you purchased outright. Be glad that you can still begrudgingly get the information you need on some products to restore an item to factory condition. Remember, only criminals want to tamper with the perfection companies provide. Want to modify something? Be prepared for jail time.

  17. Unlike editing on Sonos Alarms Are Waking Users a Day Early (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    but it becomes rather annoying when you can'' turn off said alarm.

    Because sloppy editing is never annoying.

  18. Or a lot of helium.

    Maybe if they hired the right managers all that hot air could be put to actual use.

  19. Re:That investment has been in the works for a whi on 8,000 New US Jobs? Trump Takes Credit For Sprint, Startup Decisions (usatoday.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    Trump is taking credit, but he had nothing to do with it, the investment in question has been in the works for a long time.

    That's pretty much what the guardian is reporting.

  20. Re: Florida Senator: No Permit Needed For Driverle on Florida Senator: No Permit Needed For Driverless Cars In Florida (politifact.com) · · Score: 1

    ... will Trump drop Florida into the Gulf for allowing Big Business to run roughshod over the population,... ?

    By ignoring Climate Change Trump and his moronions will only need to let nature take its course – the Gulf will swallow Florida all by itself.

    No one will leave though. Though the government will try and force them to leave their now sea ridden homes people will stay anyway. They will just build higher on stilts, trade out their cars for boats and eventually become New Venice, the 52nd state in 2071.

  21. That's 11,700 less records they'll have to provide to the feds under subpoena when Trump's stormtroopers show up with helicopters and assault rifles to take all that nasty devil weed away.

    Don't be silly, they will send the storm troopers in APCs. Snipers go in the helicopters.

    Anyone who voluntarily registers for one of these programs is a maroon. It's still a federal crime, kids.

    Assuming you meant moron instead of an obtuse racial slur lol.

  22. eye color

    - pretty sure that would be red on every application.

  23. Re:Confirmed Existence? on Vera Rubin, Pioneering Astronomer Who Confirmed Existence of Dark Matter, Dies At 88 (www.cbc.ca) · · Score: 2, Informative

    Since the Bullet Cluster. Not not that but there are many other sources of gravitational lensing that dark matter describes well.

  24. Reminds me of the time Sinfeld visited the campus I was on, the entire surrounding campus was teeming with people and it packed the auditorium. Roger Penrose came the next week and it was a ghost town, barely filling a small lecture hall. Guess people have their priorities.

  25. Re:Disturbance in the force on Iconic Star Wars Actress Carrie Fisher Dies at 60 (people.com) · · Score: 1

    Ahh for want of mod points.