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  1. Re:And Vindicated.... on FBI Paid Professional Hackers One-Time Fee To Crack San Bernardino iPhone · · Score: 1

    You can't HANDLE the TRUTH!!!

  2. Re:unlicense the entire spectrum on The Battle Between LTE and Wi-Fi May Have Left LTE-U Out In the Cold (networkworld.com) · · Score: 1

    I use an $100 commercial antenna to provide internet to my friend who cannot afford it.

    I spent the $20 extra to get one that didn't shit all over WiFi between here and there though.

    I would expect everyone else to do the same.

    Then this happened...

    I've had neighbors ask me about the antenna, and want to buy one and cancel everything at home and just pay me for internet.

    Then they want it blasted through the wall on Wi-Fi so it just works great everywhere.

    If I just blanketed the neighborhood off the top of my TV antenna with the SSID
      My WiFi WORKS
      To a captive portal with a PayPal that said cancel your cable, I'm 1$ a day.

    Everyone would try it, better to sell it to the neighbours instead of wasting it on torrents and tor.

    If I could control the mobile phones in my neighborhood and offer them wifi supported discounted data too, but at a slightly higher rate, that would be awesome!

    I think the wireless carriers see this too, and their latest generation of radios makes this a few key strokes away.

    Allowing them to inch in on our spectrum is a bad idea.

  3. Re:No need, it is already has people to protect it on IBM's Watson AI Implanted Into a Robot, Evolves, Can Now Sense Emotions (hothardware.com) · · Score: 1

    Sounds like a great way to spend the rest of the night!
    Blackwood/.gmailDOTcom
    AT replaces site

    Thanks

  4. Re:Bicycle helmets aren't useful on Jet Pack Company Executive Crashes During A Test Flight (kdvr.com) · · Score: 1

    It's the greatest feeling, in the split-second, you're realizing you're going to crash... realizing you're going to take one this time... and probably really fucking hard!!! And then the feeling comes over you like a revolutionary spirit. .you remember that you have a helmet on, and you think Oh, thank God I have a helmet on, I am so fucking lucky something's protecting my head!!!

    Your brain doesn't have to think about being splattered across the pavement and it can think about not having your hands and arms and fingers and legs broken in the crash, and maybe if you're lucky curling your toes so you don't lose your shoes!

    Crashing in a boat is the same way, you think thank God I'm wearing a life jacket and you worry about not losing your wallet and your phone!

  5. Re:the weight is the impressive part on New Metal Foam Armor Obliterates Bullets To Dust On Impact (discovery.com) · · Score: 1

    My great uncle gave me an old 30-06 surplus rifle (with bayonet), and a few boxes of those old AP rounds.

    I won it in a game of sheephead my first year deer hunting.

    He knew I had the hand of a lifetime when I picked on the end and went in 4 against 1, so he took the opportunity to bet (pass on) my great grandpas gun that I couldn't beat them all.

    What fun!

    (Come to find out years later my great grandpa bought cases of the surplus 30-06s. Had enough to use them as oars in his boat)

  6. Re:ShamWOW! on LG G5 Gets a High 8/10 Repairability Score (geek.com) · · Score: 1

    Some of us had WinMo phones on 2G, and just couldn't quite get signed up in time!

  7. Re:Seen this before? on Head of Oracle Linux Moves To Microsoft (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    How long before MSLinux?

  8. Hopefully there not... on North Korea Launches Missile and Tries To Jam GPS Signals (go.com) · · Score: 1

    Hopefully there not testing their missile to see how it will work after they screw with, or destroy GPS.

  9. Re:Jumping at conclusions on John McAfee: NSA's Back Door Has Given Every US Secret To Enemies (businessinsider.com) · · Score: 2

    Remember... He sold software that was a backdoor that came pre-installed on virtually every Windows computer made for quite some time.

    I'm sure he's gotten the same calls and letters from the TLAs before, and may have some insider knowledge in how it goes down.

  10. Re:A machine... on Microsoft's Cortana Doesn't Put Up With Sexual Harassment (hothardware.com) · · Score: 1

    Too manual...
    Now these on the other hand...

    https://duckduckgo.com/?ko=-1&...

    (NSFW)

  11. Re:Volvo have screwed themselves on Opel Dealers Accused of Modyfing the Software of Polluting Cars (deredactie.be) · · Score: 1

    We played with some superchargers that were driven by brushless electric motors. Ran them just long enough to get the turbo spooled up. They made a huge difference.

  12. Re: Which side am I supposed to be on?!? on City Sued Over Smart Meter-Related Patent (chicagotribune.com) · · Score: 1

    It would be cool if the grid world turn off my air conditioner when a cloud went through.

    As the clouds make a drop in the solar input, the closest loads are shut down to compensate while long term adjustments are made to the power plants.

  13. Re:Keto on Japanese Company Makes Low-Calorie Noodles Out of Wood · · Score: 1

    You have too be careful of the type of alcohol, many have lots off carbs.

    That and being seriously keto and drinking lots of... say... vodka and water with a lime can make you seriously black out, but keep going a long long time after.

    We used to call it blackout fuel.

  14. Re:Keto on Japanese Company Makes Low-Calorie Noodles Out of Wood · · Score: 1

    You can get then right now!

    www.walgreens.com/store/c/lowrey's-bacon-curls-microwave-pork-rinds-original18-bags/ID=prod6156528-product

    You're welcome

  15. Re:For the BEST adblocker (& more vs. threats) on UK Mobile Operator Could Block Ads At Network Level (telegraph.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    I've tried it, and my core 2 duo never finished without crashing.

    So much duplication that it never completed? Just ground it to a halt (not out of ram) even after several tries.

    I wish you'd just post the output weekly somewhere as APK master host file so I could just copy it in to place on all my devices.

  16. Get a magicJack GO for your phone.
    $35 a year, and you just plug it in your phone jack and network jack. As a bonus, you can ring your smartphone at the same time.
    I love mine.

  17. Re:hence the old joke... on When Slide Rules Were Like Cellphones (hackaday.com) · · Score: 2

    Welcome to the secret robot internet!

  18. Re:Configuration not programming on Volkswagen Diesel Scandal Spreads To Porsche and Audi · · Score: 1

    The law just lists test points and emission levels.

    So lots of time is spent making those points meet those levels.

    Everywhere else, you give the motor what it wants.

  19. Re:I disagree on The Free Software Foundation: 30 Years In · · Score: 1

    I'd rather find them in my bedroom:)

  20. Re:This won't be allowed to happen on What Is Open Source Pharma (and Why Should You Care)? · · Score: 1

    I believe it is a matter of modesty, not knowing for sure if he was the reason, and being the kind of person who is very confidential by nature.

    Most places the extracts are still illegal and fall under manufacturing instead of possession, as well as having harsher penalties. For him to walk around and basically say "I've made and transported enough illegal hemp oil to treat X cancer patients" could have repercussions for his legitimate businesses as well.

    He's the kind of person who might be talking to you about your best friend but would never say his name to you out of respect, and the fear of loose lips sinking ships.

  21. Re:This won't be allowed to happen on What Is Open Source Pharma (and Why Should You Care)? · · Score: 1

    The person who makes the Phoenix Tears brings in about $50,000 a month and spends most of his time traveling and helping cancer patients. He does not charge them anything, and supports the whole thing out of his pocket.

    He has seen it help enough people (starting with his wife) that he has decided it is something he needs to do to help as many people as he can, and it is now his full time job.

    Considering he used to spend most of his time on the beach in California, or skiing in Colorado, or on vacation in Hawaii, and he is well past the point where he ever needs to work again, there must be some reason he feels it rewarding enough to come out of retirement.

    After 3 of years of doing this he won't say how many people he has helped, he doesn't walk around claiming to have the magical cure, but I have heard from plenty of people he has cared for that they in fact do believe that his care was essential in their battle against cancer.

    Cheers

  22. Re:This won't be allowed to happen on What Is Open Source Pharma (and Why Should You Care)? · · Score: 1

    I know someone that the medical community gave 3 months to live that recovered.

    Phoenix Tears

  23. Re:From TFA: bit-exact or not? on Ten Dropbox Engineers Build BSD-licensed, Lossless 'Pied Piper' Compression Algorithm · · Score: 1

    I see the same pattern X 4 on the top half if I zoom in?!?

    Any Ideas what that is all about?

  24. Re:Sell batteries as an end product on Tesla Suffering Cash Flow Issues; Every Model S Means a $4,000 Loss · · Score: 1

    Some details and pictures from when the boat was at the Miami Boat Show:
    http://www.tradeonlytoday.com/...

    We had a number of different battery configurations that we tested to try and find the right balance of capacity and weight.

    To get the batteries to charge that fast, the sunpads on the deck unfolded to expose more solar panels, and some dual surface panels were used that had higher output. We also had the batteries in banks that we could selectively charge (or discharge) them based on the power available

    The goal was to have enough solar and batteries on board to be able to live on it, and not have to have a generator. Battery capacity was initially based on runtime targets, but was ultimately reduced to match the electrical demands of the boat while in "house mode"

    The "hey we can have a smaller engine and help out with electrical power to get on plane" stuff came later.

    Fun memory: I got (had) to test the GFI system we made, it blew some pyrofuses that disconnected the batteries in case something went wrong. It was a little unnerving to touch 700VDC, I used successively smaller resistors to be safe, but in the end did touch the bare battery cable, then did it again while the motors were under full load, and again under full regen:)

    Working on boats sucks enough as it is, having to wear full PPE (personal protective equipment) in Florida while in the bilge gets old pretty fast!

    Cheers!

  25. Re:Sell batteries as an end product on Tesla Suffering Cash Flow Issues; Every Model S Means a $4,000 Loss · · Score: 2

    I worked on a hybrid boat with over 18,000 Li-ion batteries in the bilge!

    (You don't want it to sink!)

    It had 2 X 100 HP electric motors between the 500 HP diesels and the pod drives. You could run them for an hour at max output (about 12 knots) with the battery capacity it had, and you could get a whole days worth of putting around if you took it easy.

    It recharged with solar panels in under a week, so you could use it every weekend using only the sun.

    Recharging on shorepower was problematic to say the least. While it may be a 20 amp outlet, few of them can actually deliver 20 amps!

    Cheers!