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  1. Re:communication skills on Security Community Raises $12k For Researcher Snubbed By Facebook · · Score: 1

    Except he did not do that, he just said he found a way to post on other people's timelines.
    There is nothing about the steps he took, or why it might be happening.

    http://khalil-sh.blogspot.ru/p/facebook_16.html

  2. Re:Great to see there are some whole hearted peopl on Security Community Raises $12k For Researcher Snubbed By Facebook · · Score: 1

    The bug report can be found on the reporters blog:

    http://khalil-sh.blogspot.ru/p/facebook_16.html

    It's actually pretty shitty and does not even explain anything. Facebook had nothing to go off of except a basic description. The summary of this article has more detail than the reporter provided to Facebook.

  3. Re:Deserved? on Security Community Raises $12k For Researcher Snubbed By Facebook · · Score: 1

    Wait, is that really all it was?
    There is no reproduction there, just a one sentence description of what happened.

    Did he expect Facebook to trawl through their server code and logs to figure out for themselves what he did?

  4. Re:Very excited to see what is next! on Makerbot Desktop 3D Scanner Goes On Sale · · Score: 1

    Am looking forward to how things will progress. While I think it might be a bit much to see a printer in every home; I could see it used in businesses and other places.

    Break a part on your car? Take the model to Kinkos and have one printed.

  5. Re:Hormone therapy? on Bradley Manning Wants To Live As a Woman · · Score: 1

    Yep, if you so much as question a woman about a rape accusation, no matter how outlandish; then you're branded a victim blaming misogynist. But prison rape jokes are A-OK!

    Think it's in part because, prison rape/all rape is generally bad; and the US has this mentality that prison should be more about making people as much as you can. Forget rehabilitation, and trying to make people a more productive member of society or showing them the error of their ways. What's really going to help is have some non-violent offender be sent to jail for years and raped by hardened criminals.

  6. Re:They aren't drowning in plastic on US States Banned From Exporting Trash To China Are Drowning In Plastic · · Score: 1

    Similar for paper.

    There are TONS of household stuff that can contaminate paper and make it unrecyclable. Basically anything with grease, oil, food, etc... So you end up being that even if you recycle your paper, most of it will have come into contact with the grease from last nights pizza and cannot be recycled.

    http://americanrecyclingca.com/2011/05/paper/contamination-in-paper-recycling/

  7. Re:Just dig a really deep hole on US States Banned From Exporting Trash To China Are Drowning In Plastic · · Score: 1

    Glass would likely be too difficult to shape, remember we're talking about those clamshell containers that many consumer electronics come in. Plastic can be easily moulded into w/e shape is needed.

    Foil might work, but would need to be extra thick to hold it's shape, and could not be seen into.

    Cardboard also a possibility, but would be easy to defeat for possible shoplifting, and more easily damaged; also cannot see into it.

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    Of course all this is moot if you're ordering online, since you'll already be able to see what stuff looks like.

  8. Re:Good on Bradley Manning Sentenced To 35 Years · · Score: 1

    Also they technically worked both sides, depending on who was paying more. They were officially neutral but each side used them.

  9. Re:Sorry on China Plans To Stop Harvesting Organs From Executed Prisoners · · Score: 1

    Have a guy at work with that attitude.

    He refuses to give blood, when asked he says "What have they done for me?".
    Never really understood since with blood you're constantly making more of it. It's not like giving up a kidney that will affect you for the rest of your life and you can only do once. Not giving blood is just going to have some of it go to waste eventually; most common worst case is you feel lethargic the rest of the day and need to eat some extra calories/sugar.

  10. Re:Sorry on China Plans To Stop Harvesting Organs From Executed Prisoners · · Score: 1

    I think he meant the latter.

    Let us test this new drug, and if you live. But I think at that point we kinda get into the issues of ethically causing harm to living people.

  11. Re:No thanks on PS4 Launch Date: November 15th · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Sorry dude, blame the studios for that.

    They setup DRM type checks on BD movies, which requires updates to be able to play. It's why if you take a 4 year old BD player it wont play a recently released BD movie most likely.

  12. Re:And when will the games be ready? on PS4 Launch Date: November 15th · · Score: 1

    Normally consoles are not as bad as PC when it comes to DRM, since the expectation is you won't be able to run it without the physical media. With the PC though that's not been the case for quite a while now, so they tack on game breaking DRM to try and make sure people cannot play the game.

  13. Re:Given Sony's Track Record on PS4 Launch Date: November 15th · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I believe the management at Sony proper that was responsible for those issues has been replaced.
    Remember over the past few years they have been laying off quite a few employees.

  14. Re:Only need to know... on PS4 Launch Date: November 15th · · Score: 1

    Similar, I got mine for the BD player, not so much to game. But still cannot see myself trading in my games. Fives years I may want to replay them.

  15. Re:Are we at peak drone? on Canadian City Uses Drone To Chase Off Geese · · Score: 1

    Not really... It's not uncommon to see an RC aircraft referred to as a drone.

    Generally they need to be unmanned, operate/fly under their own power, and require a human pilot. Once you get into the FAA legal ease there is a difference but mainly in pilot training.

  16. Re:"Drone" vs "R/C Plane"? on Canadian City Uses Drone To Chase Off Geese · · Score: 1

    You're right, there is no real difference save for size.

    A craft like that will have an onboard flight computer to help with attitude positioning, and possibly even GPS; and FPV camera modifications are relatively cheap/easy to setup.

  17. Re:Not a drone on Canadian City Uses Drone To Chase Off Geese · · Score: 1

    In the RC circle they usually are seen as drones and some have been impacted by those drone laws that get passed. Remote unmanned craft, operating under it's own power, with a human controlling it.

    The laws saying people can shoot down drones; they also mean these type of craft too.

  18. Re:Students have to take some of the responsibilit on The College-Loan Scandal · · Score: 1

    Community college is also having it's costs raises year after year.

    And as for a job, it's be nice if they would let you work and go to school. Best you can do is some blue collar one which depending where you work they might switch your hours week to week.

    Can't come into work because you got class? Well there is a line of people here who are unemployed and also not going to school that can work that shift; so are still not able to come in?

  19. Re:educational process should change on The College-Loan Scandal · · Score: 1

    Well it does differ from one industry to another, but for IT yea, 4 years of many redundant classes is not needed.

    Even some car mechanics are being expected to have 4 years degrees. I could understand if you were working for the actual car manufacturer and you had to write out techinal documentation, but to follow the pictured instructions of how to replace a steering rack; 4 years is overkill.

  20. Re:The best combination on The College-Loan Scandal · · Score: 1

    Also that rote memorization basically kills any semblance of a social life.

    Eat, Sleep, Study everyday

  21. Re:It is very simple ... on The College-Loan Scandal · · Score: 2

    I would say it's more an issue of the Government guaranteeing the loans.

    No bank will give an unemployed adult, a $100k loan for a house; but for a College kid they will give them the same loan for some dead end degree with little to no earning power.

    Also need to lower the demand for degrees in the private sector; they have become the new HS Diploma only you'll now be working a low wage job with tens of thousands of debt.

  22. Re:So basically surfing net while taking notes on Using Laptop To Take Notes Lowers Grades · · Score: 1

    I was taught that too, it takes more effort and concentration to write then it does to type; as a result you'll retain more information if written then typed.

    But this was over a decade ago so could be very outdated.

  23. Re:doesn't matter on Microsoft: Xbox One Won't Require Kinect To Function · · Score: 1

    Yea, I got a feeling it'll sell just fine, maybe not flying off the shelves like the Wii was, but they'll make their money back' even if it is slow, all it'll take is a few CoDs and Halo games and problem solved.

  24. Re:Simple and zero energy cost on Illuminating Window-Less Houses With a Plastic Bottle · · Score: 1

    Add a bit of salt, alcohol, or anti freeze.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freezing-point_depression

  25. Re:Lighting on ships... on Illuminating Window-Less Houses With a Plastic Bottle · · Score: 1

    They look alot like those geo things that people would fill with costume gems and say they had magical powers.