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  1. My dentist uses the same one I have at home. Now ask me why my dentist takes my blood pressure - I don't know.

  2. Re:Pseudoscientific claptrap on Ask Slashdot: What Is Your View On Sloot Compression? (youtube.com) · · Score: 1

    I wasn't talking about dictionary generation, but more procedural generation where the entire file is the starting inputs.

  3. Re:Pseudoscientific claptrap on Ask Slashdot: What Is Your View On Sloot Compression? (youtube.com) · · Score: 1

    That's assuming that the movie is linearly mapped to the data in the file. If the entire file were inputs to a massive equation, it would still be just as ridiculous - but it would leave far more than 256 possibilities for that 1 second (2^8192).

  4. Re: Compression Tweaks on Ask Slashdot: What Is Your View On Sloot Compression? (youtube.com) · · Score: 1

    natural selection = organic chemicals thrown at the wall...

    Selection = sticking.

  5. Re:It's not a thing on Ask Slashdot: What Is Your View On Sloot Compression? (youtube.com) · · Score: 1

    You can't compress "The Shining" by using snippets of Leonardio DiCaprio in place of Jack Nicholson because it wouldn't stand up to a moment's scrutiny

    For that matter, you can't reproduce Peter Cushing's face using an extremely accurate 3D model. The uncanny valley is wide.

  6. Re:Choose your poison on AT&T Uses Forced Arbitration To Overcharge Customers, Senators Say (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    He's a State Senator, so I'm not sure how he could be considered national.

    He's a US Senator, who happens to represent a specific state. That is national.

  7. Re:But it saves money! on AT&T Uses Forced Arbitration To Overcharge Customers, Senators Say (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    If suing the provider is against the contract, it's time we start suing arbitration companies for their corruption

  8. Right. And it will continue to be that way unless a consumer protection law is passed about this specifically. Otherwise, this is a contract - and people are allowed to sign away lots of rights in a contract - even in a unilateral one.

  9. If they kept working after seeing the forged wire transfer, then they were also tricked into working for free. It really can be both.

  10. This is what Apple calls duplicating functionality in its own store rules.

  11. They didn't actually say "known to them," so if it's known by anyone I think it counts.

  12. Re:Dune on Ask Slashdot: What Are Some Books You Wish You Had Read Earlier? · · Score: 1

    Chris Columbus (aka the first two movies) were the only good ones (as far as faithful to the book). And losing the actor for Dumbledore really screwed up most of the rest - the replacement was terrible.

  13. There's a law in the US that should cover Error 53 too. They just don't have anything to lose by waiting for a class action lawsuit, settling, and admitting no wrongdoing in the process.

  14. Re:How to delete a message in mail app on Apple Piles On the Features, and Users Say, 'Enough!' (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    The app is just matching user expectations. Gmail already set those expectations and Apple is just respecting it. Someone used to Gmail is not going to see this as a varying user experience. Treating Gmail differently is also smart, because maybe they can do some deduplication between labels on the iPhone storage and the all mail folder. Not that I know they do that.

    Apple also has a user preference to delete instead of archive under that account's settings.

  15. Re:How to delete a message in mail app on Apple Piles On the Features, and Users Say, 'Enough!' (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    it seems to want you to "archive" the message and never delete it! We had to manually move it to the trash folder. Very unintuitive.

    This is really just how Gmail wants it done. I'm not sure it works the same with IMAP.

  16. Re:Why bother... on Apple Piles On the Features, and Users Say, 'Enough!' (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Messages? That's where I want to send and receive communications from... iOS already has an App Store why would I want to replicate that function in my communications app?

    Isn't this what killed Google Wave?

  17. Re:Don't allow blocking or spoofing of CallerID on After Bomb Threats, FCC Proposes Letting Police Unveil Anonymous Callers (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    And what if you don't want callbacks coming in on secondary lines?

  18. Re:Perfect opportunity for abuse on Hundreds of Walmart Employees Say They've Been Punished For Taking Sick Days (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    Working families used to be able to survive on one income, and now that's very difficult for most people to do.

    A lot of that is driven by inflation caused by dual-income families. Once a certain number of people had that extra income, their spending was kept in check by raising prices.

  19. Re:Not defending Walmart but... on Hundreds of Walmart Employees Say They've Been Punished For Taking Sick Days (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    How are you providing value by being sick?

    By staying away and not getting other employees sick, you are saving the company money.

    It's also a benefit that retains better employees.

  20. Just because the article doesn't mention one doesn't mean there isn't one. Unless you've got a copy of the employment contract, why not assume the complaint is valid?

  21. Re:How is this News for Nerds? on Hundreds of Walmart Employees Say They've Been Punished For Taking Sick Days (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    If you put your password between the HTML tags, Slashdot won't eat it.

    Example: <title>hunter2</title>

  22. Re:employees or associates? on Hundreds of Walmart Employees Say They've Been Punished For Taking Sick Days (vice.com) · · Score: 2

    They're associated by employment.

  23. Re:Don't allow blocking or spoofing of CallerID on After Bomb Threats, FCC Proposes Letting Police Unveil Anonymous Callers (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Round robin only works when the number comes from the same place as all your lines. I even use spoofing on my home phone system. Outbound calls over my VoIP line spoof my Google Voice number so that return calls reach my cell.

  24. Re:Don't allow blocking or spoofing of CallerID on After Bomb Threats, FCC Proposes Letting Police Unveil Anonymous Callers (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    voice mail they leave you

    Has that EVER happened?

  25. Re:Don't allow blocking or spoofing of CallerID on After Bomb Threats, FCC Proposes Letting Police Unveil Anonymous Callers (cnbc.com) · · Score: 2

    Go right for the anger and miss the point, then.

    Let's say I put a local pizza place's phone number into my cell phone's contacts. I call them and place a pizza order. A few minutes later, they realize they are out of a topping and call me back - but line 1 is busy, so the call goes out on line 2. I don't recognize the number, so I don't answer.

    With Caller ID spoofing, they can ensure that their primary number shows up for all outbound calls. With Google Voice, this is how Caller ID works at all for calls forwarded to your real number.

    It's already illegal to spoof with a number that you don't own. Registering the alternate numbers or requiring proof of ownership of the number before passing over the phone network would be fine - but there's no reason to put a stop to it just because you don't understand it.