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  1. Re:I'll tell you what the method is... on FBI Telling Congress How It Hacked iPhone (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    It does that after a certain number of failed tries. Guess where that number is stored.

  2. Re:Dark matter -- not the explanation on Monster Black Holes May Lurk All Around Us (yahoo.com) · · Score: 1

    Localized is a bit of a weird way to put it. The effect decreases with distance. But as you go further out, you're also orbiting not just the black hole but the rest of the galaxy in between, meaning more gravitational force in the same direction.

    But how much faster could the outside really be moving compared to the inside if the galaxy still has a distinct spiral shape and hasn't combined into an amorphous disc? If it's been rotating for billions of years, but still has distinct spiral arms, it can't be spinning that much faster.

  3. Re:Will it restore my "start" button? on New Windows 10 Preview For PCs With Bash, Cross-Device Cortana Released · · Score: 1

    You more likely could have rebuilt the windows system image in Powershell using some obscure dism command. I've done it once or twice for people, but I can't even begin to remember how to Google the solution.

  4. Re:Nah! on Monster Black Holes May Lurk All Around Us (yahoo.com) · · Score: 1

    Horton, is that you?

  5. Re:Dark matter -- not the explanation on Monster Black Holes May Lurk All Around Us (yahoo.com) · · Score: 1

    One of the mysterious effects is the difference in rotational speed as you go out from the center of the galaxy.

    Why can't this be explained by time dilation from the gravity of the black hole? The center is only rotating slower to an outside observer, but could in fact be going the same number of Km/h (to pick a completely off-scale unit).

  6. Re:Maybe this is the "missing mass"? on Monster Black Holes May Lurk All Around Us (yahoo.com) · · Score: 1

    I've never understood this need for greater mass at the outer edges, but I also know little about physics that I don't pick up as technobabble from TV and movies. Doesn't the black hole at the center of the galaxy have a time dilation effect? And if so, wouldn't time move more slowly the closer you get to the center of the galaxy to an outside observer? So the outer edge of the galaxy would appear to rotate faster, but only relatively.

  7. Re:No, it didn't. on Computer Created A 'New Rembrandt' After Analyzing Paintings (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    The jury is still not out yet on whether the human mind is a procedural deterministic program. A bit too early to say it's definitely not AI.

  8. Re:This is best policy on Google Reveals Own Security Regime Policy Trusts No Network, Ever (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 2

    Google Never has been discontinued.

  9. Re:All Slashdot wants on Opera's Ex-CEO Launches Vivaldi 1.0 For Power Users · · Score: 1

    Geeks only wanted it until flat and minimalist was "in". I guess it's time to bring back the Fisher-Price UIs?

  10. Re:SLASHDOT APPLYING CENSORSHIP on Opera's Ex-CEO Launches Vivaldi 1.0 For Power Users · · Score: 1

    They're posting this same pointless comment on every story. I don't know why they picked this article to complain about. It's a dupe from yesterday.

  11. Re:SLASHDOT APPLYING CENSORSHIP on Opera's Ex-CEO Launches Vivaldi 1.0 For Power Users · · Score: 1

    Why are you still worried about not being able to see a dupe from yesterday?

  12. Re:Fugly UI on Opera's Ex-CEO Launches Vivaldi 1.0 For Power Users · · Score: 1

    I installed it. There's several options and one of the default choices is fairly sane. Mostly grey, but out of the way.

  13. Re:Tired it a few weeks ago on Opera's Ex-CEO Launches Vivaldi 1.0 For Power Users · · Score: 1

    Slashdotters called Windows XP Fisher-Price and they ran in the far opposite direction. You just can't be pleased.

    Fits right in on Windows 10, anyway. Like it or not, at least it fits in. Just need a native UI for each OS.

  14. Norway, Oslo on Opera's Ex-CEO Launches Vivaldi 1.0 For Power Users · · Score: 1

    Is Norway, Oslo the non-US format for city and state, like DD/MM/YY?

  15. Re:SLASHDOT APPLYING CENSORSHIP on Quanta LTE Router May Be Most Unsecure Router Ever Made (softpedia.com) · · Score: 1

    It's a dupe from yesterday -
    https://yro.slashdot.org/story...

    So maybe this is an improvement.

  16. Re:About time? on Quanta LTE Router May Be Most Unsecure Router Ever Made (softpedia.com) · · Score: 1

    So all one would have to do after stealing from a company is admit that fault and disclose the vulnerability?

  17. Re: Definition of unsecure on Quanta LTE Router May Be Most Unsecure Router Ever Made (softpedia.com) · · Score: 1

    Once you replace the firmware, you're getting rid of all of the security vulnerabilities native to the device.

  18. Re: Ew on HP's New Logo Is the Awesome One It Never Used (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    It can be manually enabled in the newer versions. Which is not a sane default, especially when there is no easy way to notice.

  19. Depends on who brings the charges - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

  20. Re:That's HP? Probably wouldn't have guessed on HP's New Logo Is the Awesome One It Never Used (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Toyota symbol actually spells the letters Toyota over each other,

    This is a new one on me. But I only recently learned of the arrow in the FedEx logo, even more recently the spoon. The Tostitos logo has two guys dipping chips in salsa within the 'tit' of the logo. And the new Baskin Robbins logo has the number 31 hidden in the BR.

    These are all things I appreciate and enjoy.

  21. Re: Ew on HP's New Logo Is the Awesome One It Never Used (theverge.com) · · Score: 0

    100% compatible with common standards

    Not quite. OS X refuses to enable TRIM on a non-Apple SSD and you need 3rd-party software to make it work.

  22. See subject. We're talking about legal action under CFAA, not under extortion. Of course the ISP would be acting complicitly, and we know this probably isn't malware being installed. So I doubt it even falls under that.

  23. Re:The classification system is too arbitary on AP Style Alert: Don't Capitalize Internet and Web Anymore (poynter.org) · · Score: 1

    What about the Moon, then? It happens to be the general name for such a body, but it also happens to be the proper name of our local one.

  24. Re:Not Deceptive at all. on Alphabet's Nest To Deliberately Brick Revolv Hubs · · Score: 1

    And standalone GPS units with free "lifetime" map updates.

  25. Re:I've had X-10 home automation for over 35 years on Alphabet's Nest To Deliberately Brick Revolv Hubs · · Score: 1

    1999 - that's 27 years for you.

    Why, do they have multiple personalities and are counting their time cumulatively?