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  1. Re:Changed the laws? No on Aereo Files For Bankruptcy · · Score: 1

    OK - that's where it gets ridiculous. I agreed with the first ruling - but thought it would be better for everyone if the law were changed. But then I stopped following the story. If they're not being allowed to pay the royalties, then that's too silly for words.

  2. Re:innovation thwarted on Aereo Files For Bankruptcy · · Score: 1

    If a cable company signed up its first customer - before getting a second customer - are they eligible for the Aereo loophole?

    The fact is, it doesn't matter how many antennas they had. The fact that they were providing that antenna as a paid service is the part that makes it fit the interpretation of the law.

  3. Changed the laws? No on Aereo Files For Bankruptcy · · Score: 2

    The U.S. Supreme Court decision effectively changed the laws

    The existing laws defined them as a cable company. They were not very smart to think otherwise. The laws may need to go away, but that was always the correct interpretation.

  4. Re:I used to want something kind of like this on Intel Planning Thumb-Sized PCs For Next Year · · Score: 1

    £8.99? Ouch! In the US, you can get a 16GB flash drive for $8.99 - a LOT cheaper.

  5. Re:yeah. Except RAM, CPU, and bus bandwidth on Intel Planning Thumb-Sized PCs For Next Year · · Score: 1

    Branch predicting HLT isn't that much of a speed boost.

  6. Re:patching a live kernel? on A Brilliant Mind: SUSE's Kernel Guru Speaks · · Score: 1

    Security updates without a reboot is bad?

  7. Re:Let me be the first to say on Head of FCC Proposes Increasing Internet School Fund · · Score: 1

    fuck the children.

    Pedophile.

  8. Re:So... wait until you get home...? on UK Hotel Adds Hefty Charge For Bad Reviews Online · · Score: 1

    If they didn't keep your transaction open, they wouldn't be able to charge you for damage or incidentals. It's why hotels require credit cards for bookings in the first place. Usually they haven't seen your room when you check out.

  9. Re:The answer is...virtual credit cards on UK Hotel Adds Hefty Charge For Bad Reviews Online · · Score: 1

    First thing my parents heard from the idiots "Your VISA card is not working

    Well of course - because why would they accept a card that doesn't at least pre-authorize for the expected amount? That's not the same as a charge. You were attempting fraud, and you failed.

  10. Re:Could be solved be VISA, etc. immediately on UK Hotel Adds Hefty Charge For Bad Reviews Online · · Score: 1

    Checks (cheques, this being a British hotel) do still exist

    That sounds great. I could raid the minibar and trash the place. Not having a credit card on file is a wonderful thing.

  11. Re:Contracts on UK Hotel Adds Hefty Charge For Bad Reviews Online · · Score: 2

    take a lawyer with you every time you bought groceries.

    But that would make a great Bit of Fry and Laurie sketch.

  12. Re:Ask the credit card for a refund on UK Hotel Adds Hefty Charge For Bad Reviews Online · · Score: 1

    or perhaps even just because the card wasn't present at the transaction

    Standard practice in hotels to keep a card on file to charge damages/incidentals. And when you check out in the morning, nobody's seen your room yet.

  13. Re:Do we still need shared web hosting? on Launching 2015: a New Certificate Authority To Encrypt the Entire Web · · Score: 1

    For a certain level of technical competence, I suppose that makes sense. But there's a big RAM hit to have a CPanel instance for each customer, so the beginners would save a lot of resources to be on the same server instance.

  14. Re:Identity? on Launching 2015: a New Certificate Authority To Encrypt the Entire Web · · Score: 2

    The amount of identity verification required is very small. StartSSL is fully compliant and included in browsers by default, but it's very simple and takes only a few minutes online.

    Bob DeHacker isn't going to be able to get an accepted cert for a MITM attack for a major company. Really, these days, the only thing that lights up the address bar green is EV-SSL. Your standard HTTPS site just puts in a tiny padlock in the address bar. And nobody's going to buy a certificate for a MITM attack on a site that's not big enough to be buying an EV-SSL certificate.

  15. Re:Shared hosting... on Launching 2015: a New Certificate Authority To Encrypt the Entire Web · · Score: 1

    A static IP for your shared host is usually cheaper than SSL. However, they're not going to let you use your free SSL and will charge you for their own SSL anyway, because they have the control.

  16. Re:quick question on Launching 2015: a New Certificate Authority To Encrypt the Entire Web · · Score: 1

    And how is that worse than using HTTP?

  17. Re:But the case hasn't even started! on US Marshals Auctioning $20M Worth of Silk Road's Bitcoins · · Score: 1

    Then explain why every apartment complex will refuse cash and tell you to go get a money order to pay your rent?

    Cash is not the only way to pay in U.S. Dollars.

  18. Re:Put the glasses on, stupid. on A Worm's Mind In a Lego Body · · Score: 1

    There are human-level brain simulations being worked on, but I haven't been following them closely. I don't think they're implementing everything. Actually, I know they aren't because we keep discovering new things. Are they working off and standard model of the human brain or a specific person's brain?

    Oh, you know. It'll be just like the Nintendo 64 emulators. You start with an HLE instruction set and work your way to cycle accurate. Before you know it, we'll be playing commercial humans.

  19. Re:Put the glasses on, stupid. on A Worm's Mind In a Lego Body · · Score: 1

    You'll have to call Kevin Bacon. That's what happens.

  20. Re:Bettles on Scientists Discover Diamond Nanothreads · · Score: 1

    Please, don't shoot your daughter out of a cannon.

  21. Re:It's a WAR for your SOUL! on Scientists Discover Diamond Nanothreads · · Score: 1

    Naked Wii party?

  22. Re:How about "not diamond"? on Scientists Discover Diamond Nanothreads · · Score: 1

    Not to mention the summary mentioned it was an ordering of benzene molecules, not carbon atoms. I think the name diamond is completely useless to describe what's happening here.

  23. Re:Doing Google Wallet quietly? Shocker... on Google Wallet API For Digital Goods Will Be Retired On March 2, 2015 · · Score: 1

    You mean the portion that has any significant adoption whatsoever.

  24. Re:First step is to collect data. on Ask Slashdot: How To Unblock Email From My Comcast-Hosted Server? · · Score: 1

    Does the reverse DNS give the same hostname that your mail server uses for its EHLO/HELO greeting?

  25. Re:What is the Next High Bandwidth Tech? on Overbilled Customer Sues Time Warner Cable For False Advertising · · Score: 1

    That's because they're probably going to remove the channels that were reserved for DOCSIS 2 at a later time and use it for more overcompressed digital HD or ppv channels.

    And even if your DOCSIS 2 modem is capable of that speed, that speed is shared among everyone on your node. The maximum capacity for your node is the DOCSIS 2 speed limit. Not just for you.