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  1. Re:I would send that TV back on Smart Meters and New IoT Devices Cause Serious Concern · · Score: 1

    It sends the audio it hears to a third party

    Does it have voice control similar to Google Now or Siri? Maybe it's being sent off merely for heavy duty transcription.

  2. Re:Apparently they pissed off the wrong people on Apple Pay Competitor CurrentC Breached · · Score: 1

    Paypass/Paywave/etc are all compatible with EMV's contactless ISO standard. But I see that as somewhat different than saying they are the same thing.

  3. Re:"I'm Proud To Be Gay" on Tim Cook: "I'm Proud To Be Gay" · · Score: 1

    Plenty of people are proud to be white, too. Then again, the KKK doesn't have a great reputation.

  4. Re:He believes in God? on Tim Cook: "I'm Proud To Be Gay" · · Score: 1

    and the fact that she was currently unmarried

    He wasn't confronting her about being unmarried. He was confronting her about being with a man she was not married to.

  5. Re:Great! Now fix the 8.1 bugs on Tim Cook: "I'm Proud To Be Gay" · · Score: 1

    You have to do a free update to 8.1 before you go to 10. I'm just waiting to see whose product goes to 11.

  6. Re:Proud to be gay??? on Tim Cook: "I'm Proud To Be Gay" · · Score: 1

    Well obviously they work long hours and never go home. They keep the pictures on their desk so they remember what they look like.

  7. Re:Apparently they pissed off the wrong people on Apple Pay Competitor CurrentC Breached · · Score: 2

    NFC is not EMV. They are using technology that's compatible with Mastercard's Paypass, Visa's payWave, and so on. EMV is chip and pin.

  8. Re:Why would I use it? on Why CurrentC Will Beat Out Apple Pay · · Score: 1

    And at least Visa now allows surcharges in the US, Australia and New Zealand. I'm curious about what forced their hand on that one.

    State fees. I work in a state organization, and we could not accept Visa until this fiscal year for any fees. The reason is that we have to receive the list price (as a net amount). We cannot pay out card fees out of the total charge received. Now that we can charge a separate fee to cover the surcharge, we are now able to accept their cards.

  9. Re:Why would I use it? on Why CurrentC Will Beat Out Apple Pay · · Score: 1

    In most cases thieves prefer using the credit card part (BankAxept/VISA is very common) since that doesn't require a PIN and takes much longer before the illicit charges are noticed, unless they're pick-pocketing you after reading the PIN over your shoulder and cashing what they can from the nearest ATM.

    This is nearly identical to our debit cards here in the US. They are co-branded Visa or Mastercard but the PIN transactions go over the ATM network.

  10. Re:if Target can undercut Walmart they will on Why CurrentC Will Beat Out Apple Pay · · Score: 1

    Of course Target already gives a 5% discount for their own credit/debit card.

  11. Re:Not a chance on Why CurrentC Will Beat Out Apple Pay · · Score: 1

    I usually keep about $2k in float on credit, but paid before the statement is due. I get the benefit of rewards programs and more money in my bank account in case of emergency. A lot of people do carry actual debt, though, and that's why they use credit.

  12. Re:Not a chance on Why CurrentC Will Beat Out Apple Pay · · Score: 1

    A debit card is additionally branded with Visa/Mastercard and can be used like a credit card and anywhere that that brand of credit card is accepted (without a PIN). Any purchases without a PIN are withdrawn from your balance the same as an ATM transaction (but may take longer to settle) but with higher transaction fees for the merchant. When you use your PIN, the transaction goes over an ATM network.

  13. Re:Cell-level "Radicalization" process? on Detritus From Cancer Cells May Infect Healthy Cells · · Score: 1

    OK- well, nothing that the exosomes don't have.

  14. Re:Workforce vs. number served on Automation Coming To Restaurants, But Not Because of Minimum Wage Hikes · · Score: 1

    Or it will keep people from getting crap shifts just to cover the peak and more regular hours for everyone. (Devil's advocate, don't shoot).

  15. Unless there are plenty of kiosks. Then you get your order in before the person who can't decide, even if you arrived later than they did.

  16. Re: This is silly on Automation Coming To Restaurants, But Not Because of Minimum Wage Hikes · · Score: 1

    You missed part of it:

    also at risk for losing the limited liability protection

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P...

  17. Re:Long thought to be mere trash on Detritus From Cancer Cells May Infect Healthy Cells · · Score: 1

    I can still tell if the roast is burnt!

    It's called the Maillard reaction, you twit! You can't cook and the chef knows how to get a delicious crust on your roast.

  18. Re:Cell-level "Radicalization" process? on Detritus From Cancer Cells May Infect Healthy Cells · · Score: 1

    Which itself can be simply RNA.

  19. Re:PDX on Austin Airport Tracks Cell Phones To Measure Security Line Wait · · Score: 1

    If there are two people who are earning a living wage doing nothing more than handing out/retrieving cards and logging times, I find that far more disturbing than an automated process.

  20. Re:Corrected headline on 32 Cities Want To Challenge Big Telecom, Build Their Own Gigabit Networks · · Score: 1

    You could say the same about POTS, electrical line, or plumbing. They are all necessary infrastructure, and the cost is not the main driving factor.

  21. Re:and the cities are... on 32 Cities Want To Challenge Big Telecom, Build Their Own Gigabit Networks · · Score: 1

    Kansas City? The ones that already have Google Fiber? I can't even imagine one provider at Gigabit speeds where I'm at. Competitors at that speed? Unbelievable.

  22. Re:Easy to solve - calibrate them to overestimate on Speed Cameras In Chicago Earn $50M Less Than Expected · · Score: 1

    Cheap, underengineered systems that count 60Hz as a "timer" instead of having an actual ocillator.

  23. Re:Couldn't possibly be roads? on Antiperspirants Could Contribute to Particulate Pollution · · Score: 1

    Silicon doesn't evaporate at much below 2700 degrees Fahrenheit. This is a silicon compound.

  24. Re:Heh on Antiperspirants Could Contribute to Particulate Pollution · · Score: 1

    In other words, you get used to it - but you can never go out in public again.

  25. Re:Jamming unlinced spectrum is illegal? on Marriott Fined $600,000 For Jamming Guest Hotspots · · Score: 1

    However, spoofing an AP in an attack would be illegal. Even without considering the fact that it was radio frequencies.

    Even if the AP's they spoof were unauthorized.