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  1. Re:slash-hole on Google Glass User Fights Speeding Ticket, Saying She's Defending the Future · · Score: 1

    Not all of them say that. Just so long as it isn't configured or set up to show video/entertainment or that it has an actual interlock to prevent video when the vehicle is in gear. You can be your own OEM if you design it right.

  2. Re:Reinforcing the term on Google Glass User Fights Speeding Ticket, Saying She's Defending the Future · · Score: 1

    Why would it be? Just because it's a reference to a device made for women doesn't mean that it has a gender itself.

  3. Re:slash-hole on Google Glass User Fights Speeding Ticket, Saying She's Defending the Future · · Score: 1

    A lot of states have that - any screen for watching video must not be in view of the driver. Illinois is one of those states.

  4. Re:common and fun on Programmer Debunks Source Code Shown In Movies and TV Shows · · Score: 1

    I do like those. And I've noticed a few. The other headlines on the paper are usually pretty good too if you can't read the actual articles.

  5. Re: Track your every move on Google Buys Home Automation Company Nest · · Score: 1

    They don't pay the electric bill. As my former landlord (who was also my boss at an unrelated business) once told me, "all landlords are scum."

  6. Re:Canadian Cineplex has cellphone games before mo on Man Shot To Death For Texting During Movie · · Score: 1

    Even that is probably before the lights darken and the previews start.

  7. Re:It's about time! on Man Shot To Death For Texting During Movie · · Score: 2

    Assualt and battery is not the same as Salty and Buttery.

  8. Re:The US is clearly very screwed up on Man Shot To Death For Texting During Movie · · Score: 1

    Agree - I enjoy the trailers. And I went to one movie where there were kids in the next row using snapchat...with camera flash during the previews. And it was before a special that was only showing for a couple nights. I didn't say a word only because I couldn't do it without being too much of a jerk.

  9. Re:Oh? Tell that to the Star Wars Episode 1 previe on Man Shot To Death For Texting During Movie · · Score: 1

    If my home had a 4K projector and a 400" screen, I'd never leave home. Youtube doesn't perform well at 4K anyway.

  10. Re:On a related note... on Programmer Debunks Source Code Shown In Movies and TV Shows · · Score: 1

    Shh!! Next you'll have Microsoft suing film and TV producers for using their copyrighted code without a license.

  11. Re:In Jurasic Park... on Programmer Debunks Source Code Shown In Movies and TV Shows · · Score: 2

    And the 3D file browser is an actual SGI program:
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fsn

  12. Re:Debunk? on Programmer Debunks Source Code Shown In Movies and TV Shows · · Score: 1

    I think you just won the Daily Pedantry Award.

  13. Re:Debunk? on Programmer Debunks Source Code Shown In Movies and TV Shows · · Score: 1

    Keep it up. Someone needs to start a sister site that does the same to technobabble.

  14. Re:Track your every move on Google Buys Home Automation Company Nest · · Score: 1

    $100/hr.? I can assure you that the unit lasts longer than a couple hours. Even if it only saved you $2/mo. over a standard programmable thermostat, that's over $100 in 5 years. But I think with airwave (cutting the AC compressor early while keeping the fan running on low humidity days) and the fact that you don't ever have to remember to hit any buttons, you can easily save more over a standard programmable thermostat.

  15. Re:Terminator on Programmer Debunks Source Code Shown In Movies and TV Shows · · Score: 1

    Well...hearing spanish from an English-speaker in an Austrian accent is enough of a mess that it can't help but be funny.

  16. Re:common and fun on Programmer Debunks Source Code Shown In Movies and TV Shows · · Score: 1

    There are several ranges reserved for private networks rather than public IP networks.

    Copying this from someone else's comment:
    RFC 5737: IPv4 Address Blocks Reserved for Documentation [ietf.org] - 192.0.2.*, 198.51.100.*, and 203.0.113.*
    RFC 3927: Dynamic Configuration of IPv4 Link-Local Addresses [ietf.org] - 169.254.*.*
    RFC 1918: Address Allocation for Private Internets [ietf.org] - 10.*.*.*, 172.16.*.* thru 172.31.*.*, and 192.168.0.* thru 192.168.255.*

  17. Re:common and fun on Programmer Debunks Source Code Shown In Movies and TV Shows · · Score: 1

    At least with 10.*.*.* they would have a few more options for variety and it wouldn't be immediately familiar to everyone who's ever owned a router.

  18. Re:common and fun on Programmer Debunks Source Code Shown In Movies and TV Shows · · Score: 1

    Well - that's more for convenience, I'm sure. You can't have much of a picture in complete darkness.

  19. Re:common and fun on Programmer Debunks Source Code Shown In Movies and TV Shows · · Score: 1

    Long ago, there were some cases where moviemakers (or musicians) used a realistic phone number in their work, and then people would call up that phone number en masse

    Relevant examples:
    God in Bruce Almighty
    Jenny

  20. Re:common and fun on Programmer Debunks Source Code Shown In Movies and TV Shows · · Score: 1

    What I DO tend to do is freeze-frame newspapers and stuff where the character is reading a story out-loud relevant to the plot. I like to see if they just copy/paste the same paragraph over and over or use the cliche lorem ipsum .... text.

    Why wouldn't they take advantage of a chance to read directly from a script?

  21. Re:common and fun on Programmer Debunks Source Code Shown In Movies and TV Shows · · Score: 1

    But every domain name they ever mention on TV gets registered to prevent domain squatters from getting rich. Just look at hornymanatee.com (Conan O'Brien), or Oceanic-air.com (from ABC's LOST).

  22. Re:Oh My God! on Programmer Debunks Source Code Shown In Movies and TV Shows · · Score: 1

    Sure you can:
    http://guivbip.codeplex.com/

    You wouldn't need to. But Visual Basic can sure run a shell function and grab the results of nslookup. What's silly is that getting the IP address of the web site was the trivial part. From there, you'd likely have to subpoena the web hosting company. Or you could subpoena the domain registrar. You're not getting anywhere with an IP address of a server.

  23. Re: Track your every move on Google Buys Home Automation Company Nest · · Score: 1

    Wow - it takes a couple hours to get to the set point in our 2 bedroom apartment and multiple run cycles. It's all on one floor, but has bad windows, and air leaks right around the front door. The AC unit is 30+ years old. I'm in the midwest where space is a little cheaper, but my apt. isn't huge.

    I also let the thermostat go up to about 85 when nobody's home. The humidity is high here in the summer, so I'm sure that's a factor.

  24. Re:you got it! on Programmer Debunks Source Code Shown In Movies and TV Shows · · Score: 1

    But it's also interesting just how many movies use HTML as if it were a programming language. Maybe that's what most non-nerds recognize as "computer code" because they accidentally hit view source on a web site once.

  25. Re: Track your every move on Google Buys Home Automation Company Nest · · Score: 1

    Do they? I never once remembered to turn down the thermostat when leaving for a trip.

    And no - a fan is not enough for me against a humid warm apartment.