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  1. Re:Maybe they should let Watson decide on Could IBM's Watson Put Google In Jeopardy? · · Score: 1

    Only if your standard isn't simply outperforming your average human CEO. A mouse could do that.

  2. Re:You don't understand Google on Could IBM's Watson Put Google In Jeopardy? · · Score: 4, Informative

    No. It was poor results from other engines. I seriously don't think you remember how bad search results were in the late 90's. It was like a light was switched on and suddenly the best of the Internet was illuminated. Before, AltaVista barely cut it. It was far too easy to game the simple keyword system.

  3. Re:Silly question on Could IBM's Watson Put Google In Jeopardy? · · Score: 1

    I only wear free-range organic roadkill gloves.

  4. Re:Silly question on Could IBM's Watson Put Google In Jeopardy? · · Score: 1

    Maybe. Or it could use context (comparing to learned common phrases) to determine that a wrong word was chosen. Something that Google normally does, except since it saw the word "for" it mostly ignored it as a filler word.

  5. Re:Google, really? on Could IBM's Watson Put Google In Jeopardy? · · Score: 2

    one of the first applications was medical literature search

    And IBM being IBM, they would probably not venture into advertising-supported search. They'd rather have some other risk-taker pay them to implement it. Or have every person that wants to do this sort of search pay them for their own private setup.

  6. Re:Isn't it empty? on Shots Fired At US Capitol · · Score: 1

    I guess I don't know enough history to say most tactics. But stories of plainclothes militia sniping from the trees was the most memorable from history class. Britain likened it to what we call terrorism now.

    Terrorist isn't a term I'd apply to any militia. It's their tactics that define them. Using fear and threats and attacking primarily civilians come to mind.

  7. Re:They target Tor via the ISP's on How The NSA Targets Tor · · Score: 1

    well..they said non-exit, so probably not.

  8. Re:So the guards are still getting paid? :) on Shots Fired At US Capitol · · Score: 1

    There's no compromise of any kind. It's an outright standoff. There's really no way to blame just one side now.

  9. Re:Fox news comments on Shots Fired At US Capitol · · Score: 1

    Maybe the child was a military veteran. Wait - no even the VA hospitals are open during the shutdown.

  10. Re:Isn't it empty? on Shots Fired At US Capitol · · Score: 1

    Terrorism is trying to get maximum results with as few people as possible (since you're a small movement, for example). That involves surprise attacks and attacks done to make a point. A marching army is not terrorism. Most of our military tactics here during the Revolutionary War would be considered terrorism today.

  11. Re:So the guards are still getting paid? :) on Shots Fired At US Capitol · · Score: 4, Insightful

    You can be opposed to Obamacare and still want socialized medicine. Forcing someone to make a private purchase or pay an exorbitant penalty is a much bigger trampling on rights than just having taxpayer-funded healthcare. It's true that this isn't the majority Republican reason for being opposed. But it's a good reason that a lot of Democrats should have been opposed.

  12. Re:So the guards are still getting paid? :) on Shots Fired At US Capitol · · Score: 1

    With this standoff, I don't find it hard to believe they might keep this up for over a month - even while destroying the credibility of both sides in the process.

  13. Re:And By Extension on Tesla Model S Catches Fire: Is This Tesla's 'Toyota' Moment? · · Score: 1

    Aviation fuel is mostly kerosene. I'm sure that's not too safe to drink. Even the fumes can be fatal.

  14. Re:Train idiots how to hold their phones on Tesla Model S Catches Fire: Is This Tesla's 'Toyota' Moment? · · Score: 1

    Especially if you think it might end up on television. Nothing like having 3/4 of the screen be black vertical bars.

  15. Re:Hmmm ... on Finding a Tech Museum For Your Beloved Retired Computer(s) · · Score: 1

    Probably for using as control hardware on older CNC machines. Plenty of other industrial uses.

  16. Re:Thoughts and Insights... on Tesla Model S Catches Fire: Is This Tesla's 'Toyota' Moment? · · Score: 2

    It sounds like a perfectly reasonable eggcorn on the other hand.

  17. Re:vs gasoline cars on Tesla Model S Catches Fire: Is This Tesla's 'Toyota' Moment? · · Score: 4, Funny

    Funny story. On the way back from Thanksgiving during college, I was driving a couple classmates from my area with me. We hit a deer. I got out of the car to check the damage, and one of the girls in the car started running down the highway. In her adrenaline rush from the crash, she must have had a movie PTSD flashback and thought the car was going to explode.

  18. Originally and finally is how it should have been. The second request is still overreaching - regardless of them not being complicit the first time around.

  19. Ultimately, rotating certificates would make it a little harder to decrypt all traffic, wouldn't it? I'm not thinking in depth right now. But trust is a big issue then.

  20. The public key is already known.

    I don't know about you, but I don't get any warning telling me that "The stored public key for secure.site.com does not match the one received. Continue to site?" Maybe I need to upgrade my browser.

    So for most, a MITM attack would be completely undetected.

  21. on one user. They don't need access to all the users and to compromise the entire site.

  22. Re:So... can they do it pre-breakup? on California Outlaws 'Revenge Porn' · · Score: 1

    That's also because celebrities are a "public" figure and lose some degree of the right to privacy.

  23. Re:Better late than never... on California Outlaws 'Revenge Porn' · · Score: 1

    Privacy still must be protected even if consent for the photo to be taken was given. The privacy is in how it's published, not how it's taken.

  24. Re:So... can they do it pre-breakup? on California Outlaws 'Revenge Porn' · · Score: 4, Insightful

    But you can't use that image for commercial purposes (ad-supported web site counts) without getting a release from the person who is in the photo. It's still already illegal.

  25. Re:Better late than never... on California Outlaws 'Revenge Porn' · · Score: 4, Insightful

    What about this?
    1. In a lot of these cases, the person who uploaded the picture to the revenge site did not take the picture. It was sent to them some time before. They do not own copyright to the image. It was already illegal in that case.

    2. These sites are funded by advertising. Therefore, the images are being used in a commercial manner. Your likeness cannot be used for commercial purposes without your explicit consent. It was already illegal in this case, too.

    So we're really just adding an almost-impossible-to-prove situation on top of things that are already illegal. The problem is and always has been that the person whose picture is posted doesn't know about it because they would never visit the site. So they don't find out until everyone else already knows about it.