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  1. Re:Fuses... on Hackers Could Abuse Electric Car Chargers To Cripple the Grid, Researchers Say · · Score: 0, Troll

    No, but it will keep unions working so it has the full support of the Democrats. Now if he can get rid of the tactical fuses by removing the pistol grip and collapsable stock we can get the rest of them on board.

  2. Re:Ok..So verizon has shown they cant be trusted.. on FBI's Smartphone Surveillance Tool Explained In Court Battle · · Score: 2

    Who was also making the #1 mistake, Cracking from home.

  3. Re:Hrmmm on "Dark Lightning" Could Expose Airline Passengers To Radiation · · Score: 1

    Hate to break it to you but Carbon is conductive.

  4. I dare them on Fox, Univision May Go Subscription To Stop Aereo · · Score: 1

    I Dare Fox to pull from OTA and go subscription only. They really as a network have only about 6 hours of programming a day. all the rest is created by the local stations.

    Go ahead Fox... pull out and go Subscription only. I DARE YOU.

  5. Re:Inevitable step on Fox, Univision May Go Subscription To Stop Aereo · · Score: 2

    It wasn't a stupid step. it was an example of that your Civic leaders are greedy asshats that will happily take a bribe to throw your rights under the bus. Blame your town mayor, and every elected representative you have. Your city or town has a "franchise" agreement with cable companies. It's a legal kickback of money for allowing them to strongarm customers and keep competition out.

  6. Re:It's a sad day... on Gecko May Drop the Blink Tag · · Score: 1

    Only those without souls call it work. We all know that what the customer wants will make us cry ourselves to sleep every night....

    http://theoatmeal.com/comics/design_hell

  7. Re:Use CSS on Gecko May Drop the Blink Tag · · Score: 2

    Mostly because it has became as big of a mess as Perl Regular Expressions. HTML is well on it's way to becoming line noise.

  8. Re:FUD summary as usual on "Dark Lightning" Could Expose Airline Passengers To Radiation · · Score: 1

    "How do you associate your cancer to the airplane rides you took 20 years previously?"

    Well mostly lung cancer from them allowing smoking at that time....

  9. Re:Hrmmm on "Dark Lightning" Could Expose Airline Passengers To Radiation · · Score: 2

    Fischer Price airlines has not received FAA approval yet.

  10. Re:Hopefully it fixed a lot of bugs .... on Video Editor Kdenlive 0.9.6 Released · · Score: 1

    Nope. they do absolutely NO editing on linux. Their clusters are for 3d rendering only. raw footage is spooled off and sent to editing that is done on AVID.

  11. Re:Hopefully it fixed a lot of bugs .... on Video Editor Kdenlive 0.9.6 Released · · Score: 4, Informative

    You should try, because serious pro level stuff is not possible on linux yet. and I would gladly pay $500 for a linux video editor on par with even Sony Vegas 9. (They are currently at version 12)

    I would love to edit under linux, but I cant because I need to edit fast and have a stable editing suite. And that is ignoring that there is nothing like After effects or Motion for linux that exists.

  12. do they support ..... on Video Editor Kdenlive 0.9.6 Released · · Score: 2

    AVCHD files yet without trans-coding them?

    Looks like nope... So it is useless for 90% of the camcorders out there unless you spend a few hours transcoding and losing detail.

  13. Re:cmdline on Video Editor Kdenlive 0.9.6 Released · · Score: 1

    And that limb does not exist. none of the current pro video editing suites support blind automation.

    Honestly some Command line tools that can be scripted would rock for even broadcast media. Let me use one of the new Pro cameras that will use a pair of GSM radios to upload the video I just shot to a FTP server that I can then search the audio for a 1khz tone to mark the begin of the take, cut it there add in a leader then add in the lower third with the text from the metadata (all can be edited in the camera easily) and then do the same with the 1k tone market at the end. Now the media is prepped and ready for air or quick review before being posted to the website.

    This would create an awesome automated workflow for TV stations as well as some of the newer internet media groups. inserting the 1K tone is brain dead easy to do with a simple interface between the XLR shotgun mic and the camera input.

  14. Re:First Post on Researcher Evan Booth: How To Weaponize Tax-Free Airport Goods · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Because they are not there for security. They are there to enforce conformity.

  15. Re:Class action lawsuits are a scam anyway on Judge Denies Class Action Status In Tech Workers' Lawsuit · · Score: 2

    Yeah, anyone that thinks a lawyer is taking a "risk" witha Class action lawsuit is a complete and utter moron that is measured only on epic scales.

    Please give me the list of lawyers that lost everything they had and are now destitute due to a failed class action lawsuit.

    They only take them on if they are a "sure thing". Sounds like you are simply spewing "stupid Uberbah Bullshit"....

  16. Re:Silicon Valley companies. on Judge Denies Class Action Status In Tech Workers' Lawsuit · · Score: 1

    "Really, who writes their own middleware anymore? "

    The military or anyone that wants to not be exploited and hacked within seconds.

  17. Re:Class action lawsuits are a scam anyway on Judge Denies Class Action Status In Tech Workers' Lawsuit · · Score: 1

    No the point is a cash grab for the lawyers, the people in the class action lawsuit dontget anything, but the lawyers get another million to 10 million to buy yet another yacht or villa in colorado.

    Lawyers love class action lawsuits, it can make a lawyer a multi millionaire quickly.

  18. Re:Handheld? on Digital Bolex Gives You a Classic Film Look in a Digital Package (Video) · · Score: 1

    Again no.

    Every movie set I have been on has NEVER used a shoulder mount camera. They are either on a tripod, or on a steadicam setup. Real cinematography rarely does shoulder mounted.

    Maybe some of the indie, "I have $20 let's shoot a move" types use this. but every large production I have been a part of it's on a tripod or its on the steadicam with the guy wearing the harness.

    But then they also use Lenses that cost more than your house.

  19. Re:Indexing the URLs on Film Studios Send Takedown Notices About Takedown Notices · · Score: 3, Informative

    Because to most of these sites and executives a CSV file is a magical thing that requires highly talented programmers.

  20. Re:Someone doesnt know how big cable works... on Court: Aereo TV Rebroadcast Is Still Legal · · Score: 2

    TV stations that lose "must carry" status can not complain if I insert TV commercials Over theirs effectively taking their advertising revenue. At comcast we did that to the local FOX affiliate that went that way. they whined big time and then negotiated away their fees so that we wold not cover up their commercials with our commercials.

    Note: every commercial break the cable and sattelite company can cover up 50% of the TV commercials with their own. Thats how your local car dealer get's his ad's on SyFy and Discovery.

  21. Re:Handheld? on Digital Bolex Gives You a Classic Film Look in a Digital Package (Video) · · Score: 1

    "There's a reason every professional video camera uses a shoulder mount instead these days."

    Strange. Absolutely NONE of the JVC,Sony, or Canon pro cameras have shoulder mounts. almost ALL of them are now small palmcorders because it's far FAR cheaper to send out a reporter with a camera instead of a full crew.

    Maybe the out of date digiBeta stuff from last decade are, but I havent seen those monsters used by news outlets for a very long time.

  22. Too late to the party.... on Digital Bolex Gives You a Classic Film Look in a Digital Package (Video) · · Score: 3, Informative

    You can buy better than their Digital Bolex from sony on the used market. The VG10 with a lens adapter will do more than that thing ever will for less. and that is the out of date discarded model. the VG30 has a better sensor and does even better, or you can upgrade to the full frame version that gives you only a slight advantage over the VG30.

  23. Someone doesnt know how big cable works... on Court: Aereo TV Rebroadcast Is Still Legal · · Score: 2

    "Aereo’s technological setup, the court found, basically allows it to do what cable companies could not: retransmit broadcast airwaves without paying licensing fees."

    If you think cable companies pay licensing fees to carry local channels then you have no idea how the cable tv business works.

    When I worked at Comcast we used to strong arm all the locals by simply not carrying them if they demanded any money. we would just replace their channel with a black screen that says "WZPX is trying to extort money out of you and raise your cable bill. Call them at 888-888-8888 and tell them how you feel"

    It was usually about 3 days and the station would call back and say they were ok with us carrying them for free.

  24. Re:Who the hell keeps their Social Security number on Wiping a Smartphone Still Leaves Data Behind · · Score: 0

    You would have to be completely insane to do your taxes on your phone.

  25. Re:Can't hide it on Wiping a Smartphone Still Leaves Data Behind · · Score: 1

    And did not reset the phone. you cant brute for a pin when the key is completely deleted.