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  1. Title is fine. FBI and a new, so secrete service that cannot be named, joined UK..

  2. What is with Slashdot and daily biased Uber stories?

    Anybody knows a good slashdot alternative? Not about reading the news, but reading nice debates in the comments.

  3. Re: An argument on Uber Raided By Dutch Authorities, Seen As 'Criminal Organization' · · Score: 1

    Oops. Meant to be a link to false analogy.

  4. Re: Apropos of nothing... on Uber Raided By Dutch Authorities, Seen As 'Criminal Organization' · · Score: 1

    Meh... I think the emotional response was due to the extreme bias on the story summary.

    As a consumer I would use Uber. As a citizen I would say, if they are breaking the law lock them up.

  5. Re: An argument on Uber Raided By Dutch Authorities, Seen As 'Criminal Organization' · · Score: 1

    I'll just leave this here: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wik...

  6. Re:Don't care on Debian GNU/Linux 8.1 (Jessie) Officially Released · · Score: 1

    +1

  7. flickr on Yahoo Killing Maps, Pipes & More · · Score: 1

    flickr is the only service yahoo should focus on. In fact they should rename themselves to flickr and remove the annoying yahoo toolbar on the top of the page.

  8. Re:Guilty of what? on Silk Road Founder Ross Ulbricht Sentenced To Life In Prison · · Score: 1

    The whole point of Silk Road was to AVOID law enforcement.

    I thought the point was to provide anonymity. Can't we in the same extent say that people who are running TOR nodes are also trying to avoid law enforcement?

  9. Re:Good timing on Apple's "Spring Forward" Event Debuts Apple Watch and More · · Score: 2

    If I was them I would wait until July.

    On June 30th we get an extra second (23:59:60). That is expected to create far more problems than the DST changes.

  10. Re:Fags and hipsters on Samsung Officially Unpacks Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge At MWC · · Score: 1

    leave = live

  11. Re:Fags and hipsters on Samsung Officially Unpacks Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge At MWC · · Score: 2

    http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2012/01/15/business/one-percent-map.html?_r=0

    US Top 1% average household income is $383k. Top 5% $118k. Top 10% $140k. Top 25% $89k.

    Depending where you leave I would say that 1 in 4 can easily afford two of these phones every 3 years without a dent in their bank account.

  12. DST on Adjusting To a Martian Day More Difficult Than Expected · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Let's fix it on Earth fist, and stop fucking with our circadian cycles twice a year!

  13. What about knife factory workers? on MegaUpload Programmer Pleads Guilty, Gets a Year In Prison · · Score: 1

    I don't know the details, but if a programmer can be charged for making a program that allows others to use it, among other things, for illegal activities, doesn't this mean that one can charge the workers at a knife factory as well?

  14. Re:GOTO is a crutch for bad programmers on Empirical Study On How C Devs Use Goto In Practice Says "Not Harmful" · · Score: 1

    With 4-spaces for code indentation and the usual 80chars long line limitation, the readability becomes ridiculous.

    +1 for goto.


    if ((not_too_long_a = a_bit_longer_resource_a()) != NULL) {
        if ((not_too_long_b = a_bit_longer_resource_b()) != NULL) {
            if ((not_too_long_c = a_bit_longer_resource_c()) != NULL) {
                if ((not_too_long_d = a_bit_longer_resource_d()) != NULL) {
                    if ((not_too_long_e = a_bit_longer_resource_e()) != NULL) {
                        if (lets_try_to_add_some_logic_too == not_unusual) {
                            if (we_are_almost_out_of_space) {
                                oh_shit_we_are_running_out_of_space(we_have_a_variable_here, and_another_v

     

  15. Re:Link? on AMI Firmware Source Code, Private Key Leaked · · Score: 1

    Just out of curiosity I would love to have a look at their code. I am sure it will appear in piratebay soon.

    Anybody knows if it is illegal to download it and have a peek at it?

  16. Re:Ugh... on Is Daylight Saving Time Worth Saving? · · Score: 1

    The problem is not adjusting your physical clocks but your biological one. It can take up to a week for your body to get used to it. And there is no point doing it. That's why we see a trend of countries stop changing the time.

  17. Re:"Good will" on Do Not Track Ineffective and Dangerous, Says Researcher · · Score: 1

    Man good point. I was not aware of that. Thanks for bringing it up!

  18. Re:"Good will" on Do Not Track Ineffective and Dangerous, Says Researcher · · Score: 1

    Completely agree. I didn't compare DNT to the tools. I compared it to the "evil bit". I think as you mention the "do not call list" is better analogy.

  19. "Good will" on Do Not Track Ineffective and Dangerous, Says Researcher · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Anything that leaves your privacy on the "good will" of the companies is inefficient to protect my privacy.

    If I do want to protect it, I'll use tools like Ghostery and DNT+ where I can choose *myself* what info I send, and not rely on them honoring the DNT.

    I know I will be flagged "flame" but honestly the DNT looks a lot like the "evil bit" to me.

  20. Re:See ya, Slashdot. on Reasons You're Not Getting Interviews; Plus Some Crazy Real Resume Mistakes · · Score: 1

    Just playing the Devil's advocate here.

    Why is everybody so upset with the Dice stories? Is it that hard to just ignore them the same way we ignore the rest of ads on the internet?

    After all it's not like it's difficult to distinguish them..

    Just a thought...

  21. It's not the progress bat that has the problem on Ask Slashdot: Why Is It So Hard To Make An Accurate Progress Bar? · · Score: 1

    But the data it represents. In your case, I assume, it's estimate time to completion.

    Computing something like this is difficult indeed. It's like planning a car route. You can have an estimate of the time it will take, but the end time will depend if the current traffic condition at each segment if your route when you are travelling.

  22. Re:D.I.C.E. on What EMC Looks For When It's Hiring · · Score: 1

    Rob McElhenney.

  23. D.I.C.E. on What EMC Looks For When It's Hiring · · Score: 2

    What EMS is looking for when hiring:

    Demonstrate value

    Inspire Hope

    C++

    Engage Physically

  24. Lenovo on Ask Slashdot: Buying a Laptop That Doesn't Have Windows 8 · · Score: 1

    Go for a Lenovo. You still have the option Win7 and will last forever.

  25. Re:Why are you wasting time? on New Secure Boot Patches Break Hibernation · · Score: 1

    (and by then, you can be damned well sure that SecureBoot will be MANDATORY on all x86 systems- why? Because everyone went along with it, that's why)

    Actually it's already kind of mandatory in all new systems, because MS made it a requirement for a system in order to bear the Windows 8-certified logo.

    So yeah, if you are a company and want your systems bearing the Win8 certified logo then you have to have Secure Boot enabled and there is absolutely nothing Linux community can do about it.