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  1. Not surprising on Google Fiber Sheds Workers As It Looks to a Wireless Future (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    Google doesn't want to be in the business of providing Internet access, but they saw ISP monopolies and anti-net-neutrality as a threat to their business model. They started an ISP basically to try and improve Comcast and AT&T.

  2. Re:Experience on ISIS Help Desk Assists In Covering Tracks (cnn.com) · · Score: 1
  3. Re:I got a laugh on Google Books Wins Again (documentcloud.org) · · Score: 2, Insightful

    That's what it was originally intended to do, but now we extend copyrights well beyond the author's death and allow companies to claim copyright on things like the Happy Birthday song. It's become a joke.

  4. Re:Serves you right... on Windows 10 Upgrades Are Being Forced On Some Users (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    It should have read:

    So I should just set my mom's computer not to automatically update? Her computer will never get patched if that happens.

  5. Re:Serves you right... on Windows 10 Upgrades Are Being Forced On Some Users (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    So I just just set my mom's computer not to automatically update? Her computer will never get patched if that happens.

  6. Re:Just what we need.. on Bernie Sanders Comes Out Against CISA · · Score: 1

    Or they'll pass the taxes on to customers in the form of fees.

  7. Re:Well, news? Yes, but for Nerds? on UK Man Gets Britain's First-Ever Conviction For Illegal Drone Use · · Score: 1

    We just keep droning on and on about it.

  8. Re:Don't we (the US) already have that... on The Campaign To Get Every American Free Money, Every Year · · Score: 1

    Isn't that basically what we have right now with food stamps, low-income housing, Medicaid, etc?

  9. Re:Answering calls? on Apple Testing Service That Allows Siri to Answer Calls and Transcribe Voicemail · · Score: 2

    Whitepages Caller ID app does this for me, but I'm on Android. Also, it does not respond with expletives.

  10. Re:Secure Boot on Windows 10 Home Updates To Be Automatic and Mandatory · · Score: 1

    I could say the same about Apple.

  11. Re:Privacy? on North America Runs Out of IPv4 Addresses · · Score: 2

    A lot of people complained about this, so a "temporary" (in Windows) IPv6 address is generated that's not based on your MAC.

  12. Re:Anecdote on Study: Major ISPs Slowing Traffic Across the US · · Score: 2

    What kind of modem do you have? We had 20Mbps last year and had to upgrade to a new modem to see the faster speeds.

  13. Re:There can be only one. on Choosing the Right IDE · · Score: 1

    :x is quicker and does the same thing.

  14. Re:We can learn from this on Copyright For Sale: What the Sony Docs Say About MPAA Buying Political Influence · · Score: 1

    Not the artists, but the labels and owners.

  15. Re:used devastatingly already on Windows Remains Vulnerable To Serious 18-Year-Old SMB Security Flaw · · Score: 1

    They would just need a VPN login, easily obtainable through phishing.

  16. Re:What Microsoft Wants: The Next Windows XP on The Most Highly Voted Requests In Windows 10 Feedback Pool · · Score: 1

    Yeah but do they want lots of people not upgrading for 10 years?

  17. Re:Yeah because you know... on Chevy Malibu 'Teen Driver' Tech Will Snitch If You Speed · · Score: 1

    There's probably an app for that. Granted it would be easy enough to just turn your phone off, but it would be pretty suspicious if data wasn't getting logged.

  18. Re:Recruiting tools on France Will Block Web Sites That Promote Terrorism · · Score: 1

    Is that where all those "Bob invited you to like Acme Taco Corp" emails come from?

  19. Re:NMAP on Ask Slashdot - Breaking Into Penetration Testing At 30 · · Score: 1

    Sometimes companies have to have an audit done (e.g. PCI or HIPAA), so they'll just disable vulnerable services while the audit is being done and re-enable them. I've seen it happen.

  20. Re:Conflating Issues on How Bitcoin Could Be Key To Online Voting · · Score: 1

    We don't need more low-information voters

    This is how Australia ended up with Tony Abbot.

  21. Re:Indicative of General Attitudes on Fewer Grants For Young Researchers Causing Brain Drain In Academia · · Score: 1

    Was this university public or private, profit or nonprofit?

    I went to a private nonprofit university and had some really good adjuncts teaching computer science.

  22. Re:An example of where tech does not improve life. on Project Ryptide Drone Flies Life-Rings To Distressed Swimmers · · Score: 1

    No, maybe that's just his fetish.

  23. Re:what could possibly go wrong? on DoT Proposes Mandating Vehicle-To-Vehicle Communications · · Score: 1

    And if drivers always did the right thing, we wouldn't need seat belts.

  24. Re:7.1a for x64 linux on Auditors Release Verified Repositories of TrueCrypt · · Score: 1

    I have v7.1a for Windows, downloaded 21 Oct 2013. md5 is 7a23ac83a0856c352025a6f7c9cc1526.

  25. Re:bollocks on Estonia Urged To Drop Internet Voting Over Security Fears · · Score: 1

    Most states allow voting by mail. Doesn't that present the same problems?