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  1. Re:Expect ISPs to take it to court on Seattle Restored ISP Privacy Rules in the First Local Blow To Trump's Rollback (fastcompany.com) · · Score: 1

    The internet should be a publicly owned utility, like roads. Privately owned internet gives private industry the ability to buy and sell people as a commodity.

  2. You forgot the part about making your own integrated circuits. An IC is a black box.

  3. Is this a mistake, or a backdoor? If it's deliberate then there should be some way to remotely enable it on computers where it's turned off.

  4. Re:Look at all the anti vehicle protection round p on Why Elon Musk Doesn't Like Flying Cars (yahoo.com) · · Score: 1

    Flying cars won't be allowed to reach "Terrorist Threat" levels, public safety concerns will shut this down hard long before then. People trying to land on the highway during rush hour, people trying to land at their house and getting the address wrong, drunk flyers, kids joyriding past your house windows at 120, people flying 10 feet off the ground at highway speeds because it's the only way they remember the route.

  5. Re:So give us your tax money on US Space Firms Tell Washington: China Will Take Over the Moon if You're Not Careful (yahoo.com) · · Score: 1

    And 100 years from now history will show: that China collapsed under the weight of their ambitious lunar colonization plans that all failed when the money ran out, while the USA collapsed under the weight of their bloated military.

  6. Re:There needs to be a single price on Mylan's Epic EpiPen Price Hike Wasn't About Greed -- It's Worse, Lawsuit Claims (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Drug prices should be regulated. Price = Cost + profit, with the profit margin fixed by law.

  7. Re: Correcting myself on Oregon Fines Man For Writing a Complaint Email Stating 'I Am An Engineer' (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    If you met someone on the bus who said he was a Doctor, and he gave you medical advice- and you found out he wasn't a doctor? We protect certain words to prevent this situation.

  8. Re:Oregon law: Practicing means working, not sayin on Oregon Fines Man For Writing a Complaint Email Stating 'I Am An Engineer' (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    such *professional services* or creative work as consultation, investigation, "TESTIMONY". You provided the snippet to support Oregon State.

  9. Re: Well too bad for them on Court Rules Fan Subtitles On TV and Movies Are Illegal (thenextweb.com) · · Score: 1

    If they wanted to support their fans they would make these dubs available (for money) from them, preferably via mail order over the internet to ensure maximum availability.

  10. Re:Sucks, but derivative work on Court Rules Fan Subtitles On TV and Movies Are Illegal (thenextweb.com) · · Score: 1

    Copyright literally means someone owns the rights to make copies. If the original material isn't being copied, then you didn't violate copyright. I'm not a lawyer, but I assume they wrote a clause in their laws to define translations as derivative works.

  11. Re:Potential to be quite the powerful lawsuit! on EFF Says Google Chromebooks Are Still Spying On Students (softpedia.com) · · Score: 1

    You go to the corner store every Saturday to buy gum. The cashier knows you (and your purchase history) and tells you about a new gum that came out. He just violated your ban.

  12. You don't become a Billionaire by ignoring revenue streams.

  13. Re:Wonderful news ... on How the Six-Hour Workday Actually Saves Money (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Only if the insurance company chooses to pass on the savings.

  14. The logical response for Google is to give a list of competitors products.

  15. Each country would be issued a block of IP6 addresses, sufficient to last it a few hundred thousand years. Meaning they already have them, so nothing to withhold.

  16. Re: Not Quite Right on Broadcasters Put New Ad-Skipping Restrictions On YouTube TV (dslreports.com) · · Score: 1

    So you subscribe and buy a DVR. Having to start streaming a show 15 minutes ahead so it can skip adds is annoying but not a show stopper.

  17. Number layout randomization is used on military keypads to prevent someone shoulder surfing to get access codes. It would also prevent IR or fingerprint scans to get your code.

  18. Re:Houston-New Orleans-Austin on Hyperloop One Announces 11 Possible US Routes, Completes Vegas Test Track (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    You don't want windows on hyperloop. The shadows from the buildings flashing past at 700 mph would be like having a strobe light in your face.

  19. Re:Houston-New Orleans-Austin on Hyperloop One Announces 11 Possible US Routes, Completes Vegas Test Track (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    When you put in the permit for hyperloop in Texas, tell them it's an oil pipeline. The Trump supporters won't know the difference and nobody else will object.

  20. Re:Will never happens on Hyperloop One Announces 11 Possible US Routes, Completes Vegas Test Track (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Hyperloop should be cheaper than normal rail because you can make it elevated (off the ground) and therefore don't need to own the ground. Normal rail is cheaper than roads because twin track takes up the same space as a 2 lane back road but caries the same as a 12 lane superhighway.

  21. Re:Will never happens on Hyperloop One Announces 11 Possible US Routes, Completes Vegas Test Track (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    The stronger the vacuum the less air friction and therefore the higher the maximum speed possible. The system can work at full air pressure but it would be very slow. So it's a trade-off between speed and cost (to maintain vacuum).

  22. Re:We care...about cozy? on There's an Earth-like Planet With an Atmosphere Just 39 Light-years Away (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    Slam an asteroid into Mars and the outgassing will make you an atmosphere and melt ice for water. Add a magnetosphere and a large mirror orbiting the sun to increase sunlight and it's livable.

  23. Re: Need to go 40x faster than light to get there on There's an Earth-like Planet With an Atmosphere Just 39 Light-years Away (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    People who vote Republican are foolish to believe the 1% will not take their money, people who vote Democrat are foolish to believe the government will hand out free money.

  24. Depending on the atmosphere content and wind speed it might take long enough for heat to conduct to the other side that the temperature is livable. I would want to look for sheltered valleys away from trade winds on the cold side. Given that current engine tech tops out around 1%C with 10%C needing major R&D to achieve i don't expect any exploration within the next 1,000 years (baring FTL).

  25. Re:Hello, death panels on The Cost of Drugs For Rare Diseases Is Threatening the US Health Care System (hbr.org) · · Score: 1

    The American insurance companies also have death panels. They choose what is covered and what isn't.