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  1. Moto G6 on Ask Slashdot: What's the Best Unlocked Smartphone? (slashdot.org) · · Score: 1

    For my job, the new parent company demanded a bunch of crap that I was not willing to put up with. And since I travel a lot for work anyways, I picked up a second phone just for work.
    I read the reviews over at the Wirecutter and picked up a Moto G6 unlocked from a local BestBuy. While here in the states I run SIM card free, but when I travel I pop in a SIM card and go.
    As far as usability goes, it's okay. I think Google does need to really polish their stuff to Apple's level, but that's my opinion.

  2. Me thinks that there are enough other targets to go after than Amazon if you're going by size alone.
    Wonder if Washington Post being a thorn in Trump's side has anything to do with this?

  3. NH is another.
    Perfectly legal to drive with out insurance, you just really should not leave the state.
    In reality...

  4. Desert Of Forbidden Art on What Are Some Documentaries and TV Shows That You Recommend To Others? · · Score: 1

    An excellent document on Russian arts during Stalin's Russia and the man who basically saved it all.

  5. Re:Tough call on Gawker Founder Nick Denton Files For Bankruptcy (nydailynews.com) · · Score: 1

    Can't root for any of them. Terry however is the real tragedy here.
    He's been used by everyone.

  6. Why does it keep happening? on 154 Million Voter Records Exposed Due To Database Error (dailydot.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    My flippant answer:
    Cause companies refuse to pay market rate for those who actually know how to secure these things , & pay for the hardware and services.

    Honestly however, this is not a government issue, this is a private industry issue, and it's going to cost money.

  7. Disdain for jury duty. on Oracle V. Google Being Decided By Clueless Judge and Jury (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    To each any every one of you who claimed that jury duty was a waste of their time, effort, and for all of the other idiotic variations of not wanting to do their civic duty, this is what happens.

  8. Interacting with the community on Interviews: Ask J. Michael Straczynski What You Will · · Score: 2

    You have been one of the best known writers to interact with the community at large.
    How do you feel that this has improved on your writing and character developments, and have there been any particular netizens which have caused you to stop and think about the stories your are telling in a different way or fashion than you initially thought?
    (Is there anyone that you miss seeing?)

  9. Projected wrong? on Cosmic Microwave Background: Google Earth Style · · Score: 2

    Shouldn't it be like a star atlas, projected as if we're standing on the earth, looking out, vs. how it appears now; as a globe?

  10. Thailand? on Major Backlash Looms For Apple's New Maps App · · Score: 1

    When did Thailand become the world's largest country by population?

  11. Re:easy, set up a dead end friend list on Why Making Facebook Private Won't Protect You · · Score: 1

    Problem is that the teachers & bosses might have other friends on your friends list, in which case a simple slip up on a mutual friend's posting can defeat your privacy settings. Then it asks the question, what's going on and why haven't we seen more postings from you?

  12. Re:Two choices... on Ask Slashdot: How To Deal With Refurbed Drives With Customer Data? · · Score: 1

    No, but they *can* communicate with the drive manufacturer to have them put into place a policy & procedure to ensure that the drives *are* wiped clean before being shipped out.
    Actually, since there is data on the drive, I would wonder exactly how well tested the drive was before being sent to Newegg for sale.

  13. The bigger picture on Do Data Center Audits Mean Anything? · · Score: 1

    Certainly at the worker bee level we all can agree that most certs are not worth the paper that they're printed on, however when you start looking at what the company needs and requires then, yes, the certs do provide some value.
    Imagine signing a multi-million dollar contract with a data center. Part of the contract are clauses for things like QOS, DR, and a whole host of other very tiny details which are so, so important in the contract. Now, lets say that the data center goes down (fire for example), along with it your business. Now you're out major bucks, you will be turning to your lawyers and asking if you can sue for breach of contract. The lawyers are going to review the contract, see what the certs mean, review the certs and the data center's answers, and then tell you if you do or do not have a case.
    And that's why the certs are important. Because they spell out exactly what the data center will do in case of [fill in the blank], and gives the data center coverage which is then enforced by your contract.

  14. Work around? on How Microsoft Can Lock Linux Off Windows 8 PCs · · Score: 1

    Why not have a GNU key which Windows will never trust as part of the firmware?

  15. Re:Just what WVa needs, a new variety of crazy on "Wi-Fi Refugees" Shelter in West Virginia Mountains · · Score: 3, Informative

    Actually, having grown up there in West by god Virginia, I can tell you that the Greenbank radio observatory area is very lovely and populated with very smart people doing very good work.

    The Hillbillies that you are talking about are more from Bluefield.

  16. Well... on If You're Going To Kill It, Open Source It · · Score: 1

    The two big problems being with this lovely idea are:
    * Companies might not want to compete with prior version of their products
    * Rights to the product might not be in the free and clear (legal)

    Otherwise I too would love the to have PCG.

  17. Re:Trolls on Punish Bad Users With Drupal Misery · · Score: 1

    The Corn Field in Second Life perhaps?

  18. Re:EULA should stop this behavior on 'Scrapers' Dig Deep For Data On Web · · Score: 1

    Sure- Automated process that stores the results in a database or is otherwise used in a system where the results are aggregated and retrievable for 4th party consumption with a method to tie back to a person.

    That wasn't difficult at all. Just because I write something for consumption to the members of a particular web site (assuming that it's NOT out in the public like Slashdot's or any other comment system), I would not expect it to be slurped up and sold by 3rd parties. On a member's only web site, such as talked about in the story, the inclusion of my EULA statement would be a strong deterrent against these scrapers.

  19. Re:EULA should stop this behavior on 'Scrapers' Dig Deep For Data On Web · · Score: 1

    Two minutes of your time to insert the HTML?
    A day for your lawyer to write up the text, who is either on a retainer or works directly for your company?
    That was hard.

  20. EULA should stop this behavior on 'Scrapers' Dig Deep For Data On Web · · Score: 1

    Add a line in your acceptable use / EULA section stating that you expect the user of the account to be human and that any attempt to scrape the data off of the server is fined at $100,000 per message, plus $10,000 to each message author.

  21. Re:digital gram scale as an extra? on Ex-Microsoft CTO Writes $625 Cookbook · · Score: 1

    And doesn't everyone have LN2?
    Though I'm partial to the CO2 ice cream I saw a while back (still trying to replicate that one at home).
    -nB

    Hell yes. Don't you?

  22. Re:Article in summary redirects on Man Mines Facebook For Security Questions, Nabs Nude Photos From Email · · Score: 1

    Just report the blog as a violation of TOS.

  23. Re:Credit Card data? on Apple Impasse With Magazines Over Subscriber Data · · Score: 2

    Bullshit. Apple is "saying" that they're doing it for personal data reasons, but the real reason is that they want to OWN the relationship between the consumer (you) and them (the company).

  24. Re:Lawsuit? on Hacker Develops ATM Rootkit · · Score: 4, Insightful

    No, the real reason is liability.
    If you sell the machine and believe it to be secure and sell it as such with out the review & audit, and then it's proven to be insecure, fine, unknown bug.
    If you audit the machine with white hat hackers, they tell you of issues, you sell the machine anyways, it's hacked, you're on a very big hook.

  25. Re:Make. It. Stop. on SCO Asks Judge To Give Them the Unix Copyright · · Score: 2, Insightful

    But... They wouldn't have done their best.
    You'd never want your lawyer to short your appeals- that would be grounds for another appeal (they didn't do everything possible) and be a career suicide for your lawyer (who'd want to hire someone who didn't do everything possible for you; bar sanctions; plus a law suite when you sue for failing to do everything possible all come to my mind).

    You want this case battle tested to the very, very, very bitter end. Each of these scars give armor and defense to Linux and GNU.
    Anything less would not do.