User: turkeydance

community 'crime' watch organizations

On: New Software Puts License Plate Scanners Into Citizens' Hands (arstechnica.com)

will be first in line to get this....and, knowing our local ones, they might do an 'Apple camp out'.

don't give my son any ideas

On: Racing a Real Car While Wearing an Oculus VR Headset (wsj.com)

c'mon, man!

absence of evidence

On: Controversial Experiment Sees No Evidence That the Universe Is a Hologram (sciencemag.org)

and all that

that's why IT gets paid

On: IT Worker Fired After Massive Georgia Data Breach Speaks Out (ajc.com)

to take the fall. it's not the tech, that's India's bailiwick.

as most things, it's political

On: Greener Colo: Service Providers Get Serious About Renewable Energy (datacenterfrontier.com)

"see? we're doing something. leave us alone, government."

c'mon, man

On: Google Calls Out EFF Over Claims That It Snoops On Students With Chromebooks (hothardware.com)

nobody believes that. if you HAVE it, you have COLLECTED it and the RETENTION of such data fits YOUR purposes.

Fracking the Planet

On: Scientists Begin Another Attempt To Drill Through the Earth's Crust

turn the whole world into Oklahoma?

if the IoT loses, i'm for it

On: City Sued Over Smart Meter-Related Patent (chicagotribune.com)

enemy of my enemy and all that

xx, xy, or xyy

On: The Brains of Men and Women Aren't Really That Different, Study Finds (sciencemag.org)

and the New and Improved xyyy.

Gene Eddetin

On: Washington Hosts Summit On Gene Editing and 'Designer Babies' (washingtonpost.com)

yep. that was his name. hope he protected it, or at least made some money.

the new Hezbollah

On: Israel Meets With Google and YouTube To Discuss Censoring Videos (middleeastmonitor.com)

v Google

Uber drivers are Borg

On: Contractors or Not, Seattle Uber Drivers Might Get Collective Bargaining

the Collective.

a drone delivery will alert the media

On: Amazon Reveals New Delivery Drone Design With Range of 15 Miles (geekwire.com)

and neighbors. FedEx/UPS/USPS and nobody notices. but, A DRONE? order an inappropriate Blu-Ray for your enemy.

"bulk" phone

On: NSA To End Bulk Phone Surveillance By Sunday (reuters.com)

not cell or smart nor landline, but bulk.

the gun-banners use this tactic as well

On: Greenwald: Why the CIA Is Smearing Edward Snowden After Paris Attacks (latimes.com)

but they've used it up.

Surprise! Surprise!

On: Japanese Rocket Launches Its First Commercial Satellite (upi.com)

it dumped fuel over the USA. link: http://www.spaceweather.com/

see something

On: Critical Zen Cart Vulnerability Could Spell Black Friday Disaster For Shoppers (htbridge.com)

say something. don't ask, don't tell. bacon is bad. now what was that again?

buy a used e-car

On: Why Car Salesmen Don't Want To Sell Electric Cars

from the owner. cheaper and easier. avoid the dealer.

the TV watches you

On: What Is the Future of the Television? (ben-evans.com)

in the future. like: tomorrow morning.

anti-repair ain't all that

On: On iFixit and the Right To Repair (vice.com)

here's why: 1. digitally, it's 0 or 1. on or off. do or do not. there is no TRY. 2. it will work day one or not. USUALLY, if it works out of the box, it's good for a while. 3. if failure occurs soon enough, your credit card provides additional compensation. 4. if it appreciates in value: buy it. if it depreciates: lease (rent) it. 5. finally, proprietary screws open opportunities for the after-market.

c'mon man...didn't we already suspect this?

On: Green Light Or No, Nest Cam Never Stops Watching (securityledger.com)

that's what duct tape is for.

"...consumers have less reason..."

On: How Black Friday and Cyber Monday Are Losing Their Meaning (time.com)

bingo.

most things are older than previously thought.

On: Understanding the Antikythera Mechanism (hackaday.com)

well, things built by people, anyway. caveman cold fusion.

pilots once they start flying their unmanned.....

On: FAA To Drone Owners: Get Ready To Register To Fly (networkworld.com)

well, does my son's RC car make him a "driver", too? registration is one step closer to confiscation.

spend 1/3 stock price

On: CIOs Spend a Third of Their Time On Security (enterprisersproject.com)

2/3 on anything else except security.