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  1. Re:Misleading headline on FCC Says It Has No Documentation of Cyberattack That It Claims Happened (thehill.com) · · Score: 1

    The voter commission had no problem releasing personal details of people submitting comments against them, why does the FCC have a problem with it?

  2. Re:So just increase the bounty... on iPhone Bugs Are Too Valuable To Report To Apple (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    The amount of money you can exploit the users for is a constant. Let's say you can milk users out of 10$ for a bug, apple wants to pay you 2$ and grey market wants to pay 5$ (they have to make a profit, just like everyone else. If apple raises their pay out to 10$, then they remove any incentive to sell to a grey market. The Grey market value will remain unchanged as it's price is set based on how much you can milk out of users based on a bug.

  3. The bigger question on Computer Program Prevents 116-Year-Old Woman From Getting Pension (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    The bigger question is why the limit was 116 and not a round binary number, like say 128.

  4. If you've read any of the professional commentary on the play style of AlphaGo, it's nothing like a human. The crux of it's ability is to be able to calculate the status of the board to the fraction of a point and take moves that advance the position by fractions of a point. Humans on the other hand tend to make moves that will swing the board by several points. As a result Alphago will never play a kami no itte, unlike Sedol who did in his single win against the computer. In other words, AlphaGo is better at microagression and the humans are still better at "the perfect play". Unfortunately for humans, it takes the absolute perfect play to beat microagression.

  5. Knowledge on Ask Slashdot: Why Do You Care About Tech Conferences? · · Score: 5, Interesting

    It's all about knowledge. The technical talks are rarely, if ever worth attending. Let's face it, now one is going to give out trade secrets in those things. At best, they are a minor muse towards how you could do something. The real benefits in conferences is seeing things you didn't know existed. Do you need a 10+2 1/10G ethernet, mil-rugged, layer 3 switch in a forum factor the size off your fist? If you do, then hell knowing the right company is the difference between a project going bust and making it. Conferences are about sharing knowledge of the technology that exists that you don't know about, not about saving costs on commodity items. No one is going to go to a conference and say "zomg, I just saved my company 50% on the price of steel!".

  6. Re:Why "I" shouldn't trust Geek Squad? on Why You Shouldn't Trust Geek Squad (networkworld.com) · · Score: 1

    If you read the article, it does not appear he intended to be a criminal. Accidentally downloading CP isn't a crime. Given there was only a single image retrieved from the trash, it's hard to prove anything was intentional about this act.

  7. Supply changed on Bitcoin Is Crashing (businessinsider.com) · · Score: -1

    One of the things about bitcoin that people forget is not all of the money is in circulation. When bitcoin passes major thresholds and makes news, people go find their old wallets they forgot about and the amount of money in circulation suddenly changes and the change results in a drop in price.

  8. How on Earth on Smart Electricity Meters Can Be Dangerously Insecure, Warns Expert (theguardian.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    How on earth is software going to make a meter explode?

  9. Re:Opera is NOT sane. on Slashdot Asks: Why Are Browsers So Slow? (ilyabirman.net) · · Score: 4, Informative

    I disagree, when reopening the entire browser it is a perfectly legitimate use case to go back exactly where you were. Opera has long had the feature to tell the browser to automatically reload a page every X seconds, Minutes, or hours. So if you're use case is you need to constantly need updates on the current thing being hosted, Opera already does what you want. Now, perhaps there is a misunderstanding of what the summary is talking about in terms of reopening a tab. This is only occurs when you reopen a group of saved tabs (generally from the last time you closed it). This does not occur if you simply type an address, click a bookmark, or any other "normal" method of opening a link.

  10. Re:Why would that matter? on EU's Highest Court Delivers Blow To UK Snooper's Charter (theguardian.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Leaving is not the same as left. Until they actually have left, they are still bound to the laws and decisions of the union.

  11. Re:I've got an idea on House Committee Urges Congress To Pass Stingray Surveillance Legislation (theverge.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    This is an anti-spying law. Did you even read the summary?

  12. Likely, but there is still a critically important vote on 19th that could potentially change that.

  13. Re:No, ABMers. No. For the last time. NO. on Does Windows 10's Data Collection Trade Privacy For Microsoft's Security? (pcworld.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Everyone would be fine with it if it was actually anonymous data. However, it's been proven time and time again the anonymousness of the data is easily uniquely identifiable.

  14. Re:employee improvement plan on Amazon Worker Jumps Off Company Building After Email Note (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Why? Why is simply firing someone a better solution than giving them exactly what they are doing wrong and what they need to change if they want to keep their job?

  15. Re:government regulations on No Evidence of Aloe Vera Found in the Aloe Vera at Wal-Mart, CVS (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    I see you didn't miss the sarcasm.

  16. Re:Cord cutter's dream! on Amazon Wants To Include Live Sports as Part of Prime Membership (geekwire.com) · · Score: 1

    Couldn't agree more. This is the primary reason I haven't cut the cord.

  17. Re:What is the point? on 4K Netflix Arrives On Windows 10, But Only Via Microsoft's Edge Browser (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    I've got a 32" 4K monitor on my desk. At the viewing distance on a desk, it's probably relatively larger than a 75" TV is at normal couch viewing differences. If you've got even a 24" monitor, you should be able to notice the difference. Now 4K on a 13" screen on a laptop, I'm not sure I see the point.

  18. That seems like a really small number on a per person basis. I'm guessing between them they have 60 million customers, so this is (average wise) less than a dollar a month for their average consumer.

  19. Google will probably be interested to learn about this, seeing as they own a trademark on "pixel" for "Computers; desktop computers; laptop computers; tablet computers; mobile phones".

  20. Re:"after they train their contractor replacements on University of California's Outsourcing Is Wrong, Says US Lawmaker (computerworld.com) · · Score: 2

    It much easier to say that if you have money in the bank and no kids to feed.

  21. Birds... on Feds To Deploy Anti-Drone Software Near Wildfires (thehill.com) · · Score: 1

    If a bird shaped / massed object presents a serious hazard to your aircraft, then your aircraft was never safe to begin with. Don't take me wrong, I'm all for responsible drone ownership and flying, however if you are seriously worried about the ability of a 2 lb drone to take down your aircraft, you should be much more worried about the 10lb canadian goose you are just as likely to hit.

  22. Re:Sue them for FRAUD on Verizon To Disconnect Unlimited Data Customers Who Use Over 100GB/Month · · Score: 1

    The problem lies in that they are selecting which users to disconnect based on their data usage, so they are explicitly discriminating against users based on their usage of an unlimited plan. If they cut off ALL unlimited plans, that would be a non-discriminatory act.

  23. Re:Likely won't eventuate on Pod Planes Could Change Travel Forever (cnn.com) · · Score: 5, Informative

    If you want near zero deaths in commercial aviation, you only need to look to the present. Last year there were exactly zero passenger deaths from western built jets if you exclude acts of violence. (Parachutes won't save you from a bomb) That is a number that includes 3.7 billion tickets and 32 million miles of flying.

  24. Re:ACLU lawsuit on ACLU Lawsuit Challenges Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (thestack.com) · · Score: 2

    As opposed to what? Armed revolution? Protesting with Signs? I mean what do you think they are supposed to do but take violations of the constitution to the courts and using the check and balances system as designed?

  25. Nothing... on Bigger Isn't Better As Mega-Ships Get Too Big and Too Risky · · Score: 0

    Nothing supports the summary and conclusion of the obviously biased author. Why is this crap accepted by the editorial staff. Oh, right, it's slashdot.