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  1. Re: Still playing catch-up on Apple's iPhone 8 To Replace Touch ID Home Button With 'Function Area' (appleinsider.com) · · Score: 1

    Because you're pulling down the notification bar to expand it and get more stuff, which is a logical action. When you swipe up on iPhone, you're just pulling things out of nowhere.

  2. Re: But what would the adapter connect to? on Apple Explores the Idea Of Killing Headphone Jack On the MacBook Pro (thenextweb.com) · · Score: 1

    I work in that industry. I would estimate that 3/4 of all consoles have an 1/8" adaptor sitting there ready to go at all times. Walk up. Plug in phone/laptop/whatever, and go. Nobody has a USB interface sitting there waiting for you. Don't get me wrong. The USB interface is the better choice for serious applications, but when you just need some quick background music, or you need to get somebody up and running fast...

  3. servers? on Ask Slashdot: Is It Time To Shrink the Ethernet Connector? · · Score: 2

    I'm confused why everyone started talking about servers and datacenters and stuff. Surely if this actually happened, it would be done the same way as mini/micro HDMI & USB: The hubs switches and servers would all keep using the same old 8p8c, and the mini connector would just be used on the other end for the ultrathin laptops and stuff.

  4. Re: It really is about security, not repair on Apple vs. the Right To Repair (bloombergview.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Disabling touch ID on a phone with a non- genuine sensor would be fine. People would just have to use their PIN instead. But that's not what apple has chosen to do. Instead they've chosen to entirely nuke the device, with no warning. That's not a reasonable behaviour for a consumer security measure.

  5. Re: Great idea! on New WiFi HaLow Protocol May Bring Old Security Issues With It · · Score: 1

    Not sure if you're being facetious: you know there are 900Mhz ZigBee radios, right? (The throughout is weak though)

  6. Does this really change anything? on FCC Clarifies: It's Legal To Hack Your Router (betanews.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Sure. I'm glad to know what the intention of the rule is, but isn't it still likely that the easiest way for manufacturers to comply will be total lockdown?

  7. "Company Issued" changes everything on Worker Fired For Disabling GPS App That Tracked Her 24 Hours a Day · · Score: 1

    This may not be the popular opinion, but the company should be able to run pretty tracking software if they want, assuming that it's their phone, and they disclose what is going on.
    By the same token, a company phone can (and probably should, in most scenarios) go into the desk drawer in your office at the end of the work day.
    If you're on call a lot, then things get a little fuzzier.

  8. Re:Still ARM11, still a crappy CPU on New Multi-Core Raspberry Pi 2 Launches · · Score: 4, Informative

    Well, when you design a board with all the Pi's features, with your choice of SOC, that can be effectively sold at a $35 price point, you let us know. Until then, why don't you just accept that there are various products out there, with various strengths and weaknesses (and various prices!), and accept that some people have managed to do some pretty cool things with the original Pi, and no doubt they will do more cool things with this version.

  9. Re:Why is this allowed in the first place? on New App Detects Government Stingray Cell Phone Trackers · · Score: 1

    Actually mobile cell towers (legit ones) are a thing. They're widely used to expand tower capacity near large events, as well in emergency response.

  10. Re: Seems like more marketing nonsense on How the Rollout of 5G Will Change Everything · · Score: 1

    This sounds just like when LTE came out, and everone's data magically got cheaper....Oh wait. That never happened...

  11. Re: Geeky formats? on Windows 10 To Feature Native Support For MKV and FLAC · · Score: 1

    at least in North America, mkv is really only common in the piracy scene. It's not really used in commercial video production, and not much for consumer stuff either. I don't know for sure, but based on the gear I see supporting it, I suspect its more widely used in asia

  12. space? on A Toolbox That Helps Keep You From Losing Tools (Video) · · Score: 1

    The basic idea is appealing, but surely you could do it better by rfid tagging the tools or something. The toolbox seems totally impractical:
    1)You have to get out your phone/tablet to open my toolbox. Don't stick your phone charger in there!
    2)This is super wasteful of space.The entire top tray of the box now holds 2 wrenches, 2 sockets, a volt meter, and a couple of things I can't really identify.Mine, without all the fancy foam and sensors holds a socket SET, a wrench SET, a volt meter, and some other random stuff. Now, maybe if you're building special task specific kits, that's not a big deal, but if all your tool boxes triple in size, surely at some point that turns into a health and safety concern for the technicians that have to drag the things around...

  13. Re:First hand report on Rhode Island Comic Con Oversold, Overcrowded · · Score: 1, Informative

    You know fire occupancy exists for a reason right? Fire marshals are strict because when fire code is ignored, people die
    If the con had more people in that room/floor/whatever than fire occupacy allowed, the blame is 100% on them, not the marshal.

  14. Re:Already commented on this elsewhere on Hitachi Developing Reactor That Burns Nuclear Waste · · Score: 2

    I agree with your first statement, and I agree that Fukushima should have been prepared for that size of tsunami, but seriously.

    The last one was 300 years ago. They were due.

    THAT'S NOT HOW STORM FREQUENCY WORKS

  15. Re:I tested it in beta on Valve In-Home Game Streaming Supports Windows, OS X & Linux · · Score: 2

    Valve actually SPECIFICALLY recommends against using wifi. Good old copper wires are very much the way to go in a low latency/high bandwidth application like this.

  16. Applicability on How Asimov's Three Laws Ran Out of Steam · · Score: 1

    I'll be the first to say that the autonomous killing machines scare me. But I don't think the 3 laws have anything to do with anything either. The 3 laws are based on having something that is smart enough to actually comprehend what it is looking at (a human) and what it is doing (hurting that human) As far as I know, all current "killer robots" are just computers following a set of rules fed in by some programmer, which is not the same thing at all.

  17. Expert Knowledge on Need Directions? Might Not Want To Ask a Transit Rider · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I think it depends what king of trip planning you are looking for. I'm betting that if you want TRANSIT directions from A to B, asking a transit user is better. If you are seeking road directions, then of course you want to ask a road user (eg, a car driver)

  18. Re:Physical access? on Researchers Convert Phones Into Secret Listening Devices · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I dunno. Not leaving any hardware behind to be discovered seems like it might have SOME value.

  19. Re:Uhm... No, it's just spam. on Ask Slashdot: What To Tell Non-Tech Savvy Family About Malware? · · Score: 1

    I'm sure there's some stuff like what you're talking about out there but most of phishing and scam crap I've seen seems to stay separate.

    Facebook attacks stay in the facebook realm, spreading through sketchy timeline posts and using FB connect, and email attacks stay in email realm, attacking via addressbooks and sketchy email links.

    this is just from my personal exerience though. milage may vary

  20. Re:Uhm... No, it's just spam. on Ask Slashdot: What To Tell Non-Tech Savvy Family About Malware? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    When the from and to names are people who genuinely know each other, it generally means that one or the other of them's address book has been stolen. Less frequenty, it may mean that a third party (that they both know) had their address book stolen. Subby doesn't think his address book has been stolen, so that leaves the relative as the most likely victim.

    Who we think the most likely victim is maybe be another story, but his logic seems fairly sound to me, if we accept the initial assumptions...

  21. Re:Who is receiving the money? on Canadian Copyright Board To Charge For Music At Weddings, Parades · · Score: 1

    Actually, it does. The people in the recordings do in fact receive royalty cheques from SOCAN. Mind you, I'm not sure exactly how fair the split is, or how much of it goes to "administrative fees"

    The other thing that isn't very clear from the article is that this system is NOT new. SOCAN has always collected fees for radio play, and recorded music at public functions, shows, etc in Canada. All that's happened now is that the fee structure for certain types of event has been updated. (simplified, I think?)

  22. Re:Honestly... on Why Google Should Buy the Music Industry · · Score: 1

    He seems to be somewhat dedicated to doing exactly that. Only his sights are set a little higher than the recording industry
    http://www.gatesfoundation.org/

  23. Use smarthost mode on Ask Slashdot: Is There a War Against Small Mail Servers? · · Score: 1

    Most mail server software is capable of routing the outbound mail through the isp's mail server in such a way that it gets listed as the origin. You get to keep running your mail server, but the spam labelling and port blocking issues all go away.

    The only time this is an issue is if the isp's mail servers do some kind of filtering or mangling, but most of the ones I've dealt with don't

  24. Re:You can't just count packages and draw conclusi on Why Debian Matters More Than Ever · · Score: 1

    debian has a package called popularity-contest, which it asks to install when you do a new debian install. from the package description:

    Description: Vote for your favourite packages automatically
      The popularity-contest package sets up a cron job that will
      periodically anonymously submit to the Debian developers
      statistics about the most used Debian packages on this system.
      .
      This information helps Debian making decisions such as which packages
      should go on the first CD. It also lets Debian improve future versions
      of the distribution so that the most popular packages are the ones which
      are installed automatically for new users.

  25. Re:I love it! on Debian 6.0 Released In GNU/Linux, FreeBSD Flavors · · Score: 1

    I'm pretty sure modern versions of the debian installer do work with the intel wireless cards. Plus, if you download the full install disk, rather than the net install, you actually don't need network until after the install is done.