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  1. Re:Expectations of privacy on FBI Says Search Warrants Not Needed To Use "Stingrays" In Public Places · · Score: 3, Funny

    It's already illegal for anyone to record cell phone conversations without a warrant. They are considered the same as a POTS phone as far as the law is concerned. This extended so far as to ban multi-band radios that could pick up analog cell phones so that you couldn't "wiretap" them. I had one that would catch snippets of conversations in the 80's. Newt Gingrich was stung by this once when he was caught using an analog phone in the 90's. Moreover, these stingray devices are actively impersonating a cell tower, running afoul of all manner of FCC regulations in the process.

    Just because you have a badge doesn't mean you can break the law. There is no reason why law enforcement should have special treatment to record without a warrant when nobody else can. "All the power is reserved for the people" and all that jazz.

  2. Re:Good luck with that. on Seismological Society of America Claims Fracking Reactivated Ohio Fault · · Score: 1

    And the best part is that the taxpayer is now heavily subsidizing an industry that isn't profitable anymore.

  3. The sad thing is that you could actually get a patent on the Pythagorean theorem approved if you reformulate it in a circuitous way.

  4. GMOs are killing us.

    That ship has sailed. Today's quacks are all about the deadly inflammation caused by HFCS and gluten.

  5. Re:I disagree... on Indiana Court Rules Melted Down Hard Drive Not Destruction of Evidence · · Score: 5, Interesting

    That requires the plaintiff to spend money to have the analysis done which isn't part of the copyright extortion business plan.

  6. Re:Public Key, not SSH. on Why Aren't We Using SSH For Everything? · · Score: 1

    This, like all password/key managers, completely breaks if you do lose the database or don't have it available.

  7. Re:oops.. on Uber Must Submit CEO Emails · · Score: 1

    It works for the IRS.

  8. Re:Klayman on The 5 Cases That Could Pit the Supreme Court Against the NSA · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I'd feel a lot better about this case if the plaintiff (Klayman) weren't proceeding pro se and actually had a lawyer who knew how to argue a case instead of using his pleadings as a political soap box.

    The American justice system has been co-opted by lawyers who've constructed a labyrinthine system of rules meant to enrich themselves by wresting control from the common man and forcing the use of their services. It shouldn't be necessary to avail oneself of legal aid to pursue civil torts. His choice to do this himself is in itself a protest of the horrible state of affairs in American courtrooms.

  9. Entitlement on Apple Faces Class Action Lawsuit For Shrinking Storage Space In iOS 8 · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Talk about a twisted sense of entitlement. Can anyone produce a contract where Apple agreed to consume no more than the existing storage space for OS updates? Apple should just switch to advertising memory capacity in base-10 to satisfy these fools.

  10. Re:One fiber to rule them... on Google Fiber's Latest FCC Filing: Comcast's Nightmare Come To Life · · Score: 1

    Meanwhile, after changing Comcast service to a new address, it took four days of modem swap theater and griping at them for refusing to send out a tech. before they realized the service was physically disconnected and there was no way I was going to be able to complete the setup myself. Something they could have figured out the day I went to their crummy office to do the address change.

  11. Re:Canon MX870 on Ask Slashdot: Best Options For a Standalone Offline Printing Station? · · Score: 1

    It is a bit of a step backward when you have to transfer data to a printer using the modern equivalent of a floppy disk. It should only be a convenience feature, not the normal mode of use.

  12. Re:Dads want prints on Ask Slashdot: Best Options For a Standalone Offline Printing Station? · · Score: 1

    I have a used, pre-Carly HP Laserjet. It's still running on the original toner cartridge. WiFi enabled with an AP in bridge mode so it can live in a dusty corner where it isn't in the way.

    This is a much better solution for the occasional hardcopy than maintaining an inkjet with consumables more expensive than gold.

  13. Re:"all in the name of science and exploration"? on The Billionaires' Space Club · · Score: 1

    Alan Eustace did no publicity before his jump. He never claimed it was for charity or even a PR stunt like RedBull's over-hyped jump. The author is a moron churning out clickbait.

  14. Re:What the hell is this guy smoking on The Billionaires' Space Club · · Score: 1

    Don't forget that he was a "robber baron" reduced to borrowing money from friends because SpaceX was about to go under after the initial launch failures.

  15. Why dashcams? on Seattle Police Held Hackathon To Redact Footage From Body Cameras · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Dashcams stay on the cruiser which is always in a public space. There is no need to redact that video unless you have something to hide.

  16. Re:I saw this reboot, but... on Behind the Scenes With the Star Trek Fan Reboot · · Score: 1

    Have you seen Brando in Oklahoma!?

  17. Re:What percentage... on Geoengineered Climate Cooling With Microbubbles · · Score: 2

    Shutting down air traffic after 9/11 had a measurable impact on weather over CONUS from the lack of contrails in the sky. It isn't unfathomable that ships can also have a measurable level of impact.

  18. Re:What are they going to do? on "Team America" Gets Post-Hack Yanking At Alamo Drafthouse, Too · · Score: 1

    What are they going to do? Why all the fear?

    Team America 2: Just a Bunch of Pussies

  19. At least PBS will be able keep up their snake oil infomercials and I won't feel guilty for not supporting them.

  20. Great products and services on Google Strikes Deal With Verizon To Reduce Patent Troll Suits · · Score: 1

    allows both companies to focus on delivering great products and services to consumers around the world

    Maybe for Google, but Verizon is all about raping its customers with lackluster products and services at exorbitant prices.

  21. Re:Basic Research on A New Law For Superconductors · · Score: 1

    where's the "pays" part?

    This is a Nobel level discovery which we now know is worth $4.75M for the medal alone.

  22. Re:Go figure on 11 Trillion Gallons of Water Needed To End California Drought · · Score: 1

    The San Joaquin Valley is only green because of irrigation. Agriculture is not sustainable there without depleting underground water resources.

  23. Re:But but but on 11 Trillion Gallons of Water Needed To End California Drought · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Surely there is a technological fix for this?

    Stop growing vegetables in an arid valley and replant the massive amount of fallow land in wetter parts of the country.

  24. Re:Yawn on Godot Engine Reaches 1.0, First Stable Release · · Score: 1

    Python has array.array built in not to mention the extensive native vector support in NumPy. It's trivial to add high-performance features to existing scripting languages.

  25. Re:What? on Federal Court Nixes Weeks of Warrantless Video Surveillance · · Score: 2

    He must have been reading the Chinese constitution which reserves all power and has a lengthy list of freedoms which are granted to the people.