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  1. Lost Token on Ask Slashdot: What's The Worst IT-Related Joke You've Ever Heard? · · Score: 1

    Customer: My network is down. IT: You lost your token, it fell out of the ring. You'll need to get under the desk and look for it.

  2. Re:There's an easy solution for this. on Artificial Intelligence Has Race, Gender Biases (axios.com) · · Score: 1

    What... that's just too simple.

  3. Hypnotoad underlines on New Zealand May Be the Tip of a Submerged Continent (theoutline.com) · · Score: 1

    Hum Hum Hum Hum Hum Hum Yes yes, New Zealand is a continent Zealandia, yes. Hum Hum Hum Hum Hum Hum

  4. When problems are found solutions will be provided. If human workers are seen as a problem then a solution will be found to replace them if possible. After all this company is trying to build self driving cars to eliminate the need for a human to drive the frigin car. If they can do that they will eventually build a self assembling car! Call the legislators! and require Tesla to employ only Buggy Whip Union members, that'll fix em!

  5. Re:Not funneled into on Cupertino's Mayor: Apple 'Abuses Us' By Not Paying Taxes (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    There is a law and Apple complies with it to the letter. Even if they did bring more of their oversees profits home it wouldn't benefit Cupertino one bit. Apple pays their local property taxes so what's the problem? I'm really getting tired of this "Fair Share" BS, as if there is a limited amount of money and if we don't take some we won't get any. BS!

  6. Re:Polar ice caps melting faster than expected on Oceans Could Soon Not Have Enough Oxygen To Support Marine Life (iflscience.com) · · Score: 1

    http://content.usatoday.com/co... Then he backpedalled and said "Mostly ice free"

  7. Change passwords on IT Employees At EmblemHealth Fight To Save Jobs (computerworld.com) · · Score: 1

    Change the passwords for all the systems you manage and take a few sick days.

  8. Gov wants $$ = Big Oil corruption? on Leaked Emails Reveal Widespread Corruption in Global Oil Industry (theage.com.au) · · Score: 1

    So the articles are very light on details so I could have this very wrong but it appears it's the various governments that want the companies to pay them something to do business in their countries? Not sure that really equates to big oil corruption but like I said the article, as per HuffPo standard, is kind of light on details but I might have missed something.

  9. The show is billed as a "... put(ing) the latest consumer gadgets through their paces." They are all about consummation and not producing anything and likely have no idea how things are really made nor do they apparently care. The statement that computers will "just code for them" illustrates the lack of understanding. How do they think computers get coded to be able to code for you?

  10. So have these idiots never heard of Mobile Device Management. Anyone distributing any phone, Android, Microsoft, Blackberry or Apple without a central managed MDM system is a fool! If San Bernardino had their phone in a simple MDM system none of this would be an issue. They could lock it change the passcode anything they wanted all from the central system.

  11. Re:So the vulnerability is the updating mechanism? on Apple's iPhone Already Has a Backdoor · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I think the article is not correct. iOS doesn't let you run an update that reboots the phone unless you input the password first (ostensibly to prevent you from being locked out on reboot).

    I think Apple can force load a new OS without this limitation, but it needs physical access to do so.

    Exactly correct, the article is wrong on the fundamental premise that Apple can force an over the air update. They, or anyone, can force a firmware update when connected to a wire. The Government want's Apple to create firmware that would turn off the security option in iOS that wipes the phone after 10 failed passcode attempts.

  12. Re:Cluster Fuck on Apple's iPhone Already Has a Backdoor · · Score: 1

    Promote youngatheart because they hit this right on the head.

  13. Two questions.
    1. What percent of your current income are you OK with government taking to fund all government services as well as the basic income?
    2. How much is a basic income? It's a lot cheeper to live in Gotebo Oklahoma than New York City and what prevents me from saying I live in NYC and collecting that level of BI and then just live in Gotebo?

  14. not break'n the law on YouTube and the Modern Mad Scientist (hackaday.com) · · Score: 1

    If you are harvesting unused energy, seemingly from nowhere, you aren't breaking any laws of thermodynamics. Geothermal is just a tube in the ground that makes a motor run.

  15. What's the best process to add support behind this proposal? At the linked the FCC page it isn't clear to me how I might add support to this proposal as a consumer.

  16. Not for cold environments on "E-mailable" House Snaps Together Without Nails (clemson.edu) · · Score: 1

    I'm tired of seeing these things done by people in the south and sunny California where you don't need good insulation. Lots of BS about outdoor living spaces etc. Lets do the Solar Decathlon in Fargo North Dakota in February and see how these piles of lumber actually stack up. There's already a well defined system of building using SIP panels that provide significant improvement to the insulation value of the house system. They work well in hot and cold climates and are built form CNC cut panels that slot together. Or you can use the styrofoam and concrete building block method. Either method of building is going to give you a better insulated home that will have a lower energy impact on the environment over it's life time than what's been presented in this article. The only potential advantage of this kind of CNC cut panel house is for the DIY builder which could be valuable but it's still sadly lacking compared to other existing processes

  17. Re:Work Issued on Phone Passwords Protected By 5th Amendment, Says Federal Court · · Score: 1

    And what business issues phones and doesn't have a Device Management system to track usage, unlock phones and remote wipe in case of loss? Another reason to not invest with Capital One. If they can't manage their own devices what the F^@( are they doing with our financial data?

  18. 5 year old car with new add ons on Ask Slashdot: Buying a Car That's Safe From Hackers? · · Score: 1

    1. If you can't pay cash for the car you can't afford it so get an older model. Depreciation on any new model is huge and a money looser. 2. Add in your own top end stereo system for the convenience items you want. 3. Modify the dash to use an iPad or Android tablet. You can tie it into the control system if you like. You don't get crash avoidance but if you actually drive like your life depends on it you don't really need it.

  19. Re:Seriously! on Hacker Set To Demonstrate 60 Second Brinks Safe Hack At DEFCON · · Score: 2

    Security by obscurity

    Really, what were they thinking by not using OS2.

  20. Re: Good point, but Uber is a bad example on Hillary Clinton Takes Aim At 'Gig Economy' · · Score: 1

    LOL. do you really not understand how much all of those things cost before deregulation. Every single one of this is cheeper now than it was then when adjusted for inflation.

  21. Re:nobody complains on Hillary Clinton Takes Aim At 'Gig Economy' · · Score: 1

    when government regulation lowers prices

    Citation needed

  22. For highly regulated e-commerce, vote Hillary on Hillary Clinton Takes Aim At 'Gig Economy' · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    If you want lots of government controls over Uber, Etcy, and any other new idea for making money then vote for Hillary. If you don't, then don't vote for her. It's really that simple.

  23. Re:Ron Paul was right. on Glitches: United Airlines Grounds All Flights, NYSE Suspends Trading · · Score: 1

    IT'S HAPPENING! We'd all be safe from this calamity if the traitor John Snowden hadn't sold our country's secrets to the Soviets.

    Yes Ron is right but this thing isn't cause by that other thing.

  24. Confederates vs GLBTQ on Google, Apple, and Others Remove Content Related To the Confederate Flag · · Score: 1

    So it's apparently fine and everyone is in love with the idea of banning the Confederate Battle Flag but if it were a Rainbow GLBTQ flag they were banning there'd be charges of hate crimes. I support these groups banning these Battle Flag products from their retail systems. If you are going to allow this kind of right of association you also have to let business like photographers and cake decorators choose who they do business. Governments can't be allowed to tell me who I can and can not associate with or do business with.

  25. Re:Free speech on Google, Apple, and Others Remove Content Related To the Confederate Flag · · Score: 1

    Retailers are not required to carry products they don't agree with. This isn't a free speech issue, yet. When Google starts blocking search terms for things they don't like that's a free speech issue.