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  1. He's going to lose to Tor on Power To the Pop-Ups · · Score: 2, Interesting

    He said people do not use Tor because it is too slow.

    Then he proposed making his own service slower by making the users do some stuff before seeing what they want to.

    Then Tor will be the faster option.

  2. Re:Well, Opera Mini isn't strictly a browser... on Opera For iPhone To Test Apple's Resolve · · Score: 1

    Nope. I use a local credit union for all my accounts and loans. They seem to be technically competent. They were unaffected by the financial mess because they were not making stupid loans.

  3. Re:Well, Opera Mini isn't strictly a browser... on Opera For iPhone To Test Apple's Resolve · · Score: 1

    Because the bank is (presumably) chartered in the country you live in and heavily regulated, and you have recourse if they screw something up. Good luck going after Opera if they mess up.

  4. Re:W.A.G. on How Do You Accurately Estimate Programming Time? · · Score: 1

    And hey want an estimate before writing a specification, and change the specification without allowing changes to the estimate.

  5. Re:tpm? on Hardware TPM Hacked · · Score: 1

    Taking the chip apart is hard. Paying off somebody with access to the design documents is easy.

  6. Re:Funny on Brokers Get Strict Social Networking Rules · · Score: 1

    It's days like these I'm glad I don't work on Wall Street or have jury duty."

    It is days like these that you are glad that in certain circumstances you could not do things that you could not do in other days anyway because they have not been invented yet?

  7. Re:Encouraged Java on Sun's Project Darkstar Game Server Platform No More · · Score: 1

    Presumably they licensed Java to companies like BlueRay device manufacturers.

  8. Re:So fix it on Gaining Root Access On Linux-Based Femtocells · · Score: 1

    If the public key is public, I can stick it in another femtocell.

    If I have physical access to the femtocell, I can copy anything from it and stick it in another femtocell.

    You cannot trust a device that untrusted people have physical access to.

  9. Re:Prima Faciae Corruption? on Report Shows Patent Trolls Are Thriving · · Score: 1

    Well, in that case they are probably getting bribed.

  10. Re:Prima Faciae Corruption? on Report Shows Patent Trolls Are Thriving · · Score: 1

    why would judges in those areas be so plaintiff friendly?

    It brings in business, which gets them reelected.

  11. Re:Safety Critical on Toyota Pedal Issue Highlights Move To Electronics · · Score: 1

    The only way I would buy a car that did not let me shift into neutral and did not have a direct link between my foot and a dual circuit brake system is if it had an ejector seat and a parachute.

    Wait, I want one of those anyway.

  12. Re:Safety Critical on Toyota Pedal Issue Highlights Move To Electronics · · Score: 1

    pull the emergency brake.

    Why don't you pull the parking brake and lock your rear wheels at highway speed and let us know how it worked out for you.

  13. Re:Uh oh on Tesla Motors To Suspend Roadster Production · · Score: 1

    A few years ago my family went from two ICE cars to one. 90% of our trips were fewer than 10 miles. 99.9% of our trips that not all four of us went on were fewer than 10 miles.

    I could have spent a lot of money on an electric car which would be ideal for commuting and short errands.

    But instead I spent just barely 4 figures on a bicycle, which works just fine for commuting and short errands. I lost 20 pounds too.

  14. Re:This will harm legal sharing on FCC's Net Neutrality Plan Blocks BitTorrent · · Score: 1

    rackwire.com has unlimited data transfer for USD 22/month.

    gandi.com has unlimited data transfer for EURO 12/month.

  15. xinerama + e17 on 2 Displays and 2 Workspaces With Linux and X? · · Score: 1

    Enlightenment e17 handles this brilliantly. Each screen gets its own set of virtual desktops. Switching VTs on one does not change the current VT on the other.

    With Xinerama you can drag windows from one screen to the other.

  16. Re:We told you. on FCC's Net Neutrality Plan Blocks BitTorrent · · Score: 1

    Simply put, what happens is a station wants more profit, so it bumps up the price. Each station nearby sees that, then decide they want more profit, so they bump up their price in short order as well.

    You are wildly optimistic if you think they do not all communicate with each other before raising their rates in lockstep.

  17. Re:This will harm legal sharing on FCC's Net Neutrality Plan Blocks BitTorrent · · Score: 1

    You can get a VPS with unlimited data transfer for $25/month. Establish a VPN connection and route everything through it.

  18. Re:Good on US Grants Home Schooling German Family Political Asylum · · Score: 1

    vast majority

    [citation needed]

  19. Re:Nobody is going to pay for news on Newsday Gets 35 Subscriptions To Pay Web Site · · Score: 1

    I would pay the same rate as daily delivery for my local newspaper if they gave me a password to download a single PDF each day. The PDF must have the following features:

    • A good TOC
    • "continued on page n..." as links to page n
    • coupons as links to a printable coupons
  20. Re:good on GM Is Selling Saab To Spyker Cars · · Score: 1

    No, you're not missing anything. The 80's Audi Quattro and BMW 325iX were fantastic.

  21. Re:good on GM Is Selling Saab To Spyker Cars · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I am sure the new owner will be better than GM. It is not hard to come up with better ideas than "lets slap a sunroof on a WRX wagon and call it a 9-2 and sell it for many thousands more!".

  22. Re:Assign it a cost on Getting Company Owners To Follow Their Own Rules? · · Score: 2, Funny

    No, no, you don't understand. I don't want everybody to have a flying car. I just want me to have a flying car.

  23. Re:PayPal Regulation? on PayPal Freezes the Assets of Wikileaks.org · · Score: 1

    Hmm. I guess. I would support putting it to the voters in a proposition at the state level.

    But even if passed, I do not think it would work. Corporations will just give money to employees with a nod and a wink and the money will end up with campaigns anyway. Or they will have to funnel it through a few intermediaries.

  24. Re:PayPal Regulation? on PayPal Freezes the Assets of Wikileaks.org · · Score: 1

    It would not violate federal law if a state passed it. However, most states have constitutions with very similar rights and restrictions as the federal constitution.

    I would be upset if my state passed such a law. But I can move to a different state quite easily, whereas moving to a different country can be difficult.

  25. effectively on Researchers Claim "Effectively Perfect" Spam Blocking Discovery · · Score: 2, Insightful

    "effectively" = "not quite good enough to actually work"