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  1. They should already find a solution for this. Valuable people keep dying.

  2. Re:No need to on Mark Zuckerberg Tapes Over His Webcam. Should You? (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    I was exactly thinking about this. I also use Ubuntu on MBP and don't have drivers for the PCI webcam. But does that mean I'm safe? I mean, is it possible to bypass the drivers theoretically?

  3. Also there's more demand for the code written by male programmers. So it's natural if male programmers are paid more. Like in tennis.

  4. In Autstria on How Common Is Your PIN? (datagenetics.com) · · Score: 1

    That doesn't matter because you cannot change your PIN.

  5. Re:Not an issue. on Drupal Update Process Flawed By Multiple Bugs (softpedia.com) · · Score: 2

    Also if we are not supposed to do live updates, why is there such a feature? Is it ok to provide a feature and create security vulnerabilities and then tell 'you shouldn't use it'?

    Are they simply telling Drupal is not for us and we should use something else instead?

    Because of the disappointment and frustration from v8, I'm seriously planning to move the wordpress.

  6. Re:dont' engage it with people there? on Volvo Self-Parking Car Hits People Because Owner Didn't Pay For Extra Feature · · Score: 1

    I thought first rule of robotics is that a robot may not injure a human being. (Don't tell me a car is not a robot!)

  7. This is intentional on Researchers Find Same RSA Encryption Key Used 28,000 Times · · Score: 1

    Once I know the key is good, I stick with it and use it everywhere. Why to mess with it if it's working?

  8. Dat video on Google Announces Inbox, a New Take On Email Organization · · Score: 1

    WTF are those people doing in the video and what it has to do with the inbox?

  9. Re: You're welcome to them. on Comparison: Linux Text Editors · · Score: 1

    "Bobby Tables" is still my favorite...

  10. Relevant joke on Autonomous Car Ethics: If a Crash Is Unavoidable, What Does It Hit? · · Score: 1

    Truck drives into an open market an kills 30 people. Truck driver answer to the judge: "there was a pregnant woman and an old man on the road, I had to pick which one to hit. I picked the old man". Judge asks, "but you drived into the open market and killed 30". Driver says, "old man ran into the market, I had no choice."

  11. Re:A bunch of nuns? on Autonomous Car Ethics: If a Crash Is Unavoidable, What Does It Hit? · · Score: 1

    That's a trick question. 300 people are actaully already dead and 3 children are playing fool.

  12. Re:Homeopothy ... on Homeopathic Remedies Recalled For Containing Real Medicine · · Score: 1

    You are missing the fundamental point of homeopathy: it provides personal solutions to personal problems. Therefore it cannot be scientific and you cannot apply same solution to everyone. Homeopathy doesn't have repeatable solutions, i.e. if a solution works for someone for some problem, it doesn't mean it will work for everyone (or even for the same person later again). Therefore you cannot apply scientific logic on it. You have to accept it will work on you, because otherwise it will not. So your idea about curing everyone altogether doesn't make any sense.

  13. Re:SubjectsInCommentsAreStupid on Stephen Hawking: 'There Are No Black Holes' · · Score: 1

    That's right. To be more accurate, religion contains science. Every rule of nature is already in the holy book (of your choice).

  14. Re:The Bible on Ask Slashdot: What Are the Books Everyone Should Read? · · Score: 1

    Better read the newer and correct version: Koran.
    Don't even think about downvoting me, otherwise you'll burn in hell!

  15. Re:old news on Hubble Discovers Water Plumes Over Europa · · Score: 1

    Enough with this already. There's no single fricking day where scientists doesn't find water somewhere outside earth. no wait, they actually found some evidence that there was water somewhere in the distant past. No single actual water molecule so far. Wake me up when water is really found. btw, i don't remember the origin of the saying but very relevant, human mind is very creative, one can look at frosted glass and see whatever he wants to see.

  16. Re:what? on Senators Propose Bill Prohibiting Phone Calls On Planes · · Score: 1

    I totally agree. Someone talking to phone next to you can be very annoying especially considering there's no way out of the situation. Actually, people doesn't need phones for talking annoyingly. In my opinion talking during flight should be limited to servicing and emergency purposes.

  17. Re:Finally! on Have 100GB Free? Host Your Own Copy of Wikipedia, With Images · · Score: 1

    If you are making changes please make in my version too. I don't want it to get outdated.

  18. "Buys" that's the word on CIA Pays AT&T Millions To Voluntarily Provide Call Data · · Score: 5, Insightful

    You pay someone to provide you data voluntarily -> you buy data

  19. Re:and if only the value didn't fluctuate insanely on Square Debuts New Email Payment System · · Score: 1

    Anyone who takes bitcoins for compensation is insane.

    Actually, offering payments in other currencies is done because of demand. Fluctuation is something which must be always considered. If a currency has high fluctuations you add a high risk margin on top of your exchange rate to compensate the possible loss because of possible fluctuation. Treasury departments are very aware of this currency trading risks and they can calculate the risk margin very precisely.
    tl;dr High fluctuation means higher prices for the customers. Bitcoin as payment currency is not insane at all, if there'll be more demand, everyone will do that.

  20. Re:PDF Exploit? on Adobe Hacked: Almost 3 Million Accounts Compromised · · Score: 1

    Don't worry about that. That's double jeopardy, so it's completely secure.

  21. Re:Technically yes; practically unlikely on Can There Be a Non-US Internet? · · Score: 1

    I don't understand how excluding USA is solving the privacy problem. If you ask me, despite all the bullshit from NSA, FBI, etc., I still don't think US is a lot worse than any other country. These privacy problems happen in many countries (if not all), but US there's a good platform to discuss. People discuss, protest, hack, etc. Excluding US would make things only worse. We should think about solutions which could protect privacy, e.g. Tor, open source software, encryption, etc.

  22. From different POV on Popular Science Is Getting Rid of Comments · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Maybe it's not a bad decision. Not because of the reasons listed, but because sites like this doesn't provide a decent comment structure to allow any kind of useful discussions. Maybe it's better to use slashdot, reddit, etc. for discussions. I'm not against separating content production from discussions. Social media features (commenting, sharing, connecting, etc) are a hype now, every site is trying to add something. Most of the are not really useful. Maybe instead of trying to providing social media they should focus on the content.

  23. Re:WTF? Clapper is NOT the NSA on Obama's Privacy Reform Panel Will Report To ... the NSA · · Score: 1

    Thanks God! For a moment I thought there's something fishy here...

  24. Re:Old Married people? on Former NSA Chief Warns Hackers Will Attack US If Snowden Is Captured · · Score: 1

    His statement shows how they underestimate the opposition and in the same time how concerned they are. Otherwise why to talk about bunch of nerds if they were not coming after government and military, right? I'm waiting for the time when one of those kids will bring them on their knees. Doesn't matter what happens afterwards...

  25. What's the message here? on Finance Firm Bloomberg Goes In For $80,000 On Ubuntu Edge Project · · Score: 1

    Half an hour after I signed up for $780 I received the email telling it's now $695. Normally prices get lower with time, but this is very awkward, the product is not even in the market. There is a big mix up of crowd sourcing and traditional marketing. Now I'm confused as a consumer and Canonical is confused as... wait, what is Canonical now?