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  1. I've been on AllClear pretty much continuously since the Target and home Depot breaches. Have had three separate personal incidents in the last years, both taking out credit cards in my name and also bogus charges on my own card.

    Every time AllClear monthly said "no suspicious activity". I have no idea what it'll take to trip their thresholds.

  2. Re:Tesla did not pioneer keyless entry. on Tesla's Keyless Entry Vulnerable To Spoofing Attack, Researchers Find (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Unless the 1993 Chevrolet Corvette was made by Tesla. The. No. Tesla did not pioneer keyless entry.

    Agreed, my '96 Corvette has passive proximity (no button push needed) entry.

  3. Because we suck at driving/flying on FAA: Small Drones Must Be Registered By February (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 2

    Some people seem to have trouble navigating a vehicle safely in two dimensions. Add a third and this is what happens. A steady string of events and incidents from people who just can't act with some responsibility (see earlier comments on why RC aircraft community typically doesn't have this problem)

    It's why I never ask when my flying car will show up. As a population we suck enough at driving on the ground as it is.

  4. Re:Does it work? on Thync, a Wearable That Zaps Your Brain To Calm You Down or Amp You Up · · Score: 1

    Whoosh

  5. Re:Meh on E-Books On a $20 Cell Phone · · Score: 1

    +1 same here, used Sensybook on my dumbphone for a few years. Calibre on the desktop to convert any format into plain text.

  6. Read NASA's "Dressing for Altitude" on DIY Space Suit Testing · · Score: 2

    An excellent historical perspective (with plenty of photos) on the development of pressure suits for both aviation and space use.

    http://www.nasa.gov/connect/ebooks/dress_for_altitude_detail.html

    Yes, this is hard to do.

  7. Sounds like OWS on Russian Opposition Figure Thinks Anti-Putin Movement Has Faltered · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Sounds much like Occupy Wall Street in the USA. Didn't like the status quo, but doomed with no clear platform or list of achievable goals.

    "We want change"
    "Well, what policy changes are you hoping get made?"
    "We don't know"

  8. Not too much sympathy here on Cash-Poor Sharp Mortgages Display Factories · · Score: 2

    This just a few months after settling for $200 million in an LCD price fixing suit. Guess they were counting on keeping those artificially high prices going to break even.

  9. Re:makes sense on Duke Nukem Forever Back In Development · · Score: 1

    Just like Daikatana!

  10. Re:It's the principle of the thing and more. on Droid X Self-Destructs If You Try To Mod · · Score: 2, Interesting

    A rims analogy would be more like putting on a new slip-case. Mostly cosmetic.

    Changing base boot and operating software would be like swapping the engine (or ECU) from a BMW into a Toyota and expecting the manufacturer to honor the warranty.

  11. Re:maybe it's time to enlist the Japanese on Mars May Have Been 1/3 Ocean · · Score: 2, Funny

    Good plan

  12. Re:A keyboard's just a mouse with 101 keys on Pen vs. Keyboard vs. Touch vs. Everything Else · · Score: 1

    The finger isn't great for everything, but it certainly works fine for a lot of tasks.

    yep... my girlfriends thinks the same

    She uses a magic wand, not your fingers.

  13. Re:in Opera... on Tynt Insight Is Watching You Cut and Paste · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I just go to Block Content and put in an entry for *tynt.com*

  14. Re:The status quo on Major ISPs Seek To Lower Broadband Definition · · Score: 1
    V.90 (aka "56k", actually attaining 53.3kb/s down, 33.6kb/s up) easily supports streaming audio and especially VoIP

    You would think a phone line would have the bandwidth to support a voice call, eh?

  15. Re:That is impressive on Opera 10.0 Released · · Score: 1

    What I've done is start adding offending scripts from the page info tab to the block content. Works on the tough stuff, as well as other annoying javascript like the keyword popups thing that some sites put in their page body text.

  16. Re:The rat race continues.. on WPA Encryption Cracked In 60 Seconds · · Score: 1

    So, you use your last OTP encoding to transfer the new set of pads securely?

  17. 60mph Average on Solar Powered Car Can Get Close To 60 mph · · Score: 5, Informative

    I think (the article is badly written) that the key development is that this car can average almost 60mph. 60mph burst speeds are pretty easily reached in many solar cars. I remember doing about 65 mph back in 1993 in our cars (Dartmouth College's Sunvox I and IV)

  18. Re:Vegetarian Heating? on Norfolk Town's Schools First To Be Heated By Burning Cattle · · Score: 1

    Umm, cows _are_ vegetarians!

  19. Gliders can do it easy.. on Man Attempts To Cross English Channel With Jet Wing · · Score: 4, Informative

    Since he only needs a L/D ratio of about 14 (35 km distance with a 2.5 km altitude start), any decent glider can do the same thing, with no thermal lifts, and no jet engines, just pure glide slope.

  20. Re:DPS on AoC Bug Penalizes Female Characters? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    what would it take to get people to (repeatedly) switch to a new character after they get to the highest level?
    Aging? You start losing stats after the character gets too old. Been done in RPG's before.
  21. Friendly? on The Copyright Crusade a Lost Cause? · · Score: 1

    "They conclude by offering that more reasonable, understandable copyright restrictions would result in a user base friendlier to publisher interests"

    If only they cared about a friendly user base...

  22. Re:Uh what on OpenBSD Will Not Fix PRNG Weakness · · Score: 1

    Mod parent +1 pwned!

  23. It's like a party in your stomach! on New "Endoscope On a Pill" · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's like a party in your stomach!

  24. Re:Yahoo is killing itself on Yahoo Downgrades MusicMatch Jukebox · · Score: 1

    Yep, I switched over to Zap2it which is much less annoying.

  25. Re:I realize that this post is supposed to be a jo on Vanishing Honeybees Will Affect Future Crops · · Score: 1

    I just thought he was talking about the bees making a saving throw against the alien abductions