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  1. Re: Public WiFi on Any Half-Decent Hacker Could Break Into Mar-a-Lago (alternet.org) · · Score: 1

    My point is that a perfectly secure location has been provided to the president which he has declined to use. He should at least be required to demonstrate his infrastructure is equally as secure by having it assessed by independent professionals.

  2. Re:Heaven forbid on Any Half-Decent Hacker Could Break Into Mar-a-Lago (alternet.org) · · Score: 1

    So as I said, maybe they should consider not allowing that for high level representatives as well.

  3. Public WiFi on Any Half-Decent Hacker Could Break Into Mar-a-Lago (alternet.org) · · Score: 1

    I wonder how many public networks Camp David has.

  4. Re:Heaven forbid on Any Half-Decent Hacker Could Break Into Mar-a-Lago (alternet.org) · · Score: 1

    She had a right to delete personal emails. Maybe they should reconsider allowing that.

  5. Heaven forbid on Any Half-Decent Hacker Could Break Into Mar-a-Lago (alternet.org) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    But heaven forbid, should he be mislead into using a personal email server no one tells him isn't locked down properly.

  6. Re:Race to the bottom on Apple Starts Assembling iPhones In India (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    If a nation wants to help another nation then just charge an extra 10% tax to all citizens and send it over. It would be a great thing to do. Don't expect one small segment to do all the helping.

  7. You think someone needs to be intelligent to be a manipulator? If you're a manipulator it actually helps a lot if you're stupid enough to believe the things you say.

  8. People like Trump very easily ask things without asking them. I mean, there were entire articles written about what he would suggest to the public without really suggesting it during his campaign. So this all means that it doesn't matter whether Comey said under oath that he wasn't asked to stop the investigation, he may have still felt like he was being asked to stop the investigation but cannot say definitely that he was outright asked. These are the hazy situations you get into with a person who is a known manipulator such as Trump.

  9. ...and who are all these interested non-geeks posting about it on Slashdot!!?!

  10. Yes because the way to go about a serious investigation is to tell the American pubic EVERYTHING. The media never causes problems.

  11. It's quite obvious there is more evidence than has been released to the general public.

  12. If a car stops suddenly enough, the seatbelt can still cause serious bruising. The airbag can go off which can do the same.

  13. Just keep talking away. I'll be enjoying my upvotes for telling you how disgusting you are.

  14. Yes because imagination is all it takes to solve problems. Oh, I just made a transporter device!

  15. Re:Charging stations? on All Fossil-Fuel Vehicles Will Vanish In 8 Years, Says Stanford Study (financialpost.com) · · Score: 1

    But is the technology there for them to get the same horsepower without sacrificing storage space? Or will half the trailer have to be filled with batteries.

  16. Re:We pirates must unite on Popular Torrent Site ExtraTorrent Permanently Shuts Down (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 0

    What about illegally sharing pirates?

  17. Re:What will I do now? on Popular Torrent Site ExtraTorrent Permanently Shuts Down (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 1

    Dude I had no idea about flightgear! I play an old version of MS Flight Sim. I'll definitely check that out,

  18. Re:Not in Africa and all of Asia on All Fossil-Fuel Vehicles Will Vanish In 8 Years, Says Stanford Study (financialpost.com) · · Score: 1

    I didn't realize localities had the jurisdiction to ban AirBnB. If that is actually happening then fine. What I have heard is that the AirBnB renters get a slap on the wrist and there are new renters in there the very next weekend. Taxis have made their bed somewhat, but a lot of their cost is there because cities need them to work a certain way for cities to function. There cannot be too many taxis on the road, they need to have certain safety considerations met, they should have a certain amount of accessibility for physically handicapped, etc. If Uber appeared to care about the aspects that make a transportation system work for society as a whole then no problem, but it appears they would rather ignore these things and complain about how inconvenient it all is for them.

  19. Re: Charging stations? on All Fossil-Fuel Vehicles Will Vanish In 8 Years, Says Stanford Study (financialpost.com) · · Score: 1

    Well, wake me up when a Tesla Model S costs $2000.

  20. Re:Not in Africa and all of Asia on All Fossil-Fuel Vehicles Will Vanish In 8 Years, Says Stanford Study (financialpost.com) · · Score: 1

    No, AirBnB's main problem is that they are treating residential areas like hotels which is bad for the residents around them. So in that case we have made life better for a select few and worse for many more. Uber is just bad all around. Not only to they treat their drivers like shit but they don't conform to safety regulations. I see very little in the way of improvement with any form of technological advance.

  21. Re: Charging stations? on All Fossil-Fuel Vehicles Will Vanish In 8 Years, Says Stanford Study (financialpost.com) · · Score: 1

    I think you read too many happy sci fi novels. You're dreaming. These are still cars, they will retail like cars.

  22. Re: Charging stations? on All Fossil-Fuel Vehicles Will Vanish In 8 Years, Says Stanford Study (financialpost.com) · · Score: 1

    IF that were the case then ICE automobiles would be $5000 each by now.

  23. Re: Charging stations? on All Fossil-Fuel Vehicles Will Vanish In 8 Years, Says Stanford Study (financialpost.com) · · Score: 1

    It's not going to be cheaper though. It's going to be like a taxi. Why does everyone keep saying it will be cheaper? Sure there is no driver to pay, but the technology is more expensive, there is a higher barrier to entry, and there are less companies in the game. Uber isn't getting into the self driving business so they can charge a few bucks a ride like some Rickshaw service. They're getting into the game so they can charge what taxis are charging now.

  24. Re:Not in Africa and all of Asia on All Fossil-Fuel Vehicles Will Vanish In 8 Years, Says Stanford Study (financialpost.com) · · Score: 1

    My point was, there are many situations where vehicles need to be set up a certain way. Maybe a person has trouble walking and they keep their electric scooter in there. We can pretend the common ownership solution will work and the market will solve the edge cases somehow, but more often than not the market turns its back on all but the least common denominator. This is why I am wary when anyone suggests a massive shift to a certain industry. The only way it can work is with massive government regulation to ensure the minority is taken care of, but regulation isn't working too well on the Ubers and the Air BnBs and everyone complains when they get regulated, so I don't know what the answer is.

  25. Re: Charging stations? on All Fossil-Fuel Vehicles Will Vanish In 8 Years, Says Stanford Study (financialpost.com) · · Score: 1

    How do you figure renting two cars every day would ever be cheaper than purchasing?