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  1. Re:"I am about to be killed, tortured, or exiled," on Ashley Madison Hack Claims First Victims · · Score: 2

    Care to gauge the relative risk of using a website vs trying to date without one in Saudi Arabia? I have no idea, and I bet you don't either.

  2. Re:"I am about to be killed, tortured, or exiled," on Ashley Madison Hack Claims First Victims · · Score: 1

    That's BS. You could make that argument about anything that would get him caught. The website did not willing give up the account information- it was stolen.

  3. Re:Big changes in Slashdot... on Big Changes From Mozilla Mean Firefox Will Get Chrome Extensions · · Score: 1

    Really how hard is it to always do a quick search before accepting- heck it could be already tagged as such when it is submitted. My guess is they don't mind rerunning stories on slow newsday....

  4. Re:"Evildoer"? Seriously? on Jeb Bush Comes Out Against Encryption · · Score: 1

    And how big is the danger from 'evildoers' for the country to have weak encryption? Isn't this far worse?

  5. Re:Stupid question. on Do Old Programmers Need To Keep Leaping Through New Hoops? · · Score: 1

    You don't have to accept every contact request. If you restrict to people you really know Linked In is invaluable for keeping track of coworkers haven't seen in years, or for an old fart like me, decades.

  6. Re:No excuse for them to be "unemployed" on Finland Considers Minimum Income To Reform Welfare System · · Score: 2

    I would bet that people with this kind of attitude are also terrible employees. I don't see keeping them out of the labor market as a loss.

  7. Re:4/5 in favor on Finland Considers Minimum Income To Reform Welfare System · · Score: 0

    They don't like it because a minimum income puts all of these government agencies out of business. No more welfare, social security administration, disability, workman's comp, unemployment and I doubt I have listed them all. And these peoples salaries would go towards paying the benefit.

  8. Re:Start open from the beginning on Italian City To Dump OpenOffice For Microsoft After Four Years · · Score: 1

    Except the article doesn't explicitly support this. The documents might be coming or going to businesses or other governments that use MS Office so it may not even matter.

  9. Re:Both DIMMs and SSDs in 2016 on Intel Promises 'Optane' SSDs Based On Technology Faster Than Flash In 2016 · · Score: 1

    It may have been the case where they decided to stop pushing traditional ssd because the 3D XPoint was so promising.

  10. Re:Why do this? on Sprint Drops Two-Year Contracts · · Score: 1

    Probably because it is not profitable. In a sense they are subsidizing Apple's phone market(and Apple gets paid up front) while the carrier is the one taking the risk of someone breaking the contract.

    I believe this move is going to hurt Apples sales when people see what the phone is really costing them....

  11. Re:Cue the Kneejerk on Researchers Grow Tiny Human Brain In Lab · · Score: 1

    My first thought was to implant it in a mouse.

  12. Re:Sorry Jeff on Debate Over Amazon Working Conditions Goes Back Years · · Score: 2

    Notice the keyword 'asked', implied doesn't count.

  13. It doesn't have to be this way on Debate Over Amazon Working Conditions Goes Back Years · · Score: 1

    Lots of people start profitable companies that have great working environments but that takes talent- I guess if your vision was to create BorgMart from the beginning there isn't much hope.

  14. Re:RestoMod on Ask Slashdot: Buying a Car That's Safe From Hackers? · · Score: 1

    This have anything in common with RustoMods ;-)

    Sorry former east coaster here....

  15. Re:Classic FUD on Ask Slashdot: Buying a Car That's Safe From Hackers? · · Score: 1

    WTF does Tesla have to do with anything? Most people don't have more than 50 k for the car, and those who do most don't want an electric.

  16. Re:Classic FUD on Ask Slashdot: Buying a Car That's Safe From Hackers? · · Score: 1

    Yeah that is a cute response but the key fob exploit doesn't attract nearly as much attention and has much less risk than smashing a window, but that is obvious isn't it?

  17. Re:Classic FUD on Ask Slashdot: Buying a Car That's Safe From Hackers? · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I am a nobody and have had my car (toyota/lexus) broken into because of the key fob amplifier exploit. This effects ordinary people too.

  18. Re:eBooks will continue to gain market share on Physical Books Successfully Coexisting With Ebooks · · Score: 1

    Conrad? That Victorian style of writing makes me want to poke my eyes out.

  19. They can co-exist? on Physical Books Successfully Coexisting With Ebooks · · Score: 4, Funny

    I didn't think there was room in my bag for both en e-reader and a book!

  20. Re:$50 Nokia on Ask Slashdot: Best Big Battery Phone? · · Score: 1

    Just got a Nokia 635 off Amazon for 35$... it's a great phone.

  21. Re:Limits of storage / human perception on Planar NAND Development Ends After 26 Years · · Score: 1

    Well if anything you would expect it to follow some kind of S curve.

  22. Re:simple and cheap solution on U.K. Government Seeking To End Reliance On Oracle · · Score: 3, Funny

    Conveniently located next to the Ministry of Silly Walks....

  23. Re:Never park? on Will Robot Cabs Unjam the Streets? · · Score: 1

    "The good news is that autonomous cars don't need to park-- they just go give someone else a ride."

    My first thought was is this different than what human piloted taxis currently do?

  24. Re:The emperors new clothes... on Giving Up Alternating Current · · Score: 1

    Funny how Idiocracy seems to become more an more of a template then a comedy.

  25. Re:Stone Age... on Giving Up Alternating Current · · Score: 1

    I think the one they had installed was 120v and replacing the pump was several thousand bucks... don't remember the details. (10+ years ago) Also running a 12v line with the amps to handle the load 50 or so yrds would have been costly. I guess there was some bad planning on the part of whoever built the house and solar was not nearly as advanced a decade ago.