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  1. Re:Those 3 things differ 0 between console and PC on PC Gaming Is Still Way Too Hard (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    Xbox 360 was the first major console to switch to HDMI, followed by PlayStation 3 a year later

    PS3 launched with HDMI in November 2006. Xbox 360 didn't have HDMI until the Elite models came out in July 2007.

  2. Cookie whitelist on Do We Need A Better Private Browsing Mode? (networkworld.com) · · Score: 1

    Preferences / Privacy / Uncheck Accept cookies from sites

    Then click on Exceptions and build a whitelist of sites you do want to allow cookies on... probably just the sites you login to. Sites that require cookies to show you content can be placated by allowing them cookies that only last for the browser sesson.

    Should be the last piece of the puzzle for ya. :)

  3. Privacy Badger is better on Do We Need A Better Private Browsing Mode? (networkworld.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Ghostery's business model is that they prevent other trackers from tracking their users so that the tracking data gathered by Ghostery itself is more valuable.

    There is no need to compromise with commercial interests on this subject. Use EFF's Privacy Badger instead.

  4. exFAT requirement weakened SDXC on Samsung Unveils World's First UFS Storage Cards, Could Replace MicroSD (pcworld.com) · · Score: 2

    Besides the technical issues with exFAT, implementing it also comes with with the requirement of paying Microsoft royalties. That has done a lot of damage to the SDXC format by inflating the price of all SD cards larger than 32GB and encouraging many devices to stick to only supporting SDHC even though the SDXC spec is now more than 7 years old.

  5. NoScript on Man Builds Giant Homemade Computer To Play Tetris (bbc.com) · · Score: 0

    If you were really concerned about malware exposure, you'd be running NoScript.

    One of NoScript's useful features is blocking ad-blocking access blocks.

    Then you could RTFA safely if you cared to.

  6. Re:Fucking stop with the DEC logo on You Are Still Watching a Staggering Amount Of TV Every Day (recode.net) · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Here you go, editors: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

  7. YDL 6.1 on the PS3 on Sony Agrees To Pay Millions To Gamers To Settle PS3 Linux Debacle (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Installing YDL 6.1 on my PS3 was my first Linux experience. I ran it over composite RCA to my TV so it wasn't much to look at, but it was step one in me becoming a computer guy.

    I latter put YDL 6.2 on it and that had a much easier install, as I recall.

    I went without upgrading to the OtherOS firmware for a year or so, but eventually some game I wanted to play required a newer firmware so I bit the bullet and installed it. I manually removed the Linux partition before the upgrade so I can't confirm whether the tales of the system not reclaiming the Linux partition if upgraded with it still in place were true.

    Still have my PS3, only replaced the original 60GB HDD a few months ago. Didn't realize at the time I bought it in January 2007 I would be getting the most capable version of the hardware... early adoption went well for once. Only real downside compared to the newer models is how loud the cooling fans are.

  8. Re:Old on Sony Recalls Vaio Battery Packs Due to Fire Hazard · · Score: 2

    Yes, but you can still buy a Vaio from here.

  9. Re: Some guy hates competiting with 'free' on Trent Reznor: YouTube Is Built On the Back Of Stolen Content (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Don't forget to mention that he posted some of his own material to The Pirate Bay in 2006, most notably the DVDs for Broken and Closure that have never seen an official release.

  10. Re:I live in Chicago, and you HAVE IT WRONG... on Chicago Sends More Than 100,000 "Bogus" Camera-Based Speeding Tickets · · Score: 1

    I would "reasonably" expect children to be present in a school zone an hour before school starts and maybe a couple of hours after school ended.

    I wouldn't consider it reasonable to expect children to be present while school was in session -- I mean, they're inside being taught, right?

    Exactly my complaint with these zones.

    If a playground area is directly adjacent to a road, then there is an argument for enforcing the lower limit through the whole school day on that road.

    Otherwise the limit should only be in place during the start and end of the school day.

  11. Re:The concept vs reality on Volvo Unveils Autonomous Concept Car, WIth Retracting Wheel, 25" Display (computerworld.com) · · Score: 1

    Perhaps they should have confirmed the vehicle had pedestrian collision detection ability before testing it on themselves?

  12. Re:Volvo says it will be liable for any accidents on Volvo Unveils Autonomous Concept Car, WIth Retracting Wheel, 25" Display (computerworld.com) · · Score: 1

    Perfectly appropriate response. The VW story isn't exactly an obscure bit of news.

  13. Check your privileged ignorance, AC on After Paris, ISIS Moves Propaganda Machine To Darknet (csoonline.com) · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Denmark surrendered two hours after being invaded in the war, but the French get all the bad press.

    No excuse for such ignorance in the age of Wikipedia.

    Update your joke to a level appropriate for this site populated by genius-level intellects and try again.

  14. Re:This is really wierd on After Paris, ISIS Moves Propaganda Machine To Darknet (csoonline.com) · · Score: 0

    That's nothing more than a limitation of your own information bubble.

    You sound like a SJW. Al Jazeera covers the topic of Muslims killing Musilms in great detail and is arguably more left in its perspectives than Mother Jones.

    Check it out, maybe you will learn something.

  15. Re:That's why Windows 10 should have ONLY been 64- on Latest EMET Bypass Targets WoW64 Windows Subsystem (threatpost.com) · · Score: 1

    There's no reason to limp along with 32-bit hardware in late 2015. Core 2 came out in 2006 and signalled the "fast enough" era we still live in today... anything older is just wasting electricity and time.

    Schools and businesses sell off Core 2 hardware for next to nothing. Craigslist will also yield good deals.

    Your mother deserves better.

  16. Re:On Streamability on eSports and Livestreaming Buoy PC Gaming (hopesandfears.com) · · Score: 2

    I still don't understand why someone would comment on Slashdot about people watching other people playing games rather than just playing the games themselves?

    Oh wait...

  17. Re:I don't get it on Drug Firm Offers $1 Version of $750 Daraprim Pill (chicagotribune.com) · · Score: 2

    Instead of having a centrally planned monopoly and trying to determine a "sufficient" budget, I would much rather have competing companies that have to raise funds by convincing skeptical investors, and then have to generate profits by pleasing their customers.

    How does that differ from the pre-FDA situation? It would seem problems with that model is exactly why the FDA was created in the first place.

  18. Re:What happened = gambling + sports on Another 'StarCraft' Cheating Scandal Rocks Korea (playerattack.com) · · Score: 1

    The skill aspect is more about finding players who are undervaluing by the gambling site's rating system than predicting the future of the actual contests.

    A small number of people rake in most of the winnings on these sites, especially since they are allowed into every betting competition on the site.

  19. Re:Just Sell It World Wide on BBC Begins Blocking VPN Access To iPlayer (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 1

    Al Jazeera is deeply liberal. It just has a much more serious and less clickbaity tone than so many other liberal news sources these days (Salon, anyone?)

    Whether this liberalism is for propaganda purposes or not is left to the reader to decide.

  20. Re:arXiv links on An Experiment Could Determine Whether Gravity Is Quantized (forbes.com) · · Score: 1

    It's so small you wouldn't even notice if you ate it.

  21. Re:Stop with the Crapper myth! on The Most Disruptive Technology of the Last 100 Years Isn't What You Think · · Score: 1

    The effect of malaria eradication is significantly higher IQ for a majority of people who are no longer exposed to it prenatally. The effect of higher IQ on the economy and technological progress can hardly be overstated. It makes the entire difference in the wealth of nations.

    Indeed. The large increase and then decrease in criminality in many countries during the last 50 years appears to linked to the increase and then decrease to lead exposure from leaded gasoline.

  22. Re:Truly disruptive on The Most Disruptive Technology of the Last 100 Years Isn't What You Think · · Score: 1

    This isn't how it works. People move to where there is economic opportunity and business interests that pay wages encourage this because it increases job competition and lowers average compensation.

    Places like San Francisco are certainly not underpopulated, but people move their seeking economic benefit.

    Neoliberalism is the link that combines all the countries experiencing influx together, not contraception.

  23. Re:Truly disruptive on The Most Disruptive Technology of the Last 100 Years Isn't What You Think · · Score: 1

    One of the biggest problem in Brazil is that people use credit cards for survival necessities like food, so they are never economically free.

    This isn't really down to individual choice, it's systematically encouraged by modern money supply flows. A significant number of people not being in debt would entirely disrupt the current system.

  24. You'd have to get a new motherboard and RAM to upgrade to this. Not worth it for your use.

  25. AdBlock, NoScript, etc? on If You're Not Paranoid About Your Privacy, You're Crazy (theatlantic.com) · · Score: 1

    It does not require esoteric knowledge to prevent some of the "coincidences" the article discusses. Block ads, block third-party cookies, refuse unnecessary scripts... those actions will actually prevent some of this from happening and the authour is negligent to not mention them.

    Going to visit the NSA data center, in contrast, accomplishes jackshit.