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  1. Re:What about presumption of circuit innocence? on Germany Urged To Champion Global Treaty To Ban 'Killer Robots' · · Score: 1

    A true "killer robot" will have a flash suppressor, foldable stock, high capacity magazine, a pistol grip and most likely a black finish. These are all key indicators of a machine that can only be used for wanton destruction and thus no other possible use.

  2. Re:The only reason on YouTube Red is Having an Identity Crisis (digiday.com) · · Score: 2

    From my perspective, I pay for YouTube Red and get Google Play Music as a free bonus. I watch a LOT of YouTube videos on my TV and not having to sit through the same boring commercials every time I start a new video was worth the $9.95/mo. Then I bought a Google Home device last year and got 6 months for free of both - it finally ran out and I'm back to having to pay for it. It is worth it, in my opinion. I don't stream that much music, so I wouldn't pay for just a music streaming service...

  3. Re:Why only when there is a death? on Family of 'Swat' Victim Sues Kansas Police, Lawmakers Propose 40-Year Jail Terms (cbsnews.com) · · Score: 1

    If you set the house on fire and it was an intentional act, then yes...

  4. Re:Correlation does not imply causation! on Leaving the House Linked To Longevity in Older Adults (yahoo.com) · · Score: 2

    God is love.
    Love is blind
    Stevie Wonder is blind
    Stevie Wonder is God.

    It's the Commutative Property of Theology

  5. Are these the same ISPs who have been quoted as saying they would absolutely love to limit things and do the horrible things that Net Neutrality prevents - if only it weren't for those meddling kids and their stupid Net Neutrality rules keeping them from doing so?

  6. Scare Mongering Story is Scare Mongering on Researchers Identify 44 Trackers in More Than 300 Android Apps (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    From the article:

    "In total, researchers said they identified 44 trackers embedded in over 300 Android apps. Overall, three-quarters of the 300+ apps Exodus analyzed contained at least one tracking component, with Google's CrashLytics and DoubleClick being the most popular trackers.

    While some trackers collected only app crash reports (such as Google's CrashLytics), some of these trackers also collected app usage info and user details, some of which were sensitive in nature."

    So, a majority of the apps are "contaminated" only with a plug-in from Google that collects "only app crash reports" - but somehow this indicates a massive privacy breach in 300+ Android apps? I think they may be a little overly paranoid on this one. Get back to me with legit numbers of "real, scary" tracking plug-ins...

  7. I seriously doubt that...

    "Alexa... How many people use Amazon Echo? Really? Only one? But I have one...."

  8. Re:Analysis on Google Will Release a New Pixel Phone this Year (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    Film at 11.

  9. Re:Borrowing features on Apple's iPhone 8 To Replace Touch ID Home Button With 'Function Area' (appleinsider.com) · · Score: 1

    It's not a question of whether or not someone likes Apple. Many of the "all new, we just created this and it's never been seen before!" additions to iOS have been blatant rip-offs of features in use for Android for months, if not years before Apple claims it is "all new".

    It's the exact sort of crap that Apple would have sued for if the roles were reversed.

  10. Re:Uh... on Google Uses Search To Push Its Products: WSJ (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1

    Which "Monopoly" is Google responsible for? Search? Pretty sure Bing and Yahoo (and other even less popular search engines still exist) Android? Lots of companies making Android devices and even forking the Android OS.

  11. Technically, as it's the Navy, they would be Sailors - not Soldiers. And as the Navy is the only US armed force that owns and operates a nuclear powered rail gun, I would much rather take my chances with the Soldiers...

  12. Would that be your Jewish friends with the tinfoil yamakas by any chance?

  13. Re:Keep on insulting, it's all you got on Top DNC Staffers Leave Following WikiLeaks Email Scandal (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1

    You forgot the fake KKK members supporting Trump (take a good close look at the color of the skin on their hands) http://www.bizpacreview.com/wp...

  14. Yes, but why bother to patch such an exploit in an OS that you've already killed off yourself? Why not open up the market to let people take advantage of the hardware rather than let it end up in the Landfill? The answer of course is, "because they're Microsoft, duh?", but what value did this add?

  15. Re:Actually, the question **I** would like to know on GoPro Footage Gives You A Rocket's-Eye View Of Spaceflight (gizmag.com) · · Score: 2

    It didn't appear to be "in space" very long, and as convection heat loss drops along with the pressure and density of the atmosphere, the inside of the rocket should stay plenty warm for it's brief duration up there.

  16. Re:Reality check on Apple Employees, If Ordered To Unlock iPhone, Might Quit (nytimes.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    And no one in the history of everything has ever left a job, taken a job somewhere else, and then been hired back at their previous job at a higher rate of pay after things changed. Ever. Never gonna happen.

  17. Re:health concerns on Apple Developing Wireless Charging For Mobile Devices (thestack.com) · · Score: 1

    And we're done here...

  18. Re:But conspiracy theory on Apollo 16 Booster Impact Site Found (asu.edu) · · Score: 1

    uh-huh, uh-huh, I see... uh-huh...

    How do I subscribe to your newsletter?

  19. Re:Don't or Won't support Prime Video? on Amazon Follows Through: Drops Apple TV, Chromecast · · Score: 1

    And Stargate and Dark Matter are included with Prime, but not with youtube or even netflix. *cough*, *cough* - you mean this Dark Matter? http://www.netflix.com/search/...

  20. Re:Cautious committees on 2015 Nobel Prize In Chemistry Awarded To 3 For DNA Repair · · Score: 1

    I believe that was covered by previous poster's comment of "They don't want to hand out an award for something that later turns out to be wrong or not so important after all." Don't worry, I'm sure he'll return it to the Committee...

  21. Re:Time to let it die on Chrome AdBlock Joining Acceptable Ads Program (And Sold To Anonymous Company) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Or you could just uncheck the "Allow some non-intrusive" advertising check box...

  22. Re:Or... let there be light! on British Movie Theater Staff To Wear Night-Vision Goggles To Combat Movie Piracy · · Score: 1

    It wouldn't need to shine directly into the eyes of the audience - a lower power IR laser with a rotating diffraction grating could be projected onto the screen - invisible to the naked eye, very low risk of eye damage and would wreak havoc on most digital video recording devices...

  23. Re: Stupid people are stupid on 9th-Grader May Face Charges After Homemade Clock Mistaken For Bomb · · Score: 1

    There is really only one reason that women's volleyball gets viewers (other than family members)... https://www.google.com/search?...

  24. Re:What does the DoE get out of this? on World's Most Powerful Digital Camera Sees Construction Green Light · · Score: 1

    I came here to ask the same question...

  25. Re:Where's my disability money? on French Woman Gets €800/month For Electromagnetic-Field 'Disability' · · Score: 1

    I just spewed iced tea through my nose (not a pleasant experience, BWT)... and yet I have no Mod points with which to reward you..