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  1. BAZAAR

  2. The summary also completely fails to mention what the hell kind of software he was looking for.

  3. Re: Burnouts are illegal. on New Ford Mustang May Have Electronic "Burnout" Button · · Score: 1

    The general rule everywhere else I've driven is that traffic going straight has right-of-way, and those turning yield, which I suppose is why I was so surprised.

  4. Re:Already There on 3-D Printed Gun Ban Fails In Senate · · Score: 1

    You're talking illegal civilian murders vs. government-sanctioned military operations. Conflating the two is a particularly strained argument.

    Wait...you're saying that gun control *caused* World War II? How is that? Yes, there was the Washington Naval Treaty, but I'm not grasping your logic here.

  5. Re:Good on 3-D Printed Gun Ban Fails In Senate · · Score: 1

    Dammit. The preview showed "victims" highlighted but it vanished on submission?

  6. Re:Already There on 3-D Printed Gun Ban Fails In Senate · · Score: 1

    N/A

  7. Re:Good on 3-D Printed Gun Ban Fails In Senate · · Score: 1

    http://www.cbsnews.com/news/feds-49-of-murder-victims-are-black-men/

  8. Re:Good on 3-D Printed Gun Ban Fails In Senate · · Score: 1

    Optimistically interpreted, he's saying it's unfortunate that the segment of gun violence that has attention drawn to it in the media isn't a larger chunk of the overall problem, the drawing of attention to which would be more effective comparatively.

  9. Re:Burnouts are illegal. on New Ford Mustang May Have Electronic "Burnout" Button · · Score: 1

    I ran across a T-junction with a yield sign at the base of the T not too long ago. As there was also gravel in the intersection, I believe it may have been very slightly uphill, and night, I didn't immediately realize it was a T-junction and very nearly had a heart attack.

    Only in the rural Midwest...

  10. Re:Why? on The Quest To Build Xbox One and PS4 Emulators · · Score: 1

    Good point. I suppose it depends whether we define 'emulator' and 'simulator' as being on the same continuum. If the emulator itself circumvents the security, I suppose I would indeed call it an emulator. But of course that makes it even harder to legally distribute...

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emulator#Emulation_versus_simulation
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simulator#Computer_simulation

  11. Re:Why? on The Quest To Build Xbox One and PS4 Emulators · · Score: 1

    Well, the term 'emulator' in my mind suggests that it functions as close as possible to the original version, and DRM would be technically included in that. Obviously we wouldn't *want* it to, but...

  12. Re:Why? on The Quest To Build Xbox One and PS4 Emulators · · Score: 1

    Unfortunately all the license authentication and multiplayer servers will be down long before then...

  13. Re:Locked down tighter than a CEO's wallet on The Quest To Build Xbox One and PS4 Emulators · · Score: 1

    Schroedinghole

  14. Re:Every single one of them is guilty? on Employee Morale Is Suffering At the NSA · · Score: 1

    So by this logic, do you blame every German citizen leading up to World War II? Every Soviet citizen during the Cold War?

  15. Re:Microsoft enters the lucrative fat shaming mark on Microsoft's New Smart Bra Could Stop You From Over Eating · · Score: 1
  16. Re:"Brightest Flashlight Free" on FTC Drops the Hammer On Maker of Location-Sharing Flashlight App · · Score: 1

    Having no experience with the setup, I suspect it would take a little time for me to familiarize myself with how to package it. And are there any platform considerations? As this is Android...

    Note also that I said "probably less than a day," which would cover "minutes."

  17. Re:"Brightest Flashlight Free" on FTC Drops the Hammer On Maker of Location-Sharing Flashlight App · · Score: 1

    Thanks for reminding me--a flashlight app with ads?! So very wrong. I love it when people try to make money off of something I could probably code myself in less than a day.

  18. Re:Inventors are being targeted by a hate campaign on Patent Troll Bill Clears House With Huge Majority · · Score: 1

    You do realize that if we were to execute this "party engaging in evil must be crucified" idea that I keep hearing thrown around on Slashdot, sooner or later it would be used on those it was intended to protect, right?

  19. Re:Mandela has died on Patent Troll Bill Clears House With Huge Majority · · Score: 1

    I enjoyed the completely unnecessary commas and missing hyphenation in the main comment, too.

  20. Re:Darwin on Thieves Who Stole Cobalt-60 Will Soon Be Dead · · Score: 1

    It can be, but in both the original article and the article I linked to, the radioactive material in question was not powering anything.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radioisotope_thermoelectric_generator

  21. "Brightest Flashlight Free" on FTC Drops the Hammer On Maker of Location-Sharing Flashlight App · · Score: 1

    Just the name of the app already triggers my warning bells. Poor grammar (why is "Free" in the app name, let alone at the end?!) and the "Brightest!" modifier (reminds me of all those countries with "People's" and "Democratic" in the names) make me suspicious. And this was in the Google store? Shame, Google.

  22. Re:"effective technological measure" on German Court: Open Source Project Liable For 3rd Party DRM-Busting Coding · · Score: 1

    Confucius says, "The programmatic equivalent of waving my dick at it and having it decrypt doesn't work if you're a woman."

  23. Re:Yeah, they all require an email address on Two Million Passwords Compromised By Keylogger Virus · · Score: 1

    Well, "once" does not equal "never," now, does it?

  24. Re:Darwin on Thieves Who Stole Cobalt-60 Will Soon Be Dead · · Score: 1

    s/glows/glows without a power source/g

  25. Re:More conspiracy bullshit on Two Million Passwords Compromised By Keylogger Virus · · Score: 1

    No need for an external outgoing connection if they're harvesting them on the way to the junkyard. And like I said, busting open the thing physically exceeds my definition of 'trivial,' partly because you have to already know it's there, too.