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  1. Re:Security theater on AVG Forces Chrome Extension On Users, Extension Is Woefully Insecure (google.com) · · Score: 1

    You should also ask yourself why IBM would do so just when the next greatest OS release from MS was about to drop, complete with its "live update" process that you can't opt out of.

    Are you saying IBM's IT department was too stupid to use WSUS or even to set delayed updates through GPO and use another solution?

    Yes, updates are forced on Windows 10 Home users, as it has been proven time and again that they are incapable of managing updates. Don't like the automatic updates, spring for the Pro edition or setup a domain.

  2. Re:Eh on Russia Cancels All Moon Missions Till 2025 (sputniknews.com) · · Score: 2

    The moon would be a good place to do the refining from the asteroid mining. Some gravity, but not so much it makes it hard to launch, and little atmosphere to worry about contaminating the metals. Doing smelting in freefall would be difficult, as the separation of impurities only works well under gravity.

  3. Re:maybe it was the wrong application on Robot Mule Put Out To Pasture By Marine Corps (nbcnews.com) · · Score: 1

    I guess that is the wrong robot, but if the Marines don't like the LS3, why not go with big dog, they are roughly equivalent.

  4. Re:maybe it was the wrong application on Robot Mule Put Out To Pasture By Marine Corps (nbcnews.com) · · Score: 2

    rough terrain, as in rocky and steep. I doubt the tortoise could manage much faster. I doubt the humans are moving much faster on the rough terrain they are speaking of.

    BigDog runs at 4 mph, climbs slopes up to 35 degrees, walks across rubble, climbs muddy hiking trails, walks in snow and water, and carries 340 lb load.

    http://www.bostondynamics.com/...

  5. Re:Breakin' the law, breakin' the law on Drone Ban Extends 30 Miles Around DC, Per FAA (wusa9.com) · · Score: 1

    A crow has more chance of taking down an aircraft than a drone, which is still 0% chance.

  6. Re:Breakin' the law, breakin' the law on Drone Ban Extends 30 Miles Around DC, Per FAA (wusa9.com) · · Score: 1

    It does. It blocks any unamanned aircraft in most of Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia. This includes such things as a little model rocket, as there is no manning it. This covers a considerable portion of land where you couldn't possibly get close enough to hit an aircraft.

  7. Re:Breakin' the law, breakin' the law on Drone Ban Extends 30 Miles Around DC, Per FAA (wusa9.com) · · Score: 1

    I'm thinking of all the aircraft this bans

    You can't launch a model rocket in most of Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia now. You can't fly any model aircraft.

    I looked into the FAA site, and it just uses a nebulous Drone/Unmanned Aircraft term, it doesn't give specifics if weight in any way, so it is very broad on what it blocks.

  8. Re:Breakin' the law, breakin' the law on Drone Ban Extends 30 Miles Around DC, Per FAA (wusa9.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    30 miles from washington national airport covers the southern portion of Baltimore, including the inner harbor, as well as a significant portion of the state of Maryland.

    Look at Google maps, the mile key is on the bottom right corner. I used a post-it to mark the distance. It covers the entirety of Anne Arundel County, which includes Annapolis. That is a pretty significant reach.

  9. Re:Breakin' the law, breakin' the law on Drone Ban Extends 30 Miles Around DC, Per FAA (wusa9.com) · · Score: 1

    So, you think that it is less likely that a turtle will down an aircraft (after being kicked up by the wheels), than a drone which has the same characteristics (to a jet engine) as a goose?

  10. Re: Someone Enlighten us on the Copyright Details on The Fan HD Remakes Yet To Be Banned (redbull.com) · · Score: 1

    no "fan"-game would ever pass the trademark test unless the game company went out of business, and the trademarks have expired.

    Not exactly. The fan game can ask permission to use the trademark, then it need not be defended as it is a licensed use. This is how Coca-Cola Bottling companies (independent companies that mix soda and distribute it) are allowed to use the Coca-Cola name and branding.

  11. I missed you at the last protest. Did you forget your Fawkes mask?

  12. Some states are starting to require a bike license to be able to ride a bike on the road. Bikes are considered by law to be vehicles and must follow the same laws as cars (in most cases).

    Though this law always made me chuckle:
    http://www.craveonline.com/sit...

    #3. In Pennsylvania any motorist who sights a team of horses coming toward him must pull well off the road, cover his car with a blanket or canvas that blends with the countryside, and let the horses pass. If the horses appear skittish, the motorist must take his car apart, piece by piece, and hide it under the nearest bushes.

  13. And having a horse run over you is very likely to kill you just like a car is.

  14. Re:Not the best examples on TSA Moves Closer To Rejecting Some State Driver's Licenses For Airline Travel (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1
  15. Re:Private citizens had superior rifles to soldier on TSA Moves Closer To Rejecting Some State Driver's Licenses For Airline Travel (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Heck, most of the cannon used were privately owned. Cannons on ships were mostly privately owned unless it was a government owned ship.

    Also, they had things that were more akin to mortars than rockets that were described in the Star Spangled Banner.

  16. Re:Not the best examples on TSA Moves Closer To Rejecting Some State Driver's Licenses For Airline Travel (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    The militia clause could be dropped entirely from the amendment without changing the amendment in any appreciable way. It was a reason for everyone to be allowed to own arms, not the right, the right is to bear arms.

    A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.

    The second comma there is dividing the reason for the right from the actual right, it does not modify the right in any way.

  17. The Fifth Amendment eh?

    No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a grand jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the militia, when in actual service in time of war or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.

    Did you perhaps mean the Fourth Amendment?

    The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.

    But, the real question is, is this search unreasonable, the courts have held that it is reasonable to search people before flights due to the danger that weapons pose on flights.

  18. Re:Not my money, yet on Star Wars Pulls In $1 Billion At Record Speed (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Utilising a 2 inch monochrome CRT driven at a very high accelerating voltage for the size (typically 25 kV), the tube produced an extremely bright picture which was projected via a schmidt lens and mirror assembly onto a semi translucent screen of typically 17 to 19 inches in size. The resultant picture was darker than with a direct view CRT and had to be watched in subdued lighting. The degree to which the tube was driven meant that the tube had a relatively short life.

    Because clearly, a 17-19 inch rear projection CRT is totally the same thing as a 100 inch rear projection TV that isn't a CRT. Also, as the CRT is only 2 inch, wouldn't it be a 2 inch crt with a rear projection setup on it?

  19. Re:I Am Not a Bot on Ashley Madison Says It Added 4 Million Members Since the Hack (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    And the comment itself in Shatner's voice?

  20. Re:Obligatory XKCD on Fixing JavaScript's Broken Random Number Generator (hackaday.com) · · Score: -1, Troll

    Aww, did he hurt your feelings by not kowtowing to the liberal ideology?

  21. Re:Stupid writing on HAMR Hard Disk Drives Postponed To 2018 (anandtech.com) · · Score: 1

    My guess is that SSDs would beat on areal density anyways seeing as how they are stored in chips that take up nearly no space. As well, each of those chips is mostly ceramic and metal leads, so the actual areal density of the storage would be even more if you remove all that packaging.

  22. Re:Not true! on HAMR Hard Disk Drives Postponed To 2018 (anandtech.com) · · Score: 1

    Unfortunately, Justin Hammer is suing MC Hammer for infringing on his name.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

  23. Re:Who cares? on HAMR Hard Disk Drives Postponed To 2018 (anandtech.com) · · Score: 1

    1440x900? What, are you running a 14 inch crt there? Try 1920x1200 a bit.

  24. Re:Random access speed more important than through on HAMR Hard Disk Drives Postponed To 2018 (anandtech.com) · · Score: 1

    There has never been an edit button on Slashdot. There is a continue editing button before you click submit.

  25. Re: How unexpected on Allegations of Data Manipulation At Theranos (wsj.com) · · Score: 1

    That is why their need to be basic rules.

    Such as the rules of grammar?