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  1. Re: Being on a board of directors is good work on Al Gore Sells $29.5 Million In Apple Stock (appleinsider.com) · · Score: 1

    Watch the Al Gore and Hillary Clinton sex tape

    I don't think they make enough eye wash for that.

  2. Re: Poor Guy. Guess He Needs the Money... on Al Gore Sells $29.5 Million In Apple Stock (appleinsider.com) · · Score: 1

    Personally, I would rather that they not put their opinions in their work, that isn't how science works.

  3. Re: No you dont on Appeals Court: You Have the Right To Film the Police (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    If you want to impeach Trump, the first thing you need to do is point to a law that he has broken. It must be a serious offence in order to qualify.

  4. Re:pointless on Slashdot Asks: Are Curved TVs Worth It? (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    And it has no optical audio outputs. You're never going to get those from anybody. The content producers won't let you have them. Current video sources (Blu-Ray and Ultra Blu-Ray, streaming boxes) are only allowed to pass high resolution audio formats over HDCP-protected HDMI. Any non-protected audio outputs are required to be downsampled to 16/48 or less, or restricted to the older lossy multichannel formats like the original Dolby Digital or DTS.

    Frankly, that particular requirement doesn't make much sense. Wouldn't it be better to just use a receiver to do the HDMI switching and automatically decode the audio and amplify it out to your speakers? Why even bother with optical when the signal is already in the HDMI cable.

  5. Aren't you a happy ray of sunshine.

  6. Re: Why is Amazon/Alexa even saving recordings? on Amazon Argues That Alexa Is Protected By the First Amendment in a Murder Trial (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    All it would take is a transparent portal that allows the customer to see a transparent switch leading to the wires of the mic that customers can clearly see connecting and disconnecting.

    The only switch which I can think of that you can visually see the connection on would be a frankenstein switch. Do you expect them to put an expensive frankenstein switch into the unit just to appease some paranoid individuals who would just then state that it wasn't really hooked to the mic, or that there is another mic buried inside that isn't disconnected? People who are concerned about this type of issue will never be appeased, no matter how much work the company puts into making it privacy friendly.

    If you don't like Alexa/Echo, don't buy it. It is really simple.

    https://www.google.com/search?...

  7. Re:Only Tech? on Tech Reporting Is More Negative Now Than in the Past (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    Erdogan also wants non APK supporting Turks to be arrested and extradited to Erdogan's Turkey.

    Be careful bringing him up, all it takes is three times saying the name to summon the demon.

  8. Re:Those who can't get over it have to wait line on Google Says Almost Every Recent 'Trusted' DMCA Notices Were Bogus (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 1

    http://www.pbs.org/pov/bibliob...

    I don't know, 99% isn't too bad. It looks like it is about equal with most of Europe, though some countries are better.

  9. Re:"Taxes applied to worldwide earnings" on Apple Files 14-Point Appeal Against European Commission's $14 Billion Tax Edict (appleinsider.com) · · Score: 1

    The Irish Tax authority isn't the right authority on what taxes are owed in Ireland? What crack are you on, and where can I get some?

  10. But he did not have sexual relations with that woman!

    Is doesn't really mean what you think it means. /sarcasm

  11. Re: Shiva Ayyadurai is a fraud. on Techdirt Asks Judge To Dismiss Another Lawsuit By That Guy Who Didn't Invent Email (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    I love pointing out the horrible technical errors they make in that show. For something that is supposed to be about a genius, it is amazing how much they get wrong.

  12. Re: Shiva Ayyadurai is a fraud. on Techdirt Asks Judge To Dismiss Another Lawsuit By That Guy Who Didn't Invent Email (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Let's see... the only people saying Snopes is wrong are blatantly alt-right white nationalists or ultra-conservatives who dislike facts and rationality

    What makes you say that? Were they at the same time making Nazi salutes and calling for the destruction of all Jews?

  13. From your fine article:

    POTUS's 'old, unsecure Android phone' is probably a Samsung Galaxy S3 — a model from almost five years ago.

    They think his phone might be a Galaxy S3.

  14. Re: I got a probe for ya.... on Congressman Calls For Probe Into Trump's Unsecured Android Phone (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Perhaps you should read more about the issues with Hillary's private email server. It wasn't the phone people had issues with. Her server was found by the FBI to contain 1000 classified emails (at the time they were sent), she used a private email server to get around the official records act that would have put her communications under the FOIA, which was a law the Democrats enacted to be able to prevent, or at least detect, corruption. So, Hillary intentionally dodged the laws around FOIA, as a way to act corrupt and not get caught. How is this in any way comparable to the president (possibly!) using a private Android phone on Twitter?

  15. Re:"Refactoring ray" the wannabe! on YouTube Will Kill Unskippable 30-Second Ads Next Year (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Even while being a "software janitor", he still contributes more to the world than you do. Why do you feel the need to attack every person that points out how much of a nuisance you are?

  16. Re:It's "refactoring ray" the wannabe! on YouTube Will Kill Unskippable 30-Second Ads Next Year (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    His vitamin B-12 levels might be low according to an earlier Slashdot article to this one.

  17. Re:ads on youtube on YouTube Will Kill Unskippable 30-Second Ads Next Year (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    I have no issue with Adblock +, but some have issues with their acceptable ad program.

  18. Re:UBlock = inferior + inefficient vs. hosts on YouTube Will Kill Unskippable 30-Second Ads Next Year (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Technically, it does, but it is so painfully slow to use hosts files in his way that it isn't worth even trying to do it.

  19. Re:LOL - DNS is LOADED w/ security issues on YouTube Will Kill Unskippable 30-Second Ads Next Year (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Considering you are responding to someone suggesting a local DNS resolver, what does that have to do with a remote DNS resolver? Face it, your software is an archaic relic of a bygone era of computing. DNS is by far the better option in all situations.

  20. Re:I play them just fine, no hang on YouTube Will Kill Unskippable 30-Second Ads Next Year (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    I cannot conceive of the hell that would be. He keeps begging me for my real name, maybe so he can torment me IRL like he tries to do here?

  21. In most distros I have played with, it is not setup to be logged into as root, but you can modify it if you want. And then there is Gentoo.

  22. Well, the Democrats did cede from the union before...

  23. They also had the "courage" to have an integrated optical drive option. I have been bitten too many times by not having an optical drive to play movies from.

  24. Re:I'll never understand on Your Personal Facebook Live Videos Can Legally End Up on TV (thememo.com) · · Score: 1

    I thought "significant other" was the proper term to use in this case. Either that, or +1.

  25. Re:Not burned it, want me back. I fired myself onc on BlackBerry Sued By Over 300 Former Employees (mobilesyrup.com) · · Score: 1

    It sounds like you gave a two week notice (or whatever length of time), the previous comment you made sounded like you just walked out one day, which is where the burning bridges comment above appears to come from.

    There is never anything wrong with leaving a company for whatever reason, but it is wise to give proper notice before leaving the company to not leave them in a lurch.