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  1. Hell, the NSA thinks MAYBE all these phone numbers assisted with 2 terrorist related events. At least, that's what they told Congress, under oath.

    In an unclassified environment.

    Most of this stuff is classified, you can go to federal prison for talking about it in unclassified environments. Take from that what you will.

    I would say that the crap in Ukraine can directly be attributed to the leaks, as Russia learned how to work around the intelligence agencies so that their movement to annex parts of the Ukraine was not detected until it was too late.

    I would also expect that the Paris attacks could have been stopped with the access they allegedly had.

  2. Aspergers is in the DSM under Autism Spectrum Disorders. What would you call it? If it isn't a mental illness, than what is a mental illness?

    Coming from someone who has this disorder...

  3. Re: Did you know? on Slashdot Asks: What's Your Favorite Doom Story? · · Score: 1

    If you aren't sick of it, submit a story where you can discuss it.

  4. Re:Time to sue on Microsoft Auto-Scheduling Windows 10 Updates (tomshardware.com) · · Score: 1

    Don't you have to prove damage to actually get anything out of the action though? Did they damage your computer? How about the fact that you can downgrade quite easily? Also, all of these articles seem to have one thing in common, they are BS to get people up in arms. MS has never allowed Windows 10 to auto install with no user interaction, it is fud to say they have.

  5. Re: Oh my god on Oracle V. Google Being Decided By Clueless Judge and Jury (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    This falls flat in reality. Many devices have their own power receptacles on device-end (micro-USB, firewire, etc.) and those are all licensed. The in-wall receptacle in various countries (and in this case we consider the US) were also once licensed, but most of those have expired at this point.

    Which is kind of exactly the point being made. All of those different connectors is due to differences in the specifications or due to copyright. You have a bigger plug on a 30 amp power supply, or a 220 V source than a 110 V or 15 A. Micro, mini, lightning, these are all copyright or physical size decisions, mini stopped being used when cell phones became too small to accommodate the connector.

    If Oracle wants to demand licensing fees on the Java API, it's hard to argue that they shouldn't be allowed to do so.

    If Oracle wants to go proprietary, then maybe we need to invent a new Micro USB connector to get around the idiocy of the lightning connector being locked up in licensing fees. If Oracle goes with a fee structure, someone will just invent a new Java and no one will use that crap that Oracle makes you pay for.

  6. Re:"The G part stands for GNU?" on Oracle V. Google Being Decided By Clueless Judge and Jury (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    Say, what else does this GIMP of yours do?

    He runs around in a skin tight vinyl suit.

  7. Re: "The G part stands for GNU?" on Oracle V. Google Being Decided By Clueless Judge and Jury (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    You do realize that that comment indicates that you yourself feel you are a smug doofus right?

  8. Re:"The G part stands for GNU?" on Oracle V. Google Being Decided By Clueless Judge and Jury (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    17 Billion? What time period do you call home?

  9. Re:"The G part stands for GNU?" on Oracle V. Google Being Decided By Clueless Judge and Jury (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    So, ah, we noticed your blinker fluid was getting low, so we ah filled it up. That will be an additional $20 for your oil change, you really should check that blinker fluid more often.

  10. Assuming you are saying Toronto to Orlando, that is one hell of a weekend trip...why bother?

    https://www.google.com/maps/di...

    18 hours each way, did they do that with two drivers?

  11. Re:ineffective security theater on Homeland Security Cuts Causing Extreme Delays And Missed Flights (chicagotribune.com) · · Score: 1

    Is Hillary any better though? It seems like both parties chose horrible candidates this time around.

    Who makes up the parties anyways? My understanding was that the GOP was made up of its members, in which case, Trump is exactly the candidate that was selected by the party. The party isn't just the politicians and party leadership.

  12. Re:Same could be said for lots of ambitious produc on Former Employee Accuses Wireless Charging Startup uBeam of Being a Sham (ieee.org) · · Score: 1

    The solar panels developed by the company were claimed to be unlike any other product ever tried in the industry. The panels were made of racks of cylindrical tubes (also called tubular solar panels), as opposed to traditional flat panels. Solyndra rolled its CIGS thin films into a cylindrical shape and placed 40 of them in each 1-meter-by-2-meter panel. Solyndra designers thought the cylindrical solar panels absorbed energy from any direction (direct, indirect, and reflected light).[6]

    Second paragraph of the Technology section. Perhaps your reading abilities aren't up to snuff?
    The last edit was April 26, so it wasn't changed in the past few days.

  13. You aren't a parent are you?

    It is amazing how quick things like this happen, and you can't watch the child 24/7.

  14. Re: Don't Bother with ZFS on ZFS For Linux Finally Lands In Debian GNU/Linux Repos (softpedia.com) · · Score: 1

    Have you heard of this new docker thing? Virtualization is so outdated, you make extra copies of the OS?

  15. Re:What happens if you take it on a forest road? on Google Paying Arizona Residents $20/Hr To Test Self-Driving Cars (mashable.com) · · Score: 1

    If that is the case, can it really be called a road anymore? If it breaks 4x4s, it is likely a trail, and likely most cars wouldn't survive the road, self driving or not.

  16. Re:What happens if you take it on a forest road? on Google Paying Arizona Residents $20/Hr To Test Self-Driving Cars (mashable.com) · · Score: 1

    It drives down the road?

    What is the concern that you are trying to imply?

  17. Re:B.A./B.S. Degree on Google Paying Arizona Residents $20/Hr To Test Self-Driving Cars (mashable.com) · · Score: 1

    My apostrophe works just fine, perhaps it is because you are using some weird character?

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  18. Re:The most expensive Phoenix test... on Google Paying Arizona Residents $20/Hr To Test Self-Driving Cars (mashable.com) · · Score: 1

    High speed? On a Google self driving car?

  19. Re:Am I the only one on Google Paying Arizona Residents $20/Hr To Test Self-Driving Cars (mashable.com) · · Score: 1

    Not with the AI driving, all it needs is a red light or a stop sign and it will get caught.

  20. Re:$20 an hour for a BA/BS degree? on Google Paying Arizona Residents $20/Hr To Test Self-Driving Cars (mashable.com) · · Score: 1

    Is that still true for college graduates?

  21. Re:1870s to 1970s on Ask Slashdot: What Was The Greatest Era Of Innovation? (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Specifically, I would say that social innovation took the front seat at that point.

  22. Re:1870s to 1970s on Ask Slashdot: What Was The Greatest Era Of Innovation? (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Heck, that's nothing, he also landed on an ice planet in another galaxy!

  23. Re:that's an easy one! on Ask Slashdot: What Was The Greatest Era Of Innovation? (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    But beer tastes better than Mead, Sake, and Wine mixed together.

  24. Re:that's an easy one! on Ask Slashdot: What Was The Greatest Era Of Innovation? (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Except it doesn't protect against chemical contaminants like lead or arsenic, but keep up the boiling!

  25. Re:Robots on Hyundai's New 'Wearable Robot' Gives You Super-Strength (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    You mean we finally get Power Loaders? I'll buy one...you never know when the aliens might attack.

    http://avp.wikia.com/wiki/Cate...