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  1. If on How To Find Out If GCHQ and the NSA Spied On You, and How To Complain · · Score: 3, Interesting

    If it says you were spied on, it means:
    - maybe you were spied on
    - maybe you weren't spied on

    If it says you weren't spied on, it means:
    - maybe you weren't spied on
    - maybe you were spied on

    In either case, you may now be on a list that is asking. What a clever way of narrowing down the list of people the NSA needs to keep tabs on (If you're doing something wrong, you'll probably want to know if the authorities are on to you).

  2. Re:Drones and Morons on Only Self-Awareness Can Keep Drones Out of Do Not Fly Zones · · Score: 4, Interesting

    We don't have a drone problem, we have a fear mongering society problem. A society that demonizes things out of hysteria. A society that wants feel good knee-jerk reaction legislation (that IMO is often counter productive).

  3. Re:GPS fencing is probably not a bad idea on Only Self-Awareness Can Keep Drones Out of Do Not Fly Zones · · Score: 4, Interesting

    GPS is 1575mhz, which is affected by line-of-sight. If you don't have a clear line-of-sight, your location will be off. Inside my house, my location sometimes bounces around by 2 miles on my multirotor.

    Outside its affected by anything that refracts, diffracts or reflects radio waves. IE power lines, buildings, anything really. Power lines near my drone put it 10 feet to the opposite side.

    Or if you really want to affect it, just cup your hands around it. Doesn't take much to interfere with it.

  4. Re:GPS fencing is probably not a bad idea on Only Self-Awareness Can Keep Drones Out of Do Not Fly Zones · · Score: 2

    All people will do is unplug the GPS. Its an addon on most hobby drones anyways (Naza and Pixhawk).

    And GPS for drones is not $5. Its not expensive, but its not $5 either. Try looking up M8n gps or NEO-7m

  5. Re:FAA reporting formats of NFV in NOTAM on Only Self-Awareness Can Keep Drones Out of Do Not Fly Zones · · Score: 2

    The article is about 3DR, who sells the Pixhawk (open source hardware flight controller). The hardware is open source. The software is open source (Missionplanner).

    If the developers made airport no-fly zones un-fly-able, it would be trivial for the community to override. Also the developers would lose support. Currently Missionplanner does display airports, but it is for information purposes only (does not inhibit flying).

    Also, this would only work if GPS was enabled. If it was disabled, or removed entirely, these no-fly zones wouldn't work. Many drones (cheaper) do not have GPS so this article doesn't apply to them.

  6. Re:Unibody? on WSJ: We Need the Right To Repair Our Gadgets · · Score: 1

    Usually a cutoff wheel is used to cut, not a welder ;)

  7. Re:Unibody? on WSJ: We Need the Right To Repair Our Gadgets · · Score: 1

    You should see the wiring diagram for the headlight circuit on my '98 Subaru Forester. High and low beam always receive 12v, the dimmer switch selects which gets ground. Which all works well, until someone puts in a similar bulb with the ground terminal on a different post. Now my dash electrical is messed up as the lighting circuit flows through that to light the high beam indicator. Its easier to run my own headlight wiring (w/3 relays).

  8. Re:Psychology more scientific than cancer studies? on Study: More Than Half of Psychological Results Can't Be Reproduced · · Score: -1, Troll

    They're idiots, failure to keep up on the bleeding edge. Only studies that matter when it comes to cancer are studies about dichloroacetate and PDC/PDK or HIF. I'm boggled at how the medical community refuses to open their eyes to the cure to most cancers.

  9. Re:Unlimited! on Docs: Responding To Katrina, FBI Made Cell Phone Surveillance Its Priority · · Score: 1

    You sure they haven't? ;) H20 wireless... Tracphone...

  10. Re: buh, bye on Jeb Bush Comes Out Against Encryption · · Score: 2

    The right wing is severely splintered. There's the establishment side and there's the libertarian side. To see this in full effect, head over to ar15.com and read the General Discussion section.

  11. Re:What a clusterfuck on Clinton Surrendering Email Server/Data To Feds After Top Secret Mail Found · · Score: 1

    I guess you've never heard of Whitewater, travelgate, Rose law firm, her scandalous futures trades... if any of it is true, she should be behind bars.

  12. Re:China ... on Lenovo Installed Software On Laptops That Persisted After Complete Wipes · · Score: 1

    Most of the time I roll my eyes at tangents, but with how few people care about the NSA issue, I support this one.

  13. Re:It's the base assumption that is invalid on Prosecutors Op-Ed: Phone Encryption Blocks Justice · · Score: 1

    Its not a conspiracy as you allude to, its just ambulance chasing. Being an avid shooter, I'm well versed in the authoritarians "never letting a tragedy go to waste."

  14. Re:It's the base assumption that its invalid on Prosecutors Op-Ed: Phone Encryption Blocks Justice · · Score: 1

    We have the Bill of Rights because some people thought we needed to create a confusing redundant wording that explicitly enumerates some rights. Creating the idea that if a right is not enumerated, it is not retained. Even more confusing is the attempt at reversing this mistake with the 9th and 10th amendments.

  15. Re:AdBlock+ = inferior & 'souled-out' vs. host on Study: Ad Blocker Use Jumps 41 Percent · · Score: 2

    After seeing this spammed all over this page, I know what adblock software I'll *never* use

  16. Re:Heh... "Cost" on Study: Ad Blocker Use Jumps 41 Percent · · Score: 2

    In our current blame-others society (the article exemplifies this), the fence is starving that wolf. Some would even say that fence is killing the wolf.

  17. Re:No, not costing anything on Study: Ad Blocker Use Jumps 41 Percent · · Score: 5, Insightful

    “It is tragic that ad block users are inadvertently inflicting multi-billion dollar losses on the very websites they most enjoy,” said PageFair boss Sean Blanchfield.

    Failure to generate revenue apparently is a loss.

    Everyone on earth is losing trillions every second.

  18. Thank you EFF on EFF and MuckRock Need Your Help Tracking Biometric Surveillance · · Score: 3, Interesting

    You guys do a lot of good work.

  19. Re:Something wrong there on Google Self-Driving Car Rear-Ended In First Injury Accident · · Score: 0

    I avoid an accident a week. Sounds like the google car can't avoid not-at-fault accidents like humans can.

    There are many horrible drivers out there, as driving seems to have become a right. Computer driving system needs to avoid all accidents, not just proclaim after each one "its not its fault!"

  20. The cure for cancer. on The Cure Culture: Our Obsession With Cures That Are 'Just Around the Corner' · · Score: 1

    DCA cures most cancer. Not sure why it hasn't received more attention.

  21. Re:So what? on The Town That Banned Wi-Fi · · Score: 2

    If you don't change your lightbulb for her, that's harassment!

  22. Re:Please fix slashdot on Linux 4.1 Kernel Released With EXT4 Encryption, Performance Improvements · · Score: 0

    Who's whining? lol

  23. Please fix slashdot on Linux 4.1 Kernel Released With EXT4 Encryption, Performance Improvements · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Read More button gone. Stupid share button in its place.

  24. Re:People who don't review on Amazon Overhauling Customer Reviews · · Score: 1

    Not just people with problems review items now. With so few people in the work force, many people have all day with not much to do (seniors, stay at home moms...). Hence the very well done reviews. I've seen multi-page positive reviews that had to have taken an hour or two to write.

  25. Re:Good for the consumer? on Amazon Overhauling Customer Reviews · · Score: 1

    Of course the number of reviews is important. Which is why its very easy to see how many reviews it has.