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  1. Re:No mention of the internet architecture of cour on US Think Tank Wants To Regulate The Design of IoT Devices For Security Purposes (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 2

    How to create an economic incentive for security? Easy. Remember Part 15 of the FCC Rules? That sticker nobody reads anymore that says
    1. This device may not cause harmful interference.
    2. This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.

    Create the same for the IoT rubbish.

    Failure to comply makes YOU liable for any damage the device you created caused.

  2. Re: commercial advantages on White House Voices Concerns About China Cyber Law (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Germany had its Jews, the US has its Mexicans. With the main difference that there are rather few Mexicans you can steal a lot from.

    And yes, a lot of the German problems that led up to the rise of the Nazis could be blamed on Clemenceau and his zeal to annihilate Germany with the peace conditions, but by no means all of it. Germany also had politicians that led right up to the point where people did have the feeling that these politicians are doing a crappy job, and yes, quite a few did. Not all of them, there were a few honest, hard working men that tried their best to rebuild the country, but far too many were simply looking out for themselves, and only themselves.

    And people will follow anyone who promises an end to that.

  3. Re:The reasons I read /. for sure are changing on Weather Channel To Breitbart: Stop Citing Us To Spread Climate Skepticism (weather.com) · · Score: 1

    Here you go. Hope it's corny enough.

  4. Re:been there done that on Watchdog Group Claims Smart Toys Are Spying On Kids (mashable.com) · · Score: 1

    Yes. I couldn't believe it either. What I could deduce from the trailer I had to endure was that it's apparently the current Las Vegas crew with some computer crime angle. The trailer was cringeworthy enough that I didn't want to see more.

  5. Re: commercial advantages on White House Voices Concerns About China Cyber Law (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    The same way Nazi Germany did. High unemployment, low faith in its leaders and a scapegoat to blame.

  6. And just like with being not vaccinated, you'll cry bloody murder and blame everyone but yourself when the shit hits the fan, right?

  7. Re:Gotta say on Watchdog Group Claims Smart Toys Are Spying On Kids (mashable.com) · · Score: 1

    TLAs don't like being shown that they're stupid, and they have ways to make you pay for their stupidity.

  8. Re:Trend whores get what they deserve. on Watchdog Group Claims Smart Toys Are Spying On Kids (mashable.com) · · Score: 1

    Give it 5 years and the TV shoots the baby.

  9. Re:been there done that on Watchdog Group Claims Smart Toys Are Spying On Kids (mashable.com) · · Score: 0

    You're really admitting watching that show here?

    Throw your geek card into the shredder provided on your way out, please.

  10. Re:Misses the big points. on John Glenn, First American To Orbit The Earth, Dies At 95 (npr.org) · · Score: 2

    Plus the oldest person to be shot into space, and the only payload specialist (on that flight) that I know of that was his own payload (his job was to see how space flight affects old people).

  11. Re:No headphone jack? on Samsung Plans All-Screen Design in New Galaxy S8 Phones (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 2

    I was about to say that, finally, finally, finally. How long have we been waiting for to finally get rid of that!

    Definitely the must-have (or rather, must-not-have) feature everyone was looking forward to.

  12. Re:How about asking if consumers want it? on Microsoft Wants To Enable Cellular PCs, But Will Carriers Bite? (computerworld.com) · · Score: 1

    Since when do consumer wishes come into play? Did you want thinner phones that require a cover now?

  13. Re:Hol. ly. Sheeeeeit. on Microsoft Wants To Enable Cellular PCs, But Will Carriers Bite? (computerworld.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    How this is improving things? Easy, where is the cut for MS in the current scenario?

    Oh, how is it improving things for you, you mean? Not at all, why would it? Why should MS give a shit about that?

  14. Re:New York Times is Fake News on Earth's Day Lengthens By Two Milliseconds a Century, Astronomers Find (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    So ... that means by the law of opposites, the right lies by invention?

    Well, it would explains religion and pizzagate, I give you that...

  15. Re:Let me help translate here. on Google, HTC, Oculus, Samsung, Sony Join Forces To Create Global VR Association (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 2

    Because, well, what's in it for them? They can now create facts and take the market if they so please. They are the only ones that have a huge software library behind them that is heavily loaded with indie developers (i.e. the only ones that are willing and able to take a risk with a rather tiny market).

    Yes Sony has the Playstation and its market share behind it, but the PS market depends heavily on large studios, and so far they have been wary to invest into the VR market because it is still very small, no play ground for AAA titles.

  16. I don't know yet, I have seen a few very intelligent attempts at it and I would say we're still way too early in the game to tell whether there is a solution.

    Yes, there are VR games that make even me sick (and I'm a roller coaster junkie, with dark rides being very much on top of my "wannahave" list), but these are invariably games that don't take the specific needs of that new medium into account. Other games had better ideas, and yes, there are ways to move about without making the player feel like he is about to hurl.

    Developing something like this takes time. There is a good reason why you see a fair lot of low/no cost games right now, people and companies are pretty much trying to find out what's going to work and what isn't.

  17. Well, it beats putting lipstick on the pig.... or a paper bag over her head.

  18. Here's how you do it on Nintendo Offers Up To $20,000 To Hack the 3DS (silicon.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    1. Develop exploit.
    2. Sell exploit kit to people who want to pirate soft but can't develop exploit.
    3. Wait for about as long as it takes to reverse engineer your exploit.
    4. Report exploit to Nintendo and collect the 20k. It's just pocket change, all right, but someone's going to report it anyway.
    5. Start over at 1.

  19. Re:DMCA? on Nintendo Offers Up To $20,000 To Hack the 3DS (silicon.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    So 20k is more like the "20k to life" option?

  20. Where is the problem? on Backdoor Accounts Found in 80 Sony IP Security Camera Models (pcworld.com) · · Score: 1

    Nobody who has at least a passing interest in security buys Sony products anymore, and everyone else very obviously doesn't care about security.

  21. Re:Of course on Backdoor Accounts Found in 80 Sony IP Security Camera Models (pcworld.com) · · Score: 1

    No, but it would be nice if the makers of crappy hardware were responsible for the damage done by their faulty products. Let's call this novel, revolutionary idea "product liability".

  22. Re:Soldering batteries on Apple Says Air Exposure Is Causing iPhone 6s Battery Problems (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Talk for yourself. I had my Nokia 7110 long enough to have three battery packs die on me. And considering that they held enough power for a week (instead of barely a day as it is today), you might deduce that I had it a little longer than 2-3 years.

  23. So they "aged prematurely"?

    In other words, they were meant to fail in 2 years, not 2 months.

  24. And even if they could, they must not!

  25. Re:What I want to know is who keeps telling Tom Ha on 'The Circle' Trailer Looks An Awful Lot Like Google (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Tom Hanks is an asshole.

    Trevor Moore, spreading Fake News before it got cool!