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  1. Enron down under on Energy Prices Skyrocket in South Australia (yahoo.com) · · Score: 1

    Just wait. It will eventually be revealed that there was an Enron-like manipulation of the price

  2. What I haven't seen is any report from the SHP that indicates whether the truck was making a LEGAL left-hand turn across traffic? Or was he like many a big rig driver forcing his way traffic because. well, he is BIGGER and everybody else should yield to them.

  3. Re:Nothing but an IP address? on Filmmakers Ask 'Pirate' to Take Polygraph, Backtrack When He Agrees (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 2

    In this case the shyster IP lawyers were trying to use it as a tool to intimidate their target. These scum are only interested in one thing, $$$$$. Protection of rights is just any excuse to extort the less powerful. Wehn he agreed, they understood that he intended to fight their extortion scheme and had to take a new tact.

  4. Yeah, I believe that on TeslaCrypt Ransomware Maker Shuts Down, Releases Master Key (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 2

    Now that their toy is broken, they're not going to play with it anymore. They Promise, they feel bad. More likely they're just tooling up a new one and will go back to their evil ways.

  5. So follow the LAW on New Anti-Piracy Law In Australia Already Being Abused (abc.net.au) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    In the demand letter, Simond's actually quotes the appropriate legal action that they should be taking: Get an injunction. Simonds undoubtedly recognizes that their case for a copyright injunction is weak and is trying for an end run by running over s small ISP with hopes of using their acquiescence as a tool to enlist more ISP's. Look at the CHM site, I get why Simond's is fighting mad. So they're beating up the nearest 98 pound weakling they can find in an effort to "do something NOW"

  6. Worked for Dot Comm. Oops, I had confused the power of a Trade Group with that of an actual government

  7. Coming Soon on Remote Control of a Car, With No Phone Or Network Connection Required · · Score: 1

    {insert your favorite company here} Firewall for Cars!!! Followed by Cyberlock for Cars. Yes for only $300 (in bitcoin) you can drive your car again

  8. Re:Security team on Ask Slashdot: Are Post-Install Windows Slowdowns Inevitable? · · Score: 1

    Yeah, the IT folks want it easy for THEM. The desktop computer in my classroom (I'm the teacher) gets scanned at 2:00 every Tues and Thurs and no amount of complaining, sending video of how slow my computer is running, etc will sway them them from that schedule.

  9. We need REAL caller ID on Listen To a Microsoft Support Scam As It Happened · · Score: 2

    These guys alway call with spoofed caller ID info. Why? Because its easy. I really can't believe that it not possible to create a REAL caller ID system. But the TELCO's will *itch about regulatory interference in their business. I say make them LIABLE for passing on bogus ID info and they will find a way to make caller id work. Calls from overseas? Just ID them as OVERSEAS calls. Co that sell spoofing services, well if the TELCO is liable, they wont allow spoofed ID on outbound trunks. They would rather profit from a BROKEN feature than actually create a working one.

  10. Re:Flordia doesn't have those issues yet on State Employees Say Rules Prevent Open "Climate Change" Discussion In Florida · · Score: 2

    Well, except for "Sunny Day Flooding" http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05... I'm sure I'll get the NY Times is an unreliable, liberal Climate Change Shill response, rather than looking at the FACTS

  11. Networked Projector on Ask Slashdot: Whiteboard Substitutes For Distributed Teams? · · Score: 1

    Checkout Epsons new web connected projectors. Functions like a Smartboard but can be attached to a network for remote and multiuser

  12. Why so long? on Credit Card Fraud Could Peak In 2015 As the US Moves To EMV · · Score: 1

    I have 5 credit or debits cards in my wallet. And 1 EMV card. 1 company that takes security seriously. And whose card is that? Of course, it's the card that I use to operate the laundrymat. Not Bank of America. Not my credit union.

  13. Picking a DNS source on Crowdsourcing Confirms: Websites Inaccessible on Comcast · · Score: 1

    Try out the Gibson research DNS benchmark that will id fastest DNS for you. Double check (google) that your not picking a troublesome DNS provider (DNS redirectors, etc) https://www.grc.com/dns/benchm...

  14. No need for regulation on Exploding Oil Tank Cars: Why Trains Go Boom · · Score: 1

    Just trust the free market to correct this bad practice. You know, a 100 million dollar fine for a practice that save them a billion. Should work perfectly

  15. Re:More or less on Can Science Ever Be "Settled?" · · Score: 1

    Well, mostly in the context of common experience. But at exceptional speeds and scale (subatomic) the no longer function in the expected way. Laws of conservation (mass, energy, angular momentum) would be a better example as they do seem to apply at these exceptional dimension.

  16. Freaking video ADS/ on Is Traffic Congestion Growing Three Times As Fast As Economy? · · Score: 0

    First ARS, now Slashdot with autoplay video ads. Extra LOUD too I guess I'll turn adblock back on. Tried to support you, but tough nuggets now.

  17. Back to Plan A on ICE License-Plate Tracking Plan Withdrawn Amid Outcry About Privacy · · Score: 1

    Install backdoors in the existing ALPR databases so that they can download the data secretly and without any legal oversight.

  18. In others words on Elsevier Opens Its Papers To Text-Mining · · Score: 1

    1. Please generate as many sales leads as you can 2. Profit!!!

  19. Re:Theory of evolution does need to be challenged on Map of Publicly-Funded Creationism Teaching · · Score: 1

    The problem is exactly as you surmised, you are working with popularized accounts, and probably written by someone with a less than academic understanding of evolutionary theory. Evolutionary theory never depends ""then magic happens". Does that mean that we understand every change in every organism? No. Might you cite some of these "Popular Proofs" I suspect that the laziness is in not caring about understanding the real the science. Evolutionary theory is the result of 100+ years of detailed taxonomic and genetic studies. And our understanding of the relationship between species changes from time to time as new evidence supports differing explanations. Talk to a biologist, professor or biology teacher if you want good information. (for the most part avoid elementary teachers, their science background is at best suspect) You cant do it in 500 words or 10 mins. The development of molecular biology (the study the molecular basis of life) has revolutionized how we study evolution. It has caused us to reevaluate some parts of our theory, but mostly it has provided additional strong evidence that supports the theory of evolution.

  20. Re:Theory of evolution does need to be challenged on Map of Publicly-Funded Creationism Teaching · · Score: 1

    Your "Codependent gender sexual traits" are unexplainable by evolutionary theory because they are NOT part of the theory. We do not teach it at all, no less as fact. Male Peacocks with bright plumage are more successful than less brilliantly plumaged males. There is no change to females reproductive system is needed. In organisms with exchange of gametes (SEX) offspring may receive genes from either parent organism. Some of the genes might only be expressed in certain sexes. So female chick from a brightly plumaged peacock will not display the same plumage. This mixing of gametes leads to maximizing the genetic variety of the species, Likewise your fish tale. If a male fish has a genetic mutation that is incompatible with the current pool of females then that the end of the line.. EXTINCTION. Most mutations will be benign, not resulting in any advantage or disadvantage in reproduction. These mutations will continue to exists in the gene pool. Some mutations will be deleterious and the organism may die or fail to reproduce. a very few mutations will result in individuals with that trait gaining a statistical advantage in passing on the trait.

  21. It's a mixed bag on RNC Calls For Halt To Unconstitutional Surveillance · · Score: 1

    Lots of posturing about restoring 4th amendment rights w/o any specifics. I'd really like to know what ACTION they will take. The only specific plans seem to be to haul as much of the current administration before congress for some goo ole public chastisement and to see if they can throw some charges at them that will stick. Not any mention chastising the GOP leaders that created the legislation that deprived the citizenry of their constitutional rights. Let focus on addressing the reform. If they really feel the need for outing people in public, be sure to bring along the leaders of both parties during bush that created the PATRIOT act and empowered the secret laws and courts.

  22. Re:No good deed... on Court Says Craigslist Sperm Donor Must Pay Child Support · · Score: 2

    ...ever goes unpunished.

    I wonder if this will help or hurt future same-sex couples find sperm donors, egg donors, and surrogate mothers - all of which could find themselves caught up in a similar web of unintended consequences...

    This is the INTENDED consequense of this action (by the state)

  23. Re:More regulation nation on Court Says Craigslist Sperm Donor Must Pay Child Support · · Score: 1

    Well, since peoples bodies don't belong to corperations, we feel free to regulate behavior in the interest of "family values". Get with the program or get out.

  24. Love the smell of vapor in the morning on Revolutionary Scuba Mask Creates Breathable Oxygen Underwater On Its Own · · Score: 1

    Interesting DESIGN excercise. And we just have to believe that the designer has successfully invented (or has access to ) new batteries that are "30 times smaller" than existing batteries (what does that mean, just smaller or 30x higher density?) that charge 1000 times faster(!) and a new micro compressor and that the device will actually provide a usable amount of oxygen for a diver. Not to mention safety concerns such as Oxygen toxicity and euphoria, or a backup supply if the batteries (or other component) fail. A classic design school exercise where students are unconstrained by the realities of physics and engineering. Look more impressive that the James Bond device for the same purpose albeit not as concealable.

  25. Re:Truthiness on Apple Details US Requests For Customer Data · · Score: 1

    Actually it seems that they are being compelled to be a bit less than truthful e.g. must be aggregated with all LE requests, only for a specific 6 month period, only reported in bands of 1000's.