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  1. Re: Too bad Cisco uses this for a virtual IP in so on Cloudflare Launches 1.1.1.1 Consumer DNS Service With a Focus On Privacy (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    Maybe Cisco should stop doing things to break the way IP works. There are reserved IP ranges just for that purpose.

  2. Re: Is this news going to bring them more business on How The FBI Used Geek Squad To Increase Secret Public Surveillance (ocweekly.com) · · Score: 1

    Privacy is really about informed consent. If you decide to disclose everything about yourself, freely it is certainly your right to do so. The danger is assuming everyone else thinks the same as you. Unless they explicitly consent, their privacy has been violated.

  3. Re: Microsoft is already great. on Microsoft Seeks Trump Order Exemption for Workers With Visas (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 0

    Green cards do have expirations, they typically need to be renewed every 10 years.

  4. It's what your MacBook keeps sending back to *.Apple.com when idle.

    Only half joking.

  5. Re: Makes more sense on Verizon Says It Knows You Don't Need Unlimited Data (digitaltrends.com) · · Score: 1

    You're no longer limited to 256kbps outside of the US, you get full LTE rate.

    http://m.androidcentral.com/go...

  6. An actual security reason to keep using Gentoo!

  7. Re: RPi2 support? on Linux 4.5 Adds Raspberry Pi 2 Support, AMD GPU Re-Clocking, Intel Kaby Lake (phoronix.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    It adds additional support for the graphics portion which weren't previously included in the main line kernel.

  8. Re: Highest Profit on Ask Slashdot: What Non-lethal Technology Has the Best Chance of Replacing the Gun? · · Score: 1

    Pogo?

  9. Re: Unversal search on Apple TV To Be Revamped · · Score: 1

    So.... Exactly like Amazon Fire TV?

  10. Power Pot on Ask Slashdot: Suggestions For Taking a Business Out Into the Forest? · · Score: 1

    While I have no affiliation with these guys, I think they might be useful for the power replenishment side of your camping problem :

    http://powerpractical.com/coll...

    PS I don't camp either, but I have used their Power Practical (http://powerpractical.com/collections/know-power) accessories for 'city boy' use cases :-)

  11. "Why" matters a lot... on Ask Slashdot: Giving Users Extra-Firewall Access For Sites Normally Blocked? · · Score: 1

    Depends on "why" you're trying to block access:

    Surfing Facebook is a productivity hit? A time bound exception (30 mins at a time) might be a viable approach.
    Porn? Probably no valid reason to surf porn at most jobs.

    As a previous poster said, if you're really concerned about malware / C+C servers etc, blacklist everything, whitelist a hand full of websites required for the job.

  12. Re: ha ha on Microsoft Reportedly May Acquire BlackBerry · · Score: 1

    Tim Horton's doesn't sell hotdogs you insensitive clod.

  13. Re: I'm really conflicted... on Stephen Hawking Has a Message For One Direction Fans · · Score: 1

    If Schrodinger's cat walked in, you've observed it and therefore all states have collapsed into one.

  14. how is this more expensive for the airline? on United and Orbitz Sue 22-Year-Old Programmer For Compiling Public Info · · Score: 1

    If:

    A to B to C costs $Z

    How does discarding C cost the airline more? If the airline sees this kind of pricing is not economically feasible, just raise the price. Why are they (or we) obligated to support their loss leader model?

  15. Re: tfa says carry-on, one-way on United and Orbitz Sue 22-Year-Old Programmer For Compiling Public Info · · Score: 5, Informative

    So book 2 one ways: JFK-LAX-???, LAX-JFK-???.

    You don't *have* to book that as a round trip, although if you book the return leg on the same airline you throw away ??? You might have your return leg cancelled.

    Fwiw frequent fliers have known this for years. Search the forums at flyertalk.com

  16. Sync or Federate on Ask Slashdot: Single Sign-On To Link Google Apps and Active Directory? · · Score: 2

    Why would you sync rather just allowing federation? Just consume a SAML token through AD Fed, or an OAuth token via Google.

  17. Re:why does the CRTC need this list? on Canadian Regulator Threatens To Impose New Netflix Regulation · · Score: 1

    CanCon doesn't mandate playing Canadian music per se. Time spent by the hosts reading the news or other such content counts towards CanCon.

  18. Re: Now we need to find a blueprint for common sen on Universal Flu Vaccine "Blueprint" Discovered · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I believe the US congress has already been proven to be immune to common sense ;)

  19. Re:The obligatory NSA question on RSA Warns Developers Not To Use RSA Products · · Score: 1

    for one, SHA-2 is a hashing algorithm, not encryption. Secondly, although the math is sound, the algorithm which generates the seed for the PRNG is allegedly based on constants which make the crypto trivial for the NSA to brute force.That algorithm is known as Dual_EC_BRDG.

  20. Re:Really? on Pakistan Boycotting Call of Duty, Medal of Honor Games · · Score: 1, Troll

    In most ME countries they really don't give a fuck about piracy.

    Or you could look at a globe.

    Pakistan is the Middle East now?

  21. But would that 100K 1 time cost, have led to a much more expensive battery of tests to re-validate the entire aircraft?

    Its like a 2 line code change that causes 100hrs of test cases.

  22. Re:So the US was big polluter 30 years ago. on China To Begin Submitting Air Pollution Reports · · Score: 1

    Trindad is rich with oil - how is this odd?

  23. Re:30-year-old technology still present... on The History of Ethernet · · Score: 1

    TCP/IP
    FTP
    The Internet
    email

  24. multitasking before 1982 on A Multitasking GUI, Circa 1982 · · Score: 2

    Contrary to TFA, multitasking existed before 1982

  25. Re:Why do you want to keep webserver inhouse? on Best IT-infrastructure For a Small Company? · · Score: 1

    maybe a halon fire suppression system.

    Halon hasn't been advocated for years, what with the nasty side effect of depleting oxygen and killing people and stuff. Water + insurance + good backups is the current best practice.