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  1. Re:He is not an expert... on German Data Protection Expert Warns Against Using iPhone5S Fingerprint Function · · Score: 1

    I sometimes worry about German "alarmism".

    There's nothing alarmist about it. All our worst fears have been confirmed. And despite that we still the hopelessly naive who believe the propaganda. Sniff your network. Trust no one.

  2. Re:Usable Fingerprint data? on German Data Protection Expert Warns Against Using iPhone5S Fingerprint Function · · Score: 1

    Better err on the side of caution.

    That's right. A 'privacy policy' is not worth the paper it's printed on (hell, even a constitution isn't), and at these prices, certainly not worth the ink. Trust is absent now. Always assume the worse until you can confirm otherwise.

  3. Re:Adroitly navigated by Obama and Kerry on US, Russia Agree On Plan To Dispose of Syria's Chemical Weapons · · Score: 1

    It absolutely wasn't expected.

    To tell you the truth, I don't believe it. In this business there can be no surprises. The drama you see on the TV does not happen in the back rooms. In fact I don't believe they discuss chemical weapons at all, outside of prices and delivery dates. They do their business, then they put on their red noses and do a song and dance in front of the cameras, then go home and bang their wives, girlfriends, hookers, with total indifference towards anything outside the gate.

  4. Re:Is it Tivo or DVR? on Stephen Colbert and the Monster Truck of Tivos · · Score: 1

    ...can't we just say DVR?

    To many syllables, and not nearly as catchy. Do you say 'facial tissues', or Kleenex?

  5. free software and leftist politics? on Open Source, Open World · · Score: 0

    Great! When can we start tearing down the borders?

  6. Re:I still want... on US, Russia Agree On Plan To Dispose of Syria's Chemical Weapons · · Score: 1

    Perform the experiment. Expose yourself to both, and report back here with the results.

  7. Re:Adroitly navigated by Obama and Kerry on US, Russia Agree On Plan To Dispose of Syria's Chemical Weapons · · Score: 1

    The 'proposal' was Kerry's. Russia and Syria said, "Let's go for it". I'm only wondering if that response was expected or not.

  8. It's not about the weapon on US, Russia Agree On Plan To Dispose of Syria's Chemical Weapons · · Score: 1

    It's about the shooter and the target, the same way terrorism is defined. *Point the gun the other way, and be my friend*

  9. Re:Must we call him a genius? on The Boy Genius of Ulan Bator · · Score: 2

    Another Genghis Khan in the making? The kid's in puberty. Wait until he's in male menopause. That should slow him down a bit.

  10. Re:People not required on 45% of U.S. Jobs Vulnerable To Automation · · Score: 1

    ...more arms, special effectors, built-in diagnostic tools, etc.

    better weapons...

  11. 7.2 bil...That's $7.20 in poor peoples' money on Nokia Had an Android Phone In Development · · Score: 1

    But still, that's a pretty big gamble to kill off an Android phone, or just some ploy to keep the money from the taxman.

  12. Re:What a scam on Flash Memory Won't Get Cheaper Any Time Soon · · Score: 1

    I know how the 'economy' works. It's based on greed, and doing what you can to take out the competition. Customer 'value' is entirely subjective and subject to speculation which distorts the market. Price is fixed by the highest bidder who can buy in bulk. Price based on cost of production is precisely the opposite, and allows the customer to set a fair price, and opens up a much wider market and makes it more accessible. Knowing the cost of production allows us to set prices, not some ghost corporation that buys up inventory to inflate prices.

    The games these people play use a different rule book than the one you're looking at. They collude, bribe. lobby, and even burn down their factories if the market becomes too saturated. All shortages are artificial, simply market manipulation.

  13. Re:What a scam on Flash Memory Won't Get Cheaper Any Time Soon · · Score: 1

    Yeah right, 99% of the complaints go straight to the round file. In the grownup world, things don't go like it says in your little schoolbook there. In the grownup world, you need fat cat connections to make things work at all. So please, save it. Better yet, you know where to put your patronizing bullshit.

  14. Re:Cue the usual "debate" ... on Raspberry Pi As an Ad Blocking Access Point · · Score: 0

    Ad blockers are for free loadin' commie welfare queens out there drivin' down Bourbon Street in their pink Cadillacs and talkin' on their Obamaphones

  15. Re:What a scam on Flash Memory Won't Get Cheaper Any Time Soon · · Score: 1

    And that's already deemed illegal so you can rest easy now.

    :-) Yeah, Pull the other one...

  16. Kiss OS X goodbye on Why Apple Went 64-Bit With the iPhone 5s · · Score: 1

    Welcome the NEW! 27 inch iPhone!

  17. Re:What a scam on Flash Memory Won't Get Cheaper Any Time Soon · · Score: 1

    Hey, They are the ones pissing and moaning about how little they make. They all look pretty plump to me. We have to get some real competition into the system, and prices will come down tout de suite.

  18. Re:What a scam on Flash Memory Won't Get Cheaper Any Time Soon · · Score: 1

    It's bogus. This is the new railroad, blocking the rights of way for anybody else. It's too heavily monopolized with bullshit patents and copyrights.

  19. Re:What a scam on Flash Memory Won't Get Cheaper Any Time Soon · · Score: 1

    Figure out the human effort involved and work on that. "What the market will bear" means "How much can I rip a guy off without going to jail". If the margins are so low, why are the owners so rich? Consumers have to stand up and demand better accounting and pricing. Unfortunately they make up such a tiny part of the economy, there's no clout to be had. "Consumers" that make a difference are just other companies, and the massive amount of trade amongst them (in the same fashion car dealers swap inventory to make it look like a sale) is what sets the price we pay. Gotta find a way to scare them straight.

  20. What a scam on Flash Memory Won't Get Cheaper Any Time Soon · · Score: 0

    The things are almost completely machine made. They should be damn near free. What a bunch of thieves...

  21. Back to the stone age on Stealthy Dopant-Level Hardware Trojans · · Score: 1

    Without the ability to verify anything, all trust is destroyed.. Only the mystics will prevail

  22. Exactly the opposite on Verizon's Plan To Turn the Web Into Pay-Per-View · · Score: 1

    Opportunities and incentives are inconceivably enormous. A whole new type of smuggler will arise. It's great. Bring it on!

  23. Look at the person's position... on Yahoo CEO Says It Would Be Treason To Decline To Cooperate With the NSA · · Score: 1

    And then please tell me what you all would expect her to say... Please! Knock me over with a feather!

  24. Re:Treason.. or... on Yahoo CEO Says It Would Be Treason To Decline To Cooperate With the NSA · · Score: 4, Informative

    dumbass bimbo? I think you'd better read her bio before repeating that. If you think she doesn't understand what's she is saying or doing, then the dumbass is a little closer than it appears.

  25. Re:Sounds like evil to me on Former DHS Official Blames Privacy Advocates For TSA's Aggressive Procedures · · Score: 3, Insightful

    ...nude scanners, and so forth are a complete waste.

    Obviously, you don't sell or distribute nude scanners, or you wouldn't be saying that.