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  1. It has and ironically it was due to Amazon being large enough to impose a SLA.

  2. We've already had this discussion years ago on Ask Slashdot: Someone Else Is Using My Email Address · · Score: 1

    https://ask.slashdot.org/story...
    https://ask.slashdot.org/story...

    If anything, I'm surprised the email medium is still so relevant for anything not serious.

  3. What happens when they re-enable it? on France Drops Windows 10 Privacy Case After Microsoft Changes Telemetry Settings (betanews.com) · · Score: 2

    Another lawsuit?

  4. 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

    or less?

  5. Re: The law of unintended consequences... on cURL Author Is Getting Tech Support Emails From Car Owners (daniel.haxx.se) · · Score: 2

    Maybe not explicitly, but I think there is an implicit requirement and also a tradition/convention of including your email address in open source software. After all, the author has to be contacted about changes.

    cURL is MIT licensed which requires the copyright notice to be shown.
    (actually it's the only requirement, much more permissive than the GPL)

  6. Re:For what, the last 20 years? on European Commission To Issue Apple An Irish Tax Bill of $1.1 Billion, Says Report (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    The government may be acting illegally, but who's going to sue them?

    The EC could fine their country.

  7. Is it still 32-bit only? on Upcoming OS/2 Release Will Be Called ArcaOS 5.0 (techrepublic.com) · · Score: 1

    But at least it can boot from USB!

  8. Re: HIV articles on Researchers Claim Success In Removing HIV From Living Cells (nature.com) · · Score: 2

    Yes. That shit does happen. A lot. About one in 10 successful lab tests works in animals and of those, about one in 10 will actually work in humans. Think it's not worth publishing of something works in mice?

    On the other hand, how does one find out about treatments that work on humans but not on mice?

  9. Re:When I said I was a fan of transparency on Edward Snowden Is Tired of Being Bombarded By Suitors (mirror.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    And you think the Russians would give a damn about that?
    Make him look gay and you'll have a chance.

  10. This will only protect against lawsuits on Microsoft Putting Servers In Germany To Keep User Data Away From US Intelligence (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    if data cannot be legally obtained.
    Of course it won't do anything about ELINT.

  11. Re:termination on Symantec Subsidiary Thawte Issues Rogue Google Certificates · · Score: 1

    So what will happen to Thawte in response?

    I think that depends on what government had asked them to generate the fake cert for MITM purposes.

  12. If Sourceforge is any example on GitHub Seeks Funding At $2 Billion Valuation · · Score: 4, Interesting

    does it mean they will become like them after they're bought?

  13. A closed-source component is responsible for this on MP3 Backend of Firefox and Thunderbird Found Vulnerable · · Score: 0, Troll

    Imagine that.

  14. And what good would it do? on Why the Final Moments Inside a Cockpit Are Heard But Not Seen · · Score: 4, Insightful

    We already have a pretty good idea of what happened to the Germanwings flight even with 1 damaged black box.

  15. Perhaps 2020 on Microsoft Ends Mainstream Support For Windows 7 · · Score: 1

    will be the year of Linux desktop?

  16. Re:They will either change their mind on Google News To Shut Down In Spain On December 16th · · Score: 1

    Is there also a minimum compensation specified by law?

  17. Re:My son's name is Devuan on Debian Forked Over Systemd · · Score: 1

    Create a name that is pronounced how it is spelled

    Devuan is. Just not in English.

  18. Re:second picture on Philae Lands Successfully On Comet · · Score: 1

    This will be, what, 14-15 year old tech by now?

    Probably even more since space-rated gear trails by a few years at spec parity.

  19. Re:On the other hand... on FTDI Reportedly Bricking Devices Using Competitors' Chips. · · Score: 1

    I don't think the metaphor fits.

    A closer comparison would be: Gucci sells handbags and also supplies a specific cleaning product. Said product works fine on original Guccis, but ruins the leather on knockoff ones.

  20. Re:It's almost sane(really) on Judge: US Search Warrants Apply To Overseas Computers · · Score: 1

    It's funny, almost the same happened years ago in Brazil with Orkut.
    See http://slashdot.org/story/06/0...

  21. What if you died? on What Happens If You Have a Heart Attack In Space? · · Score: 1

    Where would they put your corpse?

  22. And water is wet on NVIDIA Is Better For Closed-Source Linux GPU Drivers, AMD Wins For Open-Source · · Score: 1

    news at 11.

  23. Re:Cost? on Linksys Resurrects WRT54G In a New Router · · Score: 1

    An embedded device is probably more reliable. Still, the price is unreasonably high.

  24. Re:production and development cost on China Prefers Sticking With Dying Windows XP To Upgrading · · Score: 1

    Could it be they don't care about piracy because they plan to make money from Windows Store?

  25. Re:too little, too late on Mark Shuttleworth Apologizes for Trademark Action Against Fix Ubuntu · · Score: 1

    To be fair, Red Hat was the same * (still is to a lesser extent**).

    There's a substantial difference: RHEL is usable.