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  1. that's a shame on There Is No "Next Great Copyright Act", Remain Calm · · Score: 1

    From the summary it sounds like good reform

  2. Re: Stop the press. The TV is on even after ... on Google Photos Uploading Your Pics, Even If You Don't Want It To · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It's non obvious that the app is not doing the back-up.

    I understand what's going on, having read the summary, but I would not have guessed that deleting the app that asked me about back-up, and where I make my settings for the back-up, does not delete the back-up functionality

    I don't think it's malicious, but I am surprised that Google is sticking to it being the right way for it work.

  3. Re: This triggers my WW3 theories. on Glitches: United Airlines Grounds All Flights, NYSE Suspends Trading · · Score: 1

    I am copying this to post every time I see a crazy conspiracy theory ever, thanks.

  4. Re: Just the beginning on Glitches: United Airlines Grounds All Flights, NYSE Suspends Trading · · Score: 2

    My TV doesn't tell me that, it tells me it's flat, with some bad indicators.

  5. Re: Holy shit on Chromecast Update Bringing Grief For Many Users · · Score: 1

    I can't tell if you need to be already on the network to use it based on the video.

    But, Chromecast had in its FAQ even that anyone on your network had access.

    They had some shot in the video of disconnecting and reconnecting to the phone, was that resetting it to search remotely? seems likely that it is possible to do that (play videos on someone else's device in range), but hardly devestating. People have TVs with IR remotes too, they can be "hacked" in pretty much the same way.

  6. Re: Private networks, HBO and dsl on European Government Agrees On Net Neutrality Rules, With Exemptions · · Score: 1

    I've found HBO go (don't know how different it is than now, or if it's purely market segmentation) to be far inferior at scaling my video bitrate. So I usually get better picture, but more buffering.

    Your statement that Netflix buffers more too though leaves me at a loss.

  7. Re: I'll tell you how- they're turning the interne on How Television Is Fighting Off the Internet · · Score: 1

    Especially when the homescreen has a slider of content I'm likely to not know about (new for example) on a slider.

    The video ads I think are a terrible idea, they annoy me on HBO when bingeing, they'll annoy me on Netflix too.

    But the interest criticism I don't think is fair.

    The know every word part, ugh.

  8. Re: I'll tell you how- they're turning the interne on How Television Is Fighting Off the Internet · · Score: 1

    Fwiw, Netflix pays big money to try and make sure it does interest you.

    But I agree, for a service that knows we binge watch, it is really negative to the user experiance to see the same stuff over and over.

    When watching hulu +, I find the ads worse than the ads on regular television. The same ones over and over, half for hulu plus, which I already have!

  9. Re: Holy shit on Chromecast Update Bringing Grief For Many Users · · Score: 1

    Proven cracked? It openly states it has no security I thought.

    What does cracking a Chromecast mean?

  10. Re: Bad RNG will make your crypto predictable on NIST Updates Random Number Generation Guidelines · · Score: 1

    I would think non random pre shared keys are attackable.

    At the extreme case, you end up with a Caesar shift.

  11. Re: this model is a finite bubble. on Apple Will Pay More To Streaming Music Producers Than Spotify -- But Not Yet · · Score: 1

    Even the non curated music discovery features of Spotify were nice, but I switched to Google play (for Chromecast support), and love their quick interview for a curated list.

    I think people happy with radio will stick to free Pandora (which will need to somehow make enough money on ads to support everyone), and those that like music beyond that will subscribe. The subscription services (Spotify and Google play) are worth more to me than buying CDs, and it's the new music discovery (and music I haven't thought about for a while rediscovery) that do it.

  12. Re: That's my problem on Apple Will Pay More To Streaming Music Producers Than Spotify -- But Not Yet · · Score: 3, Informative

    The subscription services are worth about double or triple what I used to spend on music.

    The "radio" (hand picked, and automatic), and the music exploration features additionally have value.

    I used to spend about $5/month for music (from ages 23 -30 or so, before then it was more, since then, subscription service, also more), I happily pay $10 for the subscription.

    It seems unlikely they'll go much lower, unless they cut deals with the cell phone carriers or some such, though I suspect you could be correct, the optimum price could be a little bit lower (or higher too, I'd guess).

  13. Re: this model is a finite bubble. on Apple Will Pay More To Streaming Music Producers Than Spotify -- But Not Yet · · Score: 1

    The top five songs are played far more often than twice a day.

  14. Re: Proof on Report: Russia and China Crack Encrypted Snowden Files · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Seems like of they embraced him as a citizen doing what was right, instead of sending him to Russia, things would be safer for mi6

  15. Re: This man is a fool on Nobel Prize-Winning Scientist Criticizes Role of Women In Labs · · Score: 1

    I suspect it's not all social though. I would guess there's significant overlap between the genders, but genetic influence aside from the social one. Primarily because in general females win with mate choice and men win with lots of baby mammas

  16. 13 inch Macbook retina on Ask Slashdot: What Hardware Is In Your Primary Computer? · · Score: 1

    With windows 7

  17. Re: This man is a fool on Nobel Prize-Winning Scientist Criticizes Role of Women In Labs · · Score: 1

    I'd say that dating is probably the easiest way to break that in love feeling.

    Not that dating and relationships are bad (they're great), but there's a certain sensation of unfulfilled desire they quash.

  18. Re: This is America! on Freedom of Information Requests Turn Up Creationist Materials In Schools · · Score: 1

    If memory serves me, gene therory was proposed by priests too.

  19. Re: Old news.. on MIT Team Creates Ultracold Molecules · · Score: 0

    Sounds like that didn't eliminate all the friction.

  20. Re: TSA == ??? on TSA Fails To Find Links To Terrorism of Airport Workers · · Score: 1

    What degree of separation is a potential terrorist? You don't need to get that far from me to find bad records, but I'm in no way a murderer, drug dealer, or terrorist. You can find them quick n the social web though.

  21. Re: Real banner week for the TSA... on TSA Fails To Find Links To Terrorism of Airport Workers · · Score: 1

    I almost wouldn't mind the tax payers paying, and flight being a public good, like trains, but actually flight cost went up. Though also, I am pretty sure I pay the tsa as a line item on flights.

    What I'm more cautious about is the definition of links to terrorism. I am more skeptical of the fact that any of these people are risks, than the sloppiness f the tsa. Even though we know the tsa can't even find a weapon.

  22. Re: Social mobility was killed, but not this way on Writer: "Why I Defaulted On My Student Loans" · · Score: 1

    I'd go as far to say, of you have to pay for a phd, the school assumes your output as a student isn't going to be worth having you around, and you will be a burden.

    Many schools have money for promising phd students, because they benefit from reputation of good students, and in more STEM type things, actual research done.

    Granted, I only know a few people that got phd's over the last decade, but the ones that went to good schools all were paid 20-40k/year to go. They had to teach a couple classes for the money too

    Also, in response to some comments I read above. A phd is not about getting an education, it is about creating knowledge.

    A master's is about mastery, but phd is about extending the thinking in a field (IMO).

  23. Re: Also, whether the GPLv2 is the same as the AG on Supreme Court May Decide the Fate of APIs (But Also Klingonese and Dothraki) · · Score: 1

    That's what common law means.

  24. Re: Also, whether the GPLv2 is the same as the AG on Supreme Court May Decide the Fate of APIs (But Also Klingonese and Dothraki) · · Score: 1

    Case law actually helps the law be applied uniformly, and helps one know what is legal.

  25. Re: Bullshit laws (Re:Stucturing) on Why Is It a Crime For Dennis Hastert To Evade Government Scrutiny? · · Score: 1

    I would think the president isn't in line at all. They are already the president.