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  1. Re: FP? on David Cameron Says Brits Should Be Taught Imperial Measures · · Score: 1

    Except the coma is weaker punctuation than period .

    It makes sense for the coma to be pauses to help read out the number , and period to be the significant divider .

  2. Re:Study is quite incomplete on Which Cars Get the Most Traffic Tickets? · · Score: 1

    Pretty sure that means 28.8% of topazes have received a ticket in the last x years.

  3. Re: Desktop GUI on Ubuntu Touch For Phones Hits RTM, First Phones Coming This Year · · Score: 1

    People were calling it a touch UI when it required mouse hover to bring up certain menus.

    People are idiots.

  4. Re: I dunno about LEDs, but CFLs don't last on The Great Lightbulb Conspiracy · · Score: 2

    Every led I've purchased (I only buy energy star , because they are actually testing them for light quality ,unlike with CFLs ,so that may make a difference ) , has said it was dimmable , to the point I thought it was intrinsic in the technology .

    They're also the only bulbs that have any real life in my old house . My porch light lasts 2-3 weeks incandesant . I'm 4 months on the led I put in it , on convenience alone it's worth the price .

  5. Re:Google Stock Split 04/14/2014, 2 Classes of Sha on Now That It's Private, Dell Targets High-End PCs, Tablets · · Score: 1

    Isn't that the way it's supposed to be?

    If a company fails the owners get paid last.

  6. Re: Other hackable things on Apple's TouchID Fingerprint Scanner: Still Hackable · · Score: 1

    that's actually exactly what I meant, thanks for the info. I'd mod you up if I could.

  7. Re: Other hackable things on Apple's TouchID Fingerprint Scanner: Still Hackable · · Score: 1

    The security feature I'd like to see is a way to with touch only turn off a phone that's locked ( for example the 5 quick clicks method on the power button most portable vaporizors tend to use) .

    This with a long password and whole disk encryption on boot

    I could then use sloppy security most of the time , ( 4 digit pin) ,but I could easily turn it off in my pocket before handing it over to a malicious actor ( law enforcement / theif) .

  8. Re: Because... on Do Specs Matter Anymore For the Average Smartphone User? · · Score: 1

    There's also people like me that can't seem to keep a phone working for more than a year or two .

    At this point , I think I'll be sticking to phones like the Moto e or g , $200 for a workable phone , not customization to make it annoying (every non nexus android I've used had weird little issues with sharing objects between the built in apps and newer apps from the store)

  9. Re: How is Yelp supposed to work? on Small Restaurant Out-Maneuvers Yelp In Reviews War · · Score: 1

    That's the real problem. If they did it like google, essentially allowing payment to be featured and marked as such, it wouldn't be a problem taking the money from the people reviewed. Manipulating the reviews though sucks, especially since it's still the best way to find something nearby quickly when somewhere new .

  10. Re: Only cost them 25 percent of customer bills? on Small Restaurant Out-Maneuvers Yelp In Reviews War · · Score: 1

    How was yelp beaten ?

    I'm unlikely to find this restaurant now , and we have no evidence yelp is going to stop calling them .

  11. Re: lock the front door before spend $1.5 billion on Secret Service Critics Pounce After White House Breach · · Score: 2

    Oilcan completetly see how having unfettered access for the security is better than a locked door .

    Casinos don't have locking doors either ,they have 24/7 security .

    Double barrel locks are a higher risk in killing you in a fire than the added security of not being able to break a window and reach in to unlock .

  12. Re: Alright smart guy on Ask Slashdot: Is iOS 8 a Pig? · · Score: 1

    Isn't galaxy nexus 2-3 years old ?

    1 year ,nexus 5
    2 year nexus 4
    3 year galaxy nexus ?

    Not as good as apple for sure ,but not 18 months old either .

  13. Re:Dial up can still access gmail on Ask Slashdot: Remote Support For Disconnected, Computer-Illiterate Relatives · · Score: 1

    We had one of them where I work (in the late 90s, maybe into early 2000s). One of our locations didn't have access to DSL, and cable didn't exist yet. Eventually, when the internet was more important, they got ISDN there, and then a T-1 when they got cheap (when factoring in all of the phone lines included). I actually think the location closed just before cable was available.

  14. Re:"forced labor" on Use of Forced Labor "Systemic" In Malaysian IT Manufacturing · · Score: 1

    I agree, I wasn't critisizing, I was stating my honest memory of the primary.

    Obama whooped people up, but Hilary was more liberal (note I voted Obama, we have a decent recent history with moderate dems).

  15. Re:"forced labor" on Use of Forced Labor "Systemic" In Malaysian IT Manufacturing · · Score: 1

    That's in 1860 though, after importation was banned if I am not mistaken.

    In the Caribbean life expectancy was far lower.

  16. Re:"forced labor" on Use of Forced Labor "Systemic" In Malaysian IT Manufacturing · · Score: 1

    I thought Obama was running more middle of the line than Hillary, wasn't she for single payer since the 90s?

    My memory is hazy, but Obama seemed to run moderate with a liberal fervor (sort of like how second Bush ran super conservative, but with a moderate fervor). What policies was Obama running on that were more progressive than Hillary (or really even McCain?).

  17. Re:Dial up can still access gmail on Ask Slashdot: Remote Support For Disconnected, Computer-Illiterate Relatives · · Score: 1

    Do chromebooks have modems? Does Chrome OS even support dial-up?

  18. Re: Due to Fire Phone Flop? on Amazon Instant Video Now Available On Android · · Score: 1

    I thought their ad was pretty compelling, surprised it flopped.

    Now that on think of it, I probably saw the ad on Hulu, so maybe nobody saw it but me.

    But they maid the announcement it was coming in mid june, so I think they just rushed the planned release while still testing many devices.

  19. Re: Theft is not piracy on Could Tech Have Stopped ISIS From Using Our Own Heavy Weapons Against Us? · · Score: 1

    And this is why /. Needs a like button.

  20. Re: Doesn't this pretty much kill 4chan? on After Celebrity Photo Leaks, 4chan Introduces DMCA Policy · · Score: 1

    Thanks, this should help anyone that thinks 4chan is absolute scum see that when presented with actual vileness, they error on the side of decency (they still surpass what I want to see, but I'm a prude, and at least they protect those without full personhood).

  21. Re: Doesn't this pretty much kill 4chan? on After Celebrity Photo Leaks, 4chan Introduces DMCA Policy · · Score: 1

    I was not, and did not mean to imply it was their policy.

    I was trying to say that the legal risk was not there, not speak to what the policies were.

    The law is (from wikipedia, I'm too lazy to read the actual statutes right now):

    The PROTECT Act also amended 18 U.S.C. 2252A, which was part of the original CPPA. The amendment added paragraph (a)(3), which criminalizes knowingly advertising or distributing "an obscene visual depiction of a minor engaging in sexually explicit conduct; or a visual depiction of an actual minor engaging in sexually explicit conduct". The law draws a distinction between obscene depiction of any minor, and mere depiction of an actual minor.

    As long as it's not sexually explicit it's legal, though also:

    In 1994, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit ruled that the federal statute contains no requirement that genitals be visible or discernible. The court ruled that non-nude visual depictions can qualify as lascivious exhibitions and that this construction does not render the statute unconstitutionally overbroad.[19]

    So genitals are a help in determining, but are not a requirement, and if it's not sexually explicit, it's not pornography, and therefore not child pornagraphy. I have not looked at the pictures in question, because, I have better things to do.

  22. Re:Like DRM? on Could Tech Have Stopped ISIS From Using Our Own Heavy Weapons Against Us? · · Score: 2

    I had one go off on a pothole, a bad one, but not one bad enough to pop a tire.

  23. Re:Like DRM? on Could Tech Have Stopped ISIS From Using Our Own Heavy Weapons Against Us? · · Score: 1

    Also, it's wasted space, which I assume is at a premium on a tank.

  24. Re: Stagnant electric car sales on Tesla's Next Auto-Dealer Battleground State: Georgia · · Score: 1

    I agree, I just wanted to point out it wasn't only Tesla taking it seriously. I think Tesla is smart in marketing to the only segment where you can build a truly compelling car as you put it. The issue with a Leaf vs a hybrid is that if you drive enough for the fuel savings to be relevant, the Leaf's range is going to be very limiting.

    I'd still contemplate the Leaf in it's cheaper years (it's price fluctuates a good deal) for a primary car, allowing myself to have a big guzzler too, for long trips, and hauling stuff.

    Even so though, second insurance would probably make it more expensive payments aside.

  25. Re:Theft is not piracy on Could Tech Have Stopped ISIS From Using Our Own Heavy Weapons Against Us? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I assumed it was like how pirates would steal ships, and then use them.