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  1. Stannis, and now Davos, agree

  2. Re:Closet Land on RIP Alan Rickman, AKA Hans Gruber, Severus Snape (variety.com) · · Score: 1

    Yes, I was going to bring this up. Astounding performance.

  3. Ugh - What did law enforcement do before?? on Top Democratic Senator Will Seek Legislation To "Pierce" Through Encryption (dailydot.com) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    From TFA:

    Encryption played a significant role in the killing of two people during a shooting in Garland, Texas, earlier this year, Comey said. One of the shooters, Comey said, exchanged 109 encrypted messages with an "overseas terrorist."

    "We have no idea what was said because those messages were encrypted," he explained. "To this day, I cannot tell you what he said with that terrorist, 109 times the morning of that attack. That is a big problem."

    What did LE do before the internet?? There are all kinds of things that are/were said and done in this world, Mr. FBI, that you did not, will not, and often should not know. Why is that difficult for you to understand? Guy eats breakfast in a diner every morning; two weeks later he kills people. You don't know what was said in that diner, either. Should all diners be required to record all conversations that take place in their establishment, and forward them to the FBI?

    Wait, don't answer that, you probably think they should.

  4. Bull on Apple Usurps Oracle As the Biggest Threat To PC Security · · Score: 1

    The headline is crap. Apple programs on a PC are not even close to being the biggest threat to PC security.
    I'd be surprised, but this is Slashdot.

  5. Re:Ability to disable feature on Microsoft Now Uses Windows 10's Start Menu To Display Ads (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    You should care about these "features"; it increases the surface area for attacks.

  6. Re:The Madcap Affair of the Purple Emu on See the Sketches J.R.R. Tolkien Used To Build Middle-Earth (wired.com) · · Score: 1

    So here is my purple emu Ballantine Fellowship. Not in great shape, I read it a lot.

  7. Oh, I've thought about it on Ask Slashdot: What Would You Do If You Were Suddenly Wealthy? · · Score: 1

    Get rid of all debt. Make sure my kids will be financially secure if I drop dead (though that's largely taken care of with life insurance). Among other things, that addresses making sure my kids will not have to worry about paying for college. Reno my condo. Buy a house in Princeton. Give money to close friends (you know, those I've had for decades) and family.

    Retire, or seriously cut back the hours working for someone else. Write.

    Volunteer time/money/expertise for anti-poverty; healthcare; and guys-not-getting-screwed-when-divorcing-a-crazy-person causes.

  8. I'm joining in on Prosecutors Op-Ed: Phone Encryption Blocks Justice · · Score: 1

    These guys are assholes. Short-sighted, incapable of rational thought, oblivious to the likely consequences of the drivel they spout, and unconcerned with anything other than their grab at power. Despicable.
    This:
    >The homicide remains unsolved. The killer remains at large.
    >Until very recently, this situation would not have occurred.
    Wow, what an unjustified leap! The implication is that if only the could unlock the phones, they would be able to solve the crime. How, exactly? Many earlier commenters have touched on this absurdity. And what situation would not have occurred? The kill wouldn't be at large? So, their were no unsolved homicides before these phone OSes?

    Fucking tools.

  9. Re:Android or is it Java? on Severe Deserialization Vulnerabilities Found In Android, 3rd Party Android SDKs · · Score: 1

    "...so less apps..."
    Stannis, you take this one

  10. Philadelphia - ugh on Hitchhiking Robot's Cross-Country Trip Ends In Philadelphia · · Score: 1

    No one who knows Philly can be surprised that the robot died there.

  11. Re:So, ignorant people are easily influenced on New Study Accuses Google of Anti-competitive Search Behavior · · Score: 4, Informative

    I don't think you understand what the study is about. It is not about sponsored and unsponsored. RTFA, or at least the abstract.
    Type "Where is the best burger near me" and you get google + results mapped, along with other hits using Google's algorithm. None of these results are sponsored. Google's algorithmic results, the study says (and this is true in my rudimentary testing), are NOT mapped. Consumers (and businesses) are hurt by this behavior.

  12. Re:Plot Hole on Why Scientists Love 'Lord of the Rings' · · Score: 1

    This has always been what I understood, from http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Eagles

    "As emissaries of the Valar, the Eagles may had been somehow limited in how they intervened to great events, which the Valar perhaps considered matters between the Elves and Sauron;[27] for example, they had sent the Wizards, who were prohibited to directly fight Sauron by physical or supernatural force, and the Eagles did aid the free peoples and even participated in battles. But otherwise, the Eagles would had been either afraid, unwilling, incapable, or (like the Wizards) forbidden to take any greater part."

  13. Re:Important? on "Google Glass Isn't Dead!" Says Google's CEO Eric Schmidt · · Score: 1

    I'll just go on record here -- I never said that.
    Erich[sic] Schmidt

  14. Challenge...accepted on Study: Compound Found In Beer Boosts Brain Function · · Score: 1

    "But lest beer enthusiasts get too excited, it would require drinking 2,000 liters of beer a day (or 5,636 bottles of beer) to ingest the amount of xanthohumol used in the study."

  15. Resistance - Film on Farmers Carry Multidrug-Resistant Staph For Weeks Into Local Communities · · Score: 1

    There is a film (Resistance) about this. I think it will be free to view sometime soon, but I saw it in NYC at a theater and it has been previewing at various places around the country.

  16. Wait, how many olympic sized swimming pools is that?

  17. Re:If on The Ultimate Hopes For the New Cosmos Series · · Score: 1

    I agree with much of what you say, but the new Cosmos will air not on PBS but Fox stations.

  18. Re:I have no problem with wanting my hair back. on Scientists Induce New Hair Growth In Balding Men · · Score: 1

    It is SO easy to cut your head when you're bald, and I'm not talking about a cut when shaving. As said above, hair really protects you when you bang your head into something. If you have hair, you may not even break the skin, and if you do have a bump or a cut it's under your hair. If you're bald, you'll almost certainly draw blood, and the cut or bandage will be there for everyone to see. And then try shaving with that gash there!

  19. Re:Actual Bill on SOPA Creator Now In Charge of NSF Grants · · Score: 1

    Making it law that research be "ground breaking" and "answers questions or solves problems of utmost importance to society at large" is fluff? Tell me, how do you assure that before you do the research?

  20. Re:Actual Bill on SOPA Creator Now In Charge of NSF Grants · · Score: 1

    Ah, I see what you did there. The PDF version linked in the summary actually says this:
    (1) is in the interests of the United States to advance the national health, prosperity, or welfare, and to secure the national defense by promoting the progress of science;
    (2) is the finest quality, is ground breaking, and answers questions or solves problems that are of utmost importance to society at large; and
    (3) is not duplicative of other research projects being funded by the Foundation or other Federal science agencies.

    Seems like you left out number 2, which is where the real problem is.

  21. Re:Slippery slope. on Bruce Schneier On the Marathon Bomber Manhunt · · Score: 1

    The Daily Show has an interesting take. Particularly at 3:33.

  22. Re:Slippery slope? on Bruce Schneier On the Marathon Bomber Manhunt · · Score: 1

    Here's (popehat.com) some info about Miranda. I'm not sure we all understand Miranda, apparently due to Law & Order!

  23. Sign in on Revamped Google Maps Finally Available On iOS · · Score: 1

    Unfortunately, it appears you have to sign in to your google account to save anything, and there's no access to your contacts on your phone. If I'm wrong, please someone point out how to do these things. If I'm right, bogus.

  24. Re:Leather belt/jacket/shoes on Artist's Catcopter Causes a Stir · · Score: 1

    Reading comprehension fail. The cat used by the artist was roadkill, not a beloved pet (though it could have been someone's beloved pet).

  25. Re:Savage is anti-bullying? on Is Santorum's "Google Problem" a Google Problem? · · Score: 1

    I agree. There are only two things I hate in this world: people who are intolerant of other people's culture...and the Dutch.