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  1. Re:OT: I have a small feature request for car-make on Auto Industry Teams Up With Military To Stop Car Hacking · · Score: 1

    unlocking car boots, setting off windscreen wipers, locking brakes, and cutting the engine.

    If a hacker can do all that, why can't the car itself open the windows slightly if the temperature inside gets high and there is no rain outside? All the hardware is already there — the sensors know both the inside temperature and whether anything is hitting the windshield (so wipers can turn automatically in rain).

    It'd be way safer to get a fan going to circulate the air than to crack the windows open. You really want car makers to open themselves up to having cars stolen easier?

  2. Re:First rule of computer security!!! on Auto Industry Teams Up With Military To Stop Car Hacking · · Score: 1

    Most cars cost multiple thousands of dollars

  3. Re:IEC 61508-3 anyone? on The Schizophrenic Programmer Who Built an OS To Talk To God · · Score: 1

    Yes, but we can schedule a work stoppage around that time.

  4. Re:All Glory to the HypnoToad on The Schizophrenic Programmer Who Built an OS To Talk To God · · Score: 2

    Does talking to "God" involve having an epileptic seizure?

    No, usually it involves stealing a spaceship.

  5. Re:Scam's Already Been Stopped on Customers Creating Fake Amazon Pages To Get Cheap Electronics At Walmart · · Score: 1

    The building is likely heavily steel-framed.

  6. Re:wont last on Customers Creating Fake Amazon Pages To Get Cheap Electronics At Walmart · · Score: 1

    That, and the entire mattress industry is a scam.

  7. Re:wont last on Customers Creating Fake Amazon Pages To Get Cheap Electronics At Walmart · · Score: 1

    I have seen things like that at Walmart too, like special version of a DVD that contains an extra trailer, or a drill that doesn't come with the carrying case like it does from Home Depot, all differences that cause it to have a different SKU.

    That's a bit different, since they tend to be overtly marketed as "retailer-exclusive versions" in the case of DVDs (eg. Steel case edition only available at Best Buy, extra trailer only available at Target, etc.)

  8. Re:Irrelevant on Collin Graver and his Wooden Bicycle (Video) · · Score: 1

    One of the tricks I've heard for that is to put your kickstand (usually steel) down near the sensor loop. Of course, some bikes will have kill switches that are triggered by kickstand down switch, so it may be worth a test.

  9. Re:More power to you on Group Tries To Open Source Seeds · · Score: 1

    Is it really an optimal choice to grow a plant from scratch every year? Could a tree or a perennial shrub provide better long term nutritional returns? Isn't a mature tree far hardier and less susceptible to crop loss?

    Fruit/nut trees also take a long time to come to maturity, like 5-10 years per tree. All that time, they're not producing a sellable product.

    Mature tree crops fall hard to disease all the time. Oranges, for one, spring to mind.

    Better to grow a variety of things.

  10. Call Comcast? on Ask Slashdot: How To Unblock Email From My Comcast-Hosted Server? · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It's a business account, you should have a business support line.

  11. LMAO no it won't on Why CurrentC Will Beat Out Apple Pay · · Score: 2

    No consumer protection? No ability to use one's own card? What is this, 1997?

    Nice try, guys.

  12. Re:So the taxpayer pays for overage, got it on Steve Ballmer Gets Billion-Dollar Tax Write-Off For Being Basketball Baron · · Score: 1

    The 1% can afford to pay more.

  13. Re:Technical claims as reported puzzling on Ross Ulbricht's Lawyer Says FBI's Hack of Silk Road Was "Criminal" · · Score: 1

    You're missing that the server wouldn't respond to any routable IP address. It only communicated through tor.

    Incorrect. It was discovered leaking a public IP through the Captcha in early 2013. That info was posted a number of places, including Buttcoin.org.

  14. Re:Using one right now... on The Greatest Keyboard Ever Made · · Score: 1

    $170 is cheap considering how much time we spend using them.

  15. Ugh on New OS X Backdoor Malware Roping Macs Into Botnet · · Score: 0

    Fucking reddit. *shakes fist*

  16. Re:A blue trip slip for an eight-cent fare on Energy Utilities Trying To Stifle Growth of Solar Power · · Score: 1

    I prefer to use a 50Hz grid, it gives a warmer heat.

  17. Be a code reviewer! on How To Find the Right Open Source Project To Get Involved With · · Score: 1

    OSS needs more reviewers than new contributors hacking on their pet feature. Heartbleed and Shellshock only ephasize the point. "Many eyes make all bugs shallow" rings false when there are no eyes.

  18. Re:Just put fine print sticker on the dash,,,,, on 2015 Corvette Valet Mode Recorder Illegal In Some States · · Score: 1

    You know, that brings up an interesting thought exercise.

    If the valet can legally refuse to be recorded, then can they then legally say "sorry, you need to park somewhere else"? Because your ability to get service might be trumped by their privacy rights.

    I'd side totally on the valet's right to privacy. You have, at MOST, a verbal agreement to have the valet park your car. And those ain't worth the paper they're printed on.

  19. Re:huh? on 2015 Corvette Valet Mode Recorder Illegal In Some States · · Score: 1

    "All your valet's audio and video are belong to us"--- GM

  20. Re:I dunno about LEDs, but CFLs don't last on The Great Lightbulb Conspiracy · · Score: 1

    So you used CFLs in a manner that they specifically say not to, and you're surprised when they don't last. Genius.

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

    LMAO "wasted energy", they use 10x less energy than incandescent for the same rated lumen output.

  22. Re:Counterintuitive on Physicist Claims Black Holes Mathematically Don't Exist · · Score: 1

    Quoth Steve, "You're playing with it wrong."

  23. Re:Does it matter? on Google Quietly Nixes Mandatory G+ Integration With Gmail · · Score: 1

    Strange. I've been able to keep my old YT account separate, though it used to keep asking to "switch" over to my G+ profile. Try logging out of every Google account you have, then log in to YT. May or may not work. it's hard to tell with Google's strange account settings.

  24. Re:Proper Science is hard. on How Our Botched Understanding of "Science" Ruins Everything · · Score: 1

    Many of them are amazing at jargon and obfuscation, but suck at most everything else. Many of them are very narrow and deep, making their work as obscure as it is hard.

    Sounds like most computer geeks.

  25. Re:This is silly on U2 and Apple Collaborate On 'Non-Piratable, Interactive Format For Music' · · Score: 3, Informative

    But, in a world where everyone is selling 256K and 320K tracks, I'd rather get my music in a lossless format and convert down to VBR MP3.

    LMAO. AAC is already VBR, at 256k from the iTunes store. So you want a lossless track so that you can convert it to lossy anyway, rather than getting a lossy track in the first place with no extra steps needed. Brilliant.