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  1. Re:Systemd developers have rejected on Running "rm -rf /" Is Now Bricking Linux Systems (phoronix.com) · · Score: 2

    at least, of having them often enough that "remount as writeable only when needed" isn't viable.

  2. Re:What the doctor ordered... on Running "rm -rf /" Is Now Bricking Linux Systems (phoronix.com) · · Score: 1

    More like "when I take the wrong turn at the rental place and run over the tire spikes they should just trash my tires, not melt down my engine block"

  3. I had not heard that the user had the ability to de-throttle non-binge sources. Thanks!

  4. Re:Wha? on T-Mobile's Binge On Violates Net Neutrality, Says Stanford Report (tmonews.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Some streaming content. Not all (though it will throttle all. Yeah, slowed down and still counts against data). not really "neutral".

  5. Not certain it's relevant. The claims never use the term daisy chain, and that's where the legal force is.

  6. Re:It would appear on Newegg Sues Patent Troll After Troll Dropped Its Own Lawsuit (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    failure to sufficiently research your target is a major failure in any attack.

  7. Re: Is this the 21st Century? on 2016's First Batch of Anti-Science Education Bills Arrive In Oklahoma (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Creation: God will fix it if He feels like it. Or not. His ways are mysterious!

  8. Re: Ia my impression wrong? on 2016's First Batch of Anti-Science Education Bills Arrive In Oklahoma (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Who mentioned teenagers? What about a woman who got married at 20, had children over the next 5 years, and then her husband was killed in a traffic accident?

  9. Re:because in windows broken security is a feature on Hot Potato Exploit Gives Attackers the Upper Hand On Multiple Windows Versions · · Score: 4, Informative

    They put a lot of effort into backwards compatibility in each version. They've been known to create "shims" to duplicate previous undocumented/buggy behavior that a particular app depends on that get loaded for just that app, because they know that if you update windows and your app stops working, it's not the app using unsupported functionality that's gonna get blamed.

  10. Re:How smart? on Surprising Support Among Americans For Purchasing Smart Guns (jhsph.edu) · · Score: 1

    "willing to consider" is also a far cry from "willing to buy at this point"

  11. which, again, is very much parallel to a license plate.

  12. In a rational world, advocating contempt would either be ignored (because it doesn't make a rational case and nobody will listen) or would be supported (because it makes a rational case and needs to be said).

  13. I'm saying that GMO food makers could sue non-GMO food makers for defamation when the non-GMO makers try to distinguish themselves by mentioning that they're not GMO. Something like this case about milk and bovine growth hormone. I have no problem with someone who wants to avoid GMO (for whatever reason floats their boat) being able to get the information needed to do so. I do have a problem with saying "GMOs are bad, even though we have no evidence, because they scare me". Unfortunately there's an area in between, where someone could say "My stuff isn't GMO, and you know what that means *nudge nudge wink wink*" and imply superiority without actually proving it or saying anything bad about GMO. I can't think of a good way to resolve that given my personal feelings on freedom of expression, but I have hope that as time goes by folks will start to be less fearful.

  14. Lead was known to be poisonous by 100 BCE. I suppose that technically means "up to 6400 years".

  15. The problem comes when those who don't label take up "you labeling is implicit defamation of unlabelled stuff" - and win.

  16. Re:The biggest problem with backdoors on Clinton Hints At Tech Industry Compromise Over Encryption (huffingtonpost.co.uk) · · Score: 2

    What I read is that it's called "Daesh" because it doesn't deserve to be called a "state".

  17. Re:Lots of harassment in science on What Spotlighting Harassment In Astronomy Means · · Score: 1

    No, just that astrology gets dissed and that's unwelcome.

  18. Re:Now this. This is news! on Zero-Day Vulnerability Discovered In FFmpeg Lets Attackers Steal Files Remotely · · Score: 1

    a well-and-paranoidly-configured firewall, then :)

  19. True, but it's a different wildly incorrect usage of quotes :) Quotes for emphasis are a pet peeve of mine, but this didn't trip my breaker and I'm just explaining why :)

  20. actually, while emphasis is one thing that can be interpreted as, it seems valid to interpret it as "I'm going to use the term customer to indicate one use case but it doesn't have to be a customer, but I just don't feel like using 'person' instead".

  21. Re: It's your own fault Apple on Nvidia Blames Apple For Bug That Exposes Browsing In Chrome's Incognito (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 1

    Depends on the system. Some systems are specifically designed to handle multiple levels of material and control access based on the authorizations of the logged in user. The code has been modified to tag all information in the system with its security level and prevent data transfer from a high security window to a lower security window by pretty much any means other than manual transcription.

    As I recall they were intended for use on ships, where space limitations makes having entirely separate systems less feasible. Also, this was about 20 years ago; they may have changed their policies since then.

  22. Re:Penny on Should the US Change Metal Coins? (networkworld.com) · · Score: 1

    Don't forget "with less risk to the user than getting into melee range".

  23. Re:Infant mortality on Federal Law Now Says Kids Can Walk To School Alone (fastcoexist.com) · · Score: 1

    A single woman backed by modern medicine. Lacking that, the odds of making it to a dozen children is not good, and the odds of all the children surviving is worse.

  24. Re: Non-obvious use of force? on Quantifying How Much the Force Is Used In Star Wars (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Fair point. I suppose one could theorize that long distance requires sensitivity on both ends, while short range with eye contact can be single ended. But that's just a theory. So really, we're down to her sensing that Luke made it off the Death Star 2 at the end of ROTJ and maybe being more receptive to Luke's call in Empire. I suspect they're counting the Empire part in their 10 seconds.

  25. Re:Non-obvious use of force? on Quantifying How Much the Force Is Used In Star Wars (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    sensing Luke under Cloud City is the only one that comes to mind.