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  1. Big numbers on Ask Slashdot: Could We Build A Global Wireless Mesh Network? · · Score: 0

    The Govts would get involved and then fight about how to tax it, monitor it, and the addressing system... they can't count past 10 anyway.

  2. Lets blame the inventors and builders too on Local Canadian Police Station Admits To Owning Stingray Surveillance Device (vice.com) · · Score: 0

    We are always bitching about what Govt. Agency is using Stingray, but there is zero mention of the Stingray creator company... financed by our own tax dollars. I won't spell out the Co name, but perhaps you can figure it out from the following: It starts with a Q and kinda sounds like a concatenation quality and communication. If that isn't enough of a hint, perhaps you should not be on slashdot.

  3. Death of the internet on Rightscorp Threatens Every ISP in the United States (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 0

    This is just another cog in the wheel of its destruction.Lets see, add Rightscorp to NSA, unyielding ads, viruses, and so on. Hell you can't even type in a valid search term without having other ads pop up disguised as "real hits" with a Hillary or Trump face on it. Heck, there are websites that are spelled slightly different than normally used websites just so they can feed you ads and download viruses/trojans. Don't even get me started on FB, the 180 degree bias of Faux news. There is little to no truth left on the internet. I'm going to show my age here, but the internet, when it started, was an experiment so that colleges and researcher could communicate with one another in a text form. Yeah, a 300 Baud modem was slow, but back then I could get tech info faster than I can at 12MBPs today. Don't forget the good ol' days where Terraterm, VT100 terminals, and a few servers, but no ads, no music, and so on. FB and sites like it put you at risk more than any benefit it provides. Our neighborhood has a FB page where we can yack back and forth. Heaven forbid though if you go to a neighbors house and knock on their door before alerting them ahead of time. Social interactions are a thing of the past, how about real friends, of the physical type vs. a hey, I just clicked your like button! There is no hate button, but the lewd responses say it all, even if you type about giving autonomy to military drones so they can defend themselves... sooner or later they will fly over your own country... Why typing that idea out makes you a joke Skynet hater! Its the politicians that scare the fuck out of me.

  4. Re:Would love to see something done on Robocalling Scourge May Not Be Unstoppable After All (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 0

    It is interesting that Bill Clinton passed a law against robocalls in Y2K, but still the problem persists. In other words, thanks to our system it is just another useless law, except around presidential election times.

  5. They missed even a bigger hole! on Issa Bill Would Kill A Big H-1B Loophole (computerworld.com) · · Score: 0

    Since the Reagan era, annual limits have been set by the govt... but amazingly, they have always ignored the limit, typically by 40% or more each year. This crap will not stop until the Govt. nails big businesses genitals to the wall, unlike now where the businesses are doing the nailing! A year or so ago, in an open conversation with our Govt. representative, I asked about his opinion on H1B visas, he openly admitted that he had no idea what an H1B visa was. After the meeting, he asked me for my contact information so he could get back to me. The fuck never called, emailed, or wrote a letter back to me, I guess his genitals are hurting too badly to do so.

  6. Ancient idea made to look new on HP Rolls Out Device-as-a-Service for PCs, Printers (eweek.com) · · Score: 0

    Shit, Dell was doing this deal with GE 8 or so years ago. This is just another HP hype, but their stock is still hopeless.

  7. Energy storage on Researchers Generate Electricity Using Seawater and Sunlight · · Score: 0

    If they used salt water from Fukushima, it should store energy for 10,000 plus years, ie. half life.

  8. Re:The broken US system in comparison on China Fakes 488 Million Social Media Posts a Year To Deceive Its Citizens (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 0

    China puts out 488 million posts. In the US the DNC only spent $1M to pay spammers to put out pro Hillary lies. That being said, I'm sure the RNC will do the same or worse. The real sad part is that the citizens believe the crap must be true... once again voting for the one that will do the least damage.

  9. Oh my, how long did the Z spend with the Killary? How many millions did he give to that killer of freedom? Dang, its so funny when the progressives are repeatedly caught in the same style of lies. Monica, what have you been doing for the Zuck?

  10. Re: tech ain't bad on James Cameron Announces Four Sequels to 'Avatar' (egyptindependent.com) · · Score: 0

    Crap, James Cameron lives right next door to us! The traffic is gonna be a nightmare and so much for TWC bandwidth! I wonder if it is the same James Cameron? Maybe I'll ask him for a loan or maybe a lead role! Naw, it's a kiddie movie!

  11. Re: What's next? on PayPal Pulls North Carolina Plan After Transgender Bathroom Law (reuters.com) · · Score: 0

    They don't have to check with me, they are a service I no longer need. Can you say one locker room and shower room for all students? I can hardly wait for the imagined (not that there aren't real ones.) Sexual Harrassment lawsuits!

  12. The one thing for the paranoid. on Oklahoma Video Vigilante Uses Drone To Wage War Against Prostitutes and Johns (bbc.com) · · Score: 0

    Folks, a video vig is the least of your worries. The bigger deal is that the govt has given themselves the right to peep in your windows and inside security cams without even having a warrant.

  13. Re:You want "chilling"? on 'Chilling Effect' of Mass Surveillance Is Silencing Dissent Online, Study Says (vice.com) · · Score: 0

    Ask any Arab-american or American Muslim how comfortable they feel about voicing any sort of political opinion online (even via private messaging). This is our future.

    That's only half of the game, the other is hammering people on the news that put down Muslims, driven by the white house. What is their game, is it another case of dividing our nation, aka divide and conquer?

  14. More cold fish from the govt? on 'Chilling Effect' of Mass Surveillance Is Silencing Dissent Online, Study Says (vice.com) · · Score: 0

    One if by land, two if by sea... they couldn't even figure that one out with a history book. Dissent online is a waste of time and it is becoming dangerous. Whatever you do don't join the NRA, talk about making yourself a target for the Government. The stingray is just the tip of the iceberg, I wonder what else Qcom is working on for the Govt?

  15. Income issue resolved, now what? on VC Firm Y Combinator Launches an Experiment In Universal Basic Income (fastcoexist.com) · · Score: 0

    Okay, in this Utopian world, everyone gets paid to be made comfortable and that's about it. Now, who is going to buy the products the megacorps produce? Will it be by chance Mars or Pluto where they work for a living and get rewarded for it? The cycle has to start and continue going around, but without a buyer of product, the cycle will collapse... no money left to give away for free. And no I didn't miss the part about people working, but when you get paid if you are working or not, the incentive to work kinda becomes a SideShow Bob (AKA Luddite).

  16. And in other world news... on China Just Made a Major Breakthrough In Nuclear Fusion Research (techienews.co.uk) · · Score: 0

    Kim Jun Un has grafted his genetics to a cow, he sounds the same, he kills people at will, he acts the same, but at least now, his people can have milk to drink. One problem though, the resulting fusion of Un and the cow only has one utter! Please note that this phenomenal genetic development was created in the Unicorn cave thanks to the energy output of his hydrogen bomb!

  17. And France just declared a Financial Emergency? on France To Pave 1000km of Road With Solar Panels (solarcrunch.org) · · Score: 0

    Wow, Another Socialist country ignoring their financial issues. That's okay, Germany will bail them out and then own them outright without a single bullet being fired!

  18. Driving home on 30 Years Since The Challenger Disaster: Where Were You? (space.com) · · Score: 0

    I was in my used 81 200SX (Datsun), about a half mile from home when I heard the news. I drove home and parked in the garage and cried for a very long time. I don't recall anything of that night even when my wife got home. A truly sad day that will always be in my memories.

  19. The Cruise missles have had nuclear and conventional warhead options since it was created. During the Iraq war we ran out of Cruise missles and had to convert the nuke missles to conventional. So this dual warhead type option is not new. If you are sitting on your toilet and get propelled into the sky by said toilet, there is a good chance they shot one through the sewers, glad I'm not on clean-up duty!

  20. A good change over time on Federal Law Now Says Kids Can Walk To School Alone (fastcoexist.com) · · Score: 0

    A law must have been passed after it was 1970 that prohibited kids going somewhere alone. Heck, walked 1.9 miles in the Ohio snow because they would only Bus a student if they lived 2 or more mile away from the school! Their first lesson in Kindergarten should be field stripping and assembling a 1911, this is to prepare them for "real" life in the ghettos at the age of 13! Soon, this entire country will be ghetto.

  21. Re:As long as it's fair... on Police Agencies Using Software To Generate "Threat Scores" of Suspects (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 0

    Last I heard the forfeiture law has been overturned AND it covers all levels of govt... state... local... gulag... prison... Hillary Clinton's computer, and so on.

  22. Re: What the fuck has happened to Slashdot?! on How We Know North Korea Didn't Detonate a Hydrogen Bomb · · Score: 0

    I went green a long time ago, soylent green. It's called beating our Govt to the punch line!

  23. This is a 15 year old failure on Obama Orders Feds To Study Smart Gun Technology (cnet.com) · · Score: 0

    The technology was easy, put a 1 wire dallas key in a ring and a reader in the gun, technically it WORKED! Then the lawyers looked at the FMEAs from the Engineers and realized they would get sued for every person shot that was carrying one. Why you ask? The battery died, forgot to put on my ring and so on. Of course the numb nuts that create our laws will give the manufacturers a pass on liability. End result your firearm is far less reliable than ever before... just what the Gov. wants!

  24. One bad apple spoils the whole darn bunch on The Dirty Truth About 'Clean Diesel' (nytimes.com) · · Score: 0

    Yep, VW is the "bad evil apple" this time that got media attention. But on a historical level it is a hiccup compared to the 80s and 90s. During that time I was in Bombay/Mumbai India, if you walked outside for 15 minutes you could feel the impact on yourself from the soot and other diesel resultant gases. Amazingly, after that 15 minute walk I blew my nose and what came out was coal black just from the soot in the air. Note this was in the Area of the Taj Mahal Hotel that was attacked a decade or so later. If you want to control soot and gasses from Diesel incarcerate and or fine diesel pickup truck owners that have installed a "Bully Dog" ECU override. Just for the fun of massive torque they'll never need, the look of the powerful "rolling coal" coming out the stacks,, and the ability to make everyone around them gag. While your at it, Put Bully Dog and companies like them that create the equipment out of business. These guys make India in the 80's look clean! Sorry, I just thought a historical reference in time might be of value when counting PPMs vs. Kilos per cubic yard of air! Come a long way, and there is still a ways to go, but to ban a technology/fuel source as it continues to improve is ridiculous and irrational IMHO.

  25. Re: If you don't know why they're doing this... on Sweden's Cash-Free Future Looms -- and Not Everyone Is Happy About It · · Score: 0

    And of course there are precious metals...