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  1. Also, to be fair, I wrote in Colbert last election.

  2. Good fucking luck. First amendment will give you a swift kick in the ass.

  3. Related to Star Trek premiere? on Civilian Drone Crashes Into a US Army Helicopter (nypost.com) · · Score: 1

    According to this article:

    Nikki Leynor, Senior Vice President of Remarkable Media, the imagineering company who constructed the unique ship, told IGN the machine was made out of 'a truss skeleton and a custom built network of LEDs for this event,' and would be disassembled following the flight.

    The colorful LED lights were attached to spaceship, which was said to be roughly 50 feet in length and assisted by a Black Hawk helicopter.

    I wonder if this drone strike occurred during a practice run?

  4. And it's hilarious, because Chicago Public Schools has a million problems. I should know, I live there.

  5. Congress needs to enact some laws banning arbitration clauses.

    They hurt consumers and destroy the spirit of the law.

  6. Really, Edge? XSS-vulnerable by design? on Apple and Google Fix Browser Bug. Microsoft Does Not. (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    An attacker only needs to open a new page via the “_blank” method and use the document.write function to write malicious code inside this page before loading the actual content. The malicious content — the code to execute a banal XSS attack — remains, and helps the attacker bypass CSP protections.

    Just choked on my coffee after reading that. What possible use case could there be for allowing a blank page to even run javascript for document.write in the first place?

  7. This is why every car I've ever owned is from pre-2010. And I especially like the even older ones that continue to start even after gutting their internal electronics.

  8. Eh, familiar with the definition of theft? on Chinese Agency Linked To Cyber-Espionage Operations Will Review Source Code of Foreign Firms (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 1

    Just because somebody neglects to file the patent in another country doesn't mean it wasn't technically stolen. Legality, however, is another question, and probably differs between the originating country and the country where the piracy is occuring.

  9. Re:I can't be arsed on Hollywood is Suffering Its Worst-attended Summer Movie Season in 25 years (latimes.com) · · Score: -1

    Most ignorantly racist post I've read on slashdot all fucking day.

    The fact that, at time of posting, it's +3 insightful, is deeply saddening.

  10. Funny. Oddly enough, I did, too. Before I commented. No statistics, numbers, etc. Even just checked again. A bunch of articles with no numbers. Even if it is true, it's not like the stockpile of already-made products is going to get ripped apart to satisfy manufacturing demand.

  11. Citations with verifiable statistics, please.

  12. $26 for a 12-pack? on Amazon Tests Two-Hour Booze Delivery In 12 US Cities (foodandwine.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    That is way more than slightly higher than most places near me in the midwest.

  13. slownewsday on The Xbox One Is Now an Ex-Box (kotaku.co.uk) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    It must be a slow day when the release of a new product iteration that knocks its predecessor off the shelves is considered news.

  14. Can't scan my face.. on iPhone 8's 3D Face Scanner Will Work In 'Millionths of a Second' (phonearena.com) · · Score: 1

    ..if I cover up the sensors / lenses.

  15. A 1968 paper (obviously it was in 1968)

    Sorry, but why is this obvious? Just redundant text or is there another reason?

  16. ..because winter is coming.. err.. here?

  17. Unless they eliminated all the humans, then human error is still possible.

  18. Original press release? on Plants 'Hijacked' To Make Polio Vaccine (bbc.com) · · Score: 5, Informative

    I think this might be it:

    https://www.eurekalert.org/pub...

  19. Freedoms in a virtual world? on Cloudflare is the One Tech Company Still Sticking By Neo-Nazi Websites (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    The real question is what freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, freedom of press all mean in the virtual world. I don't agree with what was said, and I certainly don't agree with any form of censorship regarding speech. I really would like to see some of these cases make their way up to the supreme court to reaffirm some of the rights which have been diluted over the past 4-5 decades.

  20. Sounds like.. on Opera Kills Off Its Free Data-Saving App, Opera Max (betanews.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    ..a value proposition was pointed out in which it no longer makes sense to offer it for free.

  21. I swear, everybody wants a piece of the streaming pie, but, AGAIN, they have NO CLUE what consumers want (or they just don't care - in which case, fuck them all). They had a much better chance bundling under Amazon Prime, Netflix, or Hulu, and that way consumers still had a better option than premium cable.

    I will NOT pay for a streaming service for every channel or studio that broadcasts 1-2 things I watch. That being said, goodbye Disney. You can join the ranks of all the other morons in media I've disowned (HBO, Showtime, CBS, etc).

    Cheers.

  22. Re:Says who on 'Elon Musk's Hyperloop Is Doomed For the Worst Reason' (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    Yeah, the tunnel length alone. And then it needs to be almost airtight?

    Technical difficulty will far outweigh the bureaucratic difficulty.

  23. Re:Good Luck keeping the trademark on Hyperloop on Elon Musk Inspired an Industry of Hyperloop Startups. Now He's Building His Own (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Nah, he'll probably keep it.

    Kleenex, Band-Aid, TiVo, DustBuster, Jell-O, Dumpster, Thermos, Realtor, Port-a-potties, escalator, Tylenol, Tums, Photoshop, etc.

    All generic trademarks. However, trademark erosion is a real threat.

  24. Also, I'd much rather not get charged overage at $15 per GB, so I'll deal with slower speeds. But, I won't tolerate them forever.

  25. Re:Isolation on Should The Government Fix Slow Internet Access? (fivethirtyeight.com) · · Score: 1

    And where do you live exactly? Infrastructure costs money. There was a time when the entire east coast of the U.S. was way the heck out in the middle of nowhere, and people/goods came via ships that took weeks to cross the atlantic.