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  1. Fixing the wrong problem on Epic: A Privacy-Focused Web Browser · · Score: 1

    A privacy-focused browser is fine as far as it goes, but the problem is more with the network transporting data insecurely, and on the server side, where you put your trust into faceless entities that have their own interests at heart, not yours. So I don't see this helping much, if at all.

  2. Re:ever going to finish anything Notch? on Notch Shelves Space Game 0x10c, Cites Pressure, Desire To Work On Small Projects · · Score: 1

    If we consider Notch as a game designer, he doesn't have to finish the implementation to have done he job well. How was Minecraft harmed by his going hands off while it was in alpha? Do we really expect his next project to be as successful as the Minecraft phenomenon?

  3. Amazing on Mozilla Labs Experiment Distills Your History Into Interests · · Score: 2

    Wow, now I can finally figure out what I am interested in! I never had any way of knowing this stuff before.

  4. Re:Every other day delivery is much better..... on Door-To-Door Mail Delivery To End Under New Plan · · Score: 1

    It would cut the manpower needed for delivery almost in half.

    Jobs! Jobs! Jobs!

  5. Re:seems the Mac premium is disappearing on 13-Inch Haswell-Powered MacBook Air With PCIe SSD Tested · · Score: 1

    My nearest Apple store is over 50 miles away. That's a day out of my life to take it there and maybe another day to go collect it later. Then again I'm lucky that I have an Apple store (just the one though) in my native country.

    That's very sad, in my native country we can go 55 miles in an HOUR (but we complain about it.)

  6. Wow, a whole year! on Study Finds Fracking Chemicals Didn't Pollute Water · · Score: 1

    This makes me really feel safe. I'm all set to live in Western PA for EVER!

  7. Buying congress makes sense on Google Raises Campaign Funds For Climate Change Denier · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Buying congress makes sense. If they're outspokenly against you, when you buy them, they stop doing that. It'll be fun to see if this congressman does a 180 once Google's money is up his sock hole, and starts spouting Google's corporate values as his new platform.

  8. My 2007 laptop still serves me well on PC Sales See 'Longest Decline' In History · · Score: 1

    I bought a T61p Thinkpad in 2007, and it's still my everyday machine. I've upgraded the memory to 8GB, hard disk, replaced a keyboard, and the battery, all very economically when the prices of those components came down. I love this machine, especially its keyboard, and am loathe to give it up unless I can find another with the same layout. In particular the pgup/pgdn/home/end keys are layed out in a manner which makes them very useful and natural for navigating within a window. I wish laptop chassis were standardized enough that you could customize these sorts of components easily so you can get just exactly what you want. I'm thinking about finally upgrading sometime in the next year, but am in no hurry. I'm considering a Thinkpad T530 or a 15" MacBook Pro with Retina display. I looked at the Razer Blade Pro, but I didn't think I'd like the keyboard, and had concerns about durability (due to lack of data on that aspect and not having seen one in person to gauge how sturdy they are).

  9. Ballmer Kong on Steve Ballmer Replaces Don Mattrick As Xbox One Chief · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I don't know why everyone is so down on Ballmer in this story. I think he's perfect. For years, Nintendo have made a ton of money off of a great big monkey. Now, Microsoft are finally competing on equal terms.

  10. pointless? on Ask Slashdot: Most Secure Browser In an Age of Surveillance? · · Score: 1

    When data collection occurs on the server side, and the network protocol is mostly happening in cleartext, what good is having a "secure" browser?

  11. Re:who are intelectual property laws protecting ag on How I Got Fired From the Job I Invented · · Score: 1

    Who are intellecutal property laws protecting again. Once again, they always protect those with enough lawyers to make them work.

    Yes... and, without the law, those with enough money still beat people with less, too. Basically, it's always an advantage to have more money. The problem isn't money, it's the willingness to be an asshole to get it, and using it to hurt people in order to preserve and increase your power.

  12. The fifth amendment is ALWAYS a good thing on Seeking Fifth Amendment Defenders · · Score: 1

    The fifth amendment protects the individual. Any individual acting in rational self interest will not take any action that harms themself. Testifying against one's self harms one's self. The fifth amendment isn't there to protect the society, it's there to protect the individual. The state cannot be compelled to cause you to harm yourself. This is a good thing in every conceivable case.

  13. There's plenty of reasons to want to come on Why We'll Never Meet Aliens · · Score: 1

    Just because you're super smart and capable of meeting all your needs in the immediate locale, doesn't mean there's no reason to ever visit. Aliens might just want to hang out and talk. Or have exotic space sex. Or eat us. Or all three. Seriously, have a little imagination.

  14. Re:Do not bother on WA State Bill Would Allow Bosses To Seek Facebook Passwords · · Score: 1

    So, have a FB account, post totally boring shit on it.

  15. Re:The way things have been going. on 'Download This Gun' — 3-D Printed Gun Reliable Up To 600 Rounds · · Score: 0

    I wouldn't be surprised if this guy met with an unfortunate accident.

    There has been a lot of that happening recently in the gun-rights subculture.

    LK

    Citation needed.

  16. Mini moons? on Astronomers Want To Hunt Down Earth's Mini-Moons · · Score: 2

    Those are space stations!

  17. This is why you have to decelerate gradually.

  18. Re:Home of the scared on Following FEMA's Zombie Preparedness Plan Could Land You On Terrorist List · · Score: 1

    I keep hearing advice like this, but how soon is it that asking for a warrant and citing constitutional rights will be deemed suspicious behavior, and qualify as probable cause? "Judge, when I asked the suspect to consent to search, he demanded to see a warrant. Well, right there, you know he's got something to hide, so that was suspicious enough that I felt that there was probable cause.." I mean, they don't even need to put you on trial anymore, right? If they decide you're guilty, you just get abducted and sent off to Guantanamo.

  19. Since there *are* no such things as zombies, I have to wonder what all these preparations are for. Judging by the demographics, I'd say that "zombie apocalypse" is really just a fun proxy code word standing in for "racial holy war".

  20. Re:Not really... on Will Online Learning Disrupt Programming Language Adoption? · · Score: 2

    Ah, the chemistry metaphor. Thank you for making it all so clear for the rest of us, and for not being part of the precipitate!

  21. Re:Fact checking. on MS-DOS Not Stolen, New Forensic Analysis Concludes · · Score: 1

    If I sold DOS to Microsoft for $50,000, I'd probably develop a drinking problem, too.

  22. Re:Firefox has warts but Chromes plating doen't st on Why We Love Firefox, and Why We Hate It · · Score: 1

    Yes it does... I've been running notscripts for quite some time. Works great. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NotScripts

  23. Re:Atari Greatest Hits on Atari Turns 40 Today · · Score: 1

    All 100 Atari Greatest Hits games are free on iOS today. Link Here

    Awesome, i can't wait to relive the joystick era on a touchscreen. (seriously, how does one play oldschool arcade style games on an iOS device?)

  24. Re:Well let me be the first to say... on Diesel-Like Engine Could Boost Fuel Economy By 50% · · Score: 1

    Also, as speed increases, wind resistance increases exponentially

    Garbage. Unless you're close to the speed of sound it's roughly proportional to the velocity squared.

    Velocity squared is not exponential? Raising something to the second power and all, I thought that was exponential.

  25. I "pirate" Game of Thrones on Who's Pirating Game of Thrones, and Why? · · Score: 1

    ...by going to my friend's to watch it. I don't have cable TV. But I do like the show. I'm sure there's someone in the entertainment industry who considers that a form of piracy.