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  1. Re:“Wanting to be an astronaut” on NASA May Sell Corporate Naming Rights For Rockets, Spacecraft (al.com) · · Score: 1

    that's a pretty cunning stunt right there

  2. RIP Eve on 'Eve Online' Studio Acquired By Korean MMO Maker (engadget.com) · · Score: 2

    Now watch the new owners completely misunderstand the userbase's culture and wreck a good thing.

  3. Great use for your previous router on US Court of Appeals: An IP Address Isn't Enough To Identify a Pirate (techspot.com) · · Score: 1

    position it strategically so that it covers any gaps that you may have a use for, set it open, rate limit it.

  4. he who counts the votes on West Virginia To Introduce Mobile Phone Voting For Midterm Elections (cnn.com) · · Score: 2

    wins.

  5. Will it help route around censorship? on Security Researchers Express Concerns Over Mozilla's New DNS Resolution For Firefox (ungleich.ch) · · Score: 1

    Because if it does, I think I can overall live with it.

  6. Re:opportunity for 3d printing technology on US Recycling Companies Face Upheaval From China Scrap Ban (wsj.com) · · Score: 2

    I have a Filastruder and it basically does this (at least for ABS). Get one at 3dsupplysource. Laser optional.

  7. Re: For those of you too young to remember on Call Me, Comrade: The Surprise Rise of North Korean Smartphones (nknews.org) · · Score: 1

    Probably not in the US. Elsewhere, yes, at times.

  8. Re:For those of you too young to remember on Call Me, Comrade: The Surprise Rise of North Korean Smartphones (nknews.org) · · Score: 1

    Ah yes, the floppy with Trumpet Winsock, CuteFTP and the URLs for downloading Netscape and mIRC. We charged 5000 lire for making one, 6000 if you also were buying the floppy.

  9. Re:bittorrent on Judge Blocks Release of Blueprints For 3D-Printed Guns (nbcnews.com) · · Score: 1

    It won't.

  10. no.

  11. ... guess people are backing it up.

  12. Hasbro in this sense has done it right. They have (mostly) stayed out of the way of the Transformers fandom and more recently the MLP fandom and, as a reward, have sold more toys than if they hadn't.

  13. Re:Internet lumberjack on Algeria Shuts Off Entire Country's Internet To Stop Students From Cheating (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1
  14. meow.

  15. Why do they want us to not type? on The Asus Project Precog is a Pioneering Dual-Display Laptop, Due in 2019 (pcworld.com) · · Score: 2

    Oh right, keyboards are for content creators, touchscreens are for content consumers.

  16. Another wonderful Apple innovation on iPhones Will Reportedly Get the Power To Unlock Doors Using NFC (engadget.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    my Android phone from 2014 has that.

  17. Repost on Scientists Transfer Memory Between Snails (scientificamerican.com) · · Score: 1

    Repost

  18. Re:I've heard this one before on Floating Pacific Island Is In the Works With Its Own Government, Cryptocurrency (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1
  19. Okay on Congress Is Looking To Extend Copyright Protection Term To 144 Years (wired.com) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Show me someone living for 144 years and then we can talk. Otherwise, sorry, no deal.

  20. Re:Phones need multiple passwords on US Appeals Court Rules Border Agents Need Suspicion To Search Cellphones (reason.com) · · Score: 1

    What happens if the cash calls a lawyer? (Via a microcontroller with a 2G antenna, for example).

  21. That occasionally happens regardless of whether you've done anything wrong or not, especially if you're black or an immigrant. Like every other unwanted but unavoidable interaction: be polite, be professional.

  22. Here's the entirety of what you say: "I am happy to cooperate, as soon as my lawyer shows up." For everything else, you no habla Ingles (Or Spanish either).

  23. https://www.youtube.com/watch?... (Not a rickroll, I swear)

  24. Heh. Old-fart story time. In Italy, hotels (and hostels) used to restrict calls by physically locking the rotary dial with a small lock, and charging for the key. So we got good at pulse-dialing by tapping the hangup key.

  25. "The cyber" is a word again, tape decks are back... what's next, twiddler keyboards and phreaking?