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  1. Uh, because it was a nice place to go find a book on How Blockbuster Could Have Owned Netflix · · Score: 1

    to read. If you wanted to read old stuff, then you should have been shopping at a used bookstore. They are good for the older titles and often have a broad selection. But Borders was a nice place to find a new book to read.

  2. And what makes you think on The Second Operating System Hiding In Every Mobile Phone · · Score: 1

    that any of those strangers are "random". :)

  3. Too soon on How Blockbuster Could Have Owned Netflix · · Score: 1

    Hey, its a little too soon to talk about Borders that way. Some of us are still in mourning.

  4. The funny was a little forced at times on Thor: The Dark World — What Did You Think? · · Score: 1

    Overall I liked the movie, but I thought some of the humor was forced at times. Or badly timed. And I would have liked to see more character development on the Jane Foster character. Mostly she is reactive. Tom Hiddleston carried the movie.
    The final scene with the collector was miserable and should have been cut from the movie completely.

  5. They specifically chose these jobs on GCHQ Created Spoofed LinkedIn and Slashdot Sites To Serve Malware · · Score: 2

    so they wouldn't HAVE to be productive. All they have to do is listen and let the money roll in.

  6. How is this not computer fraud/abuse? on Twitter's Fake Followers Watching IPO Closely · · Score: 1

    Using someones computer/service for something they prohibit and did not intend seems like it would be covered under the laws governing computers. Don't these ad agencies have lawyers? Or are the ad men just not telling their lawyers.
    If SPAM is a crime, then this seems to be the same.

  7. Ah, so the person who dies with the most toy guns on Solid Concepts Manufactures First 3D-Printed Metal Pistol · · Score: 1

    wins. Cool!
    Dang, I lose.

  8. We built this giant telescope called the on Spooked By His Sci Fi, FBI Looked Into Asimov As Possible Communist Tipster · · Score: 1

    stock market to focus all of the evil in the universe. Then we looked through the telescope.

  9. Unlike Microsoft who DEMANDS money for net connect on A Playstation 4 Teardown · · Score: 4, Informative

    I still cannot believe that in order to run streaming apps like Netflix or Hulu I have to purchase xbox live just to get the ethernet adapter to work. 50 bucks a year to turn on the ethernet adapter seems a little pricey.

  10. A funny posting by a guy from Australia on Scientists Says Jellyfish Are Taking Over the Oceans · · Score: 4, Funny

    In my country, terawatt globes are reserved for police helicopter chases and warning sailors of hazardous shoals. This is despite the fact that practically every living creature there can kill you in under three minutes. Our primary spoken language is screaming.
    http://www.27bslash6.com/halogen.html

  11. Wouldnt they hash the username and password? on Stolen Adobe Passwords Were Encrypted, Not Hashed · · Score: 1

    Or even the username, customer number, and password? I mean you want as much in the stew as possible right? Then add a little salt to taste.

  12. And Hope, don't forget the balm of hope. on TSA Union Calls For Armed Guards At Every Checkpoint · · Score: 1

    People would not be arming themselves and going apeshit if they were looking forward to a great life. And I think the whole pro-militarism thing is to blame as well. When I grew up, the bad guys carried guns and shot people in the back. Now we have sniper competitions on the education networks. Its sick.

  13. Nitrogen reacts with stuff? on 6TB Helium-Filled Hard Drives Take Flight · · Score: 1

    He not so much. Actually, the nitrogen is good because it does not leak out...its a big molecule. Maybe they want a small molecule for best effect.

  14. What the hell is a helium bomb? on 6TB Helium-Filled Hard Drives Take Flight · · Score: 1

    A fusion bomb with heavy helium? Is there such a thing?

  15. Ok, scratch that last part on Full Details of My Attempted Entrapment For Teaching Polygraph Countermeasures · · Score: 1

    That was a little too sharp.

  16. Re:It seems unfortunate that you posted his name on Full Details of My Attempted Entrapment For Teaching Polygraph Countermeasures · · Score: 1

    What if the name is someone in the next cube down. Or an enemy. Or just a name made up that happens to match someone vulnerable.

    I cannot gift you with common sense. Either you have it or you don't.

  17. It seems unfortunate that you posted his name on Full Details of My Attempted Entrapment For Teaching Polygraph Countermeasures · · Score: 1

    Regardless of your interpretation of the incident, you should not have posted his name. It does not make you seem very trustworthy.

  18. Some wifi routers have usb ports now on Ask Slashdot: Simple Backups To a Neighbor? · · Score: 2

    If you can convince a friend to swap out his/her wifi router for a new one with the port you need, then all you need is to hook up a hard drive to the usb port on the back. Put a replacement OS on the router for additional features and you can use rsync over ssh. Since the wifi router will be an always on device, it would make a good backup target. Use dynamic dns or some homegrown ping system to find the router if it changes IP address.
    Of course, your friend better stay that way if he has all your data.

  19. Sweet! So when is the IPO? on Dell Is Now a Private Company Again · · Score: 4, Funny

    I mean, given the climate is there really a doubt there will be one?

  20. Just give them YouTube on Did Snakes Help Build the Primate Brain? · · Score: 1

    Soon they will be programmed to love kittys!

  21. Thats really, really bad on Anti-Poaching Lawsuit Against Apple, Google and Others Given the Green Light · · Score: 1

    That blows the "Dont be Evil" thing right out of the water.

  22. Dont you get it? They're broke and they know it. on Federal Prosecutors, In a Policy Shift, Cite Warrantless Wiretaps As Evidence · · Score: 1

    The car is going over the edge of the cliff and the American people are in it. These maneuvers have nothing to do with crime, terrorism, or anything else. The system is evolving to protect itself against the eventuality that the people will rise against it with force of arms. And there is a good chance that will happen when people realize they have been betrayed.
    The wiretapping, the saturation of police forces with ex-military shooters, the warrant-less seizures. Its all pretty simple: they are broke and they are laying the groundwork to maintain control as the car plummets towards wherever its going to end up.
    These guys are not stupid and they will do whatever they can to scare/cow/kill the public into toeing the new line. They are probably doing it "for our own good" to keep the patriots from deserting en-masse or turning against them.
    Its as simple as that.

  23. If everyone was a node, then it would work better on Ten Steps You Can Take Against Internet Surveillance · · Score: 1

    If everyone were a node and there was just no telling what packets would come out of anyones box, then they basically would not be able to use IP addresses anymore.

  24. How about running your browser as another user on Ten Steps You Can Take Against Internet Surveillance · · Score: 1

    I think one of the biggest risks is drive-by infections. I have been thinking that running my browser as a different (underprivileged) user might be a nice added layer of insulation. You could add that user's group to your extended group list and still get all the files. But it could not get at yours.

  25. I am running xubuntu/pulse on Torvalds: Free OS X Is No Threat To Linux · · Score: 1

    And the output is forcing hdmi audio instead of the headphones. Even after I set the fallback, the settings I choose are getting lost which means it works, just not until I fix it again. So my fix is to use the hardware I didnt intend to use. Im sure that there is a fix for saving the settings I select again and again. I will find it.