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  1. Re:Lo and behold! on Microsoft Releases a Version of Windows 10 For the Chinese Government (techinasia.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    Honestly, I will take one that reports telemetry to the Chinese govt, and not to microsoft or the DoD. Anyone got a torrent?

  2. Re:Levison should be made whole on Gov't Accidentally Publishes Target of Lavabit Probe: It's Snowden (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 4, Informative

    The government asked for his TLS key, so that they could capture passwords as they were being sent to the servers. There is no way each user could have been given a separate TLS key. I dont think you understand how any of this works. It was either sell all his users or shutdown (and still be in contempt of court).

  3. Re:cut page load times by 90% instantly on MIT Creates Algorithm That Speeds Up Page Load Time By 34% (softpedia.com) · · Score: 0

    Likewise only an idiot thinks javascript is completely useless in todays internet.

  4. Re:Redirect through Google's servers on Google Releases Project Shield To Fight Against DDoS Attacks (thestack.com) · · Score: 1

    separate organization that is tasked with monitoring and minimizing access

    How about for someone already part of that organization. It would just be themselves and their manager's approval (if one is needed at all for their org, and even may be just themselves if they are the head). It all comes to the culture in the organization. I cant comment on google, but I bet these things happen even organizations with similar policies.

  5. Re:US offer meant to ban VW form fuel-cell electri on US Asks VW For Electric Cars (news.com.au) · · Score: 1

    And only an idiot would think Fuel Cells have no chance ever. I will just wait to pass judgement, thanks.

  6. Re:100MB of data .... valid for.... on Seeing Beyond The Hubris Of Facebook's Free Basics Fiasco (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    Try 50c, you get 125 MB for 28 days (It is a bit less than 50c, it is 0.42c so amortized cost for a month will still be less than 50 cents, it is just easier for me to roundup). http://telecomtalk.info/aircel...

    This is the pack I use on my backup phone.

  7. Re:Browser lie index or torrents on Sci-Hub, a Site With Open and Pirated Scientific Papers · · Score: 1

    s/lib/libgen and s/good scholar/google scholar. Remind me to never type comments from a phone.

  8. Re:Browser lie index or torrents on Sci-Hub, a Site With Open and Pirated Scientific Papers · · Score: 1

    It is available as torrents. It is part of libgen. Check the lib forums to grab the torrents. Each torrent is about a TB, so beware. They are not a search engine, just a way to download paywalled articles. You just use good scholar to search and scihub to download. Not everything has be done in-house (dont reinvent the wheel etc).

  9. Of course it is. Did you not read the terms before installing it?

  10. Re:20 to 23 on Fedora Linux Might Drop Incremental Upgrades (happyassassin.net) · · Score: 1

    Wrong. Try displaying the status message of every component in your car, and we have a better comparison. The engine light equivalent would be a single button on the top left or something summarizing all the messages during kernel boot.

    No end user should have to read kernel boot messages.

  11. Re:When? on TPP Signing Ceremony To Take Place In February (freezenet.ca) · · Score: 1

    This. He was/is generally in favor of free trade agreements. About TPP in particular, he wanted to see the details before forming an opinion. You must a Grade A moron if you thought he was against TPP.

  12. Re:Maybe I'm a jerk... on Linode Under DDoS Since Christmas (linode.com) · · Score: 2

    It is simple, you dont pay them enough to do that for you. They provide cheap, cookie cutter setups. If the setup is not for you, they do not do custom setups, they dont take odd (but possibly simple) requests. Find another business, really.

  13. Re:It's because networking equipment costs are ris on AT&T Will Raise Cost of Old Unlimited Data Plans By $5 In February (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Improving LTE coverage is also expensive

  14. Re:It's because networking equipment costs are ris on AT&T Will Raise Cost of Old Unlimited Data Plans By $5 In February (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    I know it is fashionable to make fun of AT&T, but per network device costs are not rising, but investing in more infrastructure, like replacing one tower with 6 towers is, as you can imagine, expensive.

  15. Re:It's their money... on 'No Such Thing As a Free Gift' Casts a Critical Eye At Gates Foundation (theintercept.com) · · Score: 1

    To be fair, if their stated aim is to cure cancer, heart disease, or the obesity epidemic, they have obviously been ineffective. It is alright to criticize how someone is trying to achieve something, as long as they propose an alternative way.

  16. Re:Card reader broken? Then no tip on Pressure From Uber Forces London Taxis To Finally Accept Cards (thestack.com) · · Score: 2

    Where I am from, you cant drive a cab without a working card reader. City and County ordinance. If at the end of the ride they pull a card not working trick, I just say "too bad, thanks for the ride" and walk out. They can call the cops all day.

  17. Re:Because the CIA is evil. on Greenwald: Why the CIA Is Smearing Edward Snowden After Paris Attacks (latimes.com) · · Score: 1

    We may be evil, but we are better than ISIS. Very quaint slogan, really.

  18. Re:Allow me to predict the comments on Raspberry Pi Unveils New $5 Mini-computer · · Score: 1

    No they dont, but many do require communication with each other or with a master computer/controller. Ethernet is the easiest way to do this.

    yes, you need to broaden your thinking

    And you need to listen to your own advice.

  19. Re:Allow me to predict the comments on Raspberry Pi Unveils New $5 Mini-computer · · Score: 1

    Let me add a legit complain. They only have one USB port, and ethernet/harddisk will have to share it. It means it would suck as an NAS server. For $5 it would be a cool throwaway card for various projects though, like you know a intelligent garden lighting or whatever.

  20. Re:What is this, click bait? on How Anonymous' War With Isis Is Actually Harming Counter-Terrorism (metro.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    So many mentions, but no link to the real rick roll. I expected better from you /.

  21. Re:Iran does not keep a database of Christians on Donald Trump Obliquely Backs a Federal Database To Track Muslims · · Score: 1

    Now I get it. That is what Trump want. He wants to track them so that can give them special rights and representation in the senate. Praise be.

  22. Re:Nashville... on Ask Slashdot: Undervalued, Livable American Tech Towns? · · Score: 1

    Or Chattanooga. We dont have cheap gigabit fiber, stay away.

  23. Russians also used humans pressing random keys on typewriters all day long to generate number pads. Humans dont do randomness well, and there were plenty of patterns for American cryptanalysts to exploit. Good stuff.

  24. Re: He's an Idiot. on GE CTO On Moving 9,000 Apps To the Public Cloud · · Score: 1

    You think large cloud providers (Google, Amazon, IBM-Softlayer) dont live up their SLA? History shows they do. If you dont mind, some people like to take decisions based on data available. They can steal your data, as much as they can tap your traffic when you are located in their datacenter or use their physical access to gain root and bug your system. Do we really have to discuss these?

  25. Make this like cars, but more compact. Make it as heavy as cars, sturdy, and have a loud alarm that lets people around know someone is tampering with bot (like tampering with a car).