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  1. or instead of the symptoms... you could just cure the disease by leaving FB.

  2. Putin would disagree, its his kind of comrades.

  3. the real question is about trust... do you trust FB? if so, there is nothing to see here, move along citizen.

  4. Re:Sources of Value on Why iPhone and Android Phone Prices Will Get Even Higher (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    almost all our sales force does 80% of their work via email, phones are their primary work device. its only when they have to create documents they touch a computer/ipad. you can take anything away except their phones.

  5. Re: There is a huge market here on Why iPhone and Android Phone Prices Will Get Even Higher (cnet.com) · · Score: 2

    there is a constant battle between security and convenience. the convinience of face-id and touch id make basic security available to masses. Apple did not remove other options and you can do without enabling face/touch id. However most people will do without security rather than implement what is easier to use.

  6. Re:However on Why iPhone and Android Phone Prices Will Get Even Higher (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    i think the comment was pointed towards samsung (2yr support)
    Apple has a 5 yr commitment which seems appropriate for aging hardware.

  7. Re:Simple - supply and demand on Why iPhone and Android Phone Prices Will Get Even Higher (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    hehe car analogy, it is true that avg age of cars on the road keeps going up... until we get used to the licensed deployment software model that certain vendors seem to be pushing.

  8. Re: Why SOME phone prices will go higher on Why iPhone and Android Phone Prices Will Get Even Higher (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    the person looking for a "bargain" can have a very decent and long lasting mobile device at sub 300 range. and if you are looking for a bargain, then you also don't care if its the same device that will last you 3-5 years without issue. without making a fashion/status symbol, the bargain phones are much better than a few years ago's top of the line. then again most bargain phones are subsidized by carriers as "free" anyway so ...

  9. Re: No favorites here on FCC Sides With Google Fiber Over Comcast With New Pro-Competition Rule (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    yes but, Obama.

  10. Re:Google capitulated, but I think it's kind of la on Google Is in China Cloud Talks With Tencent, Others, Report Says (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    why does google feel the need to capitulate? i blame pikachu.

  11. Re:ls /.news | grep -vi 'cloud' | less on Google Is in China Cloud Talks With Tencent, Others, Report Says (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    ls: cannot access /.news: No such file or directory

  12. clearly you fail to see that in his self centered world, all is well and truly sane.

  13. google is/will be a major ISP.

  14. you mean like net neutrality?

  15. Re:Games? on Tesla Is Adding Atari Games To the In-Car Display (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    nothing more than what already has.

  16. lets try this yet again and see how it doesn't work.

  17. Re:So, why is it *not* the Ukrainian government? on US Indicts Ukrainian Hackers Who Stole Millions of Credit and Debit Card Numbers (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    please don't demean back alley consensual blowjobs.

  18. Re:Business in the 2010s on Facebook's New Message to WhatsApp: Make Money (wsj.com) · · Score: 1

    hehe spend bazillions because some magic fairy said you got it...now that fairy said, oops you don't.

  19. sorry i meant " just cut the local tax and provide bailout"
    deficit spending for all.

  20. nah just raise the local tax and provide bailout to restaurants... seems like the thing to do, i mean why stop at farmers.

  21. Re:How's the pay? on DHS Forms New Cyber Hub To Protect Critical US Infrastructure (wsj.com) · · Score: 1
  22. you are correct, but I am sure since security is expensive and inconvenient its easier to ignore it. where will they find the money?!!

    "This is the total of state, county and city sales tax rates. The Alaska state sales tax rate is currently 0%. The Matanuska Susitna Borough sales tax rate is 0%"

    "Alaska is the only state that does not collect state sales tax or levy an individual income tax"

  23. Re:next up the CLOUD IMPERIUM ...oh wait on DHS Forms New Cyber Hub To Protect Critical US Infrastructure (wsj.com) · · Score: 1

    with any luck it should be online in 2715

  24. Re:How's the pay? on DHS Forms New Cyber Hub To Protect Critical US Infrastructure (wsj.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    i think the plan is to shift over paid TSA agents to this new venture.

  25. Re:5G is dangerous and will give everyone cancer on T-Mobile, Nokia Reach $3.5 Billion Agreement To Build Nationwide 5G Network (phonedog.com) · · Score: 1

    probably true, I for one welcome the X-Men overlords