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  1. Re:goodbye jiffy lube hello $60-$100 dealer oil ch on Patents Are A Big Part Of Why We Can't Own Nice Things (eff.org) · · Score: 2

    The vehicle has to be serviced at the dealer or the warranty is void. Saw that one myself just recently.

  2. "further configured to download said subset to one of said output devices, and further configured to command said output device to transfer said subset onto blank media" - Phones / Tablets /Devices aren't really media but then again it seems like they count it as such for this patent (nice stretch there). However are they blank to start? Nope.

    They gave the inventor one stretch by calling a device that stores something media but what about the word blank? Kind of hard to get around the term blank. Meaning nothing on it.

    I'm probably misguided but if I'm right then problem solved.

  3. Re:Warrant issued upon probable cause on Police Use Pacemaker Data To Charge Homeowner With Arson, Insurance Fraud (networkworld.com) · · Score: 1

    N outrage as long as you remember this key part in the case.

    Fire investigators knew there had been “multiple points of origin of the fire from the outside of the residence.” At the time, the police cited inconsistencies in Compton’s statements when compared with the evidence from the fire.

    That makes it a lot better.

  4. Re:Twelve people's security. on Facebook Has a Team That Handles Mark Zuckerberg's Page (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    I would bet for his account it's a system of dual control approval for changes to the page. Something I would imagine they'd probably want to offer to big names who for image management. It would be the smart way of doing it.

    Twelve people doing it just means it wouldn't be that hard to have two of the twelve around the office....

  5. Stakeholders - don't forget the most one on President Obama Orders Review of Cyber Attacks On 2016 Election (reuters.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    The major stakeholder in this process, which is the American voter, is the one who should receive a full report. Not just the government officials.

  6. This was done but look over here on Reddit To Crack Down On Abuse By Punishing Hundreds of 'Toxic Users' (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    The Reddit CEO edited a post on Reddit other than his own within the systems set rules. That has to be a clear violation. However he just points to another issue, the trolls, and off they go. Trey and Matt are really on top of things. Which is just amusing. I wonder if someone in the history of Reddit's employee's has done the same thing and been terminated for it. If so their HR department is probably going to have a mess on their hands.

    This guy acted like one of those board admins who can't handle what's going on and jumps into the fray, then applies the ban hammer. Instead he should have just stepped back and directed efforts on making Reddit better by fixing the issues at hand and not just in one sub. Or just for one issue. Big picture is needed.

  7. Why is it the medical field gets paid for a incorrect diagnosis and the treatment as well as correct ones? I think performance would increase if they knew they wouldn't get paid or have to refund it. Right now they can walk in and just say "It's this" and walk out knowing they'll still get paid.

  8. I has a bag on Apple Patents a Paper Bag (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Let's get around these claims....

    1. Make a bag with at least 59% post consumer content. Or to be extra picky less than 59%.
    2. Don't allow the handle to droop. If you do the handle may only droop at most 89% of the top edge into the bag container.
    3. Don't user corrugated cardboard for the collar.

  9. I know what happened next on 65-Year-Old Woman Shoots Down Drone Over Her Virginia Property With One Shot (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    She got to clean the shotgun again.

  10. Good old days on The US Army Has Too Many Video Games (vice.com) · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Funny back in the early 90s we'd go to the M-1 simulator and run through that. Then go back to the barracks and play M1 Tank platoon on my Amiga 500. It was a running joke I had my own simulator in my room. M1 Tank Platoon had a little more with the driver position. The fun part was the Micropose armor vehicle identification copy protection. Didn't need have to look that up in the manual.

  11. Your right there is more than 1 person who has an Apple Watch and cares about it.. I like it and I like my mechanical keyboard too.

  12. Is Alive on Let's Stop Freaking Out About Artificial Intelligence (fortune.com) · · Score: 2

    Bar a Johnny 5 accident occurring I think we have nothing to worry about for a long time.

  13. Re:The Patent In Question on Crazy Patent Troll Suing Devs For Posting Apps To Google Play (technobuffalo.com) · · Score: 1

    I thought only the parent claims mattered? The child doesn't count when it comes to it.

  14. Yeah that's for the movie stars and sports heroes to do. You know cause they really know better than all of us because they well they do.

  15. Re:Doctor Who... on Netflix's US Catalog Has Shrunk by More Than 2,500 Titles in Less Than 2.5 Years · · Score: 2

    That was due to a move by the BBC. They see the money in their own streaming channel too...

  16. A name that means something on Internet By Light Promises To Leave Wi-Fi Eating Dust (yahoo.com) · · Score: 1

    Li-Fi has one advantage that it at least stands for something.

  17. Re:An increase in phishing? on IRS Warns Of 400% Flood In Phishing and Malware This Tax Year Alone (networkworld.com) · · Score: 1

    Plays into this too...

    http://krebsonsecurity.com/2015/03/sign-up-at-irs-gov-before-crooks-do-it-for-you/

    Someone thought it would be a bright idea to have online registration with the IRS. So now people will think it's more legit if they did sign up. So that email could have more of a chance to be taken seriously...

  18. Re:New vehicle DLC on NASA Is Building a Virtual Mars For VR Viewing (unrealengine.com) · · Score: 1

    What about X-plane? www.x-plane.com/adventures/mars.html

    Sounds like it would be interesting to try but you have a lot of problems to deal with.

  19. Heard something like this before on Online Ad Czar Berates Adblockers As Freedom-Hating 'Mafia' (thestack.com) · · Score: 1

    It was really odd as I read this I was thinking to myself this sounds awfully a lot like the arguments that spammers gave me when they found out their account was turned off. Of course it's not fair to lump them into the same category as that because they place these ads on the sites and not just cram your own space full of stuff. I think this guy needs to take a step back though and really look at what some people are doing that may or may not be members and see it's a reason for the ad blocking. The over abundance/overkill of advertising on a web site. The advertisements that cause malware infections. The tracking that goes on. I believe Ad blocking would be less used if advertising were more responsible - even just by solving the malware issue alone.

  20. Re:Oh give me a break on CBS, Others Sued For Copyright Infringement Over "Soft Kitty" In Big Bang Theory (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I believe the copyright for that last 95 years. So 2025 is when the copyright expires. We'll find out before that if that will enter the public domain since a certain mouse is set to expire in 2023.
     

  21. This time I care on Reddit Is Banning Users That Post Star Wars 7 Spoilers (softpedia.com) · · Score: 1, Funny

    For me I have only watched the trailers and the one trailer that was put together. I try my hardest to avoid all other information about the movie and can so I have done so very well. I especially ignore everything right now even "spoiler free" reviews. I want to try and relive the experience I had as a kid. You knew next to nothing going in and came out with an imagination running wild. I have emptied my cup and I await till tomorrow to fill it.

    Banning is a bit heavy handed. They should have just created a Yoda translator plugin for their website and forced those users to have it for a week.

  22. Responsbile parenting on Top Democratic Senator Will Seek Legislation To "Pierce" Through Encryption (dailydot.com) · · Score: 5, Interesting

    That's funny did Dianne Feinstein just imply that she can't trust her own children to raise their children properly?

  23. The final sentence on 9th-Grader May Face Charges After Homemade Clock Mistaken For Bomb · · Score: 1

    "He’s vowed never to take an invention to school again."

    This is the true shame in all of it. First thing when he gets back to school he should do is start an engineering club. I'm sure after the settlement he'll be able to give a nice donation to the club to keep it going for a long time and really stick it to them.

  24. No worries for Warner/Chappell on "Happy Birthday" Hits Sour Notes When It Comes To Song's Free Use · · Score: 1

    The mouse goes public domain in 2024. I'm sure this will be fixed soon.

  25. So what should be done in the mean time on Rumblefish Claims It Owns 'America the Beautiful' By United States Navy Band · · Score: 2

    Let's see. Find all the public domain songs that others claim copyrights to. Create videos - lots of videos. Post to all the video sites. Repeat until the problem is fixed. Gives the trolls something to do to.