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  1. Re:Why am I not surprised? on Download With Caution: Romney, Obama Campaign Apps Have Privacy Flaws · · Score: 1

    Yes, if your nanny controls your computer

    No one is in control of your computer. The Android market is hosted on Google's servers which is managed by Google employees, providing a service to you free of charge. By agreeing to use their service, you're signing away any rights that you think you have. I'm a privacy buff as well, but I'm not going to delude myself into thinking I'm somehow entitled to anything when I'm on logged onto the internet. You're at the mercy of the legal terms you agree to. Nothing more, nothing less.

  2. Re:How will APK react to this? on Windows 8 Changes Host File Blocking · · Score: 1

    I wouldn't say "demise". All you have to do is disable Windows Defender and install third party AV alternatives, which is the first thing most power users do anyway.

  3. Why am I not surprised? on Download With Caution: Romney, Obama Campaign Apps Have Privacy Flaws · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    The Android market aka Google Play is home to apps that seem to have been made on a lazy afternoon. The amount of pings they make to various web servers ( I checked it via a request sniffer) is astounding. This isn't a problem specific to the campaign apps, but a lot of Android apps in general. Google has been hesitant to enforce a strict set of standards akin to Apple, and the results are beginning to show.

  4. Re:I believe it's called... on Serious Problems With USB and Ethernet On the Raspberry Pi · · Score: 1

    It's not a hacker tool, it's a learning tool. RPi was originally ( and still is) geared towards educational institutions where access to affordable computers is limited. So while this might be a minor inconvenience for some people here in the states, it *is* a big problem in places where supplies and the budget are limited.

  5. Our lasting evidence of our existence on New Signs Voyager Is Nearing Interstellar Space · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Assuming the Voyager and Pioneer probes don't get flung into a star, plummet into some super gas giant, or captured into orbit by any other celestial object, these probes may be our fist step in preserving our legacy into the future. Assuming Voyager is still intact with its present trajectory, it will reach the star AC+79 3888 in about 40,000 years .

    In 40,000 years, there's a good chance that humanity would have gone extinct for a plethora of reasons. It comforts me to know that we would not go the way of the dinosaurs, quietly into oblivion on a lonely corner of the Milky Way. Damn it, at least we tried.

  6. Re:Disposable Vehicles? on Hypersonic Test Aircraft Peeled Apart After 3 Minutes of Sustained Mach 20 Speed · · Score: 1

    Depends on how fast you intend to do it. For the human body it's all about acceleration, the speed doesn't really matter.

    In this case, it does. If you lose control of the aircraft at Mach 20, even the lightest directional change would instantly kill any humans.

  7. Ominous precedent on Iran Deleted From the World's Banking Computers · · Score: 1

    It seems like EU and the international community is injecting politics into the world's economy. God knows that this is going to have disastrous consequences if this becomes a norm.

  8. Re: on Santorum Calls Democrats 'Anti-Science' · · Score: 1

    Pot, kettle, and the rest.

  9. Re:And can I *buy* one yet? on Get a Glimpse At the Raspberry Pi Fedora Remix · · Score: 1

    The first batch is set to arrive from the factory two days from now. There's no need to whine and moan about it.

  10. Re:Where? on Security Tool HijackThis Goes Open Source · · Score: 5, Informative

    They're using Subversion to manage the code: http://hjt.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/hjt/

  11. Brave New World on Brain Implants Can Detect What Patients Hear · · Score: 3

    We need more articles like this. It's an encouraging progress in neuroscience.

  12. Re:Thanks SOCA on UK Law Enforcement Starts Seizing Music Blogs · · Score: 1

    for assuming you have jurisdiction in my country.

    What makes you think they can't request your government to extradite you?

  13. Re:Yay! on Google Close To Launching Cloud Storage 'Google Drive' · · Score: 1

    You have the freedom of choice. If you don't want to store your data on the cloud, then don't No one is forcing you to. There's no point whining about privacy when you still have free will over the matter.

  14. Thank you for signing this petition. We appreciate your participation in the We the People platform on Whitehouse.gov. However, consistent with the We the People Terms of Participation and our responses to similar petitions in the past, the White House declines to comment on this petition because it requests a specific law enforcement action.

  15. January 28 is Data Privacy Day on January 28 is Data Privacy Day · · Score: 2

    ...or lack thereof.

  16. Re:Lovely on Twitter Can Now Block Tweets In Specific Countries · · Score: 1

    The fact that you would spew all this on a liberal leaning tech blog means you're either oblivious of the internet or you are what my generation would dub as a "troll". Enjoy your -1.

  17. Such arrogance on "Learn To Code, Get a Job" According To CNN · · Score: 1

    Our resident subject matter experts once again have once again proven that Slashdot is infested with arrogant intellectuals.

  18. Re:Oracle and Java on Oracle's Latest Java Moves Draw Industry Ire · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Not a chance. Java has changed the face of mobile computing within the past decade. Why would oracle shoot themselves in the foot?

  19. Re:Please no on Google Merges Google+ Into Search · · Score: 1

    Make it opt-in instead of opt-out. Please don't junk up my search results.

    Then don't use Google+. In fact, don't use Google period. You should know by now that Google has been working on integrating all of its services into one central platform. You saw this coming.

  20. Take not Google on Dell Ditches Netbooks · · Score: 1

    With so many manufacturers setting their sites on mobile devices, ultra-light/portable laptops/netbooks are going the way of dodo. Yet, Google is still trying to expand its Chromebook line of netbook which are, in essence, overpriced netbooks that only run Google Chrome.

  21. Doesn't matter on DynDNS Cuts Back Free DNS Options · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I've been using this site for a while now and I must say I like it.

  22. They're not protecting you on US Watchdog Bans Photoshop Use In Cosmetics Ads · · Score: 5, Insightful

    They're protecting millions of impressionable young girls who might be exposed to these ads.

  23. Sometimes.... on Site Offers History of Torrent Downloads By IP · · Score: 2

    I'm thankful that I have a dynamic IP. It might the only defense I have if I get sued.

  24. Perhaps its time we act first and abandon GNOME. on GNOME 3 Wins Linux Journal's Readers' Choice Award · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    GNOME 3 has not accomplished anything to deserve an award.

    While I do agree that its interface works great on touch based devices, it is not nor will it ever be optimized for PCs and laptops. Perhaps this is a sign that GNOME will slowly abandon PC users. Perhaps its time we act first and abandon GNOME.

  25. What defines a terrorist? on Senator Wants 'Terrorist' Label On Blogs · · Score: 1

    I smell a messy court battle if this picks up traction.