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  1. Re:One way people could mess with this... on 90 Cities Install A Covert Technology That Listens For Gunshots (businessinsider.com) · · Score: 1

    Most pistols are around 150db or more, much less and I doubt this system would detect it.

  2. Re:Or, just play... on 90 Cities Install A Covert Technology That Listens For Gunshots (businessinsider.com) · · Score: 1

    Sure, with that iPhone you've got that can reproduce a 160db gunshot with adequate fidelity ....

  3. Re:One way people could mess with this... on 90 Cities Install A Covert Technology That Listens For Gunshots (businessinsider.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Take a brown paper bag, the tall ones you get at liquor stores, blow em up as much as you can, then pop - in the right conditions, in a city, sounds like a fucking gunshot going off.

    Says someone with no clue what a real gunshot sounds like.

  4. Re: Any STABLE Android-x86 or high-perf ARM boards on Survey Says: Raspberry Pi Still Rules, But X86 SBCs Have Made Gains (linuxgizmos.com) · · Score: 1

    Can you set it and forget it to do something important 24/7/365 without any real supervision?

    Why is approximately 7 years the benchmark you're setting?

  5. Re:Or just get one that has 4 wheels on Scientists Discover How To Stop Luggage From Toppling On the Race Through the Airport (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    I guess an organized dork is slightly better than a clumsy and disorganized one, but point taken.

  6. We need to either start growing better humans, or figure out a new way to model our economy that leverages human tendencies while still allowing those who are incapable or unwilling to make an economically viable contribution to survive. Various "vote myself more money" schemes don't seem viable.

  7. What is this supermarket thing you're talking about? I seem to remember that term from the dark ages but can't quite place it .....

    TL,DR; Why are you wasting time in a store?

  8. Re:..and the march of SocJus continues on 6 Female Founders Accuse VC Justin Caldbeck of Making Unwanted Advances (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    DId the people in question work for the VC? I thought they were just begging him for money?

  9. With a GEOSTATIONARY satellite. Phased polar and other low orbit assets can be much, much lower. So not the minimum for satellite ping time at all. The minimum is something on the order of 1000km at the speed of light, adding in some distance for practical geometry (the sat one is currently using won't be directly overhead often), I'd guess what, 5ms? The contribution of the protocol and repeater would probably be higher. Remember, light actually travels slower in fiber.

  10. Re:Or just get one that has 4 wheels on Scientists Discover How To Stop Luggage From Toppling On the Race Through the Airport (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    The 4 wheeled ones I've used have castors on the wheels, which yes, actually DOES fix the problem. I use a backpack and a sling bag now, but the 4 wheeler did solve the problem. Packing lighter solves it a lot more elegantly.

  11. Re:Or just get one that has 4 wheels on Scientists Discover How To Stop Luggage From Toppling On the Race Through the Airport (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    The only times I've gone over 10 or so were (1) when I had 20kg of SCUBA gear with me, and (2) when I was staying for over a year and wanted to bring in a few large household items. I learned a lot during that last deal and wouldn't do it again. For longer stays, just ship it to yourself in the destination country.

    The SCUBA (or other sports equipment) thing is legit IMO but again, as a burly man I had no problems carrying what I packed.

    So yeah, don't pack more than you can handle, and use local labor to get things laundered etc.

  12. Or just get one that has 4 wheels on Scientists Discover How To Stop Luggage From Toppling On the Race Through the Airport (theguardian.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Or just get one that has 4 wheels and don't look like a dork

  13. Re:300 000 every day? on Microsoft Admits Disabling Anti-Virus Software For Windows 10 Users (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    A sample is something collected from an infected device; the vast majority on any given day are going to fall into identical malware. It's not 300K unique viruses.

  14. Re:Management wasting another good engineer? on Chris Lattner, Poached From Apple To Become Tesla's Top Software Executive, Quits After 6 Months (bizjournals.com) · · Score: 1

    Bigger places generally have a technical track, for instance where I currently work we have several "VP Fellows" who are not in a management track, they're top level technical resources. If the company you're at hasn't figured it out maybe you will have to switch if you ever become that accomplished.

  15. I'm not a ransomware author, but if I were I'd filter the I/O requests such that as I encrypted files, I would decrypt them on the fly as they were demanded until I was finished. Then I would possibly continue until my peers were also finished, and then probably raise the demand.

    I would be a little surprised (and sort of oddly disappointed) if this isn't how this class of ransomware works. Doing this is not rocket surgery.

  16. Re:Okay, is anyone nervous about this? on Microsoft, Accenture Team Up On Blockchain-based Digital ID Network (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Is that in any way related to the Arthur Anderson family of companies?

  17. Or, who knows, left in our tax-paying pockets, unmolested?

  18. Re:Why is this on Slashdot? on Watchdog Report Finds Alarming 20 Percent of Baby Food Tested Contains Lead (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    But our skin has never been as clear since.

  19. Re:So, President Trump was right? on Coal Market Set To Collapse Worldwide By 2040 As Solar, Wind Dominate (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Much like the London horse sh*t crisis ended due to the progression of technology, not due to the hastily passed laws of the time. Henry Ford and his affordable automobile ended it in spite of not because of lawmakers of the day. Ironically, ushering in the next big crisis for lawmakers to panic over.

  20. Re:dumping the grid on Coal Market Set To Collapse Worldwide By 2040 As Solar, Wind Dominate (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    What he said.

  21. Re:dumping the grid on Coal Market Set To Collapse Worldwide By 2040 As Solar, Wind Dominate (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 2

    .... causing our country to fall into a 2nd world status and maybe even 3rd world if we do not watch it.

    You really shouldn't use terms you don't understand.

    https://www.quora.com/What-are-First-World-Second-World-and-Third-World-countries

  22. Nice irony

  23. Re:Seems unconstitutional to me on eBay Urges Customers To Oppose Washington Internet Tax (knkx.org) · · Score: 1

    A 13% income tax would not be viewed as cute by WA residents I bet.

  24. Re:Seems unconstitutional to me on eBay Urges Customers To Oppose Washington Internet Tax (knkx.org) · · Score: 1

    At the time this happend, Amazon was very careful to NOT have a corporate presence (nexus) in CA. Now that they have started collecting sales tax they have opened a lot of facilities in CA, and offer things like free same day delivery. Not sure that's what the brick and mortar guys were expecting on this issue.

  25. Re:As a Washington resident... on eBay Urges Customers To Oppose Washington Internet Tax (knkx.org) · · Score: 1

    I endorse the spirit of the plan but I doubt it's got legs.