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  1. When I signed up for facebook years ago, it asked for my email password.
    No F'in way. The alternative then, as it is now is to reply to the verification email.

    It's taken people this long to notice this stupidity?

  2. Re:How can this be anti-trust? HUH? on Justice Department Warns Academy About Changing Oscar Rules To Exclude Streaming (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    Did you read the article? Read it again. How you got voted up to 5 for an incorrect assumption, well that's the ranking system.

  3. Re:Boston Market on McDonald's Bites on Big Data With $300 Million Acquisition (wired.com) · · Score: 1

    Actually, when they bought them it was a good buy. And is still working. They bought well after the chapter 11.

  4. Would you like Fries with that on McDonald's Bites on Big Data With $300 Million Acquisition (wired.com) · · Score: 1

    The previous post had it wrong.

  5. What a bunch or morons.
    Piracy has been going on since dial up modem times.
    Further, they're still relying on the argument that this sort of piracy cost the stakeholders anything. A lot of minor piraters wouldn't buy the piece in the first place. Yes it's theft of services, but not piracy.
    Going after the small fry is pointless, and doesn't do a damn thing about real piracy.
    Stupid old men. Get off my lawn!
    While the idiot is out front yelling at the kids, the real criminal has snuck in the backdoor and stolen the goods.

  6. Time to call the local TV stations on Frontier Demands $4,300 Cancellation Fee Despite Horribly Slow Internet (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Sadly her mother naively signed the contract. The cancellation fee details are probably buried in legalese.
    Get a couple TV stations to do a human interest story in their news. Really bad press.
    File a complaint with whoever regulates the service.
    Then call a lawyer, and sue for breach of contract, for failure to provide the contracted service.
    Escalate, and escalate.
    Make collecting that fee too expensive.
    Time consuming, but burning an asshole can be satisfying.

  7. Inexplicable grammar on Major Games Publishers Are Feeling The Impact Of Peaking Attention (midiaresearch.com) · · Score: 1

    This is meaningless:
    "More gamers engage with games videos and events than Fortnite."
    There is no conclusion.
    Makes the article worthless.

  8. The end of phone sales in Kansas on House Bill Requires Pornography Filter on All Phones, Computers Purchased in Kansas (cjonline.com) · · Score: 2

    You'll only be able to get a phone out of state, or through the internet. No one selling phones will deal with this.
    There is 3rd party software, already available. It's not free. And, a one time $20 will not cover it. Plus, Apple is causing problems for everyone who does content filtering.
    I know. I work for a company that sells content filtering software, and I work on the iPhone product.
    These bills were written by tech ignorant legislators. As they refuse to try to understand the issue, they are blind and stupid.

  9. I can sum their article up in one word:
    BULL$#1T

  10. Twitter doesn't want to fix the problem.
    It would affect their ad revenue.
    Idiots watch ads.

  11. Mozilla has a history of innovation. Regularly better than the others.
    A single engine is bad for the ecosystem. It's much harder to find an exploit that works everywhere.
    Webkit is chromium. Apple is using the chromium engine.

    I've used Mozilla since V 0.05. I file the original memory leak bugzilla report. I've forgotten the number, but it was under 100.
    I was getting updates on it for over 10 years, until it was finally solved.

  12. The FTC CAN NOT break up a company on Advocacy Groups Are Pushing The FTC To Break Up Facebook (theverge.com) · · Score: 1, Informative

    Only the courts, or congress can break up a company.
    The author needs to get a clue.
    The autor's opinion is basically worthless.

  13. Not going to happen on Mark Zuckerberg's Mentor 'Shocked and Disappointed' -- But He Has a Plan (time.com) · · Score: 2

    He makes good points. But it's too late.
    There are few laws governing social media. And, there won't be any anytime soon. Just look at the shutdown disaster.
    Need to find solutions that are in the current system.
    (this is a resubmit after logging in)

  14. Dollar General is Not a dollar store on The Dollar Store Backlash Has Begun (citylab.com) · · Score: 1

    Dollar General is a discount grocery store. Not a store where everything costs a dollar, like Dollar Tree,
    Sorry, the author is an idiot. The article is a mindless piece of trash.

  15. A trivial animation is patentable? on Apple Tweaks iOS Animation In China In Attempt To Avoid Sales Ban (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    How is a stupid animation new or novel.
    What in the world made this patentible.
    Oh! I know. Over worked patent examiners who let anything through with a big enough pile of paper.
    BULL$#1T

  16. NOT air gapped on Ships Infected With Ransomware, USB Malware, Worms (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    They have satellite internet.
    Some even fast enough connection to watch movies.
    Air gap means NO outside connection.
    Ships are NOT air gapped.

  17. Re:Windows, right? on Ships Infected With Ransomware, USB Malware, Worms (zdnet.com) · · Score: 2

    Running windows? Wrong, they don't, they have at least that much of a clue.
    No paper charts, that's a different story. WTF do they do after a lightning strike?

    oh, by the way, I own a boat, and have paper charts.

  18. Re:Air-Gapped. on Ships Infected With Ransomware, USB Malware, Worms (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Beat me to the air gap point.
    As to your other. You don't understand shipping, and they're clueless. Need to be educated.

  19. Print is dead. The story title is misleading.
    BTW I get no news from social media, only stupid people do. Sadly, there are a lot of stupid people.

  20. Maybe Qualcom should have talked to AMD on How Qualcomm Tried and Failed To Steal Intel's Crown Jewel · · Score: 2

    AMD has been trying to get an edge. They did for a few years, but lost it.
    Server chips are not mobile chips. Qualcomm was in over their head's before they started.
    They never had a chance.

  21. Amazon is cheaper than the alternative on Is Amazon Rigging the Bidding For Massive Government Contracts? (vanityfair.com) · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Having worked in the defense industry, and seen it first hand.
    Cloud computing is cheaper. The problem for the defense industry is security.
    Amazon is the only one to pass the test. It cost them a lot.
    Now they're reaping the benefit of that expense.
    They are the only cloud player to have invested in defense level security.

    It saves money, even if they are the only player

  22. He doesn't have a snowball's chance in hell on Investor Sues AT&T Over Two-Factor Security Flaws, $23 Million Cryptocurrency Theft (fastcompany.com) · · Score: 0

    He was obviously hacked. It's his fault.
    Some lawyer is trying this on spec. Maybe he's hoping they'll settle to avoid legal costs.

  23. Re:totally illegal on Should the US Air Force Bomb Forest Fires? (popularmechanics.com) · · Score: 1

    You nailed it. It would require an act of congress, which can't seem to act.

  24. Interesting idea on Theme Park Deploys Trained Crows To Collect Litter (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Crows are one of the most intelligent birds. They are trainable.
    It could work.

  25. Re:If you want folks to give a damn about this on Planet At Risk of Heading Towards Irreversible 'Hothouse Earth' State (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    Good point. The ass hats on top are the problem. A certain one in particular.