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  1. Re:Can Someone Explain To Me The Difference... on New York's Financial Regulator Subpoenas Bitcoin Companies · · Score: 1

    Honestly, I think it's just a matter of scale. I'm sure that if WoW can be used for money laundering, it is being used for money laundering, but there are limits to how much you can trade here. WoW transactions never exceed a few thousand dollars, and these are rare. Bicoin transactions worth tens of thousands of dollars occur several times a day.

  2. They are welcome to provide alternatives on IAB Urges People To Stop "Mozilla From Hijacking the Internet" · · Score: 1

    Google managed to develop and market Chrome, and get a lot of people interested in it. They make no money directly from Chrome. It exists entirely for the indirect benefit to their advertising revenue.

    A consortium of internet advertisers must be able to produce a fair amount of cash. More than woul dbe needed for developing a piece of software (Mozilla seems to have an annual budget of about $2 million which is not a vast amount for a lot of companies). A lot of the technology is freely available and cna be used even in a closed source browser.

    All they need to do is make it better than firefox and give people the choice. If one of the improvements is a "relevant and diverse Internet experience" then that's a marketing point. If people actually don't like thid party cookies, then they'll need to make a better browser to encourage pepel to accept the cost. I'm sure that's quite possible.

  3. Re:Bloomberg, I have a great PR idea for you! on Federal Judge Rules NYC "Stop and Frisk" Violated Rights · · Score: 1

    At least once a day is too predictable. It's the sort of thing they could get used to. We need to frisk a set number of city officials each day, selected at random. This way each city official may go several days without getting frisked or get frisked several times in one day.

  4. Re:Most armchair sports fans are too lazy to use i on OmniCam360 Camera Cluster Lets You Choose the Viewing Angle · · Score: 1

    It's highly trained athletes at the top of their game competing to excel.

    You don't have to like it but if you criticise it because you don't understand why people like it, you end up looking stupid.

  5. Re:Good luck with that on Want To Record Xbox One Gameplay? Get Ready To Pay · · Score: 1

    By providing a simple to use alternative for subscribers. A lot of people are going to have a Gold acccount anyway. For most people who care this is part o the bundle they'll receive.

  6. Re:The problem with encryption on Snowden and the Fate of the Internet As a Global Network · · Score: 1

    You're not going to keep it secret from the person you threaten. That could be the person you want to keep it secret from.

  7. Re:The problem with encryption on Snowden and the Fate of the Internet As a Global Network · · Score: 1

    , it's vulnerable to someone holding a gun to your head and demanding the key

    True. But that is at least something that can't easily be automated, and can't be done without anyone knowing.

  8. Re:I'll bitch... I wanted a bitch. on Peter Capaldi Unveiled As the New Star of Doctor Who · · Score: 1

    (Yes, "Dr." Yes, I'm abbreviating it! So there!)

    Would have been briefer to have used the long form.

  9. Google shopper may not be the best choice on Study Finds 3D Printers Pay For Themselves In Under a Year · · Score: 1

    Online purchasing has a minimum cost ot make it effective. This is one area where you may still get better prices on the high street. Especially given the existence of 99p/99Â/99Â¥ stores. Plastic items can be moulded cheaply so these stores will provide a direct alternative.

  10. Re:Once more government protecting big business on SF Airport Officials Make Citizen Arrests of Internet Rideshare Drivers · · Score: 1

    The free market is not a magic bullet. Most people want regulated taxis yet the free market does not provide.

    But if you want an argument that fits with your concept of a Libertarian utopia, then the owner of the airport gets to make the rules about who is allowed to pick people up there.

  11. Re:Time to chnage on Lawmakers Who Upheld NSA Phone Spying Received Double the Defense Industry Cash · · Score: 1

    They can hire their buddy's incompetent kid, who can't tie his own shoelaces, and pay him $250000 a year for doing nothing

    That's $250000 not spent on something that will help them win an election. And how does this benefit the politician?

    Then when his political career is over, he gets hired by the people he helped on the way.

    Yes, but that's a separate area of corruption. They'll get this perk whether campaign contributions are legal or not.

    Never mind the info they are allowed to profit on, that if they were company employees would be considered insider trading. Instead it's just another profitable perk of being in office.

    What does this have to do with voting against the legality of campaign contributions?

  12. Re:As a foreigner on Lawmakers Who Upheld NSA Phone Spying Received Double the Defense Industry Cash · · Score: 1

    It's only an option is enough people agree at the same time that it's time for a revolution.

    A lot of people simpyl don't care.

  13. Re:Time to chnage on Lawmakers Who Upheld NSA Phone Spying Received Double the Defense Industry Cash · · Score: 2

    Actually, no.

    The lawmakers don't benefit. It's essentially an arms race. The "bribery" comes in the form of campaign contibutions. They're committed to spending that money in order to win the election. Their opponents are forced to do the same. The net result is that the lawmakers and any challengers sacrifice some of their own power but the don't gain anything.

    If they voted against this, then their ability to fight the election would be reduced but so would that of their opponents.

  14. Re:This is why we have a first amendment. on Judge Rules In Favor of Volkswagen and Silences Scientist · · Score: 1
    Volkwagon know about it and this gives them time to patch it. They're the only ones in a position to do so anyway. This is not an OS. The detailed security is not handled by users but by the manufacturer. If you have a VW and you know that a specific code sent on a specific frequency will unlock your car, what are you going to do with this information?

    A large number of "bad actors" don't have the skill to replicate the results. And it's not like there's a mailing list of those who do. It will take time for the ones who can do so to repleicate this.

    He should have disclosed without notifying. That way they could not have stopped him.

    The obvious resul of this wuld be that the poblem would be exaccerbated. As such he could potentially be held liable for any cars stolen as a result of the publication. More than one person can be at fault here. By disclosing, he demonstrates good faith.

  15. Re:The incredible irony of.. on Apple Retailer Facing Class Action Suit Over Employee Bag Checks · · Score: 2

    I've no idea why this urban legend continues to flourish when it's so clearly retarded.

    Wasn't it simply because Henry Ford himself used that as a justification.

  16. Re:Circular Tube Map on A Circular New York City Subway Map To Straighten Things Out · · Score: 1

    The circular tube map addresses a problem but doesn't completely solve it. The spokes work. The circular parts aren't so good. The ones that head away from the city converge to the central axes. The Victoria Line and and Bakerloo Line have disconcerting hooks that make them very hard to follow.

  17. Re:Not broken on A Circular New York City Subway Map To Straighten Things Out · · Score: 1

    It's very hard to see what lines connect to what lines in southern Manhattan.

    Looking at both of them, tell me, where do I change from Line G to Line 7? How about Line A to Line 1? Line B to line G? This is a lot easier on the circular map.

  18. Re:Circular Tube Map on A Circular New York City Subway Map To Straighten Things Out · · Score: 1

    Not really. It's diagrammatic. The London Underground has had a map similar to this since the 1930's. Usually people will be given directions from the nearest tube station.

    You can use this in conjunction with an actual map if you really need to.

  19. Re:The math doesn't make sense. on Every Public School Student In LA Will Get an iPad In 2014 · · Score: 1
    Read the actual article.

    The district's $30 million will only cover the first 31,000 iPads

  20. Re:that settles it on English High Court Bans Publication of 0-Day Threat To Auto Immobilizers · · Score: 1

    Where are the other people going to get the information from if the people who created it can't publish it?

  21. Re:Finally Fixing the Date stuff on Love and Hate For Java 8 · · Score: 1

    A decent Time mechanism would be great. I'm worried we might end up having to juggle three of them.

  22. Re:Sad, if true on The Last GUADEC? · · Score: 1

    I agree with all your criticisms. But what ui doesn't have the destructive window closing button issue? As for #6, has anyone implemented a start menu alternative that is actually any good?

  23. Re:Grow the hell up, retards. on The Last GUADEC? · · Score: 1

    What about Nova which means in Spanish (IIRC) "Won't Go". Or in Germany,

    This isn't really true. Nova means nova. It's an obvious pun perhaps but it's like calling someone notable because they lack dining furniture.

    Pschitt Cola.

    Not a problem for something not sold in English speaking countries.

    Or Windows. What a fucking stupid name. Office? Ridiculous. Access??? WTF?.

    Nothing offensive about these.

    Or what about "Squirting"?

    Yes. That is a stupid name too.

    No, the only problem retards have with GIMP is that it's a damn sight more worthwhile than Photoshop.

    In what way?

  24. Re:KDE and Gnome are still comparable on The Last GUADEC? · · Score: 1

    Gnome does have a slight bias in that there are more hits for other meanings of gnome. Look at the highlight markers. One of them refers to a 3D animation about gnomes

  25. Re:Coming to mobile? on Google's Latest Machine Vision Breakthrough · · Score: 4, Funny

    Phase 7 is profits. You obviously assumed phase 6 was "???".