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  1. Re:Which part of the brain do you need to zap to on Do-It-Yourself Brain Stimulation Has Scientists Worried · · Score: 2

    But this wroks! Befor I zap my bairn, I could'nt spel, or wrote grammatical corect sentuns. Now, evrythin I wrote look like was wrote by cool-age prfessor!

  2. Re:Unreasonable search and seizure on Proposed NJ Law Allows Cops To Search Phones At Crash Scenes · · Score: 1

    Hence the reqirement that the officers have reasonable grounds to believe the law was broken?

  3. Re:other people? on Proposed NJ Law Allows Cops To Search Phones At Crash Scenes · · Score: 1

    Whether evidence could be missinterpreted is usually not a factor in determining if it is legal to search for it.

  4. Re:I'm more concerned about NJ cops shooting me on Proposed NJ Law Allows Cops To Search Phones At Crash Scenes · · Score: 1

    Why would we agree that we can't disarm the police? Most police officers in England (and many other parts of the UK) do not carry firearms.

  5. Re:Sounds like a huge risk on Google Advocates 7-Day Deadline For Vulnerability Disclosure · · Score: 1

    This is not a deadline for issuing a fix. What TFA is talking about is the delay before you inform the public about a bug that is being actively exploited i.e. one that the bad guys already know about. This gives end-users the option of not using the buggy software at all until a patch is available.

  6. Could somebody please explain? on Google Unable To Keep Paying App Developers In Argentina · · Score: 2

    I don't see the connection. How can a law designed to strengthen the peso (by prohibiting ARS -> USD conversion) be a problem for developers selling apps priced in USD? (This would imply USD -> ARS conversion, which is what the Argentine goverment wants.)

  7. Re:Thank you on How To Hack Twitter's Two-Factor Authentication · · Score: 2

    Somebody who's making a hundred times your annual salary, most likely.
    There are two ways to get rich in the stock market:
    1) Invest in stocks that are undervalued, then wait ten years until everybody else has figured out they were undervalued, and hope that nothing bad happens in the mean time.
    2) Make the same (often stupid) move that everybody else is going to make, but faster.
    The twitter-following trading bots are using the second strategy.

  8. Re: Easy on Ask Slashdot: Wiring Home Furniture? · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I use a similar, but cheaper, soulution. I bought ordinary power strips that have little holes in both ends (for hanging from hooks, etc). Then I attached them with screws to the underside of my desk and kitchen worktable. There, they are always within reach, while out of sight and safe from spilled liquids.

  9. Re:Damned if they do... on Microsoft Reads Your Skype Chat Messages · · Score: 5, Informative

    Those who care about keeping the contents of their IM conversations secret should not use Skype. As stated in their privacy policy "Skype may gather and use information about you, including (but not limited to) information in the following categories: ... (n) Content of instant messaging communications, voicemails, and video messages"

    The EFF recommends using Pidgin or Audium with OTR encryption enabled, for reasonably secure instant messaging.

    I'm glad the non-tech-savvy folks use Skype, though. If Microsoft weren't able to intercept these things, I'd have to clean out viruses from my in-laws' computers more often.

  10. It's the prefect gun. on 3D-Printed Gun May Be Unveiled Soon · · Score: 2, Interesting

    It can only fire "a few shots" before needing repair, and the muzzle velocity is probably low enough that even those are unlikely to be deadly. If a nutcase in my neighborhood was getting a gun, I'd want him to get this one.

    Stricter control on real guns, and 3D-printing for the masses seem to be a good way forward.

  11. Want lots of new users for your email service? on Yahoo Is Going To Stop Email Service In China · · Score: 1

    Set up a script that lets Yahoo China users migrate to your service simply by typing in their old email and password.

  12. Don't worry! on Why Do Pathogen Researchers Face Less Scrutiny Than Nuclear Scientists? · · Score: 1

    The trustworthy people in the physics department always have a suitcase nuke on standby, in case the microbiologists get unruly.

  13. Re:What am I supposed to be outraged about? on Google Glass and Surveillance Culture · · Score: 1

    even if it's theoretically possible that someone could have a little hole in their shirt pocket just for the cellphone camera to peek out of

    Apple recently re-designed their phone so that it would be tall enough for the camera to peek out at the top of your shirt pocket. The hole is no longer necessary.

  14. Re:Some of the best projects ... on Steve Jobs' First Boss: 'Very Few Companies Would Hire Steve, Even Today' · · Score: 1

    thousands of them in tech companies just when they were budding out

    The total value of those companies today is in the hundreds of billions (even if we only count Bill and Steve), which for "thousands of dropouts" equates to an average of a hundred milion or so per dropout. Not bad.

    It's a lottery ticket, for sure. If you hire just one of these people, theres a high probability it will not pay off, but if you can hire lots of them, and give them what they need to succeed, the expected return is very good.

  15. Re:Nothing New on North Korea Declares a State of War · · Score: 2

    What is new is that U.S. media is making a big deal out of it this time. Normally, this kind of talk does not even make it into the news, much less on to the front page.

    All the wars that the U.S. has fought in recent time have been preceeded by massive media coverage about the country that was about to be invaded.

  16. Even if you assume that zeroing is 100 % sure, it has two obvious drawbacks.
    1) It takes a long time. The disk has to be mounted in a computer, then written in its entirety, and read back to verify that the write was successful.
    2) It does not work on drives that are broken.

    If you're destroying more than one disk a day, you'll want to use a machine of some sort.

  17. The two observers were traveling with different velocities relative to God when this happened. (Somebody who can observe a deity creating a universe can obviously also travel at warp speed.)

  18. The most prevalent scientific theory also has the early universe filled with light before the sun, or any other stars, were formed.

  19. Re:Only because people are dumb on Another Way Carriers Screw Customers: Premium SMS 'Errors' · · Score: 1

    ...and the customer support staff likes it too. They can be at least twice as productive when they can devote their full attention to the problem at hand, instead of having to give half their attention to some idiot on the phone who's yelling at them for not solving his problem faster.

  20. Re:Yeah, let's do that... on Smartest Light Bulbs Ever, Dumbest Idea Ever? · · Score: 1

    Sure. If you're prepared to hire an electrician do re-do the wiring in your walls, then no problem.

    However, for the cheaper "just replace the lightbulb" solution that TFA discusses, you're obliged to keep the electric switch on at all times, or the remote won't work.

  21. Re:Yeah, let's do that... on Smartest Light Bulbs Ever, Dumbest Idea Ever? · · Score: 2, Informative

    There's nothing preventing you from having a switch, and even a dimmer (depending on bulb being okay with it), in addition to the 'smart' application.

    Yes there is. Unless the "switch" has been replaced with something smarter, or the bulb has a second source of electric power, turning the ligth off at the switch means you cannot turn it back on again wirelessly.

  22. Re:Weird sensation... on New Bill Would Require Patent Trolls To Pay Defendants' Attorneys · · Score: 2

    Really, all that's needed for this to pass is that the patent trolls decide it would be cheaper to pay the defendants' legal fees than to buy a few senators to oppose the bill...

  23. Re:Couldn't find any - the results so far ARE pret on PunkSPIDER Project Puts Vulnerabilities On (Searchable) Display · · Score: 2

    Typing * in the search box gets you everything, it seems.

      762 pages (times 10 sites per page) for "bsqli"
      77 pages for "sqli"
      421 pages for "xss"

  24. Re:Not according to the guy at frys on Is It Worth Paying Extra For Fast SD Cards? · · Score: 4, Funny

    That's bullshit! You won't even notice the difference unless you use a Monster Cable.

  25. 17 with parental consent? on CT State Senator Wants To Ban Kids From Using Arcade Guns · · Score: 2

    Maybe 17-year olds could be allowed to play with parental consent. After all, they are allowed to join the army and use real guns to kill real people.