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  1. what a disaster on Hillary Clinton Declares 2016 Democratic Presidential Bid · · Score: 2

    She already lost multiple times. Her last campaign irresponsibly ran millions of dollars into a deficit, which is precisely how people fear Democrats will run the country. She's incredibly fake all the time despite actual, legitimate political experience. Then there's the secret private illegal e-mail server that she lied about and then possibly erased. She has a 0% chance of winning.

  2. ridiculous on Florida Teen Charged With Felony Hacking For Changing Desktop Wallpaper · · Score: 1

    In college I had an autorun entry on my USB flash drive that ran a program that changed the background. Nobody cared.

  3. Re:simple solution on Ask Slashdot: How Serious Is Hacking In Mobile Games? · · Score: 1

    No, that'd be a separate blacklist system. It's not like 1000 people are modding the files in 1000 ways. There's one jackass out there letting people download modified files. In other words, check for the specifically modded file in the specific Nvidia and AMD driver folders and THEN refuse to launch the game.

  4. how DID it work? on Uber Finally Accepts Cash -- For Autorickshaws In Delhi · · Score: 1

    I've never used Uber. Do they normally do some kind of escrow thing or prepay only or invoice the customer after the fact?

  5. Re:As part of the validation runs... on US Pens $200 Million Deal For Massive Nuclear Security-Focused Supercomputer · · Score: 1

    Every 1400 blocks or something like that, the difficulty adjusts so they'd get burned as soon as they hit the next difficulty adjustment.

  6. TSA algorithm on FTC Creates Office Dedicated To "Algorithmic Transparency" · · Score: 1

    The TSA algorithm is already pretty transparent. If they're brown, pat em down.

  7. I have one too on Netflix Algorithm Tells You When Your Best Employee Is About To Leave You · · Score: 1

    After a 25+ year employee quit we looked at her e-mails. The outgoing ones to another former employee stated that she hated the new employees, they wouldn't listen to her at all even though she was their supervisor, and the company was still in crap shape and run poorly. If you read between the lines, or even just the lines, you might suspect she was about to leave. Also I think she mentioned that she was about to leave.

  8. So they sold them back to AT&T they're saying?

  9. been there on LG Will Lend You a Free Phone If You Talk About It On Social Media · · Score: 3, Funny

    I just got a brand new LG phone and I'd be talking about it on social media constantly with it except it KEEPS FREAKING BREAKING. It's a freezing, glitchy piece of crap.

  10. why this is good on Feds Boost Goal To 75k New Solar Power Workers By 2020 · · Score: 0

    2020 is about 40 years too late to do anything about climate change. But, this is potentially good. This means that when all economies collapse due to multiple gigantic natural disasters, there will be more solar panels to scavenge and I can find one and still play Skyrim and Red Alert 2 :D

  11. simple solution on Ask Slashdot: How Serious Is Hacking In Mobile Games? · · Score: 1

    This is always been the solution, even after such massive failures as the Valve Anti-Cheat System on PCs. Have the game analyze the size, name, and even hash of all its files when it opens. If they're different than a preapproved list that's loaded into memory for milliseconds after being unencrypted with an enormous hard-wired password, refuse to open the game. That's moderately secure, assuming they can't get to the hard wired password.

  12. orly? on Anonabox Recalls Hundreds of Insecure 'Privacy' Routers · · Score: 1

    Outside auditors? Just log into the damn thing. If admin works and you can't change it, it's bad. You don't really need to go to outside help for that. Oh and see if the wifi broadcasts as open with no way to change it. That's not exactly hard.

  13. good job on TrueCrypt Alternatives Step Up Post-Cryptanalysis · · Score: 5, Insightful

    So the NSA or whatever succeeded in turning one software program into two. Good job, guys. They're probably foreign-managed too so the US gov can't touch them.

  14. #1 problem on How Comcast Bankrolls Organizations That Support TWC Merger · · Score: 1

    The biggest problem is that some congressmen have Comcast at home. There's no escaping that lovely firsthand experience.
    (yes I know Comcast offered elite, custom US support plans and free internet to some congressmen)

  15. here's the benefit on Has the Bitcoin Foundation Run Out of Cash? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    "two years of 'ridiculous spending and poorly thought out decisions.'"
    So they're morons. Here's the difference with bitcoins. These people have no control over the system, your wallet, your loans, your car title, your mortgage, your country's exchange rate, etc. They can be as stupid as they want without really affecting bitcoins.

  16. that's not even possible on LG Accidentally Leaks Apple iMac 8K Is Coming Later This Year · · Score: 1

    Correct me if I'm wrong but there isn't a graphics card in existence that can run even a video, let alone a game or 3D application, at 60FPS at that resolution. Even multiple cards would have a problem pulling it off. Plus, Apple computers aren't always great on cooling and you'd need top notch cooling to pull off multiple GPUs.

  17. Re:I have an idea on Apple Posts Guided Tours of the Features and Functions of the Apple Watch · · Score: -1

    Hey guys, look. It's an Apple Fanboy in the wild. *takes picture* They're just as petty and aggressive as I had heard about.

  18. it scales on Are Bug Bounties the Right Solution For Improving Security? · · Score: 2

    Any expense that scales with the job it does or problems it solves is a good thing. Why pay someone XX per hour to sort books in a book store if you can pay them $0.05 per book and ensure static, scaled costs that tie to inventory cycling (aka sales) directly. Then again, you don't know how many bugs are in your program.

  19. I have an idea on Apple Posts Guided Tours of the Features and Functions of the Apple Watch · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    They should also make a video of the conditions at the factory that made it and overlay an approximated cash profit as it hits the balance sheet with another ticker of foreign workers' wages under it with a picture in picture of Steve Jobs driving without plates on his car and parking in handicapped spots.
    In other words, I don't like Apple and their products.

  20. obvious logic on TrueCrypt Audit: No NSA Backdoors · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Everyone kept saying they would find a backdoor. Don't you think that logically the NSA shut down the project because they couldn't find a backdoor in it? They would have left it alone if it had an NSA backdoor in it.

  21. shipping costs much? on Amazon Moves "Buy Now" Into the Physical World, With the Dash Button · · Score: 1

    So if they don't have Prime, they'll incur a shipping charge that's so much higher than if they combined their orders, it won't be worth it. If they do have Prime, they'll cost Amazon needless money in shipping by ordering things daily and one piece at a time. Sounds like a great plan. Oh and what if their dog or kids press the button?

  22. tough nuts on Chinese Certificate Authority CNNIC Is Dropped From Google Products · · Score: 2

    In China anyone can rip off or scam anyone, make a fake product, clone something, lie about specs, sell defective gear, etc.
    "The decision that Google has made is unacceptable and unintelligible"
    WELCOME TO AMERICA. We don't put up with that shit.

  23. Re:What sites to read on April 1? on Mutinous Humans Murder Peaceful Space-going AI · · Score: 1

    Nothing technical ever is announced on April fools day or people will think it's a joke. So basically no news happens.

  24. Re:Stop on Mutinous Humans Murder Peaceful Space-going AI · · Score: 2

    I have a possible solution for you. Have you tried getting the hell over it? Some of us have a sense of humor and think it's funny. You're one of those geeks that's always in a bad mood and mad at the world constantly and you make us look bad to the end users, aren't you? Keep your stupid pessimistic, whiney opinion to yourself.

  25. Should you invest in this? on World's Largest Aircraft Seeks Investors To Begin Operation · · Score: 1

    "As well as from the 38,000m3 of helium that fills its hull."
    NOPE! Might as well fill it with vaporized gold, it's about to be less rare.