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  1. OMG it's Christine Darrisaw Wright again on Shots Fired At US Capitol · · Score: 1

    Okay, probably not but did anyone else have that pop into their mind too? :-D
    Definitely worth googling her just for the mug shot by the way.

  2. Re:Isn't it empty? on Shots Fired At US Capitol · · Score: 1

    Additionally, she may have had a 13 year old girl in the car as well. Also, the police fired on the suspect and she was shot and killed. The injured officer was injured in the car crash.

  3. Re:Isn't it empty? on Shots Fired At US Capitol · · Score: 1

    The only gunshots were police shots, they have now confirmed. The injured officer was not shot, he was injured in the car crash (see reuters for pics, it was REALLY smashed!) and the only shooting target was the suspect driving.

  4. orly? on Shots Fired At US Capitol · · Score: 2

    Someone's pretty mad that the government is shut down. Either that or they thought they could rob the white house while it's closed. Either way, quite the stupid lady.

  5. gee, that makes sense on Apple and Nokia Outraged That Samsung Lawyers Leaked Patent License Terms · · Score: 1

    So ONLY the lawyers can see the agreement between the two companies? Not the executives? So in other words, an agreement occurred but it is completely impossible to comply with them because nobody at the company knows what the terms are. Genius!

  6. lolwut on Microsoft Investors Call For Bill Gates To Step Down As Chairman · · Score: 1

    I think his response should be something like:
    "Lol wut? Right after I stepped down as CEO or whatever in 01 is precisely when MS went off the rails on a crazy train. I'm hijacking this bitch 100%. Everyone else get off"

  7. even more shocking on Silk Road Shut Down, Founder Arrested, $3.6 Million Worth of Bitcoin Seized · · Score: 0

    I'm more surprised that their business model didn't ground them before this seisure did. Let me explain how I hear it works:
    1. you go on and order drugs from some random anonymous person and pay BTC and arrange a meeting
    2. you show up to the meeting either it's a cop or nobody shows up and they stole your BTC

    You also have the option of shipping the drugs, in which case you hand your address to the police or get your BTC stolen.

  8. "not because the company distrusts NIST, but because its executives are worried about the NSA's influence on NIST's development of ciphers in the last couple of decades"
    So in other words it distrusts NIST.

  9. Oh good on Cassini Probe Sees Plastic Ingredient On Titan Moon · · Score: 1

    Now I can bring my 3D printer along when I vacation there.

  10. Re:So . . . on Security Researchers Rewarded With $12.50 Voucher To Buy Yahoo T-Shirt · · Score: 1

    Considering how many Yahoo accounts I know that got hacked (probably double digit percentages of all that exist), they didn't necessarily "save" them from anything. They "bailed them out of a class 5 shitstorm" maybe.

  11. mmhmmm on Delta Replacing Flight Manuals with Surface Tablets · · Score: 1

    That's about equal really because my map and books run out of batteries all the time. Don't even get me started on how often the flash memory in them fails or that I drop it and it shatters.

  12. hilarious on Swiss War Game Envisages Invasion By Bankrupt French · · Score: 1

    "The exercise has strictly nothing to do with France, which we appreciate"
    Nailed it! A+ on war game IRL cover propaganda. They don't suspect a thing now!

  13. Worst idea ever on Producing Gasoline With Metabolically-Engineered Microorganisms · · Score: 0

    So no matter what, another source of energy is responsible for creating the gasoline molecules. If it's solar, why not just power the cars with electricity? Instead they're taking carbon and turning it into carbon dioxide in virtually unlimited amounts. Great idea!

  14. Re:chump change on Google May Face Fine Under EU Privacy Laws · · Score: 1

    They are definitely going to drop the hammer on them in the future if they blow off the fine like it's nothing. This is definitely a stupid move on Google's part. They're probably going to end up losing all business in the country due to a country-wide ban if they keep being so stupid.

  15. burying the lead on Students Hack School-Issued iPads Within One Week · · Score: 1

    They're burying the lead so deep, I don't know if they'll ever find it. Yes, security is a joke on them but that's not the story. Apple products are overpriced pretend luxury items that have no place in business or school. There are superior products that cost half the money and acceptable products that cost 1/6th the money. If I lived in the area getting taxed for this project, I'd be outside the school with a pitchfork and torch.

  16. I have an idea on Did NIST Cripple SHA-3? · · Score: 1

    Time to switch to open standards instead of this NIST bullshit.

  17. Re:Can't you turn the effects off? on Why iOS 7 Is Making Some Users Feel 'Sick' · · Score: 1

    Sorry but Apple is all about style of functionality. That can't be new to you. Flash over function all day every day.

  18. interesting mystery then on Steve Jobs Video Kills Apple Patent In Germany · · Score: 1

    This brings up a VERY interesting question. How does Peter Molyneux patent anything? He makes stuff up on the fly during the live press releases for Fable games then goes back and tells his developers to add it to the game.

  19. 3 things on Water Discovery Is Good News For Mars Colonists · · Score: 1

    First, since the temperature of the ground on Earth is basically the same once you go down X amount of feet, this isn't exactly a surprise. Second, mars is really cold anyway so 2x the "not surprised." Third, they're completely neglecting the martian viruses that will turn people into zombies when they drink the martian dirt water.

  20. Re:Cook out the bugs on Malware Now Hiding In Graphics Cards · · Score: 4, Funny

    Just make sure you're doing it correctly. The USDA recommends overclocking by at least 10% for 60 seconds or more to eliminate all strains of viruses.

  21. Re:Seriously? Did no one see this coming? on Malware Now Hiding In Graphics Cards · · Score: 2

    I actually still don't see the possibility. Bitcoin mining uses the GPU cores and a tiny amount of graphics memory. You turn off the computer and all the GPU caches and GDDR5 is wiped. Hiding malware in the video BIOS is unrelated to hashing and bitcoin operations. The BIOS certainly has enough system permission and is big enough though!

  22. Re:Well... on Malware Now Hiding In Graphics Cards · · Score: 5, Funny

    You're right. Some of the crappier manufacturer's card firmware flashes basically are malicious attacks on the card that shuts them down instantly, lol.

  23. They cut off the end of the summary on Undiscovered Country of HFT: FPGA JIT Ethernet Packet Assembly · · Score: 1

    Actual full summary ending: "They call these techniques 'inline parsing' and 'pre-emption' and 'greedy unfair asshole companies making billions for their owners through cheap, cheating tactics like this to undercut smaller startups and push them out of the market so their fat owners can buy another personal jet instead of handing off the profits to their investors/customers'"

  24. Re:don't tell Balmer this on Why Is Microsoft Setting More Money On Fire With Surface 2? · · Score: 1

    Don't downplay the fact that nobody could read text on the small screen or type on the tiny keyboard. That was the #1 complaint I heard other than their failure rate was 60% higher than laptops.

  25. yes! on Can There Be a Non-US Internet? · · Score: 1

    If it keeps Brazilians and Turkish hackers, griefers, and bots off my MMO's then yes, by all means, PLEASE make another internet!