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  1. Re:You measure life in a strange way on A Federal Judge's Decision Could End Patent Trolling (computerworld.com) · · Score: 1

    True, then they would be the same face.

  2. Re:Great. Spread invasive plant species all over on US Military Seeks Biodegradable Bullets That Sprout Plants (newatlas.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    Yeah, spreading like well targeted fire would be preferable.

  3. Re:Is THAT really "pure evil"? on A Federal Judge's Decision Could End Patent Trolling (computerworld.com) · · Score: 1, Informative

    "The other just takes money, which is worse?"

    Your money is obtained in exchange for your time (*).
    Your time is your life.
    Therefore, taking your money is taking (a part) of your life.

    Theft and murder are different faces of the same die...

    (*) Yes, ignoring silverspoons and welfare dependents. However their money still represents a portion of someone's life, just not their own.

  4. Word.

  5. Re:NIMBY in full effect on France Begins Opt-Out Organ Donation (theoutline.com) · · Score: 1

    Naturally given the needs of society, the death penalty will be applied for only the most major crimes, like excessive traffic tickets.

  6. Re:And this differs from Windows 10 telemetry how? on North Korea's Android Tablet Takes a Screenshot Every Time You Open an App (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    Yeah...you ever try to send images over a 24kbps link?

  7. Re:So sick of the Fusion Scams on 'Star In a Jar' Fusion Reactor Works, Promises Infinite Energy (space.com) · · Score: 1

    That's no longer the case. Increases in high-temperature high field superconductors have reduced the size necessary dramatically.

    Here's a (refreshingly not dumbed down) talk by the head of MIT's Nuclear Science & Engineering department that discusses this in some detail: https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

  8. Re:Not regulated ... on Bose Launches 'Hearphones' That Act Like Hearing Aids (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    They bear enough of a resemblance to Google Glass that you'd probably get beat up...

  9. Re:Excellent on Google Is Rolling Out Android 7.1.1 (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    Carrier definitely makes a difference...let us know which you are on.

    For an opposing experience my Nexus 6p on Google's 'Fi' network is on 7.1.1 and even in the beta program has been rock solid.

    My only complaint isn't really isn't taking full advantage of the multiple networks and i've switched it manually and gotten signal when it was still fruitlessly trying to reconnect to the network with no signal in the train tunnels.

  10. Says "Structure" not "Chemical Structure"

    Like powdering the salt on fries so it dissolves faster and activates taste buds more efficiently - so they can reduce the amount without losing the saltiness.

    This sounds like they are keeping the sweetness by doing something physical. Maybe just put more sugar in the outside of the bar where the tongue hits?

  11. Twitter is banning some fringe called the 'Alt Right.'

    NiemÃller analogies come to mind of course.

    Regardless, If this progresses as censorship is wont to do. At some point in the future you may not be able to talk to candidates Twitter doesn't agree with on their service.

  12. Re:Lots of love today... on Google Joins Microsoft's .NET Foundation (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 1

    If you want to make that statement you need to have the early/mail-in ballots counted. Even if they won't swing the election.

    In this case, a slight weighting on those (which I understand is typical) and you could turn out to be incorrect.

    I vaguely recall something about news organizations doing their own recounts back in the 2000 election. Wonder if there are any constraints to a group pulling the mail-in ballots and counting them?

  13. My search pulled up that he came in shy of the 5% mark. He was projected to be over, but polls were off (shocking I know)

    http://heavy.com/news/2016/11/...

  14. Re:I would recommend it on Will Trump's Presidency Bring More Surveillance To The US? (scmagazine.com) · · Score: 0

    While people on this planet continue to disappoint in baffling ways, I was rather hoping the GP AC just forgot his sarcasm hashtags :-P

  15. Re:Hmmm well on Donald Trump Wins US Presidency (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    You had a thousand chances, but you blew it all with your "orange Hitler", "move to Canada", "Democracy is broken" bullshit.

    I don't mind the move to Canada view (regardless of which party wins). It is a bigger version of the original concept of people choosing their home based on competition/differences between states within the US. That's partially been homogenized here with creeping federalization in the last century though, so having a nation-state level option isn't all bad.

    Mostly the 'Move to Canada' crowd doesn't mean it though. If they even leave there is no turn in of passport, renounce of citizenship etc. It's really just discussing a vacation home and means nothing :-p

  16. Re: Easy back-up solution on Krebs Is Back Online Thanks To Google's Project Shield (krebsonsecurity.com) · · Score: 1

    One that wanted to stay online i suspect...

    Painting that target on your site would be an existential risk for most. Moral high ground is cold comfort if you don't make payroll.

    Goog to the rescue. Give them their props.

  17. Could be a Windows phone?

  18. The second amendment has been gutted for some time and barely matters anymore from the state's perspective.

    Citizens don't have access to the same class of weaponry as the state will use against them. This renders the second amendment little more than a placebo.

    That civil war has the makings of being very one-sided.

  19. Re:Imagine a beowulf cluster of these! on SanDisk's 1TB SD Card Aims To Solve Your Storage Problems (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Except for the elitist jerks that pushed it 704k :-p

  20. Re:I think I understand it? on 'SingularDTV' Will Use Ethereum For DRM On A Sci-Fi TV Show (rocknerd.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    That was my take also.

    Unless they put out something like Axanar, they simply won't overcome the barriers to entry for the audience inherent in this approach for more than a negligible few.

  21. Re:Any time the FBI gives you something... on FBI Forced To Release 18 Hours of Spy Plane Footage (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    Paranoid conspiracy theorists are generally too strung up to overly care about grammar.

    I think you meant "strung out".... or maybe not?

  22. Scripts on Do We Need A Better Private Browsing Mode? (networkworld.com) · · Score: 1

    I run incognito on occasion, but as a rule i'm on Firefox+NoScript+ABP and not actually in 'Private' browsing mode.

    I suspect this leaves me much more trackable, but if i am browsing untrusted sites (read:ANY sites), i am way more worried about remote 0day compromise of the week than i am tracking.

    Still, if i could auto-incognito and whitelist from that mode or cognito-reload at will (without enabling anything else) I would likely add that to my mix. But again, i run scripts disabled all the time so i'm willing to be a bit more involved in my browsing than most.

  23. Re: When... on Fair Use Threatens Innovation, Copyright Holders Warn (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 1

    Something about calling it random doesn't seem to fit...

  24. Re:Consumers should be informed. Period. on Stop Bashing GMO Food, Say 109 Nobel Laureates (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    I had a child with a corn allergy (thank God she grew out of it...) I get the pain of avoiding corn in the modern diet.

    The right answer, however, is proper labeling of CORN as it is a common allergen, though not typically causing as violent a reaction as say, peanuts.

    As it stands those with this particular allergy are subject to a brutal game of epi-roulette identifying foods with corn in them.

  25. investment firms focused on intellectual property on Yahoo Preps Auction For 3,000 Patents Worth $1 Billion (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Can we exclude those?