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  1. Hey, Obama, Trump doesn't need any help... on DEA Wants Access To Medical Records Without Warrant (thedailybeast.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    As a Obama supporter (twice), can I just say:

    Dude... Obama... stop. The tin foil hat brigade is giving me that knowing nod of "see? We fucking told you", and I have no reasonable retort. The Constitution was supposed to be your wheelhouse.

  2. Re: US Legal system on Man Sued For $30K Over $40 Printer He Sold On Craigslist (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1

    That's actually pretty brilliant. It discourages shooting for huge amounts. Instead, you should sue for what you think you should actually get.

  3. Re: security best practice? on Systemd Starts Killing Your Background Processes By Default (blog.fefe.de) · · Score: 1

    The systemd folk seem dead set on returning us to the days of single-user focused computing (e.g. Windows 95), and they have inexplicably decided to wreck an otherwise perfectly functional system (nohup).

    But, you know... When I'm not logged in, I want my system to be as idle as possible, even if I explicitly told the system otherwise...

    Galling, but not surprising.

  4. Re: I wonder if it'll be abused like Kindle Direct on Amazon Goes After YouTube With New Online Video Posting Service (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Oh.

    My.

    God.

    Shut Slashdot down, people... We have a winner.

  5. Wow dude.. You really don't get hyperbole, do you?

    Of course there is a non-zero chance that murder will occur, though, given these guys were hanging around with their mom later, I feel quite comfortable placing a bet against their follow through.

    And, remember, if you're going to call out someone as stats challenged, zero probability events do occur. Zero probability does not imply impossibility.

    Seriously, dude... Hyperbole. Get some. The probability that you reply to this post without coming off like a douchebag is zero...

    Somewhere in there, I have won/lost or lost/won some argument.

  6. But, critically, Trump wasn't arrested or charged with a crime. It sure as hell wasn't befitting a president, but it was legal.

  7. Respectful compliance has rectified abuse of power how many times?

    Rosa Parks awaits your answer.

  8. I was just in the children's book section at Target, and two guys were talking...

    "That's fucked up. You gotta respond yo..."

    Met by, "Yeah... That fucker is going to get murdered..."

    Guess what? There is *zero* fucking chance that these guys are actually going to murder someone. This is San Francisco, and these clowns are just posturing. If that sort of casual idiocy was sufficient cause for subpoena and/or warrant, DHS would have to deputize every US citizen to serve court orders.

    And even more importantly, this comment is not a direct threat of violence. It is a statement of likely outcome, which, like Trump's stupid "riots" comment, doesn't rise to the level of iminent threat.

  9. Re:Still on Solar Planes Aren't the Green Future Of Air Travel (vox.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Limitless in-theater dwell time, controllable deployability (at 43mph). If the military isn't already all over this, something is horribly out of whack.

  10. Re: Oh, FFS. on Cupertino's Mayor: Apple 'Abuses Us' By Not Paying Taxes (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Well, that's great, but this nation is ruled by *laws*, not your personal sense of morality. If you want to constrain behavior, do it with the law.

  11. Re: Bullshit conclusion on Study Suggests Free Will Is An Illusion (iflscience.com) · · Score: 1

    Why do you need the universe to have been formed? Why does free will need to exist? Does the existence of free will change anything for you?

  12. They don't typically whip out a hose and start pouring out pints, though.

  13. Re:Linux Foundation job interview question on Gas Delivery Startups Want to Fill Up Your Car Anywhere, But It Might Not Be Legal (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    Yoga?

  14. Re: dont know on Ask Slashdot: Should This Photographer Sue A Hotel For $2M? (google.com) · · Score: 2

    That's idiotic. Some loony from Newtek may be able to paint a Vermeer look-a-like with two years in a shed, but it's not a Vermeer.

    They agreed to a contract, breached it, and seem to have done so knowingly and willfully. When that happens, parties pay through the nose. This reduces the chance of this happening in the future.

    Otherwise, if it was really only 200â, they should have hire that fabled art student in the first place. Oh, they wanted a pro to compose, shoot, and process an expert shot, and they agreed to limited usage terms? Wow... It's almost like there's this thing called a contract... Often used by those with expertise... Setting forth terms that, shockingly, the market could bear.

    And then some dope said "hey, we have this file... Let's wipe that guy's name from the copyright notice (a big no-no in Europe) and peddle it as ours to countless publications."

    This dude isn't Peter Parker taking whatever is handed to him, and people performing at the pinnacle of their profession shouldn't be doled out whatever some dipshits on Slashdot think their work is worth. Ever notice how people who don't know a field feel free to trivialize its complexity?

  15. Re: dont know on Ask Slashdot: Should This Photographer Sue A Hotel For $2M? (google.com) · · Score: 1

    2MM may be high, though you always have to shoot higher than you intend, sadly, as judges and juries like to "split the difference".

    Still, it should be *way* higher than the initial usage fee, especially if they were wilfully in breach. Additionally, the amount per violating use may be statutory, in which case the amount of the suit would merely be a tabulation if uses.

    They'll settle, remember to sprinfkr grants in perpetuity, and move on.

  16. Re: Somebody ask the judge, please on Worshipping the Flying Spaghetti Monster Isn't a Real Religion, Court Rules (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Whether the religion itself started as satire is immaterial. What matters is the individual's beliefs and intentions.

    Branch Davidianism may have been a freewheeling get-laid-quick trick to Koresh, bit it was truly believed by members.

    As much as I'd love to give "I know it when I see it" powers to judges, this one feels more like "walks like a duck". What if I spun up an old school faith based on the anti-hypocrite preachings of Christ, intent on decrying judicial misconduct. Should I expect a fair hearing from a judge?

  17. Re: It says it on the thing! on Dyson Airblades 'Spread Germs 1,300 Times More Than Paper Towels' (telegraph.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    What will you use to keep users from going dead?

  18. Re: On the other hand... on Dyson Airblades 'Spread Germs 1,300 Times More Than Paper Towels' (telegraph.co.uk) · · Score: 2

    You know, if you hold your hands just right under those, you can make fart noises with your palms.

    Seriously... Not a joke.

  19. Re: On the other hand... on Dyson Airblades 'Spread Germs 1,300 Times More Than Paper Towels' (telegraph.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    I talked with someone who was bragging about her boyfriend having given a TED talk... Then I spoke with him, and it was rather obvious that he had given a TEDx talk...

    Better that than teaching in an official capacity, I guess...

  20. Re: On the other hand... on Dyson Airblades 'Spread Germs 1,300 Times More Than Paper Towels' (telegraph.co.uk) · · Score: 5, Funny

    I just stand by the door and wait for someone else to come in... Never costs me more than a few hours...

  21. Re: Yes, but it's a Dyson on Dyson Airblades 'Spread Germs 1,300 Times More Than Paper Towels' (telegraph.co.uk) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Listen Donald, not all of us were graced with dainty hobbit hands.

        Having also touched the interior of one of these crufty shit slingers (that crack in the bottom always fills with a brown sludge), I'll be happy to see them sued out of existence for false advertisement.

  22. Re: Heat on Architects Design a 65-Story Data Center (computerworld.com) · · Score: 1

    So I know some professional riggers, people who climb tall structures to attach heavy equipment.

    I also know many IT professionals, people who manage and configure servers.

    Do you know how many people are in both groups? ...

    Right.. Zero.

    You've described a job that, among my friends, nobody is qualified for, and I'm a rock climbing coder.

    A plan predicated on rappelling, while totally badass, is doomed.

    Plus... Modular server farms? When the world runs on scalable virtual instances? Why?

  23. Re: Heat on Architects Design a 65-Story Data Center (computerworld.com) · · Score: 1

    That's great, but it's likely to be *much* more than that.

    Depending on where you are, it costs between $700 and $1400 to build out a square meter of office space, median, so that'll be low to mid rise construction. $1400 is the NYC figure ($128/sq ft).

    So how much was One World Trade Center? $3.8 billion, or roughly $16k per square meter.

    Double... Yeah... Good luck.

    Everything gets more expensive when you get tall. I've had multiple architects tell me that, for floors above 90, each floor costs twice as much to build as the floor beneath it.

    If land is cheap, building up is absolutely idiotic. It also provides limited fall back plans. Data centers have to occasionally handle fires, like, with firefighters. A skyscraper datacenter is tragically imbecilic on many levels.

  24. Re: Tor is for Child Pornography on Seattle Police Raid Tor-Using Privacy Activists (thestranger.com) · · Score: 1

    No. That's a false dichotomy.

    The alternative in this case is that the police appropriately inform the judge of all of the relevant (even exculpatory) evidence that they have gathered. If they're aware of a Tor node, the judge should be, too. How hard would it be to mention?

    Think of it this way:

    Who is more a probable uploader of kiddie porn?

    1) The IP detected uploading it, with no Tor node running.
    2) The IP detected uploading it, a known Tor exit node.

    So we know that case 2 is less probable as a suspect, though there may still be probable cause. Whether or not there is probable cause is for a *judge* to decide. Keep them in the dark at your own peril. There are 6 more detectives who will need to shop for a new judge next time.

  25. Re: Standard tactics on Seattle Police Raid Tor-Using Privacy Activists (thestranger.com) · · Score: 1

    So we're going to gather and murder people who find other people sexually attractive? People they may or may not be able to legally have relationships with, depending on the state or country in which they reside? We're going to murder people who may never have harmed any other people?

    Yeah, that sounds reasonable... Sign me up...

    Idiot.