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  1. It's all the same thing on Level 3 Wants To Make Peering a Net Neutrality Issue · · Score: 2

    They have been playing the oh were not throttling were just over saturated to this peer we don't like for awhile. Sure it's not as targeted as they would like but it gets them there.

  2. Tinker with there brains on Time Dilation Drug Could Let Heinous Criminals Serve 1,000 Year Sentences · · Score: 1

    Lets not ever, forced medical procedures are wrong at the deepest levels. The UK has a history of offing things like this, chemical castration of Allen Turning and other gays (I know it was "voluntary" as in do this or got to jail) and it's frankly abdominal.

  3. Re:Big Labor's transparent motive on Why Buy Microsoft Milk When the Google Cow Is Free? · · Score: 1

    Lets see there are no reasons to pay for MS office in K-12. Google docs works, OpenOffice works, they are have similar enough interfaces to not matter.

  4. Re:I'm not clear.... on OASIS Approves OData 4.0 Standards For an Open, Programmable Web · · Score: 1

    TCP is for reliable in order transmission/reception of octects.

  5. Re:Estate Taxes on Silicon Valley Billionaire Takes Out $201 Million Life Insurance Policy · · Score: 1

    It very much differs by where you live. http://blog.ctnews.com/trendin... When a middle class income is about 250k and entry level houses start at 1m it's a lot different than the midwest.

  6. Re:Estate Taxes on Silicon Valley Billionaire Takes Out $201 Million Life Insurance Policy · · Score: 0

    Because they are just that death taxes, people think they screw over the rich but it's more the middle that can not afford to prep like this.

  7. Re:Why at datacenters? on EU Project Aims To Switch Data Centers To Second Hand Car Batteries · · Score: 1

    Because they already are buying new every 5-7 years. Big data-centers use big UPS plants and those require big battery farms.

  8. Re:I envy the religious on Religion Is Good For Your Brain · · Score: 1

    So pretty much being blissfully unaware in large packs is good for the brain. It's good to be sheeple?

  9. Re:Where is native VoIP support? on Goodbye, Google Voice · · Score: 1

    It used to be but was removed.

  10. Re:Gubbamints... on EU Votes For Universal Phone Charger · · Score: 1

    Funny at this point why even bother with a charging port standard wireless charging is the new hotness. QI medium power delivers 120w.

  11. Re:Someone is against this? on EU Votes For Universal Phone Charger · · Score: 2

    In USB land there is the new power spec that can deliver 100w over a standard usb 2.0 cable. It ups the voltage and amperage to get there and is negotiated.

    As to Tesla, forcing them to have the standard port does increase there costs but also means it can charge anywhere. It does not stop them from having a second faster port or letting there port negotiate for faster charging up to the voltage/amperage limits of the design.

  12. Re:Anti-Vaxxers? Try Population Density on Measles Outbreak In NYC · · Score: 1

    Did you miss the lower bad outcomes risk than the vaccine? Pretty much you combine your risk of getting it and the risk of a bad outcome (hint your risk can be very low that whole herd thing) vs the risk of bad outcome of the vaccine.

  13. Re:Anti-Vaxxers? Try Population Density on Measles Outbreak In NYC · · Score: 1

    Mix the two. I skipped the second M of the MMR (mumps), as my sons exposure risk was minimal and it's very treatable with lower bad outcomes than the vaccine. The due to the fact that his pediatrician cares for a lot of hasidic jews she had the separate other vaccines. Now if I had lived in NYC it would be a different case as that many people from that many countries vastly increases your exposure vs the countryside. I do notice that in the 10 years between this and now the CDC's web site has changes a lot to downplay and serious results or provide solid numbers and moved to PR speak it's becoming harder and harder to find solid unbiased info.

  14. Re:Why do you think $.02*12/year/GB is cheap? on 1GB of Google Drive Storage Now Costs Only $0.02 Per Month · · Score: 1

    Not to sure about that Bacula is quite happy telling me it needs a new drive to fill up, or to recycle an old one. Tape would be cheaper after I need about 30 drives but not even close for my personal stuff. But still attaching a usb drive now and again it not that labor intensive.

  15. Re:Why do you think $.02*12/year/GB is cheap? on 1GB of Google Drive Storage Now Costs Only $0.02 Per Month · · Score: 1

    Backups need not be powered on. I'm many ways it's better if they are not. Even backing up twice your still cheaper than these cloud services.

  16. Yawn did not see it on RadioShack To Close 1,100 Stores · · Score: 1

    They still seem to be a cell phone store that happens to stock some overpriced parts and some arduino bits. The staff has no training they do know how to push overpriced cellphones and plans.

    Granted the clearance sales on some bits have been great ($5 GSM shield anybody)

  17. Re:Unregulated currency on Bitcoin Exchange Flexcoin Wiped Out By Theft · · Score: 3, Informative

    Dependable banks pretty much require somebody large enough backing them. That is generally governments who can print money.

  18. Because a warrant is hard on Cops Say NDA Kept Them from Notifying Courts About Cell Phone Tracking Gadget · · Score: -1, Troll

    So they tracked a stolen cellphone that they failed to even turn off 24 hours later. While the hardware they used to do it was overkill and invasive (and should be illegal without a warrant) there is nothing wrong with tracking down a stolen device.

    They then sat around for hours because they did not want to admit to using the device by getting a warrant. Ended up illegally forcing entry.

    I do wish they were shot and killed while committing this crime (and am smart enough to know every string would be pulled to have it appear to have been legal if they were). Correct response is to see the police that did this jailed, we have to get back to yes you always need a warrant unless lives are obviously in danger. We need to roll back to before no knock warrants were the norm and return to civil society.

  19. Re:I've to admit... on Supreme Court Ruling Relaxes Warrant Requirements For Home Searches · · Score: 1

    So they just keep arresting people till the get the answer they like? The police were specifically told no took that person into custody then went back an hour later and got a yes. There was nothing urgent about this, they effectively intimidated the girlfriend with the LAPD's normal arrest procedures.

  20. Re:Can someone explain this theft? on Mt. Gox Shuts Down: Collapse Should Come As No Surprise · · Score: 1

    Bitcoin was fine these guys were idiots and left a gaping hole in the exchange API. Sending your bitcoin to somebody else to hold for you is not a good idea security wise. The transactions can not be undone and there is no state run insurance backing it so they can and will loose your bitcoin.

  21. Re:Not fracking, a water tower on Exxon Mobile CEO Sues To Stop Fracking Near His Texas Ranch · · Score: 1

    Why are we using potable water for fracking?

  22. Re:Who's getting slow internet? on Why Is US Broadband So Slow? · · Score: 1

    Oh and how much have we paid into the universal service fund that should have made this happen.

  23. Re:Who's getting slow internet? on Why Is US Broadband So Slow? · · Score: 1

    Fiber has been around for a long time, it does not need to change so you only need to do it once. Hell the big cost of fiber is termination throwing up lots of spares is cheap.

  24. Re:Let me get this straight on Netflix Blinks, Will Pay Comcast For Network Access · · Score: 2

    It's worst than that Netflix is more than happy to supply the gear to put a big hunk of there network close to there clients. Comcast gets fast access to what there customers want that's local to their pops. Comcast is unabashedly says we have the eyeballs and you will pay to access them, they also pay us to access you. Comcast's control of the last mile needs to go away. A passive (or pure optical) last mile is needed. One open to all comers at the same price. Ultimately owned by the people that live there and administrated by the municipality. We need 2 cables coming into our houses power and optical fiber. I single strad can serve multiple providers with dirt cheap CDMA gear. Push the smarts back out to the edge It's ok to have a muni net that might link schools, government, local business, and residents with some lifeline internet access. Coupled with dozens of ISP's some using overlay style networks some on there own gear. Given that a company like netflix could piggyback on one or more of those ISP's and/or go direct to the muni net. Protocols will be needed to select the correct one maybe use multiple paths in parallel. Muninets that are fast and responsive to issues can be an attraction to others to migrate to that community.

  25. Re:Hidden problems with proxies on Most Alarming: IETF Draft Proposes "Trusted Proxy" In HTTP/2.0 · · Score: 1

    Anything like that is not running on a GP computer, as the hardware is very much part of the solution. Nor should it be connected to the general corp lan, an environmental system would be a good example it goes in a DMZ gets holes punched through to exactly what it needs and can not access anything else.