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  1. Properly as defined as like a city taxi driver, that means binary gas or break and try and scare anybody out of your way.

  2. Re:Do like them thar foreigners on Can Consumers Fight Package Thieves With Technology? (geekwire.com) · · Score: 1

    Personal best, a 40k replacement part for work signature required etc (cisco 6500 sup). UPS leaves it on a neighbors back door no idea who no signature etc. I call and get the no he delivered it to you for 30 minutes etc. The neighbor ended up dropping it off still dont know who was winter and the cctv never got a good shot of his face.

    I wonder what the driver got for not getting a signature and miss delivering a package insured for over 40k.

  3. Re:Solved on Can Consumers Fight Package Thieves With Technology? (geekwire.com) · · Score: 2

    Yup otherwise people will steal everything you have and you will die.

    The question is can vs should, you need to be able to shoot them you should not do it unless absolutely necessary. Anything you make illegal you agree that it's worth depriving somebodys life over. Because you will get that person that refuses to or simply can not live within that rule. Police and the courts will do it for you but overall it's still depriving somebody of their life one way or another.

  4. Trench cast 6 on Ask Slashdot: How Should I Furnish (And Secure) My Work-From-Home Office? · · Score: 1

    Just dont, put fiber in multimode is fine. You realy do not want a bit of copper between buildings if you can avoid it for data.

    As to security outside dogs and guns, alarm with CCTV coverage and monitoring that can access the CCTV is your best bet to get the cops out there. Harding the entrances look for a 3+ point lock set, your meth head isn't picking locks he is kicking down a door.

  5. Re:How about having a hub? on Ubuntu Survey Discovers 'Consumers Are Terrible' About Updating Their IoT Devices (ubuntu.com) · · Score: 1

    They have just that it's called hub. Properly implemented home automation uses them, Zwave, zigbee, Bluetooth even wifi.

    A standard that does not let you do whatever the manufacture wants means they can not spy on you. Thus why they avoid using them.

  6. Re:renewable? on Iceland Seeking 'Supercritical Steam' For Power Source (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Because calling it what it realy is fission makes the greens scared. It's not all radioactive processes but mostly that.

  7. Light on details on California To Adopt First US Energy-Saving Rules For Computers (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    No I dont want my desktop to go to sleep ever. I certainly dont want a server doing that. No actual specifics to be found in anything this is just a fluff piece.

  8. Protections on Feds Unveil Rule Requiring Cars To 'Talk' To Each Other (thehill.com) · · Score: 1

    I dont see them, where is the nobody may track monitor other otherwise watch you via this. Till then it's antenna is getting clipped, hell after then it's getting clipped.

  9. Re:Unconstitutional on EFF: The Music Industry Shouldn't Be Able To Cut Off Your Internet Access (eff.org) · · Score: 2

    A must provide access clause is realy not that hard for a dpuc or similar to include and enforce. There is a price to be paid for getting a monopoly and that needs to be part of it.

  10. Re:Unconstitutional on EFF: The Music Industry Shouldn't Be Able To Cut Off Your Internet Access (eff.org) · · Score: 1

    ISP's are at best semi private company's with few exceptions they use a monopoly or close enough to count. If you free space optics or wifi ISP wants to sure but if they are getting access to utility poles rights of way or rf spectrum exclusively in an area they should be treated as a public utility.

  11. Like I said no problems with them. I do a bit of ugly code in openhab to change when the setback begins and ends for my radiant floor heating zones thats the one thing the nest things is supposed to learn. Really it only matters on something with a big lag like a huge concrete slab.

    Zwave hubs can be hard to find the vera 3 I use was released in 2011 3 years before wink, homeseer is pretty ancient released in 99 and picked up zwave support in 03.

  12. No hacks required zwave is a local non IP RF protocol it would be impossible for it to require outside access it has no concept of it, zwave hubs like vera support disconnected operations as a feature (openhab if you want OSS).

    Now your hub choice a wink might want/need internet connectivity but just get a better hub.

    I like those guys thermostats picked up 4 CT22's new off ebay for less than 100 total (looks like a ge badged model is 15 ish right now), and they have been working great for a few years. I have a much fancier one thats in my formal dining room touch screen color I never touch the thing it was a waste. That may just be a different design goal some people love the hey look I can do this on my phone etc HA I like they my house does things intelligently and I dont need to think about it, it just works.

  13. Yea because no zwave or a million other smart thermostats exist?

  14. Re: Finally, the gloves will come off! on Twitters Says It Will Ban Trump If He Breaks Hate-Speech Rules (qz.com) · · Score: 2

    Your looking at the privatization of the public green, a corp gets control and suddenly gets to set the rules.

  15. Re:Finally, the gloves will come off! on Twitters Says It Will Ban Trump If He Breaks Hate-Speech Rules (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    Yea because a few changes to the DMCA would be how hard to push though a rep run congress and president?

  16. Re:Could that apply to GAG orders on settlements? on It Will Soon Be Illegal To Punish Customers Who Criticize Businesses Online (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    It's only supposed to apply to form contacts a settlement would not fall under than.

  17. Re:well they are independent contractors. on Uber Drivers Demand Higher Pay in Nationwide Protest (cnet.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    They can it's called find another client. Uber with no drivers dies.

  18. Re:Yup because nobody every figured out this probl on Tech Firms Seek To Frustrate Internet History Log Law (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    No you walk into the room with the data and query it. Not sure on the UK but in the US you get to charge outrageous prices to handle subpoena's so not like the manpower is an issue. Is it realy that hard to go access a locked room?

  19. If they realy want to do something useful it's suggest the auto makers interrogate with phones as in get the hell out of the way. That means let them take over the touch screen and access the steering wheel controls etc. Give them access to the built in GPS etc. Then get out of the way, it might ruin 3k nav packages that suck and need $200 updates yearly.

    Bonus points for putting in HUD's again and letting the phones access those.

    Making cars safer can not be about restriction, it's not blocking IM's/email its doing text to speech and back again giving people a safer method to access and use that data.

  20. Yup because nobody every figured out this problem on Tech Firms Seek To Frustrate Internet History Log Law (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Ya know back in the 80's one way fiber a static mac and arp entry with UDP. That is about as one way as things get. Not impossible to hark just rather hard. It works great for syslog actualy.

    No it does not insure that the data is received or that it was not tampered with, but the treasure trove is the long term storage not what people are doing right then.

    Mind you the whole things is a bit moot less and less traffic is not encrypted.

  21. Re:Installation cost? on Tesla Runs an Entire Island on Solar Power (engadget.com) · · Score: 0

    It does not remove the need for the gen set, so still long term maintenance running it once a week etc are still costs.

  22. Still have the gens sets as backup on Tesla Runs an Entire Island on Solar Power (engadget.com) · · Score: 0

    In case it gets cloudy for more than 3 days.

  23. Re:some rules on Ask Slashdot: Could A 'Smart Firewall' Protect IoT Devices? · · Score: 1

    Or just dont buy junk that only works via the mother ship.

  24. Re:some rules on Ask Slashdot: Could A 'Smart Firewall' Protect IoT Devices? · · Score: 1

    I've got a bit less zwave and a lot of homebrew but same difference. Used vera as the local hub and went to openhab but same sorts of things lots of local control.

  25. Re:Above post is absolutely correct on President Obama Says He Can't Pardon Snowden (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    He does not need a list of things he can pardon for all crimes committed up to this date, that date being no further than the current date.