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  1. Re:wait a sec on Updated Skimer Malware Infects ATMs Worldwide (thestack.com) · · Score: 1

    If it didn't have windows how are the guys that service the machine supposed to play minesweeper?

  2. Nitrogen on Pfizer Blocks The Use Of Its Drugs In Executions · · Score: 1

    A simple gas mask and a tank of Nitrogen and you've got a guaranteed execution toolkit. There is no need for "exotic" chemicals.

    Search wikipedia for Inert_gas_asphyxiation

  3. Re:Why does this matter? on YouTube Is Guilty Of Criminal Racketeering, Grammy Winner Says (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 1

    Google has created a website that allows people to post copyrighted works they don't have the rights to.
    If you don't want people posting works you own the rights to, Google has another service you can use to stop it.

    Hmm, sounds like racketeering, or would if Google charged for ContentID.

  4. Bye bye sharks on Highly-Conductive Shark Jelly Could Inspire New Tech (gizmag.com) · · Score: 1

    Oh Great! We weren't killing sharks for their fins fast enough that now we have to kill them for their jelly too?

  5. Boaty McBoatface on One Million Dormant Xbox Live Gamertags Can Be Yours Starting Wednesday (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    Is Boaty McBoatface available?

  6. Re:may might predicts on Will Self-Driving Cars Clog Our Highways? (go.com) · · Score: 1

    A car park with cars parked right next to each other will need to be defragged
    Nope, it won't. We'll just set it up as a (series of) FIFO stack(s).

  7. What happens is every time I'm shown an ad I hate the next dozens posts I see? Will facebook stop showing me ads?

  8. Beyond reasonable doubt on FBI Has Sights On Larger Battle Over Encryption After Apple Feud (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    If the prosecution's case relies on evidence gathered by secret means then the data cannot be verified and it does not meet the standard of beyond reasonable doubt.

    "We have evidence that proves his guilt but we can't tell you about it" -- then you don't have evidence.

  9. And the coordinates to this "city" are?

  10. Re:Sales type 4: talk to the customer's fears on Tesla's Inherent Safety Saves Five Joyriding Teenagers In Germany (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    The best safety device you could install in a vehicle would be a six inch sharpened steel spike the sticks out of the center of the steering wheel. People would drive so cautiously that there would be practically no accidents at all.

  11. Infinite Warfare gets a thumbs down for ships banking in space.

  12. Explain to me again how the Internet of Things is a good idea?

  13. Re:No GMO but FrankenBeef OK? on Lab-Grown Meat Is In Your Future, and It May Be Healthier Than the Real Stuff (smh.com.au) · · Score: 1

    Most of the world considers having a real steak a luxury item now.

  14. You're doing it wrong on The Government Wants Your Fingerprint To Unlock Phones (dailygazette.com) · · Score: 1

    If your fingerprint does anything more than let you answer a call or rear a text message, you're doing it wrong.

    Fingerprints are not secure, unless you always wear gloves you're leaving the key to unlock your phone on the phone itself.

  15. Isn't this exactly the type of problem that DARPAs new CPU that's bad at math should be really good for?

  16. People will obtain illegally, that which they desire but cannot obtain legally.

  17. Re:Man in the middle on Millions Of Waze Users Can Have Their Movements Tracked By Hackers (fusion.net) · · Score: 1

    Exactly, the real story here:

    Google too stupid to prevent man-in-the-middle attack on Waze.

  18. You're phrasing it wrong...

    The government needs to find out what the people are doing to identify those individuals who are violating societal rules.

    The people need to find out what the government is doing to identify those individuals in government who are violating their positions.

    It's exactly the same thing, the only difference is who are the watchers and who are the watched.

  19. Library of Congresses? on CERN Releases 300TB of Large Hadron Collider Data Into Open Access (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    300 TB?
    How many Libraries of Congress is that?

  20. Re:BAN plastic bag! *twitch* on Drone Believed To Have Hit British Airways Flight 'May Have Been a Plastic Bag' (telegraph.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    I bought a couple of dozen cloth bags a while ago (likely not as nice as your bags) for 9 cents each. I'm ahead of the curve on their first use.

  21. Re:Are there no boundary layers on Drone Believed To Have Hit British Airways Flight 'May Have Been a Plastic Bag' (telegraph.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    It's not a worry that the drone will hit the plane, it's that the drone will get sucked into the engine.

  22. Horsepower
    Fuel Efficiency
    Emissions

    Choose two.

  23. Small and inconsequential on VPN Blockade Backlash Doesn't Hurt Us, Says Netflix (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    If it's small and inconsequential, why bother blocking it at all?

  24. Re:Virus-laden water on Dyson Airblades 'Spread Germs 1,300 Times More Than Paper Towels' (telegraph.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    I would be much more concerned about the hand dryer in the lady's washroom, I bet if you look at the maintenance logs it gets used 36 times more than the one I the men's room. An unused dyson air blade is going to be a germ free dyson air blade.

  25. Court Order on FBI Couldn't Tell Apple What Hack It Used, Even If It Wanted To (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    Perhaps Apple could get a court order forcing the FBI to expend resources to figure out how to get the information it claims it can't access. That would be reasonable, right?