Slashdot Mirror


User: DaHat

DaHat's activity in the archive.

Stories
0
Comments
2,899
First seen
Last seen
Profile
(view on slashdot.org)

Comments · 2,899

  1. Re:On the plus side nobody's allowing it on Judge Refuses To Block New York 'Ballot Selfie' Law (reuters.com) · · Score: 2

    This is why we need mandatory voting.

    So you want to amend the first-amendment eh? Good luck with that.

    Because that's the only way mandatory voting would be possible in this country, as such a requirement would constitute government compelled speech, something the first amendment and multiple SCOTUS rulings tend to say no to.

  2. Re:96%!? on Male Birth Control Shot Found Effective (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Given at most a woman could be pregnant ~3 times during a particular year (and result in a successful birth), perhaps you should limit the # of women you are with to reduce the likelihood of such a number.

    Put a ring on it!

  3. Re:Going by the data in the summary... on Male Birth Control Shot Found Effective (bbc.com) · · Score: 1, Interesting

    *Posting AC for reasons I don't desire to get into.*

    Agreed.

    Your average man tend to be physically capable of impregnating a woman from around puberty until death. The average woman is physically able to get pregnant ~25-50% of the month. So while a claimed success rate of of 96% sounds good, there is much to consider.

    I'm sad to channel my abstinence only parents (who were right), but the only effective way of preventing pregnancy is abstinence.

    Be it condoms, birth control, pulling out early, etc... there is always a failure rate, sometimes due to the mechanism, other times due to failure to use as proscribed... and even if there exists a male 'pill', there will still remain an overlap between failures between male & female birth control takers which will result in kids who grow up to be rather angry about the fact that neither parent wanted to have them, and that one or both had too much heart to abort them early on.

  4. Re:That's OK, Twitter fights back... on 'Armies' of Twitter Bots Bolster Both The Trump And Clinton Campaigns (technewsworld.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Isn't it's rather silly to take any response off the table ahead of time?

    But to those who think a President Trump is actually the sort who might go and say.. order a first strike on Russia for making fun of him... the National Command Authority can still/would prevent such a launch.

    Yes, a Saturday Night Massacre is possible, it's inconceivable it would go on to the point that enough of a surviving chain would agree to relay the command.

    While I'm not a fan of either, I will at least acknowledge that a President Trump is more check-able than a President Clinton (45)

  5. Re:That's not what they said in emails on FBI Probes Newly Discovered Hillary Clinton Emails and Reopens Investigation (telegraph.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    It's worked pretty well so far for them thus far, as she not only got the nomination but is also ahead in many a poll.

  6. Re:Oh drop it already on FBI Probes Newly Discovered Hillary Clinton Emails and Reopens Investigation (telegraph.co.uk) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    As the loser of a fixed race, are you sure he still feels that way?

  7. Re:Buzzword du jour on AI-Powered Body Scanners Could Soon Speed Up Your Airport Check-in (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Except that as the left often needs to be reminded whenever the scream 'racist' about anything perceived as anti-Muslim... Islam isn't a race.

  8. Re: because Photoshop doesn't exist on Lawsuit Seeks To Block New York Ban On 'Ballot Selfies' (msnbc.com) · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Or the ability to mark a ballot, take a selfie, mark the ballot again to spoil it, then ask the poll worker for a new ballot.

  9. Re:Buzzword du jour on AI-Powered Body Scanners Could Soon Speed Up Your Airport Check-in (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    So DB Cooper gets to get on the plane? Good to know! Though anti escape systems like the 'Cooper vane' may require some work to get around...

    Also... can you describe the implementation of isMuslim()? Given the criticisms of Trumps old Muslim ban, I'd be curious to know if you've a better algorithm... as he or someone else may be interested in your IP.

  10. While there seems to be info suggesting these things won't harm you physically, nor is it easy to crank them up to the point they would... they are still just a major part of security theater, as multiple ways have been found to sneak contraband past them: https://www.wired.com/2014/08/...

  11. Re:You know what that means. on AI-Powered Body Scanners Could Soon Speed Up Your Airport Check-in (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Worse yet... are they ok with raising their hands above their head in order to prove they are not a threat absent any other information? That doesn't sound like the activity of a free person in response to the government asking nicely.

  12. Did you miss the comment about 'small form factor pc'?

    Why be satisfied with 28" when you can plug one of these into something bigger? http://www.intel.com/content/w...

    Once you get to the "Nano-ITX or Pico-ITX sized devices, or just a single-board computer, USB or eSATA are your only expansion options.

    So no, the upgradibility of this device is not much of a surprise, and likely not an issue for it's target market.

  13. Of course it can... at least the important parts (aka the GNU side of things if you are Richard Stallman): https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-... ;)

    Behold! 2016 is now the year of Linux* on the Desktop!

  14. Re:$3000 BASE PRICE?!?!? on Microsoft Announces Ultra-Thin, Pixel-Dense Surface Studio Touchscreen PC (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    but... but... gorilla arms!

    After you are used to a touch based device, sometimes, especially when you are not immediately sitting in front of it (say... same room?) it's just more natural to be able to reach over and touch the screen on occasion to do something, rather than reach for your mouse, find your cursor then move it to the desired location.

  15. Given VW almost certainly has a list of each and every buyer of each and every VIN of one of these (which can be looked up in a state DB to find new owner), it would not surprise me if the EPA ended up with the list and could use it to... encourage all such owners to comply.

  16. Re:I hear Hillary participated in this study on Study Finds Little Lies Lead To Bigger Ones (go.com) · · Score: 1

    I was thinking the same.

    Lies like the whole leaving the airplane under sniper fire sounds nice, but is so easy to discover the truth and the realization of the lie of that you fail to see any point to the lie, ditto for there not being any classified info on her server (both a pair of many).

    I guess this means her next big one will be "no, we are not going to war with Russia if I win"

  17. Re:Where are the important details? on AT&T Buys Time Warner For $85B. Is The Mass Media Consolidating? (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    What is this entity's preferred pronoun?

    Master/lord/eminence.

  18. Re:Yes, selecting the US president isn't "gossip" on Should Journalists Ignore Some Leaked Emails? (backchannel.com) · · Score: 1

    Why Bernard? He's not running anymore.

    At least Evan McMullin (of who I know little) is at least leading in one state (something which I do not believe can be said about any other 3rd party candidate): http://www.sltrib.com/news/448...

  19. Re:Yes, selecting the US president isn't "gossip" on Should Journalists Ignore Some Leaked Emails? (backchannel.com) · · Score: 0

    which has an extensive history of misleading edits and even over-dubbing their "undercover videos."

    A claim you utterly fail to support.

    Often there are claims of "OMG! The video was edited!!!" to which not long later you find the full video (previously held back as the whole long thing isn't as concise for media consumption as the earlier clip)... and despite the evidence that the video isn't actually edited in any meaningful way.

    Care to set me straight? I'd really like to see proof that they deceptively edit their work. I hear claims from the left leaners, yet still haven't seen any substantive evidence of it.

    the only people convinced by that crap are people who want to be convinced.

    Or the open minded... which I guess counts you out.

    Until they release the entire un-edited videos no one should believe a word they say.

    Didn't I mention something like that above? Oh yes I did... yet your kind of screams never calm down or apologize for being wrong (again).

    And you know what? They will never release the unedited videos because they don't care about veritas,

    Yes, because they never do that:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

    they just care about tricking voters.

    Could not the same be said for any group which has a partisan outlook?

    In 2 more weeks it won't matter what voters think anymore,

    For once... you've said something that actually is correct... unless you know how the electoral college system works... as there is still plenty of room for shenanigans.

    at which point project veritas will just stop talking about their fake scandal.

    And yet they keep finding scandals to discuss.

  20. Re:Yes, selecting the US president isn't "gossip" on Should Journalists Ignore Some Leaked Emails? (backchannel.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    I actually think it goes beyond that.

    Sure, 2FA or never sending something in an email you don't want the other guys lawyer holding up in court... or getting hacked and put on on Wikileaks is certainly one way... though some would say this strays into victim blaming ala a common response to #TheFappening (ie "if they didn't want their nude photos on the internet, they shouldn't have taken them or saved them to such insecure locations!")

    But consider the latest James O'Keefe videos, which appear to show rather well placed democrat operatives talking about their knowledge of wide-scale voter fraud, as well as seeming to admit to helping to orchestrate violence at the rival's rally's.

    Ignoring for the moment the emails... why is it that right-leaning groups are able to get left-leaning operatives on tape, admitting pretty bad things?

    Why is it that left-leaning groups do not seem as able to get right-leaning operatives on tape, admitting pretty bad things?

    Oh sure, you might have the occasional untoward comment (take the Trump tape), but oh so rarely to the same extent, and then mostly of a 'macaca' like moment.

    If we assume that folks on both sides are up to just the same sort of things, to what should we attribute the reason?

    1. Left leaners more willing to brag about their shenanigans?
    2. Right leaners less willing to brag about their shenanigans?
    3. Left leaners less good at tricking right leaners into spilling their secrets?
    4. Right leaners more good at tricking left leaners into spilling their secrets?
    5. Left leaners less good at editing of video to make the speaker look bad?
    6. Right leaners more good at editing of video to make the speaker look bad?

    Why is it we usually only see these things going in one direction?

  21. Re:Yes its probably illegal on Chemical-Releasing Bike Lock Causes Vomiting To Deter Thieves (bbc.com) · · Score: 2

    Which makes sense for a $50 bike perhaps.

    A friend had ~$600 worth of bike & stuff stolen last month after his $25 lock was cut.

    He since purchased a replacement bike (similar price) but has upgraded to a $50 lock this time around... and claims that it is easier for the thief to simply cut whatever the bike is locked to than the lock... which still suggests some vulnerabilities, even with the lock in TFA.

  22. Re:what about the chain? on Chemical-Releasing Bike Lock Causes Vomiting To Deter Thieves (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    You could still in theory cut the locking bar... though that may take a bit longer.

  23. Re:illegal? on Chemical-Releasing Bike Lock Causes Vomiting To Deter Thieves (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    ummm your link to Wikipedia article confirmed rather than disputed it.

    If your eyes only read those places where they are illegal... then yes. I was simply pointing out that they are also legal in a lot of places.

    A lot of countries have it as illegal even as a defensive device.

    And in a lot of countries, mace is legal as a defensive device... again, which was my point.

    Add in booby trap/man trap laws and this thing a free ticket to jail in most of the world.

    Most? Care to substantiate that with a survey of the world as to where they are/are not legal?

  24. Re:illegal? on Chemical-Releasing Bike Lock Causes Vomiting To Deter Thieves (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Even things like Mace or pepper spray are illegal in a lot of places

    In war yes... not as much as you'd think in civilian or police hands: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

    as are mantraps or anything designed to incapacitate or injure a person.

    Often true... though depending on the sort of injury inflicted I would imagine.

    While I'm no fan of capsaicin... is it really a substance which causes injury? The dirty little secret of it is that it doesn't actually cause chemical burns or the physical damage the person subjected to it feels. The injuries from the stuff are associated with the person scratching/rubbing the affected areas and actually causing damage.

    In the US for example, the legal barrier needed to shoot someone with a firearm is quite high... it is much much lower to spray someone in the face with mace... though there, it is a person triggering it vs a trap.

    In either case, I think many a lawyer will buy a new boat or house thanks to this product.

  25. Re:Yeah, depending on your audience, lets on Facebook Employees Tried To Remove Trump Posts As Hate Speech (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1

    I might object to it at my kid's Christmas pageant

    When exactly is Trump saying such things at your kid's Christmas pageant? Or is Facebook showing up and re-posting such things while the kids are performing?

    in this case their Facebook wall.

    Perhaps you need to do a better job of controlling the safe space you keep your offspring in, as well as how they respond to such things when they encounter it.

    Did you know there is also violent imagery and porn on the internet? Best keep them offline. TV has some of it too, better keep that turned off.