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  1. Re:End of netflix on PS on Sony To Take On Netflix With Playstation Vue · · Score: 1

    yep... based on past actions of Sony. Totally unfounded....

  2. ... and I'll tell you why. Because if I get my LLC to get 1,000 people to each Pony up some money for a PS4, then I use these types of tactics to purchase PS4 from other retailers at a huge discount after having pooled the money from my 1,000 customers (divinding it up so no 1 customer funded 1 whole ps4) , then I provide each customer with a PS4, and then I run to the bank yelling yippee at all the money I just earned...well if anyone calls fraud, I might just get a bailout from the government to keep my LLC in place since I serve such a good purpose in providing access to cheap PS4s. Then the LLC can get a fine of 10% of 1 year's profits as I laugh from my sailboat.

  3. End of netflix on PS on Sony To Take On Netflix With Playstation Vue · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I can almost 100% guarantee that Sony will pull the Netflix functionality from all PS models.

    Just like how the PS4 will no longer stream from a home media server because they started to offer their own streaming music service under the guise of "it's a more intuitive and streamlined process for the customer', we will see sony replace netflix with Vue citing the same bullshit.

    Don't think they will? How's your PS3 linux partition? Oh wait, sony made that disappear when it suited them too.

  4. He should have... on Pirate Bay Co-founder Arrested In Northeastern Thailand · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Just think that if he had sold billions of bad mortgages and defrauded both investors and the public sending the entire world economy to the brink of collapse, he would have gotten no jail time and a multi-billion dollar bailout.

    Instead he built a web page that lets people find trackers, and he must be put away for life.

    'Merica!!!!!

  5. Re:Ive done this on Skilled Foreign Workers Treated as Indentured Servants · · Score: 2

    Congrats to you.... I really mean it. But beware, because large companies no longer have any loyalty to their employees. If you can be replaced with a new visa recipient at a lower wage, you will be.

  6. Re:Was pretty obvious on Skilled Foreign Workers Treated as Indentured Servants · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Hopefully the non-IT, general public will be.

  7. Re:Easy to solve - calibrate them to overestimate on Speed Cameras In Chicago Earn $50M Less Than Expected · · Score: 4, Insightful

    You don't increase time on the yellow.... you let the yellow turn red on the same timer, but you leave both directions red for 2 seconds just to ensure the intersection is clear before showing a green light. That's how you make it safer.

  8. Sensitive information on JP Morgan Chase Breach Compromised Data of 76 Million Households · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Chase is really spinning this by saying that no sensitive information was taken in the hack.

    Well, it seems that the crackers now have tens of millions of *confirmed* Names, addresses, phone numbers, and emails at the very least. That is a freakin treasure trove of information.

    I like my privacy and take great care not to let information out into the world. But Doctors, banks, and gov always want every bit of info on you so they make the best targets.

  9. Re:Dear FBI and Police forces on FBI Chief: Apple, Google Phone Encryption Perilous · · Score: 1

    You are not Required to assist with the search warrant. You can't be forced to rip open your own couch cushions to aid the police in their search.

  10. Paypal Sucks on PayPal Integrates Bitcoin Processors BitPay, Coinbase and GoCoin · · Score: 1

    Yep - Let the paypal bashing begin. Wait until Paypal acts as it's own clearinghouse for bitcoin transactions. It wants to keep control over refunds to the buyers and still wants to be able to 'freeze' your account like it does now.

  11. go ahead and drink your apple kool aid

  12. The future or marketing on Apple Outrages Users By Automatically Installing U2's Album On Their Devices · · Score: 1

    I can easily see a future where content creators will automatically have a 'sample track' or a trailer sent automatically to your cloud account.

  13. Re:Perhaps packing people in was a bad idea. on 3 Recent Flights Make Unscheduled Landings, After Disputes Over Knee Room · · Score: 1

    Careful, they may take out the overhead storage because you could charge people a premium for 'lie down' space.

  14. Re:Don't eat so much then. on 3 Recent Flights Make Unscheduled Landings, After Disputes Over Knee Room · · Score: 1

    This arguement isn't about the width of your ass, is about the length of your thigh. As a 6'2" person, I have trouble like this all over the place with my knees butting up again whatever is in front of me (concert venues, my car's steering wheel). If my knees are already touching the seat and the jackhoel decides to recline, that's gonna hurt and I'm gonna be pissed.

  15. New Normal on UPS: We've Been Hacked · · Score: 1

    I've now come to realize that it is the norm to cancel and request new credit cards/debit cards every 3 quarter just in case my card number has been compromised by one of these hacks.

    Maybe if the whole country did the same, banks would finally switch to a more secure card.

  16. No browser on Rightscorp's New Plan: Hijack Browsers Until Infingers Pay Up · · Score: 1

    So what if I only have an ubuntu server running at my house with no graphical browser.... I don't think Lynx is up to the task.

  17. Re:needed in US on China Cracks Down On Mobile Messaging · · Score: 2, Insightful

    The best argument against Democracy is to have a 5 minute conversation with the average citizen.

  18. Re:PGP Is the easy part. Key mgmt is hard on Yahoo To Add PGP Encryption For Email · · Score: 1

    That's why you should create a revocation certificate when you create the keypair. If you upload the revocation cert to the DB, the keys get removed.

    But yes... my first keypair that I created something like 17 years ago when I was first learning about gpg are still in the DBs and come up when my name is searched. It gives me a chuckle.

  19. Laser? on NASA Announces Mars 2020 Rover Payload · · Score: 1, Funny

    ...Because it's always a good idea to give robots lasers. What's the worst that could happen?

  20. What will cops do for their Quota? on FBI Concerned About Criminals Using Driverless Cars · · Score: 5, Interesting

    IF everyone is in an automatic car that obeys all traffic laws all the time, will there be no more traffic tickets?

    If an auto ca can drop someone off at the airport then drive back home, what will happen to all the long term parking garages?

    If an auto car will find it's own parking space, is that the end of valets?

    I for one am happy to see all that crap come to an end.

  21. Re:Obviously... on FBI Concerned About Criminals Using Driverless Cars · · Score: 1

    That's why I'm never giving up my 1970 Mustang.... No tracking and I can still repair it in my garage.

  22. Re:Or, you know on Coddled, Surveilled, and Monetized: How Modern Houses Can Watch You · · Score: 1

    Exactly this.... and disabling said feature will generate an automatic fine for not keeping the house in proper working order by your association or local city council.

  23. Re:Not likely. on Microsoft Wants You To Trade Your MacBook Air In For a Surface Pro 3 · · Score: 1

    Hardware Wise, Windows will never compete with Apple. OSX only needs to support a very, very limit set of hardware components. The Devs know exactly what video, what memory, what board, etc are included in the Macs.

    Windows needs to be able to support all the various different types of hardware out there, usually relying on crappy 3rd party drivers for functionality.

  24. We do this on Ask Slashdot: Do Any Development Shops Build-Test-Deploy On A Cloud Service? · · Score: 5, Informative

    I'm IT for a company that does this for 95% of dev/test/qa systems. It's worked out pretty well. Most servers are spun up and then chef'ed, used, then deleted after tests/whetever are complete. We do keep our code in house. SVN/GIT/ and Jenkins along with server build farms are all in house. The cloud services are expensive, but since IT has automated the deployment process for the cloud hosts, it works out better than keeping enough hardware in house to meed all test/qa needs. Plus less hardware in house equals less admin time which is a plus for us.

  25. Would this work on Visual Effects Artists Use MPAA's Own Words Against It · · Score: 1

    I wonder if we could get I.T. work designated as a manufacturing product also. Have Government slap a tax on outsourced IT work.... I'd like that alot.