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  1. and now... on Man Used DDoS Attacks On Media To Extort Them To Remove Stories (itwire.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    Kamyar "The Streisand" Jahanrakhshan is more famous than ever!

  2. Re:Isn't deregulation wonderful? on Uber Drivers Gang Up To Cause Surge Pricing, Research Says (telegraph.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Who sets the price for the medallion?
    Is it set by the city or is it a market rate based on the demand for people to be taxi drivers and the limited number of taxi a city wants filling up its streets?

  3. Now that it's in the news for all drivers to see on Uber Drivers Gang Up To Cause Surge Pricing, Research Says (telegraph.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    It will be widespread.
    I'm sure there will be ads like "This one trick will increase your profit from Uber!"

  4. Re:This is bonkers! on LinkedIn Says It's Illegal To Scrape Its Website Without Permission (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Depends if you did it by bypassing a security measure, or by falsifying your identity.

    Crawling a website doesn't require any of that. Google and Bing don't get in trouble for it. They both use the data they collect to make money. Not really any different to what this company is doing.

    However, sending usernames and passwords in headers or in post data that are not yours is a little bit illegal. Lying about who you are to get something in return is "obtaining by deception"
    Additionally, sending your own username and password means you've explicitly agreed to a contract to obtain them in the first place. Using that service against the terms of your contract opens up your liability.

  5. Re:$1,250,000? Get over yourself on Font Maker Sues Universal Music Over 'Pirated' The Vamps Logo (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 2

    If a punishment is not significantly worse than doing the right thing, it's pointless.

  6. Somehow? How many people at those major studios have had their lives ruined by massive lawsuits or given jail time for their actions?
    None? Seems to be a pretty good precedent for thinking it doesn't apply to them.

  7. They paid for a license but used it in the wrong way.

    Exactly like buying a CD or DVD and selling copies of it or playing it in public. You bought a licence when you bought the DVD, but not the one you needed to do what you did with it.

  8. Re:Here's a theory on Apple's Shares Rise On Better-Than-Expected iPhone Sales (fortune.com) · · Score: 1

    or after reading TFA, new shiney is expected to cost a lot more than old shiney

    Apple is widely tipped to adopt higher-resolution OLED displays for the latest iPhone, along with better touchscreen technology and wireless charging - which could come with a $1,000 plus price tag.

    Current price for the big iPhone seems to be $769. That's a big jump in price.

  9. Here's a theory on Apple's Shares Rise On Better-Than-Expected iPhone Sales (fortune.com) · · Score: 2

    Perhaps sales haven't tapered off because old shiney does everything that consumers thing new shiney will deliver, so why wait?

  10. Re:This is bonkers! on LinkedIn Says It's Illegal To Scrape Its Website Without Permission (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    No, you'd need to yell from the street "Hey, what's in your store MicroCenter?" and they would yell right back what ever the the hell they want to.

    You send a request for information and receive a response. You don't move anything around or change anything.

  11. Why is it not a requirement to pay above average wages for H1-B holders? The only reason they have the visa is because there is no local worker with the required skill, right?

  12. Re:Already pervasive across all credit cards on Privacy Watchdog Asks FTC To Look Into Google's Offline Shopping Tracker (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 2

    If it increases Wallmart's revenue by 0.25%, that's an extra billion dollars.

  13. I can... there are heaps of music streaming apps.
    For your off-the-shelf NAS vendors:
    Synology has "DS Audio"
    QNAP has Qmusic
    I'm sure every other one has their own app too.

    If you NAS supports UPNP/DLNA, there's literally dozens, maybe hundreds of apps for that.

    To answer your question directly: It can. You're just a dumbass who couldn't google "android wifi stream music"
    The first result for "android wifi stream music nas" is a stackexchange post answering your exact question 2 years ago.

  14. Wait a minute.... on O'Reilly Media Asks: Is It Time To Build A New Internet? (oreilly.com) · · Score: 1

    Did this guy just watch the last season of Silicon Valley?

  15. Re:Happens in other industries too on LinkedIn Says It's Illegal To Scrape Its Website Without Permission (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Wouldn't it just be easier to run your bots through multiple VPN's with endpoints in different countries?

  16. Re:This is bonkers! on LinkedIn Says It's Illegal To Scrape Its Website Without Permission (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    A trespass notice can't stop you looking at MicroCenter from a public space.

    If you want to restrict someone in a public space, you need a restraining order from a judge.

    Transferring that to the internet, a cease and desist letter is like a trespass notice. Probably appropriate for telling someone to stop creating new logins to access restricted content after you disable their old ones.

    Asking a judge for an injunction would be appropriate to stop someone accessing publicly available content. Of course, this is never going to stop someone from another jurisdiction.

  17. That's ridiculous.
    You're saying some genius invents something and patents it, listing their cost as 1 $0.20 pencil and 1 $0.50 notebook, anyone can buy it out for $14?
    They didn't pay someone to invent shit for them, so there are no wage or time costs involved.

  18. Time to invest! on New Diesel and Petrol Vehicles To Be Banned From 2040 In UK (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    In the copper industry and train an as electrician.

    When everyone buys an EV, there's going to be a lot of work out there re-wiring houses to cope with the charging of these cars.
    My house only has a 60A main breaker - the entire house can only supply 14.4kW, including heating, hot water, cooking, lighting, etc.
    None of the internal wiring can handle more than 30A, and that run is just for the oven.

    I suppose aluminium and steel would be a good investment too, for both the manufacturing of these new cars and the high voltage transmissions lines that are going to need to be upgraded.

  19. Re:Sounds good to me, if it is what I think it is on iOS 11 Will Prevent Your iPhone From Automatically Connecting To Unreliable Wi-Fi Networks (trustedreviews.com) · · Score: 1

    You could swap your iPhone with an Android phone and this problem will be fixed.

    Or you could want until the iOS update with this feature and you phone will start ignoring your home WiFi completely, even when there is no storm.

  20. Perhaps the phone should only automatically connect to networks the user has requested it do so.

    Like on my laptop, there is a "Connect automatically" checkbox.

  21. You can turn off mobile data without flight mode. You can still use the cellular connection for calling and text messaging.

  22. Re:These things are huge! on World's First Floating Wind Farm Emerges Off Coast of Scotland (bbc.co.uk) · · Score: 2

    That helicopter pilot better be careful. According to RSPB, anything flying in the vicinity of a wind turbine is instantly murdered.

  23. Re:Won't somebody think of the birds? on World's First Floating Wind Farm Emerges Off Coast of Scotland (bbc.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Perhaps they could move the turbines out to sea, where there are fewer birds!

    Wait a minute...

  24. Except they are a complete scam.
    I doubt they were even hacked.

  25. Re: Could you add more spin to the summary please? on Unemployment in the UK is Now So Low It's in Danger of Exposing the Lie Used To Create the Numbers (businessinsider.com) · · Score: 1

    They just happened to have not changed this particular model in over a century...
    Employment Rate = People Employed / Workforce

    Workforce = People who are willing and able to work.