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  1. Re:T-mobile to T-mobile only? on T-Mobile Begins Verifying Calls To Protect Against Spam (theverge.com) · · Score: 2

    True, but probably around 50% of the spam calls I get are spoofed from my own NPA/NXX, presumably because it looks familiar. Since that would also likely be owned by T-Mobile, I don't see the harm in it. ANY reduction is a plus.

  2. I've had my Galaxy S8 from Verizon for about six months now (work phone), and no Facebook app at all. There was a "Facebook Application Manager" app, which I was also able to uninstall.

  3. Speaking from an American-in-Germany perspective, every supermarket has at least one machine for recycling plastic, aluminum, and glass. You just feed each bottle into the conveyor, barcode is scanned, and when done you get a receipt that you use in checkout. It's very efficient, encourages recycling, and with the help of some of the less fortunate, also keeps the streets cleaner. No reason not to do this in the US, other than the initial cost of the machines. And maybe the laziness of people :(

  4. Re:as expected... on Mozilla May Separate Itself From Thunderbird Email Client (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    Only need sudo to INSTALL the sandwich. If you're just eating it yourself, no need

  5. Re:IBM has been doing it for years! on BIOS-Approved PCI Cards For Laptops · · Score: 1

    Except those "MiniPCI slots on the side of the laptop" are actually called PCMCIA slots. Huge difference.

  6. Re:Uh, what? on New Climate Change Warning · · Score: 1

    A Kelvin is the unit of measurement, as well as the scale. q.v.

  7. Re:I hope not... on Will VoIP Kill the PBX? · · Score: 1

    You've obviously never heard of 802.11af. What's to say that a VoIP telco couldn't replace your "corded phone" with an IP set, also plugged into your wall, but using an RJ45 jack instead of an RJ11?

  8. Re:Fox News' stellar unbiased reporting on Supreme Court Rules Against Anti-Porn Law · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Yeah, except no one ever died from lighting a smoke and getting behind the wheel of a car...

  9. Re:Linux Kernel on Postfix 2.1 Released · · Score: 1

    Are you actually suggesting that Ludwig Van's 9th SUCKS? It's one of the most perfect pieces of music ever written, and he did in WHEN HE WAS DEAF!

  10. Re:Autozone???? Not quite expected on SCO Names 1st Lawsuit Target: AutoZone [Updated] · · Score: 1

    Umm, you do realize that AutoZone isn't run by a bunch of NASCAR watchin' beer-guzzlin' hill folk, don't you? Given their switch to Linux, it seems they're very technology-driven, and I'm sure are quite aware of this new "Internet" thing.

  11. Re:huh? on Biometrics in the Workplace · · Score: 1

    I agree completely. In our company, we track hourly employee's time using the HandPunch 3000, which scans the top of his/her hand. It eliminates "buddy punching" which can run rampant in a retail environment. We estimate that it has saved us 40-45 hours PER WEEK, which does wonders for your labor numbers.

  12. Re:Geeky VIP vehicle toys on Expensive Geek Toys Roundup · · Score: 1
  13. Re:Too much crack! on SCO Wants $699 for Linux Systems · · Score: 1

    Actually, IIS runs as "TSInternet User" or somesuch, which only requires one client license. You don't need licenses for every single person that might possibly connect.

  14. Re:MIT is better on Science Project Quadruples Surfing Speed - Reportedly · · Score: 1

    As a BME graduate of Johns Hopkins, I must take issue with your classification of Harvard. Since inception, we've been at the top of the Biomedical Engineering rankings.

  15. Re:Nail on the Head on Is Hacking Cars a Thing of the Past? · · Score: 1

    Umm, all you have to do is short two pins in the module for six seconds to reset the service bars. Either that, or lay out ~$50 to buy a reset tool.

  16. Re:Dumped on Most @Home Customers Still Connected -- For Now · · Score: 1
    I'm looking in my excite @home mailbox right now, and the only thing in it is a message describing the "wonderful new services to which I'm now entitled as a member of the excite@home community." What a load of horseshit.

  17. Dumped on Most @Home Customers Still Connected -- For Now · · Score: 1

    I never even got a fricken email. I just woke up Saturday morning and NOTHING! That day I went out shopping for DirecTV + DSL (static IP, domain hosting, 1.5Mbps). Soon I'll be off the AT&T tit completely.

  18. Re:Yep. For example... on Is the Internet Shutting Out Independent Players? · · Score: 1
    Actually, since Unisys does IT for Lilly, ARIN might have better chances using GIFs royalty-free than getting the 40.x.x.x netblock back.

  19. Re:Curious... on Transmeta's Demise Predicted · · Score: 1
  20. Re:Naturally on Microsoft Calls Viruses "Industrial Terrorism" · · Score: 1
    Yes, that was the point I was making. I doubt you can be arrested, but you might very well be brought into civil court, especially in this day and age.

  21. Re:Naturally on Microsoft Calls Viruses "Industrial Terrorism" · · Score: 2, Insightful

    If you have a pool in a fenced-in backyard, and some kid climbs over your fence and drowns, you can bet your ass you're responsible. It's called an "attractive nuisance." Now, one could argue that hole-y software is a attractive nuisance to script kiddies...

  22. Re:w00t on AMD To Close Plants, Lay off 2300, Lose Gateway · · Score: 1

    Not to pick a nit, but the actual Denis Leary quote (which is far more funny) is: "Life sucks, get a fucking helmet."

  23. Re:Yeah but BSD stole its TCP/IP stack! on IP Theft in the Linux Kernel · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    yu0 = fag0t

  24. Re:Compiler costs on Slashback: Memory, Constancy, Triumph · · Score: 1
    That's from a Novell login script, and it is correct. And, you have way too much time on your hands ;)

  25. Re:measure it! on Constants Not Constant? · · Score: 1
    c. Light is always moving c, that's why it's called a constant.