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  1. Re:Slashvertisment on Unreal Engine Code Issues Fixed By Third-party Company · · Score: 2

    Let me quote:

    "This activity benefits everyone: readers enjoy learning from others' mistakes and discover new means to avoid them through certain coding techniques and style. For us, it's a way to have more people learn about our tool. As for the project authors, they too benefit by gaining an opportunity to fix some of the bugs."

    I added the bold.

  2. What I Consider Malware on Ask Toolbar Now Considered Malware By Microsoft · · Score: 1

    YOUR INTRUSIVE WINDOWS UPDATE!

    The latest batch of updates magically moved Microsoft Office Upload Center startup configuration from msconfig/regedit entries TO THE DAMN TASK SCHEDULER! WTF?!

    </rant>

    I praise them for the rare use case where they use this intrusive omni-present program for good. This is four times, that I remember, in the last year that they have done a sweeping removal of malware with Windows Update

  3. Re:526 Million? on Spotify Raises $526 Million As Apple Charges Into Streaming · · Score: 1

    HA!

    Totally read it as 256.

  4. 256 Million? on Spotify Raises $526 Million As Apple Charges Into Streaming · · Score: 1

    Techies trying to be techy with money raising?

  5. Re:You can't, and that's the problem on SourceForge Responds To nmap Maintainer's Claims · · Score: 1

    Granted, I absolutely hate all things about Gitlab's "omni-installer".

    That thing is a PITA if I've ever experienced one.

    But once you find a way to not use their omni-installer, it's really nice having your own "github"

  6. Re:You can't, and that's the problem on SourceForge Responds To nmap Maintainer's Claims · · Score: 0

    Did you forgot that Git is open source?

    Don't like github.com? Spin up your own.

  7. Re:2-3 Years is NOT Long-Term on Linux Kernel 4.1 Will Be an LTS Release · · Score: 2

    I don't think "buildings, cars, aircraft, etc" would ever put a vanilla version of linux in their systems and expect a third party to 100% maintain them. That's just bad business. Give and take.

  8. Quick... on Single Verizon IP Address Used For Hundreds of Windows 7 Activations · · Score: 1

    Someone at Verizon give the White House this IP!

  9. Re:How else do you get Windows to boot? on Single Verizon IP Address Used For Hundreds of Windows 7 Activations · · Score: 1

    hahaha, this made me laugh.

    i remember ghosting hundreds of machines a day for deployment and at least a dozen a week just supporting

  10. Haha, IP Addresses are people now too

  11. Re:A sane supreme court decision? on Supreme Court Rules Extending Traffic Stop For Dog Sniff Unconstitutional · · Score: 3, Insightful

    "If you are carrying an illegal substance that a dog can detect without invading your privacy, that's your problem."

    Is it really though?

    Say dogs didn't exist. That we had to invent a tool that acts as a dog's nose. Say this tool had limited mobility, you couldn't bring it everywhere, only to where it was needed.

    What then? Could you not argue that dogs and this invented tool are the same thing?

  12. Re:The new version is terrible! on Google Sunsetting Old Version of Google Maps · · Score: 1

    By my count I see - logged into Google+ - 14 buttons.

    1 Button for the search (depending on what you do, you get many more)
    5 Buttons for Google+ Integration
    1 Button for View Type (Earth / Map)
    1 Button for Help
    1 Button for Settings
    1 Button for Street View
    1 Button for Nearby Imagery ("Explore")
    1 Button for Zoom Out
    1 Button for Zoom In
    1 Button for Current Location

    >> there's all of these buttons that do things that the vast majority of users are never going to want to do, and the functionality that people do all the time is buried

    I don't see this at all. Seems pretty damn clear cut to me.

    Stop yelling "Get off my lawn" and get over it, or use another service.

  13. Re:What if the backdoor is well hidden? on TrueCrypt Audit: No NSA Backdoors · · Score: 0

    ^ This.

  14. Re:why do we continue to do research.. on Google: Our New System For Recognizing Faces Is the Best · · Score: 1

    And you're too literal, you narrow minded moron.

  15. Re:why do we continue to do research.. on Google: Our New System For Recognizing Faces Is the Best · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Scientists and engineers are by definition not supposed to be ethical.

    You and I, as private citizens, take what they produce, determine if it's ethical/profitable/whatever, and act accordingly. Whether that is enacting a law banning said product, regulating it, or saying let the market do with it as it pleases.

    As a programmer, I applaud their skill, and even more so that they were able to complete what they set out to do. As a programmer, I understand why we celebrate these type of stories.

    As a private citizen, I do fear for my privacy.

    But do not confuse the two perspectives.

  16. Re:I have two problems with this article. on NTP's Fate Hinges On "Father Time" · · Score: 1

    " by stupidly assuming a client and a server need synchronized time values in the first place"

    Have you worked with Amazon S3?

    If your time is off by more than 15 minutes than Amazon's servers, you get a big ol fat rejection response saying your clocks arent sync.

  17. Re:No business sense on NTP's Fate Hinges On "Father Time" · · Score: 4, Funny

    "A corp is an abstract non-human entity"

    I know of 9 judges who would tell you otherwise.

  18. Re:Add a parameter? on Linux Might Need To Claim Only ACPI 2.0 Support For BIOS · · Score: 1

    TFA also states HP as an offending vendor? It's not very clear.

    Sounds like this could be vendor agnostic?

  19. Re:The Rules on FCC Posts Its 400-Page Net Neutrality Order · · Score: 1

    How does this:

    3) No Paid Prioritization - An ISP can't tell a website that the website will be slowed down unless they pay for "fast lane access." (Note: This doesn't mean the ISP can't sell users faster speeds for more money. Just that ISPs can't try to double-dip by charging web content providers to allow/speed up their traffic through the ISP's network as well as charging users for the Internet access to get the web content.)

    Affect Netflix and that whole deal, if at all

  20. Re:Enlighten me please on Reactions to the New MacBook and Apple Watch · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Until the medium of any available wired connection produces a slower and less reliable connection than a wireless one, I will always want a wired connection.

  21. Re:Starting to feel old on Linux 4.0 Getting No-Reboot Patching · · Score: 1

    Just curious, why?

  22. Catch a Gravitational Wave on Physicists Gear Up To Catch a Gravitational Wave · · Score: 2

    Surfs up brah

  23. LLAP on Leonard Nimoy Dies At 83 · · Score: 1
  24. Questions on What Happens When Betelgeuse Explodes? · · Score: 1

    1 ) This could've already happened.

    2 ) How long would this be visible for?

  25. Re:Long live the Terminator! on Linux Kernel Switching To Linux v4.0, Coming With Many New Addons · · Score: 1

    Thankfully it reads 4.1.15-1.1381_SKYN12nnmp

    I will be watching ever so closely for this build number and will be running to my bomb shelter when it comes.