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  1. Re: Ask the credit card for a refund on UK Hotel Adds Hefty Charge For Bad Reviews Online · · Score: 1

    I don't know, if I could drive on the other side of the road during rush hour, I wouldn't be stuck in traffic for nearly as long...

  2. Re: Line of site on Military Laser/Radio Tech Proposed As Alternative To Laying Costly Fiber Cable · · Score: 1

    Can I blame auto correct?

  3. So, unless I'm mistaken, this would require line of site, meaning that unless you put it on only the tallest of cell towers, a tree can kill the signal after a couple years of growth.

    The same goes for any new parking garages that may happen to get built.

  4. Oh no! A cloud service isn't available anywhere that you can't connect to the cloud. I better cancel my netflix account since I can't watch it on the road without a connection.

  5. They've said that it's not for multiplayer FPS games where you'll definitely feel the latency, but playing by yourself shouldn't be a problem for most games. And as to pricing, well, Netflix is more expensive than buying the movie, after all, I'm paying over a hundred a year for it, but it does let me watch as many movies as I want, and if I play a game I don't like, it's probably cheaper than buying it on steam and finding out the same thing. Especially since I can just move on to the next game without having to pay anymore.

  6. An actual issue involving ethics on Assassin's Creed: Unity Launch Debacle Pulls Spotlight Onto Game Review Embargos · · Score: 1

    An actual issue involving ethics in games journalism and development comes up, and most of the comments here are about GamerGate and harassing women when the article isn't about either...

  7. Re:Short review on Nvidia Shield Tablet Gets Android Lollipop Update, Half Life 2 EP1 and GRID · · Score: 1
    I'm considering one, the con's you list aren't that bad for me since I'd probably use it as my "around the house tablet" and take my Tab if I'm going to be out and about where I couldn't charge it as needed.

    I probably wouldn't expect good battery life while playing games and such anyways.

  8. It's like Netflix for games. If they can get it to stream everything good and it's decently priced, I wouldn't mind checking it out.

  9. Re:Comcast tried to steal $50 from me on Overbilled Customer Sues Time Warner Cable For False Advertising · · Score: 1

    That's actually the plan with rebates. They rely on customers not wanting to fill out and send in for rebates

  10. They hacked out weather network on US Weather System and Satellite Network Hacked · · Score: 1
    Does this mean that hackers are now in control of our weather?

    How long until Hurrican "Hitler did nothing wrong" hits land?

  11. Re:Maybe of NASA had decent funding... on Google's Lease of NASA Airfield Criticized By Consumer Group · · Score: 1

    Or they still would, since leasing the airfield made them money while still allowing them to perform experiments from it.

  12. Re:I don't get it... on Google's Lease of NASA Airfield Criticized By Consumer Group · · Score: 1

    I believe that they are running the entire airfield, not just getting one hanger

  13. after RTFA on Google's Lease of NASA Airfield Criticized By Consumer Group · · Score: 1
    It looks like H211 filled their tanks when they weren't supposed to, and used gas that was priced for official use.

    If that's the case, then charge them what the audit finds was used incorrectly and then set up something to mon

    If the lease states that they can use the fuel, then what's the problem?

  14. Re:neat idea, execution seems doomed to failure on Crowd-Sourced Experiment To Map All Human Skills · · Score: 2

    Exactly. Is 3d design an "art" or a "technology" skill?

  15. Re:second picture on Philae Lands Successfully On Comet · · Score: 2

    Don't forget bandwidth limitations. We don't have 4g connections to the lander, so downloading all those megapixels would take some time

  16. Re: DMCA (Defamation) on ISPs Removing Their Customers' Email Encryption · · Score: 1

    But you don't have to actually decrypt something to violate the DMCA. Can't you just be in violation for making a system to bypass decryption, which is in effect, what they have done. They are bypassing the encryption you are attempting to put on your work.

  17. Re:Big Brother is listening on ISPs Removing Their Customers' Email Encryption · · Score: 1

    So your solution is to just let everybody read your email then? Not to fix the problem, but to just give up?

  18. Re: DMCA (Defamation) on ISPs Removing Their Customers' Email Encryption · · Score: 5, Interesting
    Hey, if I write an email, I own the copyright, correct?

    The encryption is a method I use to keep others from reading said copyrited work, correct?

    This means that removing the encryption is in effect, circumventing a copywrite protection, and illegal under the DMCA.

  19. Re:naming things on 'Dark Magma' Could Explain Mystery Volcanoes · · Score: 2

    I believe the "dark" in dark energy comes from the fact that we cannot detect it, we can only see one of it's possible effects, much like Dark matter, which we cannot detect except possibly though it's gravitational effects.

  20. Re:Yes! on HBO Developing Asimov's Foundation Series As TV Show · · Score: 1

    It's the 34th law of robotics

  21. Re:Bad precedent on Police Body Cam Privacy Exploitation · · Score: 1
    What the should do is set up a form that offers two options:

    1. Request a specific hour of video recorded by a police officer/car camera

    2. Request videos pertaining to a specific case. Case numbers must be provided by the requester.

    This way, if someone wants ALL OF THE VIDEOS, they must fill out a crap ton of forms. If they want videos pertaining to a specific case, then they fill out the form, and get what ever videos, however long, pertain to it. If they need more, they can easily fill out a few more forms to get that extra data, like, where did an officer go after interviewing witnesses.

    This would make it easy to fulfill requests, and keep outrageous requests from entering the system.

  22. Re:Man files public records request, news at 10! on Police Body Cam Privacy Exploitation · · Score: 1
    How do you deliver all videos recorded by a police department? How many police are on active duty at any one time? You'll have a camera for each officer, and their car, for an entire day. How long ago did they start wearing the cameras? How many terabytes of data does that come out to? How do you quickly prepare and deliver that information? How many discs do you need to copy that? I'm guessing they probably have DVD burners at best. FIrst they'll have to pull all that data from where ever it's archived, which will take some time. THen they'll have to process it, making sure that anything relating to an active investigation, or anything that has been sealed is not disclosed. THen they'll have to start burning discs. Yeah, it's going to take a long time. Especially since they probably won't be able to dedicate someone to it 24/7.

    Also, you may want to ask the rape victim that the police saved if they see any issue with their portion of the video being given out to anybody that asks for it.

  23. Re:Eventually police cams will bite you on Police Body Cam Privacy Exploitation · · Score: 1

    Just put bright IR LEDs everywhere. THey'll blind the cameras but not you. Problem solved.

  24. Re:We already have laws to cover this on Police Body Cam Privacy Exploitation · · Score: 1

    So now i need to request the dash cam video of any police officer that drives into someone's house!

  25. Re:to quote from a +5 comment in another thread on Police Body Cam Privacy Exploitation · · Score: 1
    Cop kicks down the door. Inside is a rape victim, naked, on the floor.

    Should that video be available publicly? What if that victim is a child?