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  1. Re:Gonna Come Back to Bite Them on Lauri Love Ruling 'Sets Precedent' For Trying Hacking Suspects in UK (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Yeah, that's not how it works. Laws were broken in both the UK and US, but the victims were in the US so under normal conditions of the extradition treaty the country where the victims are gets to try the case.

  2. Re:Does anyone actually use that on WHATIS Going To Happen To WHOIS? (vice.com) · · Score: 1
    Yeah, I do. At least once every couple of days to check the ownership and validity of domains to answer questions like, "what's this traffic?", "is this a legit email?", "should this site be allowed or blocked?", etc.

    What I'm hearing now sounds like a boon for criminals worldwide. Not a good thing.

  3. Who the hell is selling them computers? on New Zero-Day Vulnerability Found In Adobe Flash Player (gbhackers.com) · · Score: 1
    And how are they getting online? Hardline across their Northern border? Since China is so "great" at controlling internet traffic, how about we get them to help keep the DPRK's activities in check?

    There aren't a whole lot of addresses for the DPRK, they can't have that many computers or people with the skills to do this. Is there nothing we can do to monitor and control their access and activity?

  4. Re:The US healthcare system needs disruption on Amazon's Push Into Healthcare Just Cost the Industry $30 Billion In Market Cap (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    The market is where the problem lies, and you hit on why when you asked your doctor about cost. The feedback mechanisms that bring prices into equilibrium are broken or missing, letting prices spiral out of control. Your doctor can't know what something will cost, you probably won't know what anything actually costs (most people have copays, never see prices), the insurer only knows what price they've negotiated, leaving only the accountants working for providers with any idea about what anything costs, but not what they'll charge you until it's time to finalize the bill when they've figured out what they can get from your insurer. Which is hidden from consumers by a tangle of confidential negotiations and privacy laws.

  5. Sounds good to me. Sounds good for me. on Amazon's Push Into Healthcare Just Cost the Industry $30 Billion In Market Cap (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    That 1.2 million includes me, and though we just got a new plan option that saved me a boatload, I'm looking forward to the possibility of saving even more.

  6. Hooray for OOB vulnerabilities! on Apple Could Use ARM Coprocessors for Three Updated Mac Models (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    What could go wrong, right?

  7. Re:Lenovo's security continues to improve. on Lenovo's Fingerprint Scanner Can Be Bypassed via a Hardcoded Password (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 1

    HAH! Nice one. I was just thinking about what a crap reputation Lenovo is building for itself. It's a shame really, IBM made a solid laptop before they decided to sell out to China.

  8. Re:I'll say it -- I enjoyed it a lot on Netflix Executives Say 'Bright' Success Proves Film Critics Are 'Disconnected From Mass Appeal' (indiewire.com) · · Score: 1
    I was kinda hoping it was the quiet introduction of a Shadowrun franchise, but it was basically Alien Nation with magic.

    I loved Alien Nation, and I enjoyed the hell out of Bright.

  9. Re:Armor on 'How We Made Starship Troopers' (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Ditto.

  10. Re:How does the book feature a fascist society? on 'How We Made Starship Troopers' (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    It's because the vast majority of people who use the word "fascist" have no idea what it actually means. Fascism is authoritarian, totalitarian and nationalistic. There are a lot of idiots out there who seem to think it means, "authority I don't like", or, "nationalism", even if the person they're talking about is proposing restricting or decentralizing federal authority, which is the opposite of authoritarian or totalitarian behavior.

  11. Re: A good first step. on Tax Change Aims to Lure Intellectual Property Back to the US (wsj.com) · · Score: 1
    No. That's not a real thing.

    The top 5 States for Federal tax revenue are (in order) California, Texas, New York, Florida and Illinois. The top 5 States by GDP are (in order) California, Texas, New York, Florida and Illinois. The top 5 States by population are California, Texas, New York, Florida and Illinois (tied with Pennsylvania).

    See a pattern?

  12. Re: A good first step. on Tax Change Aims to Lure Intellectual Property Back to the US (wsj.com) · · Score: 1

    States don't pay federal income taxes, individuals and businesses do. The most populous and highest average income States are blue, so it's hardly a surprise that there's a lot of tax revenue coming from them.

  13. Re:Huffman on How a PhD Student Unlocked 1 Bitcoin Hidden In DNA (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    Thanks!

  14. Re:Serious question on NSA Deletes 'Honesty' and 'Openness' From Core Values (theintercept.com) · · Score: 1

    When it became a matter of immediate self defence of course. That's the only time it is justifiable for an individual human acting on their own to take the life of another.

  15. That's what I wanted to know too! on How a PhD Student Unlocked 1 Bitcoin Hidden In DNA (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    Except I was wondering why base 3 instead of base 4, which would seem to make more sense considering that there are 4 amino acids involved. But is it really base 3, or is it something like base 3(rot1)?

  16. I don't like it. on Ask Slashdot: What Is Your View On Forced Subscription-Only Software? · · Score: 1

    'nuff said.

  17. Re:Please don't link to NYT on Vaping Can Be Addictive and May Lure Teenagers to Smoking, Science Panel Concludes (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Bad news sells.

  18. So, I assume updates for older iOS's are coming on Apple Releases Meltdown and Spectre Fixes For Older Versions of MacOS (neowin.net) · · Score: 1

    next, right? Because not everybody buys a new phone every year or every other year.

  19. Re:But does he have a point? on Rupert Murdoch Pushes Facebook To Pay For News To Guarantee Quality (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1
    If they were paying for certain sources, it's likely they would also mark them, distinguishing them from literal fake news (ads/BS that look like news reports).

    Though I also assume that more than anything, Murdoch wants to get paid. Doesn't mean he doesn't have a point, but it is certainly worth noting.

  20. Re:!Gravis Ultrasound on The Second Coming of Ultrasound (wired.com) · · Score: 1
    No kidding? That's awesome! You made my first soundcard!

    That said, my dad has a bone to pick with you. First, the GUS wasn't compatible with OS/2, so he came home one day to find MSDOS instead. Second, since it was pre-internet (at least pre-me having it), I lived in New York, you guys were in Vancouver, and software updates/patches from the Gravis BBS were often needed, our phone bill was insane.

    Still, best music around without studio grade hardware. I don't think dad appreciated that. He had some bizarre notion that computers were for work, not games.

    Thank you.

  21. Re:!Gravis Ultrasound on The Second Coming of Ultrasound (wired.com) · · Score: 1
    DAMNIT!

    Beat me to it.

  22. But does he have a point? on Rupert Murdoch Pushes Facebook To Pay For News To Guarantee Quality (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1
    I see a lot of knee-jerk flaming, so let's forget who said it and just ask if maybe he's on to something.

    If money was changing hands, would it help the "fake news" problem on facebook?

  23. So after all the trouble we went through (mostly me) at my company to push the patches and the constant demand from our parent company to provide progress updates amidst a global panic, now I'm what, supposed to undo it all and stay vulnerable?

    Go to hell Intel.

  24. Re: No need for it any more on America's Fastest Spy Plane May Be Back -- And Hypersonic (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1
    There are countries that "don't waste their resources playing world cop" because we shoulder that burden. It is not an empire, nationalist or otherwise. If it were, France, Canada, Norway, etc., would never disagree with us. France would have joined the Iraq war and would not be complaining about us pulling out of the Paris accord.

    And let's not forget that from 1947-1991 we were mired in the Cold War. A war fought through proxies across the world. A war fought with crooked elections, coups, guerillas and counter-insurgents; whatever it took to avoid a direct nuclear confrontation that would end the war and the world. One side would rig an election, the other would spark a coup or insurrection. Whatever it took to deny the other side a stable ally, no matter the cost. Why? Because every cost had to be weighed against the incalculably more costly alternative - the end of human civilization.

    You have barely scratched the surface of the history, nature and practice of international relations. It is both far better than you think and far, far more dangerous.

    But let's not forget the positives. A democratically united Europe as opposed to one that has a major war every other generation. International institutions providing non-violent resolutions to disputes. The complete absence of military conflict between highly developed nations. The historically unique possibility for non-Realist approaches to international relations (dynamically summed cooperation as opposed to zero sum games of advantage). Things are so much better now, you just have to dig a little deeper to see it.

  25. Re: SR-72 is old hat on America's Fastest Spy Plane May Be Back -- And Hypersonic (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Humor me. What advantage is there in not exploiting such an incredible advantage? And keep in mind that every day it is sat upon means competitors are one day closer to discovering (or stealing) it themselves.