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  1. I guess they don't have Meghan's Law. on Japanese Court Demands 'Right To Be Forgotten' For Sex Offender (thestack.com) · · Score: 1

    It's the opposite of the American approach, where sex offences are never allowed to be forgotten. I wonder if one is better.

  2. Malware uses Doom 3 code! Finally! on Mars Rover Code Used For Cyber-Espionage Malware · · Score: 1
    Or, Malware uses Soundblaster code! (OpenAL is Creative's baby after all)

    Though I am glad to hear that it will fully use my DSP hardware. I always want my malware infections to have hardware accelerated 3D positional audio without having to wrap dll's.

  3. I don't feel safe around 75% of other drivers. on AAA: 75% Of Drivers Say They Wouldn't Feel Safe In An Autonomous Vehicle (consumerist.com) · · Score: 1

    They aren't very good at it. I'd be much more comfortable knowing that a computer, not some idiot who won't put their phone down, is in charge of all that momentum. What is it, 3 to 6*10^5 Joules? Trying to cross 4 lanes of traffic in a couple hundred feet because they were too busy texting to realize they were about to pass their exit? No thanks, put a computer in charge.

  4. Re:AT&T using poles and Google wants to on AT&T Sues Louisville Over Google Fiber (wdrb.com) · · Score: 1

    At least in Kentucky, it looks like the poles are the public utility.

  5. Re:AT&T knows it cannot compete in the market on AT&T Sues Louisville Over Google Fiber (wdrb.com) · · Score: 1
    Might be how it looks at first glance, and is probably a motivating factor, but this suit isn't against Google, it's against a city that is exceeding its authority under State law and violating the 5th Amendment. The law in question permits a company like Google to move other companies' equipment around without even asking, let alone coordinating. In Kentucky, only the State Public Utilities administration has the authority to set those rules.

    Like you, I saw this and thought, "Those bastards!". Then I read the actual article.

  6. Sounds way too big. on Pentagon Research Could Make 'Brain Modem' A Reality (thedailybeast.com) · · Score: 1

    "Size of a paperclip" sounds like something more than big enough to cause a stroke. How are they getting around the blockage issue?

  7. Re:They'd probably be doing us a favor. on ISIS Makes Direct Threats Against Mark Zuckerberg and Jack Dorsey (cnet.com) · · Score: 1
    The reason Arab Christians use the word Allah is because the word refers to the same concept. A long, long time ago, a deity told a guy named Abram to leave home and start over in the wilderness. Abram became Abraham, the name of his God was intentionally forgotten and henceforth referred to by the acronym YHWH. After a few generations, his religion became Judaism. A few thousand years later, a split began over the relevance of a prophet from Nazareth who said "we've been doing it wrong", spawning Christianity. Seven hundred years after that, another prophet arose among the descendants of Abraham who said, "we've been doing it wrong", spawning Islam.

    All three worship the exact same deity. That disagreements have arisen between them over what exactly that deity wants/likes does not mean they worship different deities. Put another way, they're using different versions of the same protocol to communicate with one specific system resource, not communicating with different resources.

    Expanding on that metaphor, one could say that all three are using SOAP to access some resource, but with different TLS revisions.

  8. Re:Money will return once China lands on the moon on Former NASA Chief On US Space Policy: "No Vision, No Plan, No Budget" (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    I don't think Europe would trigger our competitive instinct. India, maybe a little. China definitely would.

  9. Good luck assholes. on ISIS Makes Direct Threats Against Mark Zuckerberg and Jack Dorsey (cnet.com) · · Score: 1
    What are you going to do, kill the people you're trying to persuade? Idiots.

    There are two ways to destroy twitter or facebook. Invent a superior product and outcompete them, or buy the companies and shut them down. Of course, this won't happen, because it would mean removing the camel dicks from their mouths and/or rectums for a minute.

  10. Re:They'd probably be doing us a favor. on ISIS Makes Direct Threats Against Mark Zuckerberg and Jack Dorsey (cnet.com) · · Score: 4, Informative

    Which is just the Arabic word for the one God worshipped by all three Abrahamic religions. The two words are semantically equivalent, only the language is different. Yahweh = Adonai = Deus = Dio = God = Got = Allah = Concept.Demiurge

  11. As in actual brick building? on E-book Museum At the Library of Congress? (teleread.com) · · Score: 1

    Like the classic brick s**thouse? I hope so, because that's exactly as big as I think it should be. Like, 3' x 3' x 8', with a door on one wall and a big touchscreen on the opposite wall. Put it outside next to the big library. Best way to illuminate the difference in technologies I think.

  12. Re:Very impressive on Boston Dynamics' Next-Gen ATLAS Sheds the Tether (roboticstrends.com) · · Score: 1

    Impressive??? Did you see the way it lifted and placed those boxes? That's exactly how you ruin your back! Don't believe me? Look at figure 5 https://www.osha.gov/SLTC/etoo... You may not think OSHA guidelines are important, but I caused myself permanent damage doing exactly what that ever-so-foolish robot is doing.

  13. What if you restrict the sample on More Than Half of Americans Think Apple Should Comply With FBI, Finds Pew Survey (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    to only people who have a grasp on how encryption in general and device encryption in particular actually work?

  14. Re:And they're a cable company? on Cox Stands Pat, Won't Spy On Customers To Appease Copyright Holders (hothardware.com) · · Score: 1
    My parents had RR back in the early days of cable ISPs. Somehow, it wasn't until just before I left for college that they did, so I never had much experience with them. I have Charter now, and they're pretty honest and straightforward. No caps either. I had Comcast at my last place, they were not honest or straightforward. I asked them when I signed up if there was a cap, they said no. A few months later I got the "great news" that the cap was being raised from 250 to 300 GB/mo. I was infuriated, and not just because I doubled that in my first week of service.

    The most annoying part was that the Xfinity X1 platform was the best TV experience I ever had. It was so nice not to have to see that awful cable box OS anymore. What kind of UI goes completely unchanged for 20+ years?

  15. And they're a cable company? on Cox Stands Pat, Won't Spy On Customers To Appease Copyright Holders (hothardware.com) · · Score: 2

    Shouldn't they be too busy doing wrong to get around to doing what's right?

  16. Is it cheap enough to build a lab in your garage? on 'Rogue Scientists' Could Exploit Gene Editing Technology, Experts Warn (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    If not, then how exactly are "rogue" scientists supposed to cause trouble? Are they working at a rogue University? Sure, they could be working at a facility run by a rogue nation, but that really just makes them military researchers, not "rogue geneticists".

  17. In celebration Comcast and Time Warner on Senate Passes Bill Making Internet Tax Ban Permanent (consumerist.com) · · Score: 1

    raise prices.

  18. After five movies and a TV series on Debating a Ban On Autonomous Weapons (thebulletin.org) · · Score: 1

    I think we all know not to build Terminators.

  19. Re:Easy Hack on Hackers Leak DHS Staff Directory, Claim FBI Is Next (csoonline.com) · · Score: 1

    Running exchange and looking at the address book, right?

  20. What, they got a hold of the GAL? on Hackers Leak DHS Staff Directory, Claim FBI Is Next (csoonline.com) · · Score: 1

    I hope the FBI is hiding the entries for undercover agents.

  21. I know what could go wrong - the smell of on Are Roads Safer With No Central White Lines? · · Score: 1

    hundreds of drivers soiling their trousers on roads that are now officially pants-shittingly terrifying. Which will also make the roads slicker.

  22. Re:Crap patents. on Patent Troll VirnetX Awarded $626M In Damages From Apple (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    HAH!

  23. Re:Crap patents. on Patent Troll VirnetX Awarded $626M In Damages From Apple (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    No, I read it. I just forgot it between reading and posting. That was an absurd suit as well - as if the trolls have a patent on the idea of internal DNS. Ridiculous.

  24. Re:Video games are great on Video Gamers From the '90s Have Turned Out Mostly OK (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Oh please, everyone is smarter than Einstein. I challenged him to a math-off a couple of weeks ago and he didn't even solve one problem!

  25. Re:Greed. The oldest profession on Patent Troll VirnetX Awarded $626M In Damages From Apple (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    In prostitution, there's a transaction from which both parties benefit.