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  1. Well, this is the age of reboots, remakes and sequels. I guess it's time for Cold War II. (Apparently there is actually a new movie by that name...)

  2. Re:Oops, sorry about burning down your village on Microsoft Mistakenly Sold Fallout 4 For Free On Xbox (polygon.com) · · Score: 1

    No, it was about the comparison of losing the "free" game to burning down a village, which, incidentally, was a reference to the MTG card "Reparations".

  3. Re:GTX 950 == high end? on CompuLab Rolls out Fanless, High-End PCs With Unique Design (phoronix.com) · · Score: 1

    The only place I see 3.7GHz is in the linked chart from OpenBenchmarking.org, where it has the same description for every other benchmark for that processor.

  4. Defeats the purpose of snooping on Americans Show 'Surprising Willingness' To Accept Internet Surveillance (dailydot.com) · · Score: 1

    "They found, perhaps surprisingly, that over 90% of users are fine with somebody snooping their encrypted traffic, so long as they were informed of the snooping."

    Of course they are; they will just watch what they say. The point of spying on someone is to catch them saying something they are not supposed to say. I am not saying I agree with snooping, just that telling someone "hey, we are watching your data" basically makes the activity pointless.

  5. Re:Okay, but... on Hacker Holds Key To Free Flights · · Score: 1

    If by highly trained you mean a 2 month boot camp that mainly consists of jogging around and carrying a fake rubber gun, yea highly trained. (I worked at the facility where all the air martials got trained).

    Well according to several articles I have seen like this one http://www.clickorlando.com/ne..., they are considered the best shots of any federal agency. So if what you say is true, then everyone else must be complete crap.

  6. Re:Okay, but... on Hacker Holds Key To Free Flights · · Score: 1

    Do sky marshals actually carry guns onto planes, loaded, in the passenger compartment?

    Yes, but they are highly trained to work in close quarters.

  7. Re:Helium on The Highest-Flying Wind Turbine · · Score: 3, Informative

    a) From the pictures it doesn't look like it goes high enough for a parachute to be effective.

    It says that they will be floating at 1000ft. I believe you can deploy a parachute down to a couple hundred feet.

  8. Re:mennekins you say? on NASA Scientists Jubilant After Successful Helicopter Crash · · Score: 1

    Unlike the mannequins you typically see in department store displays, manikins are the anatomical models that are used for education and research.

  9. Re:I can tell from the pixels on Protests Mount In New Zealand Against New Surveillance Laws · · Score: 1

    Actually, it was a joke and reference to a line from Catch-22, but thanks for the response.

  10. Re:I can tell from the pixels on Protests Mount In New Zealand Against New Surveillance Laws · · Score: 2

    Just because I'm paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get me.

  11. Re:Gene Therapy on 'Boston Patients' Still HIV Free After Quitting Antiretroviral Meds · · Score: 1
  12. Re:Uh.. bandwidth? on Home Server Or VPS? One Family's Math · · Score: 1

    People seem to keep defaulting to Comcast or providing an example of where servers are allowed at home. My original post was a general statement because some ISPs allow them where many others don't. I have run servers many times from home for different purposes on different providers, but I have never had enough traffic to cause an issue (like test web servers and friends-only game servers). If I expected to use enough bandwidth to be noticed, I would either find a shell host or consider a business package. Even if my ISP allowed home servers, I certainly wouldn't want to run a crappy server by hosting it on a basic home package.

  13. Re:Uh.. bandwidth? on Home Server Or VPS? One Family's Math · · Score: 5, Informative

    Also keep in mind that many ISPs frown on running home servers. If the server gets popular it could be a problem for the provider.

  14. Re:No. on Ask Slashdot: Undoing an Internet Smear Campaign? · · Score: 3, Informative

    That link is about folks who actually did those things and want to bury things that they think a future employer may find objectionable.

    In this case, someone is making shit up and defaming someone.

    The person asking this needs to have his wife sue. Do not pass go. Go directly to lawyer.

    Actually, the example in the article is about a girl that had a common name that was returning search results that were not about her.

    "From the article: "Samantha Grossman wasn't always thrilled with the impression that emerged when people Googled her name. 'It wasn't anything too horrible,' she said. 'I just have a common name. There would be pictures, college partying pictures, that weren't of me, things I wouldn't want associated with me.'"

  15. Old News? on Apple iPad 2 As Fast As the Cray-2 Supercomputer · · Score: 1
  16. Mixed Story on ArenaNet Suspends Digital Sales of Guild Wars 2 · · Score: 1

    It's too bad this story is split. It is obvious the exploit/ban topic is stirring up much more conversation than the headline topic about the suspension in sales. When I read the story I was really more interested in seeing discussion about the sales decision.

  17. Re:Not so many lulz now on Another LulzSec Member Arrested · · Score: 1

    How do you know it is "easy to say" for me, or that I have not experienced being threatened with prison time? While, admittedly, your comments are valid and I can understand how innocent people can be found (wrongly) guilty, that doesn't change the fact that I would fight the charges.

  18. Re:Not so many lulz now on Another LulzSec Member Arrested · · Score: 1

    Because one pleaded guilty and the other "surrendered to authorities." I don't know about you, but if I was framed I would be fighting the charges.

  19. Re:Mythbusters? on FAA To Reevaluate Inflight Electronic Device Use · · Score: 0

    I was speaking generally about the show itself, rather than the point they tried make in that particular episode. IMO, the show (like many others) is just an excuse to spend money, blowing stuff up in the name of science, while in reality it is just another block of network time filled by unnecessary crap. While it may be entertaining at times, they hardly ever really prove or disprove any of the myths they are testing. I am just saying that using Mythbusters as a basis for any kind of argument is pointless because the facts can be learned from much more valid sources.

  20. Re:Mythbusters? on FAA To Reevaluate Inflight Electronic Device Use · · Score: 2

    Because Mythbusters is a shining example for accurate and effective testing through the use of the scientific process.

  21. Re:Oh please no on FAA To Reevaluate Inflight Electronic Device Use · · Score: 5, Informative

    Second paragraph in the article. "The group however will not "consider the airborne use of cell phones for voice communications during flight.""

  22. Re:Does this also include on eBay Bans the Sale of Spells and Magic Items · · Score: 1

    While there may be some listings for services by which curses, hexes, or spells are cast, I believe these things are typically actual words written on paper or parchment that someone (supposedly with more experience in the area) created for certain purposes. So they should be tangible items. Also, they are banning potions. I would assume holy water would be included in that category.

  23. Re:I call bullshit. on Speed of Sound Is Too Slow For the Olympics · · Score: 1

    You Americans still don't get this metric stuff do you.

    I find it interesting that you assume the OP is American. From the UK link in the profile, I would have assumed otherwise.

  24. Re:WoW killer eh? on Star Wars: The Old Republic Adding Free-To-Play Option In November · · Score: 1

    Yes, just like every other game that was hyped as the WoW killer. Yet none have succeeded.