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  1. Finally... on Germany Calls For a Ban On Combustion Engine Cars By 2030 (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    The first of many, i hope :-)

  2. July 16, 2016... on Microsoft: Windows 10 Won't Hit 1 Billion Devices By Mid-2018 (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    i just upgraded to Windows 10 TODAY :-) and hey, i was using Windows 8 before that... not even 8.1

  3. Someone's playing Hack-Man on Wendy's Says More Than 1,000 Restaurants Affected By Hack (go.com) · · Score: 1

    Sometimes it's beneficial http://www.newser.com/story/21...

  4. What Special Ed has done that's "wrong": on President Obama Should Pardon Edward Snowden Before Leaving Office (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    1) Theft 2) False credentials 3) Tampering with national security 4) Placing all Americans at risk 5) International flight 6) Traveling on a voided passport 7) Bartering with items/information he doesn't legally own nor has personally created 8) Terroristic threats 9) Unethical treatment toward his employer 10) Misrepresentation 11) Perjury/breach of oath 12) Dereliction of duty 13) Failure to follow orders. 14) Impersonation of known government officials/identity theft. He's also flirting with, in fact, trying to set up the two main offenses: A) Assisting foreign powers B) Aiding the enemy. Sure, the Constitution guarantees the freedom to share more information in the public, and the right to free speech is great... but NOT when it will cause a danger to National Security. The info Snowjob likely possesses is probably EXACTLY the kind of stuff al Qaeda wants leaked out so they can learn better of how to successfully find ways to kill Americans at will. Not to mention, maybe names and locations of counter-terrorism spies that the U.S. has out in the field infiltrating the ranks of those would-be murderers. People want to complain about the NSA and allegedly "spying" on them, but then they'll also complain about not feeling the government is doing enough to protect them from al Qaeda! The NSA is not "hiding" anything, but they'll be truly ineffective if EVERYONE knows what they're working on. They're not interested in photos of your baby or mom's recipes. Has NOBODY stopped for a moment and asked "why" the NSA has been doing what they're doing? Did people think the authorities use magic to uncover terrorist plots? Which would you prefer, "spying" on you or terrorism on you? Snowflake did what he did for the fame (for the escape from obscurity that everyone wants... although most average people simply use Facebook). http://www.newser.com/story/17...

  5. "So that it won't get the creative Star Trek fan sued for copyright infringement"? Years ago, i sent in an entry of Trek fan fiction for an annual contest called "Strange New Worlds". My entry went unanswered, as far as whether i'd won or lost. Some time later, in the very next Trek movie Paramount released, i noticed something happening that i thought of and had in my short-story... Commander Data flying through open space. It was then i realized, Star Trek writers and producers can easily use a simple media such as a "contest" as a source of new ideas! Ideas don't grow on trees. They'll become stale or simply run out of new material eventually, but with submissions pouring in from fans around the world, they can go on and on with what'll seem like new never-before seen ideas!

  6. Obsolete! on Remember When You Could Call the Time? · · Score: 1

    Everyone has a cellphone on them now, and the time on it is always correct...

  7. Microsoft wants to be the all-powerful monopoly, but doesn't want to answer for damaging anybody else's businesses while doing so!

  8. A Symantec executive says Antivirus is DEAD on Google Found Disastrous Symantec and Norton Vulnerabilities That Are 'As Bad As It Gets' (fortune.com) · · Score: 1

    Just how thoroughly have hackers licked antivirus programs? So thoroughly that even Symantec, which essentially invented commercial antivirus, is jumping ship on the concept, the Wall Street Journal reports. Antivirus "is dead," Symantec Senior VP Brian Dye tells the paper. "We don't think of antivirus as a moneymaker in any way." Symantec's new stance, he explains, will be to assume that hackers can and will break through any antivirus protection, and to focus on containing the damage once they do. Symantec will create a response team businesses can call on if they've been hacked, intelligence briefings they can buy on specific threats, and technologies for identifying advanced malware in networks. Rivals already have similar products—as Channelnomics notes, other companies have been decrying the decline in antivirus effectiveness for years—but Symantec is hoping its conversion, even if late, can stem plummeting revenue. Dye says the company realized it was time "to get your act together and go play the game you should have been playing in the first place." http://www.newser.com/story/18... http://www.techweekeurope.co.u...

  9. They have no proof :-)

  10. This Girl Will Solve Your Cybersecurity Problems on Password Autocorrect Without Compromising Security (threatpost.com) · · Score: 1
  11. AAAAH HA HA HA! on PayPal Denies Twitch Troll $50,000 Worth In Refunds (ubergizmo.com) · · Score: 1

    i love it. They nailed him! http://tech.slashdot.org/story... Down with trolls http://www.newser.com/story/21...

  12. Wow. Robots are taking all our jobs :-) on Wal-Mart Says It Is 6-9 Months From Using Drones To Check Warehouse Inventory (yahoo.com) · · Score: 1
  13. JOBS are doomed on Bill Gates: AI Is The 'Holy Grail' (mashable.com) · · Score: 1
  14. An old Cree Indian Prophecy: on Consensus On Consensus: Climate Experts Agree On Human-Caused Global Warming (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Only after the last tree has been cut down, Only after the last fish has been caught, Only after the last river has been poisoned, Only then will you realize that money cannot be eaten.

  15. The Spread of Ignorance... on The Spread of Ignorance (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Sounds like the Hillary Clinton campaign!

  16. It's an age old story... on A Lot of People Carelessly Plug In Random USB Drives Into Their Computers (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    This kind of thing has been going on for a long long time... it's called sex.

  17. It's about time... on YouTube Promises Changes To Copyright Claim Policy (thestack.com) · · Score: 1

    They were on their way to having NOTHING on YouTube with a bullcrap policy like that

  18. Defender? HA! on Why I'm a Defender of YouTube (vortex.com) · · Score: 1

    Lauren Weinstein is probably a "defender" of Suckerberg's Facebook too :-)

  19. Besides... on Edward Snowden Is Tired of Being Bombarded By Suitors (mirror.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    He's gay. He doesn't really have a girlfriend (in Russia, or anywhere). That's the "push-off" line he uses. So let's examine what else Special Ed has done that's "wrong"?: 1) Theft 2) False credentials 3) Tampering with national security 4) Placing all Americans at risk 5) International flight 6) Traveling on a voided passport 7) Bartering with items/information he doesn't legally own nor has personally created 8) Terroristic threats 9) Unethical treatment toward his employer 10) Misrepresentation 11) Perjury/breach of oath 12) Dereliction of duty 13) Failure to follow orders. 14) Impersonation of known government officials/identity theft. He's also flirting with, in fact, trying to set up the two main offenses: A) Assisting foreign powers B) Aiding the enemy. Sure, the Constitution guarantees the freedom to share more information in the public, and the right to free speech is great... but NOT when it will cause a danger to National Security. The info Snowjob likely possesses is probably EXACTLY the kind of stuff al Qaeda wants leaked out so they can learn better of how to successfully find ways to kill Americans at will. Not to mention, maybe names and locations of counter-terrorism spies that the U.S. has out in the field infiltrating the ranks of those would-be murderers. People want to complain about the NSA and allegedly "spying" on them, but then they'll also complain about not feeling the government is doing enough to protect them from al Qaeda! The NSA is not "hiding" anything, but they'll be truly ineffective if EVERYONE knows what they're working on. They're not interested in photos of your baby or mom's recipes. Has NOBODY stopped for a moment and asked "why" the NSA has been doing what they're doing? Did people think the authorities use magic to uncover terrorist plots? Which would you prefer, "spying" on you or terrorism on you? Snowflake did what he did for the fame (for the escape from obscurity that everyone wants... although most average people simply use Facebook).

  20. Now they can leave those poor whales alone! http://www.newser.com/story/21... http://www.newser.com/story/21...

  21. Who runs Wikipedia anyway? on Wikipedia Editors Revolt, Vote "No Confidence" In Newest Board Member (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Seems to me Wikipedia is edited by children, biased spiteful children. They'll do a "Speedy Deletion" on you if they simply don't like the person or entity you're writing about, despite having valid references and significant information. They themselves also "vandalize" in areas they think most Wikipedia officials may not notice. Wikipedia claims there are no designated "editors" or "monitors" in the Wikipedia site. But you just try to add a new article or edit an existing one... At least a couple editors (who were watching) will jump all over you, practically call you names, change your article around (a lot), then even threaten you that you'd "better not violate the site's protocol" again or you'll be banned from making contributions. This has happened to me more than once. Note: My contributions were right on point and inoffensive in every way. (Then they dare to ask us for donations!)

  22. This is 2016... on World Bank Says Internet Technology May Widen Inequality (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    These things aren't problems unless you make them be!

  23. Such nonsense... on What Spotlighting Harassment In Astronomy Means · · Score: 1

    It's like creating problems where there are none