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  1. Re:We need a new "Community Chest", too on Monopoly May Replace Iconic Pieces With Emoji Faces and Hashtags (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Please continue. These are way more fun. I laughed just as hard as when Calvin and Hobbes were playing monopoly. They made their own chance cards to. One of them read as "Defraud the bank. Computer scam diverse assets into your account. Collect $5,000."

    Low numbers, but you get the idea. Chance cards really can spice the game up a bit...maybe they could bring about national disasters that destroy hotels on your property.

  2. Re:Look for another Safari setting on Consumer Reports Updates Its MacBook Pro Review (consumerreports.org) · · Score: 2

    I asked about that at the apple store. You can actually order the new laptop with the normal function keys instead of the dynamic touchbar from their website. It's on their website, and $400 cheaper than the first one with the touchbar.

    USB and HDMI ain't happening though...

  3. While this is unethical and dangerous to release to the wild, it is somewhat comical in that it encourages user to educate themselves on safe browsing practices.

    It won't work, people will still lose files, and they will get angry, but it does bring up a good point...How do we educate the general public on safe browsing?
    The average user won't go out and educate themselves. They might pick up a little if they get burned, but that's unlikely. This method forces them to stare at a screen and "read" the article, but a panicking user afraid of data loss is in no mood to be educated.

    Should we thwapp them over the head? Should we beg and plead with them? Continue educating them? Or resign ourselves that it's a lost cause...

    Most internet denizens don't want to hear about safe browsing ideas. Clicking on adds are bad. Movie streaming services hosted in Russia are probably full of malware. Rogue_One_free_HD1080p.exe is not what you think it is...I've explained it to friends, only to be back over, helping them recover from yet another mistake.

    I personally like the bat idea...

  4. I'm disappointed that ElementMcElementyface wasn't an option...

  5. Re:Here is the procedure I used on Delete Yourself From Many Internet Sites By Pressing This Button (thenextweb.com) · · Score: 1

    3) I pressed the delete bu

    ALL GLORY to the HYPNOTOAD!!!

  6. Or a 4/4 string ostinato in D minor! Every sailor knows that means death!

  7. They are wasting their time. If I'm gonna insult someone's mother, her firstborn, and their entire household, I'm sure as hell not gonna do it with my real name showing up from facebook.

  8. Re:will this be compared to MAC BOOK Touchpad? on It's Time For Laptop Companies To Switch To Precision Touchpad (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    I bought a 2011 macbook pro for grad school, and the trackpad is by far my absolute favorite part of that laptop. To me, the gestures, pointer acceleration, and overall design is flawless.

    I have an hp 840 elitebook for work (not my choice) and I absolutely hate the damn trackpad; it's sluggish, gestures rarely work, and scrolling with the pad is a crapshoot.

  9. Please to kindly do the needful, propone the upgradation, and synergize the efficiencies. If necessary, revert the updation and intimate me on the situation.

  10. honeywell? on Hackers Make the First-Ever Ransomware For Smart Thermostats (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    Rabble rabble rabble... Honeywell round thermostat. Twenty bucks, no internet connection, and simple enough even my grandparents can operate it.

  11. I wouldn't call this hacking...more like sending spam. He blasted a message to any device who would listen, and those that responded printed out what he sent.

  12. Godwin's law anyone? on Microsoft's 'Teen Girl' AI Experiment Becomes a 'Neo-Nazi Sex Robot' · · Score: 1

    Godwin's Law strikes again. Less than 24 hours, and an innocent teenage AI is defending Hitler. Internet...I hope you're proud of yourself.

  13. Re: That's AMAZING, I have the same combination on on FBI Delays Case Against Apple; May Have Way To Break Phone (threatpost.com) · · Score: 1

    ROT13 is best. Higher numbers mean higher encryption. Everyone knows that.

  14. Re:Just great. on Microsoft Working on Tool to Port Chrome Extensions to Edge · · Score: 2

    Yep. I installed Windows 10 a few weeks ago, and Edge has been used once...to download Chrome.
    Though, if adblock works Edge, it might become slightly more popular.

  15. Re:They also might quit if.... on Apple Employees, If Ordered To Unlock iPhone, Might Quit (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    I used Cadence Virtuoso and Spectre (transistor design software), and it ran on RedHat. I don't know the level of support Cadence offers to windows users, but I know they fully support Redhat.

  16. Re:It could be solar.... on What's Frying the Electrical Systems On BART Trains? (ieee.org) · · Score: 1

    When did generation and transmission split and become two separate businesses? Our regional power company manages both.

    And that cost of the "free" solar and wind that the power company is absorbing...that's not gonna last. There is legislation moving right now to require a flat fee for anyone hooked up to the grid. California pitched a hissy fit about it last summer, but you can't have free solar power, and an on-demand, always on reliable power grid at the same time. If you want the reliability of the grid, you're gonna pay for it.

  17. Re:Real Time Monitoring on What's Frying the Electrical Systems On BART Trains? (ieee.org) · · Score: 1

    I know Southern Company in the southeast is putting in remote GPS-synced Phasor Measurement Units (PMUs) all over their entire grid, with a new fiber optic backbone to go with it. This will give them split second accurate monitoring capabilities across their entire network, with one in almost every major substation.

    No, this isn't cheap, but that's what running a monopoly gets you. The ability to make needed improvements to a network, and passing on costs to customers. The system protection built into the power grid runs on a highly networked system of controllers, relays, and industrial computers, and gives them levels of monitoring that BART could never afford. PMUs, Static VAR Compensators, and networked relays all work together to protect the power grid, the generation plants, and end user equipment.

    Preventative, and predictive maintenance is very important in the power industry, and they have the cash flow to support it.

  18. Re:vitrification of grounds and more rain on What's Frying the Electrical Systems On BART Trains? (ieee.org) · · Score: 1

    Turns out the problem is frying fuses on the A&B

    Easy fix. Just replace each fuse with a simple piece of copper pipe. That way the maintenance level required stays level across the system.

  19. Re:You can't defer maintenance forever on What's Frying the Electrical Systems On BART Trains? (ieee.org) · · Score: 1

    Why wouldn't they use digital controllers? It's a natural assumption they would be. It doesn't necessarily require internet connection, but it does require a private network to be run along the length of the tracks.

    A digital controller can manage all aspects of running the train, it can be monitored remotely, and it can be upgraded easier than an old analog electric control panel.

  20. Re:Hackers ruining our infrastructure on What's Frying the Electrical Systems On BART Trains? (ieee.org) · · Score: 1

    Siemens is good about issuing firmware updates as these vulnerabilities are found. I keep getting emails telling me to upgrade my S7-300s. Whether BART actually acted on the firmware updates, which requires shutting down the micro-controllers is a different matter altogether. My guess as to whether they went out and updated firmware for all the controllers?...Nah...it's not that important.

  21. Ideas of a political scientist on The Case Against Algebra · · Score: 1

    The author is a political scientist, so why wouldn't he propose reducing the math curriculum.

  22. time for a comeback on Database Error Exposes Sensitive Information On 1,700 Kids (csoonline.com) · · Score: 1

    This sounds like a job for Little Bobby Tables. Unprotected database? He can take care of it.

  23. Re:The vast majority of passcodes are 4 digits. on Judge Tells Apple To Help FBI Access San Bernardino Shooters' iPhone (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    The time increases after each improper guess.