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  1. Re:So why is this here? on Mass Shooting In San Bernardino Kills At Least 14 (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    Because they confiscated all the real guns. Pop guns and pea shooters are useless in this context.

  2. Re:Could you buy the guns back? on Mass Shooting In San Bernardino Kills At Least 14 (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    The 2nd Amendment isn't primarily for protection from a violent society.

  3. Re:So why is this here? on Mass Shooting In San Bernardino Kills At Least 14 (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    Call it what it is: confiscation.

  4. A terrible time for the NSA, indeed.

  5. Re:Why Are They Called Smart TVs? on Even the Dumbest Ransomware Is Almost Unremovable On Smart TVs (symantec.com) · · Score: 1

    Sir and Ma'am, most likely.

  6. I think you misread the quoted comment. You are apparently in agreement.

  7. Re:Litigious Much on "Clock Boy" Ahmed Mohamed Seeking $15 Million In Damages · · Score: 1

    You might want to bone up on the Liebeck vs. McDonalds case: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
    Irrelevant.

  8. Re:newer replacement for TrueCrypt users on TrueCrypt Safer Than Previously Thought (ec-spride.de) · · Score: 1

    CipherShed is another fork.
    https://ciphershed.org/

  9. Re:Paris terrorists used regular SMS on Manhattan DA Pressures Google and Apple To Kill Zero Knowledge Encryption (thestack.com) · · Score: 1

    I can't see why they'd worry about it; it had no effect whatsoever in this case.

  10. Re:F : A - I ( L on The Oxford Dictionaries Word of the Year 2015 Is an Emoji (oxforddictionaries.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    They're called rednecks.

  11. Re: But they say adblock is bad on Ad Networks Using Inaudible Sound To Link Phones, Tablets and Other Devices (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Use a DNS server and block there.

  12. Ahh, the old "No True Sighted Person" fallacy...

  13. Considering that it works perfectly fine for many others (myself included, as I'm using Pale Moon to type this), I'd say that's a bit of a stretch.
    Firefox has some serious issues, but hyperbole helps no one.

  14. Try Pale Moon.
    https://www.palemoon.org/

  15. Re:Remind me again... on TV Networks Cutting Back On Commercials (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    They do this every election cycle. Any guess as to why?

  16. Re:A modest prediction on TV Networks Cutting Back On Commercials (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Got another example? I can't watch TBBT.

  17. Re:Double dipping on TV Networks Cutting Back On Commercials (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Look, kid, you clearly weren't around for the "cable TV is commercial-free" fraud that was perpetrated in the 80's. Cable subscribers are already paying for the content in their monthly bills. What we're seeing here is known as "double-dipping", and it's reaching it's inevitable conclusion: cable-cutting.
    Shoving your smug nose into discussions in which you have no valuable experience (barring one-liners gleaned from the internet) only serves to aggravate those who actually have something meaningful to add. Good luck with that.

  18. Re:QR code on Ask Slashdot: An 'Ex Libris' For My Books In a Digital Age? · · Score: 1

    Right. Until you close the book.
    I've used these before. If used lightly, they don't do serious damage to a page, but the imprint is easily removed by booking. Using more pressure only cuts the lettering into the page rather than embossing. So your options are to leave a temporary imprint, or destroy a page.
    I'm not terribly sure I understand what the OP is asking for. That said, I don't think this is it.

  19. Re:QR code on Ask Slashdot: An 'Ex Libris' For My Books In a Digital Age? · · Score: 1

    This would be useless in a book.

  20. Re:/.'ers & security pros disagree + proof you on Revisiting the Infamous Sony BMG Rootkit Scandal 10 Years Later (networkworld.com) · · Score: 1

    Thanks for the gibberish.

  21. Re:Me too! on Revisiting the Infamous Sony BMG Rootkit Scandal 10 Years Later (networkworld.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    It's irrelevant to the discussion, however.

  22. Re:Please: You WISH you were me... apk on Revisiting the Infamous Sony BMG Rootkit Scandal 10 Years Later (networkworld.com) · · Score: 1

    Please tell me you didn't pay money for a hosts file.

  23. Re:You obviously do (why else reply?)... apk on Revisiting the Infamous Sony BMG Rootkit Scandal 10 Years Later (networkworld.com) · · Score: 2

    if you put in a FRACTION of the energy your kind does in trolling, you'd be putting us all to shame

    You're getting close to a breakthrough. So close...

  24. Re:Please: You WISH you were me... apk on Revisiting the Infamous Sony BMG Rootkit Scandal 10 Years Later (networkworld.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    No one gives a shit, APK. Not one person here gives a shit about anything you have to "say".

  25. Re:Good luck getting this through congress on US Senate Passes the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act 74-21 (dailydot.com) · · Score: 1

    The House passed a version of this bill. All that needs to be done before handing off to the President is reconciliation; it's done.