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  1. Re:This is a big part of the problem... on A Florida Man Has been Accused of Making 97 Million Robocalls (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    ... ."the right long distance company."...

    or more specifically the right SIP trunk provider. I worked for a company that made lots of automated calls (legally, within the bounds of market research). We had plenty of providers who would just say no, but there were enough that didn't even bother to ask. They all made sure we sent an ANI, although they didn't seem to care what that ANI was, or if we even owned it, (which we did), and they made sure our call duration on connected calls wasn't below 12 seconds (I don't recall what the short duration regulations are, but I believe that was why we had to stay connected at least that long.)

    Those trunk providers are also rampant with this: https://www.voip-info.org/fake...

  2. They're changing NOTEPAD?! on Windows 10 Is Finally Adding Tabs To File Explorer (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 1

    Wow. I feel like notepad.exe's functionality has been the same for 20+ years.

  3. Re:They want to sell over priced Accessories on Phil Schiller Says the MacBook Pro Doesn't Need an SD Card Slot (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    http://www.apple.com/shop/prod... $49.95

    Look at that thing.

    You've got this thing sticking halfway out.

    The $50.00 dollar Mac Accessory on apple.com sits out what looks to be at least 2 inches, if not 3. WTF kind of design is that Sandisk?

  4. You should post about Scientology and see if it disappears. (showing my Slashdot age.. what was that? 2001 that happened?)

  5. Re:Islam is a Problem on Terrorist Attack In Brussels Airport and Metro Station: At Least 34 Dead (mirror.co.uk) · · Score: 0

    When 40% of Muslims living in Britain want Sharia Law (Sharia Law includes death for those who insult Islam)

    and the 60% that don't, what happens to them?

    When 25% of all Muslims living in Britain support the 7/7 attacks

    and the 75% that don't, what about them?

    Then it is obvious that Islam has a real problem and is a real threat to the civilized world.

    Obviously why? because percentages? Here's one for you: Muslims make up 23% of the worlds population. That's 1.6 BILLION. And here you are condemning them all because of statistics from a country that houses 64 million of the world's population.
    It's ludicrous.

  6. Re:Lee underestimated the computer on Google's AlphaGo Beats Lee Se-dol In the First Match (theverge.com) · · Score: 2

    And it will be no match for him at kickboxing.

    I've read that somewhere before..

  7. Re:Not really on America's Ten Most Oppressive Colleges · · Score: 4, Informative

    Liberty U is very tolerant of other views - as are most Christian Schools - being a core element of their beliefs.

    Bullshit.
    From every job listing for Liberty

    Disclaimer Statement: Liberty University's hiring practices and EEO Statement are fully in compliance with both federal and state law. Federal law creates an exception to the "religion" component of the employment discrimination laws for religious organizations (including educational institutions), and permits them to give employment preference to members of their own religion. Liberty University is in that category.

    That particular entry I pulled out at random was for a Network Engineering job. If you aren't a Baptist you can't even plug in network cables there. I've personally known people who have lied about their religion to get a job there, and people who got rejected for being Catholic. Employees sign a "Way of Life" contract.

    Tolerant my left nut.

  8. See! Some people DO read ToS/EULAs on AWS Terms of Service Offer a Break If Zombie Apocalypse Occurs (windowsitpro.com) · · Score: 2
    I once put the following into a ToS on our branded Internet Explorer CDs for a dialup ISP I worked at:

    By accepting this agreement you agree to pay $1,000,000 US Dollars. Please submit payment in full immediately. If you read this, please email me at and let me know you actually read this. You are one in a million.

    Never saw a dollar nor an email. :(

  9. Re:Oh please let it pass. on All 12 Member Countries Sign Off On the TPP (freezenet.ca) · · Score: 1

    Redtube? Infringing. Take it down.

    You sold me. How do I stop this?

  10. Re:Acronym on MST3K Is Kickstarting Back To Life · · Score: 2

    In case you are also wondering, MST3k stands for Mystery Science Theater 3000, an American comedy science fiction television series (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mystery_Science_Theater_3000).

    It would have been good to see the acronym expanded at least once in TFS...

    well THAT made me feel old, but WELCOME to my lawn!

  11. Re:Japanese solution! on Why ATM Bombs May Be Coming Soon To the United States · · Score: 1

    My local bank (VA, USA) does this as well. However I suspect they are encoded to the first 4 digits (assigned to your bank and easily discovered) of the magstripe. I can tell you my expired Wachovia card still opened that door. (Tried that out of pure curiosity). Seems pretty simple to bypass..

  12. Re:And walking around with it ... on Glowing Hobbit Sword Helps You Find Unsecured Wi-Fi · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Hey come on, stand down.. This the first article in a LONG TIME that actually FEELS like Slashdot...
    No politics... no script kiddie bullshit.. not a random person's blog post..
    Just fun hacking for no good reason other than to do it. That's why most of us are here!

  13. Re:false flag? on US Gov't Issues Alert About iOS "Masque Attack" Threat · · Score: 1

    Mr. Hader's probably just isn't used to Slashdot referring to CERT as "The gub-ment".

    http://it.slashdot.org/story/1...
    http://it.slashdot.org/story/1...
    http://books.slashdot.org/stor...

  14. Re:Editor Troll on Ask Slashdot: Stop PulseAudio From Changing Sound Settings? · · Score: 1

    I personally went back to an old unforked xmms. Still compiles!

    Well doesn't that just whip the open source llama's ass!

  15. Re:DC Follows suit on Marvel's New Thor Will Be a Woman · · Score: 1

    Then Marvel would sue: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W...

  16. Other potential female conversions. on Marvel's New Thor Will Be a Woman · · Score: 1

    Personally I'm holding out for a female version of Juggernaut or the Blob.

  17. 5 stars! on Blackberry BBM App and Suspicious Google Play Ratings · · Score: 4, Funny

    Thank you so much blackberry team. I was waiting this app. Its really great user friendly and smooth.

    (I'll wait patiently for my check now)

  18. Re:How hard can it be? on Yeti Bears Up Under Scrutiny · · Score: 1

    I miss that man :(

  19. Re:the meaning of the word bully on Facebook Comment Prompts Arrests In Cyberbullying Suicide Case · · Score: 1

    bully verb : to frighten, hurt, or threaten (a smaller or weaker person) : to act like a bully toward (someone) : to cause (someone) to do something by making threats or insults or by using force

    I applaud you for being able shrug off the verbal abuse, but I'm also curious how you felt during those moments. Honestly, did the verbal abuse (whether or not combined with physical) just not bother you at all? OR did you shrug it off after the fact as time passed and you got older? Be honest with yourself. If as a kid you were indeed able to just let the verbal abuse go without even feeling a knot in your stomach, then were indeed a strong kid, and I commend you!

    I was rarely physically bullied in school, it was all verbal. Man, there was sometimes I was trying for a black eye, just so there would be EVIDENCE. That's what's truly horrible about the verbal abuse. It can go unnoticed for YEARS. I didn't have a smartphone were I could show an abusive text back then to "authorities". I'm not going to debate you on whether physical violence is "worse". It just doesn't fucking matter. No child should have to suffer mentally or physically at the hands of another child. The word "teasing" trivializes what we are talking about here, and your case aside, it can be very damaging.

    Freedom of Speech. Why do people want to read that as "Freedom to be a dick"? Freedom of speech doesn't give you the right to harass. Would you call one of your coworkers fat and ugly everyday and not expect to be reprimanded in some form?

    At any rate, Freedom of Speech is only allowed in First Amendment Areas, which are probably all closed because of the shut down ;-)

  20. Re:OH GOD IT BURNS on Come Try Out Slashdot's New Design (In Beta) · · Score: 1

    rounded edges,

    Uh oh. I think someone has prior art...

  21. Re:God of the Gaps on Why Are Some Hell-Bent On Teaching Intelligent Design? · · Score: 1

    Um, no. God only shrinks if you're explanation for every problem is "God did it". If that's why you believe in a deity, then you miss the point of faith.

    To make the point differently, just because I know exactly how a chair was built, it doesn't mean that I stop believing that a carpenter built it.

    I will accept your poor analogy on one condition. That this is the chair you are referring to in your analogy.

  22. Re:Yeah, that's what XP holdouts were waiting for on Majority of Enterprise Customers Finally 'Migrating Away From Windows XP' · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Windows 8.1. *eyeroll* They're going to 7 you morons, and they're going to stay there for another 15 years. Doesn't matter what you do to the Start Menu.

    Yeah, I read that, and thought BS as well. They're looking the wrong direction I think. Looking backwards at the curmudgeon that was Vista, that was (at least in my enterprise environment) completely skipped over. It was really a matter of earning back some trust.
    I understand that 8.1 is to 8 what SP2 was to XP (in theory) but I just can't see any advantage to using 8 in an enterprise environment.

    Not to mention, enterprise adoption is a SLOW process in a lot of cases. It's the same reason certain cars sell better on the used market than others. PROVEN reliability.

    (oh shit, did I just make a car anology... I really need to get off this site)

  23. Re:Feel free to tell Mr. Neal the error of his way on FBI Cyber Division Adds Syrian Electronic Army To Wanted List · · Score: 1

    I think the particular usage of CNO here is mostly descriptive rather than a legal category, as the term itself is broad. Therefore I don't think you can infer a legal classification into crime, terrorism, act of war, etc. from that usage.

    According to a reply to my tweet, that's exactly the statement he used to infer terrorism.
    Miles Mawyer @milesmawyer 33m
    @IBTimes @ryanWneal I'm irritated and disappointed by your use of the "T" word. It's not a generic term for "Bad Guys". FBI didn't use it..
    Ryan W. Neal @ryanWneal 29m
    @milesmawyer Good point, but that's what they mean with "CNO efforts against US Web sites and networks."
    Miles Mawyer @milesmawyer 3m
    @ryanWneal That just means you're equated hacking with terrorism. That's still a broad and inappropriate generalization.

  24. Re:Cruelty to animals plain and simple on Backyard Brains Shows You How to Remote Control a Cockroach (Video) · · Score: 1

    I recommend the SlashTML tag.

  25. InterWiewer? on Backyard Brains Shows You How to Remote Control a Cockroach (Video) · · Score: 1

    Come on guys. I usually don't bitch about misspellings, but in a video? That's just silly.