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  1. Are they? I think you are wrong there so it may be you that is making idiotic comments.

  2. Memories on Ukraine Scrambles To Contain New Cyber Threat After NotPetya Attack (reuters.com) · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Has everyone forgot that a few years ago most malware was produced in Ukraine? Now they complain they are victims :D It would sound like irony but it will be blamed on Russia anyway regardless of what really happened.

  3. The Russians ate my homework... on Russia Behind Cyber-attack, Says Ukraine's Security Service (bbc.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    1. Wait for something bad to happen. 2. Blame it on Russia. 3. Ask the US for money.

  4. Re:Memories... on 23 Years Of The Open Source 'FreeDOS' Project (linuxjournal.com) · · Score: 1

    Anything that is not real time systems that is. DOS is great for real time systems and I have never understood why ATMs etc. run on Windows, the worst possible option. It is a long time since I have needed it but when I was programming control systems for machinery DOS was the best. Everything else is multi threaded and goes off to do something else just because it wants to. If you programme a DOS based system, the very things that everyone else sees as a weakness are its strength. It only does what you tell it to, when you tell it to.

  5. Re:So Make Hydrogen on California Has So Much Solar Power That Other States Are Paid To Take It (mic.com) · · Score: 1

    Hydrogen is the best answer as it can be used to produce clean electricity during the night rather than stored. Eventually road haulage could use said hydrogen instead of diesel.

  6. Re:energy storage on California Has So Much Solar Power That Other States Are Paid To Take It (mic.com) · · Score: 2

    Solar power is available every day, there is no need for the day to be "sunny", just for there to be light. Northern European countries like Denmark where they do not have many "sunny" days produce a lot of solar power without problem. The myth that you need "sunny" days was produced by those who want to denigrate alternative power and who do not understand it.

  7. Re:Not just the government! on Should Kaspersky Lab Show Its Source Code To The US Government? (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    Something to hide? You mean like normal business practice? I am far more worried about the way they are rolling over.

  8. Would a US company do the same? on Should Kaspersky Lab Show Its Source Code To The US Government? (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 2

    How many US companies would want to show their source code to the Russian government? The Russia government has a far more trustworthy record in this area. Most malware now is based on code from the NSA. I think Kaspersky should not trust the US government and by doing so they become less trustworthy. If they rolled over on this how can we trust them not to allow changes to their code?

  9. Re:Culture of dismissiveness? on 24 Women Allege Sexual Harassment By Investors, and Another VC Gets Demoted (nytimes.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    To not believe that the problem is a serious as the media makes it out to be is not dismissive, it is an informed opinion and a valid one. Yes, there are complaints but in factories across the country workers are abused without the opportunity or ability to complain as effectively. Having worked in the sector for decades I see the problem as being grossly exaggerated by SJWs and professional complainants. That is not to say that people who do abuse other should be allowed to. You are welcome to disagree with me but the label "culture of dismissiveness" is as stupid as "Islamophobia" or "homophobia" which are both used to refer to people who are not afraid although terroristophobia might be more accurate.

  10. Re:Sounds great... on Social Media Giants Step Up Joint Fight Against Extremist Content (reuters.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    That is easy, if you disagree with the government, you are a terrorist. It is a very old definition that Stalin and lots of others have used for centuries.

  11. Does not sound like much of a study. More like a bit of a theory.

  12. Huge logical sink hole on Does US Have Right To Data On Overseas Servers? We're About To Find Out (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    A US warrant only has jurisdiction in the US. It cannot cover any other country. How can the US complain that Russia has hacked US computers and then want to hack other people's computers?

  13. Sweden has another plan... on Sweden Passes Bill To Become Carbon Neutral By 2045 (newscientist.com) · · Score: -1, Troll

    ...they are going to make hundreds of thousands of giant hamster wheels and fill them with Muslims.

  14. Re:Nanny State on A Colorado Group Wants To Ban Smartphones For Kids (apnews.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    My son had a PC in his room when he was about 9. In retrospect I know think that was too early and I do not think it was a great idea. I feel much the same about smart phones but do I think we should have legislation? HELL NO. I think there should be more rational advice and people should think more about human interaction with their children but this is not something to waste police time over. We need less police interaction. Children should never be involved with the law over something so trivial.

  15. Re:easy to clip this on to a bill banning burner p on A Colorado Group Wants To Ban Smartphones For Kids (apnews.com) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Of course there is plenty of evidence. The same evidence that proved that having computers in their bedrooms was destroying their future. Like all the crap we get fed it is always based on a few anecdotal cases that we are expected to believe are automatically the rule in every case.

  16. And in Russian news "the Americans had not only intervened in last year's election, but would try to do it again..."

  17. Under Saddam the Iraqi people lived a good healthy life in a modern country. Yes, rebels were not tolerated but why should terrorists be tolerated? They are not tolerated in Turkey either. In fact Syria is the only country that was good to the Kurds. After Saddam's murder and the murder of hundreds of thousands of their fellow countrymen the country has been overrun by terrorists, has no reliable running water or electricity. There is no industry or education, it is no longer a functioning country. At the time most were not happy that he was removed. There were orchestrated TV scenes that were staged managed like the famous one of the statue being toppled by a US military crane but that was just theatre. A democratic country was turned into a hell hole. I think you would find it hard to find anyone, even amongst the Kurds, that thinks life is better.

  18. Re:Pirates on Japan To Launch Self-Navigating Cargo Ships 'By 2025' (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    I agree. When navy respond to a pirate attack the crew go to the safe room but as soon as the pirates breach the safe room the navy stops as to board the ship will result in death to hostages. If there are no crew the navy have no reason not to board and just shoot anyone on board or even do so from a distance. I would also think halon systems would be a great idea. Pirates board the ship, ship detects an emergency and activates the halon system. Unfortunately all lives lost.

  19. Re: Pirates on Japan To Launch Self-Navigating Cargo Ships 'By 2025' (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    That would be amusing for all naval ships globally when they enter port. In the real world, you can enter port, declare your arms and if you wish to dock the customs will either take control or lock your weapons. Most ships now have arms lockers for this purpose which customs can lock and you can leave from a different port where their customs can unlock your arms. If you do not have an arms locker or if it is not good enough to satisfy customs that it is secure they are likely to take your arms into their story until your leave. Fixed cannons can be a problem but this is not a new problem and one which ports all over the globe have had to deal with for hundreds of years. It is also unlikely to that this ship would actually dock in any other country. It would deliver its cargo and leave. If your ship is armed you can still enter port, not the country, refuel etc. and leave without being considered to have entered the country. I agree that this varies from country to country depending on public relations but it is normal as long as you do not try and refuel in Iran with a US flag or in the UK with a Russian flag etc.. I watch many warships enter foreign countries and it is not a problem. Many civilian ships are armed due to piracy which is not a new phenomenon. The problems with arming your ship have far more to do with buying the weapons and leaving your country than arriving in another country who will already have procedures to deal with that. When you leave your home country they will have export rules and will not like being told that you are not exporting as you are going to return. That is the problem. Many people chose to buy their weapons in a country like Iran for these reasons especially if you come from a non US country. Do not try to import Iranian weapons into your home country. It is better to just throw them in the sea when you sell your boat.

  20. Re:Pirates on Japan To Launch Self-Navigating Cargo Ships 'By 2025' (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    I think no crew or local controls. The pirates can get on board but not take control of the ship. It continues to the nearest naval ship and stops.

  21. Re:Bye Theresa on Theresa May Loses Overall Majority In UK Parliament (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    But still the strongest option. So the weaker option calls for her to resign as it would be his only chance. Sturgeon still chanting the same chant even though the Tories took seats from the SNP which shows that she should resign. Ulster overwhelmingly pro Brexit still so even though she did badly, she remains in the lead.

  22. Re:Explosion on cargo compartment vs cabin on TSA May Recommend Stowing Laptops In Cargo For US Domestic Flights (cbslocal.com) · · Score: 1

    "But it's a small amount of explosive" tell that to the victims of Pan Am flight 103. OK, it was disguised as a radio battery but same idea.

  23. Re:It's not safer on TSA May Recommend Stowing Laptops In Cargo For US Domestic Flights (cbslocal.com) · · Score: 1

    "safer"? What has safety got to do with this theatre?

  24. Christmas has come early... on TSA May Recommend Stowing Laptops In Cargo For US Domestic Flights (cbslocal.com) · · Score: 1

    ... for the baggage throwers. All those lovely laptops will be available soon on ebay.

  25. Re:Good luck in the UK on Hyperloop One Reveals Its Plans For Connecting Europe (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    You don't know anything. Troll (add additional expletives for effect). Huge pipes are much cheaper than thin rails to lay. They can even put the massive pipes in the air like elevated railways but you cannot build railways in the air like elevated railways because that would be too expensive. Duh!