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  1. Re:Was this guy really a terrorist? on Apple: Terrorist's Apple ID Password Changed In Government Custody (buzzfeed.com) · · Score: 1

    Ok, but is "being organized" the differentiator between criminal and terrorist? I thought the differentiator was "trying to enrich self illegally" (criminal) vs "trying to catalyze shift in political power through (illegal and non-governmental) violence" (terrorist).

  2. Re:Good luck ... on Ask Slashdot: How Do I Reduce Information Leakage From My Personal Devices? · · Score: 1

    I'll mostly leave my wifi off

    Good practice, since (for example) a given grocery store can start correlating your media access address with your presence, even if they don't (initially) know your identity. Ditto anyone scanning for wifi pings on the highway.

    So here's an elaboration on keeping wifi mostly off: I have an event managing app (in my case, Llama, there are others) that I've configured to shut off wifi every time I disconnect from any network. I manually re-enable whenever I get to my destination (e.g. home); for whatever reasons, it's easier for me to remember to re-enable as I start using some service at home than it is for me to remember to disable as I leave a given location.

    I could tell my automator (Llama) to re-enable wifi when I my location gets close to work or home, but locating precisely enough to not turn on wifi at the supermarket near my house requires more battery than I like.

  3. I'd be happy to have them disallow inter-window tab dragging in incognito mode (or to allow it but state that all session for the dragged tab will be tossed).

  4. Re:Anyone else think she could be a plant? on Yahoo To Spin Off Everything That Makes It Yahoo (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1
  5. Re:In other words... on Mother Blames Wi-Fi Allergy For Daughter's Suicide (telegraph.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    If the mother really believed in the condition, why wasn't she home schooling the daughter

    This is really NOT a fair point. Regardless of whether the mom was a kook or not, home schooling has huge impacts in the time, money, and socializing domains. There've been times I hated the public school system, and might I add for very good reason... did I home school my kids? No, I've got a job to do and besides I wanted my kids to gain the socialization that comes from being in school. Does that mean I didn't sincerely believe my critiques of the school system? No.

  6. Better Off Dead reference on Google, Facebook, Microsoft Deliver K-12 CS Demands To Congress (politico.com) · · Score: 1

    Google, Facebook, Microsoft deliver K-12 demands

    "I want my two dollars!"

  7. Re:Living arrangements on The Google Employee Who Opted For a Truck Over Bay Area Rents (dice.com) · · Score: 1
  8. The linked examiner article says:

    Had NASA been given the funding and direction, it is virtually certain that humans could have walked on Mars by the mid-1980s.

    Whoever wrote that has not a fucking clue in the world.

  9. Suspicious quote on The Decline of 'Big Soda': Is Drinking Soda the New Smoking? · · Score: 1

    "There will always be soda, but I think the era of it being acceptable for kids to drink soda all day long is passing, slowly," says Marion Nestle.

    Hmmm, last name Nestle... does she by any chance have a bias toward chocolately drinks?

  10. better term on The Global Struggle To Prevent Cyberwar · · Score: 1

    Cyber armageddon

    Can we all agree on "cybergeddon"?

  11. Door question on Tesla Unveils the Model X · · Score: 1

    officially unveiled its Model X SUV

    A much more fortunate choice than "Model V SUX" would have been.

    But seriously: I hope it's viable to open those rear doors when parked a typical distance from an adjacent car in a parking lot.

  12. Come on, Cohagen... on Elon Musk's Latest Idea: Let's Nuke Mars · · Score: 1

    give da people aih!

  13. Why won't it read? on Porn-themed Android Ransomware Takes Your Picture Before Asking For Money · · Score: 1

    "The crudely-planned app features an extraordinarily demanding privacy/functionality swap at install, and proceeds to demand a $500 'FBI fine' via PayPal, rather than any of the cryptocurrencies which most ransomware authors currently favour."

    If only more people were in the habit of reading EULAs before using an app, this kind of thing wouldn't be so prevalent.

  14. Re:is there no mercy?? on Movie Studio Sues Individual Popcorn Time Users For Infringement · · Score: 3, Funny

    Given that it stars Sandler, I propose that it should have been called The Gock Cobbler.

  15. oblig Fletch on Implanted Optogenetic Light Switch Lets Scientists Flip Neurons On and Off · · Score: 1
    Boyd: Oh by the way... what kind of a name IS Poon?

    Fletch: Comanche Indian. Bye.

  16. If Seinfeld was an IT guy... on Ask Slashdot: Options After Google Chrome Discontinues NPAPI Support? · · Score: 1
  17. Re:America's academic community waits for the news on Rosetta Spacecraft Makes Nitrogen Discovery On Comet · · Score: -1, Troll

    The space agencies should be promoting themselves by having large-breasted females do reporting while wearing wet t-shirts broadcast from zero-gravity environments. While slightly chilly.

  18. Re:how was it detected then found? on GSM/GPS Tracking Device Found On Activist's Car At Circumvention Tech Festival · · Score: 1

    Not sure where you're going with this... so anything with details is therefor a lie?

  19. Re:Hello? on FTC Targets Group That Made Billions of Robocalls · · Score: 4, Interesting
  20. Re:No Trust on Samsung Smart TVs Don't Encrypt the Voice Data They Collect · · Score: 1

    Yes, because now *everyone* listening at any stage of the transmission is privy to conversations in your home. Your ISP, for example. Your neighbor with whom you share a router, or someone who takes the trouble to crack your WEP (assuming you have encryption on your network, some people are still not that sophisticated).

  21. Of course they stayed on Researchers Block HIV Infection In Monkeys With Artificial Protein · · Score: 1

    all four monkeys who received the compound beforehand stayed from free infection

    "Come for the injection, stay from free infection!!"

  22. Re:A decade behind the rest on OpenStreetMap.org Gets Routing · · Score: 2

    You're still allowed to get excited at the fact that it isn't google, so your travel plans remain in a silo separate from that whole thing... that's actually quite a good thing.

  23. Re:Unsettling science on US Gov't To Withdraw Food Warnings About Dietary Cholesterol · · Score: 1

    Actually, some fan of the show Frazier snuck her way onto the set and ended up being prosecuted for crimes against Kelsey Grammar.

  24. It's not stealing... on Photosynthesizing Sea Slugs Steal Genes From Algae · · Score: 4, Funny

    ... it's copyright infringement.

  25. Former zenith still intact on Science By Democracy Doesn't Work · · Score: 1

    To whatever extent the senate vote was pure idiocy, IMO it still doesn't quite topple the Indiana Pi bill.