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  1. Re:Expected different on Blizzard Shuts Down Popular Fan-run 'Pirate' Server For Classic WoW (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 2, Informative

    This is more DMCA crap, and I guess they figured out how to expand their reach to France.

    For the Americans, remember it was the Clintons that signed DMCA into law.

  2. Interesting how the outed reacted on Outdated and Vulnerable WordPress, Drupal Versions Contributed To Panama Papers Breach (wptavern.com) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    The Russians goes on the offensive in the domestic media, accusing the dox were faked by CIA trying to smear his good name.
    The Chinese censors it in their domestic media.
    The Ice Lander protests and their Prime Minister resigns.

  3. We should give that person a medal for handing those dox to the press...

  4. depends on how the poll is worded... on Global Majority Backs a Ban On 'Dark Net,' Poll Says (reuters.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    a poll can be bend to agree with anything the sponsor wants.

  5. got one of those a few days ago... on US Federal Court: This Year's Scams More Aggressive and Sophisticated Than Years Past (networkworld.com) · · Score: 1

    but the thick accent (Indian? Pakistani? whatever) of an obviously non-native Engrish speaker kind of gave it away.

  6. and some rock, gets sold as pet rock, netting someone millions for pennies in cost

  7. and unsurprisingly... on AT&T Wants $100 Million From California Taxpayers For Aging DSL (dslreports.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    they'll get it.

  8. Re:The first step away from a "top-down culture".. on Samsung Plans To Give Up Authoritarian Ways, Act Like a Startup · · Score: 1

    ...is definitely an announcement that top executives are going to sign a pledge.

    I hope everyone realise that pledge isn't worth the paper it's printed on.

  9. Re:Too big for your own brithces, bitches! on Samsung Plans To Give Up Authoritarian Ways, Act Like a Startup · · Score: 1

    Samsung HD's have been rebranded Seagates for quite a few years. The only thing in common is the name.

    I've had mixed success with Samsung drives in the past; they were excellent in the ~300GB/platter size (I had 1TB models), but it seems like the ~160GB/platter drives had a high failure rate.

    That said, yes Seagate has had absolutely terrible failure rates of late. I think they're at about 5x the failure rate of HGST and Toshiba while also providing worse performance.

    Well, Samsung had crap for drive firmware. The only brand of drives we had that we didn't have to pound on for it to corrupt user data. They're followed by WD and Seagate (in that order.) But with the latter, it's mostly mechanical problem, not firmware problem.

  10. Re:There goes the company - on Samsung Plans To Give Up Authoritarian Ways, Act Like a Startup · · Score: 1

    Did he abdicate? Or did he just throw a half-dozen layers of middle management out of the plane?

    No, he does the Hitler thing and encourages his underlings to jostle for his table scraps, so that they'll all be too busy to usurping him.

  11. oh, they've gone startup alright. on Samsung Plans To Give Up Authoritarian Ways, Act Like a Startup · · Score: 1

    Work the insane hours like a startup, get paid like startup (which means the paycheck might not be forthcoming, sometimes for months) possibly big layoff like startup, minus the big "pay day" since it won't go public (again) or get acquired. Sounded mostly like what they've been doing for some time.

  12. Critical systems shouldn't be exposed to outside world. Duh.

  13. Remarkable Coincidence on Microsoft Denies Rogue Windows 10 Upgrades, Says Users Remain Fully In Control (hothardware.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Do you not find it remarkable that each and every one of these... "incompetent" mistakes are always in their favor?

  14. Constitutional rights on DOJ Threatens To Seize iOS Source Code (idownloadblog.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Funny, all those rights didn't stop the government from rounding up the American citizens of Japanese ancestry into concentration camps.
    Rights is what government lets you have when it's convenient. They all go into the trash the moment they become a hindrance.
    Before you start talking about how the citizen soldiers or the police force will not stand for such things, most heinous acts in history are easily justify by a singular excuse of "just following orders."

  15. express elevator down on DOJ Threatens To Seize iOS Source Code (idownloadblog.com) · · Score: 1

    Do you honestly think that Google won't voluntarily comply if Apple caves?

  16. DDoS and spoofing on DOJ Threatens To Seize iOS Source Code (idownloadblog.com) · · Score: 1

    The government could launch a massiv DDoS against Apple's update servers and spoof their IP addresses to update all the devices in the wild to their custom firmware...

  17. Re:Either Incompetent or Malicious. Or Both. on Windows 10 Upgrade Reportedly Starting Automatically On Windows 7 PCs (softpedia.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Either Incompetent or Malicious. Or Both.

    Whichever applies, you should uninstall this Windows-thing crap immediately.

    First time, I can accept incompetent. The second, the third and the forth? Hello? Are you fucking kidding me?

  18. Re:Godwin's Law on Hertz Had Sheriffs On Hand the Day It Cut IT (computerworld.com) · · Score: 2

    To be honest, I entirely unconcerned about Trump's ancestry but very concerned about the parallel between his rise and that of NSDAP in the last century.

  19. Re:Godwin's Law on Hertz Had Sheriffs On Hand the Day It Cut IT (computerworld.com) · · Score: 2

    So it's too late to mention Adolf Hitler?

  20. speaking of black boxes... on Obama: Government Can't Let Smartphones Be 'Black Boxes' (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    But citizens are expected to accept the government as black boxes. Did I miss something?

  21. Gus' Galaxy Grill diner on Fighting Food Poisoning In Las Vegas With Machine Learning · · Score: 1

    You want to avoid the "Space Special" too.

  22. cost of busines on Verizon To Pay $1.35 Million Fine To Settle US Privacy Probe (reuters.com) · · Score: 2

    "Pocket change" to Verizon.

  23. unimpressive goes both ways on Oculus Founder: Rift Will Come To Mac If Apple "Ever Releases a Good Computer" (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    Unfortunately, the same can be said about general boneheaded behavior of top company officers.

  24. The real question remains on SCO Is Undeniably, Reliably Dead (fossforce.com) · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Why aren't Darl Mcbride and his cronies locked up in Club Fed for pump-n-dump scam they perpetuated?

  25. Mousejack? on Mousejack Attacks Exploit Wireless Keyboards and Mice (threatpost.com) · · Score: 2

    I thought someone is deploying tools to give rodents hand jobs, and that was terribly odd to be on /.