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  1. Re:The blogspam is a crock of shit. on Call Yourself a Hacker, Lose Your 4th Amendment Rights · · Score: 1

    The new company he works for actually released it already. It's been on github for the last 7 months. If there was a question of ownership on the code, why it couldn't be figured out from comparing the released version of Visdom to the internal version of Sophia to see if any code was stolen is left up to the reader.

  2. Re:Not sure why this article made the cut. on No FiOS In Boston? We'll Make an Ad Anyway · · Score: 1

    They're replacing the landline POTS service with a fixed wireless system or with FIOS. The wireless service is similar for POTS, but doesn't do DSL.

    Depends on the neighborhood on who gets what.

  3. Re:A cynic's view on Medical Costs Bankrupt Patients; It's the Computer's Fault · · Score: 1

    Storing currency amounts as cents is actually fairly common.

  4. They know how cookies work right? on Office 365, Amazon, Others Vulnerable To Exploit Microsoft Knew About In 2012 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    It looks like they're exporting, deleting and then reimporting cookies before the cookies are set to expire. They can then get back into the site they just had access to. I fail to see how this "exploit" isn't actually the expected behavior of a properly functioning login tracked with a cookie.

  5. Re:Apple Product Resale Value = $0. on Apple's War Against Jailbreaking Now Makes Perfect Sense · · Score: 1

    If you're selling your phone you'd disable the lock feature, disassociate the phone from your account and sell it. It only hurts those who are selling stolen iPhones, not those who are legitimately reselling the device.

  6. Re:New Coke was a Flop? on Microsoft's "New Coke" Moment? · · Score: 4, Informative

    The corn syrup thing is just a myth. They switched from sugar to corn syrup five years before the introduction of New Coke.

  7. This is like those selling names for stars on Nearest Alien Planet Gets New Name · · Score: 4, Informative

    You get a nice certificate and nothing else. The IAU hasn't even started the process to create the procedure to name exoplanets.

  8. Re:Fundamentally it isn't, in reality it is on Ask Slashdot: Should Bitcoin Be Regulated? · · Score: 1

    So if you owe someone in the US money, they have to accept its value in US dollars to settle the debt.

    This only applies to debts owe to one of the levels of the US Government. Private parties can reject US currency for any reason, else signs like will not except dollar bills larger than $20 would be illegal.

  9. Re:International traties on Planetary Resources To 'Claim' Asteroids With Beacons · · Score: 5, Funny

    Probably not since there wasn't a person called Merriam Webster name is from the Merriam publishing company's purchase of the Webster dictionary publishing license after the death of Daniel Webster.

    A Webster, yes. Two different Merriams, yes. A Merriam Webster, no.

  10. Re:Actually we don't Android in Bazil too. :) on Brazilians Can Now Buy an "iPhone" Loaded With Android · · Score: 1

    This is true for Brazil only. There are no official retailers of the iPhone in Argentina due to import restrictions

  11. Re:I'm pretty sure it doesn't work on China's Radical New Space Drive · · Score: 1

    Either way it wasn't a technical issue with the screw, but a business issue between Ford and Robinson.

  12. Re:I'm pretty sure it doesn't work on China's Radical New Space Drive · · Score: 3, Informative

    Ford wanted to use the Robinson since it was shown to be a better screw for mass production, but couldn't come to an agreement with him to license the screws in order to allow them to be made in sufficient quantity for Ford's manufacturing use.

    So Ford moved on to another screw type.

  13. Re:Huh? on Microsoft Phases Out XNA and DirectX? · · Score: 3, Informative

    From the article all that's dying is likely the name. The same technologies will still exist and be limited to Xbox and Windows only. No OpenGL.

  14. Re:Define Fixed Costs on Former FCC Boss: Data Caps Not About Network Congestion · · Score: 1

    "[D]igging up the streets, put the wires in" is considered a fixed costs because the cost doesn't change whether you have one customer or a million. It's not a recurring fixed cost, but it is a fixed cost.

  15. Re:Good for them.... on AIG Contemplates Joining Stockholder Suit Against US Gov't · · Score: 1

    Yes and no. Only the first $11,725 owed to you has a priority. The rest is considered unsecured and it leaves you behind everyone else.

    The company can file to increase the limit above $11,725, but it's not guaranteed it will be either accepted or will be filed.

  16. Re:Serves Obama right... on AIG Contemplates Joining Stockholder Suit Against US Gov't · · Score: 1

    Since AIG was re-organized, I'm pretty sure it's a different group of psychopaths and not the same ones that caused the collapse.

  17. Re:the government screwed the bank too? on AIG Contemplates Joining Stockholder Suit Against US Gov't · · Score: 1

    Sold is probably the wrong word here. The bank suffered a slow bank run and then the bank portion was seized by OTS/FDIC. That part was sold to Chase for $1.9 bil, which was a way below market price since all the non-secured assets were left with the holding company.

    The rest of the company still exists and has been fighting the government ever since on taxes, the grounds for the seizure, etc.

  18. Re:I Would Like To Suggest "Accountability" on USPTO Asks For Input On Software Patents · · Score: 1

    I'm not a lawyer, but there would likely be case for a seizure without just compensation must be paid under the 5th Amendment. The courts consider patents to be property so invalidating all of them according to the courts would be the same as taking the patent owner's property (that they paid for via application fees and put money into defending). I don't know if they'd win, but they'd at least try to litigate on it.

    There are probably other things that the Government would be sued for if they blanket invalidated existing patents, but I cannot think of any more at this time.

  19. Re:Balancing act on Patent Troll Targeting Users of Scanners; Wants $1000/Employee · · Score: 2

    They're never going to get to the point of actually suing anyone in court. If someone puts up even a iota of a fight, they'll just dismiss the lawsuit and move on.

    They're looking for easy targets who will just pay up without asking questions, which is why they're suing smaller companies. Someone like HP would eat them for lunch and get the patent invalidated.

  20. Re:Unhelpful article on FAA Device Rules Illustrate the Folly of a Regulated Internet · · Score: 1

    I think you're confusing the TSA with the FAA.

  21. Re:Pilots... on FAA Device Rules Illustrate the Folly of a Regulated Internet · · Score: 1

    From what I understand while the rule was originally conceived because of interference with the first generation cell phones with the navigation equipment, this has since been corrected in both the airplane navigation equipment.

    The rule is still in place though because the FAA and the airlines want you able to pay attention in case of emergency. You can hear the warnings or commands if issued by the flight crew because you're not using your headphones to drown out all the noise. Or get your headphones caught when you're trying to exit the plane preventing you or someone behind you from exiting the plane.

    Besides if you cannot putdown the device for 15 minutes on each end of the flight there is something wrong, but it isn't with the FAA or the airlines.

  22. Re:The hypocrisy just keeps getting worse. on TSA (Finally) Studying Health Effects of Body Scanners · · Score: 1, Informative

    Yes and no. Only Gamma radiation is electromagnetic in nature. Alpha and Beta radiations are not photons at all, but atomic particles ejected with high energy. An Alpha particle is a helium atom without electrons and a Beta particle is free neutron.

    Depending on the radiation source you may get any of the radioactive emission types and all three are dangerous, but to differing degrees depending on volume and location of exposure.

  23. Re:question on Yahoo "Loses" $2.7B In Mysterious Mexican Yellow Pages Lawsuit · · Score: 1

    The original press release says US$2.7 billion so its in USD and not Mexican pesos.

  24. Re:Cuts on USPS Reports $15.9 Billion Loss, Asks Congress For Help · · Score: 1

    Actually,

    Revenue - Costs = Profit

    This only works though if some one is willing to pay for more for the service that the costs. So far that answer has been no.

  25. Re:Cuts on USPS Reports $15.9 Billion Loss, Asks Congress For Help · · Score: 1

    [L]eave physical object delivery to the private shipping companies.

    Unless you live in a largish city, they won't do it, now or in the future. They hand this off to the USPS since there is no way they can ever do this profitably since there isn't enough volume to justify staffing, warehousing, etc.