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  1. Re: Recordings, NOT music on A Music-Sharing Network For the Unconnected · · Score: 1

    are you perchance a Scotsman?

  2. Re: Recordings, NOT music on A Music-Sharing Network For the Unconnected · · Score: 2

    you're implying if I close my eyes during a conversation I am no longer having a talk. that is just silly.

    you are confusing a performance with music. if it is just a recording, then of what is it a recording? music

    if you wish to differentiate between live music and recorded music that is fine, but to say recorded music isn't music is just wrong. you are splitting a hair that doesn't exist.

    music may sound differentl coming from my home audio equipment than from the live performance due to the acoustics of my living room but that doesn't make it any less music.

    I understand what you are trying to say, that the music is inseparable from the environment. that is one reason I despise recordings of "live" performances. the experience just for not translate for me and it bugs me. I prefer studio recordings which provide a neutral environment. that allows me to listen to the music in my current environment.

  3. Re:Good. on US Bombs ISIS Command Center After Terrorist Posts Selfie Online · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Uh, no.

    The person wasn't the target, the building was. If the individual was bragging he was at a military / terrorist C&C location, then the building and everyone else in it were legitimate targets. If the moron was there then it was just gravy.

  4. Re:Where's the financial audit of the researchers? on EPA Says No Evidence That Fracking Has "Widespread" Impact On Drinking Water · · Score: 1

    Five times removed? Are you afraid Kevin Bacon didn't get his cut?

  5. Re:"China Hacked" ? on US Office of Personnel Management Hacked Again · · Score: 1

    These are government sites. The CIA wouldn't use proxies to hack them. They'd set up a VPN, send over an ISA/MOU and just download everything.

  6. Re:Structured transactions are illegal on Why Is It a Crime For Dennis Hastert To Evade Government Scrutiny? · · Score: 3, Informative

    It is a lot broader than that. The Houston Chronicle has a decent article summarizing Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs).

    Then there is that question about taking more than $10,000 in cash out of the country when traveling.

    And, of course, seizures of suspicious amounts of cash when stopped by a law enforcement officer anywhere for anything.

    (Suspicious being anything the local LEO decides it is. How fucked up is that?)

  7. Re: Tesla Is Good For All on How Elon Musk's Growing Empire is Fueled By Government Subsidies · · Score: 2

    I'm all for that "fancy cat" invention. Bring it on.

  8. God Thing it Was Diptheria on A Ph.D Thesis Defense Delayed By Injustice 77 Years · · Score: 1

    Can you imagine if it had been on Small Pox?

    Hmmm...we actually cured that in the mean time, so... how would they handle that? Brushing up on the new research could be fairly quick.

  9. Retention Period on The Body Cam Hacker Who Schooled the Police · · Score: 1

    Part of the problem is this:

    Q. How long are the videos kept?

    A: Current policy is to indefinitely keep video recordings dealing with crimes. The Seattle Police Department is working with Department of Justice monitor Merrick Bobb to finalize policies for the body-worn cameras.

    Are they deleting videos that DON'T deal with crimes after a set period? And why in God's name are they kept indefinitely? Anything the DA doesn't elect to prosecute should be deleted fairly quickly. Anything that hints at police misconduct or a criminal charge against an office is kept for the duration of the State Statute of Limitations.

  10. Re: It's not a networking issue. on Ask Slashdot: Best Way To Solve a Unique Networking Issue? · · Score: 1

    While an interesting solution, it only addresses the network part of the problem.

    I think he might be limited by the software doing the updating. If he can't run multiple copies then how will the software understand responses from the pumps? Send one command get 8 responses? That probably won't work.

    The whole multiple VMs may be his only hope depending on the client software.

  11. drug delivery? on UK Criminals Use Drones To Case Burglary Prospects · · Score: 4, Interesting

    A better use would be narcotics delivery service. Place the online order, pay with bitcoin, drone flies over with little packet within 30 minutes and drops it off.

    The cheaper drones become, the less people will worry about losing one. Simple ROI calculation.

  12. Smart Cards on Online Voting Should Be Verifiable -- But It's a Hard Problem · · Score: 1

    Wait until all the State Driver's Licenses become smart cards and use those to verify identity. Similar to the PIV/HSPD-12 cards the U.S. government uses for employees. Require PINs just like with ATM cards.

    With the card being an actual computer that can store secure digital certificates, and the same trust model the entire country uses now -- your government-issued Driver's License (and/or Passport) is accepted by pretty much EVERYONE as proof of identity -- this is doable.

  13. Re: I work in Seattle on A Visual Walk Through Amazon's Impact On One Seattle Neighborhood · · Score: 2

    You just described Celebration, FL. Disney-enforced Leave It to Beaver Land. (Pleasantville in the Hollywood vision.)

  14. Re:So far...close on Ubuntu 15.04 Received Well By Linux Community · · Score: 1

    Usually, I'd agree with you. In this case the laptop is a bit of a Frankenstein model. The CPU is an engineering sample of an AMD A-10, and the BIOS is missing details of serial numbers, etc. Makes for an odd boot, but it was cheap and does what I want. I've also replaced the stock RAM, drive, wireless, BlueTooth and everything else that could be replaced.

    The reboot thing is new and I suspect it has something to do with the boot loader. I expect to be able to fix it.

    The Wifi I'll have to investigate. I have some leads, but should be able to fix it.

    If it were an off-the-shelf model I'd agree with you, but because of what I've done to it I am a bit more tolerant.

  15. Re:So far...close on Ubuntu 15.04 Received Well By Linux Community · · Score: 1

    No, it works fine for me using the keyboard function keys.

  16. Re:So far...close on Ubuntu 15.04 Received Well By Linux Community · · Score: 1

    So have I, but it depends on the video drivers.

    Under the FOSS drivers on both AMD and nVidia I can play the video fine, but if I move the mouse into the window, it lags.

    With the proprietary drivers this doesn't happen.

  17. So far...close on Ubuntu 15.04 Received Well By Linux Community · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I installed in on my HP ProBook 6475b laptop the other day and have only run into some minor issues.

    1. I opted for full disk encrypted LVM. It didn't ask for a separate Swap partition password, instead using the main one. Fine. However, when booting, I have to enter it twice -- once for the main partition, once for swap. [Bug reported and acknowledged]

    2. It hangs on reboot. I have to boot twice every time to get it to get past the boot loader. I've tried "shut down", then letting it sit for 10 minutes. Next boot -- hang and I reboot and then it works.

    3. My wifi doesn't come back after suspend. I think it has to do with the particular laptop firmware, because it does this with every distro I've tried. Everything else works, but the wifi never makes it out of suspend.

    The rest works fine. Changing to the proprietary AMD video drivers was a snap, and it sped up video playback to what I would expect (no stuttering on HD).

  18. What Changed? on Native Hawaiian Panel Withdraws Support For World's Largest Telescope · · Score: 1

    The mismanagement reports of the 1990s and 2000s existed when the OHA voted in favor of this project in 2009. The size and scope of the telescope hasn't changed since then.

    What is different? Why was this acceptable to them in 2009 but not 2015?

  19. invalid premise on Why Crypto Backdoors Wouldn't Work · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Two words: key escrow. Google "secret sharing" for interesting details and concepts.

  20. XKCD Already Proposed Something Similar on A Cheap, Ubiquitous Earthquake Warning System · · Score: 4, Funny

    Once again, life imitates art.

    https://xkcd.com/723/

  21. Re:What if... on The Origin of the First Light In the Universe · · Score: 1

    What if...

    Instead of a stupid troll you were actually interested in the answers. Interested enough to either take some classes on the subject, or expend some effort educating yourself.

    We live in an age where the vast majority of the world's information is available for little to no cost or effort, yet you actively choose to remain ignorant.

    Step 1: Understand what science is. http://undsci.berkeley.edu/article/whatisscience_01
    Step 2: Take a class or look it up. http://space.about.com/cs/astronomy101/a/astro101a.htm
    Step 3: Keep digging

  22. Almost. If you're serious about archiving low volumes of data, use these: http://www.mdisc.com/what-is-mdisc/

    The can be read in standard BD and DVD players, and the drives aren't expensive. I picked up a DVD-R one for under $100, and a pack of disks for $45.

    Then I found I have so little data that I want to preserve for a long time, I've never bought a second pack of disks. :-)

  23. Off Site on Ask Slashdot: Best Medium For Storing Data To Survive a Fire (or Other Disaster) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    A couple of BD-Rs stored in a safe deep deposit box or over at a relative's house.

  24. Re:And redundancies come through faster as well! on Inexpensive Electric Cars May Arrive Sooner Than You Think · · Score: 2

    Wait an extra day or two and I'm sure the breeze will be enough to cool you off. :-) Or, leave a little earlier and drive at night. Hurricane warnings come DAYS in advance.

    Stop and go traffic for hurricane evacuations are for people who wait to the last minute to go over the causeway.

  25. Re:And redundancies come through faster as well! on Inexpensive Electric Cars May Arrive Sooner Than You Think · · Score: 1

    I think you need to do a little research about the way electric cars operate in stop & go traffic. There is no idling like with an ICE. It just shuts off when you stop.