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  1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

    You can preorder them on newegg. Release is apparently Thurs/Fri next week.

  2. Re:Yet more skewed bullshit testing from AMD. on AMD Launches Ryzen, Claims To Beat Intel's Core i7 Offering At Half the Price (hothardware.com) · · Score: 1

    You're saying a comparison to a CPU core nearly a year older is a fair comparison?

    It's not AMDs fault it's the latest and fastest Intel "High End Desktop Processor". The only thing higher end is the 6950X at 10 cores with an MSRP of $1700.

  3. He doesn't get to decide how I play the game I bought, ESPECIALLY if the exact same functionality is available on another platform the same game is on.

    They decided to make an FPS game for a sub-optimal controller configuration. Don't bitch when people try to fix the short comings.

  4. Re:Why don't people understand... on Ransomware Infects a Hotel's Key System (dailymail.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Ransomware by design has to connect to a control server to dump the generated encryption keys. Otherwise nobody would pay the ransom if they couldn't get their shit decrypted.

  5. Re:Why don't people understand... on Ransomware Infects a Hotel's Key System (dailymail.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    I'm interested, why is it critical to remotely get operating data? Did we not have power generation and transmission before the internet existed?

  6. Re:Why don't people understand... on Ransomware Infects a Hotel's Key System (dailymail.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Oh no, I typed an extra letter. Congratulations, you're "that guy".

  7. Why don't people understand... on Ransomware Infects a Hotel's Key System (dailymail.co.uk) · · Score: 5, Informative

    Critical infrastructure DOESN'T NEED ACCESS TO A PUBLIC INTERNET.

    Governments, utility providers, MILLITARIES! All of them have publicly accessible computers. WHY?

  8. Frederick's letter claims that another employee set up the Google account and made Williams an administrator, but not the controlling administrator. It says the school locked itself out of the admin account through too many failed password attempts.

    Sorry, but that account doesn't belong to the school, it belongs to Williams. If the school got themselves locked out of their own account that's their fault.

  9. Confusing ability with capability on Will The Death of the PC Bring 'An End To Openness'? (infoworld.com) · · Score: 1

    Just because someone lacks the current capability to compile and run code because all they own is a smartphone, doesn't mean they don't have the ability to get a full blown desktop if they want. The PC isn't dying. The sky is not falling. Don't cry wolf.

  10. Re:"lower their annual ... budget by just 0.1%" on What's Happening As The University of California Tries To Outsource IT Jobs To India (pressreader.com) · · Score: 0

    Until you realize that 0.1% on $5.83 billion is $58.3 million. That's not chump change.

  11. Re:You could be hopeful on Electoral College Elects Donald Trump As President (nbcnews.com) · · Score: 0

    God, you're an idiot.

  12. Yet anothe reason not to use the MS Store on Microsoft Will Soon Start Bundling Drivers With Windows Store Games (thurrott.com) · · Score: 1

    n/t

  13. Despite Scotland's "bitterly cold winter nights" -- with lows in the 30s

    As a Canadian, that's cute.

  14. Re:When do we switch to OpenBSD? on Ransomware Compromises San Francisco's Mass Transit System (cbslocal.com) · · Score: 1

    The issue is not the technology, it's humanity. No matter how many warnings you give people, no matter how many times you tell them "THIS IS REALLY BAD, DO NOT ALLOW THIS!" they will just click OK, and in most cases after not even reading the warning.

    The problem is software has been crying wolf with inconsequential security warnings: Yeah, I get it, the SSL cert I'm using is self signed. User Account Control, and the MacOS password prompt, pops up for every little OS change, I really do trust the RDP/SSH computer I'm connecting to. No, my computer doesn't have a virus you shitty clickbait ad.

    Users have become desensitized to security warnings, and ransomware is just the next evolution of this.

  15. So you're saying the votes of those in LA County should be worth less than other votes? Interesting.

  16. Re:No, Aumented Reality is the next big thing. on Virtual Reality is Pushing Gaming Into Another 'Golden Age': Xbox Co-founder (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Once you put your VR glasses on, you're disconnected from the world and immersed in a virtual application. That's all it has. It's a glorified 360Ã screen

    Yeah, all VR is is a way to fool your senses into making you feel like you're in another world. A world that can be literally anything. That's all. Who needs that?

    Have you tried a Vive with room scale? It seems to me like you haven't, and I would highly recommend you do, because room scale is the evolution of gaming.

  17. Wow, completely misses it. on Why Automation Won't Displace Human Workers (diginomica.com) · · Score: 2

    "There was never a job opening for a drone pilot until there was something to fly,"

    That's right, because actual pilots in manned aircraft did those jobs before drones.

  18. Re:Was anybody actually using the software? on US Navy Denies Pirating Software on 550K Computers, Says It Had Bought Licenses For 38 Machines (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    I have no idea of the terms of the license given to the Navy which may have granted to them the ability to copy the software to any computer they wanted, however, this is not theoretical.

    Absent any additional rights transfer, whether or not a copyrighted work is used or not doesn't matter, all that is required for a violation to occur is for a copy to be made.

  19. Re:Annoying wires on HTC Vive Goes Wireless (uploadvr.com) · · Score: 1

    Not going to happen anytime soon. Resolution (pixel density mostly) is the biggest improvement that needs to be made at this point, and to increase pixels while still keeping framerates high is going to require even more powerful machines than we have now.

    Sure, you can get a PSVR, and it'll be fun, but the graphical fidelity is just not there.

  20. Re:I think I'll pass for now on HTC Vive Goes Wireless (uploadvr.com) · · Score: 1

    This comes in two versions, one where the battery pack sits on the back of your head for 1.5hrs, and another where a battery pack is clipped to a belt or put in a pocket for 5hrs.

  21. Re:Wait a second on HTC Vive Goes Wireless (uploadvr.com) · · Score: 2

    They are, up until they're attached to you when you need to move.

  22. Sold out in 18 minutes... on HTC Vive Goes Wireless (uploadvr.com) · · Score: 1
  23. And nobody should download it. on Facebook Officially Announces Gameroom, Its PC Steam Competitor (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    Seriously. Don't download it. There's no benefit to you, only facebook.

  24. Rich people are self absorbed.... on Rich People Pay Less Attention To Other People, Says Study (businessinsider.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    ... News at 11.

  25. Who should we blame? on Who Should We Blame For Friday's DDOS Attack? (fortune.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The people that did it.