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  1. Re:noone trusts their cya legalese on Apple Refutes Report On iPhone Threat To China's National Security · · Score: 1

    also, for all anybody knows they are telling the truth, yet can't prove it. the gag orders have made speech entirely pointless.

  2. Re:Yea right on Scientists Have Developed a Material So Dark That You Can't See It · · Score: 1

    It most certainly must emit infrared, and copiously if it's being hit with enough visible light and refracting and reflecting almost none of it. Fancy short-wave radiation absorption characteristics can't get you out of Planck's Law or thermodynamics.

    I'm sure it emits IR, in a black-body room-temperature sort of way, but if one were to shine a IR light source on it, it may or may not reflect the i/r.

  3. Re:Any cell phone is a security risk. on Apple Refutes Report On iPhone Threat To China's National Security · · Score: 1

    Yeah but without OS and hardware access they can't turn on the cam and mic to listen in wherever

  4. Re:noone trusts their cya legalese on Apple Refutes Report On iPhone Threat To China's National Security · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I'm not sure if this is a moving goalposts or no real scotsman issue. How can apple issue a denial that would satisfy people like you? Surely anything would be picked apart.

  5. Re:Why Apple Doesn't Track on Apple Refutes Report On iPhone Threat To China's National Security · · Score: 1

    I've had a mac.com address for 10 years

  6. Re:Any cell phone is a security risk. on Apple Refutes Report On iPhone Threat To China's National Security · · Score: 4, Interesting

    maybe iPhone is a risk because apple makes it hard for China to tap it.

  7. Re:Devils advocate on Economist: File Sharing's Impact On Movies Is Modest At Most · · Score: 1

    here's the ultimate thing about creative content that nobody recognizes. Some of it is really good, some of it is ok, some of it sucks. When going to a new movie, we used to manage this uncertainty like how we go to a new restaurant. we read reviews, we get word of mouth. but sometimes you go to a new restaurant and it sucks, not in some egregious way where you demand your money back, but it was just kind of a dud. That's just part of the restaurant game, sometimes you get a dud, and you learn your lessons and move on.

    in movies, it used to be the same way. you could employ any number of savvy strategies, but sometimes you'll end up out of pocket for a dud. People here are saying that piracy helps them avoid the duds, so they still go to great movies. But this means that the duds don't make any money! why should we care? isn't it good to weed out the bad pics? No!

    one, every successful director / actor / writer started out with a dud or two. if they didn't get a chance to limp though those first duds then whey wouldn't have been able to go on to make Star Wars or Jurassic Park. Second, when people pirate to steer clear of duds, it makes hollywood completely risk averse, so they keep milking old properties like Transformers 82: Rise of the Puffy Bunch. While technically "the movie industry" isn't losing money in this case, the dollars are shifting from risky but interesting movies to safe but boring movies that might as well be made by a robot from the beginning.

  8. Re:What I want from movies is value for money on Economist: File Sharing's Impact On Movies Is Modest At Most · · Score: 2

    I go to see a RomCom in theaters because I'm on a date.

    I go to RomComs to meet women, but most women there are on dates -_-

  9. Re:Same old song and dance .... on Economist: File Sharing's Impact On Movies Is Modest At Most · · Score: 2

    also you won't get shot dead if you text during the preview.

  10. Re:"Lower quality"? on Economist: File Sharing's Impact On Movies Is Modest At Most · · Score: 1

    hey grandma, we live in the age of crowd-produced oscu-mentaries, so get back in the home.

  11. Re:I'll confess on Economist: File Sharing's Impact On Movies Is Modest At Most · · Score: 1

    What about January?

  12. Re:Yea right on Scientists Have Developed a Material So Dark That You Can't See It · · Score: 2

    it'll do a good job on IF/UV too I'm sure given it's based on trapping photons bouncing around within tunnels so they can't escape,

    the effects are probably because the size of the nanotubes are on the order of the wavelength of visible light... I would not be surprised if it wasn't particularly impressive for IR/UV. SOURCE: MY BRAIN

  13. Re:I was able to sneak into their laboratories on Scientists Have Developed a Material So Dark That You Can't See It · · Score: 1
  14. Re:"unwarranted invasion of personal privacy" on NSA Says Snowden Emails Exempt From Public Disclosure · · Score: 1

    in the US, people's rights are generally specific to government interferenceor actions. frinstance govt can't curtail freedom of speech, but private entities are free to do so on their properties, radio waves, etc.

  15. Re:Misuse of FOIA on NSA Says Snowden Emails Exempt From Public Disclosure · · Score: 1

    A FOIA request can be made for any agency record...

    An FOIA request is made which would either prove, or disprove something in question.

    I always pronounced it FOIA, like rhymes with Goya. So it would be a FOIA. But is it pronounced F-O-I-A?

  16. Re:Snowden / Binney 2016 on NSA Says Snowden Emails Exempt From Public Disclosure · · Score: 1

    who is binney

  17. Re:"unwarranted invasion of personal privacy" on NSA Says Snowden Emails Exempt From Public Disclosure · · Score: 1

    09 Jul 2014 - Islamist plot to blow up Eiffel Tower, Louvre and nuclear power plant foiled, say French police

    Mass murder is one of the worst deprivations of rights.

    except that most "rights" only apply to government actions, not private party actions.

  18. Re:title on Chinese Couple Sells Children To Support Online Game Addiction · · Score: 0

    I'm not addicted to Onlione, but am a huge fan of online soup

  19. Re:We live in the future on New Technology Uses Cellular Towers For Super-Accurate Weather Measurements · · Score: 2, Insightful

    +1 hoverboards don't work on water.

  20. Re:Sure don't! on Slashdot Asks: Do You Want a Smart Watch? · · Score: 1, Funny

    no because iPhones don't break, mofo.

  21. Re:Sure don't! on Slashdot Asks: Do You Want a Smart Watch? · · Score: 5, Insightful

    thoreau himself asked if the farmer owns the ox, or if the ox owns the farmer.this is not a new issue.

  22. Re:Sure don't! on Slashdot Asks: Do You Want a Smart Watch? · · Score: 1

    if you were servicing your smartphone a lot then you had a crappy smart phone. i suggest an apple phone.

  23. Re:Betteridge answers on Slashdot Asks: Do You Want a Smart Watch? · · Score: 1

    all these android wear devices are not impressive. i'm holding out for an watch.

  24. Re:Why - why $1 billion a year? on FCC Approves Subsidy Plan to Upgrade School and Library Networks · · Score: 3, Insightful

    wifi setup requires hardly any maintenance. 1-2 headcount per school district at most. chances are they already have admins on staff. a little training is all that might be needed.

    OK, that's cool. so $10k for wifi equipment and $150k for two unionized benefits jobs to maintain it, annually. that equipment is a rip off!

  25. Re:Why - why $1 billion a year? on FCC Approves Subsidy Plan to Upgrade School and Library Networks · · Score: 2

    The most expensive part is employing tech staff to connect and troubleshoot everything.