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  1. I applaud your ability to parse a complex sentence; I'm sure you are a great lawyer. But the clear answer is, like this "firm worm", flashback could not be blocked by AV. It was blocked by iOS tho. NOT android.

  2. Re:Answering calls? on Apple Testing Service That Allows Siri to Answer Calls and Transcribe Voicemail · · Score: 1

    the service will probably be focused on consumer rather than bidness use. but it could give different messages to different callers based on address book, as you say interrupt the phone owner for different needs, etc. I like siri. in fact, one of the things I miss most on my apple watch is siri's voice.

  3. Re:$409 for a month on Amazon for powder on Soylent 2.0 Comes Bottled and Ready To Drink · · Score: 1

    from what I've seen, the shakes are intended to be supplements and not a whole meal replacement. so you wouldn't eat 2000cal worth of shakes each day. also, no such thing as a kcal, what ever that is. 1 cal = the amount of energy it takes to heat a liter of water by 1 degree Celsius.

  4. Re:Obligatory on Researchers Create Mac "Firmworm" That Spreads Via Thunderbolt Ethernet Adapters · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    macs are not vulnerable to the types of malware that antivirus software could protect against

    So if antivirus software protects against viruses, and you're claiming that Macs are not vulnerable to that type of malware, then aren't you claiming that Macs are immune to viruses?

    worms such as the "firm worm" on this post cannot be prevented by antivirus software. so there is a class of malware that is not blocked by antivirus and even though macs are immune to malware that would otherwise be blocked by antivirus they can still be succeptible to this particular class and yet keep the general moniker immune to viruses that antivirus software would block.

    Here's a question: if Macs are not vulnerable to viruses, then why are there antivirus programs for Macs?

    AV exists for mac becuz windows switchers are stuck on this idea of "needing antivirus" and so shysters have stepped in to provide the product. not to mention all macs come with antivirus supplied by apple.

  5. Re:$409 for a month on Amazon for powder on Soylent 2.0 Comes Bottled and Ready To Drink · · Score: 1

    wat? explain again, is $4.86 per shake, or $4.86 per day of living only on shakes, or $4.86 on thrice day, is that three times a day or every three days? wat?

  6. Re:flavor on Soylent 2.0 Comes Bottled and Ready To Drink · · Score: 1

    -1 disagree. every single person on earth will tell you that flavor is important and that things that taste gross are bad. name one who doesn't.

  7. Re:headline is misleading on Clinton Plan To Power Every US Home With Renewables By 2027 Is Achievable · · Score: 1

    people's plans started to change in 2013/2014 as insurance companies started to adjust their offerings to take into consideration obamacare. For some consumers the price of their existing plan went up, for other consumers the health insurance company dropped the plan completely. In other cases while the ins co still offered the plan, the employer took this as an opportunity to save money by downgrading the quality of plans that are available to employees, or as my HR person called it, making plans "less rich".

  8. Re:headline is misleading on Clinton Plan To Power Every US Home With Renewables By 2027 Is Achievable · · Score: 2, Interesting

    The headline is sufficient for those who do not understand how the power grid works, and anyone who knows how the power grid works would not be misled by the headline.

    Even though my bill says "100% wind" on it, and somewhere out there are windmill(s) generating as much electricity as my home consumes, the actual power consumed in my house might just as easily come from the coal plants up the highway. It's all on the same grid.

    If you understand that, then it's obvious that "Power Every US Home With Renewables" means "Generate As Much Renewable Energy As All Homes Consume". What appears on the bills of those homeowners is irrelevant.

    I disagree. If utilities had to provide 100% renewable power to every home, then it would need to have significant overcapacity, because it would need enough renewables for the PM peak and have idle renewables during other times. So to power homes with 100% renewables you would need to have many times more renewable capacity than homes consume.

  9. headline is misleading on Clinton Plan To Power Every US Home With Renewables By 2027 Is Achievable · · Score: 3, Insightful

    headline says:

    Clinton Plan To Power Every US Home With Renewables By 2027 Is Achievable

    but the summary says

    Her plan, is to increase solar, wind and other renewables so that they'd provide 33% of America's electricity by 2027, enough to power every home.

    what this means is that the amount of renewable generation would equal residential use, not that each house would be 100% renewable.

    In CA Southern California Edison is currently 22% renewable, and they have plans to go to 27%. This doesn't include home generation like rooftop solar panels, which should count for the 33% goal.

  10. Because the worst pieces of software are antivirus programs, but macs are not vulnerable to the types of malware that antivirus software could protect against. Nobody said that macs are immune to viruses, just as they are not immune to water damage, theft or if you throw them off your roof (although there's a cool video on YouTube where a MacBook Air fell out of a two-seater airplane, but was still functional when it was found on the ground).

  11. Mac OS's don't get viruses. The firmware is something different, and besides its a worm not a virus.

  12. Re: Tiny black holes on Tiny Black Holes Could Trigger Collapse of Universe—Except That They Don't · · Score: 1

    I've never seen that meme here before. link(s)?

  13. Re:Unions on Sociologist: Job Insecurity Is the New Normal · · Score: 1

    If the 401k plan wasn't tied to the specific company I might be able to see your argument, but given that it's tied to the employer and all of the things that employer could do (ie, ride the company off the rails) I don't see how it could be considered better./quote.401ks arent tied to the employer. you can take them and run at any time.

  14. Re:Unions on Sociologist: Job Insecurity Is the New Normal · · Score: 1

    as long as you can bill for the re-work then you're good. may I also suggest raising his billing rate. source: I am a bidness man

  15. Re:Unions on Sociologist: Job Insecurity Is the New Normal · · Score: 2

    The problem is half the people in the workforce are below average.

    half the people are below the *median*. if the distribution of people's abilities is symmetric then it will be true for the average as well, but there's no reason to think that.

  16. Re:And it all comes down to greed on Sociologist: Job Insecurity Is the New Normal · · Score: 4, Insightful

    When you bought that foreign car, you voted with your money that auto workers in that country are better than domestic ones.

    a lot of fords and chevys are made in mexico, and a lot of foreign brands are made in US. careful when you fling your jingoistic mud.

  17. Legomania on Death Toll at 4 In NYC Legionnaire's Outbreak · · Score: 1

    I thought it said legomaniac's disease. It's hard to browse on my phone.

  18. Re:Local CO2 on Google Straps Aclima Sensors To Street View Cars To Map Air Pollution · · Score: 1

    Surprise surprise, yes you do. You have 2^9 and I have 2^5. Sock puppets?

  19. Re:Local CO2 on Google Straps Aclima Sensors To Street View Cars To Map Air Pollution · · Score: 1

    oh yeah totally. then why do i have so many modded up +5 comments? it's because i contribute my expertise to the community. be careful when throwing around words like troll, drinky-poo. you know what they say, i'm rubber, you're glue...

  20. Re:Local CO2 on Google Straps Aclima Sensors To Street View Cars To Map Air Pollution · · Score: 1

    I think instead of relying on "data" which are just numbers, you should ask somebody who is an expert in the field, like me.

  21. Re:Local CO2 on Google Straps Aclima Sensors To Street View Cars To Map Air Pollution · · Score: 1

    I'm pretty sure I'm right. I don't need "data" to back me up. Hint, data just the plural of datum, which is just a a single number.

  22. Re:Local CO2 on Google Straps Aclima Sensors To Street View Cars To Map Air Pollution · · Score: 1

    What's especially weird, if they're looking for dirty air, why are they starting in Denver then going to sf? The two most relevant cities are LA and Houston.

  23. Re:Local CO2 on Google Straps Aclima Sensors To Street View Cars To Map Air Pollution · · Score: 1

    fine. i bet the co2 level outside at street level is never more than 10% higher than up in the sky. the things you describe are acute effects. in that vein, you could put carbon monoxide sensors in cars in case anybody tries to off themselves using tailpipe gas. when people talk about outdoor air pollution they are talking about chronic effects like i just described.

  24. Re:Local CO2 on Google Straps Aclima Sensors To Street View Cars To Map Air Pollution · · Score: 3, Interesting

    further, co2 isnt' an an air pollutant. it doesn't cause ozone, smog, bronchitis, heart disease or cancer. we all inhale it and exhale it every day. it's the new hotness but completely irrelevant when talking about air quality.

    I would put air quality monitors at schools nationwide. that would be very relevant. also an effective way to drive policy, think of the children.

  25. Re:Analogies? on Japanese Scientists Fire the Most Powerful Laser On the Planet · · Score: 1

    it's like being electrocuted while fixing your lamp for one second.