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  1. Re:Pretty soon on Is Social Media Losing Ground To Email Newsletters? (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    More likely some upstart will create somthing that behaves like usenet, and claim that it is nothing like usenet at all, it is "new and revolutionary way to connect and interact". And the screen (on any device) will be at least 50% whitespace.

  2. Re:Misleading Title on 11-Year-Old Changes Election Results On Florida's Website: Defcon 2018 (pbs.org) · · Score: 3, Informative

    Apparently they used simple techniques such as SQL-injection, and swapping accessible SD-cards on the poll-book-machines.
    Also, on the SD-cards pulled from the machines, they found usernames and passwords in plaintext.

  3. Seems like the trend to create a digital "anything" goes forth unhindered.
    Can't wait for the first "digital lumber" to come around.
    Yes, is costs 5 times as much, but just think of the amount of surveillance it gets you!
    Err, - I mean - now your house can tell you if it need a new coat of paint, or if there is a termite attack.
    Directly to your toaster who burns the information into your breakfast.

  4. Re:Not really a 'chip card hack' . . . on Secret Service Warns of Chip Card Scheme (krebsonsecurity.com) · · Score: 1

    Here in Norway, where chip and pin is the normal, when I receive a new card it is activated the first time I use it. At the same time, the old card is deactivated.

  5. on a "regular" keyboard, I have to lift my fingers pretty high after pressing each key to clear the surrounding ones.

    Then you are probably typing too "hard". On most mechanical keyboards, you don't have to push the button all the way to the bottom to register a press. Some variants have keys with a little "bump" much further up to let you know when you have pushed far enough. And with some training, you will learn where this "bump" is, and use smaller key-presses.

  6. Re: The real monster on Ask Slashdot: Has Technology Created A Monster? (codinghorror.com) · · Score: 1

    I must admit, having a "Department of Offence" would be interesting. Most because of the multiple meaning of the word "Offence".

  7. Re:3D-printed baby? on When an AI Tries Writing Slashdot Headlines (tumblr.com) · · Score: 2

    >> "Computer Computer Computer Computer Software" sounds like a Balmer speech.

    That could make sense in the same way Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo [...] does; A Computer Computer (aka. VM) Computer (a.i. calculates/codes) Computer Software.

  8. Re:English Please! on Why Your Call Center is Only Getting Noisier (mckinsey.com) · · Score: 1

    Sure it has meaning: The real world did not match with what was decided in a high-level meeting, and even after using money on computer-stuff, staff can't be reduced.

  9. Re:Crutches prevent learning to walk on Students Are Better Off Without a Laptop In the Classroom (scientificamerican.com) · · Score: 1

    And when you write it up neatly later, you mentally must go through the material once again. Double learning!

  10. My password is "incorrect".

  11. Re:Great firefighters on Dutchman Dies in Tesla Crash; Firefighters Feared Electrocution (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Your house can be disconnected from the mains at a safe distance. Disconnecting the batteries in an electric car on fire - not so easy.

  12. Re:Please put all your google maps complaints here on The Geek Behind Google's Takeover of the Map (fastcompany.com) · · Score: 1

    Blindy following directions are never a good idea. You should have some overview over the land you are travelling through.
    http://arstechnica.com/cars/20...

  13. Re:$1 million ... on It's Time To Kill the $100 Bill, Says Larry Summers · · Score: 1

    So that means a $50 bill is worth its weight in gold?

  14. Well, Most ISP specify the speed as "up to", which means that slow speeds are not a breach of contract.

  15. Re:Adapt or die on NY Times Passes 1M Digital Subscribers · · Score: 1

    I am still searching for the news-media that tell me what I should know, and not what market-analasys and google-analytics-click-counting thinks I want.

  16. Re:Doesn't help criminals on Britain Shuts Off 750,000 Streetlights With No Impact On Crime Or Crashes · · Score: 1

    :) Oldschool?
    Then what are :-), pre-historic?

  17. Re:So will stacking us vertically on Simple Geometry = More Seats In an Airline · · Score: 1

    Since I live i Europe, i try to travel by train if, as you say, the journey is less than 8-10 hours. And trains take you from city-centre to city-centre, it's brilliant.

  18. Re:Someone need to make this for cellphones. on How One Small Company Blocked 15.1 Million Robocalls Last Year · · Score: 1

    I just store all the telemarketing numbers i a single contact on my phone. And name it "Telemarketers".
    Then when I see some telemarketeers calling me, I answer, and put the phone on mute.
    I believe someone went on for over a minute with their script before hanging up.

  19. Re:I guess we're just left with stack overflow on Dr. Dobb's 38-Year Run Comes To an End · · Score: 1

    That is a good analogy; Trying to teach someone to fish, and they just stare at you wondering why they should not be going to a supermarket.

  20. Re:The back slapping on this mission... on Orion Capsule Safely Recovered, Complete With 12-Year-Old Computer Guts · · Score: 1

    And to add to what the_other_chewey has written;

    The Orion mission (EFT-1) was to test the capsules heat-shield at near-lunar speeds during reentry.
    The Apollo-program equivalent would be Apollo 4, where a Saturn V was used to get a high enough orbit for a lunar reentry speeds.
    Apollo 4 was launched on November 9, 1967.
    Actually, Since the orbit did not extend as far out as the moon, the spacecraft used the SPS engine to increase its speed when headed towards the Earth.

    But you can instead compare it to the first test flight of the Apollo capsule, witch would be AS-201 flight, in which one of the objectives were to verify the heat shield on the Command Module.
    This mission was launched on a Saturn IB on February 26, 1966, and was only a sub-orbital test.

    The first orbital test of the Apollo Command Module was Apollo 7, which, btw. was manned.

  21. Re:The back slapping on this mission... on Orion Capsule Safely Recovered, Complete With 12-Year-Old Computer Guts · · Score: 1

    And to add to what the_other_chewey has written;

    The Orion mission (EFT-1) was to test the capsules heat-shield at near-lunar speeds during reentry.
    The Apollo-program equivalent would be Apollo 4, where a Saturn V was used to get a high enough orbit for a lunar reentry speeds.
    Apollo 4 was launched on November 9, 1967.
    Actually, Since the orbit did not extend as far out as the moon, the spacecraft used the SPS engine to increase its speed when headed towards the Earth.

    But you can instead compare it to the first orbital test flight of the Apollo capsule, witch would be AS-201 flight, in which one of the objectives were to verify the heat shield on the Command Module.
    This mission was launched on a Saturn IB on February 26, 1966

  22. Re:George W Bush. on We Are All Confident Idiots · · Score: 1

    In example 2: Shure you aren't thinking about Neptune and not Jupiter?

  23. Re:Selective vision on Average HS Student Given Little Chance of AP CS Success · · Score: 1

    Factory workers != students

  24. Re:10 megabytes? on The Hackers Who Recovered NASA's Lost Lunar Photos · · Score: 1

    Ooops, Not PB(PiB), I meant TB (TiB)

  25. Re:10 megabytes? on The Hackers Who Recovered NASA's Lost Lunar Photos · · Score: 2

    According to this page: http://www.moonviews.com/2013/... the images are ~600MB in a tiff format. So for 2000 images, that adds up tp 1,2 PB (Or 1,144 PiB)