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  1. Re:Make that 15,999,999,000 users on YouTube Claims 1.5 Billion Monthly Users (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Another superior alternative is a goddam ad blocker.

  2. Re:I will never join Youtube, and on YouTube Claims 1.5 Billion Monthly Users (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Because OP is lying.

  3. Re:"users" on YouTube Claims 1.5 Billion Monthly Users (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Your credibility sucks.

    We have a long history whereby you mention shit like

    midget porn

    but you never share a link.

    You only think of yourself.

  4. ... when we say, "Don't go to the police," we mean it.

    Soon after, another email from the Dark Overlord arrived at Larson. “They said they felt they owed us an explanation as to why they had done it,” said Jill Larson. In the email, the hackers argued that Larson Studios had broken the terms of the agreement by talking to the FBI. “So they decided to punish us.”

  5. I'd rather tip a unicorn.

  6. ... certainly be doing the same for IoT.

  7. ... the Russians let me know if my Cisco router is a piece of shit.

  8. Let Mikey prove it. He'll prove anything.

    I'm not going there.

  9. Because the NSA is restricted by jurisdiction, competency, ethics, and the ability to protect its cyber weapons and stuff.

    Oh, wait ...

  10. Honeypot ... on NSA Opens GitHub Account, Lists 32 Projects Developed By the Agency (thehackernews.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    ... just sayin'.

  11. What good is your second amendment right?

    You never exercise the goddam right.

    The reason you don't is because you only have a right to own guns.

    You don't have the right to actually use the motherfuckers.

  12. So much this.

    You know those signs in the parking lot of Walmart that say, "Not responsible for damages from shopping carts?"

    That responsibility is determined by due process.

    Same as with signs that say, "Not responsible for lost or stolen items."

    Maybe ... maybe not. The judicial system may have a ruling that disagrees.

    The EULA should be demoted to status of "preference," rather than "contract."

  13. Tattoos for fruit ... on Top UK Supermarket Laser Prints Labels On Avocados To Reduce Waste (telegraph.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    ... makes sense.

  14. Guns in civilian hands save more lives in defense than they take in anger/greed.

    Back that up.

    Caution: This is my wheelhouse.

  15. So, in totality, you are contradicting yourself.

  16. Bullshit.

    The prime example of your fallacy would be the United States of America.

    The Confederacy had rights and resources and yet the insurgent traitors lost. How does that fit your narrative?

    Also, look at the Civil Rights riots, the Ferguson riots, the Baltimore riots.

    The fucking rioters used Stone Age techniques, throwing bottles, bricks, and stones and making fire.

    The reason I call bullshit:

    "Americans have the right to bear arms, but they don't have the right to use them." ~ © 2017 bigdealguy

  17. Excellent point.

    In fact, I'll see your Facebook vs MySpace and raise you Google vs Yahoo!.

  18. I agree with you and I'm betting we have a plot spoiler:

    This sounds a lot like Microsoft trying to get into the smart phone business.

    Late to the party and didn't bring the ice.

  19. Re:ISIS = US creation on Pentagon Cyberweapons 'Disappointing' Against ISIS (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    I have been given consent from time to time and I treated that gesture with respect.

    Can't say that for some people.

  20. And bullshit is not the same as wild honey.

  21. Well, we've both been at this a long time and I agree with you to a large degree.

    The "intelligence" part of AI was initially equated with human intelligence.

    Of course, an intelligent algorithm would commit suicide when it determined that Facebook was down.

    So, while the buzzword remains, the definition of AI has changed to omit the unrealistic goal of being actually intelligent.

    However, where we may disagree on a point:

    I submit that a computer that can "mentally" make hundreds of thousands of moves in chess and pick the best move based on the outcomes of those several scenarios can also evaluate the consequences of going down a dark path via phishing or malvertisement, etc.

    "Those who don't learn from history are bound to repeat it, and those of us who do are bound to predict it." ~ © 2017 CaptainDork

    A lot of people died before fire codes became mandatory.

  22. Re:Password and full image backups on Ask Slashdot: How Do You Prepare For The Theft Of Your PC? · · Score: 1

    "Power On Password"

    I required it for every portable in the Firm.

    We had a break in and a laptop was among the items taken.

    The police brought the portable to me and I opened it up. They let me have it back.

  23. Re:backups on Ask Slashdot: How Do You Prepare For The Theft Of Your PC? · · Score: 1

    Read the reviews.

    Lost my Hard Drive. Everything backed up to BB. BB Takes a week to put on a drive to FEDEX. After 4 days I get a notice that they had a network error and my order was cancelled. So i was directed to place he same order again. I'm on week 2. Still no drive from Fedex. BB Support cannot tell me how much longer this will be. However they appreciate my patience, which is nice. You can store all the info in the world. But if it's taking 2 weeks to get 1.5 TB to a customer you are missing the point. Expectations are two days not two weeks. You have to do better.

    Backblaze: Sorry to hear you had an issue with the restores Bill. We are working hard to speed them up so that you can get your data back quickly! Rest assured that as soon as the 1.5TB is copied on to a hard drive - it'll get shipped overnight to you.

  24. Please cite the various laws in computer science that nullify the very solution your second sentence offers.

  25. So it's not hard to imagine that someone wanted it turned on by default.

    I agree, and state it a little differently:

    It's easy to imagine that no one felt compelled to even fuck with it.

    Obvious to both of us is that Microsoft now feels compelled.

    I think the reason for that is that "We" are dancing on the rim of litigation.