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  1. Re:Value of something IS what the market will bear on Samsung Halts Galaxy Note 7 Production Temporarily (wsj.com) · · Score: 1

    Products ARE worth what people are willing to pay for them. That is a cold stone fact..

    The price is determined by what the buyer is prepared to pay, and what the seller is willing to accept. It is rare, but an ethical seller can decide a price is too *high* and refuse to sell except at a lower price.

  2. What about USB PID/VID numbers? on Ask Slashdot: Should An Open Source Hardware Project Support Clones? · · Score: 1

    I've got a software+hardware project I'd like to (when it works) release as BSD/GPL/open-source. I'd be flattered if it was popular enough get knock-offs and derivatives. But I don't want to have to deal with my software not quite working right for these third party hardwares. So can I restrict use of my software+firmware+hardware to, "yes, here's all the code and design, open source, but if you change anything don't use my VID+PID, get your own"? Is this still open source, and can I still use the GPL? (BTW, I got my VID+PID from http://www.mcselec.com/ for 15euro, and there's open hardware projects, OpenMoko, I think, that also provide them.)

  3. Re: I'm Confused on Mozilla's Proposed Conclusion: Game Over For WoSign and Startcom? (google.com) · · Score: 1

    You aren't the only one.

  4. Recommended book. on Ask Slashdot: How Do You Build Your Own Vacuum Tubes? · · Score: 1

    I want to give making my own valves a go, but first I've got to overhaul my vacuum pump, because it doesn't suck. (Well, I need at least 35torr, and it has trouble getting to 120torr.)
    I've got this book and like it: Instruments of Amplification.
    It's not so much a howto guide as a recounting of "I did this, and this is how it worked". Useful tips on how to cut open bulbs and harvest filaments, how to drill glass, basics of vacuum working and lots else.

  5. Re: Who gives a shit? on TP-LINK Loses Control of Two Device Configuration Domains (helpnetsecurity.com) · · Score: 1

    TP-Link stuff is generally pretty OK, but with OpenWRT (for the models and versions which are capable) is very nice.

  6. Re:A Few Years Ago.... on 20 Years of GIMP (gimp.org) · · Score: 1

    At a guess, another layer of spaghetti code got added.

  7. Re:4Dos on Ask Slashdot: What Terminal Emulator Do You Use? · · Score: 1

    Well, yeah. And TCMD. I still miss file descriptions, even though NTFS and HPFS support the concept, there's just not the tools to use them.

  8. SDR transmitting on Getting Started With GNU Radio (hackaday.com) · · Score: 2

    For transmitting there's the HackRF which is a few mW output and is the one I've played with. Also another supplier that has cheaper, transmit only versions; the HackRF Blue
    For quite a bit more, there's MIMO capable devices such as the Ettus USRP that lets you run your own GSM basestation among other things.
    And for a more stand alone device, there's always the PortableSDR
    I've got a HackRF and am having fun with it trying to make a network analyzer. The others, I've just heard about.

  9. Finally, a reason for tequila!

  10. Re:Ugh on The Mutant Genes Behind the Black Death · · Score: 2

    Decimate must always mean a tenth, just like December is always the tenth month.

  11. Re:Technical stuff. Read if you want real info. on Ditch Linux For Windows 10 On Your Raspberry Pi With Microsoft's IoT Kit · · Score: 1

    5) WinIoT doesn't spy.

    Yet.

  12. Re:Theory on Alabama Will Require Students To Learn About Evolution, Climate Change · · Score: 1

    I've always understood a scientific "law" to be a description of what nature does, and a "theory" to be an explanation for why that is so.

  13. Re:Good example on WSJ: We Need the Right To Repair Our Gadgets · · Score: 1

    I go backpacking with my phone, and it has changeable batteries. I take a universal charger and a flat pack wall wart. Some campsites have "charge your device" facilities. I feel better about leaving a battery and eBay special charger unattended, and it means I've still got my device, with Kindle, to read in the tent.

  14. Re:Old joke cloned from hibernation on New Russian Laboratory To Study Mammoth Cloning · · Score: 1
  15. Re:Eh? on BlackBerry Denies QNX Was To Blame In Jeep Cherokee Hack · · Score: 1

    But it will get blamed for it. The Windows NT kernel has a very sophisticated security model, and look how well the rest of Windows builds on that.

  16. Re:Already propagating on Coca-Cola To Fund Research That Shifts Blame For Obesity Away From Bad Diets · · Score: 1

    Try jerky.

  17. Re:Hardly devastating, but a waste of several hour on Lessons From Your Toughest Software Bugs · · Score: 1

    Ah, me too.

  18. Re:Who are the fascists?? on Patriot Act Spy Powers To Expire As Rand Paul Blocks USA Freedom Act Vote · · Score: 1

    That would leave the most power in the hands of the corporations.

    ftfy

  19. Re:BASICALLY on Video Games: Gateway To a Programming Career? · · Score: 1

    ... then end up doing JAVA/SQL, but that's not the point!

    Were the cookies any good?

  20. Re:anyone interested for some trendy punch cards? on Choosing the Right IDE · · Score: 1

    No, they're retro, going on paleo.

  21. Re:Is it on the main download page? on Trojanized, Info-Stealing PuTTY Version Lurking Online · · Score: 5, Funny

    I agree, except you've over-rated HyperTerminal.

  22. Re:Follow the Good Eats mantra on Here Comes the Keurig of Everything · · Score: 1

    This could take a while...

  23. Re:Meh on Why Was Linux the Kernel That Succeeded? · · Score: 1

    Damnit - that's contagious.

  24. Re:The question is on No, NASA Did Not Accidentally Invent Warp Drive · · Score: 3, Informative

    No-one - that is to say, no-one with an ounce of scientific credibility - is claiming it's a warp drive. There's no reason to even start to consider the idea that it might be a warp drive.

    Oopsie.

  25. Re:With REALLY Huge Fans... on New Study Suggests Flying Is Greener Than Driving · · Score: 1

    Or you could just put a nuclear reactor on the plane. Or cut out the electric bit in the middle and go straight for a nuclear jet engine.