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  1. Re:If it ain't broke, fix it on AT&T Wants To Overhaul HBO, Says It Isn't Profitable Enough (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    good history - if I had any moderator points left i'd plus 1 each of you those that don't read history are doomed to repeat it...

  2. Re:I have an idea on Is iOS 11.4 Draining Your iPhone's Battery? You're Not Alone (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    it's your provider who sent the updates (t-mobile or att or somebody) android has been updated more frequently than that

  3. Re:12.0 beta on 5s - works just fine on Is iOS 11.4 Draining Your iPhone's Battery? You're Not Alone (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    and someone else said 95% (or more) don't need to be updating in the background when i'm not using them

  4. 12.0 beta on 5s - works just fine on Is iOS 11.4 Draining Your iPhone's Battery? You're Not Alone (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    and the battery lasts all day. clearly you're doing something wrong. takes tweaking and you can't overload it with every app under the sun all notifying...

  5. Re:Really? Is this something new? on Is iOS 11.4 Draining Your iPhone's Battery? You're Not Alone (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    "backup app refresh" set to true for most apps which would cause that issue - multiple phones means it's one or more apps that your wife is running

  6. Re:If it ain't broke, fix it on AT&T Wants To Overhaul HBO, Says It Isn't Profitable Enough (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 2

    recall what a disaster the AOL Time Warner merger was. I wonder if ATT Time Warner will be the same in a year or two. I simply can't imagine that many people watch tv and movies.

  7. Re:If it ain't broke, fix it on AT&T Wants To Overhaul HBO, Says It Isn't Profitable Enough (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    well no - that pays for the acquisition cost - what's needed now is new revenue...

  8. a years from now... on AT&T Wants To Overhaul HBO, Says It Isn't Profitable Enough (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    it'll be interesting to see if more video is consumed on smartphones or not...who watches this stuff anyhow?

  9. Re:More newsworthy on Hackers Steal Personal Information of 21 Million Timehop Users (fortune.com) · · Score: 2

    you go through ole photos and reminisce with others...how do you do that with old posts? "look kids, I really posted a doozy then!"

  10. Re:More newsworthy on Hackers Steal Personal Information of 21 Million Timehop Users (fortune.com) · · Score: 1

    wow, a site that reminds of my pointless posts...just wow, these people ought to get a life

  11. Re:So what does "Palestinian Law Enforcement" do?? on Cyber-Espionage Group That Targeted Palestinian Law Enforcement Last Year Returns With New Attacks (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 1

    they enforce tax payments to the PLA...?

  12. everyone is in on the cyber game - even fringe groups like this.

  13. consumers love what they think is free stuff - gmail, facebook, etc. they ignore the fact that google and facebook have to make money somehow and that's by selling the data they collect. doh.

  14. Re:Kim Dotcom on Sydney Airport Launches Face Scan Check-In Trials (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    except it's on outgoing passengers...

  15. smiley face

  16. you pig - blocking me from your personal backups - how dare you?

  17. DoD blocks certain sites from getting to NIPRNet,,,no one calls that "censoring"

  18. Re:question...and answer on Copying Photos Found on Internet is Fair Use, Virginia Federal Court Rules (petapixel.com) · · Score: 1

    the same people are tax cheats too...

  19. Re:question...and answer on Copying Photos Found on Internet is Fair Use, Virginia Federal Court Rules (petapixel.com) · · Score: 2

    then a lot of teachers broke the copyright law and should pay fines...clearly that's not happening, so what is happening?

  20. can a teacher (of any level) show a copyrighted movie free to the whole class? answer: yes, under fair use.

  21. Re:Ignorance of the law? on Copying Photos Found on Internet is Fair Use, Virginia Federal Court Rules (petapixel.com) · · Score: 0

    the judge ruled fair use - the photographer still owned it but fair use (like in education) gives me the right to put on my website as long as I don't commercialize it.

  22. Re:Good. Burn them all on Federal Facebook Probe Now Includes FBI, SEC: Report (apnews.com) · · Score: 1

    the fines should be bigger than that...but maybe the lobbying will reduce them...

  23. Re:Good. Burn them all on Federal Facebook Probe Now Includes FBI, SEC: Report (apnews.com) · · Score: 1

    he still owns a lot of facebook stock

  24. Re:Correlations don't always imply causes on Coffee Drinkers Are More Likely To Live Longer. Decaf May Do The Trick, Too (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    meanwhile I'll drink coffee anyhow

  25. the person who took them...obviously (self referential humor)