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  1. Re:End so it begins - normalization of censorship on Facebook Now Deletes Posts That Financially Endanger, Trick People (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    yep, it's their platform - they can do whatever they want that's legal...and they do...if you want to change the laws elect people to do that...

  2. Re:who goes to jail on Hack Causes Pacemakers To Deliver Life-Threatening Shocks (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    except the eula typically contains language that spares the vendor in some way

  3. Re:who goes to jail on Hack Causes Pacemakers To Deliver Life-Threatening Shocks (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    white hats don't - but grey hats do...read more closely my friend...

  4. Re:Jesus it shouldnt need firmware updates on Hack Causes Pacemakers To Deliver Life-Threatening Shocks (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    i'm sure Microsoft didn't control your pc...who was the maker of it?

  5. Re:voteing where 51% of the cpu power controls the on Colorado Candidate For Governor Wants To Put His State On the Blockchain (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    that's the security in it - the shared aspect helps ensure no single person or group can subvert it...that's the theory anyhow

  6. Re:voteing where 51% of the cpu power controls the on Colorado Candidate For Governor Wants To Put His State On the Blockchain (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    don't confuse how bitcoin works with how voting might work...

  7. which says something about those that opened an account or two...

  8. Re:Jesus it shouldnt need firmware updates on Hack Causes Pacemakers To Deliver Life-Threatening Shocks (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    actually I was wrong - the programmer updates (not the pacemaker itself which updated via rf) that had the bug in it

  9. Re:Jesus it shouldnt need firmware updates on Hack Causes Pacemakers To Deliver Life-Threatening Shocks (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    ...I don't know about you but if I had a pacemaker i'd want it updated...by the way it's rf not the internet...

  10. Re:who goes to jail on Hack Causes Pacemakers To Deliver Life-Threatening Shocks (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    or the designer who left that feature (as in authentication) out?

  11. Re: MOST DENSE on Intel Announces the 'World's Densest' SSD (zdnet.com) · · Score: 0

    ;p ...

  12. Re:so wrong on many levels on US Scientist Who Edited Human Embryos With CRISPR Responds To Critics (technologyreview.com) · · Score: 0

    +1 if I had it...

  13. Re: MOST DENSE on Intel Announces the 'World's Densest' SSD (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    i'm sure there's a good comeback to this - but i'm too dense to think of it...

  14. Re:Simple reason on Warning Over 'Panic' Hacks on Cities (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    ;) ...or it was "allowable espionage" or "...it was no one's fault..."

  15. Re:Simple reason on Warning Over 'Panic' Hacks on Cities (bbc.com) · · Score: 2

    ...a "sophisticated" hack...

  16. Re:It means the same thing it always did on Cybersecurity's Insidious New Threat: Workforce Stress (technologyreview.com) · · Score: 1

    "hack" has many meanings - I choose elegant even though the dictionary does not - from the oxford dictionary: 1[with object] Cut with rough or heavy blows. ‘I watched them hack the branches’ [no object] ‘men hack at the coalface’ More example sentences Synonyms 1.1 Kick wildly or roughly. ‘he had to race from his line to hack the ball into the stand’ More example sentences 2[no object] Gain unauthorized access to data in a system or computer. ‘they hacked into the bank's computer’ [with object] ‘someone hacked his computer from another location’ More example sentences 2.1 Program quickly and roughly. Example sentences 3[no object] Cough persistently. ‘I was waking up in the middle of the night and coughing and hacking for hours’ More example sentences 4(hack it) informal [usually with negative] Manage; cope. ‘lots of people leave because they can't hack it’ More example sentences Synonyms noun 1A rough cut, blow, or stroke. ‘he was sure one of us was going to take a hack at him’ More example sentences 1.1 (in sport) a kick or a stroke with a stick inflicted on another player. Example sentences 1.2 A notch cut in the ice, or a peg inserted, to steady the foot when delivering a stone in curling. Example sentences 1.3 A tool for rough striking or cutting, e.g. a mattock or a miner's pick. 1.4archaic A gash or wound. 2informal An act of computer hacking. ‘the challenge of the hack itself’ More example sentences 2.1 A piece of computer code providing a quick or inelegant solution to a particular problem. ‘this hack doesn't work on machines that have a firewall’ More example sentences 2.2 A strategy or technique for managing one's time or activities more efficiently. ‘another hack that will save time is to cover your side mirrors with a plastic bag when freezing rain is forecast’ Phrasal Verbs hack around Pass one's time idly or with no definite purpose. ‘she hacked around with neighbourhood buddies’ More example sentences hack someone off Annoy or infuriate someone. ‘it really hacks me off when they whine about what a poor job we're doing’ More example sentences Synonyms Origin Old English haccian ‘cut in pieces’, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch hakken and German hacken. Pronunciation hack/hak/ Main definitions of hack in English: hack1hack2hack3 hack2 Noun 1A writer or journalist producing dull, unoriginal work. ‘Sunday newspaper hacks earn their livings on such gullibilities’ More example sentences Synonyms 1.1 A person who does dull routine work. Example sentences Synonyms 2A horse for ordinary riding. Example sentences Synonyms 2.1 A good-quality lightweight riding horse, especially one used in the show ring. Example sentences 2.2 A ride on a horse. Example sentences 2.3 A horse let out for hire. 2.4 An inferior or worn-out horse. Example sentences Synonyms 3North American A taxi. Example sentences Synonyms verb [no object] (usually as noun hacking) Ride a horse for pleasure or exercise. ‘some gentle hacking in a scenic setting’ More example sentences Origin Middle English (in hack (sense 2 of the noun)): abbreviation of hackney. hack (sense 1 of the noun) dates from the late 17th century. Pronunciation hack/hak/ Main definitions of hack in English: hack1hack2hack3 hack3 Noun 1Falconry A board on which a hawk's meat is laid. Example sentences 2A wooden frame for drying bricks, cheeses, etc. 2.1 A pile of bricks stacked up to dry before firing. Phrases at hack (of a young hawk) given partial liberty but not yet allowed to hunt for itself. Example sentences Origin Late Middle English (denoting the lower half of a divided door): variant of hatch. Pronunciation hack/hak/

  17. Re:comcast open wifi network the backs on your lin on Comcast Security Flaw Exposes Partial Addresses, Social Security Numbers of 26 Million Users (buzzfeednews.com) · · Score: 1

    ...not mine...

  18. charter is not an rboc so they have different rules. as many others have said, this determines if have a deposit or not, but it can be over-ridden by manager.

  19. Re:comcast open wifi network the backs on your lin on Comcast Security Flaw Exposes Partial Addresses, Social Security Numbers of 26 Million Users (buzzfeednews.com) · · Score: 1

    ...just logon to router and turn it off...

  20. competitors to Soundex is more like it on Audius Raises $5.5 Million To Decentralize Music, Help Artists Get Paid Faster (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    ...less middlemen...continuing disintermediation of the music industry...

  21. ...where are you that you pay that? in Alaska that only runs $80.

  22. ;) ...

  23. Re: The problem is too many channels on People Still Don't Like Their Cable Companies, ConsumerReports' Telecom Survey Finds (consumerreports.org) · · Score: 1

    the argument is that in order to make the capital investments pay back they need exclusive deals...under the last mile is free who would pay the capital?

  24. what about ice?

  25. Re:The problem is too many channels on People Still Don't Like Their Cable Companies, ConsumerReports' Telecom Survey Finds (consumerreports.org) · · Score: 1

    the problem in urban areas is exclusive deals with local utility commissions...