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  1. Re:atfer it does you will go to school for 2-4 yea on Will Google's Dart Language Replace Javascript? (Video) · · Score: 1

    Not according to HR.

    We're already hiring for somebody with 5-10 years of Dart programming experience. HR says we have to.

  2. Re: Actually makes good sense on TSA Prohibits Taking Discharged Electronic Devices Onto Planes · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Because nobody could ever hook up an ARM SBC to the LVDS connector on a 17" laptop and play a video to fake a boot sequence that would fool a telemarketer in purple gloves, leaving the rest of the case available for whatever can be molded into plastic.

    Because TSA is there to protect us from imbicilic terrorists, even though 9/11 was orchestrated by degreed engineers, physicians, etc.?

    Or just maybe it's not about terrorists but rather obedience conditioning, and they need a new rule once in a while to keep the people regressing (from presumption of Constitutional rights).

    Only one of those hypotheses fits the data.

  3. Re: This is scary on Consciousness On-Off Switch Discovered Deep In Brain · · Score: 2

    look into the research from Walter Reed hospital - only part of the brain is asleep. The rest of the brain experiences everything and really screws a lot of people up. Always get general plus spinal.

  4. Distance to Harm on New Russian Law To Forbid Storing Russians' Data Outside the Country · · Score: 1

    I remember a few years ago when a big US university rejected Gmail because they could not ensure US-only storage of data and they had data -privacy concerns about the foreign governments (whoops).

    At this point I don't really care if my data is in Belarussian hands because they cannot hurt me. Russians should likewise consider wanting to store their data ovetseas.

  5. Re: Not a dime from me on Lessig's Mayday PAC Scrambling To Cross Crowd Funding Finish Line · · Score: 1

    yeah, Lessig always correctly identifies the corruption thst results ftom power being for sale, and then he proposes creating more power to solve it, 'cause, honest, it'll be different this time. He and his well-meaning friends will make sure of that.

  6. Re: Counter-notice! on Qualcomm Takes Down 100+ GitHub Repositories With DMCA Notice · · Score: 1

    false claim of title is already illegal - the victim should also seek restitution for disparagement of his good name. Make the bastards pay or they'll be back again tomorrow.

  7. Re: What else is safe ? on Qualcomm Takes Down 100+ GitHub Repositories With DMCA Notice · · Score: 2

    the current Internet is popular with the criminal element but we're not going to stop using it for that reason. Same for cash, guns, and safes.

  8. Re:This is actually a net gain.. on FCC Proposal To Limit Access To 5725-5850 MHz Band · · Score: 1

    Is the Doppler Weather signal not modulated so that error correction can be performed? This safety system is vulnerable to simple unintentional analog interference? Can somebody please send over an RF engineer?

  9. Odd choices all around on NSA Considers Linux Journal Readers, Tor (And Linux?) Users "Extremists" · · Score: 1

    Linux Journal, really? The real extremists are over at LWN. And by extremists, I mean those who are extremely good at what they do.

    Anyway, while the NSA is searching nerd sites for terrorists, the FBI has been caught covering up for Saudi terrorists.

  10. Right, those that have sex with a partner and those that don't.

    Makes it easy - rent one giant auditorium and one meeting room.

  11. Re: waste of time on New Chemical Process Could Make Ammonia a Practical Car Fuel · · Score: 1

    About $10 billion has already be spent, almost all on administrative and legal costs.

    This is so crazy you'd think lawyers and bureaucrats dreamt it up.

  12. Re:Oops. on Following EU Ruling, BBC Article Excluded From Google Searches · · Score: 2

    No public figure exception? Our bad.

    WONTFIX/WORKSFORME

  13. Re:It's 2014 on Bug In Fire TV Screensaver Tears Through 250 GB Data Cap · · Score: 1

    And why do we still have antiquated data lines and switches and whatnot when we are paying through the nose for internet access?

    Government bans competition. You can't very well expect an agency that claims a "natural monopoly" to not consider other "natural monopolies" both wise and judicious.

    Community fiber is still the answer - there are just so many hurdles that make it slow in coming.

  14. Re:Cali... on Unintended Consequences For Traffic Safety Feature · · Score: 1

    Hit the gas when the pedestrian light goes to red,and you'll be running a red light.

    Right - this is what I came here to say. Is this not universal? It's been like that in every country I've been in and across the several United States.

    If people are running red lights *from a stop* then beeping crosswalk signs aren't going to solve the problem. I'm sympathetic to people who get nailed by red-light cameras at artificially-short yellow lights, but not people who are starting from zero into reds at crosswalks.

    JHFC, people, stop consuming poison and get your heads right. We have a mental illness problem here masquerading as a traffic engineering problem.

  15. Re:Why can't on Bug In Fire TV Screensaver Tears Through 250 GB Data Cap · · Score: 1

    I don't think they should sell you bandwidth and than charge for data ... let customers know in a not so threatening letter, "hey I think you have a problem Did you know your port is lit up at 80%

    Actually if they were charging by-the-bit then such a thing would be almost certainly be standard and required. The 250GB cap is sort of a bastard step child of not-charging-by-the-bit and not-charging-for-bandwidth - perhaps the worst of both worlds.

    But, anyway, many ISP's have people with ports like that - they're usually doing heavy torrenting. The trouble here is that Amazon probably won't accept any responsibility for their error and the damage it caused.

    And it's also astonishing that they didn't notice huge spikes on their end - does nobody buy these things?

  16. What's the problem with Perl again?

    It's not new enough or buzzy enough.

  17. Re:800C? WTF???? on Nathan Myhrvold's Recipe For a Better Oven · · Score: 1

    A good commercial pizza oven can get to 1000*F but not 1500!

  18. Re:Legendary nerd? on Disappointed Woz Sells His "Worthless" Galaxy Gear Watch · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Don't forget about the resolution he got out of a video controller. Or the way he mercilessly attacked the IC count. Woz is a populist geek hero to anybody who wants to maximize performance while minimizing cost.

    The big iron folks always look down their noses at the little people with their little computers, but they don't start any revolutions.

  19. Re:But not the USA? on Court Allowed NSA To Spy On All But 4 Countries · · Score: 3, Informative

    So I noticed they didn't say the USA was one of the countries the NSA can't spy on, so I guess nothing is changing?

    Sorry to drag out the UID, but this all goes back to the Echelon stories we were discussing here in the 90's. The same group of countries has agreements to spy on each others' citizens for the sake of circumventing their local laws. One presumes this is why GCHQ figures so prominently in the Snowden revelations.

    Even that the NSA is not legally allowed to spy on US citizens does not matter, nor do any of the current Congressional posturings about stopping them from doing so.

    We're back to the beginning again, but this time the enemies of liberty are two orders of magnitude more well-equipped. The slope is not a good one.

  20. Re:Sue them for all they're worth on Microsoft Takes Down No-IP.com Domains · · Score: 2

    If NoIP doesn't drain Microsoft's reserves significantly for doing this, then they'll just do it again. It's important to speak to somebody in their native language whenever possible.

  21. Re:Taking over government functions on Microsoft Takes Down No-IP.com Domains · · Score: 1

    Do you want the justification that invokes 'child pornographers', 'terrorists', or just generic 'boogey men'?

  22. Re:New definition on Microsoft Takes Down No-IP.com Domains · · Score: 1

    We should change the definition of Legal to "Backed by much money".

    It's better to study history than folklore, especially if he about whom the history is told is doing the telling.

  23. Re:Good judge on Microsoft Takes Down No-IP.com Domains · · Score: 1

    They'll need a more expensive one if NoIP seeks a claim for disparagement of their brand name.

  24. Re:USD/GB? on Samsung Release First SSD With 3D NAND · · Score: 1

    Yes, lowering manufacturer costs. That is the way for Samsung to get richer, not lowering your costs. ;-)

    If these are as reliable as the warranty implies, they'll dramatically lower my costs. The cost of the item is almost negligible at these prices.

  25. Re:10 yr warranty hah on Samsung Release First SSD With 3D NAND · · Score: 4, Insightful

    10 yr warranty on something that will be obsolete in much less time, bought only by those who keep current with tech?

    10 years means it's either not a piece of shit that will fail within a couple years or Samsung is going to bankrupt their storage division doing it. a) is more likely.

    SSD failures are a pain in the ass, especially when you have to drive a couple hundred miles to replace them. And even if the machines are close, it costs human time and on-call pages to deal with them. Unreliable gear is a nightmare.

    The only SSD's I've had working for years and years have been Intel SLC units. I'm hoarding a box of dozens of failed Kingstons, Mushkins, Crucials, etc. on the mistaken belief that I'll ever send them in to claim the warranties (the truth is I won't trust their replacements so why bother unless I'm going to triple-RAID mirror the things).

    For somebody like me who does not want to worry about the SSD's failing before they get replaced, this is exactly what I'm in the market for. A buck a gig? Sold.