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  1. Re:Doesn't that present an obvious solution? on FCC Can't Cap the Cost of Cross-State Prison Phone Calls, Court Rules (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    For someone who doesn't know it exists? Pretty difficult.

  2. Re: So meetings can "see" now? on Trump-Style Tactics Finally Stopped Working For Uber (buzzfeed.com) · · Score: 4, Informative

    There is a difference in "bad things happen to workers in foreign countries" and "bad things happen to workers here, in the enlightened, forward thinking first world nation that I live in!"

  3. Can't imagine why people continue to coddle foreign terrorists to the detriment of their own people. Oh, that's right, they think we can hug it out. If we only show them how nice we are, they would surely leave us alone. That hasn't worked since . . . ever.

    Neat how these attacks have been domestic terrorists, brought up and raised in country.

  4. Re:People don't know what they are talking about on Americans From Both Political Parties Overwhelmingly Support Net Neutrality, Poll Shows (mozilla.org) · · Score: 1

    A Protection/policy/law that is slated to be implemented is generally followed by businesses before it actively goes into effect, so that they are in compliance when it does go into effect. It gets them ahead of the curve and allows them to find issues they might have complying, before penalties for non-compliance come due.

  5. Re:The Mars Trilogy - Kim Stanley Robinson on Ask Slashdot: What Are Some Books You Wish You Had Read Earlier? · · Score: 1

    I'd recommend reading the other two. He does a good job of making the story evenly good throughout.

  6. Re:I agree, this is unnecessary on Police In Oklahoma Have Cracked Hundreds of People's Cell Phones (vice.com) · · Score: 2

    You can, but if we suspect you of filming it covertly on your phone, it will be subject to seizure and data mining.

  7. Yeah, because classified information never got out under older generations.

  8. What happens when the judge issues a warrant for something I can not provide?

    How do I prove that I do not have the password anymore?

    Do we now have an unattainable burden of proof on the defendant?

  9. The issue then becomes, what do you do when you actually do not remember the passcode?

    How do I prove my innocence in "refusing" to provide the code?

    The issue now becomes an unattainable burden of proof on the defendant, who is supposed to be innocent until proven guilty, no?

  10. There is great potential for abuse with these things,

    Yes, laws like this have a great potential for abuse. That's generally why we try to keep public disclosure of these actions available, to watch for the government misusing them.

  11. Time! (clicks stopwatch)

    33 minutes before you brought up Hillary in a discussion about politics? A little slow. Are you okay?

  12. Re:The Politically Correct Business BS on LeEco Said To Lay Off Over 80 Percent of US Workforce (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Depending on the state, the company can (and most likely will) contest your ability to get unemployment even if you were "laid off".

  13. Re:"Forget net neutrality" on How One Little Cable Company Exposed Telecom's Achilles' Heel (backchannel.com) · · Score: 1

    Unless they just target encrypted data.

  14. Re:Such a system doesn't have to perform well. on Police To Test App That Assesses Suspects (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    We aren't setting the bar very high anymore for success, are we?

  15. Re:Capitalism on the march on Support For a Universal Basic Income Is Inching Up In Europe (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    Let me know when one appears.

  16. I have a friend whose girlfriend could not drive due to epilepsy. He continually had to stop what he was doing (admittedly, hanging out, normally), to go pick her up and drive her to and from work, or home, or whatnot.

    A self driving vehicle would've helped both of them out immensely.

  17. Re:Relevant Princess Bride Quote on FCC's Ajit Pai Says Broadband Market Too Competitive For Strict Privacy Rules (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Just wait for him to get started!

    Where was I?

  18. Re:But do we want it? on Ask Slashdot: What Would Happen If All Software Ran On All Platforms? · · Score: 1

    Time and money. Why is the company going to pay to have their team write code to downgrade the quality of the detail, when those programmers could instead be working on the next project to bring them money (and by next project, I mean the DLC that should've been a part of the original game).

  19. When your life saving transplant is on a robot - on Skin deep? Robots To Wear Real Human Tissue (thememo.com) · · Score: 1

    "Come with me if you want to live."

  20. Re:Emails on Michael Flynn Resigns As Trump's National Security Adviser (go.com) · · Score: 1

    Seems to be working for Trump, now. Weird how all that outrage from his side about that kind of behavior went away....

  21. Re:It's not about risk... on Microsoft Seeks Trump Order Exemption for Workers With Visas (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    CEO pay/compensation is generally in a millions, and the double digit millions are apparently reachable.

    http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06...

    That talks about CEO pay, and it's from 2013. Even then, the median CEO pay for the top 200 companies in the country was $15 mil.

    Probably much more today, seeing as how the growth rate was through the roof.

  22. Which is, you know, illegal in many states.

  23. Re:Google is a scam on Google Employee Sues For $3.8 Billion Over Confidentiality Policies (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    If they have something to hide then they are not on the right side of the law.

    So you'll have no problem posting your SSN, birthdate, and all credit card numbers for us, right?

  24. Re:heck of a choice on Donald Trump To Tech Leaders: 'No Formal Chain Of Command' Here (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Just fyi - there wasn't an ad hominem in there. The AC said "Your retorts are terrible", which is not a personal attack. AC suggested you didn't read the critique - not a personal attack, and that you wrote blind adoration - not a personal attack.

    Please use terminology correctly.

    Also, none of this was a personal attack. It was a correction.

  25. While I don't necessarily agree with it, I can see why - to see how students are getting around the filters. If you can find out how they got around it, you can find a way to stop it.