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  1. Re:Lets not worry about this yet on Trump Will Get Power To Send Unblockable Mass Text Messages To All Americans (nymag.com) · · Score: 1

    How is it that whenever there is a discussion regarding low UIDs you guys seem to crop up. Is there like a mailing list that people report to that you're all subscribed to for notifications?

    CmdrTaco calls me. 'sup, Rob?

  2. Re:Oh no on UK Homes Lose Internet Access After Cyber-Attack (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Unless of course, you're a 'net based company.

  3. Re:Lets not worry about this yet on Trump Will Get Power To Send Unblockable Mass Text Messages To All Americans (nymag.com) · · Score: 5, Funny

    This is a low ^^ id number. That is all.

  4. Proud to be an American company. on Apple Captures Record 91 Percent of Global Smartphone Profits: Research (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    And yet they *still* say there is no way they could make any money if they built their phones in the U.S. Yeah. Right.

  5. Re:i remember on Archive.org Celebrates Its 20th Anniversary (sfchronicle.com) · · Score: 1

    Doesn't it though?

  6. Nothing about the GPU? That's ... lame.

  7. Verizon will buy them. on Slashdot Asks: What's Next For Netflix? (500ish.com) · · Score: 5, Funny

    To merge with AOL/Yahoo, of course.

  8. Re:Linux fixes? on Microsoft Needs To Fix Skype (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Yeah, the Linux client works fine for me. I'm actually happy to not see an update. I use it to record calls with people, so change is bad. :)

  9. Re:Number H1B requests to go up as well. on Tech Layoffs More Than Double In Bay Area (mercurynews.com) · · Score: 1

    I live in Austin .... Hey, there's two of us! ;)

  10. Re:Prototype as far as I can see on New Chip Offers Artificial Intelligence On A USB Stick (pcmag.com) · · Score: 1

    I suspect (yes, I'm guessing) that this may be somewhat less expensive than a Tesla K80.

  11. Re:Overpriced on Facebook Announces 'Surround 360' Open Source VR Camera (popsci.com) · · Score: 1

    The panono looks to be a still camera.

  12. EFF and the All Writs Act on Feds Used 1789 Law To Force Apple, Google To Unlock Phones 63 Times (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 2

    The EFF has covered this extensively, and long ago. Read up: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/...

  13. Re:WhipLash: Second Apology on The State of Slashdot: Https, Poll Changes, Auto-Refresh, Videos, and More · · Score: 1

    I could be tempted to sell mine for a small fee. ;)

  14. Re:It's even worse as an international merchant :- on When Fraud Detection Shuts Down Credit Cards Inappropriately · · Score: 1

    Running a simple on-line service with a small monthly subscription fee and a fair proportion of international customers, we literally lose more subscriptions because of unexplained card failures than all other causes put together ...

    This one is easy, as I do something similar. Peoples cards expire, and they don't update their user data if they've been subscribed for a while.

  15. Re:Coat hanger in distributor on Ask Slashdot: What Is Your Most Unusual Hardware Hack? · · Score: 2

    Something similar. Cue around 1978 ... 1969 Mustang Fastback. I was driving up with a friend to go skiing and at about 3000' the car started to lose power, then *really* lost power. Popped the hood and two of the places where the plug wires attached had cracked off on the worse spot arcing to the coil wire. No spare, so looked about for something. Found a quart coke bottle, broke it perfectly and stuffed it in-between as an insulator. Worked like a charm for the rest of the trip.

  16. Re:Bug bounties in general on Tesla Rewards Hackers With Bug Bounty · · Score: 1

    It took me about an hour to find a serious security bug in their website. As it turned out, it was a duplicate. It really wasn't rocket science with the tools available. What they *are* saying is "we won't hold you liable for trying to hack us". That's an incentive unto itself.

  17. Re:None of that will matter on Why Companies Should Hire Older Developers · · Score: 1

    I would tend to agree with you.

  18. Re:Too early for criticism. on New York State Spent Millions On Program For Startups That Created 76 Jobs · · Score: 1
    Saying it is justified because of the 80 jobs is silly, because many, if not all, of those jobs would have likely been created with or without the subsidies.

    In three months? No.

  19. Re:It's Really Radio! on Bell Labs Fighting To Get More Bandwidth Out of Copper · · Score: 2

    'sup, Gramps? ;)

  20. Re:Only 30 meters on Bell Labs Fighting To Get More Bandwidth Out of Copper · · Score: 2

    30 meters is not very far (like, 3 apartments?) when you're trying to run cables in an apartment building. This is not line-of-sight magic. -jim

  21. Re:They already have a feedback system. on Firefox 37 Released · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I don't think you understand how feedback systems work. Feedback by it's very nature is typically negative. It's a self-chosen system. Happy people have little incentive to say "This is great!. People with issues do have incentive because they feel a product or service is interfering with their way of doing things.

    Popularity rankings for National leaders are based on random polls. The numbers are not derived from people who self choose to respond, rather from those who are contacted randomly.

    Apples to Oranges.

  22. Oh Really. A Sample of One on IT Jobs With the Best (and Worst) ROI · · Score: 1
    As a SQA guy, I did have to laugh at this 'story'.

    Software QA Tester

    Entry-level salary: $51,322
    Average salary: $51,322

    At times I make near double that.

  23. Well, that was fast. on Microsoft Launches Outlook For Android and iOS · · Score: 2

    First an investment in Cyanogen in the morning, then Outlook for Android in the evening. All in a days work. Maybe they'll buy XDA Dev tomorrow.

  24. Re:I guess i am old on Bots Scanning GitHub To Steal Amazon EC2 Keys · · Score: 2

    'I posted my credentials openly on the internet and am now shocked that I have been taken advatage of'... no way!

    If you're going to ding someone on grammar I'd suggest you at least spell correctly while doing it.

  25. Re:Interesting choice of words, CNBC... on Google's Lease of NASA Airfield Criticized By Consumer Group · · Score: 1

    Sonoma Raceway (acck, ack, cough) Sears Point, thank you ... has right turns. That would never work.