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  1. Too much on Clinton Promises 500 Million New Solar Panels · · Score: 4, Funny

    She's getting a little ahead of herself there. She's assuming she will beat Trump.

  2. Re:Unregulated speech, must stop at all costs! on Police Shut Down Anti-Violence Fundraiser Over Rapper's Hologram · · Score: 1

    I invite you to provide a detailed commentary where I am wrong.

  3. Re:Under what authority? on Police Shut Down Anti-Violence Fundraiser Over Rapper's Hologram · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Yes. They could arrest him immediately on the warrants, which is separate. But as he did not physically appear, it amounts to needing pre-clearance from government, on content, to speak in a public forum, which a park is.

    And that is an easy win for the First Amendment. They should get nailed in a lawsuit.

  4. Re:Why do browsers allow websites to do this? on A Plea For Websites To Stop Blocking Password Managers · · Score: 1

    Note btw that copy paste of a pw saves you from a key logger, a point in its favor.

  5. Re:Why do browsers allow websites to do this? on A Plea For Websites To Stop Blocking Password Managers · · Score: 1

    > Many websites don't allow copy or paste, or even selecting/highlighting text.

    It is silly not to allow copy out of a password field while allowing paste in, as hack code that copied it out would be taking advantage of it being in the paste buffer, which is exactly what copying to paste it in leaves you with. So, too the "Oops, I walked away mid-login" manual breach issue.

    I guess it comes down to which way is more likely to lead to more breaches -- brute cracks of simpler passwords or copy buffer hacks.

    Given a hack would have many tools and dangers besides spying on passwords, that leaves just manual walk up to a (perhaps temporarily) abandoned terminal mid-login as the differentiator, and that is very weak to me.

    Just the other day I had a crazy reset-your-password password mailed to me, and the system forbid paste, an it jusrt made me rage. You're damned right I would go back to a simpler pw as soon as possible.

  6. Re:Export of contacts is their prodict on LinkedIn (Temporarily) Backs Down After Uproar At Contact Export Removal · · Score: 4, Funny

    Spamwwise scam, gee.

  7. Unregulated speech, must stop at all costs! on Police Shut Down Anti-Violence Fundraiser Over Rapper's Hologram · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Had he physically appeared, they could have arrested him as the warrants are independent of free speech. But you don't get to censor speech, even by people with warrants. Parks count as public fora with respect to speech.

    And as for "they agreed he would not perform" giving them leverage, that may work over the warrant issue, but as he did not physically appear, it amounts to needing to get pre-clearance from government on what you are going to speak about in a public forum, which is a no no. Good luck with that at the lawsuit trial.

  8. Re:Won't allow forwarding? on Gmail Messages Can Now Self-Destruct · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Really. Is there some hidden API into gmail? And receiver can do whatever it wants with the email, includ8ng forward, via cut and paste if necessary, assuming bizarre behavior from gmail.

    And what of gmail's safety backups? How long before gmail clobbers those?

  9. Re:Robo Cars Will be More Fuel Efficient on When Do Robocars Become Cheaper Than Standard Cars? · · Score: 1

    So many declarations so at variance with actual measured reality.

    Outside government intervention, prices tend to come down, not go up, over the long run. More properly, this includes improvements which may increase costs, especially for early adopters.

    Paying extra for the deluxe FM radio in your car, beyond the plain AM-only one?

    Didn't think so.

  10. Re:Easiest question all week. on When Do Robocars Become Cheaper Than Standard Cars? · · Score: 1

    And when such private automobiles are no longer sold for any amount you can afford?

    This can only happen in a context of government intervention in the economy. As European nations with extensive public transport found out, personal cars are still much better pussy magnets^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H more popular with the yoots.

    If people want cars, and government stays out of the way, they will get cars, and cheaper ones.

  11. Re:When software has no bugs on When Do Robocars Become Cheaper Than Standard Cars? · · Score: 1

    Doesn't have to be bug free. Just has to kill fewer people than humans do. Or drunks, for that matter.

  12. U mama on Scientists Identify Sixth Taste: Fat · · Score: 1

    What can I eat that tastes umami-ish? Don't say soy sauce because this is also salty. I want it to pass the hold your nose test.

  13. The green green hills of hooooome on Don't Bring Your Drone To New Zealand · · Score: 1

    Man a ban on tourist video drones would be terrible for sightseeing.

    Thank god New Zealand doesn't have much pretty scenery.

  14. Re:Approach security the wrong way? No shit! on Fiat Chrysler Recalls 1.4 Million Autos To Fix Remote Hack · · Score: 1

    They put a great deal of effort to have a simple gateway processor talk to the car network instead of the giant 32 bit radio processor directly, lest some bug in a hundred gigantic code pieces broadcast nonsense and crash the network.

    But directed hack attacks, well, whodathunk?!?!?

  15. Re:Genesis! on Four-legged Snake Fossil Stuns Scientists, Ignites Controversy · · Score: 2

    The certainty with which one feels a fact is true is actually an emotion, which is where everyone trips up.

  16. Re:Likely misdemeanor mishandling of classified in on Criminal Inquiry Sought Over Hillary Clinton's Personal Email Server · · Score: 1

    "It is better to ask forgivness than permission."

  17. Re:Exactly on Remote Control of a Car, With No Phone Or Network Connection Required · · Score: 1

    That wasn't intended to be a real link. Good luck and godspeed, peeps!

  18. Re:Exactly on Remote Control of a Car, With No Phone Or Network Connection Required · · Score: 1

    Car OS: "I will just go look up on my trusted web server if there is a software update. Connecting to, lemme pull the address out of EEPROM, https://scammer.cn./"

  19. Re:Consider the background of auto makers on Remote Control of a Car, With No Phone Or Network Connection Required · · Score: 1

    So your bank shouldn't even have to use so much as https because it is illegal to monitor and use the password, and if it happens, you can't sue them for beign sloppy?

  20. Re:Double Word Score on The French Scrabble Champ Does Not Speak French · · Score: 1

    I guess we aren't doing freedom toast anymore.

  21. Re:Breaking News! on The French Scrabble Champ Does Not Speak French · · Score: 1

    Well, the Olympics demands local government keep their crazy-ass laws off the Olympics, or they don't get to have the Olympics.

    As this is in the same league...

  22. Re:New rule on The French Scrabble Champ Does Not Speak French · · Score: 4, Insightful

    "Democratically" implemented, i.e. a rule change after the game had begun. He should have balked.

    That's complete bull-cromulence! >:-(

  23. Re: Seriously? on The French Scrabble Champ Does Not Speak French · · Score: 2

    An article for slashdotters will usually explain what fucking is.

  24. Re:"Pocket dialed"? on US Court: 'Pocket-Dialed' Calls Are Not Private · · Score: 0

    Or in your case, gynecomastia dialing.

    I'm sorry. I have a bonnet full of beans this morning because I have a stomach ache.

  25. Re:Nonsense law still can't be ignored on New York Judge Rules Against Facebook In Search Warrant Case · · Score: 1

    Iran deal.