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  1. Re:Really, Microsoft? on Windows 10 Will Download Some Updates Even Over a Metered Connection (winsupersite.com) · · Score: 1

    In other words, you lied in your previous post. You aren't actually willing to switch operating systems. You also, apparently, didn't read any of the links I included. Your logic is basically irrational and exactly as described in all of them. You're willing to accept any future abuse from Microsoft because in the past you spent some unknown amount of money on Windows software? Good luck with that. You need to accept that money you've already spent doesn't always determine the best path forward. Situations change and past decisions may need to be re-evaluated.

  2. Re:Really, Microsoft? on Windows 10 Will Download Some Updates Even Over a Metered Connection (winsupersite.com) · · Score: 1

    This is known as the Sunk Cost Fallacy. (Hint: That money is already gone.)

    Sunk Cost Fallacy
    How the Sunk Cost Fallacy Makes You Act Stupid
    Sunk Cost

  3. Re: It's the base assumption that its invalid on Prosecutors Op-Ed: Phone Encryption Blocks Justice · · Score: 1

    Storing the decryption key on a RAM disk would probably work. Power goes out and everything on that disk goes *poof*. No more decryption key.

  4. Re:My experience on Google Can't Ignore the Android Update Problem Any Longer · · Score: 1

    ... but alas I can't go back.

    Not true. With the Nexus 5 you can go back.

    Factory Images for Nexus Devices: "hammerhead" for Nexus 5 (GSM/LTE)

    You just need to manually flash the OS.

  5. Re:MicroSD card? on Apple Faces Class Action Lawsuit For Shrinking Storage Space In iOS 8 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Fixed that for ya. I swear every time I have to use an Android device I get a migraine, it's like the UI is designed to drive sane people absolutely mad.

    Fixed that for ya.

    You say that like they can't both be true.

  6. Idiots on Romanian Cybersecurity Law Will Allow Warrantless Access To Data · · Score: 5, Insightful

    because the country is a hub for IT outsourcing

    Not anymore.

  7. Re:Threatening with a fork is never appropriate. on Debian's Systemd Adoption Inspires Threat of Fork · · Score: 1

    Especially if it's dull.

  8. Re:Maybe the aliens are just as religious on Are the World's Religions Ready For ET? · · Score: 1

    Agreed, anyone who claims we, humanity, survived contact in Childhood's End needs to read the book again. Humanity was at best absorbed. Anyone who accepted the offer was human in appearance only as a personal preference. (And the ability to choose is basically a lie. No matter how often you chose "No" the offer was always there. The sphere wasn't leaving until there were no more humans to accept.)

  9. Re:I kind of welcome the attention on NYPD's Twitter Campaign Backfires · · Score: 1

    For anyone who might be wondering why the buckles are missing, there is an old trick that uses a belt buckle to break certain types of handcuffs.

  10. Re: ISPs: stupid, monopolisitic on Google Fiber In Austin Hits a Snag: Incumbent AT&T · · Score: 2

    I disagree. Google seems to be most interested in disrupting the stagnant pricing and services provided by incumbents. Setting up where the incumbents are not, while irritating, won't force them to fight to keep their existing customer base.

  11. Re:Please read the PCWORLD disclaimer on Dell Ad Says Windows 8.1 Apps Will Run On Xbox One · · Score: 1

    Why do we enshrine lies?

    Because the laws that should protect against such things are written by politicians. Is everything understood now?

  12. Re:dates worked + eligibility for rehire on Ask Slashdot: When Is It OK To Not Give Notice? · · Score: 1

    It means you will never be hired by your former employer again, no matter how qualified or perfect you are for a job they need to fill. It has nothing to do with other employers. It is strictly internal to the original company.

  13. Re:Private browsing on Surveillance Story Turns Into a Warning About Employer Monitoring · · Score: 1

    This is why many businesses will not let you use their phones to make/receive personal calls.

  14. Re:I wonder... on Snowden Claims That NSA Collaborated With Israel To Write Stuxnet Virus · · Score: 1

    I recall seeing a gzip archive that that was specifically crafted to extract itself. Basically so a virus scanner would recursively extract the same file. It was intended to function similarly to a fork bomb if I recall correctly. (That was a long time ago though, and such an attack would no longer be functional. Virus scanners have wised up to such tactics.)

    And as the GGP stated there are the wonderful zip bombs such as 42.zip. But 100 GB? Ha! Try 4.5 petabytes of useless garbage.

  15. Re:WOW = an utter waste of time. on World of Warcraft Loses 1.3 Million Players in First Quarter of 2013 · · Score: 1

    Yeah, I remember when I got my Nintendo as well... Cut my finger on the edge of the box when I opened it. Bled like crazy. Didn't care at the time, but the funny thing is I don't remember the games or the year. I remember the cut though, damn that hurt.

  16. Re:The Truth is Never Libelous on British Woman's Twitter Comments Spark Expensive Libel Claims · · Score: 2

    I'm surprised the USA hasn't adopted UK style libel laws. Just think how much money the lawyers would make!! And almost all politicians are former lawyers, you'd think they'd look out for their buddies.

    Why would they make it easier for their political opponents to sue them? It'd make election time a lot quieter that's for certain.

  17. Re:The Cloud is RAM, apparently on Why PC Sales Are Declining · · Score: 1

    No silly.
    The cloud is the new floppy disk.

    And probably about as reliable unfortunately.

  18. Re:How does TOS affect YOU? on Piriform Asks BleachBit To Remove Winapp2.ini Importer · · Score: 1

    That could be an issue, but it seems highly unlikely in this case. Having taken a look at the winapp2.ini from winapp2.com (the file isn't made by ccleaner as best I can tell.) there wouldn't have been any need to reverse-engineer anything. It is an incredibly simple format. Below is one entry from the file. It seems fairly representative. I cannot image he'd need to reverse-engineer their software to figure out what it meant.


    [Amazon Kindle for PC*]

    LangSecRef=3023

    Detect=HKCU\SOFTWARE\Amazon\Kindle

    Default=False

    FileKey1=%LocalAppData%\Amazon\Kindle\Cache|*.*|RECURSE

    FileKey2=%LocalAppData%\Amazon\Kindle\Logs|*.txt|RECURSE

  19. Re:Apple's response on Typing These 8 Characters Will Crash Almost Any App On Your Mountain Lion Mac · · Score: 1

    The humour is just pining for the fjords.

  20. Re:USA! USA! on What You Can Do About the Phone Unlocking Fiasco · · Score: 1

    Yes it's so terrible hard to get an unlocked phone, oh wait, google sells them directly at a lower price than most locked phones.

    Yes, and good luck getting one of them from Google.

  21. Re:Mining and refining in space on NASA Plans To "Lasso" Asteroid and Turn It Into Space Station · · Score: 1

    Key phrase to keep in mind when thinking about your idea: Extinction-Level Event

    Dropping asteroids into Earth's gravity well intentionally is a incredibly bad idea.

  22. Re:Uh, nice try on Stay Home When You're Sick! · · Score: 1

    Total PITA.

    I see what you did there... but I really wish I hadn't.

  23. Re:In Illinois? on Supreme Court Blocks Illinois Law Against Recording Police · · Score: 2

    And that is probably why they refused. If they heard the case they'd have to make a ruling which would apply across the entire country. By refusing to hear it they can contain the "damage" to just Illinois.

  24. Re:Fitting. on Hugo Awards Live Stream Cut By Copyright Enforcement Bot · · Score: 1

    Given that the U.S. civil war started in 1861 that would be a really safe assumption.