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  1. Ford is wrong on this one on Ford Charts Cautious Path Toward Self Driving, Shared Vehicles (reuters.com) · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Millennials cannot afford cars because they are broke.
    (Don't worry, we'll join them once the TPP kicks in.)

    In the near future, only the rich will own cars, much like only the rich owns planes today.

    fewer owners == fewer cars == fewer car MFRs

  2. Re:Why not copy Canada? on FCC Chief To Unveil Revised Plan To Eliminate Cable Boxes (fortune.com) · · Score: 1

    Rent to OWN?

    I had a robbers cable box for 10+ years.
    I wanted to just buy it.
    They wanted to the same price as if it was new: $300+ !!!
    WTF!!

  3. Might be handy when they change APIs for Android on Google To Buy Apigee For $625 Million To Expand Enterprise (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Might be handy when they change APIs for Android so that Oracle can suck it.

  4. PowerShell is a way to force Scripters to become .Net programmers.

    There are many limitations and bugs with PowerShell commands and if you want it to work on all win boxes you need to use .Net stuff.

    And when .Net won't do, use pinvoke

  5. IOW: Oracle use some of the SQL query language from IBM and created an entire company around it.

    Good thing Oracle lost. IBM could have sued them into oblivion!

  6. Re:Wow! That's awesome! on Mozilla To Add Screenshot Sharing Feature To Firefox Test Pilot Program (softpedia.com) · · Score: 1

    That would only be useful if it secretly added code to call home.

  7. Re:Much as I'd like to support Israeli companies on Israel's SolidRun Creates Open Networking Kit Inspired By Raspberry Pi (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 1

    Dual Ethernet ports?

    Try QUAD Ethernet ports!
      (http://www.fit-pc.com/web/products/fitlet/)

    Weirdly also from an Israeli firm.

  8. Re:What is going on here? on Microsoft To Disable Policies In Windows 10 Pro With Anniversary Update (ghacks.net) · · Score: 1

    Microsoft is forcing Windows users to choose:
    OPTION #1 - Free-Spy-on-me OS
          - or -
    OPTION #2 - Pay-every-year OS

    With Option #1, your data+metadata is sold to whoever will pay.

    With Option #2, you must be smart enough to config your OS to get privacy but stupid/desperate enough to not seek options.

  9. Nothing to get excited about. on FCC OKs Sweeping Spectrum Frontiers Rules To Open Up Nearly 11 GHz Of Spectrum (fiercewireless.com) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    If it was LOWER than 2.4GHz then yes.

    If instead of selling off *ALL* analog TV channels to the highest bidder
    they would have kept ONE channel and made that unlicensed,
    NOW THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN EXCITING!

    Instead we get frequencies that are block-able by clouds.

  10. So she is offering President-as-a-service...

  11. Maybe now they can give us wireless charging on The Great Tablet Gold Rush Is Over (mashable.com) · · Score: 1

    GOOD! Maybe now they can give us wireless charging.

    The uUSB port get destroyed in normal usage.

  12. Prophecy foretold on Password Sharing Is a Federal Crime, Appeals Court Rules (vice.com) · · Score: 2

    https://www.gnu.org/philosophy...

    Dan resolved the dilemma by doing something even more unthinkableâ"he lent her the computer, and told her his password. This way, if Lissa read his books, Central Licensing would think he was reading them. It was still a crime, but the SPA would not automatically find out about it. They would only find out if Lissa reported him.

  13. Don't buy shit that calls home! on TP-LINK Loses Control of Two Device Configuration Domains (helpnetsecurity.com) · · Score: 1

    If it needs to call home to function, this shit will happen.

    Cisco does this shit too.
    Sure they still own the DNS address but it sets YOU up for a DNS-based attack, a oops-we-bricked-your-shit, or Spooks need access to your network.

  14. Let call it Phads (short for Phone Ads)

  15. You must have GPS and Data enabled at all times.. on Google To Step Up Smartphone Wars With Release Of Own Handset (telegraph.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    You must have GPS and Data enabled at all times to use the phone.

    If you cover the the camera and try to use the phone, it will ask you to uncover the camera and block the phone until you comply.

  16. Re:Apple is being weird and annoying on 'Headphone Jacks Are the New Floppy Drives' (daringfireball.net) · · Score: 1

    End Game: It's a way to jump start the adoption of the Lightning port.

    The Lightning port is positioned to replace USB. If enough Apple Lemmings go for it, you might start seeing Flash drives and other gadgets with a Lightning port.

    Personally, I wish the Apple Lemmings get a brain and just buy one generation down to tell Apple that this experiment will be a costly one.

  17. Re:Why should I believe an internal test? on Microsoft Says Edge Browser Is More Power-Efficient Than Chrome (windows.com) · · Score: 1

    I've heard NetCraft is the place to go.

  18. Why? To prevent you from skipping ads on Cable Companies Pledge Industry-Wide Commitment But Want Control Over UI (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 2

    meanwhile, they are horrible at designing UI.
    -Inconsistent UI
    -un-intuitive UI
    -too many buttons needed to control the UI

  19. Burglar break in and plays an recording of YOU on Apple Announces Its New Desktop OS macOS Sierra Featuring Siri, Apple Pay (9to5mac.com) · · Score: 1

    A burglar break in and plays an edited recording of YOU:

    Hey Siri,
    Move $500 to account # 123456789...

  20. Re:I honestly see nothing wrong with this on Canada Federal Court Restrains Sale Of 'Pirate' Boxes (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 0

    Windows-based box would hang in a week if not infected before that.

  21. Re:You have to know how to secure a Windows 10 PC on Ask Slashdot: Would You Recommend Updating To Windows 10? · · Score: 1

    Would you recommend using this too?:

    https://www.safer-networking.o...

  22. But Ontario has QC beat.
    Ontario PAYS to get rid of excess electrical power.

  23. Re:Classic Shell on Microsoft Adding More Ads To Windows 10 Start Menu (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    MS does this shit "on purpose"

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

  24. Re:Classic Shell on Microsoft Adding More Ads To Windows 10 Start Menu (theverge.com) · · Score: 2

    How long before this is banned due to long "revenue"?

  25. Re:So, ... was this a responsible disclosure on Dangerous 7-Zip Vulnerabilities Flow To Top Security, Software Tools (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    I looked too and I saw no mention of this issue in 7-Zip closed tickets.

    So is this issue for real or does 7-Zip maintain a separate Bug DB?