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  1. 3 million is irrelevant on Online Petition Site Crashed By Millions of 'Cancel Brexit' Signers (time.com) · · Score: 1

    some 16 million voted to stay and 17 million voted to leave. a petition of 3-4 million from either side is simply to small to be considered, now if they got 20 million then that would be something as it would actually demonstrate a change of mind, as it is this could just be the same people that were outvoted at the referendum trying to get their way.

  2. exactly, cracks for that sort of stuff are unlikely to pop up in a pwn2own competition, they are too valuable to give away so cheaply.

  3. Re:Video on demand is becoming ever more crowded on Netflix Won't Join Apple's Video Streaming Service (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    It may for some, for me it will just drive me back to torrenting. If I can't access a wide range of content (that I want) at a reasonable price from just one or at most 2 providers I just won't pay any of them. certainly won't be subscribing to apple or the upcoming Disney and it is already right at the point where paying any one or 2 does not provide a sufficient variety of content, especially with the reduction in Netflix content.

  4. Re:Poor article... on The Most Powerful iMac Pro Now Costs $15,927 (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    ~3.5GB limitation had nothing to do with disregard to hardware advancement, it was purely a limitation of what could be addressed in 32 bits.

  5. Not only did they tell them how to stop the behaviour, they warned them 3 years ago the behaviour was believed to be illegal.

  6. Re:Biting the hand that feeds it... on Apple Dealt Legal Blow as Jury Awards Qualcomm $31 Million (cnet.com) · · Score: 0

    Neither of those give apple any right to utilise a Qualcomm patent without paying. whether you use their product or not is irrelevant if what you replace it with is also using the same patented tech.

  7. Re:Biting the hand that feeds it... on Apple Dealt Legal Blow as Jury Awards Qualcomm $31 Million (cnet.com) · · Score: 0

    If apple decided to stop paying patent royalties how the fuck do you come to the conclusion that QCOM started it. If you are using someones patents you have a legal obligation to pay for them.

  8. Re:Only WoW? on Microsoft Brings DirectX 12 To Windows 7 (anandtech.com) · · Score: 1

    It isn't. part of DX12 has been ported, i.e. the easy bit that would not require significant OS changes. They ported the user mode sections all the underlying API's remain the same. So I imagine games would need to be selective/careful about what they use as it won't have the same levels of optimisation so parts that perform well on win 10 may well be dogs on win 7 without the underlying plumbing.

  9. Re:No, not another "exchange" on QuadrigaCX Allegedly Traded Against Its Own Customers Without Assets To Back Them (ambcrypto.com) · · Score: 1

    the 2008 banking crisis is a perfect example of what happens with lack of regulation, crypto currencies are like a permanent 2008 banking crisis.

  10. No they are much more careful about it, usually keeping it in the grey areas of the law to keep themselves out of the shit. She completely failed at doing that, publicity plus poor management and blatant lies that can't be brushed away made her a fucking awful CEO.

  11. A brilliant CEO doesn't commit blatant fraud that leads to the destruction of their company. She was a brilliant conman.

  12. Except of course when the NSA/FBA/FSB or whichever other agency you care to name subverts the manufacturer or software developer with their own staff then they have unfettered access to the keys to monitor everyone. It is without question that any such system will be immediately compromised as all of those agencies put their access to information well above and beyond anyone else legal rights.

  13. Re:112 speedo limit is fine.... on Volvo To Impose 112mph Speed Limit On All New Cars From 2020 (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    We have plenty of roads capable of that speed and well beyond. especially in the middle of the country. Though I must admit I always eased off once I hit 210 or 220 as the real danger is the roos or emus at that speed not the roads. We even had roads with no speed limit until relatively recently (think they are all gone now with the last few having 140 limits put on them)

  14. Re:Does Microsoft do anything but copy? on Microsoft To Offer Band Refunds, Announces End of Apps and Services (theverge.com) · · Score: 2

    why not? Apple does the same, copying is a very successful business model.

  15. Re:Why would I buy this? on Volvo To Impose 112mph Speed Limit On All New Cars From 2020 (theguardian.com) · · Score: 2

    why would you care if you are in a country where speed limit is 80? If you are into track days or anything that involves speeds above 113 you aren't going to be buying a volvo in the first place. It isn't like you are buying a volvo for its speed, they aren't sportscars

  16. Re:Just what we need..... on Amazon Removes Anti-Vaccine Movies After CNN Inquiry (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    While I don't agree with the anti-vaccine crowd, the last thing we need is for Amazon / Google / Facebook to become the arbiters as to what we think, see, and hear. Having everyone think in lockstep is far more dangerous than the anti-vaccine movement imho.

    Amazon/Google/Facebook have been doing that for years already. This isn't the first or even 101 thing they have censored, nor will it be the last.

  17. Re:ATTENTION HUXLEY MORON on Amazon Removes Anti-Vaccine Movies After CNN Inquiry (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    and? everyone, including members of the government have a right to send out such letters.

  18. Re:anti-vaccine is a cult on Amazon Removes Anti-Vaccine Movies After CNN Inquiry (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    While I am not as extreme as the OP, It is obvious at this point information and education is not working.

  19. Re:"Geoengineering" is an idiotic substitute on $200 Million Dollars a Year Could Reverse Climate Change, Says Wave Energy Pioneer (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    you are completely clueless. some EU countries are happy to reduce their own emissions but all they have done is export it to other countries. THEY ARE NOT SOLVING FUCKING PROBLEM, they are part of it. The problem is who is going to fund china, india and the hundreds of poor countries that are resource rich and cash poor that will over the next 50 years go down the exact same route. Basically the US,EU, Russia and other first world countries need to force all citizens to pay a shit load more tax on everything which is then given to these countries in the way of building clean energy and manufacturing and it simply won't happen, that will do more than anything else and without it anything the US EU or any other fucking first world country does is meaningless.In the mean time we should do anything sane that can help slow the process.

  20. Re:"Geoengineering" is an idiotic substitute on $200 Million Dollars a Year Could Reverse Climate Change, Says Wave Energy Pioneer (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    As long as countries like the US, Russia and the rest of the modern world refuses to fund the second and 3rd world countries to reduce CO2 it is not going to stop going up anytime soon. We caused all the damage and profited from it immensely yet we suddenly expect everyone else to wear the cos and not benefit in the same way we didt. It aint gonna happen. Geoengineering is not an idiotic substitute, sure it might be a poor substitute but it is better than what is achievable without it.

  21. Re:Not memory it's storage on Samsung's Fastest Phone Memory Ever Goes Into Production at 512GB (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    It is memory, Storage is one class or use of memory, usually non-volatile.

  22. Re:The Eastern District of Texas on Apple To Close Retail Stores In the Patent Troll-Favored Eastern District of Texas (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    It is a buy-your-ruling in the sense if you bring the cases to texas you will get favourable treatment, hence the courts get more money. Apple can't buy that as what the courts are after is the revenue from the cases not cash bribes or freebies.

  23. and they have explicitly stated they DID NOT approve of this tweet.

  24. Re: I don't know on Elon Musk Should Be Held In Contempt For Tweet, SEC Tells Judge (fastcompany.com) · · Score: 1

    No they are not. As a executive of a publicly traded company he agreed to abide by certain laws and regulations.

  25. Re:This is bullshit. on Elon Musk Should Be Held In Contempt For Tweet, SEC Tells Judge (fastcompany.com) · · Score: 1

    They are funded to regulate publicly traded companies, they are not a huge organisation and exist solely to ensure the regulations are being followed. specifically that companies and the directors of said companies are only releasing factual information and that all investors are being treated equally and given equal access to that information. To many people like yourself seem to conflate them with some massive agency, they aren't nor are they intended to be.

    from their own site.
    It is the responsibility of the Commission to:
    interpret and enforce federal securities laws;
    issue new rules and amend existing rules;
    oversee the inspection of securities firms, brokers, investment advisers, and ratings agencies;
    oversee private regulatory organizations in the securities, accounting, and auditing fields; and
    coordinate U.S. securities regulation with federal, state, and foreign authorities.