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  1. Re:Chromebook is Intel, not ARM. on Is the Chromebook the New Android Tablet? (computerworld.com) · · Score: 1

    firstly that is a fail school if they stopped teaching cursive writing. secondly are you really claiming you need a chromebook to be able to have a keyboard and mouse?

  2. Re:Chromebook is Intel, not ARM. on Is the Chromebook the New Android Tablet? (computerworld.com) · · Score: 1

    What about the opposite question. Why do you want a Chromebook?

    exactly, a better question is does Chromebook serve any real purpose anymore when a good Android device can do everything it can do and more. I don't like Android much, I more endure it, but compared to a chromebook it is awesome.

  3. Re:Who cares? It's better than advertising. on Pirate Bay is Mining Cryptocurrency Again, No Opt Out (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 1

    For the me the site is completely unusable with the piece of shit coin miners, they take every ounce of CPU horsepower they can steal even to the detriment of using TPB. In the past I let pirate bay display its dodgy ads so they got a little something from me, but ever since this change all Ad's and mining their is blocked.

  4. Re:"Elon time" on CNN Skeptical of Elon Musk's 'Big Promises' (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    you seem really confused about your articles. That article does not state a 2018 delivery, the all electric is based on their 2018 Panamera model, it is not nor has it ever been scheduled for a 2018 delivery, the 2018 delivery was always for a hydrid variant upon which the all electric vehicle will be based..

  5. Re:If the police can legally lie... on Ask Slashdot: Is Deliberately Misleading People On the Internet Free Speech? · · Score: 1

    They can lie within certain well defined boundaries, they can also carry handguns in public and point loaded guns at people or chain them with handcuffs and lock them in a cage as well as 100's of other things you can't and shouldn't be allowed to do.

  6. Re:Ad's are not free speech protected on Ask Slashdot: Is Deliberately Misleading People On the Internet Free Speech? · · Score: 1

    Actually Australia does have free speech laws around information, opinion and expression, we just don't have it enshrined in our constitution. Also the US freedom of speech is no different, it is not an absolute right, only a protection from government persecution and also with many exceptions and the only real difference is they have it is in their constitution, many people misunderstand what the US freedom of speech is, it is most definitely not a protection from lawsuits, defamation, lying etc etc so it has just the same problems of whoever has the deeper pockets in a legal battle.

  7. Ad's are not free speech protected on Ask Slashdot: Is Deliberately Misleading People On the Internet Free Speech? · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Ad's do not fall under free speech protection (at least in most countries). Most countries have legal frameworks for what is and is not acceptable advertising. For instance here in Australia most of those Ads are actually completely illegal as they fall under false advertising... good luck pursuing them on that though given most are not based in country.

  8. Re:"Elon time" on CNN Skeptical of Elon Musk's 'Big Promises' (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    it is quite possible, however the larger the project the more margin of error you need to build in. The problem with Musk is he states absolute best possible perfect world scenario and even then errs on the extreme optimist side which anyone familiar with large projects will tell you is a moronic thing to do as it sets unrealistic expectations that are almost certain to disappoint. What he should be doing is saying here is the upper and lower estimates for completion and when speaking using a number somewhere in the middle of that or providing the full range.

  9. Re:Reality distortion fields on CNN Skeptical of Elon Musk's 'Big Promises' (cnn.com) · · Score: 2

    There is optimism then there is straight out bullshit. Elon despite all his achievements favours the later when he is spruiking his plans, it is a shame really as the truth is just as interesting in most of these situations.

  10. Re:"anonymous" cash on Bitcoin Transactions Lead To Arrest of Major Drug Dealer (techspot.com) · · Score: 1

    No that depends both on the jurisdiction of the tumbler and the jurisdiction of anyone using or operating the service. It is a highly risky business to be in as almost certainly you will have someone as a customer from one of the great many countries that require transparency in said transactions to prevent money laundering.

  11. Re:Seems suspicious on Bitcoin Transactions Lead To Arrest of Major Drug Dealer (techspot.com) · · Score: 1

    like most criminals he never expected to actually be caught in person so his defences were all for online. Idiotic yes, but hardly unusual as he wouldn't actually be doing the crime let alone travelling to the US if he expected to be caught.

  12. Re:Planted Evidence? on Bitcoin Transactions Lead To Arrest of Major Drug Dealer (techspot.com) · · Score: 1

    even a spoiled one you would not expose to a spotlight like this. you bury it and stop using everything related to it. This is simply a case of a moron drug dealer getting caught with his pants down, to think a conspiracy is even remotely possible is a pretty fucking long bow to draw, my guess is the fact his stuff was searched means he probably has a history of such crimes or they were well and truly already suspicious of him.

  13. Re:"anonymous" cash on Bitcoin Transactions Lead To Arrest of Major Drug Dealer (techspot.com) · · Score: 1

    Actually the process of anonymising falls directly under the money laundering laws, any organisation that acts as an exchange for funds transfer must keep accurate records of who and where those funds went too. The process of anonymising the source breaches those laws.

  14. Re:Trump lets them own the oval office... on HP Enterprise Let Russia Scrutinize The Pentagon's Cyberdefense Software (reuters.com) · · Score: 5, Informative

    What treason? This story is utter garbage, HP weren't revealing US secrets, they were submitting their OWN software for review to win sales. Every large company does this for governments and sometimes private sector as well. Microsoft, IBM, Apple, Oracle etc etc all do this and if they didn't they would all be a fraction of the size they are now as none of them would get international government business.

  15. Re:Planted Evidence? on Bitcoin Transactions Lead To Arrest of Major Drug Dealer (techspot.com) · · Score: 1

    The government can't even keep its secrets secret that go undiscovered like the tin foil hat brigade like yourself believe happen, let alone commit vast conspiracies to arrest a minor individual. The sheer unlikelihood of your scenario and the planning involved goes beyond the realms of belief.

  16. Re:Well, maybe Ireland will leave the EU next? on EU Takes Ireland To Court For Not Claiming Apple Tax Windfall (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    neither MSRP or release dates are laws signed into being by treaty arrangements between governments.

  17. Re:Drivel. Compare vs. Actual Ryzen/Threadripper on Intel's Just Launched 8th Gen 'Coffee Lake' Processors Bring the Heat To AMD's Ryzen · · Score: 1

    The link is to hothardware, did you honestly expect a decent article from their? they spam them to Slashdot as the only way to get suckers to read their garbage.

  18. Re:The only thing they need to do to win on Amazon Is Testing Its Own Delivery Service To Rival FedEx, UPS (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    So you are saying they already lost as Amazon staff are no better than FedEx or any other courier staff and they have been videoed throwing, damaging and mishandling packages.

  19. hope they work better than google translate! as if that translation engine is used you are well and truly up shit creek without a paddle if you rely on the shit translations it provides.

  20. Re:Well, maybe Ireland will leave the EU next? on EU Takes Ireland To Court For Not Claiming Apple Tax Windfall (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    mostly true, though you could argue the EU is just the EEC on steroids and it replaced the EEC which was formed in 1957. part of the EU membership though was taxation rules around treatment of companies equally and no state-aid etc in exchange for free market access, so really Ireland has really been in breach of the EU agreement ever since the EU was formed, they try to hide their state-aid under various tax relief banners like discounts for local R&D etc but really it is just lipstick on the pig that is tax haven. gradually these loopholes are being shutdown and once they are all finally closed I would expect many of those companies that claim they aren't their for the tax haven benefits will mysteriously find other countries that they need to move too (also for completely non taxed related reasons).

  21. Re:When the EU thinks its above you... on EU Takes Ireland To Court For Not Claiming Apple Tax Windfall (reuters.com) · · Score: 2

    I think the EU would be very happy for Ireland not to be a member, they have cost the rest of the EU a fortune in bailouts, lost tax revenues and problems. Ireland however would probably collapse, especially as without the EU market access none of the companies they gave the sweetheart tax deals too would stay and everyone would be free to impose tarrifs etc on a country that is using tax laws to steal from other nations. This is not about imposing rules on them, it is about making them meet the obligations they signed up to as a condition of entry to the EU marketplace.

  22. Re:Well, maybe Ireland will leave the EU next? on EU Takes Ireland To Court For Not Claiming Apple Tax Windfall (reuters.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    Brussels doesn't get the cash, the cash actually goes to Ireland and Luxemburg. Brussels are trying to ensure that everyone isn't getting screwed over by the corrupt arrangements made by these two countries. If they want to make such deals with companies then they need to leave the EU (certainly and option) but then none of these companies would have any interest whatsoever in being in either of those countries as they are really using this as a tax haven to funnel money out of the rest of the EU which would no longer be possible once they left the EU.

  23. Re:Well, maybe Ireland will leave the EU next? on EU Takes Ireland To Court For Not Claiming Apple Tax Windfall (reuters.com) · · Score: 2

    that would be economic suicide for them.

  24. Re: No headphone jack, no replaceable battery... on Google Is Latest Company To Ditch Headphone Jack In Its Newest Smartphones (cultofmac.com) · · Score: 1

    We are not talking about not liking change, this community is usually one of the first to adopt new shit, but this is change for no good reason and if anything is a negative change to a highly useful item, it is just fucking moronic. using your analogy it is more akin to removing the steering wheel of the car because most people only drive in straight lines anyway, or removing the windscreen wipers because most people stay at home when it is wet weather anyway.

  25. really, that looks exactly like the problem he was describing, the need to carry yet another device adapter on the off chance you might need to use the headphone jack.