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  1. I never said Python would make things worst. All I said was that allowing such things is a terrible idea, whatever the language is.

  2. Both the BTC and the BCH have already been transferred to government-controlled wallets...

    ...after a thirty-day delay due to high Bitcoin network fees.

  3. Re:Peering? on Motherboard and VICE Are Building a Community Internet Network (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    No idea for the cost of those Wi-Max routers. Maybe other ideas would be better. Maybe the wires only run the streets and you connect the subscribers via Wi-Fi or Wi-Max.

  4. I hate smart speakers on Samsung Targets First Half of 2018 for Smart Speaker (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1
  5. Re:I want dumb everything on Samsung Targets First Half of 2018 for Smart Speaker (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    I wouldn't mind smart tech to let me know about the state of basic things (temperature, lights, locks) but I would never give it any control over it nor would I want anything with microphones or cameras.

    And yes, I store my smartphone in a sealed tube with a built-in faraday cage when I get home.

  6. run [...] code in their spreadsheets

    Do you want to make insecure software? Because that's how you make insecure software.

  7. Re:Still don't understand why there is a "price" on Samsung Targets First Half of 2018 for Smart Speaker (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    I guess it depends on your definition of "filled"...

  8. I just felt a great disturbance in the Net, as if millions of hackers were preparing to attack.

  9. Re:Peering? on Motherboard and VICE Are Building a Community Internet Network (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    Make your subscribers use Wi-Max routers and do a mesh link between everyone, connect only a few users directly via cable?

    Does it make sense or was that buzzword bingo?

  10. Re:Did anyone else read this as... on Google Is Using Light Beam Tech To Connect Rural India To the Internet (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    Nope, you're the only one. And you might be dyexslic.

  11. Re:Average IQ on SlashDot is now 110 and dropping on Google Is Using Light Beam Tech To Connect Rural India To the Internet (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    "Laser" Tech /Dr.Evil

    Is that better?

  12. Re:I want dumb everything on Samsung Targets First Half of 2018 for Smart Speaker (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    The only smart technology I want in a house is empty conduits to pass my own wires.

  13. Re:There is nothing smart in a smart speaker on Samsung Targets First Half of 2018 for Smart Speaker (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Let's make that the official quote:
    Smart speakers are surveillance devices for dumb people.

  14. Re:Still don't understand why there is a "price" on Samsung Targets First Half of 2018 for Smart Speaker (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    They are extrapolating numbers from early sheep adopters. What they don't realize is that the whole planet is not filled with sheep.

  15. Re:Peering? on Motherboard and VICE Are Building a Community Internet Network (vice.com) · · Score: 2

    In fact, do exactly that. Charge twice the cost to allow for profits and to run the company, so:
    5Mbps for $1.50 per month.
    10Mbps for $3.00 per month.
    50Mbps for $15.00 per month.

    At those prices, EVERYONE will want to be connected and everyone will be able to afford it, even the poor who are using a computer they got for free at the recycling center.

    Heck, even at four times the cost, it's still cheaper than most places. Nobody offers 5Mbps for $3.00 per month. And 5Mbps is more than enough to connect the dirt poor. Even the homeless could probably afford that.

  16. Re:Peering? on Motherboard and VICE Are Building a Community Internet Network (vice.com) · · Score: 2

    At $1.50 per month you can lock me to 10Mbps and I'll be happy about it.

  17. Re:PR Stunt on Motherboard and VICE Are Building a Community Internet Network (vice.com) · · Score: 3, Informative
  18. Motherboard and VICE Are Building a Community Internet Network

    With Blackjack, and hookers!

  19. Obligatory Garak on What Disney's Acquisition of Fox Means For the Future of Film and TV (qz.com) · · Score: 1
  20. Re:What this means is... on What Disney's Acquisition of Fox Means For the Future of Film and TV (qz.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    It's the freakin' blob, another Hollywood invention.

  21. Re: Disney's Slut-Generation Plant on What Disney's Acquisition of Fox Means For the Future of Film and TV (qz.com) · · Score: 1

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

    Walt was gay, the guy is the tramp. I guess it fits.

  22. Re: Don't Roll Your Own Crypto on A Cryptocurrency Without a Blockchain Has Been Built To Outperform Bitcoin (technologyreview.com) · · Score: 1

    And their population has been decreasing for the last few decades.

  23. Re:Why discontinue it? on PSA: AIM Will Be Discontinued Tomorrow (fortune.com) · · Score: 1

    That's true, I didn't think of it because I only have one contact who's using it.

  24. Re:Why discontinue it? on PSA: AIM Will Be Discontinued Tomorrow (fortune.com) · · Score: 1

    Messages on the Mac supports both AIM and iMessages. With AIM gone, there's only iMessages left.

  25. Re:Why discontinue it? on PSA: AIM Will Be Discontinued Tomorrow (fortune.com) · · Score: 2

    A lot of Mac users. AIM was the default protocol for all accounts a while back.

    Today I had to remind three friends to (finally) drop AIM and switch to iMessage.