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  1. Re: Why is this any different than a warrant for a on WikiLeaks Claims Employee's Google Mail, Metadata Seized By US Government · · Score: 1

    Who the duck would class WikiLeaks as journalists? They may be many things, but I dont consider them to be journalists any more than a group of women gossiping over coffee could be considered journalists.

  2. Re:No African OT either.... on The Coming Decline of 'Made In China' · · Score: 1

    It would be a start for many people in Africa to draw a wage, any wage, rather than live as subsistence farmers. Yup, I've spent some time in Africa, I've seen how people live there, and the fact that its not at all like the begging adverts you see for charities on TV. The fact that its not a crisis for these people, its a way of life that is near to impossible for most to drag themselves out of. That's what makes it worse than those begging adverts.

  3. Re:Please explain on Doppler Radar Used By Police To Determine Home Occupancy · · Score: 1

    Tracking suspects requires you to know if they are still in a particular premise from time to time, to ensure they haven't slipped out without your surveillance knowing.

  4. Re:And who cares? on Over 78% of All PHP Installs Are Insecure · · Score: 1

    There are plenty of PHP websites out there taking card payments etc, so yes, this is a real problem.

  5. Re:I didn't do it. on Over 78% of All PHP Installs Are Insecure · · Score: 1

    You realise there are loads of us who spend our time in "work week land" happily getting on with shit using .Net, ASP.Net MVC and other .Net frameworks (I currently heavily use NancyFX) and earn money while having a great time doing it? And up until 2008 I was a full time PHP developer, but you won't ever see me going back to PHP now, its just not worth putting myself through that pain and suffering.

    So, dismissing ASP.Net out of hand, seemingly simply because you dont like it, limits your options for no good reason.

  6. Re: What IP address ranges are in the US? on NSA Says They Have VPNs In a 'Vulcan Death Grip' · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Does any other nation have an intelligence budget that even approaches that of the U.S.?

  7. Re:Irony. on How Amazon's Ebook Subscriptions Are Changing the Writing Industry · · Score: 1

    Or certain authors or publishers to not join the service - you can't get any of my favourite authors on the subscription service, and I dont see that changing.

  8. Re:No "Bounty On His Head": Timmy Fails Again on Early Bitcoin Adopters Facing Extortion Threats · · Score: 1

    Its a perfectly reasonable modern use of the term.

  9. Re:Told you so on Early Bitcoin Adopters Facing Extortion Threats · · Score: 1

    Similar then to the huge fluctuations of the dollar to the GBP then?

  10. Re:WHY GOD WHY on Microsoft Is Building a New Browser As Part of Its Windows 10 Push · · Score: 1

    Google is the primary developer of Blink, Opera switched to it after Google forked Webkit to create Blink back in April 2013.

  11. Re:Airlines could surcharge for the actual journey on United and Orbitz Sue 22-Year-Old Programmer For Compiling Public Info · · Score: 0

    You broke the conditions of carriage and used a different product to the one you purchased - you wouldn't have standing to sue if they charged you, under the conditions of carriage you agreed to, for the full fare of the product you actually used.

  12. Re:What he's doing is Not illegal on United and Orbitz Sue 22-Year-Old Programmer For Compiling Public Info · · Score: 2

    If he's compiling the data from their websites, in violation of both the websites Terms of Service and the carriers Conditions of Carriage, then they have standing to sue, especially if they can prove torturous interference.

    You think this is new? Its called "hidden city ticketing" and airlines have banned travellers before for doing it, as well as blocking previous websites attempting to do trip round ups.

  13. Re:"Support Extensions" is not real on Microsoft Is Building a New Browser As Part of Its Windows 10 Push · · Score: 5, Insightful

    You mean, like how Google is heavily restricting Chrome extensions these days?

  14. Re:WHY GOD WHY on Microsoft Is Building a New Browser As Part of Its Windows 10 Push · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Yup, Blink drops a lot of the Apple stuff but also adds a lot of Google specific stuff. Swings and roundabouts really.

  15. Re:How about mandatory felony sentences instead? on Drunk Drivers in California May Get Mandated Interlock Devices · · Score: 1

    No, not in every case, infact in most cases if you are unlikely to blow over the limit on the station breathalizer you won't be taken to the station at all, its a waste of time for the officers, the custody Sargent and everyone else involved because the CPS can't prosecute the case anyway without the station units reading.

    Ive seen quite a few cases where people have blown 36mg or even 38mg where they have been let off at the kerbside with a "stern talking to" that doesn't actually constitute anything legally.

  16. Re:How about mandatory felony sentences instead? on Drunk Drivers in California May Get Mandated Interlock Devices · · Score: 3, Informative

    Actually in the UK you don't get prosecuted until you are 10% over the legal limit - just slightly over will get you chastised by the police, but they won't do anything. Basically you have to be over enough so that the roadside breath tests can be backed up by the more accurate station breath test 30 minutes later, and then by a blood test if needed an hour after that. So you have to be reasonably over otherwise its potentially a waste of time.

  17. Re:Developing Story on AirAsia Flight Goes Missing Between Indonesia and Singapore · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I read it on the BBC and came here for the discussion - as with any story, if you don't like it, skip it. Nothing is forcing you to read or take part in comments, so why bitch and moan about Slashdot covering something you personally don't like.

  18. Re:Why the 1st model starts at -800? on First Airbus A350 XWB Delivered, Will Start Service in January · · Score: 1

    First class and business tend to have their products refreshed on a more regular basis, because there's more involved in each rather than "seats" and "entertainment" in economy, and in the case of the 787 most airlines had planned to launch new first and business products with the introduction of the 787 into their fleets, but then the plane was hit with 5 years worth of delays so those products got launched on older aircraft instead.

  19. Re:Odd on First Airbus A350 XWB Delivered, Will Start Service in January · · Score: 1

    A lot more new tech goes into a new aircraft model than a new bus model, thats why aviation is followed so keenly.

  20. Dont add time, use it better. on Boston Elementary, Middle Schools To Get a Longer Day · · Score: 2

    Meh, quality is what it is about, not quantity - the school I went to had a 9am to 4pm school day and was doing well in rankings, but they decided to do a fairly major restructuring of the school day in order to shift more lessons before lunch (they had a research project for a year prior, which showed the two lessons after lunch had a much lower engagement level than lessons before lunch). By starting 20 minutes earlier (8.40 start) and cutting 20 minutes off of the hour lunch, they managed to have four lessons before lunch, one after, and actually managed to shave an hour off the school day, meaning we got to finish at 3pm. Even the kids loved it, and the study done after showed a massive uptick in engagement in both the single lesson after lunch, and the one that had been moved to before lunch. The school is now topping rankings in the area as well.

  21. Re:Why the 1st model starts at -800? on First Airbus A350 XWB Delivered, Will Start Service in January · · Score: 2

    Pedanticism strikes, there is no such plane as the A-350 nor the A-380. The aircraft is called the A350 and the A380. Airbus doesn't use hyphens in its main product name.

  22. Re:Why the 1st model starts at -800? on First Airbus A350 XWB Delivered, Will Start Service in January · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I'm afraid the airline chooses the seat pitch, seats and cabin layouts - its not the 787 giving you most of your experience there, its the airline.

  23. Re:The Navy sucks at negotiating on US Navy Sells 'Top Gun' Aircraft Carrier For One Penny · · Score: 1

    I'm struggling to see what Military.com says with regard to one of my points - I made a few, could you narrow it down for me? :)

  24. Re:The Navy sucks at negotiating on US Navy Sells 'Top Gun' Aircraft Carrier For One Penny · · Score: 2

    It isn't in pristine condition, its full of heavy metal contaminants, asbestos, oils and other problem materials, and requires maintenance just to remain afloat in decent condition - a huge amount of effort is required to do anything with the ship, and the Navy doesn't want it on its budget any more. If the museum project had raised its money, they would have got it.

    Having watched a documentary on another scrapping a few years back, the metal in these ships do not command a premium on the scrap market, and any scrapping company takes it on with complete uncertainty as to whether they make a profit or loss as they also have to deal with the toxics and those cost a lot these days.

  25. Re:WTF UK? on UK Man Arrested Over "Offensive" Tweet · · Score: 1

    It seems you would rather live in an anarchy than a structured society...