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  1. What problem is this trying to address?

    Saving on bandwidth costs? Providing a better streaming experience for customers on poor or throttled connections? Storage space savings?

    So nothing that's REALLY important then?

    So what would something REALLY important be?

    Increased fidelity for rendering skin tones?

  2. Apocryphally, someone tried a similar gag with Richard Nixon when he was running for President, and the Secret Service was not amused.

    Things were looking good at first, but it turns out that there wasn't really a "Woodward and Bernstein's Pizza Palace" in that city.

  3. I still think that the original video was much better.

  4. Re:Turkey downing plane on Turkey Downs Allegedly Intruding Russian Fighter Near Syria Border (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly.

  5. Re:This is why ISIS wins on Turkey Downs Allegedly Intruding Russian Fighter Near Syria Border (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    The situation all seemed much simpler when Bill O'Reilly explained it.

  6. Re:Good ... on ISP To Court: BitTorrent Usage Doesn't Equal Piracy (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    That's just crazy.

    If this kind of thing keeps up, we may start seeing stupid laws about how "The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects against unreasonable searches and seizures shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized."

    You just can't run a country like that. It would never work.

  7. Re:Rational basis on "Fallout 4" Release Raises Questions About Reviews of Buggy Games (kotaku.com) · · Score: 1

    "Outsider here so this may be a stupid question but how is a reputation of "Our products are finished 1-2 years after we release them thanks to the support of paying customers" a good thing?"

    Because the alternative is "We are finished with our products 1-2 weeks after we release them and any remaining bugs may be fixed in the next game or paid expansion. Pay up or suffer."

  8. When in Rome, do a's the Roman's do.

  9. Physical media doesn't last forever either. Try to buy a laserdisc player in an electronics store, if your laserdiscs haven't already failed from oxidization.

    With physical media, I can rip it to my computer and store it redundantly.

    That sounds easy. Just put it in your computer's laserdisc drive and off you go.

  10. Just wait until next year on TV Networks Open Neuroscience Labs To Improve Their Shows and Ads (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Nielsen Holdings is also in negotiations to purchase neuroscience firm Voight and Kampff next year, and hopes to improve their ability to detect which programs and advertisements are being watched by human viewers and which are only being scanned by computers.

    "And now a word from our sponsors..."

    "Do you ever find yourself walking along in the desert when all of the sudden you look down and you see a tortoise crawling toward you? You reach down, you flip the tortoise over on it's back. The tortoise lays on it's back, it's belly baking in the hot sun, beating it's legs trying to turn itself over and enjoy the refreshing taste of New Diet Cloaca Cola..."

  11. Re:But on Firefox 42 Arrives With Tracking Protection, Tab Audio Indicators · · Score: 1

    The new version still has the same choices for updates as always:

    • - Automatically install new versions
    • - Check and notify
    • - Never check

    So, yes, it comes with optional forced updates. You can either set your preferences or continue living in the past as you wish.

  12. You seem to be under some illusions about the working conditions of University professors. Most of your professors are adjuncts, working part time for less than minimum wage.

    You're upset because your professor didn't contact you way before the first class to tell you what the expectations were? Guess what? The University probably hadn't even gotten around to hiring her yet. And even if they had, they reserved the right to say "just kidding" and cancel it at the last minute.

    You want someone to blame for the poor quality of your education? It's not your professors. It's the "dooshbags" they are working for.

    I am sorry to hear that you are out an extra $50 for the cost of a new textbook. Your professor, who makes about $20,000 a year by working at three different schools with no benefits, no job security and no support from their employer, knows what that feels like.

  13. Here's what one former university professor had to say about his experience with the textbook industry.

    The man from the book depository was there, and he said, "Excuse me; I can explain that. I didn't send it to you because that book hadn't been completed yet. There's a rule that you have to have every entry in by a certain time, and the publisher was a few days late with it. So it was sent to us with just the covers, and it's blank in between. The company sent a note excusing themselves and hoping they could have their set of three books considered, even though the third one would be late."

    It turned out that the blank book had a rating by some of the other members! They couldn't believe it was blank, because [the book] had a rating. In fact, the rating for the missing book was a little bit higher than for the two others. The fact that there was nothing in the book had nothing to do with the rating.

  14. You're thinking in the wrong direction on Ask Slashdot: An 'Ex Libris' For My Books In a Digital Age? · · Score: 4, Informative

    Instead of trying to be terribly modern and applying some kind of 'digital' solution to the problem of keeping track of your books, why not go a little more medieval and try a proven solution that works?

  15. There's only one thing to do now on Intel Pulling the Plug On McAfee/MX Logic Anti-Spam (mcafee.com) · · Score: 1

    Now Intel needs to produce their own version of this informative video explaining how their customers can remove the MX Logic/McAfee/Intel Security/Partridge-in-Pear-Tree product.

    I believe that Treasure, Carmella and Sasha are available for consultation although Bianca and Diamond have left the IT support industry.

  16. Re:Will it tunnel applications? on Microsoft Publishes OpenSSH For Windows Code (msdn.com) · · Score: 5, Informative

    If I can expect a windows machine to have an ssh daemon capable of tunneling the RDP port to my machine locally, I would be gaining a lot. Such as no longer exposing RDP directly to the client via a VPN.

    ssh -L 3389:127.0.0.1:3389 myusername@somewindowsserver

    Run that, and then try to connect to remote desktop on your local machine. It works with any proper SSH server, including Cygwin. Do you have any other requests?

  17. Re:alternately: on The Google Employee Who Opted For a Truck Over Bay Area Rents (dice.com) · · Score: 1

    They would have to call it the "Cowles Modular Community", and that could be confusing to the neighbours.

  18. Re:Causality violation on Boarding Pass Barcodes Can Reveal Personal Data, Future Flights · · Score: 1

    Reading the article to see exactly how that would be possible? That would be a neat trick.

  19. Re:You can see the data yourself on Boarding Pass Barcodes Can Reveal Personal Data, Future Flights · · Score: 1

    Clearly the only solution is to outlaw this kind of terrorism-assisting application.

  20. Re:Government Goons on Boarding Pass Barcodes Can Reveal Personal Data, Future Flights · · Score: 1

    When I travel by air I always wear a latex catsuit, waist-cinching back-laced corset, and ballet boots. The security screeners look really uncomfortable. Finally found a way to turn the tables on those privacy invasion actors.

    Curiously, this is exactly why Stephen Fry is no longer allowed to fly to many airports.

  21. Re:Umm on Boarding Pass Barcodes Can Reveal Personal Data, Future Flights · · Score: 3, Funny

    That sounds an awful lot like "real security", which has no place anywhere near an airport.

  22. "Fantasy Sports" on Scandal Erupts In Unregulated Online World of Fantasy Sports · · Score: 1

    I tried to read the article, but I don't see how this relates to Blood Bowl in any way.

  23. That`s a good idea on Nissan Creates the Ultimate Distracted Driving Machine · · Score: 1

    Why not ask average drivers what they want from a car?

    I'm sure you'll get some great results from that.

  24. Re:How is it malware then? on Vigilante Malware Protects Routers Against Other Security Threats · · Score: 3, Funny

    Sure thing. Just post your address here along with the times when you will be out of the house with the doors unlocked and I assure you that everything will be cleaned out by the end of the day.

    Up. I meant up. You can totally trust me on that. Have I ever lied to you before?

  25. Re:How is it malware then? on Vigilante Malware Protects Routers Against Other Security Threats · · Score: 2

    How do you know that it's doing good things?

    And even if it did good things for someone else, how would you know that it was still doing good things by the time it hit your router?