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  1. It's not piracy if the artist is compensated for the content. And thanks to YouTube's auto fingerprint tech, when it matches registered content the creator gets the ad revenues.

    It's literally Money For Nothing!

  2. Re: An easier sollution on Ask Slashdot: Can Technology Prevent Shootings? · · Score: 1

    I'm all about drug legalization AND gun control. Say you agree with removing AR-15s from civilian ownership...cmon it's easy

  3. Re: An easier sollution on Ask Slashdot: Can Technology Prevent Shootings? · · Score: 1

    Countless because there aren't any examples? I'm sure there are examples....of people risking others lives without permission. There's a reason it's illegal in many places.

  4. Re: An easier sollution on Ask Slashdot: Can Technology Prevent Shootings? · · Score: 1

    And you think the average gun owner has your wealth of experience? Any experienced law enforcement officer does NOT want vigilantes 'helping'. The hubris you espouse is precisely the problem. You aren't fucking Rambo and youll as likely shoot an innocent bystander.

  5. Re: An easier sollution on Ask Slashdot: Can Technology Prevent Shootings? · · Score: 1

    You're the one who said it was mostly gangbangers killing each other, implying that wasn't that bad. Yes that's sick. If that's not what you meant, them perhaps acknowledge the wording was not the best? Guns are the problem. Specifically military assault weapons in civilian hands. Theres no sane reason. For that.

  6. Re: An easier sollution on Ask Slashdot: Can Technology Prevent Shootings? · · Score: 1

    Did you even read the 2nd link where a ccw says he almost killed an innocent person? Perhaps take the lady in Michigan. Who decides to shoot at fleeing 'criminal' because she thought she would help? You're not fucking Rambo and this isn't a god damned movie

  7. Re: An easier sollution on Ask Slashdot: Can Technology Prevent Shootings? · · Score: 1

    So it's 'their' problem? And we should just let them kill each other? You're a sick person.

  8. Re: An easier sollution on Ask Slashdot: Can Technology Prevent Shootings? · · Score: 1

    Indeed, perhaps it's not the number of guns per person but that having ready access to guns by the general population is just a bad idea. I'd love Europe levels but to compromise on allowing rifles and shotguns which are a small fraction of the problem. What's your solution?

  9. Re: An easier sollution on Ask Slashdot: Can Technology Prevent Shootings? · · Score: 1

    Texas does NOT have far more guns. They are actually about equal given the population differences. So more guns per person in TX doesn't equate to being safer

  10. Re: An easier sollution on Ask Slashdot: Can Technology Prevent Shootings? · · Score: 3, Informative

    http://www.usatoday.com/story/... And that was a trained policeman who shot one of his own by mistaking him for the assailant. Or the admission of someone at the Gabby Giffords shooting who said he came very close to shooting someone who had wrestled the gun away from the attacker. http://www.slate.com/articles/... You really need to stop believing movies are reality. If you don't have situational awareness you hurt more than help. And if your in the thick of an attack you don't have it.

  11. Re: An easier sollution on Ask Slashdot: Can Technology Prevent Shootings? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    The US has far and away the most gun violence in the developed world. It also has more guns per capita than any country in the world. If guns are the solution why aren't we the safest from gun violence? And why does Texas have basically the same gun homicide rate as CA? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wik...

  12. Re:so what... on There's No Evidence That Google Is Manipulating Searches To Help Hillary Clinton (vox.com) · · Score: 4, Informative

    If they're so concerned with biased 'reporting', I'm sure they went batshit crazy when the CEO of the largest supplier of voting machines promised to Deliver Ohio to a presidential candidate

    Oh wait, that was a Republican for Bush so that wasn't a problem...

  13. Re: Yeah right on Canada Federal Court Restrains Sale Of 'Pirate' Boxes (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 1

    I hadn't gone to a movie in more than 15 years but wanted to see Star WarS on the big screen. 45 MINUTES of previews is not what I paid for. That said, piracy has hit the movie industry so hard they had yet another record year in revenue...

  14. Re: Back-ups aren't always enough on Microsoft Auto-Scheduling Windows 10 Updates (tomshardware.com) · · Score: 1

    hence why you have 2 or more system images. if something is mission critical, you really should have that so that you can roll back to a known good state and stop the upgrade before it starts.

  15. Re:well intentioned? on Civil Liberties Expert Argues Snowden Was Wrong (usnews.com) · · Score: 2

    but government jobs traditionally pay less than the civilian sector

    Perhaps are you not taking into account that some people are motivated by power over others rather than money? I.e. the multitude of police officers who are hopped up on 'power' over the less civilians?

  16. Re:well intentioned? on Civil Liberties Expert Argues Snowden Was Wrong (usnews.com) · · Score: 1

    Compromise....like when they decide to use the NSA's anti-terrorism data to bust people having nothing to do to with terrorism? It's called Parallel Construction

    When they are blatantly violating the US Constitution...it's not 'compromise', it's one more step on the road to fascism.

  17. Re: What BS on 'Eat, Sleep, Code, Repeat' Approach Is Such Bullshit (signalvnoise.com) · · Score: 1

    Meat Grinder companies like that generally don't last very long. No matter how amazing your are at programming...if you don't start pushing your job to subordinates as you expand, you can't expand.

  18. Re: What BS on 'Eat, Sleep, Code, Repeat' Approach Is Such Bullshit (signalvnoise.com) · · Score: 2
    After 15 years or so my epiphany was that coding was a whole like being an artist or musician. When the muse hits, you go with it. If it's not there...you won't get a lot of productive results.

    The last 10 years have been much much easier ala Kenny Rogers

    You've got to know when to hold 'em
    Know when to fold 'em
    Know when to walk away
    And know when to run

    The real bonus is that our work product is much more black or white in terms of acceptance. A musician...not so much.

  19. Re: What BS on 'Eat, Sleep, Code, Repeat' Approach Is Such Bullshit (signalvnoise.com) · · Score: 2

    You drove by IBM? All the locations? That would take you quite a while...and a few plane trips...

  20. Re: Back-ups aren't always enough on Microsoft Auto-Scheduling Windows 10 Updates (tomshardware.com) · · Score: 1

    Your assertion that only data is saved is I correct. A system image is just that, a direct copy of the system at a point in time. From your other reply, if you're dealing with multi thousand dollar installs not doing ( or paying someone) to do these backups is pure negligence.

  21. Re: Confirmed on Microsoft Auto-Scheduling Windows 10 Updates (tomshardware.com) · · Score: 1

    it's free...

  22. Re:Back-ups aren't always enough on Microsoft Auto-Scheduling Windows 10 Updates (tomshardware.com) · · Score: 1

    I'm in full agreement this is ridiculous by Microsoft.

    your argument stemmed from a professional situation with software you couldn't reinstall easily. You damned well should be doing system backups if it's mission critical. If your data is frequently backed up, then by all means do system backups less frequently as your risk comfort level dictates.

    Now you're changing to the average user. No they don't need to do this often. They also aren't likely backing up their data either so more frequent would be the better bet to just have 1 step involved. Most users could likely get away with just doing 1 system backup. Something to allow them to roll it back.

    Then again, having just 1 backup is itself only slightly better than no backups.

  23. Re:Back-ups aren't always enough on Microsoft Auto-Scheduling Windows 10 Updates (tomshardware.com) · · Score: 1

    "Impractical"

    Indeed they are. As is a forced upgrade to an OS that doesn't meet your needs.

    Backups aren't going to be painless, just less painful than the alternative.

    Frequently updated offsite storage isn't related to a system backup anyway. offsite storage is generally about saving 'data'. System Backups are about preserving the installed software and OS. You don't have to do them daily or even weekly. Bi-weekly or monthly is more than enough.

  24. Re: Confirmed on Microsoft Auto-Scheduling Windows 10 Updates (tomshardware.com) · · Score: 1

    You get the Win 10 prevention apps this won't be a problem. It's not like the upgrade happens exactly at boot time. Never 10 from Steve Gibson

    Easy enough even my 70 yr old mother was able to run it successfully on her own :)

  25. Re:Back-ups aren't always enough on Microsoft Auto-Scheduling Windows 10 Updates (tomshardware.com) · · Score: 1

    Uh, if you restore the full backup, the machine is identical to what it was. There won't be any activation issue since you're not reinstalling the software.

    You may be thinking of file backups. This is talking about full system image backup so you could reformat your drive and still recover back to a working state with everything as it was. If you have mission critical software that you can't reinstall easily, you need this level of backup.