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  1. Re:Dismiss the telecom suit with prejudice on FCC Tells Court It Has No 'Legal Authority' To Impose Net Neutrality Rules (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 2

    I agree. They also open the door to voip providers..ie not require them to pay fcc fees and possibility 911 access and fees also. Fb

  2. Sounds confusing to me. Hope it makes sense.

  3. Re:biggest problem on Old AM Broadcast Towers Get a New Life · · Score: 1

    Sounds right. Definitely would need a consultant. If you had the typical cellular antenna configuration it would add all sorts of top loading probably no worse than an fm antenna though.

  4. biggest problem on Old AM Broadcast Towers Get a New Life · · Score: 1

    Mounting on an AM tower requires decoupling the antenna and transmission line from the AM antenna. The antenna resistance of the tower would have to be remeasured to show this had been accomplished. This would be particularly difficult on a directional station. Perhaps the FCC would relax rules on non directional AM's to reduce these requirements since AM station contours are not so critical any more.

  5. I really wanted a Mate 10 on Verizon on FBI, CIA, and NSA: Don't Use Huawei Phones (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    I guess the government pressured Verizon and AT&T to drop plans for selling this phone. Our loss. Maybe Apple and Foxcon are responsible. I realize AT&T is hoping for the approval of the merger. Now I guess I should not renew my Kaspersky antivirus and throw away all cellphones except for my Samsung (which may be made in China too).

  6. Re:Protecting Profit on Verizon is Locking Its Phones Down To Combat Theft (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Most Verizon phones are locked to the firmware. I have a Samsung S7 edge. Technically it's unlocked but If I were to switch to Tmobile or AT&T it would only cover Verizon's common bands. Motorola phones and most other branded phones are the same. I believe Iphones are different however, I cannot confirm.

  7. Let's see how this spins on Apple To Build $1.3 Billion Iowa Data Center, Get $208 Million In Incentives (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Trump will crow on this one. Let's see how many jobs are to be created. I am not even sure the Foxcon deal was very good. It's a global economy now.

  8. Hope she has enough annual leave since she is now a federal employee.

  9. really hard to test on FCC Investigating Coast-To-Coast 911 Outage For AT&T Wireless Users (nbcnews.com) · · Score: 1

    You really can't test for 911 without calling. They get quite perturbed if you call and tell them your just testing.

  10. Re android phone on Congressman Calls For Probe Into Trump's Unsecured Android Phone (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Maybe the hacker would post something better than DT.

  11. This is BS. There are so many variables in emission testing that almost anything will affect the results. I's sure altitude, humidity, gas octane, maybe even oil could affect things to name a few. Give it up!!

  12. These ads are ridiculous. Most of the products don't even give you an idea what they are for. Your doctor will not be interested in prescribing anything you see in an advertisement anyway. They must be a product of the lobby groups that influence Congress. They are almost as repulsive as lawyer advertisements.

  13. Re power down on Some Apple iPhone 6s and 6s Plus Smartphones Mysteriously Powering Down · · Score: 0, Troll

    I expect it's a new feature. Battery life is excellent with phone powered off.

  14. Re:Guess: Engineering told to do the Impossible on Volkswagen Diesel Scandal Spreads To Porsche and Audi · · Score: 2

    I agree. Sounds like what happened to me. They were ordered to get this product out the door or else.

  15. I also have my own blacklist. I thought about publishing them however, I expect If you publish them you may be subject to some kind of retaliation.

  16. I had a Top Secret clearance for 15 or 20 years before I retired. We never received any classified email. You had to have a screen room or tempist computer to even use secure email. Our agency had none. After the OPM hack ..would be hard to say if anything is secure any more.

  17. Re serialization issue on Severe Deserialization Vulnerabilities Found In Android, 3rd Party Android SDKs · · Score: 2

    I realize this needs to be patched, however just what are the odds of this happening? Apple OSes, linux, Windows, bds's all have various issues. They are routinely taken care of. My guess is the odds are extremely low if not zero. Google probably pays these kind of folks for discoveries like this.

  18. re security clearance info on SF86 Data Captured In OPM Hack · · Score: 1

    I worked for the government for 40 years and had a top secret clearance. IMHO security clearances were pretty much worthless. I had people working for me that should have not been cleared however, I had no direct evidence to keep them from obtaining a clearance. They were pretty much a rubber stamp. I expect you could google and find out most of the stuff contained in the clearance (which I never saw).

  19. Best thing John Legere has done on Ten Lies T-Mobile Told Me About My Data Plan · · Score: 1

    Tmobile is just like anyone else. Trying to succeed in business. I have ATT. I think they give you more for the buck than tmobile. John Legere has done us all a favor though. ATT has given me much better rates to keep up with the competition he has given them and he has done this selling an inferior product (no low band lte coverage in most markets and limited pops.I have almost no tmobile signal at home (Atlanta area). I have a fair but solid ATT signal. Actually Sprint has more signal at my house than Tmobile. I refused to pay $60 plus a month for landline service and went to VOIP. I pay about $4/mo with the service and it meets my needs nicely. I pay ATT about 65/mo after taxes for 3gb data, which is plenty for me. Verizon is my only other choice and they can't match the price. So ATT is it for me unless I go to Cricket and take the capped data rates and roaming limitations.

  20. computer security on Georgia Institute of Technology Researchers Bridge the Airgap · · Score: 1

    When I was with the government, we had to have specially shielded computers for classified material viewing (albit maybe not as good as they claimed). My office did not even possess the devices so we were only able to receive classified correspondence by secure phones or packages. This could be a problem like the rf id credit cards..you have to know what your doing to protect yourself. Maybe Apple Pay works the same way?

  21. Re:are you sure? on World War II Tech eLoran Deployed As GPS Backup In the UK · · Score: 1

    If they are hardened, chaff or some other form of physical blocking would easily silence the gps system in a given area. Or..just deploy a more powerful clone system with misinformation. I am sure there are many ways to disrupt the current system.

  22. re Loran on World War II Tech eLoran Deployed As GPS Backup In the UK · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I remember loran from my early ham radio days (50's and 60's). It made a hell of a noise on HF. It probably would not bother anyone any more as the hf frequencies are not utilized as they once were. Sounds like an excellent idea as the gps system is very vulnerable.

  23. re ext support on After Negative User Response, ChromeOS To Re-Introduce Support For Ext{2,3,4} · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Correct response. Thanks Google for listening. I definitely would consider a Chromebox however ext support is manditory!

  24. smartphones on Do Specs Matter Anymore For the Average Smartphone User? · · Score: 1

    Battery life and user experience are the goals. My Motorola X has the best user experience I have had. Far better than the iphone 4s and Samsung s4. Both Google and Apple have the cloud integration (not sure about Microsoft as I have not tested). I expect automotive electronics will augment or replace some of the smartphone mobile functions.

  25. re Apple vs Samsung on Jury Finds Apple and Samsung Infringed Each Other's Patents · · Score: 1

    I do not like these patent suits. I actually have a patent but made nothing on it as I worked for the government at the time. We patented the device I worked on so someone could not duplicate it and keep us from making it for our own use. Patents should have never been allow to descend to the level (software nuances ) of these disputes. If Samsung didn't actually steal the code, then how is it different than amd/intel disputes of the past?