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  1. Re:"Coke sez Coke is deh best!" on Infographic: Ubuntu Linux Is Everywhere · · Score: 2

    Even if you do keep going, there isn't much to see. This is the worst infographic I have ever seen. There are no pie charts or bar graphs. There are no comparisons to other OSs. It's just useless.

  2. Re:Jokes on them... on Small and Heavy Arms Traded On Facebook By Libyan Militants (rt.com) · · Score: 1

    Run for it, Marty!

  3. Re:Ha ha ha ha on Newspapers Try To Stop Ad-blocking Browser Brave From 'Stealing Content' · · Score: 1

    And yet, all those newspaper web sites still provide RSS. Go figure.

  4. What if you just don't WANT to afford it?

  5. You say that now, but even Sarah Silverman has a sister....

  6. Re:That word doesn't mean what you think it does on Alphabet's Nest To Deliberately Brick Revolv Hubs · · Score: 1

    Along with a statement of warranty, what we need now from companies trying to sell us IoT things is a legal document claiming that they will not sell the company for X number of years. If they do sell, then breech of contract!

  7. Re:CAPTCHAs on CloudFlare Wants Tor To Change Or Risk CAPTCHA Blockades (thestack.com) · · Score: 1

    Isn't "Anonymous Identification" an oxymoron? How can you remain anonymous when you are identified?

    Also, I take issue with the "Temporary" in "Temporary Anonymous Identification". How much you want to bet that it's not temporary enough?

  8. Re:TFS could be a little less obscure on 'My Heroic and Lazy Stand Against IFTTT' (pinboard.in) · · Score: 1

    Fortunately, the world is populated with many real men, or there wouldn't be any men or women at all.

  9. I don't blame this guy. Sure, he's got extreme views, but he has done all those companies a great service by showing them how UTTERLY STUPID THEY ARE by allowing public access to their printers.

  10. Re:Anonymity on Bill Introduced To Require ID When Purchasing "Burner Phones" (house.gov) · · Score: 1

    There is literally decades of proof that duck tape is abused constantly by everyone from low level drug dealers to terrorists. Make duck tape purchases require ID? Your delusion is complete!

  11. A close friend of mine is visually impaired... not enough to be blind, but enough to not be able to drive. He has a state issued ID card that is very out of date. I have tried to urge him to update it, but it's just enough hassle (and cost) that he won't do it. Since he doesn't actually drive, he's not worried about getting asked for ID.

    If anyone *DOES* ask him for ID, and notices the expiration date, and exclaims "This ID has expired", my friend would just quip "But *I* haven't."

  12. Re:An aircraft carrier... on Samsung Plans To Give Up Authoritarian Ways, Act Like a Startup · · Score: 1

    What kind of legal team does the aircraft carrier have?

  13. Almost won a literary prize on Japanese AI Program Wrote a Short Novel, Almost Won a Literary Prize (digitaltrends.com) · · Score: 1

    Well, then I almost read the article. Almost.

  14. You would think that a security researcher would travel in a more secure way than by rickshaw.

  15. This is what happens when RPG players learn about politics.

  16. Re:control computers probably spygrading to Windws on What's Frying the Electrical Systems On BART Trains? (ieee.org) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I visited the Bay area in 1987, and I remember seeing the ticket sales machines having the big blue IBM logo on them. I bet the controllers run OS/2 warp.

  17. Re:She is so smart on The Law Is Clear: the FBI Cannot Make Apple Rewrite Its OS (backchannel.com) · · Score: 1

    When you turn off your 4G data connection on your iPhone and communicate only using WiFi, then who *IS* the communications carrier?

  18. Re:There is no such thing as a free lunch. on Should All Research Papers Be Free? (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Gee, I don't know. Ask Google.

  19. Re:A word to the wise on Qubes OS 3.1 Has Been Released · · Score: 2

    I agree with your sentiment. All too often, the summary says "Hey, there is a new version of XXXXXX that has just been released!", and that's it. Then, the reader has to do RESEARCH to find out what it is, and why they should care.

    However, in this case, the summary has all the info you need, as long as you read ALL of it. It does indeed say that it is an "secure concept, single-user desktop OS".

  20. *NOBODY* calls it that.

  21. Re:"Clearly it is time for Apple to move offshore! on Apple Might Be Forced to Hand Over iOS Source Code to the FBI (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Then the new Apple Campus would be totally written off as a waste!

  22. Re:What is the real reason for this push? on Patch Tuesday Brought Windows 10 Ad Generator · · Score: 1

    Support of one OS (Windows 10) versus support of Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 10.

    I think the incentive is quite obvious.

  23. I call bullshit. Windows NT doesn't have product activation. That was added in Windows XP, released in 2001.

  24. Since Microsoft controls all the activation servers, they didn't have to actually *ALLOW* the activation. At any time, they could have denied the activation because of the IP address it was coming from, or because the product key was a dupe, or because it was out of region.

    Wasn't that the reason for inventing product activation in the first place?

  25. Re:How long on Using Kexec Allows Starting Linux In PlayStation 4 · · Score: 1

    So then plug it into a black and white TV....