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  1. So can we drop charges on Chris Roberts already? on Aircraft Entertainment Systems Hacks Are Back (threatpost.com) · · Score: 1

    He tried to show them they were exploitable, they kicked him off a plane and charged him with a bunch of nonsense and they haven't done anything to really fix the problem.

    Get him back to One World Labs where they can stop this nonsense.

    Please?

  2. Re:Not worried on Russia Falls Behind In Annual Space Launches For First Time Ever (themoscowtimes.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    As long as we continue to develop these programs, I think we have a pretty good shot at having two space worthy programs within the next two years. Our private space program has been developing for some time and several companies are getting in on the action. At some point, the US might be be the go-to country for LEO travel. Right now this is dependent on the Trump Administration and their decision to move forward with the existing programs or adapting the existing programs. If they recklessly abandon them as some administrations have done in the past, we could be begging India or China for a ride in the near future.

    SpaceX still has some work to do yet, but I see Boeing as also being a competitor and with the Sierra Nevada team chasing them to try and get in on the action, the potential of having at least two out of three programs getting us to ISS and possibly prolonging or building the next ISS.

    NASA still has the SLS to look forward to and move us into manned deep space. Even if that only ends up putting us on the Moon, it will be a good program for research that might put us in the rightful lead of the world as far as space exploration. I feel Russia is superior in longevity and actual logged manned space travel but NASA leads in exploration overall. I would like to see the US take the manned travel crown too.

  3. This is a bit of a kick in the shorts to me as well. I have a 2 TB Time Capsule which has done a great job over the years. I plan to beef up it's storage, but if they call it quits, I am going to have to abandon ship and move over to something else.

    I am thinking I want a Check Point Wireless 730 unit. If I am going to have to upgrade, I might as well look ton security and VPN as well.

  4. Re:I am not ashamed of being white. on Twitter Says It's Cracking Down on Hate Speech (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1, Troll

    I am.

    These racist idiots aren't giving me a lot of reasons to be proud.

    Although if the black community has to answer for black on black crime, then the White crime. That's how I feel. So yes, I am ashamed that idiots that I knew growing up continue to be race hating morons.

    It's hard to tell my girlfriend that the idiot who told her to go back to her country, is an isolated incident.

  5. Facebook is a social platform on Facebook on its Fake News Problem: 'There's So Much More We Need To Do' (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    That means that the social contract is on the individuals as well as Facebook to vet the information.

    Our own lack stupidity or laziness allowed for this to happen.

  6. Congratuations on hauling water on Uber's Self-Driving Truck Went on a 120-Mile Beer Run To Make History (businessinsider.com) · · Score: 0

    So you managed to haul a few canned cases of water down a hill. You could have just let it run down the hill and it would have been far more effective at getting there, but hey, you did it through an over priced rube goldberg scheme. Hurray for you!

  7. I cancelled months ago on More Unblocking Companies Give Up Their Fight Against Netflix (techspot.com) · · Score: 1

    I want to enjoy television, but all of this walled garden crap has to end. There are more content providers producing original content which require me to subscribe to multiple services which I don't have money for or time to enjoy.

    The only thing I currently have is Amazon Prime and the only reason I have it is because I get other Amazon services for free. I could care less about their selection although it is improving. I am not going to subscribe to any of these services and while I am falling behind on my pop culture references, I will have to just learn to adapt.

    Another user referenced Youtube Lectures, which is good until YouTube pulls their walled garden crap. Hulu already seems to want to do the same thing which ended my subscription with them.
    In other news, books are still around and I feel a bit more accomplished having read through one of them instead of losing hours watching lame or rehashed plots of television shows.

  8. I have said it before and I wills say it again, NATO is obsolete!

  9. How do your farts smell? on Interviews: Ask Martin Shkreli a Question · · Score: 1

    Are they rose tinted, or do they smell like the rotted ass of a dead cow, much like your personality?

  10. Re:Porn Watching Indicates A Sad Human. on Russia Bans Pornhub, YouPorn - Tells Citizens To Meet Someone In Real Life (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    I met one, and she's fun, but every once in a while, about once a month, she needs a break for a few days. I find that's a good time to get to know the wonderful world of internet again.

  11. Re:I want one!!! on Meet URL, the USB Porn-Sniffing Dog (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    Anonymous Coward is right. You poor unfortunate soul. I am sorry to hear that you are so threatened by others.

  12. Pretty sure that's why I dumped MySpace on Facebook Is Testing Autoplaying Video With Sound (thenextweb.com) · · Score: 2

    Not because everyone's pages were complete clusters of vomit flung on to pages, but the damn execution of music for ever page I jumped on and then when I would open eight tabs, I would have to listen to eight songs loading at once.

    Facebook on the other hand was this clean cut, very professional looking website that didn't need any of these advertising dollars at the time.
    Monetization wasn't a big deal at the time and the platform was solid. Fast forward a decade and we see this cluster that I left a decade earlier.

    Why? Why should we deal with this bull?

  13. Dumb idea on a local scale is equally if not more dumb on a global scale.

  14. Re: So what is YOUR plan? on Newt Gingrich Says Visiting An ISIS Or Al Qaeda Website Should Be A Felony (techdirt.com) · · Score: 1

    That's a bingo!

  15. Same here, not because of the price increase so much as my credit card expired unexpectedly. For that reason, I decided just to cancel the membership. I don't need it. I have school to focus on. When I graduate in 2021 or 2025 though, I might join back up.

  16. Hopes are that we don't have to get to that level of guerilla tactics. Also, drones aren't easy to avoid. But securing communication could prevent a bit of potential targeting by drone strikage.

  17. How are you going to guaranteed that your encryption is secure? Especially once quantum computing becomes a reality. Your encryption will be as protective as Swiss cheese is to a Hellfire missile. Best to put up as many blockades as you can. Bureaucratic as well as technological.

  18. If Orlando can last 3 hours, I am betting you might be able exceed that if you are armed enough.

  19. Re:MP3 on Slashdot Asks: What's Your Preferred Music Streaming Service? · · Score: 1

    It's the same aspect for me as well.

    In college I had thousands of MP3s, now that I am out of college and have a career, I have actually started to purchase more music.
    Not that I have a lot of money to spend, just that now that I am not living off of Ramen, I think it's fair to start opening up the wallet a bit more and support the arts.

  20. Re: If it installs windows... on Microsoft Tests New Tool To Remove OEM Crapware (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 2

    He wasn't using Linux, he was using his Android phone. :P

  21. Re:Or make it critical for social networking on Facebook Will Track What Physical Stores You Go Into (popsci.com) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    The concept of disabling location tracking or possibly just leaving your phone at home probably doesn't enter into the conversation, does it?

  22. Re:With all of the Samsung critical security bugs on Obama Finally Ditches BlackBerry, Switches To Samsung Galaxy S4 (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    That's alright, he is used the people's money to pay for the phone, and now people have access to the phone now too.

  23. Re: Slow them with real traffic on Weary Homeowners Wage War On Waze · · Score: 1

    First world problems.

    These people can go pay for more expensive property elsewhere.

  24. How is a Republican controlled congress any different?

  25. Re:In other news, water gets things wet... on Former Facebook Workers: We Routinely Suppressed Conservative News (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The media world in a nut shell:

    1. Revenue is generated off of advertising dollars
    2. Advertisements sell best when you have access
    3. You gain access by building a rapport with high profile interviewees.
    3a. Don't say anything too controversial or you will end that rapport
    3b. Create enough controversy that you get advertising dollars.
    This allows for high profile interviewees such as Trump and Clinton to get glamorous interviews while spokespersons get shafted. This is also why Hillary and Trump get these polite interviews while Sanders gets more of a hard hitting interview.
    4. Don't make the our company look bad.

    As some of these people get a bit more clout such as Rachel Maddow, they get the opportunity to shirk some of the rules, but for the most part, you see these people abide by the rules of the media darlings so that they can build up their reputation and get more press time inside the company.

    Liberal or Conservative biases aside, all work the same.

    If the Democrats started attacking campaign donations aggressively like Bernie Sanders, you would see a shift in liberal bias by the media because guess who benefits from campaign donations.