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  1. Re:Expect a speech on Pentagon: Chinese Ship Captures US Underwater Drone Fom Sea (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1

    Ah, the ol' Bush Jr. blame it on Saddam play.

  2. Re:pay to play on Peter Thiel Is Joining Donald Trump's Transition Team (theverge.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    You're willfully missing the point.

    Clinton is questionable as hell, and that is why she wasn't elected.

    Trump promised (or technically implied so, maybe there is a literal swamp he'll be draining somewhere) to clean things up. Now, he is putting people into government that were throwing money at him. Sure, they're a transition team and all that, but so much for a clean break. Screaming Clinton this, Clinton that doesn't make Trumps hypocrisy any better.

  3. Maybe wait to hear the reasons why CBC sent the letter. Maybe the app is injecting ads into the podcast playback or something shady. We literally have no idea, just one guy saying one developer got a letter.

  4. It's one reddit post people! on CBC Threatens Podcast App Makers, Argues that RSS Readers Violate Copyright (boingboing.net) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I know you've got your pitchforks our already, but this is all based on one reddit posting.

    Not saying it's wrong, not happening or anything, but jesus, at least wait until two app makers have been impacted. We don't even know which app this is all about.

  5. How would a Republican president, even Trump, be different in curtailing "More global interventionist policies, larger and more intrusive government, and a supreme court that will rubber stamp all of it."

    What has Bush Jr. (the last Rep. prez) , or the republican congress done in the last, say 16 years, done to stop or slow any of these things?

  6. Re:Well, he's right to a degree on Phil Schiller Says the MacBook Pro Doesn't Need an SD Card Slot (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    The 'regular' macbook pro's have four slots, so you've got three left after using one for power. I don't think anyone even pretending to be a 'pro' would go for the low end model, unless the real function keys are that critical to you.

  7. Only took 10 years on Google Security Engineer Claims Android Is Now As Secure As the iPhone (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    9.5-ish or so, but makes for a more dramatic headline.

    Google is doing it's best to piss off it's android partners lately, which can't be good for the long-term viability. Yeah, they all deserve to be slapped for the half-assed job they do supporting their phones, but Google knew that full well going in.

  8. Re:The reality is otherwise on Google Security Engineer Claims Android Is Now As Secure As the iPhone (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    Rooting is fine and dandy once you have a booted and unlocked phone. Guess which part FBI was hassling Apple about.

  9. Samsung needs to get some better laywers on Samsung Forced YouTube To Pull GTA 5 Mod Video Because It Showed Galaxy Note 7 As Bomb (redmondpie.com) · · Score: 1

    It took 20 days from the mod being released (Oct. 1st), and maybe two or so weeks since it got some attention and started appearing in videos for these guys to issue the take down. And, not even going after the mod itself (I think), but only a video of it. That's some grade A lawyering we got here.

  10. Re:The fallout from less than 100 batteries on 1 In 2 Samsung Galaxy Note 7 Owners To Switch To iPhone 7, Says Analyst (softpedia.com) · · Score: 1

    So, bend-gate was a Russian plot as well then?

  11. Re:pixel on 1 In 2 Samsung Galaxy Note 7 Owners To Switch To iPhone 7, Says Analyst (softpedia.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I think a lot of people assume it's a Samsung ecosystem they're switching out of, not Android.

    I also think a lot of people, myself included, assume analysts are full of hot air.

  12. Senator outsources replies on Outsourced IT Workers Ask Sen Feinstein For Help, Get Form Letter in Return (computerworld.com) · · Score: 1

    It's as if the good Senator outsourced (or at least automated) her replies. Though I am surprised she hasn't needed to create a standard form letter specifically to IT outsourcing, it seems to happen frequently enough.

    If it isn't outsourced or fully automated it's some poor intern going through hundreds of these emails each day.

  13. Re:What is the appeal of these things? on Smartwatch Shipments Fall For the First Time; Apple Only Company In Top 5 To Decline (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 1

    Or, maybe it's not feasible yet. One is lucky to get a couple days of battery life out of the current batch of smart watches, the ones that are just remote controls. Enabling GPS cuts this down to hours. Adding a full fledged cell service that would be on all the time just isn't feasible yet*.

    *I think one of the Samsung watches can make/receive calls, no idea about its battery life, or overall usefulness of it.

  14. You seriously expect her to know the ins and outs of IT security? Really?

    Did you really think that at any point she would have been like: You know, It was raining on Sunday, so I was flipping through the email setup manual from the DoD, and I did a quick audit of my email server, here's a list of things that need to be fixed.

    -----

    Back to these clowns, who in their right mind wouldn't just add her email, domain, or ip to the white list? I'm guessing the same clowns that were thinking "Hey, we got this notice that Hillary set up her own email server and now wants email routed there, good for her, you go girl!" instead of raising some alarms.

  15. Give Solid Explorer a try.

  16. Advertising and fanboy trolling in one! on HP Announces All-Metal Chromebook 13: Thinner Than MacBook Pro, Costs $800 Less · · Score: 1

    Good job /.

    Not only does this read like a paid advertising piece, you've also managed to work in Apple in the oddest way possible.

    Enjoy both your paid-for-story cash and the added ad spike from starting yet another fanboy fight.

  17. Agile? on Is the $400 Billion F-35's 'Brain' Broken? (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    I'm guessing some mid-level manager somewhere decided that Agile is the hot new thing and that their team better use it for everything. They just didn't explain it to top brass properly. :-)

  18. ActiveX again? on Google Developers Create API For Direct USB Access Via Web Pages (softpedia.com) · · Score: 5, Funny

    Did all the Active X developers end up at Google?

  19. No, the russian people know too well on Putin Says Panama Papers Part of US Plot to Weaken Russia (go.com) · · Score: 1

    The Russian people know that caring bout those principles is a joke and complete waste of time. No matter the government they've had, they've been screwed over, be it the Tzar, the commies, the capitalists, and everyone in between. No matter the party, no matter the message, the end result has been a few people at the top stealing whatever they can get their hands on.

    When have the rich people of the US, or anywhere, been ethical in their wealth? Not individual people here and there, but the whole lot? When have they not influenced politics, pushed out competition, etc?

    When was the last time the super rich haven't tried to hide their wealth from governments/taxation? Because I can guarantee you even our half-human half-monkey ancestors would hide their sharpened stones and sticks or hunted animals from one another.

  20. Honeypot on Government's Fake University Trap Results in 21 Visa Fraud Arrests · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I think the University was essentially a honeypot.

    They couldn't really do that with a "real" university lest the people they catch claim that they were in fact just trying to go the said real university. This way they set up a new university, sent out some brochures about how they 'love to work with our foreign friends' and let the people come to them. The fact that the university didn't exist before helps their case in that the people involved really weren't about helping people get an education.

  21. Re: IFTTT Explained on 'My Heroic and Lazy Stand Against IFTTT' (pinboard.in) · · Score: 1

    You're on slashdot, complaining about things being too automated. WTF, I mean seriously. Maybe you should find a site with a more appropriate geek level.

    Chances are very good that the scanner software cannot automatically place images into a document, but can automatically save documents into a folder.

    Option A:
    Open scanner software, hit scan, done.

    Option B:
    Open scanner software, hit scan, get to image in a folder or desktop, start evernote, create new note, drag image into new note.

  22. Re:Maybe increase the product longevity on 9.7-Inch iPad Pro Is Apple's Last Chance To Save the iPad Line (bgr.com) · · Score: 1

    By your customers sure, but I don't think investors ever saw that as a positive.

  23. Re:Let Us LOCK You In on Apple Announces 'Let Us Loop You In' Event For March 21st (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Between all the different USB specs, I have at least three "standard" chargers. But, hey, at least I can gloat that it's not proprietary right?

  24. This incident had nothing to do with what you describe. And was stopped because the offending certificate got yanked and blocked by Apple, so in this instance Gatekeeper worked exactly as it should.

    What you're talking about is a problem, no question 'bout that, just not this time

  25. People going off bridges are going fast on Israeli Troops Who Relied On Waze Blundered Into Deadly Palestinian Firefight (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    I've always wondered. If enough people drive off a bridge while using Google Maps, or Waze, or any app that uses crowd sourced data, would it then suggest others follow and also drive off the bridge? It should clearly label it as a fast moving road based on gps data until they hit the end of the bridge, and accelerometer data once they're falling off.