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  1. Re:Sadly this is wrong on Wikileaks Co-founder Julian Assange Arrested in London (theguardian.com) · · Score: 5, Interesting

    If I had points I would mod you up. You are correct the indictment is for hacking. Seems helped Manning hack a password for the SPIPRNET Though manning had access to TS Level information it is compartmentalized and your not just able to get data from the State Department and other entities. Assange helped him by providing information how to do it. Thus becoming a co-conspirator to the hacking. The indictment is floating around various news sites for anyone to see.

  2. I went to the TV guide listings to test this. It has an annoying video telling people what they should watch. And the stupid video came on with sound at max volume. So no it doesn't just play muted videos it also plays sound.

  3. Easy get rid of google analytics on Google Tests 'Never-Slow Mode' for Speedier Browsing (zdnet.com) · · Score: 2

    In my experience, the slowest loading pages all have the same browser status: "waiting on google analytics"! They should start there!

  4. Will PC culture do what Microsoft couldn't? on The New Yorker on Linus Torvalds (newyorker.com) · · Score: 1

    I'm wondering if this is a harbinger of death for the kernel. You don't approve my patches ? You must be a sexist! Okay will allow this one memory leak so you don't hash tag me on twitter. Ever notice how many 'articles' by news sites just report what somebody tweeted? Why investigate when you can just be troll on twitter.

  5. Re:And this is news why? on 'Tech Companies Should Stop Pretending AI Won't Destroy Jobs' (technologyreview.com) · · Score: 1

    What happens when an AI program writes code?

  6. Re:Intergalactic Space Ship Turd on Interstellar Object 'Oumuamua' Appears To Be Wrapped In An Organic Insulation Layer (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    I was thinking Space Dragon Turds. Since the Doctor Who episode shows the moon as one of their eqgs , why couldn't this be their turd? In real life who knows? Shit just happens.

  7. Re:No, Not Trump Administration on The Trump Administration Just Voted To Repeal the US Government's Net Neutrality Rules (recode.net) · · Score: 0

    Except Trump didn't nominate him Obama did. But don't let a little thing like facts stop you!

  8. Less than half reported their salary on Developers Who Use Spaces Make More Money Than Those Who Use Tabs (stackoverflow.blog) · · Score: 1

    And many get paid less than plumbers. Really that is a pretty low salary, you would think they were H1B visa holders.

  9. Warrants are apparently meaningless on Wikimedia Is Clear To Sue the NSA Over Its Use of Warrantless Surveillance Tools (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    The secret FISA court even recognized that they were just being used. http://circa.com/politics/bara... "The normally supportive court censured administration officials, saying the failure to disclose the extent of the violations earlier amounted to an “institutional lack of candor” and that the improper searches constituted a “very serious Fourth Amendment issue,” according to a recently unsealed court document dated April 26, 2017. The admitted violations undercut one of the primary defenses that the intelligence community and Obama officials have used in recent weeks to justify their snooping into incidental NSA intercepts about Americans."

  10. Re:So, a CBP 'plant' can spy on Top Secret? Stupid on US-Born NASA Scientist Detained At The Border Until He Unlocked His Phone (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    And you can put top secret information on a phone and just leave the country? I am astounded at the level of stupidity here. He could not carry a government phone carrying any type of restricted information out of the country. When he received that phone he would have had to sign a waiver of all expectation of privacy. But its the Verge reporting on a guys Facebook post. Since his last name isn't Clinton he would be jail.

  11. Re:Government issued mobile device on US-Born NASA Scientist Detained At The Border Until He Unlocked His Phone (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    And the fact he had to sign a waiver saying that there was no restricted information on it and that he no reasonable expectation of privacy. But hey, the story was on the Verge and corroborated by Facebook so it must be true right?

  12. Re:He didn't have authority to grant permission on US-Born NASA Scientist Detained At The Border Until He Unlocked His Phone (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Not only are you not a lawyer, you also know nothing about export control. This story is crap. Not only does he not have any expectation of privacy on that device he had to sign a waiver saying as much when he was given it. And if there were anything sensitive on it he would be in jail not posting on Facebook.

  13. B.S. I work for NASA and was previously in the Air Force. You cannot take a government phone with any kind of restricted information on it. Period, end of discussion. Since nobody at the Verge did much in the name of research beyond this guys Facebook posts, I wouldn't be surprised if a whole lot of information about this incident isn't left out. When I went out of the country on business I was specifically given a laptop that had nothing that could not be viewed by the public. I was also told and signed a form that stated I would not put any classified or restricted information on it and that I had no expectation of privacy. Its government property not yours, what if the the Chilean government had detained him? He is going to tell them no? That's why we have regulations in place on taking devices out of the country. In fact if you take your own phone you still have to sign a form saying your doing so and the it is not connected to a government email account. Every year we take a refresher course on the rules.

  14. Re:Double standard on NSA Contractor Indicted Over Mammoth Theft of Classified Data (reuters.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    And using bleach bit to permanently delete emails wasn't destroying evidence? Even though it was a fools errand because it existed on recipient computers is beside the point. There was a clear intent there to conceal. So yes there is a very big double standard. A Navy guy in Portsmouth VA was convicted and all he did was connect his tablet to receive emails in the field. No intent, no destroying evidence, just mishandling. I can recount an airman getting an article 15 for leaving a safe unlocked. The safe was in a secure facility designed to allow and store classified information. Basically a safe inside a vault. Career ruined over a simple lapse.

  15. Those "dumb rednecks" could always manufacture guns. Wouldn't that be nice. From the election map by counties most liberals are either completely surrounded or have only an ocean at their backs. I bet only a portion of the billions spent subsidizing solar could build a very good filter for miners to use.

  16. Re:rabble rabble JERB CREATORS! on Disney IT Workers Allege Conspiracy In Layoffs, File Lawsuits (computerworld.com) · · Score: 1

    Corporations are all going international. The High US corporate tax rate has caused them to move operations to tax friendly countries. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01... So how is raising taxes further going to help?

  17. Re:They had a warrant... on An FBI Hacking Campaign Targeted Over a Thousand Computers (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    I'm not concerned with the hacking. What concerns me is they hosted a child pornography site. That's kind of like posing as a an assassin to catch people who hire hitmen yet carry out the assassination.

  18. Sounds like the Andromeda Strain meets Omega Man on Chemical Evolution of Self-Replicating Molecules Observed In a Lab (nature.com) · · Score: 1

    Eerily similiar, a self replicating and mutating system without DNA or RNA. Only like the Omega Man, man made. Yet in both stories it runs amok escaping the scientists lab.

  19. Is there a cure for foolish hyperbole on Harvard Prof. Says Cure For Aging Could Emerge Within 5 Years (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    So he's a Harvard Professor must be true, right? Wasn't Ted Kaczynski also a Harvard professor?

  20. No like Atmospheric Composition branch Langley Research Center.

  21. Re:Interesting result on Persian Gulf Temperatures May Be At the Edge of Human Tolerance In 30 Years (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 0, Troll

    I work in Climate Science the models suck! The problem here is anyone who questions anything is instantly labeled a 'denier'. So many that have publicly tied their careers to this new religion, they can't bring themselves to admit they don't know as much as they think they do. They ignore any evidence that might contradict there view. And in fact actively suppress any real questioning of there findings. They completely leave out data from remote sensing and Arco buoys because it shows no warming. They openly declare that last year was the 'hottest on record' even though buried in the study the conclusion reached isn't even beyond the uncertainty in their measurements. Taking the uncertainty into account last year was either the hottest or the coldest on record! They also always assume the sun's energy is constant and ignore it almost completely. http://www.cnn.com/2015/07/13/... It all about money and funding. And if you want to continue to publish, you have to follow the party line.

  22. Begin the Inquisition on Forecasting the Economic Impact of a Changing Climate (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    This is chilling http://dailycaller.com/2015/09... These idiots are no better than the 16th century Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith! Heaven forbid anyone question the party doctrine!

  23. 3% - 9% in 15 years a boom? on Next Texas Energy Boom: Solar · · Score: 0

    From the article: "In 15 years, ERCOT predicts between 3% and 9% of its electricity generation will come from the sun, though that could be slowed by low natural gas prices, according to the grid operator and energy company officials.

    West Texas “is flat, the land is open, available and cheap and there is a lot of sun” said Raiford Smith, vice president of corporate planning for CPS Energy, a city-owned utility in San Antonio. “It is an ideal place for putting solar.”

    So how much is energy consumption increasing nation wide? What about states that aren't flat arid deserts? The goal here I think is to take federal taxpayer funding, produce minimal results and get rich. How many of the solar panels are produced in China or other slave wage countries as opposed to US, EU etc. We would all be getting are our energy from solar if it were really the most cost effective. And not before.

  24. Re:What a clusterfuck on Clinton Surrendering Email Server/Data To Feds After Top Secret Mail Found · · Score: 1

    OMG! Take off the tinfoil cap. Classified information does not come from random monkeys typing on computers. Information that is on your computer that is classified came from somewhere. When you get a security clearance you get briefings on how to handle classified information. If it passed it on to you, its not you who goes to jail. Its the guy with the knowledge that it was classified who passed it on to you. If your computer is confiscated, don't blame the government blame the person who passed that on to you. And comparing it to copyright is comparing apples to oranges. You are way off base.

  25. Re:What a clusterfuck on Clinton Surrendering Email Server/Data To Feds After Top Secret Mail Found · · Score: 4, Interesting

    What a bunch of crap! She was 'in charge', she had all the available briefings and security clearance. Not only should she have known, she was breaking the law by conducting official business on a private server. I had a Top Secret SCI clearance for years. The first rule is 'if there is the potential that information is classified' treat it as it were classified and safe guard it until such time it is deemed not classified. If I had done what she has I would be in Leavenworth! Its always the same with Clintons they can do what ever the hell they want and idiots will defend them. What do you think would happen to a Military member or even a civil servant if he was caught have sex with subordinate in his office? Bill Clinton was the commander in chief of the armed forces! What a Clinton says one day is no longer true latter. First she said: "I didn't have classified information on it, it is all personal correspondence". Then she said: "None of it was classified at the time" Then she said : "It wasn't marked" Newsflash! If I tell you verbally something classified, its still classified even if I don't have a classification stamp on my forehead! The idiots are those gullible to believe anything she says!