Slashdot Mirror


User: Time_Ngler

Time_Ngler's activity in the archive.

Stories
0
Comments
590
First seen
Last seen
Profile
(view on slashdot.org)

Comments · 590

  1. Your hero has been awfully quiet about the leaks... *taps foot, looks at watch*. I'm sure he'll start yelling about it any day now

  2. If an employee of an auto mechanic shop runs a chop shop for stolen cars at night, is everything "nominal" as long as they leave a mysterious wad of cash on the frontdesk every morning?

    The CIA isn't supposed to develop their own hacking tools. They're supposed to use the tools developed by the NSA instead, but that would require some oversight.

    This is a power grab by the CIA. They want control over the very politicians that are supposed to lead them. Why else would Trump, who has something to say about everything else, be completely mum on the subject?

  3. Re: now we know why tech is protected on WikiLeaks CIA Files: The 6 Biggest Spying Secrets Revealed By the Release of 'Vault 7' (independent.co.uk) · · Score: 2

    More like the prequel to Fallout IRL

  4. Re:So it makes Obama look good? on The US Waged A Secret Cyber War Against North Korean Missiles (tampabay.com) · · Score: 0

    You think the russian pee story was real?

  5. Re: Don't listen to the Bitcoin haters on One Bitcoin Is Now Worth More Than One Ounce of Gold (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    After a 1200x increase, when is the trap going to spring? Stupid trap, my friends who didn't believe me are all millionaires already!

  6. Just nationalize everything. Done.

  7. Web articles aren't imaginary, pal.

  8. I'm afraid the evidence, (and Adam Sandler) is against you, my friend. Also, when did I ever mention Freud?

  9. Here are some links as to why having too large of an ego is a bad thing:

    https://www.google.com.tw/amp/...

    http://madamenoire.com/420569/... (there is a picture of Adam Sandler in this one. Quite funny)

    https://www.powerofpositivity....

    You should probably think on this. The links show having a too large ego can lead to a lot of issues both with oneself and the people surrounding a person.

  10. That's a good thing. A small ego is an asset, not a detriment.

  11. Please wait while you are being WinRaped on CNET Editor Rails Against Non-Consensual Windows Updates (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    If you didn't want it you shouldn't have been that teasing with all that mouse movement and key strokes...

  12. Re:So Oracle discriminated on Labor Department Sues Oracle For Paying White Men More (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1

    Not every difference can be blamed on discrimination. A married man has to support his wife and children, typically, therefore has the need to earn more, and will sacrifice more to do it, in terms of working longer hours, or even backstabbing coworkers in order to get promoted.

  13. Re: This will never happen, even if I want it to. on Petition With Over 1 Million Signatures Urges President Obama To Pardon Snowden (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    No, he did say why. Specifically he said, "I can't pardon somebody who hasn't gone before a court and presented themselves, so that's not something that I would comment on at this point."

  14. Re: "the smart TV appears to be infected..." on Android Ransomware Infects LG Smart TV, Company 'Refuses' To Help (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 1

    And I suppose you are waiting for your magical 100 pound weight loss from one of those "one weird trick" diets as well... Seriously, have you never heard of click bait?

  15. Re:Seriously? on Bitcoin Circulation Hits Record High Of $14 Billion (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Lol, like they wouldn't be able to prevent you from fiddling around with your bitcoins?

    Er, what? Unless they physically capture and restrain you, they can't stop you from "fiddling" with your bitcoins.

    Better yet, can you buy a plane ticket with bitcoins to flee the country or make your house payment? Can you go to the grocery store and buy food with bitcoins? Can you buy a gun or gasoline with bitcoins? Will your lawyer accept bitcoins? No, no, no, no, no, and probably no.

    And? You can trade bitcoins for cash and get all of those things.

    As we've seen, with Bitcoin, your security is in anything but your own hands.

    Mt. Gox, Bitstamp, Bter, Mycoin, Gatecoin, Exco.in, Poloniex, Justcoin, Cavirtex, Cryptsy, Bitfinex, Neo & Bee, BIPS, Flexcoin, PicoStocks, Kipcoin, CryptoRush, ShapeShift, Blockchain.info, Moolah, MintPal, bitXoin...tell me again how the security was in the hands of the owners of those bitcoins?

    A lot of those exchanges haven't lost their clients' money, so I don't exactly understand what you are trying to say. If you are talking about coins lost at an exchange, however, then it wasn't in the hands of those owners, because those owners gave up control of them by storing them there. If you use a shady exchange (or worse, store them there) and lose your bitcoins, that is your own fault. If you lose your keys, or have your keys stolen, it's also your own fault. But that's better than the idea that daddy government will make sure everything is safe and ok for you, as long as they don't get a bee up their butt, and decide to take everything you own.

  16. Re: damn forgot to preview on Bitcoin Circulation Hits Record High Of $14 Billion (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Just because an investment is high risk doesn't mean it isn't a good one. Lottery tickets are a bad investment, objectively and are also high risk. But that doesn't mean that all high risk investments are bad. It also doesn't mean they must be too complex for an amateur investor to understand.

    And I'd argue, due to the prevalence of people thinking like you do, the current high risk investments out there are probably better than the low risk do to their lack of popularity (it's a buyers market)

  17. Re:Seriously? on Bitcoin Circulation Hits Record High Of $14 Billion (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    What if your bank or government decides to freeze your funds and then sue you? With Bitcoin, your security is in your own hands. With banks, your life is in their hands, which makes you ultimately, their slave.

  18. Re:Actually, it's both on Bitcoin Circulation Hits Record High Of $14 Billion (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    You may win in the long haul or you may lose your shirt.

    Or in this case, you may lose $300. High risk investments with tremendous upside and little downside aren't gambling. They are investments.

  19. Re:so is there a good theory? on China Claims Tests of 'Reactionless' EM Drive Were Successful (popsci.com) · · Score: 1, Insightful

    I would say that perpetual motion machines are kind of scary.

  20. I thought it was more along the lines of "And what did the little piggies do after the big bad wolf blew their house down?"

    (There is a video of Bush reading a story to elementary school kids when he was told. After hearing about the attack, he went right back to reading)

  21. Re:Jurassic Park? on First Dinosaur Tail Found Preserved in Amber (nationalgeographic.com) · · Score: 1

    At least they now can make a remake where a huge pile of feathers can indicate that a dinosaur fight took place.

  22. Re:Terrified of Crimina Corruption in the Whitehou on FBI: Review of New Emails Doesn't Change Conclusion on Clinton (cnn.com) · · Score: 2

    I'm surprised you didn't mention the connection to ISIL???

    The Clinton foundation accepted donations from Qatar and tried to hide it, and according to wikileaks, the government of Qatar is funding ISIL. Since it was in her leaked emails, she obviously knew about it.

    http://mobile.reuters.com/arti...

    From https://wikileaks.org/podesta-...:

    we need to use our diplomatic and more traditional intelligence assets to bring pressure on the governments of Qatar and Saudi Arabia, which are providing clandestine financial and logistic support to ISIL and other radical Sunni groups in the region.

  23. I was actually talking about Hillary. The Clinton foundation accepted donations from Qatar and tried to hide it, and according to wikileaks, the government of Qatar is funding ISIL.

    http://mobile.reuters.com/arti...

    From https://wikileaks.org/podesta-...

    we need to use our diplomatic and more traditional intelligence >> assets to bring pressure on the governments of Qatar and Saudi Arabia, >> which are providing clandestine financial and logistic support to ISIL and >> other radical Sunni groups in the region.

  24. Especially now that one of presidential candidates is funded by the same people that fund terrorism and hold the oil needed to fight wars with.

  25. What about the doctor on Star Trek Voyager? At least it's conceivable.