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  1. Re:Price not yet announced on How Intel and Micron May Finally Kill the Hard Disk Drive · · Score: 1

    That commenter at Amazon is totally incorrect. Of course you can search an SSD when indexing is off.
    Indexing simply makes searching faster. And seeing that searching an SSD is already several times faster than an indexed HDD, it is not needed on the SSD.

  2. Re:First and foremost on Ask Slashdot: Best Practices For Starting and Running a Software Shop? · · Score: 1

    Why is a pay check important?

    Eating is kind of important.

  3. Normal /. on Does Being First Still Matter In America? · · Score: 1

    Yes, the US sucks. It has always sucked. It will continue to suck long into the future, until it eventually just goes away.

    Every thread on /. quickly devolves into how the US does worse than everywhere else.
    We could have a discussion about starvation in North Korea, and how people are boiling grass and bark for 'soup', and some of you geniuses would proudly proclaim that the quality of bark from US trees has less nutritional value. And garner mod points for it.

    This 'used' to be a place for semi-rational discussion. Oh well.
    Dice is but one of the reasons.

  4. Re:These scumbags ought to be in jail next to Mado on Court Shuts Down Alleged $120M Tech Support Scam · · Score: 1

    Maybe Charlie Manson wants to consummate his marriage second hand since he's not allowed conjugal visits.,/i>

    Go ahead. You stick your wang in that bit o crazy. I'll pass.

  5. Re:The Fix: Buy good Chocolate! on MARS, Inc: We Are Running Out of Chocolate · · Score: 1

    I used "3 Musketeers" as a random, generic, freely available candy bar. Not as a 'good' one.

  6. Re:RTG on After Four Days, Philae Team Gets to Rest · · Score: 3, Funny

    Thank you, Mr. Comet Lander designer guy! I'm sure, for the next one, they will bring you in as a consultant.

  7. Re:The Fix: Buy good Chocolate! on MARS, Inc: We Are Running Out of Chocolate · · Score: 2

    $5-$15 for a candy bar? Are you high?

    Go ahead. Price your everyday 3 Musketeers at $5. Or your high end froufrou gourmet fair trade locally produced specialty market candy bar at $15+.
    How long before bankruptcy?

  8. Re:Already demonstrated on Ask Slashdot: Is Non-USB Flash Direct From China Safe? · · Score: 1

    Primarily, Snowden and Manning. But this too.

  9. Re:This is not rocket science on Police Body Cam Privacy Exploitation · · Score: 1

    Right. But those rules currently do not exist. The cameras do exist.

  10. Re:Charge a fee just like for public court records on Police Body Cam Privacy Exploitation · · Score: 1

    25 dollar duplication fee
    ...billable at a rate of $50 dolllars per hour


    Discriminating against poor people. That's how that would be spun, anyway.

  11. Re:We already have laws to cover this on Police Body Cam Privacy Exploitation · · Score: 2

    Then they serve no real purpose. If he can turn it on and off at will, he'll just turn it off when he wants to do something illegal.

    And many people, incl. many here, want them on all the time, no exceptions, to prevent exactly that.

  12. Re:We already have laws to cover this on Police Body Cam Privacy Exploitation · · Score: 4, Insightful

    1. Your house is broken into
    2. Cop shows up to investigate, wearing his cam
    3. The front of your house, then the inside is recorded on his cam.

    Public record or not? Can anyone request this footage, yes or no? The argument could be made either way.
    You did nothing wrong, the cop did nothing wrong.

    So then we're back to allowing the cops to redact or not provide footage as they see fit.

  13. Happens a lot on Google To Lease and Refurbish Naval Air Base For Space Exploration · · Score: 1

    Many former air bases have been turned over to private companies, or city/county development. Pease, NH, Griffiss, NY, Loring, ME, etc, etc.

  14. Re:What is the actual risk? on Website Peeps Into 73,000 Unsecured Security Cameras Via Default Passwords · · Score: 1

    Step 1: Kid is playing out in the living room
    Step 2: Mom and dad in the baby room for a little slap and tickle
    Step 3: Capture and post to redtube.com
    Step 4: Profit!

  15. How is this different? on Amazon's Luxembourg Tax Deals · · Score: 1

    How is this different than the other zillion companies that funnel money through Luxembourg for tax purposes. Or in the US, in Delaware?

    Oh, I get it....because it is a geek company, Amazon.

  16. You insensitive clods! on Smartphone App To Be Used As Hotel Room Keys · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I don't have a smartphone, by choice.

    Seriously, though. Doing everything with that easily lost/stolen/dead battery phone just sounds like a bad idea to me. Monoculture, anyone?

  17. Re:Have to take personal time to vote... on US Midterm Elections Discussion · · Score: 1

    Yes, I read that.
    Do you wish to have employer provided time for this? Think about that for a second or two.

  18. Re:Have to take personal time to vote... on US Midterm Elections Discussion · · Score: 1

    It's open before you go to work, and/or after you get off. What's the problem?

  19. Walmart sells landmines! on Buying Goods To Make Nuclear Weapons On eBay, Alibaba, and Other Platforms · · Score: 1

    I can go down the street to Walmart and Lowes, and for under $100, buy materials to seed my yard with OMG !! landmines. Probably won't kill you, but it will slow you down.

    Should we close those stores as well?
    (well, probably, but not for those reasons)

  20. Re:Bullshit on Free Broadband For NYC Public Housing? · · Score: 2

    And what are the immigration policies like to move to rural Finland?
    (and I pay $45USD/month for 50/50 unlimited, so not a lot of difference)

  21. Re:No privacy issues here on Charity Promotes Covert Surveillance App For Suicide Prevention · · Score: 1

    Oh, and your sig is particularly poignant here.

    "JAGga.me ----> Producing video games addressing emotional health and wellness issues affecting teens."

  22. Re:No privacy issues here on Charity Promotes Covert Surveillance App For Suicide Prevention · · Score: 2

    My point was, if I was a Twitter user, why/how am I supposed to opt-put of some random app? Indeed ALL random apps.
    If some follower of mine decides to use this, why do *I* need to opt out? Or even know about this thing.

  23. Re:No privacy issues here on Charity Promotes Covert Surveillance App For Suicide Prevention · · Score: 1

    "ability to opt-out"

    For who? For me the twitter user whose friend thinks I need 'monitoring'? So now I have to know about and proactively opt out of any and all potential monitoring apps?

    Oh wait...I already do that. By not using twitter.

  24. Re:6 seconds into launch, boom. on How To View the Antares Launch · · Score: 1

    After further checking of the video, it appears to be - just an airplane.
    Return your seat to the upright position.

  25. 6 seconds into launch, boom. on How To View the Antares Launch · · Score: 1

    Apparently, it exploded just after launch.
    However, I have a pretty clear line of site to Wallops from my house, 75 miles as the crow flies). At the right moment, I recorded what looked to me just like a rocket ascending. 3 or 4 minutes of it.