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  1. Re:What about the rest of us? on Facebook Says Humans Won't Write Its Trending Topic Descriptions Anymore (recode.net) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    That's largely because being a conservative these days largely seems to involve being mad about something.

    If you're not mad at the way this country is going then you're either not sane or a fucking asshole.

  2. Re:Convenience for ALL on Malware Sold To Governments Helped Them Spy on iPhones (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 0

    Yes, yes they have. But, never has it been easier. Modern "smart devices" are like having a KGB agent in every home, office, and bathroom.

    Mr. Madison, what you've just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul.

  3. Re:Elect Trump for Honest Government on FBI Finds 14,900 More Documents From Hillary Clinton's Email Server (go.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    That certainly was the case with Nixon. He didn't do any more than what Kennedy did to him ten years earlier, but the press loved Kennedy and hated Nixon.

    Shit man, Nixon got us out of Vietnam and the press still fucking hated him.

  4. Re:Why make smartphones? on Apple, Samsung Capture All Of Industry's Smartphone Profits (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Most phones aren't $600

  5. Re:Since '85?! on Systemd Rolls Out Its Own Mount Tool (phoronix.com) · · Score: 1

    No actually old farts are being hired in droves. We're not "snowflakes" in need of constant coddling and stroking. We understand we work to pay our bills and be of service to our employers... Not fulfill our dream selves. Great if our job can be fulfilling, but not really necessary.

    So what you're saying is your just old snowflakes?

  6. Re:Splitting Musk's Pubic Hairs Pretty Fine There on Tesla Owner in Autopilot Crash Won't Sue, But Car Insurer May (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 2

    What makes you think that "autopilot" will drive your car with no input from you? .

    Because the "auto" in "autopilot" stands for "automatic" as in, done automatically without user interaction. Bitch all you want, thats just the fucking facts. It's also not an airplane, it's a car that might hit fucking guardrails and other vehicles in midair. Musk is a fucking idiot to think people wouldn't use it like this. Period.

  7. Re:Being aware of race on WSJ: Facebook's Point System Fails To Close Diversity Gap · · Score: 1

    Being aware of race and related problems does not necessarily make one a racist. .

    Bullshit. All you need for awareness is a pair of eyes. This is discrimination. Text book definition.

  8. Re:More proof on WSJ: Facebook's Point System Fails To Close Diversity Gap · · Score: 1

    ...and is getting millions of Pounds spent on fixing it. Men looking to become primary school teachers get massive incentives, for example.

    There's a good reason we don't do that in America: any man who wants to be around little kids like that is automatically deemed a pedophile and has a cloud of suspicion around him. Almost no man is dumb enough to go into that field because of this, even though I'm sure many would like to if society weren't so paranoid about it.

    That was my profession of choice once upon a time. I would have loved working with those kids. It's my favorite age group and their energy is contagious. I skipped over it though for two reasons. The one you stated and the horrendous pay. I know teachers that qualify for EBT the pay is so bad.

  9. Re:Can we say... MODEM speed? on AT&T Is Boosting Data Plans, Dropping Overage Fees (reuters.com) · · Score: 2

    "...all data usage will be reduced to a maximum of 128 kbps for the rest of their bill cycle."

    Does it also make the sound of an analog modem establishing a connection every time you send or receive data?

    I think I'd rather pay the overage fee...

    128k was ISDN speed. 56k was modem.

  10. Re:If I can delete them. I don't care on Verizon Offered To Install Marketers' Apps Directly On Subscribers' Phones (adage.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    If on the other hand I can't, the phone's going to get unlocked and rooted. All carriers should take note - we're getting closer to a discontinuity in how much we're willing to be abused.

    So what happens when Verizon pushes out a malware infested app that roots your device?

  11. Coverage changes and now this on Verizon Offered To Install Marketers' Apps Directly On Subscribers' Phones (adage.com) · · Score: 1

    Verizon coverage where I live used to be amazing. But this last year something changed and its been degrading terribly. I was going to try an Android phone again next year but between this news and the worsening coverage I may just end up going to T-Mobile. At least I get wifi calling with them.

  12. Re:So now we buy hardware from....? on Cisco Systems To Lay Off About 14,000 Employees, Representing 20% of Global Workforce (crn.com) · · Score: 1

    From this, I'm assuming that all of Cisco's hardware that's not been EOLed is upgradable, right? And so all they need are people who can upgrade their firmware. Need an IPv6 upgrade for some old router that doesn't have it? Ready to go, right? Need IPv6 acceleration on the router? No need to replace it, just reburn some FPGAs?

    Or does Cisco think that this market can go to the likes of Juniper, Brocade & Foundry, and that they need to phase themselves into the Infrastructure Outsourcing business?

    Cisco has been moving to VM's recently. You can run pretty much anything Cisco in a VM now. Its sloppy and the performance is often terrible but you can do it. Even their routers can be VM's.

    The hardware isn't going away though. You can still get their hardware and the X series units are modular and can be upgraded or new modules added for additional functionality. Such as integrated IPS via their Snort aquisition.

    My guess is most of these lay offs will be people from their recent aquisitions.

  13. Mobile! on Intel To Manufacture Rival ARM Chips In Mobile Push · · Score: 2

    Do it for the mobile! Talk about late to the game though. Even Microsoft got the clue before this. I'm hoping Intel chokes on desktops enough to let AMD get another foot in the door. Competition is sorely needed on the desktop/laptop front.

  14. Stupid stupid stupid on Metropolitan Police To Target Online Hate Crime and Abuse (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    If people are out looking for something to be offended by they will inevitably find it. Why do otherwise civilized societies keep pandering to these butt hurt babies that can't avert their eyes from shit they don't like? My whole life I was told if I don't like something, don't do it, don't look at it, don't get involved. When the fuck did we change from that to "Ban it, delete it, get it out of the world."

    I feel like I'm in the fucking Twilight Zone. We used to mock the nanny state.

  15. Re:more features for the feature god. on Firefox 49 For Linux Will Ship With Plug-in Free Netflix, Amazon Prime Video Support (mozilla.org) · · Score: 1, Insightful

    I don't use Sync and would prefer if it were a plug-in .

    It's all about you isn't it Kim Kardashian?

  16. Re:Some of us do give an F. on New FreeBSD 11.0 Release Candidate Tested By Phoronix (phoronix.com) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    systemd makes security auditing massively more difficult and expensive for a small startup.)/p>

    Citation needed. I work in InfoSec and have never heard anyone say this, ever.

  17. Re:Does civilization depend upoon civilized behavi on Hacker Publishes Cell Phone Numbers of House Democrats (thehill.com) · · Score: 0, Troll

    On the theory that hackers are technological leaders, it looks like they are leading us down the drain.

    Each time I seriously consider the Fermi Paradox, I keep coming to the conclusion that technological civilizations are quite prone to suicide via insanity. We are apes with nuclear bombs and biological weapons and no understanding of what we are doing. We have reached the point where we could accidentally exterminate ourselves at any time, but soon it will only take one madman to do it on purpose. Never been a shortage of madmen.

    The transition from naturally evolved intelligence to rationally designed intelligence appears to be quite rocky. My quatloos say we're gonna lose and exterminate ourselves first.

    "Mommy help I need a safe space the hax0rz keep picking on my favorite political party!"

  18. What's wrong with aging tech? If most airlines are on TPF and TPF works and TPF is still maintained by IBM, what's the problem with TPF?
    Something being old doesn't mean it's bad. Quite often, the reverse is true. The mainframe is still the king when it comes to reliability and transaction integrity, for example.

    It's not "mobile first, cloud first" as my boss would say .................

  19. Dumb on More Airline Outages Seen As Carriers Grapple With Aging Technology (reuters.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    "Most airlines were on the verge of going out of business for many years, so investment of any kind had to have short pay-back periods,"

    You really only see this type of thinking in the West. Most sensible companies know that when times are good, you build a war chest, when they are bad you invest the war chest to grow your business and be competitive. The problem wasn't that times were bad. You can always say times are bad. The problem was that they didn't make the best of things when times were good, and therefore deserve the cluster fuck situation they are in now.

  20. Re:Tiny dog barking up big tree on Rightscorp Threatens Every ISP in the United States (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 2

    This is not Sparta, this is USA. People you are thinking about are not called Leonidas and Gorgo, they're probably named Todd and Leshaniqua. And therefore there will be no stomping other than by a rich corporate boot.

    Here is what I don't get. Why don't the ISPs just refuse service to Rights Corp? They are within their rights to do so. Rights Corp is obviously network scanning their customers. If it was any other organization they would be kicked off of their network for that.

  21. Re:What the fuck is it? on Canonical Releases Snapcraft 2.14 For Ubuntu With New Rust Plugin, Improvements (softpedia.com) · · Score: -1, Troll

    "Snap creator tool for the Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) operating system"

    Seems pretty clear to me.Its right in the summary.

    What's a "Snap" and why would I want to create one for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)?

    If you dont know what a Snap is then it doesn't pertain to you and you can safely move the fuck on to another article you whiny little bitch

  22. Re:What the fuck is it? on Canonical Releases Snapcraft 2.14 For Ubuntu With New Rust Plugin, Improvements (softpedia.com) · · Score: 1, Funny

    "Snap creator tool for the Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) operating system"

    Seems pretty clear to me.Its right in the summary.

  23. Re:What it will really mean on Cory Doctorow On What iPhone's Missing Headphone Jack Means For Music Industry (fastcompany.com) · · Score: 1

    I pulled the number out of my ass. But you'll obviously be able to get a cheap third-party adapter within a few months.

    You think so? Apple has to license anything thats Lightning capable. Do you really think Apple will allow someone to sell a cheaper adapter then their own? Maybe, but unlikely, and especially not in the first few months.

  24. Re:What it will really mean on Cory Doctorow On What iPhone's Missing Headphone Jack Means For Music Industry (fastcompany.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Not sure where you get 12$ for an adapter. I don't think Apple has ever sold an adapter that wasn't 29$. Plus, it's a fucking adapter. One more thing to carry/get lost/deal with.

    Apple is always bitching about simplification. One button mice, as few cords as possible, thinner etc etc. Then to use their shit you have to buy a gym bag full of fucking adapters for it to work with anything else. It's ridiculous.

    That said, those who don't like it can simply buy something else. For me though the problem is that I hate Google more than Apple and refuse to be either companies bitch. I really miss my old feature phone.

  25. I don't think they are mutually exclusive are they?

    Seeing as how easily Obama's feels get hurt I would say they are. Don't even get me started on the psychotic bitch Hillary.