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  1. Re:Don't trust the gov to use good technical solut on Clinton Home Servers Had Ports Open (ap.org) · · Score: 1

    Knowing that people say flippant remarks and knowing that a specific instance is a flippant remark are two completely different things, and not knowing that is not knowing about the world around you. Besides, either way, she should have known that that remark would be taken negatively no matter what the reality is. Either she doesn't know what wiping a server means, and she hasn't shown much inclination of being technologically savvy, or she doesn't know that her statement wouldn't be seen as funny coming from her.

  2. Re:cross-system languages on Objective-C Use Falls Hard, Apple's Swift On the Rise (dice.com) · · Score: 1

    http://www.qb64.net/ can write programs for Windows, Linux, Mac, and to some extent Android, but that got added last.

  3. Re:Don't trust the gov to use good technical solut on Clinton Home Servers Had Ports Open (ap.org) · · Score: 1

    Things just don't work unless there isn't. Please reference the US banking system as my citation there.

    The very fact that you can point to just one incident in 2008 just goes to show that usually it does work that way.

    The difference between negligence and gross negligence is that the person should know better than that last drink wasn't going to put them over the limit and run down people.

    And how were they supposed to know that? Perhaps if bars had breathalyzer tests for everyone.
    I 've been having troubles with my eyes, so I went to an eye doctor and while they gave me a new prescription, it still did not address my primary eye problems. I'm still going through things with my primary care physician, but back to my eye doctor. I asked her to retest my near vision for my progressive lenses and she said that it wasn't magic and is adjusted relative to a person's age. It took me a bit to process what she said, and I came to the conclusion that we had a different definition of magic. In mine in order for something to not be magic, it has to be able to be affected by many environmental factors that going by a patient's age simply does not measure, and therefore should be tested.

    You'd be surprised about just how much of the world operates with ideas like my eye doctor's notion of what magic is, but operate it does.

  4. Re:Why is this about security? on Clinton Home Servers Had Ports Open (ap.org) · · Score: 1

    Because if her email is insecure, nations that want to take advantage of or harm the United States can see it too.

  5. Re:Of course... on Clinton Home Servers Had Ports Open (ap.org) · · Score: 1

    https://www.bing.com/search?q=...
    Some sites say that she was only joking, but her sense of humor must be way off, if that is the case. I think either way it shows a lack of understanding of the world around her. That and calling Indianapolis, "India no place".

  6. Re:Confused about priorities here. on Clinton Home Servers Had Ports Open (ap.org) · · Score: 1

    I'm not particularly outraged but the sloppy handling of the server situation has me concerned. So does Hillary's apparent lack of knowledge about the world she lives in.

  7. Re:Don't trust the gov to use good technical solut on Clinton Home Servers Had Ports Open (ap.org) · · Score: 1

    https://www.bing.com/search?q=...
    The results of this search seem to say that the law was changed after Hillary was Secretary of State, but some people are still confused on this point.

  8. Re:Don't trust the gov to use good technical solut on Clinton Home Servers Had Ports Open (ap.org) · · Score: 1

    I don't hate Hillary Clinton, but with the "What, like with a cloth" statement and calling Indianapolis "India no place", I doubt she should be/have been an official in the government. She seems like she can't be bothered to learn a little bit about the world around her.

    I thought maybe it was possible she might have had a good reason for the "What difference does it make" statement for the particular question she was asked, but these revelations make me wonder more about that statement as well.

  9. Re:Blocking ads on Slashdot on German Publisher Axel Springer Bans Adblocking Users From Bild Website (axelspringer.de) · · Score: 1

    I used to not block any ads from any site, but Slashdot changed all that when they sent me a video ad that instead of perhaps following me scrolling the page down, yanked me to the top of the Slashdot page where the ad lived.

  10. Re:This is a whitewash on DARPA's ICARUS Program To Develop Self-Destructing Air Delivery Vehicles (darpa.mil) · · Score: 1

    The only reason for this is in war zones, but they can be used for aerial reconnaissance, and for resupplying the front lines.

    I think maybe mischief may be more effective than violence to slow the other side down, because they are less likely to devote resources to it which sounds like a boon in itself, but it increases the chances of getting caught and used to embarrass the first side.

  11. Re:NASA needs another vendor on NASA Chief Says Ban On Chinese Partnerships Is Temporary · · Score: 1

    If the billions of dollars spent on expensive toys for the military that they don't actually need (F-35 for example) had instead been given to NASA and its contractors and entities, NASA could have built the military things the military could actually use.

  12. Re:Boycott Slashdot Beta! on Ion-Based Data Allows Atom-Sized Storage Cells Similar To Brain Structure (thestack.com) · · Score: 1

    The next line should probably be:"So you're a necrophiliac, then?"

  13. What the story really is. on Star Trek: New Voyages, The Fan-Based Star Trek Series (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    If I understand correctly, checking Internet Archive, Star Trek: New Voyages has been around since 2006, and there's lots of other Star Trek fan-based series, so I guess the real story is that the New York Times wrote an article about one of many such series?

  14. Huawei... really? on World's First 5G Field Trial Delivers Speeds of 3.6Gbps Using Sub-6GHz · · Score: 0

    My previous phone was a Huawei Valiant. The battery life was terrible, and the battery stopped working and needed to be replaced pretty early. It was rootable, though. When I first got it, the screen started glitching, but it got better later.

  15. Which pockets do you put things in? I don't understand why people prefer their back pockets to put things into, or else back pocket dialing wouldn't be a thing.

  16. Testing on What Effect Will VW's Scandal Have On Robocars? · · Score: 1

    Clearly as demonstrated by the Portal games, perpetual testing is the only way to go.

    Then there was that SpaceX part failure where they then turned around and tested the parts in stock and a significant number failed. Can't turn it up in a net search, though.

  17. Re:What applications? on Japan Display Squeezes 8K Resolution Into 17-inch LCD, Cracks 510 PPI At 120Hz · · Score: 1

    This feature will probably cause the display to make text display even smaller because the OS (actually only sure about this with Windows) acts like has no clue that a 17" monitor isn't that big of a display and only goes by number of pixels and doesn't offer a way to make text all that large, and all of the browsers are just as bad.

  18. Re: Were GNOME 3 and Firefox 4+ conspiracies? on Volkswagen Diesel Scandal Logistics Imply Sizable Conspiracy · · Score: 1

    There is. Stand-alone complex.

  19. Re: America on DHS Detains Mayor of Stockton, CA, Forces Him To Hand Over His Passwords · · Score: 1

    The president has little influence on the economy, despite indications to the contrary. Everything is pretty much managed by the Federal reserve system.

  20. Life usually says "you're not trying hard enough, anybody can make lemonade out of lemons."
    https://www.youtube.com/result...

  21. In that respect on Vigilante Malware Protects Routers Against Other Security Threats · · Score: 1

    Useful software runs on computers and in that respect is no different than malware.

  22. Re: O Rly? on China Beats US In Early Cuban Internet Infrastructure Investment · · Score: 1

    Didn't you read quintesse's post? Apparently anything that you can't afford on a Cuban's pay which apparently really isn't all that much. Of course, exchange rate is not the same as purchasing power, but the amount of purchasing power can't be increased a whole lot more than what was stated. And even "purchasing power" doesn't tell the whole story as to what's within the realm of possibility.

  23. Re: O Rly? on China Beats US In Early Cuban Internet Infrastructure Investment · · Score: 2

    I don't know much about the economy of Haiti and to be honest of Cuba either, but from what I have heard, avoiding a boom bust cycle by never having a boom does not seem like that great of an achievement.

  24. Re: O Rly? on China Beats US In Early Cuban Internet Infrastructure Investment · · Score: 1

    The distance between various people involved in the deal has little to do with what nation is closest to Cuba. The wiring does, but that's a separate matter. Besides the United States and China did no such thing. People from various companies chartered from those countries who in turn hire people who may be from yet other countries do.

  25. Re: O Rly? on China Beats US In Early Cuban Internet Infrastructure Investment · · Score: 1

    Everybody making the same salary is not something that should be particularly celebrated if it means that nobody ever gets to do what they want to do.