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  1. Re:About right on In Florida, Secrecy Around Stingray Leads To Plea Bargain For a Robber · · Score: 1

    "I can't believe they're clogging prisons"

    But that is how the system is setup.

  2. Re:Let them dream. on Elon Musk To Write a Book About Earth Sustainability and Mars Colonization · · Score: 1

    He builds rockets and is competing for military contracts, putting at least one of his enterprises directly and right into the middle of the industrial/military complex.

    That is way than enough for some of us.

  3. Sounds like Google on Micromax Remotely Installing Unwanted Apps and Showing Ads · · Score: 2, Insightful

    ...when they introduced Google Play Music etc. via regular Updates through the Play Store.

  4. Re:requires root access and will only run on Qualc on New App Detects Government Stingray Cell Phone Trackers · · Score: 2

    It's still better than having nothing at hand.

  5. Lufthansa had an incident which might be related. on Debris, Bodies Recovered From AirAsia Flight 8501 · · Score: 4, Informative

    Lufthansa went through a 4000fpm rate of descent incident a couple of weeks ago. The loss of altitude had been caused by two angle of attack sensors having frozen in their positions during climb at an angle, that caused the fly by wire protection to assume, the aircraft entered a stall while it climbed through FL310.

    http://www.aeroinside.com/item...

  6. Developing Story on AirAsia Flight Goes Missing Between Indonesia and Singapore · · Score: 5, Informative

    With regular updates: http://www.aeroinside.com/item...

  7. Fucking on GCHQ Warns It Is Losing Track of Serious Criminals · · Score: 2

    fearmongering. Stop it, thanks.

  8. Re:TOR is a fucking honey pot ! on Tor Network May Be Attacked, Says Project Leader · · Score: 1

    They don't need to own the nodes. They need to know their uplink and/or upstream provider. And I bet they do on a fucking large scale.

  9. Someone has to say it. on Eric Schmidt: To Avoid NSA Spying, Keep Your Data In Google's Services · · Score: 1

    What a fucking asshole.

  10. The world is a battlefield... on Former Department of Defense Chief Expects "30 Year War" · · Score: 1

    ... and the reason is why lies well within the scope of the neocon policy makers of the last couple of decades. I just started reading the book Dirty Wars from Jeremy Scahill - a real eye opener. ISIL/ISIS fits perfectly - 30 years of war means 30 years of spending tax money towards the military/industrial complex.

  11. Re:Well, you have mine. on Linus Torvalds: 'I Still Want the Desktop' · · Score: 1

    Right, so is mine. Even though a fresh Ubunutu 14.04 install is still not handling multi monitor setups flawless, and by that I mean that I don't want fullscreen video on the other screen from where it launched, same with gtk apps, wrong QT tooltip color schemes and what not....

  12. Re:The weather is brutal on Why Bhutan Might Get Drone Delivery Copters Before Seattle Does · · Score: 1

    Of course it does and that's being done on daily airline operations. For a drone which can't refule at their drop-off location, that's another thing though.

  13. Re:This is how we learn on Synolocker 0-Day Ransomware Puts NAS Files At Risk · · Score: 4, Insightful

    What if the attack surface is the "port it needs"?

  14. Re:When will we... on CIA Director Brennan Admits He Was Lying: CIA Really Did Spy On Congress · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Agencies that large might as well have other means of funding these days which are not in the books. Think about it.

  15. Updates as it unfolds on Malaysian Passenger Plane Reportedly Shot Down Over Ukraine · · Score: 4, Informative
  16. Re:Hard to get excited. on Mozilla Doubles Down on JPEG Encoding with mozjpeg 2.0 · · Score: 1

    It keeps you longer on Facebook, so FB can show you more ads. More impressions, more clicks.

  17. Re:So what? they can be tapped to. on German NSA Committee May Turn To Typewriters To Stop Leaks · · Score: 2

    So, how hard do you think it is, to hack into a nearby computer (laptop, cell phone, building automation controller etc) and use that as a next hop to get an audio signal of the typewriter?

  18. Re:Failsafe? on Airbus Patents Windowless Cockpit That Would Increase Pilots' Field of View · · Score: 3, Informative

    This is true. The strongest category is CAT IIIc and the need for visibility is not existent. The so-called decision height for landing is also not existent. IIIc is not in use though, so I to IIIb are used. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I...

  19. Sometimes I wonder... on Tesla Aims For $30,000 Price, 2017 Launch For Model E · · Score: 1

    ...if Musk is in for the long run or for an exit within the next 2-3 years. Any ideas?

  20. Re:Laser Sintering on 3-D Printing with Molten Steel (Video) · · Score: 1

    SpaceX is using laser melting, also called selective laser melting, explained: https://www.additively.com/en/...

    Laser sintering is commonly used the term when plastic parts are produced: https://www.additively.com/en/...

  21. Not at all... But we have seen people overthrowing governments lately. It can happen in the west too.

  22. Re:Pics or it didn't happen. on German Intelligence Agency Planning To Follow Big NSA Brother On Shoestring · · Score: 1

    It's all part of the 'create-fear-by-telling-lies' departments. It has been all the way since 9/11. FUD at its best.

  23. ... the rich and powerful elite behind todays governments and therefore also the secret services will learn hopefully soon enough, that their wealth and power is worth nothing, absolutely nothing if you face a large turnaround in society regarding civil rights and privacy rights. Good luck.

  24. What a bunch... on Microsoft Promises Not To Snoop Through Email · · Score: 1

    ... of fucking assholes. Seriously. How on earth can their PR department sleep at night? By ignoring the facts? By ignoring what they know? It should be a law, that people in those positions should be held liable for what they contribute to - privacy invasion.

  25. Re:One solution: Migrate on Ask Slashdot: Preparing For Windows XP EOL? · · Score: 1

    OTRS to the rescue.