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  1. It is also why you haven't heard the Republicans screaming over her emails lately. They got caught doing the same thing.

  2. Trey Gowdy also got caught with his own private email server, and possibly sending classified emails. His claims are going no where.

  3. Re:Will she pardon here self and him once she gets on Justice Dept. Grants Immunity To Staffer Who Set Up Clinton Email Server (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    Why would you say that? Hillary is far and wide the closest Republican the party has had running in the past 20 years.

  4. Re:Will she pardon here self and him once she gets on Justice Dept. Grants Immunity To Staffer Who Set Up Clinton Email Server (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    Not true. Her server was allowed, as it was grandfathered in under the new regulation. What was not allowed, and the center of the discussion, is if classified emails were sent to and from this server. Which was never allowed. It's right to exist was found legal.

    The real problem here is the investigative team which is mostly Republicans have been found to have their own email servers, and, surprise, may have also sent classified emails. It's kind of like the prosecutor going after a murderer and being found to have also murdered someone. This case will not make it far at all.

  5. Re:Three grand... that's kind of ouchy on HoloLens For Developers Available For Pre-Order (thestack.com) · · Score: 1

    I have a developer version of the Oculus I'd be willing to sell you for $700.

  6. Re:Doesn't matter to me on Sony Patents Power Glove-Like Motion Controller For PlayStation VR (hothardware.com) · · Score: 2

    So what you're saying is that you don't buy anything, ever, from anyone.

  7. Re:Misses the point on Drones Under 2kg May Be Set Free Under Forthcoming FAA Rules (suasnews.com) · · Score: 1

    He's talking about the props. On quads that small you can still cut your face wide open by messing about. Maybe not the store bought ones, but the ones people are building themselves.

  8. Re:It won't be a Republican bloodbath on Rubio and Kasich Are Living Out a Classic Game Theory Dilemma · · Score: 1

    Voters at large do not care who is married to wall street. Voters at large don't give a crap about Bill's behavior anymore. Hillary is the most mundane nomination who sits firmly in the can't do any worse, can't do any better line. No one is going to be energized to go out and vote against her. The right will certainly keep trying, it's why they dug into the email thing, Benghazi so early, even before this began. They knew they really had nothing to paint her as evil with, so they took what they could and ran with it. No one cares.....

  9. Re:Who is still using mag stripes on ATM cards? on To Secure ATM Transactions: Ditch the Card (securityledger.com) · · Score: 1

    In the US, the new chip thing that rolled out has been met with..issues. I've been declined at least three times now, they had to manually put my card in. One place it hung the entire system, and they had to call their payment vendor who rebooted it, and told them to swipe until told otherwise. That is about after 12 times of having to slide it in. The chip also looks like it's halfway worn off the card already. It simply takes too long to use as well, you can't just stick the card in and out and be on your way. You have to stick it in and wait for her to finish. Then pull it out.

    I have a feeling this chip thing will be gone by next year and we will be back to swiping.

  10. Re:Taking sides: problem solved! [Re:Is that] on Bill Gates Sides With FBI In Apple Spat (ft.com) · · Score: 1

    Bill Gates is also against it as well. He was upset people are posting these stories saying otherwise.

  11. Re:Let them have the drones on Israel Thwarts Attempt To Smuggle Commercial Drones Into Gaza · · Score: 1

    The funny thing is, when they lose range, they continue on as the last known stick position. So if someone set it to fly due north at a 10 degree incline, it'll just keep on going north gaining height and distance until the battery runs out. Usually about 5-10 minutes per charge for these X5C. It'll probably go far enough to freak people out and they'll end up with useless X5Cs on all the rooftops.

    Thankfully the power is not enough to attach any sort of harmful device on them. At least, not the toys like the X5C.

  12. Re:Preeeecious on L.A. Hospital Pays Off Ransomware Thieves To Reclaim Its Network (google.com) · · Score: 1

    If by "they", you mean the FBI paid the ransom to see where it goes, then yes, "they" fed the trolls.

  13. I would have bought an XBox One instead of PS4... on Microsoft Plans To Make Windows 10, Xbox One Game "Crossbuys" A Habit (pcworld.com) · · Score: 1

    If they had started to do this back in the XBox360 days. I love gaming, so I have a PC and a console. I do double dip time to time, for games like Battlefield, Fallout, and Skyrim. But if Microsoft is going to make cross licenses like Steam does with all its vendors for PC/Mac/Linux, then I would have bought an XBox One going into this generation. I'd already have saved money by Fallout 4 on PC/PS4 if the cross platform was just built in to begin with.

    A good move by Microsoft for sure. The next generation after this, I'll probably be using their platform because of this alone.

  14. Re:Matching requirements on City of Austin Locked In Regulations Battle With Uber, Lyft · · Score: 1

    Your words have merit, but not for this case. We're talking about fingerprinting, which is cheap and quick. You also need to look at the industry affected. In this case, the local cab companies, which are smallish businesses in the grand scheme of things. Smaller businesses are effected by a death of a thousand cuts more than larger businesses that can simply absorb them. In this case, Uber/Lyft are absolutely huge businesses compared to the local ones.

    What we're seeing here is Uber not wanting to bend to a regulation that other cities outside of Austin may impose. That would in effect hurt them more.

    As for an outside long view, and my personal perspective, fingerprinting drivers seems like a safe way to verify people say who they are, and keep potential bad apples away. Many businesses do fingerprinting, and if someone doesn't want to be fingerprinted, they simply avoid working there. I don't think this is an attempt to hard Uber/Lyft or help local vs national business. I think it's just a common harmless regulation that has been made, and should be followed by everyone.

  15. Re: Militant Slashdot on Beyond the Liberator: A 3D-Printed Plastic 9mm Semi-Auto Pistol · · Score: 1

    One thing you failed to mention, AR-15s are incredibly easy to turn into automatic. I know, i've seen it done and used one. It takes all of a few minutes to change it from legal to illegal destroy that spare fridge and mod it back to legal again. I'm not sure how easy it is for other guns like this, but I was pretty amazed to see this in person. As a small kid at the time, it was the coolest thing ever. As an adult, it's the most terrifying thing ever.

  16. Re:Millennials on Drone Racing League Wants To Be the Next NASCAR (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Okay DAD. No, really, what they're doing now with real time telemetry data over miniaturized HD displays is pretty amazing. And affordable. It's a lot like where VR and 3D Printing is today vs the early 90s. It's leaps and bounds better and its finally at the point where it's about to explode to the general public.The technology leaps we are seeing on a month to month basis in the RC world is mind blowing. Since we're all computer nerds, a good analogy is right when the Pentiums came out, this is where we are just hitting with the RC industry and quads. It's freaking AMAZING. If this stuff interests you in the slightest, GET IN NOW to ride this wave. It's one of the best hobbies ever with all this cool tech.

  17. Re:I get it, but it's stupid. on Apple, Samsung, and Sony Face Child Labor Claims (amnestyusa.org) · · Score: 1

    Well, now you can. The cat is out of the bag. It's the point of the article.

    At this point, Apple now knows child labor is being used in their products, so are you going to give them a pass from today going forward? Maybe, maybe not. But I am guessing where we are in 2016, the majority of people would expect Apple to cut all ties unless they fixed it.

  18. Let's not. on Apple, Samsung, and Sony Face Child Labor Claims (amnestyusa.org) · · Score: 1

    When a buyer, say HP, gets parts and sells it with their brand on it and supports the parts under their warranty, it effectively becomes their product. You can no longer just point your finger over there. The finger is at HP, because their name is all over it. There is a difference here, and I hope you're not being willfully obtuse about it, because companies can and do decide who to do business with.

  19. WHAT CONTENT?! on Netflix Decides To Crack Down On VPN Users (netflix.com) · · Score: 1

    "We wont let you show this B movie from 1970!!!!"

    Netflix has such a poor selection of movies. TV shows are a little better, but not by much. It's not like they're hosting blockbuster flicks like they used to do when they started up.

  20. Re:Time to play "guess the party" on NY Bill Would Force Decryption of Smartphones On Demand (onthewire.io) · · Score: 1

    Because google is hard. I've got a box of tinfoil and some bandages for that butt.

  21. Re:Brutus on NY Bill Would Force Decryption of Smartphones On Demand (onthewire.io) · · Score: 2

    Yeah, this. When people like the guy above who says he doesn't like anyone - Who does he like? You've got the entire gamut running right now. You've got literal Fascists to literal Socialists and everything in-between. No one will EVER, never ever, never ever ever line up exactly with what you want out of a candidate unless you run yourself. Most people are old enough to know this and vote based on who closest matches their own ideals.

  22. Re:Not only right, it's important on Kentucky Bill: Wait an Hour Before Posting Injuries To Social Media (kentucky.com) · · Score: 1

    I agree, but it's not even just about helping people. It's about the guy who shows up at the scene of an accident where a young woman is gasping her final breaths during a horrific accident as rescue workers are doing everything they can to save her life. She passes on and her entire last few minutes of life are now about to be posted online for everyone to witness before her parents even know she is gone.

    This happened at an accident this summer that a coworker was involved in. He noticed a guy filming this as she died, and he made him delete it all or he was going to eat a knuckle sandwich. The guy complied, even though he didn't have to. But I am sure this happens a lot in todays society, and can only imagine the added horror something like this adds to the family and friends.

    It sucks. There has to be a solution that is fair without stepping on other rights that can be abused.

  23. A lot of health care providers have been moving to newer patient management systems. I have yet to see any nurse, doctor, or anyone else that has to use these systems actually LIKE them. I know two nurses who absolutely HATE the new systems, that doing it on paper and pencil is far quicker, easier, and more efficient than what was put in. Their opinions are echoed across the industry. It's not an age thing, either. These new management systems are trash, and cost millions to implement and install. All it does is factor in our costs going up more and more.

  24. What is the end game? on South Korea To Restart Propaganda Loudspeakers Along Border · · Score: 1

    It is the equivalent of petting a cat the wrong way. We know it's annoying, so why do it? The only possible outcome from it is provocation.

  25. Own a DK2. on Oculus Rift Pre-orders Begin At $600 (oculus.com) · · Score: 1

    Price of entry, and PC specs are just way too high to get this going. I love the cool little demos on my DK2, and it sold me entirely on VR as the future. Just not anytime soon. Maybe when todays I7s are considered low end and less than $99 the industry might be where VR needs to be for public consumption. Or maybe they'll just end up putting 8k screens in the Rift and set us all back again.

    I'll be looking closely at the PSVR. I think targeting a standardized platform is going to help the cause a bit more. But, again, cost, and performance will need to be worthwhile.