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  1. Re:airplane mode on How Militarized Cops Are Zapping Rights With Stingray (alternet.org) · · Score: 0

    wifi mode: lately my (rooted android) has been turning wifi on automatically, and randomly. I currently reside close to a busy street and wonder if it's b/c this stingray device (local pd has lots of $ and new cars...etc). this doesn't bother me too much b/c I don't think anything is private any longer, or ever was for that matter but I suspect it's going to backfire on them eventually and wonder how easily this technology will become available to the wrong people (assuming the police are the right people).

  2. will these things stop police from crossing the line?

  3. agreed on Comcast Planning 2Gbps Service, Starting With Atlanta · · Score: 0

    My (frontier) plan was fine @ 1MBPS a few years ago, which (after other hidden fees) costs about $70. per month. This was force updated to me to get 3MBPS by them (without telling me) and raising my monthly bill to $90. When I called in to get answers (and request to be back on my signed 1MB plan they stated it wasn't available any longer. Even though I never actually use more than 750KBPS, and average 350KBPS all day long, seems like a huge money-grabbing scam to me. All I do is youtube, social media, google searches, and a few forums... no VPN, no need for anything more than 1MB but they forced a higher rate on me without actually getting me faster speeds... it just says I now have 3mbps (which it can spike at that...but if we monitor all the traffic, all the time (as gkrellm does) than you can easily see you're never getting those speeds from websites... it's just the "testing sites" allow a short lived spike, or "ping"s to make us all feel like happy sheep on a green knoll. to me, the problem is constant increases in billing, and less service, more advertisements, and a lower quality overall... however, If there is any ISP that provides 100% pure internet (no advertising), then I would gladly pay for it, again at 1MBPS (which is all I need (atm)). I don't know the future of connection fees, but

  4. fire a flare? on Rosetta Photographs Its Own Shadow On Comet 67P/C-G · · Score: 0

    how difficult would it be for Rosetta to fire a flare behind itself (perhaps on the dark side) to take a better selfie? .............. it's that, or send up the lasers.

  5. typo ? on Facebook To Start Testing Internet-Beaming Drones In 2015 · · Score: 0

    why will Facebook be releasing the drones ? is the title a typo?

  6. is it just me? on City of Turin To Switch From Windows To Linux and Save 6M Euros · · Score: 0

    I cannot stand any *untu but they're on the rigth track at least.

  7. perhaps on Massive Study Searching For Genes Behind Intelligence Finds Little · · Score: 0

    Perhaps you need the gene to find the gene?

  8. location of protests on Protesters Blockade Microsoft's Seattle Headquarters Over Tax Breaks · · Score: 0

    they didn't protest @ the Redmond headquarters because most people in Redmond wouldn't care. Even if they did, few people would see the protests. the Microsoft headquarters is hugely supported by all their employees and after hours all you get are the black SUVs following you around if you venture too far around their boundaries. Besides, which building would you protest on the M.S.campus? It's nicely lit up, well groomed and clean (perfect skateboard tracks) but not a lot of public traffic. anyone in this area is either a M.S. employee or they are retired.

  9. truth? on In Maryland, a Soviet-Style Punishment For a Novelist · · Score: 0

    did he stumble upon the future plan(s) ? is his book too much like the base model for all control that we are facing, or are teachers just not allowed to write a book?

  10. chernobyl or 3 mile island on Feds Want Nuclear Waste Train, But Don't Know Where It Would Go · · Score: 0

    why don't we pool all the waste in an already contaminated area. since chernobyl is a dead city, can't we just mail it to them and leave it at the empty post office ? btw, that's supposed to be a bit of humor in a bit of realism.

  11. Re:Why is this on Slashdot? on TechCentral Scams Call Center Scammers · · Score: 0

    agreed, this belongs on Redit or another similar place.

  12. who gets the nukes then? on Would Scottish Independence Mean the End of UK's Nuclear Arsenal? · · Score: 0

    Are they selling them, or are they going to fire them off into space? seems to me that they would be best kept where they are, and the U.K. can still maintain them.

  13. timing on Your Phone Can Be Snooped On Using Its Gyroscope · · Score: 0

    my phone stays in my cargo pockets, When lean over in a chair to fart, they should be able to hear that fart loud and clear. now lets see them try to figure out what i ate? I also take my phone in the laveratory with me, so they should also have great opertunity to hear some of splash-logs greatest hits.

  14. Eadle eyes on Laser Eye Surgery, Revisited 10 Years Later · · Score: 0

    I'm waiting for Eagles eyes to be properly cloned for humans. when that happens, i will switch out my bad eyes for some eagle ones... should take a few more weeks or months (sarcasm, since we have to state when we're doing it now, but it should be within a few years to be able to completely create a new eye from our own DNA).

  15. if on What Came First, Black Holes Or Galaxies? · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    if a black hole came first, nothing would escape it. so, the black holes are 2nd.

  16. Because on Russia Moves From Summer Time To Standard Time · · Score: 1

    in Russia, TIME TELLS YOU

  17. questionable on How Apple Can Take Its Headphones To the Next Level · · Score: 1

    more like a sensor that induces subliminal messages to buy more apple stuff.

  18. sadly on Google Is Offering Free Coding Lessons To Women and Minorities · · Score: 1

    define Minority ? you (google) should offer this without the gender and racist remarks... then just fail the people who don't live up to your criteria. -or better yet, just delete the user data of your "majority" whoever that is...

  19. dibs on Astronomers Discover Earth-Sized Diamond · · Score: 1

    i call dibs

  20. contradictory on Belief In Hell Predicts a Country's Crime Rates Better Than Other Factors · · Score: 1

    the quote 'in societies where many people believe in hell compared to those where more people believed in heaven." is contradictory. in what religeon(s) do they preach in only one or the other ? afaik, if you believe in one, you have to also believe in the other. as in, 'if you don't make it to heaven, where do you go " its sad that people don't realise there is a way to build a heaven on earth, and it only takes honorable measures to acheive it. not greed.

  21. ZEITGEIST movie. predicts this very issue on Chrome EULA Reserves the Right To Filter Your Web · · Score: 1

    just like the movie http://www.zeitgeistmovie.com/ zeitgeist...scary.

  22. Re:Space travel etc. on Mad Scientist Brings Back Dead With "Deanimation" · · Score: 1

    i disagree...............as you may be lucky to get someone like Plato or Socrates, we are more likely to bring back someone more close to an imbred mental patient...

  23. if everyone owns/ uses this, can the world support on Machine Condenses Drinking Water Out of Thin Air · · Score: 1

    in their statistica, they measure the amount of water in the air. and if...if..we suck up all the air's water, will we make this planet like mars. if....if..enough of these were being used, and everyone on the planet, was to take and store water (again, future, in a haste like thought) would we see the end of free water? if..and again, i stress "if"...we dried out the moisture in the air, would our landscape suffer... before anyone flames out, i want to let you know, i already know all h20 has been used over and over, but i just wonder, about prolonged use, or living in a climate (even our houses) that has its water removed...

  24. maybe it was eaten on Spider Missing After Trip To Space Station · · Score: 1

    do spiders eat other spiders ? at least, we can know that the space station will be "bug-free" now. ;)

  25. Re:I was just wondering on Astronaut Loses Tools While Performing an EVA · · Score: 1

    the bag floated away, not tools, so in essence, now we have some bag floating around in space...i guess its better than a bag, and a tether...lol