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  1. Re:Not Amazon Air on Amazon Prime Air Cargo Plane Crashes in Texas, Three Dead (weather.com) · · Score: 4, Informative

    Amazon doesn't operate the flights. They contract that out to Atlas and two others. The plane was likely dedicated to Amazon Air flights and had an Amazon Air livery painted on it.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

  2. They just really wanted... your two cents.

  3. Re:Bank-grade security key? on Home Security Camera Sends Video To Wrong User (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Did South Korea ever get away from the ActiveX control their banks used to require?

  4. Re:PS4 won this generation on Nintendo and Microsoft Team Up To Promote Cross-Play, While Sony Remains Silent (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Which was complete BS back then to. All those Call of Duty games were running off peer to peer. They had no way to guarantee quality of connections.

  5. Re:This doesn't mean what the summary says it mean on 'Pirates' Tend To Be the Biggest Buyers of Legal Content, Study Shows (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    Are you talking about TrueHD vs DD+?

    The vast majority of people using streaming services are lucky to have a soundbar versus their TV's built-in speakers.

    That said Atmos is possible over DD+ and Netflix is rolling out content that includes it.

  6. Re:Soon at an Amazon Echo near you.... on Amazon Pushes Facial Recognition to Police, Prompting Outcry Over Surveillance (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    The Echo Show already has a camera.

  7. Re:Depends on the customer on Will the T-Mobile, Sprint Merger Be Bad For Consumers? (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    If you have Sprint, it should already be roaming on Verizon's network which has been the rural network of choice in the area's I've been. Though some of that coverage is Verizon's roaming agreement with US Cellular.

    AT&T's rural support has been mostly dodgy. Google's Fi service allows connecting to TMobile, Sprint, and US Cellular which can give the best coverage. You are limited on which phones are supported, but it will give you the best coverage anywhere you go. If you are in a Verizon area both Sprint and US Cellular are able to roam on it.

  8. Re:It was pointless on MPAA Silently Shut Down Its Legal Movies Search Engine (techdirt.com) · · Score: 1

    Something like http://www.canistream.it/

  9. Re: "Your payment is due even though you can't pay on IRS 'Direct Pay' Option Not Working on Tax Day (cbsnews.com) · · Score: 0

    Found the millennial who's never written a check.

    Outside of a signature, checks are only reason most people use cursive.

  10. Re:Netflix will just build its own Cannes on Netflix Pulls Out of Cannes Following Rule Change (variety.com) · · Score: 1

    It also shows that movies aren't a very good medium compared to mini series for many stories.

    Try imagining either of your examples as a movie, trying to cut it down to 2-2.5 hours would make either horrible IMO. Now things like Game of Throne, Walking Dead, etc.

    Then there's the horror genre which works surprisingly well with a longer run. MTV (yes I know) created a series based off Scream. And you had multiple hours to get to know the characters so you feel more loss when the bodies start dropping.

  11. Re:Now it makes so much more sense on No, Space Did Not Permanently Alter 7 Percent of Scott Kelly's DNA (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Just as long as it does turn you into one of the Impossibles.

    Living with the pain of normal air causing your skin to combust. Being a giant walking scab. Or unconsciously having your skin turn transparent.

    And then the professor he came out worse of all, oh wait no he was already a major jerk.

  12. Re:John McAfee will be glad to hear about his on Scientists Create a Way For People With Amputations To Feel Their Prosthetics (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    With how it's going, the market cap might actually get there by the end of the year.

  13. Re:Not shaping thoughts - increasing accuracy on Trump's Meeting With The Video Game Industry To Talk Gun Violence Could Get Ugly (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    Each shot costs real money!

    Shh... don't give EA, Activision, or Ubisoft any new ideas.

  14. Re:Not shaping thoughts - increasing accuracy on Trump's Meeting With The Video Game Industry To Talk Gun Violence Could Get Ugly (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    At least you didn't get addicted to that Pacman. Listening to repetitive music, munching pills, and running from ghosts.

  15. Ya, but you grew up with video games where you had real buttons so you could use them without having to watch your hands.

    Now days the touch screen has the controls on the display and you always have to keep checking your positioning to make sure you are hitting the right thing.

  16. Re:These bugs could be just a back doors on Intel Did Not Tell US Cyber Officials About Chip Flaws Until Made Public (reuters.com) · · Score: 2

    I wonder if they also make their own GPUs For use in brute force attacks.

    If so could I buy a graphics card off them? I'm sure it would still windup cheaper than the current crypto markup on retail units.

  17. This could be fun on Facebook Is Spamming Users Via Their 2FA Phone Numbers (mashable.com) · · Score: 1

    Am I reading that right. Sending a text to Facebook will show the post on their page?

    It's pretty easy to spoof where an SMS came from. This could be fun.

  18. Re:"This is the biggest leak in history," - Get be on Key iPhone Source Code Gets Posted On GitHub (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    There was also Windows 2000 Professional which was the "workstation" version.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_2000#Editions

  19. Re:Fix the damn random rebooting! on Original Pixel Phone Users Are Suing Google Over Microphone Defects (fastcompany.com) · · Score: 1

    Have you tried RMAing your defective phone? It's difficult for them to fix something that's broken in hardware with just software. Just look at Intel.

  20. Re:PlayStation 2 on Sony's PlayStation 4 Has Nearly Outsold the PlayStation 3 (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Mostly just a single retail game, and several digital-only per month. They say 2 PS4 games a month, but many PS3 or Vita indies are cross-buy so you also get the PS4 version.

    That said I'm not really interested in most of the game, but it's a good way to try out indies I'd otherwise pass up. Rocket League, in particular, was a PS+ game at its launch and got the game into a lot of people hands and helped it gain popularity.

    Microsoft's newer game pass is a better deal. It's $10/month and lets you play the games on your system unlike Playstation Now. The new Microsoft published games will also be placed on the service on launch day. But Microsoft's offerings pale in comparison to Sony's.

  21. Re:PS4 users comparison? on Sony's PlayStation 4 Has Nearly Outsold the PlayStation 3 (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Every PS4 game does fully copy itself to the console. However, unlike the XBOne, Sony has a patented partial install that puts just the startup files on the HDD, and streams the rest over as you play.

    The way I heard the streaming works is that when loading and a file isn't on the HDD, it will read the file off the disk, and copy the file onto the HDD at the same time. It will also continue the copy when the system is in it's standby mode.

  22. Re:PlayStation 2 on Sony's PlayStation 4 Has Nearly Outsold the PlayStation 3 (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Give the PS4 a try if you haven't yet. Over the holiday shopping season they were down to $200 and included a $50 gift card.

    While the PS3 had some fun games, the interface was laggy and felt tacked on. The PS4's feels smooth, and has fun features like the game DVR and remote play.

    The library isn't quite up to the PS2's yet being that's it's been only four years so far. But I've talked with multiple people who feel like the PS4 is the true successor to the PS2.

  23. Re:Yeah on Why Tether's Collapse Would Be Bad For Cryptocurrencies (wired.com) · · Score: 1

    At least you didn't waste the money on the plans to build a "hovercraft".

  24. Re:Killing Net Neutrality was fine.... on FCC Chairman Slams Trump Team's Proposal To Nationalize 5G (axios.com) · · Score: 1

    Nah, subsidize loses, privatize profits. The US tax payer will fund the roll out of this network. It will then be chopped up and the different regions will be sold to small regional private companies for pennies on the dollar. And those small regional companies will be purchased by AT&T, Verizon, etc.

  25. Re:In Favor on Ask Slashdot: What Is Your View On Forced Subscription-Only Software? · · Score: 1

    But reader only exists to allow the consumption of documents created in full Acrobat.

    Not all Adobe products would be able to support having a free reader version.

    In the case of Photoshop and Premiere they do offer an Elements home user targeted version that is a boxed perpetual license. These allow photo and video editing while stripping out some professional only features.

    What other Adobe products would you use, that are sub only?