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  1. Re:But why does it suffer from brewer's droop? on TiVo's Latest Offering Detects and Skips Ads, Adds 4K Capability · · Score: 1
  2. Re:Still have to pay RENT after you buy it on TiVo's Latest Offering Detects and Skips Ads, Adds 4K Capability · · Score: 1

    I don't think the 30 second skip vs scan is a button sequence.

    I remember there being a option right in the settings menu to configure the behavior. I'm a little fuzzy on it since I've had it for almost two years, so it's been a while since I modified that setting.

  3. Re:Larger macro-level problems are coming. on NY Times: Temporary Visas To Import Talent Help Copycats Take Jobs Abroad · · Score: 1

    Real estate is still an investment, but like a any other investment it has risks and doesn't offer a guaranteed return. Buying houses, commercial buildings, and land and then renting it out can make more money then a mortgage or loan on the property. If this is a house the cost of the mortgage, taxes, and repairs might be less than the cost of renting in an area.

    The old saying you are thinking of from the 50s is that your home is an asset because real estate always goes up. Owning a house is not an asset, it is a liability. It's possible you could come out head in relation to renting, but you could also lose all of the money you put into house. Through with renting that money is just gone each month and you never have equity in a property.

  4. Re:No WiFi on Advanced Civilizations Probably Don't Exist In Our Galactic Neighborhood · · Score: 1

    You might be on to something. If this civilization did exist, could we ship off all the WiFi Sensitive people to go live with them?

    Though one has to wonder how sensitive the aliens are to RF, those people might not last long there as they sit wondering why their iPhones aren't getting a signal.

  5. Re:just copy the bitcoins on Mt. Gox CEO Charged With Stealing $2.7 Million · · Score: 5, Funny

    Sounds like he didn't have the Wright defense attorney.

  6. Re:broken but not stirred = sand castle on Xerox PARC Creates Self-Destructing Chip · · Score: 1

    I'm not sure about uncooking and egg, but you can unboil them.

    http://www.livescience.com/49610-scientists-unboil-egg.html

  7. Re:microSDXC royalties on Ask Slashdot: Best Tablet In 2015? · · Score: 1

    They are SDXC cards which are preformatted as exFAT.

    There are SDHC devices that don't read exFAT. By reformatting the SDXC card as FAT32, suddenly they work just fine even though the device doesn't support SDXC cards.

    Sure a royalty was paid, but my comment was more that you could have 20GB of music and 25GB of video on a single card.

    I guess it is possible that the device is compatible with SDXC and not exFAT, but I don't have anything to test with since SDHC came out in 2006 while SDXC was 2009.

  8. Re:microSDXC royalties on Ask Slashdot: Best Tablet In 2015? · · Score: 1

    You can still format a 64GB and 128GB cards to FAT32 and they will work in devices that don't support exFAT.

  9. Re:Why not just do it right? on Is There Too Much New Programming On TV? · · Score: 1

    Really, the new season of Continuum just started airing.

  10. Re: Why not stop making new shows on Is There Too Much New Programming On TV? · · Score: 1

    There are some on Syfy (still hate that name) not Netflix.

    Killjoys and Dark Matter just finished airing. Expanse is going to air in December.

  11. Re:What About Nutrition? on WWII Bomb Shelter Becomes Hi-Tech Salad Farm · · Score: 1

    Nope, they just crave electrolytes.

  12. Re:Find it hysterical on Windows 10's Privacy Policy: the New Normal? · · Score: 1

    Funny you mention that. Windows 10 includes OneGet which is a repository system that supports custom Chocolatey repos.

    Is Google going to disable it's hooks into the OS and use it? Doubtfully.

    http://www.howtogeek.com/200334/windows-10-includes-a-linux-style-package-manager-named-oneget/

  13. Re:Four clicks! on Mozilla CEO: Windows 10 Strips User Choice For Browsers and Other Software · · Score: 1

    The alternative solution is to just start the browser you want, and select to make the browser the default when it asks. That will open the default programs window where you can set which browser to use.

    So even for a novice, it's one extra step to select the browser rather than just switching it like it did in previous versions.

  14. Re: A plea to fuck off. on A Plea For Websites To Stop Blocking Password Managers · · Score: 2

    SQRL does something like a secure token. It allows a manager on a smartphone or computer.

    The site you are trying to access presents a clickable QR code that contains a session id and some random gibberish. The SQRL manager will sign that message with a private key that you have, and it signifies that you are who you say you are.

    This allows you to sign into a public machine using your smartphone, and once the session is terminated, anything that could have been captured doesn't allow an attacker to login later.

    On your home machine you could have a manager that handles SQRL:// and it takes the smartphone out of the loop.

    https://www.grc.com/sqrl/sqrl.htm

  15. Re:Cash Please on Cashless Adoption Growing In Europe · · Score: 1

    Have fun with your cash, but being pick pocketed, mugged, or robbed by police^H^H^H^H^H^H "highway men" is a way for you to lose cash without a way to remove it.

    With a credit card you are responsible for $50; however, every bank I've seen waives that and charges you nothing.

    Good call on not using your debit card. If something did happen, it's always better to have it be the bank's money locked up during an investigation on a unauthorized charge, then your money in your checking account.

  16. Re:US on Cashless Adoption Growing In Europe · · Score: 1

    Those aren't that common in the US. Instead it's more common to use a smartphone or tablet with a small card reader dongle that plugs into the audio jack.

    My only complaint with this more over to chips in the cards, is that the new cards with the chip, no longer support contact pay. I was using contact pay for years, but that option has now been removed. This has gotten me to start using Google Wallet/Pay.

  17. Re:Enterprise on Future Microsoft Devices Will Take Cues From the Surface Tablet · · Score: 1

    Office 365 runs off it already, if you have 365 tied into your AD then you have Azure AD already setup.

    This allows applications you access from a mobile phone to authenticate you even if you aren't in the office. Joining your phone to the domain adds it to a mobile device manager that can be centrally administered.

    I really don't see how having a persistent VPN connection would improve on what they are doing. If you really wanted to, you could setup a VPN on your phone. Then build a custom app that would make sure that connection is up, and authenticate off AD over LDAP.

    The only thing you would gain would be not having a charge for the cloud services.

  18. Re:And still we do not know what can of worms... on Multiple Sources Confirm Windows 10 has Reached RTM · · Score: 1

    I don't know about CPU/MB, but if your disk dies you will be able to install just Windows 10 and activate it. Windows 10 as an upgrade from 7/8 doesn't have a product key, you will be required to have a Microsoft account. This account will store the license for your computer.

  19. Re:Enterprise on Future Microsoft Devices Will Take Cues From the Surface Tablet · · Score: 1

    Azure Active Directory isn't really the typical everything in the cloud bullshit, but it is used for authenticating SaaS systems to a local domain account.

    If you ever worked with Single Sign On (SSO), you probably have heard of SAML and OAUTH. That's basically what Azure AD is, a way for a web app to authenticate to a user's local domain. But without the need to setup communication between the app and the local domain.

    Think of being able to log into a website with your Google or Facebook account. With Azure AD you could login with your domain account without needing to have the website reach into the domain to authenticate.

    http://windowsitpro.com/identity-management/windows-azure-active-directory-vs-windows-server-active-directory

  20. Re:Enterprise on Future Microsoft Devices Will Take Cues From the Surface Tablet · · Score: 1

    Something like Windows 10 Mobile's support for Azure Active Directory, or are you talking about something else?

    https://redmondmag.com/articles/2015/05/29/active-directory-for-windows-10-mobile.aspx

  21. Re:Irrelevant on First Java 0-Day In 2 Years Exploited By Pawn Storm Hackers · · Score: 1

    At least it's better than South Korea who's bank used to all run off ActiveX.

  22. Re:Can't "buy" Windows 10? on People Are Obtaining Windows 7 Licenses For the Free Windows 10 Upgrade · · Score: 4, Informative

    What you heard is wrong, Microsoft has said time and again that the 7/8 to 10 upgrade is NOT a subscription. After upgrading you will be able to do a full clean install directly to Windows 10 if you want to.

    You are also able to preorder full OEM versions of Windows 10 right now on Newegg.

  23. Re: Hate to be that guy, but Linux on Ask Slashdot: Are Post-Install Windows Slowdowns Inevitable? · · Score: 1

    Also keep an eye on OneGet which is coming out with Windows 10. It will support Chocolatey, but also have official MS repos.

  24. Re:The article is useless without benchmarks on AMD Announces Fiji-based Radeon R9 Fury X, 'Project Quantum', Radeon 300 Series · · Score: 1

    You don't need to, the 980TI is $650. It has 6GB of RAM vs 12GB in the Titan X, but benchmarks show it running neck and neck with the Titan X.

  25. Re:If Sourceforge is any example on GitHub Seeks Funding At $2 Billion Valuation · · Score: 1

    You do realize that VCs don't just give away money. There are revenue expectations that come along with it.