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  1. Do USB hubs sufficiently insulate computers from this attack?

  2. Better than desktop notifications are App Badges. See https://code.google.com/p/chro...

  3. Re:Locality of self. on Will You Ever Be Able To Upload Your Brain? (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    We should use the Microsoft Vista definition of replacing hardware.

  4. Re:"What makes you think that site's owner ..." on Cyberattacks: Do Motives and Attribution Matter? · · Score: 1

    GitHub or it didn't happen

  5. Re:In fact a new version often is how it should be on Not All iPhone 6s Processors Are Created Equal (itworld.com) · · Score: 1

    Yes, the opposite is Canon. They have many models and cycle features between them, adding and subtracting so there is no clear winner. Then they have long release schedules.

    Their goal is to get you to choose a product line and buy old technology -- because you wont expect "that model" to be replaced any time soon.

  6. Re:Fuck you Dice!!! on How Someone Acquired the Google.com Domain Name For a Single Minute · · Score: 1

    What's a home page? Use RSS

  7. Re:My dad had ALS on ALS Patients Use a Brain Implant To Type 6 Words Per Minute · · Score: 1

    If you released it to the media, why post as AC?

  8. Step back on Selfies Kill More People Than Shark Attacks · · Score: 1

    This seems disingenuous, if I were at risk of shark attack, I would much rather be armed with a large, expandable metal stick than with only my bare hands.

  9. Re:In App ad blocking on One Day After iOS 9's Launch, Ad Blockers Top Apple's App Store · · Score: 1

    To clarify, from Apple's perspective, Safari is the analog hole.

  10. Re:What are advertisers thinking? on One Day After iOS 9's Launch, Ad Blockers Top Apple's App Store · · Score: 1

    Which micropayment networks have you signed up for and currently pay into?

  11. "invited the teen to the White House via Twitter" should link directly to a tweet

  12. For curiosity.

    Since these "pirate" websites are selling unlicensed media for money, do any of them have a policy of funding the original artist or the labels?

  13. Actual math on Why Apple's iPhone Upgrade Program Is a Bad Deal For Most · · Score: 1

    Here is the normal total cost of ownership calculation for comparison.:

    ONE YEAR UPGRADE CYCLE:
    iPhone 6 64GB in 2014: $750
    Decent eBay price in 2015 : -$450 (plus shipping)
    Minus eBay fees: -$54
    -----
    TCO: $246 or $21/mo

    TWO YEAR UPGRADE CYCLE:
    iPhone 5s 32GB in 2013: $750
    Decent eBay price in 2015: -$275 (plus shipping)
    Minus eBay fees: -$33
    -----
    TCO: $442 or $18/mo

  14. Re:Folding@Home on Report: Google Will Return To China · · Score: 2

    Yes, China beat the network effect problem by:

        1. Jumping in early
        2. Ruthlessly blocking competition

  15. Re:I wonder... on Pentagon Halts Work at Labs For Dangerous Pathogens After Anthrax Scare · · Score: 1

    So, would you call that a subroutine?

  16. No progress in this industry on Many Drivers Never Use In-Vehicle Tech, Don't Want Apple Or Google In Next Car · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Here is the interior of a stock 2000 Ford F-150, the most popular car model at the time.

      > https://www.adventuresindiy.co...

    The only actual improvements (not necessarily F-150) since then have been:

        * Replacing "eject", "panel & floor", "lo / hi" and other words with pictographs
        * Bluetooth connectivity
        * Rear-facing cameras
        * Upright alcove above radio to place cell phone for navigation

    Everything else has been a fucking failure, distraction, or quickly obsoleted.

  17. Is a dismissal a ruling?

  18. Re:Inject adds in my pron? on Google Announces a Router: OnHub · · Score: 1

    Again.

    It would be fairly easy for AT LEAST SOMEONE to detect a malicious action by the Google CA, because it would leave irrefutable, cryptographically signed evidence of foul play. Does anyone remember the AACS cryptographic key? This would be bigger than that.

    Therefore, no, Google 99% isn't going to fuck around with that to get your credit card number. Besides, your credit card is already on file with Chrome auto fill.

  19. Re:Amazing on Trump Targets the Abuse of H-1B Visas · · Score: 1

    You have a lot of good points here and I hope people aren't glossing over because of the length.

    Also, you do a great job of talking to the difference between campaign promises, actual positions, implied threats, and action. Of course, the easiest way to prevent war is to install a president who LOVES war and plays with G.J. Joe figurines all day -- other countries would be scared shitless, the Middle East would STFU and the pivot to Asia would actually work; and the legislature and public wouldn't support them anyway even if they did have a good cause for war. To guarantee a war, put in a puppet who doesn't care about war, but then put someone who stands to profit greatly from war right next to their ear.

  20. Re:Ahhh, well. on 'Banned' Article About Faulty Immobilizer Chip Published After Two Years · · Score: 0

    HEY GUYS WHAT"S GOING ON?

  21. Slashvertisement on Don't Hate the Phone Call, Hate the Phone (And the Network) · · Score: 1

    This is a slashvertisement for Slack.

    Not appreciated.

  22. Math on Samsung Researchers Propose 4,600 Micro-Satellite Space Network · · Score: 1

    Just chiming in on numbers. 1 zettabyte/month is:

    440kbps unicast 24/7 for all humans

  23. easy AI on Microsoft Creates an AI That Can Spot a Joke In a New Yorker Cartoon · · Score: 1, Troll

    function doesJokeExist(NewYorkerCartoon cartoon)
    {
            return 1;
    }

  24. Re:A service to the community: release the text on How Boing Boing Handled an FBI Subpoena Over Its Tor Exit Node · · Score: 1

    More US citizens were killed in conscription to foreign wars than lives destroyed while defending domestic civil rights.

    Which would you rather fight for?

  25. So fix it on Inside the Failure of Google+ · · Score: 1

    I believe G+ is a decent enough product.

    If Google would simply reduce the staff considerably and make signup optional, then they could reduce their expectations and let it live or die on its own merit.

    It isn't like there is a going to be a 2.0 or some huge new feature in this space. There is no need to invest heavily.