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  1. I was going to say, why didn't they realize that value themselves?

  2. I guess to millennials that think their online persona is their 'life'. An inconvenience sure, but saying it will ruin your life is incorrect.

    An instagram account, sure... But Yahoo?

  3. Even if I had a Yahoo account, I can't imaging using it for anything that would "ruin my life." It's Yahoo, not Ashley-Madison.

    I guess we now know that msmash reuses passwords across multiple platforms. :)

  4. Re:Why though? on Yahoo Says Hackers Stole Information From Over 1 Billion Accounts (go.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    Why would Verizon care if a company they are buying is horribly insecure? Especially when Yahoo's users don't seem to care.

    They might see it as a plus! "Finally, customers we can really abuse that will put up with it!"

  5. Re:Yahoo should simply cease to exist on Yahoo Says Hackers Stole Information From Over 1 Billion Accounts (go.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    They haven't caused a major oil or chemical spill, so strictly speaking they haven't failed in every conceivable way!

    It is annoying. People that overuse hyperbole should be literally shot. :)

  6. Re: Blocking ads on Flash Will Soon Be 'Click-To-Run' in Microsoft Edge (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 2

    I like Pi-Hole. https://pi-hole.net/ Even blocks adds in my phone when on wireless.

  7. Re: Alterterior Motives... on Feds Unveil Rule Requiring Cars To 'Talk' To Each Other (thehill.com) · · Score: 1

    If the cars are going to "talk" to each other (rolleyes), they need both transmitters and receivers. That is a salient issue.

    In his defense we are talking about politicians here and they talk all the time without listening.

  8. Re:I'm keeping my truck on Feds Unveil Rule Requiring Cars To 'Talk' To Each Other (thehill.com) · · Score: 1

    Every year, older cars get more an more attractive. Seriously considering a restored 80s BMW with an LS1 swap to make it more reliable.

  9. Re: Criminal uses.. on Feds Unveil Rule Requiring Cars To 'Talk' To Each Other (thehill.com) · · Score: 1

    Or can download a phone app. After all, your phone is just a software defined radio...

  10. Re:I'd like a HUD that tells me what it says on Feds Unveil Rule Requiring Cars To 'Talk' To Each Other (thehill.com) · · Score: 1

    Or "swerve right to avoid immediate crash" just for the lolz... It will happen.

  11. Re:Alterterior Motives... on Feds Unveil Rule Requiring Cars To 'Talk' To Each Other (thehill.com) · · Score: 1

    unique ID? It's called a license plate number.

    One that takes more then 2 screws to change... And one you can not "barrow" from any parking lot.

  12. Re:Alterterior Motives... on Feds Unveil Rule Requiring Cars To 'Talk' To Each Other (thehill.com) · · Score: 1

    Does the license plate have access to the engine management computer, and all speed, acceleration, and breaking data? (Or GPS if so equipped?) Can the license plate use the collision avoidance to activate your breaks are make you swerve to the right? Will it get security patches?

  13. Sometimes you have to save stupid people from themselves.

    This only leads to stupider people. Fuck with Darwin at your peril!

  14. I live in a townhouse. I do not want my neighbors making that choice.

    Then move, or accept it. Those are your options. Because they are allowed to make lots of choices that can impact you.

  15. Funny enough, when I did live in an apartment, the building next to mine burned down. The people in that apartment smelled "something burning" for two hours before the fire but called no one. It was not a Samsung phone. Also, I now live in a home of my own. I assumed more personal risk to get away from the idiots.

  16. Re:Duh - what's good for Ford is good for Michigan on Michigan Lets Autonomous Cars On Roads Without Human Driver (go.com) · · Score: 1

    Hmm....letting driverless cars go free in a State that seems to have frozen stuff on roads for 3/4 of the year....yeah, *BRILLIANT*.

    As opposed to idiot drivers... Tough call.

  17. One of the few times I have agreed with Verizon. Very few times...

  18. I still want to make the choice...

  19. Re:you no longer own your devices on Samsung May Permanently Disable Galaxy Note 7 Phones In The US As Soon As Next Week (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    You need to look up incidental and consequential damages. Like renewed two year contracts.

  20. Re:you no longer own your devices on Samsung May Permanently Disable Galaxy Note 7 Phones In The US As Soon As Next Week (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Viagra was not designed to improve erections. It was a heart medication with an interesting side effect at first. That does not mean that it has no use. And if you can remote disable devices belonging to other people, that is scary, whatever the reason. Because with that ability, we can always find more reasons.

  21. Easier to do on some OSs then others.

  22. Good thing MS had the foresight to make sure that non-signed PS scripts aren't executable by default.

    But there are ways to launch it (Especially from a cmd shell) that bypass that.

  23. Re:Replacing CMD on PowerShell Security Threats Greater Than Ever, Researchers Warn (computerweekly.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Or, to rephrase, powerful tools are powerful tools. The main reason PowerShell can do more damage is because it can do more stuff.

  24. nor can most trump supporters apparently

    Or CNN viewers...

  25. *Google finds folder with kiddie porn*

    *Right-clicks on folder, re-names it stuff*

    "There we go, that should do it."

    Well, it is the difference between the "Fiction" and "Non-Fiction" sections, so in this case it does do it. (Yes, I know that lately all "News" is a bit of fiction, but that is another story...)