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  1. Re:So it listens all the time... on Moto X Demo Video Reveals Google's Android Superphone · · Score: 1

    In all seriousness, the level of trust people have for phone companies is at an all time low, and now you have this "handy assistant" with you all the time. While it sounds like cool technology, I don't trust ANY of the players involved, and I doubt I am the only one.

  2. So it listens all the time... on Moto X Demo Video Reveals Google's Android Superphone · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I can't see anything bad coming of this...

  3. Re:Alternatively..... on How Copyright Makes Books and Music Disappear · · Score: 1

    Same thing... Shit only rises to the top of a sea of shit, not a sea of quality.

  4. Re:Infringer? on How Copyright Makes Books and Music Disappear · · Score: 1

    So what major upload you own song streaming site do you use?

  5. Re:Alternatively..... on How Copyright Makes Books and Music Disappear · · Score: 2

    But the shitty copies only push to the top if better copies are not available. Look on IMDB at the people wanting a DVD of "Spenser for Hire." Some have paid over $100 for a crappy rip of an old VHS. No one would do that if there was a good copy available.

  6. Re:Stupid Idea on ICANN Working Group Seeks To Kill WHOIS · · Score: 2

    This is bad. And less transparent. And less distributed. And more expensive.

    But as long as we save one child... I mean, as long as at least one person makes a boat load of money, it will be worth it.

  7. Re:I don't like the sound of this on ICANN Working Group Seeks To Kill WHOIS · · Score: 1

    dig @a.gtld-servers.net example.com in soa

    If you don't get NXDOMAIN then it's registered.

    Until they start serving search adds instead...

  8. Re:How monetize "whois"... on ICANN Working Group Seeks To Kill WHOIS · · Score: 1

    Have you tried searching for a WHOIS record lately? Well over 90% of the records I have searched for in the past 2-3 years have been intentionally obfuscated by various systems as it is. This only accelerates their profits. This is, of course, the only thing the guys at ICANN have been interested in for some time (remember the auctions for gTLDs?).

    Actually, yes. And for finding out who owns an IP block it is still surprisingly complete. I will sure miss being able to find complete netblocks to blackhole in the firewall.

  9. Re:not having read TFA on ICANN Working Group Seeks To Kill WHOIS · · Score: 1

    Here's your answer:

    "Requestors" – people who want to query the data maintained by ARDS – would have to apply for the right to access domain information.

    Basically, they'd be extracting a licensing fee from the current people you go to for WHOIS lookups. Arguably this could be called "killing" WHOIS since it means taking away its... free spirit.

    But how does my CLI pay the fee?

  10. Re:It just works on Happy 20th Birthday, FreeBSD · · Score: 3, Interesting

    It is also the core of several appliances like m0n0wall, pfSense, FreeNAS, Nas4free, and Askozia. (even if Askizia ported to Linux later) Not bad for a little OS no one uses... ;)

  11. Re:Eh.. on BitCoin Mining, Other Virtual Activity Taxable Under US Law · · Score: 1

    They can see your spending...

  12. Re:Bitcoin mining is not capital gains on BitCoin Mining, Other Virtual Activity Taxable Under US Law · · Score: 3, Informative

    It could be both, if you mine and hold the coins...

  13. Re:Uhm... on BitCoin Mining, Other Virtual Activity Taxable Under US Law · · Score: 1

    What's a 'barron'?

    A feudal lord when typed on a smart phone.

  14. But how do you... on XCOR COO Warns That Proposed State Department Rule Could Cripple Space Tourism · · Score: 1

    But how to you orbit within the United States? Or are we claiming all of space now?

  15. Re:Virgin Intergalactic on XCOR COO Warns That Proposed State Department Rule Could Cripple Space Tourism · · Score: 2

    No doubt. Belize and the Yucatan would work very well. The hard part will be getting the research and data out now, unless it was stored offshore to begin with.

  16. Re:All projects need your help. on Open Source Projects For Beginners · · Score: 1

    Either because a piece of functionality is no longer needed...

    Needed by whome? The needs of Gnome Pannel users were not taken seriously at all. And they let people know. For example, Unity, Gnmoe Shell, and other phone type UIs seriously get in the way of how I do work with lots of different information sources at once. This is you trying to replace my pickup with a Prius when I deliver furniture for a living.

  17. Re:All projects need your help. on Open Source Projects For Beginners · · Score: 1

    Even more than that is support. When you are first learning a project, it takes a lot of work... And soon you can help others with what you learned last week. Nothing gets a developers attention faster than someone else telling new users "you must foo before bar will work" for the 357th time. Not only does it help you learn the project better and faster, it also builds tremendous street cred with the people who matter...

  18. Re:All projects need your help. on Open Source Projects For Beginners · · Score: 1

    This backlash was because coders know what a regression is, and UX designers do not. They also cn not graps the fact that a regression may or may not effect all users. The equivalent was when the kernel devs introduced a regression into the nvidia drivers, and told everyone to piss off about it. People bitched then too...

  19. Re:More Information on Military Dolphins Discover 1800s Torpedo · · Score: 1

    Isn't it also on youtube? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYQMEOp04Iw

  20. Re:A more informative article link on Military Dolphins Discover 1800s Torpedo · · Score: 1

    We heard you like summaries, so we summarized your summery.

    I guess even the editors are in on the meme.

  21. Re:Denied on Australian Government Initiates Covert Internet Censorship · · Score: 3, Funny

    Links doesn't work... keep getting error 403 access denied. So im just going to assume that the facts are wrong in this case.

    Not down. Just filtered in your country. Try a VPN...

  22. Re:Idiots... on Australian Government Initiates Covert Internet Censorship · · Score: 1

    As is linked in TFS, the filter list that some ISPs may have implemented is the Interpol one. Certainly not as broad-reaching as the original Conroy planned one.

    So it is a hit with a bat, not a stab with a knife? Like they say in AA, the best time to stop is before the first one.

  23. Re:But what can you do to prevent this? on Smartphones Driving Violent Crime Across US · · Score: 5, Informative

    Already have everything needed. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IMEI And it is not trivial to change.

  24. Re:Typical criminal scum... on Smartphones Driving Violent Crime Across US · · Score: 1

    Least valuable? Do you know how much smart phones cost? I mean really cost, not "With 2 year contract." How about looking at the used value on Craigslist, because that is what you can get for 2 minutes work.

  25. Re:Serious crime? on Smartphones Driving Violent Crime Across US · · Score: 1

    Sorry, cell phone theft is not serious crime. Serious crime is genocide, murder, rape, molesting children, kidnapping, torture, etc.

    So I can come over and punch you in the head a few times, and then steal a few TVs? Assault and theft over $500 is serious crime.