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  1. Really? You don't need $200,000?

    No, actually.

  2. Re:Seems like it would be worth way more than $200 on Google Is Offering $200K To Hack Android Phones Using Email and A Phone Number (thenextweb.com) · · Score: 1

    Looks like the going rate is less than $100k for this kind of exploit. So Google is doing good here.

  3. You mean a government with billions in revenue? The state actors are the ones paying hundreds of thousands of dollars for exploits.

  4. Re:Wonder what the RNC is doing about now? on Guccifer 2.0 Releases More DNC Documents (politico.com) · · Score: 1

    That's because you've been indoctrinated to trust the scientific establishment.

    No, I just find them more reliable when I look into specific issues as a spot check.

    Ah, you misunderstood me, I was referring to 'you' in the general, not 'you' in the specific. You in the specific have developed some heuristics for determining what is true beyond what you learned in school, and that separates you from the rabble.

  5. Re:Great! on Uber Starts Self Driving Car Pickups In Pittsburgh (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    You're going to be disappointed, this isn't ready either: it has two engineers in the front seats making sure things don't go wrong. According to the article, they hope to have that down to one engineer in the near future, and zero engineers.......sometime.

  6. Re:Wonder what the RNC is doing about now? on Guccifer 2.0 Releases More DNC Documents (politico.com) · · Score: 1

    If you have a good education, you are less likely to believe climate change is a scientific conspiracy

    That's because you've been indoctrinated to trust the scientific establishment.

  7. Re:Summary missing important piece... on Guccifer 2.0 Releases More DNC Documents (politico.com) · · Score: 1

    Yeah, I'm bad at thinking of celebrity CEOs......ok, got it.
    Tony Stark for president! Everybody loves Tony. As a bonus he can be a nuclear shield.

  8. GCHQ on GCHQ Planning UK-Wide DNS Firewall (thestack.com) · · Score: 1

    Don't they have anything better to do than imitate bad Bond villain plots?.

  9. Re:Cut the bullshit, facebook. on Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg On 'Napalm Girl' Photo: 'We Don't Always Get it Right' (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    No, they are the consequence of a public that doesn't pay attention. Countries with alternate voting systems still end up with crappy governments (Australia).

  10. Re:Summary missing important piece... on Guccifer 2.0 Releases More DNC Documents (politico.com) · · Score: 1

    Apparently the democrats are too. It's sad that we as a country can't do better than this.

    If you start asking people, "which businessperson do you think would make a good president?" they will start listing celebrity CEOs (woohoo! Steve Jobs for president! Nevermind that his temperment is totally unsuited for it).

  11. Re:Summary missing important piece... on Guccifer 2.0 Releases More DNC Documents (politico.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Bush is a low bar to judge yourself against.

  12. Re:No chance. on Edward Snowden Makes 'Moral' Case For Presidential Pardon (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Snowden's not going to get a pardon because bravery is infectious

    It's not really bravery if everyone is doing it, right?

  13. Re:Misguided on Edward Snowden Makes 'Moral' Case For Presidential Pardon (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    No.

    There aren't many people who think all government is bad (and among those, very few understand history. The federalist papers are a good start for that).

  14. Re:Snowden reads /. on Edward Snowden Makes 'Moral' Case For Presidential Pardon (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Weird to think I probably had a conversation with Snowden and didn't even realize it.

  15. Re: I think... on Edward Snowden Makes 'Moral' Case For Presidential Pardon (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Our constitutional scholar president doesn't feel that the NSA program violates the fourth amendment.

  16. Re: Cut the bullshit, facebook. on Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg On 'Napalm Girl' Photo: 'We Don't Always Get it Right' (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    If idiots are making you a victim, maybe you need to look at increasing your competency level.

  17. Re:Cut the bullshit, facebook. on Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg On 'Napalm Girl' Photo: 'We Don't Always Get it Right' (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    If the public is filled with idiots, they will get the government they deserve.

    Exhibit A: I give you Trump vs Clinton. Don't look at the speech issuing forth from the fans of either side and tell me they deserve something different.

  18. fingerprint unlock on Apple's Next Year iPhone Won't Have the Home Button: NYTimes · · Score: 1

    That means the touchscreen screen will have extremely high resolution, otherwise they will lose the fingerprint-unlock.

  19. Re:I want a phone without any matter whatsoever on Apple's Next Year iPhone Won't Have the Home Button: NYTimes · · Score: 5, Funny

    I hear reception was explosive! More specifically, they annihilated the competition.

  20. Re:Wait...what? on Samsung, LG Sued Over US Employee Recruiting Policies (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Wow, that's convenient.

  21. Re:Wait...what? on Samsung, LG Sued Over US Employee Recruiting Policies (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    And once such information makes it to HR - Well, when did your company last send a copy of your tax information to a Nigerian prince who asked nicely?

    Does that happen very often?

  22. Re:Not a ringing phone sound on EU Court Blocks Brazilian Company From Trademarking Sound Of a Ringing Phone (arstechnica.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Nice link! To Europeans, it might sound a lot like this one, or this one.

  23. Re:Ah, "inappropriate" words... on Instagram Rolls Out 'Keyword Moderation Tool' That Will Filter Out Offensive Comments (macrumors.com) · · Score: 1

    Facebook is censoring now based on keywords?

  24. To be fair, Instagram is a place to share pictures with people who like to see them, not a place to present new theses on good government.

    In other words, it's designed to be a nice warm towel room.

  25. Re:Richard Stallman on Slashdot Asks: What Are Your Favorite Technology Books and Novels? · · Score: 1

    His code is also very nice code.