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  1. Re:More importantly on Feds Say There Isn't A Single Safe 'Hoverboard' (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    If only they had. If only.

  2. Re:Power grab by the big boys on Microsoft, Intel, Samsung, Other Tech Companies Form New IoT Alliance (techtimes.com) · · Score: 1

    That's definitely what happened with OSI.

  3. someone fresh out of college, with no marketable skills,

    If you get out of college with no marketable skills, you did it wrong.

  4. Pay them now, or pay them later. Either way, nobody's going to get away with making the downtrodden a slave race for long.

    People who write letters like this are not the kinds of people who start a revolution. She might even be afraid of guns.
    These are the kinds of people who start revolutions.

  5. Indeed, I think Yelp is mismanaged and doomed

    I hope so.

  6. Re:Power grab by the big boys on Microsoft, Intel, Samsung, Other Tech Companies Form New IoT Alliance (techtimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Here's the way standards have worked in the industry for decades, for longer than I've been alive:

    One company gets an advantage.
    The losing companies get together and make a standard, which (they hope) gives them a chance to catch up to the leader.

    This isn't necessarily a bad thing, it's a free-market motivation towards standardization. In this case though, it seems like a cabal of hopeless losers (at least in this industry), and it'll take more than a standard to help them catch up.

  7. Re:More importantly on Feds Say There Isn't A Single Safe 'Hoverboard' (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    That would make me really happy

  8. Re:It Won't Make Any Difference on TPP Change Means Drastically Higher Penalties For Copyright "Infringement" (eff.org) · · Score: 1

    Mexico had cartels before the drug were illegal, and will continue to have cartels even if drugs are legalized.

    Canada is on the border, just like Mexico, and it doesn't have the problems of a low intensity civil war. The problem is Mexico's, drugs are just an excuse.

  9. Re:More importantly on Feds Say There Isn't A Single Safe 'Hoverboard' (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    No problem, we'll burn them in effigy and take their name.

  10. More importantly on Feds Say There Isn't A Single Safe 'Hoverboard' (engadget.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    More importantly, they don't actually hover.

    They are lucky we live in a time with rule of law, because if we were living in Roman times, I would go burn down their factory and get away with it. Makes me mad every time I see those liars mentioned.

  11. ok, technically they asked that the FBI hide the request. What's the difference?

    Moron

    Same to you, man.

  12. Re:How did they try to keep that secret? on DoJ Says Apple's Posture on iPhone Unlocking Is Just Marketing (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    You are making an assumption.

    Yes, you are right, I am.

  13. Re:Apple - standing alone on DoJ Says Apple's Posture on iPhone Unlocking Is Just Marketing (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    You have no way of knowing which code is correct.

    The OS knows, so you can use the same method it uses.

  14. Re:Was this guy really a terrorist? on Apple: Terrorist's Apple ID Password Changed In Government Custody (buzzfeed.com) · · Score: 1

    Your link doesn't say what you said. The link says they didn't express support for Jihadists on public facebook. It seems they did it in private messages (which is probably reasonable).

  15. Re:Apple - standing alone on DoJ Says Apple's Posture on iPhone Unlocking Is Just Marketing (reuters.com) · · Score: 2

    It can be broken by trying every possible 4 digit passcode

  16. Re:How did they try to keep that secret? on DoJ Says Apple's Posture on iPhone Unlocking Is Just Marketing (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    That turns it into a comedy

    Enjoy the circus,
    The bread is coming.
    Feel the bern.
    Burmashave.

  17. Re:How did they try to keep that secret? on DoJ Says Apple's Posture on iPhone Unlocking Is Just Marketing (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Apple did nothing to keep this secret.

    Wow, at least click on the link I provided. Again, here is the quote that directly contradicts what you said:

    The FBI then made its tailored request, which Apple asked to be placed under seal, according to the New York Times.

    Maybe you forgot what it means to place it under a seal?

  18. Re:it's sort of true on DoJ Says Apple's Posture on iPhone Unlocking Is Just Marketing (reuters.com) · · Score: 3, Informative
    Here is the quote:

    The FBI then made its tailored request, which Apple asked to be placed under seal, according to the New York Times. Instead, the FBI went public, setting off the high-profile drama

  19. it's sort of true on DoJ Says Apple's Posture on iPhone Unlocking Is Just Marketing (reuters.com) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    On the one hand, Apple tried to make a deal and keep the whole thing secret. So that makes it seem like Apple was willing to go along (for at least this one case) as long as it was kept quiet.

    On the other hand, it doesn't really matter. If Apple is doing it as a publicity stunt, then it's doing it because the customers want it. Frankly that's better than a corporation trying to "do the right thing" that people don't want.

  20. Re:Maybe, maybe not. on China Set To Ban All Foreign Media From Publishing Online (independent.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    ok

  21. Re:Maybe, maybe not. on China Set To Ban All Foreign Media From Publishing Online (independent.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    I wouldn't suggest you elect people like the wife of a former President

    ok, I can agree with that.

    I wouldn't suggest you elect people like another Bush or Kennedy.

    You're full of good ideas today, keep it up.

    People like Carly are terrible:

    Yeah, I guess she shouldn't be elected either.

  22. Re:Makes sense, but how would it be enforced? on China Set To Ban All Foreign Media From Publishing Online (independent.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Who exactly is going to farm once the farmers are gone?

    The few remaining farmers on tractors, just like in every other developed country.

  23. Re:Makes sense, but how would it be enforced? on China Set To Ban All Foreign Media From Publishing Online (independent.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Now, how in the world do you enforce a ban like this? I guess the Chinese versions of internationally-owned news services are off limits now?

    If you violate the directive, then your website will get blocked and no one will be able to access it without using a VPN. Easy. Other penalties may apply.

  24. Re:That is pretty much nonsense on Rio Has Given Up On Clean Water For Olympics (go.com) · · Score: 1

    Hint: Washing your hands before eating and not drinking unboiled tap-water pretty much covers it.

    Going for a swim in sewage lake is pretty much a bad idea too. So is rowing.