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  1. forwards on The NSA Is Collecting Lots of Spam · · Score: 1

    I suspect a lot of their collection of contacts is centred around people carelessly leaving whole gobs of people in the To or CC lines (instead of BCC) when doing forwards.

  2. Re:$250 for a headset? on For Playstation 4 Owners, Bad News On USB, Bluetooth Headsets · · Score: 1

    That's just MSRP. If you look online you can usually get them over 50% off retail price.

    I got mine because I live in an apartment, so I wanted to have good surround sound headphones to play at night and not disturb my neighbours. Cost me about $80. They will not be compatible with the PS4 except as game audio. I'd have to have a separate device just for chat, which is not an acceptable solution when you have over the ear headphones.

    I may not pick up my PS4 reservation because of this and the poor launch titles.

  3. plausible deniability for developers on Buried In the Healthcare.gov Source: "No Expectation of Privacy" · · Score: 2

    The contract was probably bid as protecting people's privacy and legal got to work right away regarding the terms of service.

    But, the developers were probably never able to successfully implement, or were not given sufficient resources to implement, a truly secure system. This comment was probably included as a protest to cover their own asses when the contract goes sideways.

    Plausible deniability? The client provided the terms of service.

  4. practically an admission... on Guardian Ignores MI5 Warnings, Vows To 'Publish More Snowden Leaks' · · Score: 1

    of censorship

  5. good on In Praise of Micromanagement · · Score: 1

    I'm doing it right.

  6. Re:So, Teenage Girls wasn't the Secret? on How BlackBerry Blew It · · Score: 1

    They already tried that with their Porsche line of BlackBerry devices.

  7. Re:Apple succeeded purely BECAUSE of function on How BlackBerry Blew It · · Score: 1

    Even the original iPhone was able to reliably locate you using cellphone tower signal triangulation.

  8. Re:So, don't use the same finger for on CCC Says Apple iPhone 5S TouchID Broken · · Score: 1

    You can pick up the thumb from other sources.

  9. using common household materials on CCC Says Apple iPhone 5S TouchID Broken · · Score: 1

    Am I the only person these days without a slide printer? Jeez.

  10. Re:is Linux slow? on Ask Slashdot: Is iOS 7 Slow? · · Score: 1

    There already are.

  11. oh please on Ask Slashdot: Is iOS 7 Slow? · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Be thankful iOS gets updates guaranteed for at least 2 years. Android users are lucky if an upgrade is ever available in a way that's simple for average people to do.

  12. Re:WTF on Blackberry Z30 Phablet Announced · · Score: 1

    Nevermind, N10 is keyboard.

  13. Re:WTF on Blackberry Z30 Phablet Announced · · Score: 1

    I think this is the N10. They have different names for the products prior to release.

  14. Re:Really.. the lack of apps? on Blackberry Z30 Phablet Announced · · Score: 1

    Who really wants to sideload an Android app, though?

    I'm a developer and have a Z10 that I also no longer use, like the OP. Not once was I able to successfully side-load an application from Android, but did successfully build an app of my own (which was actually quite easy to build because of their tools for Chrome).

    They've gone out of their way to improve the development tools. Unfortunately, there's no significant market uptake. Additionally, the tools make the barrier of entry so low that almost anyone can package something up as an app. This explains the store of nearly 50,000 "apps" from one person.

    The app store can't be a major selling point until the product has established itself and shown that they've worked all the bugs out. I'm not saying an app store isn't necessary (it is). But, in their case, it's not something to advertise.

  15. Re:Conversion? on Feynman Lectures on Physics Vol. 1 Released in HTML Format · · Score: 1

    SEO most likely.

  16. slashdot effect on Feynman Lectures on Physics Vol. 1 Released in HTML Format · · Score: 1

    aaand it's down

  17. Re:$20 'Toy'? on $20 'Toy' Deactivates Cheap Home Alarms, Opens Doors · · Score: 1

    Mod parent up for obscure advertising reference.

  18. Re:Increasing friction can increase fairness on Flash Mobs of Trading Robots Coalescing To Rule Markets · · Score: 1

    Those fees would just be passed on to the consumer. I like the idea of limiting quote inquiries or introducing random delays in either quotes or trades so as to make profiting from the marginal changes in short time periods much, much harder.

  19. Re:A step in the right direction on First Bay Trail Windows 8.1 Convertible To Start At $349 · · Score: 1

    It's even more attractive if you can put Ubuntu on it.

    However, I won't buy a tablet without LTE.

  20. Re:reality show rejects on The iPhone 5S Hasn't Been Officially Announced, Already Has Line · · Score: 0

    Never.

  21. Re:Server oriented on Tiny $45 Cubic Mini-PC Supports Android and Linux · · Score: 1

    It's compatible with the same distros as the Raspberry Pi. It's easy. You just use Berry Boot on it.

  22. Re:Server oriented on Tiny $45 Cubic Mini-PC Supports Android and Linux · · Score: 2

    cubieboard 2 is a good product and is essentially a souped up raspberry pi with SATA.

  23. oooo yeahh on Tiny $45 Cubic Mini-PC Supports Android and Linux · · Score: 1

    Now we know where all those unsold OUYA units went.

  24. Re:Android as the spy machine on Inside the Decision To Shut Down Silent Mail · · Score: 1

    BlackBerry colludes with foreign governments to provide their encryption scheme to those who wish to spy. Additionally, if you don't run your own BES server, all your account passwords on the BlackBerry are sent to their servers from which all subsequent connections are made (to support push).

  25. Plot hole on Ask Slashdot: How Do I Request Someone To Send Me a Public Key? · · Score: 1

    If IT sets it up, won't they have the key?