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  1. Your trail of "facts" would be compelling if they were true, but they are not. Carter Page was part of the Trump team since at least March 2016 when he was identified by Trump as a foreign policy consultant. Halper was never part of the Trump team and didn't meet Page until July 2016. So I don't know how you think Halper was responsible for Page getting hired by Trump.

  2. Re:Am I missing something? on Apple Has Created 'Detailed Mockups' of iMessage For Android (macrumors.com) · · Score: 1

    Once he's confirmed his phone number and activated iMessage, any iPhone user that sends a message to that number will send it as an iMessage, not an SMS.

  3. Re: Upgrade on Ask Slashdot: Would You Recommend Updating To Windows 10? · · Score: 1

    Have you ever actually tried taking a Windows 10 drive and connecting it to a new machine. Yes, you will be on the hook for activation, but it will work. I took an SSD out of core 2 duo laptop and connected it to a dual socket server board and it detected drivers and booted up without issue.

  4. Re:WiFi? on The White House Finally Got Color Printers (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 2

    What good is a computer that is not connected to the internet? I see this suggestion all the time to air gap important stuff. But how do you expect to get anything interesting on or off the computer? Sure, if it's blueprints for an atomic bomb or missile launch codes, then air gap it. But what about intelligence briefings that need to be reviewed? Documents regarding military strategy? If people can't access this stuff, then it might as well not exist.

  5. Re: you forgot that x / y * y = x on Are Roads Safer With No Central White Lines? · · Score: 1

    EPA estimate for economic value of a human life (7.5 billion dollars)

    This ALSO seemed dubious so I looked it up. According to the NY Times, EPA value of a human life is 9.1 million dollars in 2011. One mistake I'd be willing to forgive, but two factual errors makes it seem like you are deliberately using misinformation to steer opinion in your direction. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02...

  6. Re: you forgot that x / y * y = x on Are Roads Safer With No Central White Lines? · · Score: 1

    The vast majority of road deaths are pedestrians

    This seemed dubious to me so I looked it up. In the US, in 2014, there were about 4 times as many vehicle occupant deaths than there were pedestrian deaths (21,022 vs. 4,844). http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/P...

  7. Re:well, of course on Researchers: Thousands of Medical Devices Are Vulnerable To Hacking · · Score: 1

    Managers are at the mercy of the doctors. Physicians control the balance in power. Sometimes even the CIO is a physician.

  8. Re:15? on The Long Reach of Windows 95 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I think they mean a current 15 year-old of today (i.e. someone who did not grow up with Windows 95) would still be able to use Windows 95 because it shares so much with the UI of today's Windows.

  9. Re:Backlight time on Windows Memory Manager To Introduce Compression · · Score: 1

    On a laptop or tablet, the backlight probably draws far more juice than the CPU. So if the CPU can complete a task more quickly by not hitting the HDD or eMMC as often, the backlight won't need to be on as long, which saves power. I wonder whether this is a simple enough task to be put on the little cores in ARM's big-little configuration.

    That's kind of a silly thought. It's not like the backlight gets turned off when the CPU is done. It gets turned off when the workday ends. You don't get to leave early just because your CPU compiled your code faster or that web page loaded a bit faster.

  10. Re:Overkill for MOBAs on NVIDIA Launches $159 Mainstream Maxwell-Based GeForce GTX 950 · · Score: 1

    Not true. The 5870 is still a capable GPU that is on par with a 750 ti. http://www.anandtech.com/bench...

  11. Re:Overkill for MOBAs on NVIDIA Launches $159 Mainstream Maxwell-Based GeForce GTX 950 · · Score: 1

    The 5870 is still a very capable GPU that is on par with a 750 ti. Definitely not what would be considered typical stock hardware. The 950 is replacing the 750 ti. So for MOBA, no compelling reason to upgrade, but this is Nvidia's offering at the ~$150 price point for people who are in the market today for a card.

  12. Re:this already exists on USBKill Transforms a Thumb Drive Into an "Anti-Forensic" Device · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Maybe. But getting caught with incriminating data is almost certain to get you convicted. Think about it this way. You're a defense lawyer. Would you rather explain your defendant's suspicious behavior, or an excel spreadsheet showing how much coke he's sold this month?

  13. Re:this already exists on USBKill Transforms a Thumb Drive Into an "Anti-Forensic" Device · · Score: 2

    This doesn't prevent suspicion and it doesn't prevent your from being arrested. The police arrest you and seize your property because they think you've committed a crime - at that point, there's no convincing them that you didn't. This is about avoiding conviction or keeping highly sensitive information secret. Of course, if the information on your computer isn't highly sensitive and you aren't doing anything illegal, and you are not super paranoid about your privacy, then you probably shouldn't be using this, because it is suspicious. This isn't for the general public. This is for people who REALLY need to keep their data secret. Even at the risk of raising suspicion.

  14. Re:this already exists on USBKill Transforms a Thumb Drive Into an "Anti-Forensic" Device · · Score: 1

    It doesn't put your data at risk. It doesn't wipe the drive, it just powers off the machine.

  15. Re:this already exists on USBKill Transforms a Thumb Drive Into an "Anti-Forensic" Device · · Score: 5, Informative

    This is to be used in conjunction with TrueCrypt. The summary is alluding to the arrest of the alleged founder of Silk Road at a public library. He was using a computer with full disk encryption, but they physically separated him from the laptop before he could power it off. Attach this to your wrist, and the machine will be powered off when the USB drive is removed from its port.

  16. Re:That doesn't sound bad on FCC Officially Approves Change In the Definition of Broadband · · Score: 4, Informative

    So, if I get this right, 80% of the US Americans have at least 25MB/s download.

    No. 80% of Americans HAVE ACCCESS TO 25 Mb download. As in they have the option to subscribe to. They may not be able to afford it, or they may choose not to subscribe, or they may be choosing to subscribe to a lower tier.

  17. Re:1/7th the speed? on NVIDIA GTX 970 Specifications Corrected, Memory Pools Explained · · Score: 4, Insightful

    This coward has just clearly demonstrated that there is in fact such a thing as a dumb question.

  18. Re:growth is good... on The Fire Phone Debacle and What It Means For Amazon's Future · · Score: 1

    And a huge leg up on manufacturing thanks to our competitors (Germany, Japan, UK) all having been bombed in the 40's.

  19. Re:Gold also requires faith on Gunmen Kill 12, Wound 7 At French Magazine HQ · · Score: 1

    It does not require faith to understand that an objects value is not determined solely by its utility. Some people like shiny, rare metals.

  20. Re:islam on Gunmen Kill 12, Wound 7 At French Magazine HQ · · Score: 3, Funny

    You obviously aren't up on the latest logical reasoning. Here, let me spell it out for you: If a woman weighs the same as a duck, then she is made out of wood and is therefore a witch. By the same logic, any two ideologies that require faith can therefore be classified as religions.

  21. Re:Malware on Inside Cryptowall 2.0 Ransomware · · Score: 1

    Of course, the replication/snapshots are great for recovering for certain types of disasters, but they shouldn't replace tape backups...that's simply an extension of the old "RAID is not a backup." Do you actually work at a shop that only does replication and no actual tape backups, or have your heard of such a business? If so, please let me know so that can make sure that I'm not affiliated with them in any way.

  22. Re:something new. on What Language Will the World Speak In 2115? · · Score: 1

    I won't assume anything about Italian and Spanish, but would love to hear if it's also a big PITA to write in those languages.

    Spanish and Italian suck because of low information density. To many letters/syllables to make your point. http://www.ddl.ish-lyon.cnrs.f... (Table 1 on Page 40).

  23. Re: Cat and mouse... on Netflix Cracks Down On VPN and Proxy "Pirates" · · Score: 1

    Here's the argument: it's easier to write a contract based on physical location. What you are proposing is not technically difficult. In fact, it is probably even easier than what they are doing. Therefore we can conclude that the agreements that Netflix has in place with the movie studios is that they are allowed to distribute certain content to certain countries.

  24. Relevant Video on Study: Birds Slur Their Songs When Drunk, Just Like Humans · · Score: 1

    The researchers posted a video describing the observed differences: http://www.plosone.org/article...

  25. Re:100 times this!!! on Ask Slashdot: Dealing With Companies With Poor SSL Practices? · · Score: 1

    Not gonna happen. The brackets mean that the name of the site was removed by timothy. If the submitter is lying or mistaken, Slashdot could get in trouble for posting the name of the site. Because this is not journalism. There is no fact checking happening.