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  1. Cunning plan on New Smart Guns Will Have Fingerprint Readers (computerworld.com) · · Score: 1

    Armatix now also hopes to interest shooting ranges in a gun which only fires when its built-in RFID system recognizes that it's pointing at a shooting target.

    Can't see *any* prank potential there.

  2. It almost makes me nostalgic for 3D printing, the kleptocurrency du jour, and frequent contributor Bennett Haselton.

  3. Re: Hold down power button and ... on Feds Walk Into a Building, Demand Everyone's Fingerprints To Open Phones (dailyherald.com) · · Score: 1

    GW: I don't like standing armies. They're too easy to use for repression.

    All: Right George! Well said, Brother Washington! (etc).

    [GW goes out for a piss]

    All, whispering among themselves: I reckon we'll get away with it if we dress them in blue instead of red.

  4. Then it is up to the employer (and/or jury if it gets that far) to make that determination and set liability... and not government edict.

    You don't think the relevant professional body should have some input?

  5. If people go round inflicting punishment that takes away the police's power. They can't let someone off in return for a bribe or information if the victim's already knocked eight bells out the perp.

  6. Some act like ... putting the booby-trap there in the first place?

    Were you on the last JD cohort to pass out of ITT?

  7. Re: Hunger strike... how silly on 'Anonymous' Hacker Indicted As His Hunger Strike Continues (newsweek.com) · · Score: 1

    Learn how to scroll down and you wouldn't fail so epically. It still means both.

    https://en.oxforddictionaries....

  8. Re:The three debates on AI Platform Assesses Trump's and Clinton's Emotional Intelligence (fastcompany.com) · · Score: 1

    More like a muppet.

  9. Re:News that matters. on Canonical Names Ubuntu Linux 17.04 'Zesty Zapus' (betanews.com) · · Score: -1, Troll

    Krauts got modpoints, it seems.

    Shouldn't you be at the mosque like Frau Ferkel ordains instead of suppressing people who speak the truth?

  10. They should get with the times and move from the olde worlde internet to the all new shiny shiny cloud!

  11. Re:Asdflkjsfksljf editors on Super Mario 'Speed Runners' Are Setting New World Records (fivethirtyeight.com) · · Score: 1

    A proper (i.e. not Indian) English speaker would write it as "On average, a record-setting campaign continues beyond its halfway point about 1 out of 1,000 times ..."

    Not noticing errors doesn't mean you're cleverer than those who do. Quite the opposite, in fact.

  12. Re: Legal? on Chemical-Releasing Bike Lock Causes Vomiting To Deter Thieves (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Mmm. And you can just put one of those up alongside a busy city sidewalk or next to a primary school can you?

    Must be why I keep seeing them all the time. Twice a day, at least.

  13. Re:News that matters. on Canonical Names Ubuntu Linux 17.04 'Zesty Zapus' (betanews.com) · · Score: 0, Troll

    systemd is fucking hilarious, which is ironic since its creator is genetically incapable of humour.

  14. They're still up there between Iceland and Norway.

  15. Re:Asdflkjsfksljf editors on Super Mario 'Speed Runners' Are Setting New World Records (fivethirtyeight.com) · · Score: 1

    I suspect "callus-creating" is where you're stumbling? It functions as an adjective, describing [the second instance of] "game".

    A callus is like a hardened bit of skin caused by repeated wear. Manual labourers & athletes often get them.

  16. n/c

  17. Re:Countermeasures on Russians Seek Answers To Central Moscow GPS Anomaly (yahoo.com) · · Score: 1

    Inertial system says I'm heading North at speed x. GPS concurs. I continue on the same course. You wait. Time passes. Inertial system says I'm heading North at speed x. GPS suddenly says I'm heading West at 17x when my maximum speed is 3x.

    I disregard the GPS for the time being. In an actual plane, I might look out of the window.

  18. Re:Bollocks on Russians Seek Answers To Central Moscow GPS Anomaly (yahoo.com) · · Score: 1

    you need chalk, paper and ink.

    That's OK, they come from private sector suppliers.

    Plus feeding and housing the professor and students

    What? That's communism!

  19. Meanwhile, back in 1800 on AI Platform Assesses Trump's and Clinton's Emotional Intelligence (fastcompany.com) · · Score: 1

    But you know what's really gonna fuck the middle class? Railways. There are about fifty thousand long-haul bargees right now and it is pretty much the last good-paying job you can get without being able to read and write.

  20. Re:That's, for better or worse, for a court to dec on Samsung Forced YouTube To Pull GTA 5 Mod Video Because It Showed Galaxy Note 7 As Bomb (redmondpie.com) · · Score: 1

    Twaddle. It defaults it, but you still have the right to waive it if you want.

    I hereby waive all rights to this post. Not hard, was it?

  21. Meanwhile, back in 1750 on AI Platform Assesses Trump's and Clinton's Emotional Intelligence (fastcompany.com) · · Score: 1

    But you know what's really gonna fuck the middle class? Canals. There are about fifty thousand long-haul muleteers right now and it is pretty much the last good-paying job you can get without being able to read and write.

  22. Re: Legal? on Chemical-Releasing Bike Lock Causes Vomiting To Deter Thieves (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    As far as I'm aware you can, e.g., electrify a fence, you just have to put up appropriate signage.

    What, anywhere?

  23. Re: Legal? on Chemical-Releasing Bike Lock Causes Vomiting To Deter Thieves (bbc.com) · · Score: 2

    Watch out - he's a 2nd Dan in keyboardarate!

  24. Re:Countermeasures on Russians Seek Answers To Central Moscow GPS Anomaly (yahoo.com) · · Score: 1

    Right, because it's totally impossible to disregard one information source if it deviates beyond reasonable limits, and even if it was possible it would totally never occur to engineers or scientists.

  25. Is it just me? on 43 Million Weebly and 22 Million Foursquare Accounts Stolen (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    My reaction was "What and what?". Anybody else?