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  1. Re:"DDOS" the justice system? on Supreme Court Upholds Arbitration In DirectTV Case · · Score: 1

    Theoretically this is what class action suits are for. Many people who want to pursue small damages.

    Or fee-shifting rules, where the looser pays.

  2. Re:Totally over-stated summary on Google Bans Symantec Root Certificates · · Score: 1

    Symantec is retiring the certificate, and has asked for it to be removed from Google (and probably other) products. End of story. Nobody should be affected.

    Translation: the NSA no longer needs to use certificates that are signed against this root.

  3. FTFY on FBI: Just Don't Call Them Backdoors (networkworld.com) · · Score: 1

    by selling only communications gear that enables law enforcement and foreign governments to access communications in unencrypted form,

    FTFY

  4. Re:Windows 7 updates slow these days on Microsoft Kills Many Critical Flaws, Some 0-Days, Un-Trusts One Wildcard Cert · · Score: 1

    If Microsoft were to issue a SP2 for Windows 7

    Microsoft thinks that it did issue an SP2 for Windows 7. The name is a little misleading: "Windows 10".

  5. Re:OP must be a native Hawaiian on How the Thirty Meter Telescope Ruling Will Impact Future Astronomy Projects (forbes.com) · · Score: 1

    We should break out the sandwiches to watch this fight ....

  6. Re: Aluminum Overcast on B-52s: The Plane That Refuses To Die · · Score: 1

    Example video here. Wait, no ... even models of B52s sound amazing!

  7. In the past, the Republican leadership could pull candidates back into line using party money. Now, the ultra-right wing Republicans can replace that money with money from the Koch brothers and their like.

  8. It seems that any time anyone makes a generalization about Islam, there's somebody who comes up with a group who has a strict interpretation of this or that which refutes it.

    Because there is no overarching authority of what Islam is or isn't, it makes it very easy to use a "no true Scotsman" argument when Islamic practices are discussed.

  9. Re:So, ponder this... on California Attack Has US Rethinking Strategy On Homegrown Terror (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Really. Which coherent political purpose did you find the crazy homeless guy to be supporting? Specifically.

    Really? Are you so badly informed? If so, you have no place in this argument.

  10. Re:So, ponder this... on California Attack Has US Rethinking Strategy On Homegrown Terror (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Definition of terrorism (from dictionary.com): the use of violence and threats to intimidate or coerce, especially for political purposes. The homeless guy clearly fits this definition. He killed people with the intent of making a political point in the process. You think that the Paris attackers or the San Bernadino attackers were sane? If so, you have a different definition of sane than I have. Your definition is only likely to be applied to people with brown skin and/or muslim connections and is largely used to justify vast military spending.

    Because that's what your definition is all about: justifying the trillions of dollars that are being lavished on "defence" companies.

  11. Re:So, ponder this... on California Attack Has US Rethinking Strategy On Homegrown Terror (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    More pertinent, radicalized man goes into medical clinic in Colorado, shoots it up to make a political point and somehow that *isn't* terrorism?

  12. Re:Probably too strong on Graphene Shows Promise For Super Strong Dental Fillings (elsevier.com) · · Score: 2

    I'm inclined to think that sensitivity might be caused by the expansion difference, but for it to actually crack the tooth is almost certainly going to take some combination of circumstances like an air pocket or a prolonged period of expansion/contraction

    I am inclined to believe that the explanation was complete BS.

    Some years ago, I had a tooth that had an older amalgam filling completely shatter. What was I doing? I was biting down on ... a chocolate chip. Yeah, at home, normal temperatures and the force of biting down on a chocolate chip was enough to cause the tooth to shatter. So, more likely explanation: there was already enough damage to the tooth that any small pressure could cause the failure.

    The replacement of your other two fillings may well have been unnecessary work just to boost the dentist's income.

  13. Re:Interesting. I took advantage of the same thing on How Mark Zuckerberg's Altruism Helps Himself (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Absent a sale (i.e. if I had actually owned direct shares of the charity), I believe the valuation of shares is determined by a balance sheet of assets vs liabilities.

    So what you are saying is that you owned shares in the LLC and NOT the charity? This seems to make your whole posting off-topic

    Also, the shares in the charity don't have value because even if the charity is disbanded and its assets sold, it cannot distribute any of those funds to you as a shareholder.

  14. You are just as guilty of being financially illiterate as the people you claim "cannot figure out this simple stuff". The situation is made more complex by:
    1. Affordability. People may not be able to afford the monthly payments on a 30 year mortgage
    2. Taxes. Depending on what other deductions you may have, the interest may be tax deductible.
    3. Other loans: A smart person pays off the highest interest loans first.
    4. Security: it may be a good idea to pay off a loan more slowly if it means that you have cash available for emergencies.

  15. Re:Interesting. I took advantage of the same thing on How Mark Zuckerberg's Altruism Helps Himself (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    I am puzzled about how shares in a "non-profit charity" can have a value of $16k. Non-profits cannot pay dividends to shareholders, so why do the shares have value? Perhaps there is some indirect benefit to owning shares? This sounds sketchy to me.

  16. Re:Opinion of a guy who blew it on Ballmer: Microsoft Mobile Should Focus On Android Apps Not Universal Apps (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    He continues to be MSâ(TM) largest single investor. That gives him a large vested interest in advocating that it behave rationally, even when rationality in this sub-game is at odds with the strategy he pursued previously.

    Well, smart people do change their minds in the face of contrary evidence, but there is no particular reason to believe that his judgement of what is the best strategy for Microsoft is any better than his judgement in years past when he was CEO.

  17. What part of "submission" don't you understand? Yes, articles can have paragraph breaks, if the /. editor adds or restores them.

  18. Re:Cell phone? on Mother Blames Wi-Fi Allergy For Daughter's Suicide (telegraph.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    A cell phone is actually much more powerful than WiFi as far as the human exposure is concerned, because most users hold it to their heads.

    You are showing your age. Haven't you seen how the younger generations use cellphones today? Using them to make calls is very rare.

  19. Despite having a login on /. for over 10 years, you have never had a submission accepted, have you? The GP post specifically stated that /. strips out

    paragraph breaks in article submissions

  20. Re:It's time to let the HDD's go. on SSDs Approaching Price Parity With HDDs (computerworld.com) · · Score: 1

    I'd just like to see an SSD in the 10TB mark, "cheapie" or not, under $300 US within 24 months. My FreeNAs machine is spinning 6x5TB Toshiba 7200RPM disks and it's just gross. The heat, the noise, the failures. Just not fun.

    Do you really need to store your porn stash on a RAID array?

  21. Re:So.. on Yahoo Discussing Sale of Internet Business (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    In the past two years (2013-2014) Marissa Mayer has been paid a total of $66 Million. And they just recently announced that they've hired a big consulting company to tell them how to run the business. So what exactly did they pay their CEO $66 Million for??

    Someone has to hire the consultants. Do you think that just anyone can spend millions of dollars of their employer's money paying someone else to do their own job?

  22. Re:What is truly "troubling" on Revealed: What Info the FBI Can Collect With a National Security Letter · · Score: 1

    You didn't "fix" anything. It doesn't require a SCOTUS ruling. All it requires is a ruling that is not appealed (or the higher courts refuse to hear an appeal).

  23. Re:Contracts for me but not for thee on AT&T Will Raise Cost of Old Unlimited Data Plans By $5 In February (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    These change come after I renewed my contract. If the terms have changed, we should be able to cancel without penalty.

    You can.

  24. Re:What is truly "troubling" on Revealed: What Info the FBI Can Collect With a National Security Letter · · Score: 2

    Another part that is troubling, but also interesting, is that various courts have already decided that gathering some of this data without a warrant is unconstitutional. Just because an NSL is used to get the data doesn't magically make it legal.

  25. Re:Contracts for me but not for thee on AT&T Will Raise Cost of Old Unlimited Data Plans By $5 In February (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    AT&T can hold the customer to the terms of a contract, but the customer cannot hold AT&T to the terms of a contract.

    What do you mean? The customers have been able to cancel this contract for years. AT&T would be very happy if the customers with unlimited contracts cancelled. Even if the customers did not have a pre-existing right to cancel, this rate rise would create a right to cancel.