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  1. Re:America on DHS Detains Mayor of Stockton, CA, Forces Him To Hand Over His Passwords · · Score: 2

    Only psychopaths want to be president, just like how most ceos are psychopaths.

    You have to be a heartless psychopath to even get the job.

  2. Re:Samsung != Apple on Samsung Decides Not To Patch Kernel Vulnerabilities In Some S4 Smartphones · · Score: 2

    bullshit.

    Software wise apple supports out to at least 3 years and with iOS 9 out to 5 years of previous build models.

    if you bought a 3 year old phone and then expected updates you got what you deserve.

    Android models rarely get one year of updates, and almost never get 3-5 years of bug fixes.

  3. Re:Does it matter? on Ask Slashdot: Is the Gap Between Data Access Speeds Widening Or Narrowing? · · Score: 1

    wait until they start sticking sad'd on the ram bus

  4. Re:Honest question on Microsoft Exchange Server 2016 Is Shipping · · Score: 1

    To be a bit fairer to exchange. Exchange also does things like calendaring, group calendars, tasks, journals, notes, etc and that is exchange and outlooks strong point merging the standard office communications and calendaring system together.

    Comparing exchange to just an MTA is wrong. Of course you can also run a Caldev server, and some kind of group note task server on the same hardware but your requirements go up.

  5. Re: An interesting option on The Case For Going To Phobos Before Going To Mars · · Score: 1

    Actually that sounds like the moon is ripe for colonization. A factory colony building the ships and equipment needed for a Mars mission. All we need is a large water source.

    Sure it will be highly automated mining, refining, and construction. But if you built the iss there it would take a fraction of the power to get it into orbit. A short flight back to earth for food transfer and sling shot to Mars. Where you stop at Phobos. Switch to a Mars lander/ take vehicle there for landing leaving your carrier in orbit of Phobos.

  6. Re:Call for mass-forking of Android on Stagefright 2.0 Vulnerabilities Affect 1 Billion Android Devices · · Score: 0

    That the problem android is already massively fragmented every device / carrier combo is a unique device with its own update rules

    That's why nexus devices get updates and nothing else does. The carriers won't update jack shit as that is like work.

    It is why Apple has such high new is and security update rates. They told the carriers to fsck off.

  7. Re:Article Makes Good Points on The Real Cost of Mobile Ads · · Score: 1

    iOS 9 lets you run a content blocker for safari. I have ad block installed now. I still see some ads due to ad block but it is better.

  8. Re:But....... on Light-Based Memory Chip Is First To Permanently Store Data · · Score: 0

    No the real question is it made of crystals. Every future computer is made is crystals

  9. Re:Publicity stunt & posturing on Why NASA's Road To Mars Plan Proves That It Should Return To the Moon First · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Actually there is a lot to be gained by going to the moon. a stable construction site for one.

    Any mars vessel is going to be dozens of big parts. Think not only ISS size, but three times that size.

    You need a massive rocket to get to mars, and a second one to get back. The return rocket actually has to get there first too. You need extra fuel tanks, a mars base which has to be big enough to grow food in. You need a rocket to go from mars ground to orbit to dock with the return rocket etc.

    Even if you were smart and combined a shuttle orbiter type vessel and just kept picking up extra boosters and fuel tanks, you still have to get those parts out there to begin with. Once built just putting the support equipment in place is a decade long job, before you launch people.

    having a Moon base would help with construction, and more importantly storage. Even better is if the moon actually has water with which we can use as fuel. as lunar orbit is cheaper to reach than earth orbit by a significant margin.

  10. Re:News for history nerds... on Tank Hack Ensured Farmland Didn't Thwart the Invasion of Europe · · Score: 1

    I don't recall a specific mention of why they were doing it, but there was several scenes of american tanks going through the hedge rows.

  11. Re:Oh boy... Nuclear! on Nuclear Energy: The Good News and the Bad News In the EPA Clean Energy Plan · · Score: 1

    So you are saying that a company shouldn't be responsible for it's actions.

    Nuclear power does require specialized clean up. if the industry can't clean up after itself why should it be the government's job to do so?

    That is why I don't understand republicans. you preach responsibility but when it is your turn to be responsible you run away like cowards and ask someone else to do it. If you really want to be responsible for your actions then you have to take full responsibility.

  12. Re: The US needs a serious spanking on EU May Forbid the Transfer of Personal Data To the US · · Score: 1

    no only if the citizens loan us the money. if you haven't heard China is selling the majority of their USA debt to pay for stimulus packages at home.

    What the USA needs to do is to forgive itself the debt it owes to itself and balance the budget.

    The majority of us government debt is to the people via SS and medicare payments promised but not yet made, and to the military industrial complex for funding two wars which are not yet paid for.

  13. Re:What has the ISS done for us so far? on Who Will Pay For a Commercial Space Station After the End of the ISS? · · Score: 0

    I would counter that 2 being done by robots is a lot harder than you realize. Fully automated factories don't exist yet. We are getting closer but all special run stuff is done by hand.

    Everything in space is special run. You can't easily automate the tasks.

  14. Re:"or at one of the Lagrange points" on Who Will Pay For a Commercial Space Station After the End of the ISS? · · Score: 1

    Concrete isn't air tight or structural by itself.

    Granted it if you find enough water on the moon it is a good part of being useful.

  15. Re:time-shifting violates the DMCA on NASA's Resource Prospector Mission Could Land On the Moon In 2020 · · Score: 1

    It isn't spac won't ever be profitable. It is space won't be profitable for another century and wall street. only cares about next quarter.

    If we paid 17 trillion dollars over the next 20 years we could have a colony of 50 people on the moon. Maybe.

    The iss is around 150 billion. We would need another 4-5 of them to get really going.

  16. Re:time-shifting violates the DMCA on NASA's Resource Prospector Mission Could Land On the Moon In 2020 · · Score: 1

    Time to pee I your Cheerios.

    The new word had major advantages that space lacks.

    First is lots of ready use use raw materials to set up base camp and expand upon it. (Wood)
    Second is abundant local food supply,( sure they brought some seeds over but they didn't have to bring a uears worth of food with them, or the soil to grow it)
    Third they didn't have to worry about drinking water or water for plants.
    Fourth to get sizable populations up and running ( like Jamestown? Or Plymouth) took several ships each carrying dozens to hundreds of people. Plus equipment. To date we have only put 800 people in space 75% by the now canceled shuttle. We would need 6 need shuttles with twice the number of boosters and boosters to put extra boosters/fuel tanks into orbit to get one shuttle sized crew and equipment to the moon. Let alone the hundred needed for serious mining to start.

    Basically the farther you go the bigger the boot strap problem is. 4,000 miles had its own boot strap problem in tech taking centuries to get right. For space the problem is exponentially bigger.

  17. Re:I cheer when I read stories like this on Michigan Sues HP Over Decade Long, $49 Million Incomplete Project · · Score: 1

    Cowboy don't hep sheep. They go cow tipping.

  18. Re:"Yes. And you're smart, too." on Barbie Gets a Brain · · Score: 1

    I forgot who but my favorite quote

    Whenever you are amazed by the stupidity of man just remember the average person is barely above being an idiot and half the population is below that level.

  19. Re:Life everywhere on Saturn's Moon Enceladus Has Global Subsurface Ocean · · Score: 1

    mars lost more than it's atmosphere, it lost it's central core heating too.

    no terraforma of mars until you can figure out how to jump start it's core with nukes.

  20. Re:What is the big deal? on Xerox Creates Printed Labels With Rewritable Memory · · Score: 3, Funny

    Instead of dots why don't you use variable width black lines? We can call it barcoding.

  21. Re:Mobile banking? on NYU Study: America's Voting Machines Are Rapidly Aging Out · · Score: 1

    The mechanical systems used by some states up till mid 2000's ran for 50 years with minimal errors. Add a small upgrade of a camera on the counters and transmit the information far more securely than modern digital systems.

  22. Re:So Protect your Admin passwords.... on Attackers Install Highly Persistent Malware Implants On Cisco Routers · · Score: 2

    I am waiting for this to happen. Remote admin is only available on this port. That way you can have a secondary secure network for upgrading. Even if that is then connected to the net via a secondary router it would be easier to secure. When designing my home network I plan I running three networks.

    One open wireless AP for guests
    two a wired/ wireless network for my use. Netflix, smart tv etc, etc
    Third secure network accessible to the outside only through secure Vpn etc. for iot devices, cameras, smart home features etc as well as network control.

    As it is now I disable wireless remote admin to my network at home. To make updates I have to plug in directly. If a hacker has hardware access they can just reset the router completely anyways.

  23. Re:Adamantium next? on Cancer Patient Receives 3D-Printed Titanium Sternum and Ribs · · Score: 3, Funny

    Not for a while yet. Adamantium has to be processed and kept hot until forming. If you think ink jets get clogged easily you haven't seen adamantium yet.

  24. Re:What is "Useful"? on Purdue 'HUSH' Tool Promises 16% Battery Life Gain For Wasteful Android Phones · · Score: 2

    This is exactly why Apple waited so long for multi tasking in IOS. It is because all app makers deem their app is critical to the usefulness of the phone and thus every fart app, needs root access, a copy of all communications, full phone access, and a copy of your medical and credit score.

    The simple fact is security permissions in android have been very broad. yes newer versions are starting to clamp down, but you still can't deny access to an app during install. it is either accept or deny the entire thing.

  25. Re:Same reason we're looking for earth-like life on Why We're Looking For ET All Wrong · · Score: 1

    Because unless you have gravity modulation or the ability to shield neutrinos, and thus can use them for communications then you might have something.

    Actually using gravity would suck as every large mass would deflect your signal, and thus it is useless for interstellar comms.

    Neutrinos go through everything so in theory works if you can shield, create, and modulate them.