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  1. Re: bank I use ... allows (weak passwords) on Why Gmail Has Better Security Than Your Bank · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Dropbox can use the google authentication app as well.

    I have Dropbox setup to use two factor auth. In addition to my multiple gmail accounts.

    It is a pain but not impossible to even change the settings as I switched phones and changed the 2 factor system.

  2. Re:Somebody has to say it... on The Strangest Moon In the Solar System · · Score: 1

    right it is a egg, of a space dinosaur.

    that is why it has a ridge.

  3. Re: You're not supposed to ask that on Ask Slashdot: Gaining Control of My Mobile Browser? · · Score: 1

    Except that the play store is loaded with malware. And advertisers take advantage of mobile websites and android to do all sorts of crap.

    Personally I have tried Adblock for android it is crap that doesn't work right. I shouldn't have to have a daemon tuning a local proxy loop to stop malware(seperate advertising is malware).

  4. Re:Create a $140 billion business out of nothing? on How, and Why, Apple Overtook Microsoft · · Score: 5, Interesting

    right and touchscreen smart phones were widely used before the iPhone? yes you had business phones. they had shitty web browsers, could barely display one email at a time, and were a joke.

    The apple introduced the iPhone, and all those companies what had smartphones before are either gone, or fading away. So yes you are technically correct apple didn't create the smartphone sector. Apple turned a tiny niche, into a massive piece, showing companies how doing something right all the way through can lead to massive profits.

    So when you turn a few thousand units a year into a few billion units it is building it out of nothing.

  5. Re: jessh on "Mammoth Snow Storm" Underwhelms · · Score: 2, Insightful

    No but a reasonable chance. Look at what different areas are getting around nyc. You might be surprised at how much they are getting and nyc didn't.

  6. Re: Not their fault on "Mammoth Snow Storm" Underwhelms · · Score: 5, Informative

    In central mass north of Worcester I have gotten 3 feet and it is continuing to fall.

    There is so much snow I have no where to put it.

    The storm is highly variable too. 15 miles due north of me they have gotten 6 ".

  7. Re:Saddest line ever on Young Cubans Set Up Mini-Internet · · Score: 1

    When did your friends come from Cuba? 50 years ago with teddy Cruz' s father or were they within the last twenty years. Your answer makes a huge difference. Cuba is repressive but the two facts that this localnet exists inside Cuba and is known to the outside world in general means it isn't half as bad as you are assuming.

    That doesn't make Cuba policies good it just means they are less restricive than you assume.

  8. Re:Saddest line ever on Young Cubans Set Up Mini-Internet · · Score: 1

    The NSA is already going through your bank statements, and emails because you used the words destroying and communism in the same sentence.

    Do you really think that America is any better? we give up rights to the government daily. just look at the TSA. you have to have a body cavity search just to board a plane now. They want to expand the TSA to cover all transportation too.

  9. Re:Internet Explorer on In Addition To Project Spartan, Windows 10 Will Include Internet Explorer · · Score: 1

    How old is COBOL again? how many places are still using programs built on COBOL?

  10. Re:Open Auto on Local Motors Looks To Disrupt the Auto Industry With 3D-Printed Car Bodies · · Score: 2

    Regulatory capture is the new Nazi/ Goodwin.

    It is like these people want the USA to look like China once again with smog filled cities, posioned water supplies, cars that kill every time there is a 10 mph accident as the human body can't take it.

  11. Re: That would be a Directed EMP on US Army Wants Weapon To Destroy Drone Swarms · · Score: 2

    The problem is plastic explosives are difficult to focus. Try blowing up a building using at drones. You need to blow one up for every window. And most doors will require several drones with explosives to get through.

    To get a better idea of the effectiveness of kamkize attacks review the pacific sea battles of world war 2. You need to expend a lot of ordnance for minimal damage.

    Shove a firecracker up your ass and blow apart your legs. Set a firecracker off at your feet and you might get burned. Explosives have a big difference

  12. Re: Limited power to change working situation... on Regular Exercise Not Enough To Make Up For Sitting All Day · · Score: 1

    I am in the same position. What I do is set my my desk up so I can fully stretch my legs under neath. Every 15 minutes I tighten as many leg and stomach muscles as I can for at least 30 seconds. It isn't much but it does improve circulation a bit. I just wish I could figure out a way to boost cardio too.

  13. Re: Windows 10 is Windows 7.10 on Windows 10: Can Microsoft Get It Right This Time? · · Score: 4, Informative

    Ah nope. The metro interface will be part of a new smart display. If you have a touch screen and if some other conditions are met you will see metro. Otherwise you will see the standard desktop.

    Basically a convertible tablet laptop will/should change between metro and standard desktop depending on orientation of the display.

  14. Re: Did Congress pass a law? on Cuba's Pending Tech Revolution · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Obama can close guantamo. He can't transfer prisoners. He can't get them trials on american soil.

    Congress didn't stop the closing of that base the govenors did by refusing transfer requests.

  15. What prevents burglaries in the USA is more along the lines of cheap goods for the masses and stiff penalties for all involved in dealing with stolen goods.

    Car stereos stopped being stolen once auto makers started putting in good systems to begin with. Yes it stil happens but not nearly as often.

  16. Re:They've had that long. on Belgian Raid Kills 2, Said To Avert "Major Terrorist Attacks" · · Score: 1

    And yet when Christianity was in it's dark ages, and islam and the arbors saved their history guess how old islam was?

  17. Re:They've had that long. on Belgian Raid Kills 2, Said To Avert "Major Terrorist Attacks" · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Interesting fact.

    When Christianity turned 1400 they were hyper violent, and it took 4-500 years for that to wear down.
    Guess how old Islam is?

    Religions age about a 1000 time slower than people.

    You start out young and idealistic, and you try to convert people peacefully. Then you get all angsty in your teenage years and try to force people to believe your way is the right way. Then you slowly mature into adult hood.

    Read the old testament to learn what the jews did in their first 2000 years.

  18. Re:Holodeck? on Ars: Samsung Gear VR Is Today's Best Virtual Reality · · Score: 1

    That's something I would hate. Who cleans the holo deck after Kirk/Riker bang holo characters ? Since you are fucking a force field the pressure is probably prefect however when you are done, you junk would all just drop to the floor.

  19. Re:The answer was in front of our faces. on Silicon Valley's Quest To Extend Life 'Well Beyond 120' · · Score: 1

    heard a joke on the radio the other day.

    A boston museum recently opened a time capsule from 1795 and examined it's contents(true). inside where some coins, an engraving by paul reevre(both true) and Keith Richard's birth certificate.

    Everything was then packed back up for another 100 years or so.(the capsule was part of a building undergoing renovations)

  20. Re:Bubble Memory on The Next Decade In Storage · · Score: 2

    I see your bubble memory and raise you holographic memory.

  21. Re:No. Hell No. Bad Idea. on How Bitcoin Could Be Key To Online Voting · · Score: 1

    Personally I think non of the above should be on all ballots. He would win landslides every time. If he gets a majority the election needs to be Reheld and new candidates need to be chosen.

  22. Re:I dno't know. on Fields Medal Winner Manjul Bhargava On the Pythagorean Theorem Controversy · · Score: 4, Funny

    If you are going to nominate for lifetime achievement in pedantry I would go Slashdot.org instead if just one article.

  23. Re:666, the sign of the devil. on Sloppy File Permissions Make Red Star OS Vulnerable · · Score: 1

    yet 666 isn't the sign go the devil.

    it is 616. and even that may be wrong.

  24. Re:Quarterly forecast on Fewer Grants For Young Researchers Causing Brain Drain In Academia · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Microsoft spent more on r&d than Apple for the last decade.

    Which company spent it better?

    Spending matters little if you don't do much with it. Even pure research while costing a lot for little return can have benefits. (See HP and mem resistor )

    The USA doesn't do much of either type any more.

  25. Re:Why do I want to upgrade? on Is Kitkat Killing Lollipop Uptake? · · Score: 1

    My nexus 7 2013 only received lollipop mid December maybe? Google seems to have limited bandwidth for updates and allows updates in some random order. It takes 3 months to roll out an update.