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  1. Re:While were at it on NASA Proposes a Magnetic Shield To Protect Mars' Atmosphere (phys.org) · · Score: 1

    No need. Mars already has a mountain 15 miles high (Olympus Mons') you can use for that purpose after the atmosphere comes back.*

    *Provided the mountain peak doesn't stick out above the new atmosphere. It is the highest mountain in the Solar System after all!

  2. Maybe it's due to higher quality cameras being used more than the resolution.

    So true. The source matters so much more than the end resolution. I've seem some really good 144p videos and some really atrocious 1080p videos on YT. If the source sucks the higher resolution isn't going to help and at the same time a low resolution can still look great if the source is pristine and clean, just don't stretch the video out too much.

  3. Re: 1 x 2 = 3? on Mark Cerny, Chief PlayStation Architect, Explains the PS4 Pro (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    It's more than double because even though they're the same gpu, the gpu's have been overclocked so they run faster than they did on the original PS4.

  4. Does loving have to love all? I mean, it's possible to love people but not some who hurt others. Like whipping up a cake mix and loving what has been created while scooping out the bits you don't like.

  5. "Because Windows has a bad habit of hiding file extensions, whenever the device owner accesses their NAS, they see this file as a folder, fooled by the fake icon." - http://news.softpedia.com/news...

    So part of the problem is windows too. Hiding file extensions and allowing scripts to be run without confirmation. That's the same rubbish which made macro viruses so rampant in msoffice formats.

  6. Re:What does this run on? on PlayStation 3 Games Are Coming To PC (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    The arcades are coming back but instead of paying per game you pay per month and instead of them supplying the machines, electricity etc, you do.

  7. Re:Coming? They're already here. on PlayStation 3 Games Are Coming To PC (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Errrr.... ESX is FAKE.

    http://www.overclock.net/t/157...

    Check this video out by the 'developer' of the program. https://www.youtube.com/watch?... . 2:03 gives it away that it is fake.

  8. Re: Sounds ok on Samsung Plans To Sell Refurbished High-End Smartphones In 2017 (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    The program starts in 2017 and it is to refurbish highend phones returned by users who signed up for a one year upgrade program. So it's fair to say these will mostly be recent phones like the S6, S7, note 5 (there was no note 6) and note 7 phones. None of these have user replaceable batteries and they are sealed and glued down inside the case. Your knowledge of Samsungs flagship phones is out of date.

  9. Sounds ok if the price is right and they replace the batteries since the battery is both sealed and glued down tight inside the chassis. There is no hard case around the battery so if you try to wedge it up, it is very easy to snap it apart releasing the gel inside. They also have to disinfect the phone with UV light or something since people hold the phone close to their face coughing and spitting into the handset and taking it to the toilet with them.

  10. Re:Rooted phone? on 900M Android Devices Vulnerable To New 'Quadrooter' Security Flaw (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Better yet, can it beat knox so it doesn't nullify your warranty (according to the manufacturer).

  11. Does it trip knox? on 900M Android Devices Vulnerable To New 'Quadrooter' Security Flaw (cnet.com) · · Score: 2

    If it doesn't trip knox then someone could retool the exploit to root the phones in a good way.

  12. if your bitlocker drive is unlocked.... on Microsoft Researchers Reveal Remote Encryption-Bypassing 'Evil Butler' Exploit (softpedia.com) · · Score: 1

    If your bitlocker drive is unlocked, wouldn't anything be able to read the drive anyway?

    If it can still read your bitlocker drive when you haven't unlocked it yet then can it still read pre-win8 bitlocker drives before microsoft dumbed it down? https://encrypted.google.com/s...

  13. Re:Theyre not trying very hard to make people pay on PSA: Windows 10 Is Still Free For Those Who Use Assistive Technologies (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    That makes sense by upselling but the 'crap' versions of windows still cost money.

  14. Re:Theyre not trying very hard to make people pay on PSA: Windows 10 Is Still Free For Those Who Use Assistive Technologies (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Of those the only hardware company there is apple and I doubt IOS and OSX are paid off by the hardware. It would be the app stores that come with the OS that generate them more money. microsoft is the odd one out here where they should be pushing the app store out to as many windows users as possible but they still put up that barrier with a OS that officially still costs money.

  15. Theyre not trying very hard to make people pay for on PSA: Windows 10 Is Still Free For Those Who Use Assistive Technologies (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 2

    They're not trying very hard to make people pay for windows 10. From the free versions for OEMs making tablets to the insider program open to the public to the arrrrr me matey win 7 keys flipping into valid installs to this. When you think about it windows is still the only mainstream OS that costs money. OSX, *nix, Android, IOS are all free to the owners of the hardware. It's almost like microsoft wants to make windows free but the shareholders or someone higher up (bill gates maybe?) is against it happening across the board.

  16. Re:As a UNIX head and former MS-hater . . . on You Can't Turn Off Cortana In the Windows 10 Anniversary Update (pcworld.com) · · Score: 1

    Microsoft pretty much insists on their right to make every licensed MS OS instance reasonably uniform. That way, both security and reliability can theoretically be maximized for the entire user base.

    I don't think it makes my system any more secure or reliable with cortana on there. As far as I'm concerned cortana is bloatware and should be uninstallable in a similar fashion using powershell.

  17. Nuke it from the commandline, it's the only way to be sure.

    taskkill /IM Cortana.exe /F
    takeown /f "C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.Windows.Cortana*" /a /r /d y
    icacls "C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.Windows.Cortana*" /t /c /grant administrators:F System:F everyone:F
    rd /s /q "C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.Windows.Cortana*"

  18. This is actually a good thing in the big picture. on Windows Malware Poses As Ransomware, Just Deletes Victims' Files (slashgear.com) · · Score: 5, Interesting

    The way ransomware works is it builds trust with the victims that they will get their stuff back if they pay. This kind of slimyness by ransomware will make people even more reluctant to pay. If people don't pay for ransomware, ransomware will be less of a problem because the people making it don't get what they want, similar to how the US govt doesn't pay ransoms to terry wrists.

  19. Re:Clearly not the first. on The World's Oldest Computer May Have Predicted the Future (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    By bisecting lines you can divide a circle up into as many parts as you like. Watch this video to draw a pentagon inside a circle http://www.mathopenref.com/con...

  20. Re:Clearly not the first. on The World's Oldest Computer May Have Predicted the Future (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    Marking out teeth on a circle to make a gear is trivial using just a compass and pencil. To make it easier you can mark it out on a big circle then draw those markings back to the centre so you can have 233 perfectly spaced teeth on any diameter gear.

    The teeth would then be cut out of metal sheets with a chisel like they carved stones.

  21. Re: WTF!? Demo Page Uses Google APIs on Google Is A Serial Tracker (softpedia.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    See the other AC's reply. I ran the demo page on firefox and chrome and the fingerprint is vastly different. You can try it for yourself. It seems like the browser has a significant effect on the results.

  22. Re:Why do I have the feeling it's not altruism? on TeslaCrypt Ransomware Maker Shuts Down, Releases Master Key (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    The lead developer's mom found out what he was doing and had a stern talking to him.

  23. Re:Android? on Nokia Announces Return To Smartphone, Tablet Markets (nokia.com) · · Score: 1

    Gimme a quad hd phone with microsd slot, dual 4G slot, removeable battery, infrared, radio, wireless, 3000mah+ battery and stylus support and I'll buy that in a heartbeat. That should be doable in the flagship price range but nobody makes one with this combination.

  24. Re:Biggest failure in IT since... on Nokia Announces Return To Smartphone, Tablet Markets (nokia.com) · · Score: 2

    False. Their dumb phones were still selling quite well and there is still a market today for dumb phones. Nokia had Meego which elop canned almost as soon as he became ceo. When he canned it it was selling better than nokia's windows phone line. If he wanted to save Nokia then he should have never directed Nokia to become windows phone exclusive which no other phone company to this day is stupid enough to do. If he wanted to save Nokia then he should have canned their windows phone line instead of the N9.

    The ex-microsoft employee elop working at Nokia was the worst thing to happen to Nokia in its entire 100+ year history. If Nokia had stuck to Meego which runs on Linux they might have had a chance. Theres a good reason why no other phone manufacturer went windows phone exclusive except for Nokia because windows phone os was shit from the start and only a stupid company would make windows phones only or a company with a sus ceo.

  25. Guide to removing windows 10 app store using Powershell:
    Open powershell under admin rights then type in the following commands

    Remove windows 10 app store from current account:
    Get-AppxPackage *windowsstore* | Remove-AppxPackage

    Remove windows 10 app store from all other accounts:
    Get-appxpackage -allusers *windowsstore* | Remove-AppxPackage

    Remove windows 10 app store from the provisioned apps so new accounts won't be infested with that shit either:
    Get-appxprovisionedpackage –online | where-object {$_.packagename –like "*windowsstore*"} | remove-appxprovisionedpackage –online