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  1. Re:WSJ is owned by NewsCorp now, right? on WSJ Crowdsources Investigation of Hillary Clinton Emails · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Saying someone is not credible because they are part of an organization that is not credible is not ad hominem.

  2. Re:Not many devices on How To Make a Bitcoin Address With a TI-89 Calculator · · Score: 1

    A Canon camera with CHDK on it would fit all of your requirements.

  3. Re:ELI5 please on DMCA Claim Over GPL Non-Compliance Shuts Off Minecraft Plug-Ins · · Score: 1

    I think it's more like "I created a tool that used part of Minecraft illegally, violating its license, but released under GPL. Now that you, owner of Minecraft, are releasing this tool, you can't be violating your own license, you must be violating the GPL by having a closed source blob, *that you have the source for*, as part of the codebase. Mojang should release the source code for that blob, and nothing else, to comply.

  4. Re: Like the German discount store Kodi? on The XBMC Project Will Now Be Called Kodi · · Score: 5, Funny

    Stop being an asshole. They aren't even using the name yet, so it's not surprise that people aren't familiar with it yet. Once Godi is released and people are using it, you can try to gauge how memorable the name is.

  5. Re:Republicans screw engineers again on Supreme Court Makes It Easier To Get Lawyers Fees In Patent Cases · · Score: 1

    You can only lose on a procedural technicality if you are the Plaintiff, as that would result in the case being dismissed. Also, you don't appear to understand shell companies, or how they work, or what they can and can't protect you from.

  6. Re:majority of Americans ... have seen their premi on Ask Slashdot: Experiences With Free To Air Satellite TV? · · Score: 1

    That logic fails to account for the VAST majority who don't set their savings aside, or those who are on bare-bones plans they don't understand. Beyond that, what if you get hurt/sick before you've had time to save up? I'm not arguing for "Cadillac" plans, just plans with coverage to prevent you from being a ward of the state, no matter when a bad event happens. People with inadequate insurance who can afford adequate insurance are NOT being responsible people.

  7. Re:Fuck that guy. on Jesse Jackson To Take On Silicon Valley's Lack of Diversity · · Score: 1

    Tattoos have been around for a long, long time. I doubt they are just going to "disappear."

  8. Re:Fuck that guy. on Jesse Jackson To Take On Silicon Valley's Lack of Diversity · · Score: 3, Insightful

    "It's not because of racism, it's because black people sag their pants, get tattoos*, are disrespectful, and lazy."

    Oh, okay.

    *Side note, I work in a non-technical white collar job, and a surprising number of my colleagues have tattoos.

  9. Re:Who's behind that back-door ? on Replicant Hackers Find and Close Samsung Galaxy Back-door · · Score: 1

    No. But it certainly makes it less sinister.

  10. Re: Yes, they were on A Corporate War Against a Scientist, and How He Fought Back · · Score: 1

    I've always been baffled at why people believe this. If this were the case, nobody would have insurance, and people would be burning down their own businesses, because tadaa! write-off! It just makes no sense, but people take it as gospel.

  11. Re:Psh, jQuery. on HTML5 App For Panasonic TVs Rejected - JQuery Is a "Hack" · · Score: 1

    I absolutely hate how much I laughed at that.

  12. Re:Quite possibly indeed! But still... FUCK BETA! on HTML5 App For Panasonic TVs Rejected - JQuery Is a "Hack" · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Heh, as someone who just tried beta, kinda find this thread funny. I lasted about 15 seconds on beta before going back to classic.

    On topic though, just strip out the parts of jQuery you need, rename them, and use them as-is. Think about it like static-linking a library.

  13. Re: Cost limit functions on Price of Amazon Prime May Jump To $119 a Year · · Score: 1

    You are absolutely correct in that you are missing my point. A loss leader always cuts into profits. That's part of the definition of a loss leader. The loss is likely expanding due to inflation and increase in services (Keep in mind, the streaming portion, which is now a major driver of Prime subscriptions, was added without increasing the price). That being said, adjusted for straight inflation, the price would have been about $99 ($97.43, based on CPI to 12-31-13) anyway. In reality, the spending power surrendered to get Prime access has fallen.

  14. Re:Cost limit functions on Price of Amazon Prime May Jump To $119 a Year · · Score: 1

    Considering Amazon Prime is likely a loss-leader, the fact that it is now costing more due to an increase in the profit-making side of things is irrelevant.

  15. Re:Go ahead, give me one more straw! on Google Charging OEMs Licensing Fees For Play Store · · Score: 1

    I would imagine the 0.75 is all inclusive. I doubt Google allows bundling of Play Store with no other Google apps.

  16. Re:Go ahead, give me one more straw! on Google Charging OEMs Licensing Fees For Play Store · · Score: 0

    $0.75? How about you leave that out and I'll take it for $2.00 less? How does that logic work? Besides, you can easily remove the Play Store from most devices. If not, this site might not be for you.

  17. Re:Burn after reading? on TrueCrypt Master Key Extraction and Volume Identification · · Score: 1

    There's nothing "magic" about hibernate. When your system boots up, the OS initializes whatever it needs to the get to a state in which it can boot, then checks to see if their is a hibernation file. If there is, it will load it into RAM, and do whatever it needs to bring the system into an operational state. If not, the OS will continue the boot process. Regardless, decryption of your disk occurs long before the system has even checked for the existence of a hibernation file, let alone needed to start using its contents.

  18. Re:So you want to retire a statistical term... on Why Standard Deviation Should Be Retired From Scientific Use · · Score: 1

    No, they don't.

  19. Re:Burn after reading? on TrueCrypt Master Key Extraction and Volume Identification · · Score: 4, Informative

    The risk is limited to only when you are sitting at your computer. As soon as you lock your computer, the key is purged from ram.

  20. Re:except no on White House Reportedly Dismissing Key Healthcare.gov Contractor · · Score: 1

    Unsustainable due to underfunding, and underfunding alone. Their administrative costs are tiny.

  21. Re:Freedom of thought on App Detects Neo-Nazis Using Their Music · · Score: 1

    I would argue that although hate groups are worse than barring people from hate groups, the government can stop the latter immediately, so it should be stopped. Work toward making the choice unattractive, not just illegal.

  22. Re: I recommend non - RPG on Ask Slashdot: MMORPG Recommendations? · · Score: 1

    Ah, should have assumed it was derp.

  23. Re:I recommend non - RPG on Ask Slashdot: MMORPG Recommendations? · · Score: 1

    What does the NSA have to do with Dance Dance Revolution Online?

  24. Re:Just price? on How 3 Young Coders Built a Better Portal To HealthCare.gov · · Score: 1

    It basically mostly supports the states that refused to set up their own exchanges, I believe. The 34 it supports should include all 27 or so that refused to set up exchanges, plus a few here and there. I was disappointed that Massachusetts wasn't included, because I'm curious what I would pay if my employer didn't provide insurance.

  25. Re: Oh, the irony... on International Space Station Infected With Malware Carried By Russian Astronauts · · Score: 4, Insightful

    If a guy on the street was screaming that the NSA was tapping the phones of world leaders, we would have called him crazy. The fact that it later came out that the NSA was tapping the phones of world leaders doesn't retroactively make that person not crazy. Or was your point "Yes, I may be crazy, but sometimes crazy people are coincidentally correct!" I'm sure there are paranoid schizophrenic people that are right now being investigated by the FBI -- but they are still paranoid schizophrenic.