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  1. Re:Two issues, despite the warrant on Judge Jails Defendent For Failing To Unlock Phones (fox13news.com) · · Score: 1

    They cannot force you to provide evidence against yourself. If the prosecution wants the contents of the phone, they can try to decrypt the contents of the phone just as they’re welcome to try and crack open a safe. That’s their prerogative to do if they have the resources.

    IANAL, but that's my limited understanding as well. The can have the physical device, but it's up to them to extract the data. The funny thing about encrypted data, is that effectively it's an extension of your mind. It's all chain-linked to a password. Without it, the data on that phone might as well be random bits. By being forced to disclose the password, you might be incriminating yourself for what's on the phone.

    At some point, we will have cybernetic implants. Undue harm aside from pulling out the wetware, no way in hell they'd be allowed to extract the encrypted data without self-incriminating. No?

  2. technicalities. Anyone can be convicted if you financially drain them to where they either slip up or just say anything to make it go away. If I had the unlimited purse of the US Federal Government to prosecute you, you'd be convicted too.

    They've got NOTHING!

  3. The first round of Russians wanted a trial. One defendant DID show up. Mueller panicked and asked to delay.

    Mueller's bluff was called. I'm going to guess his bluff will be called again!

    https://www.theepochtimes.com/...

  4. This whole investigation was based on a false pretense. Backed up by ZERO evidence. The whole investigation was 100% Clinton backed opposition research against Trump. And secondly, to slog him and the Republican party down for the 2018 election. THAT IS IT!!! Everything else you have to add to this is fucking bullshit!

  5. The Clinton's server was never investigated as evidence. So what ELSE could prove the hacking?

    It's no coincidence of the timing the day after Strzok was grilled! So son of a bitch should at least be locked away. I would say executed so as to send a message that a coup will not take place, and can't be pardoned.

  6. Re:Too little too late on Apple Partnered With Blackmagic On An External GPU For MacBooks (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    So then what's the point of buying a high-end computer? Just a cheap-ass Intel NUC, or even a refurbished HP desktop, then remote terminal int your cloud-based desktop virtual session.

    Have no idea of the cost/benefit analysis between local hardware and cloud services, but one of the issues might be locality of the data, and size of files. That will either increase cloud storage costs, or increase time to upload/download data to work on projects.

  7. Re:Will still keep my 2013 on Apple Says New MacBook Pro Keyboard Won't Fix Sticky Key Issue (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    My 2013 13" MBP died the moment coffee spilled all over it. My replacement was a refurbished Dell Latitude where I then transplanted the working RAM and SSD over to it.

    The old MBP was great for upgrades; especially once you enabled TRIM via the official OSX terminal command (not the previous hacks used in the past). Now, nothing is upgradeable, and it's expensive as hell.

    I'm all for state of the art, but not when it's obscenely expensive combined with little to no path forward regarding user-serviceability of the device.

  8. Re:The 2015 model keyboards were the best. on Apple Says New MacBook Pro Keyboard Won't Fix Sticky Key Issue (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Form over function. Apple sells an image. Previously it was both form/function, but that died with Steve Jobs.

    At least their iPhone / iOS platform, it's still a solid product, and I will continue to purchase the iPhone unless they fuck that up too. But as for the rest of their product like, yeah, fuck no. I'm sticking with PC.

  9. Re: Hereâ(TM)s the Translation: on Microsoft Could Move Some Jobs Abroad Because of US Immigration Policies, Top Exec Says (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Hey, I'm not rationalizing it as sane behavior. It's anything but. However, stupid greedy people are still going to be stupid and greedy.

  10. Re:Cost Issue, Not Skill Issue on Microsoft Could Move Some Jobs Abroad Because of US Immigration Policies, Top Exec Says (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Global trade imbalances, immigration (legal and not), are the cause of the increasing wealth gap! Liberals and non-populist Conservatives alike need to square that. They are not being honest with the public about their polices and their effects

    Why would they be? That's intentional. Liberals are communist, and Conservatives are act like a feudal .05% upper class. We get the mindset of blue-blooded Conservatives. The real issue with the closet communist Liberals is that they create policies in a "do as I say not as I do" stance with the blind assumption that they themselves will be rich as part of the new political elite class.

    In both cases, it leads to a "have / have-not" society with an eviscerated middle-class.

  11. Re: Hereâ(TM)s the Translation: on Microsoft Could Move Some Jobs Abroad Because of US Immigration Policies, Top Exec Says (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    The problem here isn't a lack of talent, it's a lack of companies behaving responsibly with their talent and failure to invest in new people trying to enter the industry.

    Societal decay. It's just a very slow process. The end-game is making enough money to survive on their own and to promptly fuck everyone else off. It's parasitic, and there's no returning from that hard drop.

    It's the "fuck you I've got mine" attitude of decay that will cause cascading breakdown of trust that will inevitably lead to war. Possibly worse.

  12. Re:who cares about China on China Internet Report 2018 (abacusnews.com) · · Score: 1

    Snap at the root.

    China will be hung by its own petard with robotics. How will the government handle millions of workers displaced by robotics? They were employed, and soon might not be.

    Robotics / automation is a double-edge sword. On one hand, it provides material wealth for all society due to cheap goods. On the other, it's an inherent deflationary monetary force on the economy.

  13. Re:And the other way around on 80 Percent of IT Decision Makers Say Outdated Tech is Holding Them Back (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    Where't he IT "life cycle" department? It's so important, that it warrants it's own division headed by the CIO.

  14. Re:who cares about China on China Internet Report 2018 (abacusnews.com) · · Score: 1

    India.

    India is where new manufacturing will take place.

    Africa would be, but the inherent low skilled population combined unstable / corrupt governance makes it too risky as an investment.

  15. Re:Skype for Business on The Secret to Disconnecting? Bring Back the 'Away' Message (wsj.com) · · Score: 1

    I've reached nirvana. I've finally figured out the whole shit-show that is humanity...

    Capitalism = Slave of the self
    Communism = Slave to others (and the state).

    We wax and wane between the two. But at the end of the day, you reach a period of nirvana and enlightenment the moment you accept we are slaves to TIME!

    At this point, I could give two fucks anymore.

  16. Skype for Business on The Secret to Disconnecting? Bring Back the 'Away' Message (wsj.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    So i'm required to be logged in via Skype for Business via our Office 365 account. But, it does have a nifty "Busy" and "Do Not Disturb" setting.

    My boss was like "why are you always in those modes". To which I reply, "Oh, I can multi-task, but don't fret over any mistakes I might introduce"

    You can have quality or availability, but not both. If you need both, pay for more employees.

    Cheaper, Better, Faster. You can only pick two.

  17. Re:Interesting on Facebook Apologizes For Bug That Unblocked 800,000 People (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    They're masochists

  18. Re:MSRP should have gone down too! on As Cryptocurrency Values Plummet, Graphics Card Pricing Improves Dramatically (hothardware.com) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    we're still being gouged by the overpriced video cards that made their MSRP stay the same for so long..

    "Gouging" isn't the right term. There is zero collusion going on between all the GPU re-sellers (Newegg, Amazon, etc). Yes, the prices ought to be lower in a normal market. But this supply/demand market is hardly normal thanks to cryptocurrency.

    Make no mistake about it; nobody wants to be holding onto inventory that devalues overtime. This is especially true in computing technology. If you haven't turned a profit on old hardware, you never will. At worst, it's actually costing you money to warehouse it. In fact, some will just take the loss and sell it below cost just to free up space for other inventory.

  19. Interesting on Facebook Apologizes For Bug That Unblocked 800,000 People (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 0

    Good thing I don't have a FB account anymore.

    #notapplicable

    Fuck that noise, close your FB account you dummies!

  20. Re:And ... if they hadn't? on Tesla Meets Self-Imposed Deadline For Model 3, Rolls Out 7,000 Cars In a Week (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    To my knowledge, there's no attermarket kit for the Camry that'll do that available at any price.

    Sure there is. You can do a lot with a few well placed bricks, a wooden stick, and some rope. Timing of course, is everything.

  21. Re:This is a surprise? on America is Falling Behind On Its Paris Climate Pledge (technologyreview.com) · · Score: 1

    Ironically, it's the 3rd world that will lead to renewable. Not because they want to, rather because they have no choice!

    I know that everyone wants to "blame America" while simultaneously looking to America in solving this issue, and others around the world, but fact is, we're just going to ride this one out in the market place. It's happening. Wind and solar are getting cheaper. The cities will evolve to electric transportation. We're not there yet due to technology and infrastructure, but slowly and surely, we are getting there.

    For anyone looking for a savior and a deadline to solve Global Warming / Climate Change, it's not going to happen. But, the current trajectory is that progress is being made regardless of whether or not we want it too. The free market is proving that. What, you didn't thing oil would remain cheap did you??

  22. Re:Lie down with dogs, you're bound to get fleas on All-Radio 4.27 Portable Can't Be Removed? Then Your PC Is Severely Infected (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 1

    Oh Gawd! LOL, too funny.

    There's no honor among thieves.

  23. Re:So is this just due to the design of modern mem on Every Android Device Launched Since 2012 Impacted By RAMpage Vulnerability (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 1

    So again, data corrupted. Rowhammer seems counter productive at gaining access to data. If anything, it's just a nifty exploit to corrupt data and/or kernel panic the OS running on it. Essentially, sabotage.

  24. create electrical fields messing with 0xC0004000

    If you somehow manage to bit-flip that address (assuming non-ECC here), you just corrupted the data. So what good is reading corrupted data?? It the wrong address, and you'll cause a kernel panic and lose the running process you're trying to access in the first place.

    Speaking of ECC, it's fucking stupid it's not mandatory these days. To hell with cost, the integrity of your data should be worth the added expense. It is after all a "Computer", which in the modern world is a machine, not a human.

  25. Re:commons tragedy on Plastic Recycling Is a Problem Consumers Can't Solve (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    The meaning of Humanity, because the earth needed something to make PLASTIC!!!

    Classic . https://www.youtube.com/watch?...