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  1. Re:Sigh not more of this bullshit on Samsung's Next Flagship Smartphone May Not Feature a Headphone Jack (sammobile.com) · · Score: 1

    No it is also a multi media player and has positioned itself as such. I just don't want to have to carry a 3rd/4th piece of equipment with me to utilize the basic functions. The phone, headphones, a charger, and now a hub to just listen to music or watch video. I suppose I could get a dual headed USB dongle that would solve the problem of watching and charging at the same time.

  2. Re:Sigh not more of this bullshit on Samsung's Next Flagship Smartphone May Not Feature a Headphone Jack (sammobile.com) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I agree. Hopefully they will ADD a USB port and not just leave us hanging. I would like to see an additional port on the opposite edge of my current charging port. Almost every USB implementation includes 2 available ports and they could utilize the existing boards without having to expand the size. I am also not really actively seeking a phone that is thinner overall, make it smaller to better fit in a pocket and flexible to better withstand the squashing effect.

  3. I live in Contra Costa County on New California Law Allows Test of Autonomous Shuttle With No Driver (fortune.com) · · Score: 1

    In Concord to be precise and this kind of shiznit scares the crap out of me. Gonna try me a Methuselah's children dodge-em game soon.

  4. The amount doesn't really matter, it is the relevancy and quality of said content. Obviously they have to post a certain amount of content to stay relevant, and profitable, and support the framework of the weight of the ads they are supporting, but just measuring by the word like a freshman essay is not valid.

  5. Shades of Wall-E on Nissan Debuts 'ProPILOT' Self-Driving Chair (pcmag.com) · · Score: 1

    It looks like the developers were fans of the animated movie Wall-E. A population of huge fatties bound in chairs would be easily controlled. Just add a few stairs here and the to restrict general access and Voila' a flock of sheep to be herded by a little herd-bot.

  6. Irelevant outside of a DC on IEEE Sets New Ethernet Standard That Brings 5X the Speed Without Cable Ripping (networkworld.com) · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    This is cool, but ultimately irrelevant until someone forces the ISP's to admit there is no bandwidth shortage and do some high tier interchange upgrades. The current venal ISP's have spent millions convincing the FCC and customers there is a shortage of bandwidth so they can vastly overcharge for the 'available' bandwidth. As long as the cable companies won't compete and aren't interested in resolving the situation, most of us are stuck in a hell where 25 mbps is the best we can get on a good day.

  7. People who are politicians, lawyers or work for advertising agencies are more likely to be douchebags and venal cork suckers...

    Is your life in immediate danger, tune it at 11:00 to find out more...

  8. I was under the impression that Birth, Death, and marriage information was publically available in California.

    http://www.cdph.ca.gov/certlic...

    It would seem that this law is in violation of the existing laws, but IANAL, nor am I a rich 'celebrity'. Hollywood folks seem generally above most laws, or at least shielded from them.

  9. You won't actually be purchasing the tea kettle but getting a temporary, but revocable license to use the tea kettle, as long as the manufacturer decides to support that model. On a side note a tea kettle that comes with cookies could actually be a tasty advantage.

  10. Re:Internet of (some) Things on Apple Is Getting Ready To Take On Google and Amazon In a Battle For The Living Room (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    Or you could say, just give the kid a key to the front door like everyone has for years and years. My car is connected to the internet, and I get an email report monthly regarding fuel and engine performance, tire air pressure and other generally simplistic things that anyone who maintains a car should know how to do. I have numerous automated things in the house, lights, auto watering systems, a proximity opening pet door and the only one that really needs or benefits from internet connectivity are the cameras on my alarm system, and I can never be sure it is really secure, though I've checked it out thoroughly and monitor the firewall closely. When I am home I disable the cameras and leave the exterior sensors on.

  11. Streaming DirecTV on AT&T Is Phasing Out the U-Verse Video, Broadband Brand (fiercetelecom.com) · · Score: 1

    My DirecTV on demand streaming service has gone to crap since AT&T acquired it. I can stream Netflix and Amazon at the same time, without an issue but watch a DirecTV stream on demand by itself and it stutters and pause quite often, in ways in which it never did prior to the acquisition.

  12. They are right on House Committee: Edward Snowden's Leaks Did 'Tremendous Damage' (nbcnews.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Snowden did do our government a disservice when he posted those documents online. What the report didn't state was that our government did the US people a HUGE disservice when they acted as they did to force his hand. Torture of POW's ? The violation of US laws to support US interests. The means does not justify the end and just because they chose to take the acts out of the US doesn't absolve them of the guilt.

  13. Re:Do want jitter, latency, or stuttering bandwidt on Stanford Engineers Propose A Technology To Break The Net Neutrality Deadlock (phys.org) · · Score: 1

    None of the above ? I'd like a steady stream with low latency at the bandwidth I was advertised, instead of the bait and switch the low down dirty scoundrels generally offer. During mid day and primetime TWC(Spectrum) fails to even resolve addresses reliably. Their DNS is configured on sequential IP's on the same subnet, forcing me to configure alternate DNS solutions e.g. Opendns, and Google DNS. My Amazon delivers a nice throughput but DirecTV on demand is jittery and pauses often.

  14. Does this really mean prioritze on Stanford Engineers Propose A Technology To Break The Net Neutrality Deadlock (phys.org) · · Score: 1

    This could be really cool if I could flag ads as a low or zero priority while retaining the other content as high or desired priority. On the other hand what if I don't want to flag any content as lower priority but 'want it all' delivered at the highest rate or the advertised rate. It seems that this could be interpreted as what stuff can we slow down, not what do we prioritize.

  15. Re:Stop linking to CNNMoney. on Wells Fargo Fires 5,300 Employees For Creating Millions of Phony Accounts (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    and my PIN number is my cars' VIN number.

  16. What Star Trek should be on Today Marks The 50th Anniversary of 'Star Trek' (ew.com) · · Score: 2

    http://startrekcontinues.com/

    JJ and the reboot of 'Star Trek' make mediocre action films, but they aren't Star Trek anymore.

  17. I do feel bad that the authors are getting screwed by the eBook process, but not enough to pay $9.00 for an eBook vs $4.00 for the used paperback. ($1 +2.99 shipping). I WISH that the authors got the difference in production cost from an EBook vs a new paperback though. If I could get a DRM free eBook for $5.00 I'd go that route, knowing the authors got their deserved share of a new purchase vs my used repurchase, knowing I could share the EBook with my cousin and niece. The amount I get from selling back to the half-priced book store is trivial, and I often donate to a local school library or to the Yuma library for their used book sale.

  18. Re:Empty threat on Apple May Bring Back Billions In Profits To The U.S. (siliconbeat.com) · · Score: 2

    From what I read the UE is not threatening to levy penalties, but is saying you should have collect X, if you choose to take less so be it, but we are going to base subsidies on what you should have collected, not on what you choose to collect, so if you want to let money walk away go for it, but don't expect us to provide anything to bridge the gap. I could of course be mistaken I am neither a lawyer nor an accountant, and I certainly am not a soothsayer able to see the mysterious future.

  19. Re:Creativity and Grit? on US Would Be 28th In 'Hacking Olympics', China Would Take The Gold (infoworld.com) · · Score: 1

    Luck and timing, will power all play into it. The most talented sometimes don't want it bad enough. I also question whether the 'best' hackers would have anything to do with a 'test' or the 'man' giving it.

  20. I read a lot, both on the kindle E-reader, the paper white is nice, and paperbacks, but I have several family members that read paperbacks only and we share them about freely. While on Amazon I can get a used paperback for $.01 regularly plus 3.99 shipping the kindle versions are almost always the same or more expensive as a new paperback. The kindle version doesn't smell right and in the end I can't donate it to charity or sell it back to the half priced book house in town. Just like the promise of digital music downloads, the much hyped cost savings never really materialized for the end users, just a cut in production cost for the publishers resulting in more profit. I doubt if the author's even see any of it.

  21. Ahh thank-you on Half Of People Click Anything Sent To Them (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Thanks for the info. It makes much more sense when you explain it that way and still sounds more secure. Cheers and have a good day.

  22. Re:Is there a picture somewhere? on Lenovo's 'Yoga Book' Laptop Is So Thin It Needs A Touchscreen Keyboard (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    Yeah true, and I think you had to have asbestos underwear as the things got pretty warm as well.

  23. Totally agree on Half Of People Click Anything Sent To Them (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Agreed, that is why you override that setting and unhide registered file types, and show system files, in addition to showing the status bar on your browser and explorer. I have to ask was it Micro$loth that first hid extensions or crApple, I genuinely don't remember but it seemed a bad decision either way.

  24. Re:Is there a picture somewhere? on Lenovo's 'Yoga Book' Laptop Is So Thin It Needs A Touchscreen Keyboard (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1
  25. Hopefully the peers that review it will spell better than the /. editors.

    https://www.google.com/#q=revi...