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  1. Re:Not so fast. on Three States Propose DMCA-Countering 'Right To Repair' Laws (ifixit.org) · · Score: 1

    Since the software is in effect the operator of the vehicle

    That's where your argument breaks down. The human is the operator of the vehicle, regardless of what software it's running.

  2. Re:IDK, but... on Three States Propose DMCA-Countering 'Right To Repair' Laws (ifixit.org) · · Score: 1

    "Right to X" in the title of a new law is also a red flag.

    Why?

    Don't get me wrong, I think the name could be better. But that's because they should have named this bill "right to own property", because having the right to repair is one of the necessary aspects of that.

  3. Re:Nope on Every Upcoming Chromebook Will Run Android Apps (laptopmag.com) · · Score: 1

    I will never by one of these limited peices of garbage.

    Chromebooks are cheap Linux laptops without the Microsoft Tax. What's not to like, except for the lack of meta key?

  4. Re:Not a single time traveler? on Donald Trump Is Sworn In As the 45th US President (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    assassination preventor.

    And Trump didn't stop there! Remind me, who's his pick for Secretary of Education, again?

  5. Re:Why "I" shouldn't trust Geek Squad? on Why You Shouldn't Trust Geek Squad (networkworld.com) · · Score: 1

    First off... Geek Squad are IT professionals in the same way a burger flipper at Micky D's is a chef. They aren't.

    They are no less IT professionals than, say, a senior network engineer at Google. Why?

    Because nobody will be an "IT professional" until there exists a licensing organization to enforce ethical standards.

  6. Re:Does it comes with a glasshole? on Asus Unveils ZenFone AR With Google's Daydream and Tango Support, Coming In Q2 (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 1

    I suspect not. Google Glass was about contextual computing and (to some extent) computer vision, but not AR or VR.

  7. Re:Old news is still news... on Smart Electricity Meters Can Be Dangerously Insecure, Warns Expert (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    They don't know when the power is out unless people phone in

    So what? They still don't replace the worn-out, unreliable equipment that makes the power go out all the damn time (even on calm, sunny days) in the first place!

  8. Re:Most depressing thing I've read all week on Overclocker Pushes Intel Core i7-7700K Past 7GHz Using Liquid Nitrogen (hothardware.com) · · Score: 1

    Given that the 20 GHz machine isn't actually possible with current technology, implementing your DSF4ME instruction in an ASIC really is your only option if you need it to be that fast.

  9. Re:hey, how about you don't do that on The FBI Is Arresting People Who Rent DDoS Botnets (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 1

    I didn't say black burglars weren't getting treated more harshly (i.e., unfairly) than white burglars, just that they were getting time served and probation instead of three years in prison. It's hard to tell though, because there aren't any white burglars around here to begin with (or maybe there are, but they don't even get arrested).

  10. Re:Seriously? on Steam Fined $3 Million For Refusing Refunds (smh.com.au) · · Score: 1

    What we have here is sort of an international prisoner's dilemma: from each country's perspective, it is against their interest to allow any other country to make their citizens subject to that country's laws... but it is in their interest to make every other country subject to their own laws. So, all things being equal you either end up in a situation where multinational corporations are subject to no laws, or one in which they are subject to the union [in the set theory sense] of every country's laws. Since some country is probably going to assert that position and the other countries will follow suit in retaliation, "union of every country's laws" is the dominant outcome.

  11. Re: Australian "conservatives" don't understand on Steam Fined $3 Million For Refusing Refunds (smh.com.au) · · Score: 1

    On the whole they probably came closer to the center than most people would care or like to admit

    The NAZIs were authoritarian centrist. As a libertarian centrist I'm perfectly happy to use the word "centrist" to describe NAZIs as long as people understand that their ideology and mine are opposites along the other (i.e., up/down) axis.

  12. Re:bit3h on Steam Is Down (steamstat.us) · · Score: 1

    I've been curious about those troll posts and their odd pattern of l33t-speak / typos for some time now. I wonder if it's some kind of coded message or something.

  13. Re:hey, how about you don't do that on The FBI Is Arresting People Who Rent DDoS Botnets (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 1

    I'm just saying if you are going to give a black teenager 3 years for felony burglary, give a white teenager the same sentence for felony computer hacking. Or decide neither is worth that.

    In my jurisdiction, at least, they don't. Black teenage burglars get time served and probation. We've got some local criminals who've gotten arrested literally ninety-plus times, and still can't get the judge to put them in actual prison for any significant length of time.

  14. Re:Improve consumer firewalls on Massive Mirai Botnet Hides Its Control Servers On Tor (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 1

    Heck, I would go so far as to put everything on the LAN side in its own DMZ. If you want your PC to talk to your media player, punch a specific hole in the firewall.

    LOLWTF? Does nobody use hubs or switches anymore? It seems to me the best way to keep my LAN data from leaking out my WAN is for the router to not be involved in transmitting it at all...

  15. Re:Punishable by death on Massive Mirai Botnet Hides Its Control Servers On Tor (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 1

    IMO, the only practical way to combat this would be to create a vigilante botnet that bricks everything it infects.

  16. Re:Key omission from American media on China Says It Will Return the Underwater Drone It Seized From the US (thehill.com) · · Score: 1

    Another omission pointed out in this Hongkong news pager, translation: the location, while international water, are within the "economic zone" of China

    That's a lie. China has no legitimate claim there.

  17. Re:Key omission from American media on China Says It Will Return the Underwater Drone It Seized From the US (thehill.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Similarly, the phrase "waters facing China" in the quote in the summary is a lie. This was the open ocean, not "waters facing China."

  18. Re:What useful information on Feds Unveil Rule Requiring Cars To 'Talk' To Each Other (thehill.com) · · Score: 1

    And non-human drivers do not nod their heads. (Which will be a challenge for completely automated systems, maybe need to have an "I am giving you way" light.)

    Absolutely not! The entire premise is flawed. Instead, when the vehicle has the right of way, it should simply GO.

  19. Re:Both sides get to see the evidence on Florida Court Says Suspected Voyeur Must Reveal His iPhone Passcode To Police (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Stenography is the form of shorthand a court reporter uses. Steganography is what you're trying to talk about. It's unfortunate that your otherwise-insightful post is undermined by using the wrong word.

  20. The name "Zen" is awesome. They should have just made the codename the brand name too.

  21. WTF is wrong with Slashdot? on Reddit CEO Steve Huffman: I Screwed Up and I Want Reddit To Trust Me Again (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Out of the 174 posts on this thread (at the time of writing), there are only five mentioning the words [GPG|PGP|signature|encryption]. This is Slashdot, for crying out loud -- half the thread should be talking about that stuff!

  22. Re:Avoid banana republic thinking on Reddit CEO Steve Huffman: I Screwed Up and I Want Reddit To Trust Me Again (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    I don't think your post was insightful or informative, but it's not certainly not trolling, so congratulations, you're "underrated".

    I like it. I've always wanted to see a post modded "+5, Troll!"

  23. Re:Only Fixed by Resigning on Reddit CEO Steve Huffman: I Screwed Up and I Want Reddit To Trust Me Again (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    In the long term, the only real way to deal with this is for people to sign their posts with public-key encryption.

    Of course, even then you can only detect tampering, not outright censorship/deletion. The only way to fix that is by moving back to a decentralized system out of the control of any particular person, like Usenet.

  24. The problem is not with defining Nazis as "left" or "right," but by the characterization of politics along a single left-right axis itself. Sanders' socialism is nothing at all like Nazism.

  25. Re:Going to the theater is a pain. on Slashdot Asks: Would You Like Early Access To Movies And Stop Going To Theatres? · · Score: 1

    I go to the drive-in (the only one left in the city...). It's $9/person for a double feature, I can sit on whatever chair I want, and I'm allowed to bring in my own food and drink (except alcohol).