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  1. Re:Nope on UHD Spec Stomps on Current Blu-ray Spec, But Will Consumers Notice? · · Score: 1

    The problem with better resolution is that now even more snafus and easter eggs can be found in movies and TV shows.

  2. Re:No on WhatsApp vs. WhatsApp Plus Fight Gets Ugly For Users · · Score: 4, Insightful

    And what prevents the standard "WhatsApp" from doing that? Just look at the EFF scorecard ( https://www.eff.org/secure-mes... ) reveals that there are better alternatives.

  3. Re:Required vaccine? on New Nicotine Vaccine May Succeed Where Others Have Failed · · Score: 1

    That's a pure myth - the health costs caused by the Tobacco and Alcohol exceeds the profit.

  4. Re:Why would you want this? on New Nicotine Vaccine May Succeed Where Others Have Failed · · Score: 1

    Better would be a vaccine that makes you feel really like shit when encountering nicotine.

  5. Re:Prototyping security? on Researchers Moot "Teleportation" Via Destructive 3D Printing · · Score: 1

    Hint: Don't put your pet hamster in this machine.

  6. Re:Hmmmm on Researchers Moot "Teleportation" Via Destructive 3D Printing · · Score: 1

    Would anyone notice a difference between the erased original and the copy?

  7. Telecom sabotage - what's the penalty? on Blogger Who Revealed GOP Leader's KKK Ties Had Home Internet Lines Cut · · Score: 1

    What's the penalty for telecom sabotage in the US?

  8. Re:Please develop for my dying platform! on Blackberry CEO: Net Neutrality Means Mandating Cross-Platform Apps · · Score: 1

    Net Neutrality - it's not about the applications, it's about the interfaces and channels. No application shall get a worse service than another.

    The Net Neutrality is about the roads and junctions we use, not the fuel we fill in the cars. With the Blackberry opinion it would mean that every car on the road would have to be able to accept any fuel provided.

  9. Re:After moot retired from 4chan... on Doomsday Clock Could Move · · Score: 1

    Well - it's already 22 minutes past midnight.

    We passed midnight in 1945.

  10. Re:That's WordPress in a nutshell on Ask Slashdot: Has the Time Passed For Coding Website from Scratch? · · Score: 1

    I'd say Wordpress or Drupal, which one you choose is more a matter of taste.

  11. Re:But the inevitable on Time For Microsoft To Open Source Internet Explorer? · · Score: 1

    Why would anyone even consider that aside from the challenge of see if it can be built.

  12. Big Brother & Max Headroom all in one. on Healthcare.gov Sends Personal Data To Over a Dozen Tracking Websites · · Score: 1

    There's nowhere to escape the targeted ads and you can't turn them off.

  13. Re:betteridge's law of headlines on Windows 10: Can Microsoft Get It Right This Time? · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Or more precisely - Microsoft has been in too much hurry pushing new OS versions after Windows 7 with no real user benefit.

  14. Re:Can you trust the hardware and firmware? on Ask Slashdot: Can I Trust Android Rooting Tools? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Considering the bloatware that the phones comes with as standard like Facebook (that spies on your address book) and a number of unwanted apps that have been granted unkonwn privileges by the phone vendor I'd trust a rooting tool more.

  15. And what about net trolls? on New Collaborative Project Wants to Systematize Complex Problem Solving Online · · Score: 2, Interesting

    How will this work in reality since we know that net trolls are frequent and willing to insert their skewed view into the results?

  16. Re:No. on Obama: Gov't Shouldn't Be Hampered By Encrypted Communications · · Score: 1

    I agree - weakening the fence that encryption offers will just cause more problems for the general population.

    Criminals will just put more effort into encrypting their data and use additional methods like steganography where the messages are hidden in documents like images. You can't even know if a text message contains typos or are coded. "I is not amused" - a good example of a common mistake made by people not fluent in English. Dialectal perks are also a headache.

    Better result will be obtained if the suspects are targeted by classic means. Listening in on network traffic only is leading to misunderstandings if only part of the communication is seen - the users may discuss gaming strategy rather than real world attacks.

  17. Re:2nd/3rd generation of immigrants are IMMIGRANTS on European Countries Seek Sweeping New Powers To Curb Terrorism · · Score: 1

    It was in the 70's, today the whole world is a dream for Nazis...

    There's nowhere to hide anymore - the world's too crowded and politicians are corrupt everywhere.

  18. Time to abandon normal phones? on FCC May Permit Robocalls To Cell Phones -- If They Are Calling a Wrong Number · · Score: 1

    Maybe it's time to abandon normal phones now.

  19. Re:parachutes? on Lost Beagle2 Probe Found 'Intact' On Mars · · Score: 1

    The ones they use are for supersonic use.

  20. Re:parachutes? on Lost Beagle2 Probe Found 'Intact' On Mars · · Score: 1

    Supplementing my post with this: http://www.astrobio.net/news-b...

  21. Re:parachutes? on Lost Beagle2 Probe Found 'Intact' On Mars · · Score: 5, Informative

    It's still an atmosphere there - at the speeds that the payload is arriving parachutes will work fine to slow it down quite a bit. But for the final phase airbags and other means like braking rockets still are needed.

    The initial hit on the atmosphere is a heat shield, but when that no longer is needed then you continue the slowdown with parachutes. Using rockets for the full deceleration is probably heavier than the parachutes otherwise they would have used them.

  22. Re:man rm on Steam For Linux Bug Wipes Out All of a User's Files · · Score: 2

    From Fedora 20:

    --preserve-root
                                do not remove '/' (default)

  23. Re:When I see that [literaly] textbook mistake.... on Steam For Linux Bug Wipes Out All of a User's Files · · Score: 1

    The only remedy would be to have a specific gaming account.

    Then only files which that account had write access to would have been in danger.

    Even better is to run under 'chroot' to protect from such mistakes. 'chroot' isn't perfect, but at least it makes it harder to mess up.

  24. Well - if you don't have a lock then the door won't be broken when you come home.

  25. Re:First look at what EFF has to say. on Your High School Wants You To Install Snapchat · · Score: 1

    Just to add to it - one that EFF hasn't listed is Bitmessage.