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  1. Re: Other than Brother... (Epson EcoTank) on HP Printers Have A Pre-Programmed Failure Date For Non-HP Ink Cartridges (myce.com) · · Score: 1

    Not to make it but to also take care of the sales, distribution, support and warranty management. A lower volume also causes the price to be higher.

    But you need to look at the total cost of ownership and if the ink is cheap then it pays off pretty soon with a more expensive printer.

    A cheap printer may no longer be supported in the next version of your favorite commercial operating system.

  2. Re:Other than Brother... on HP Printers Have A Pre-Programmed Failure Date For Non-HP Ink Cartridges (myce.com) · · Score: 1

    On that issue - how about new ink tapes for Epson FX-100?

  3. Re: Not a nice way to die on How Cities Are Using Dry Ice To Kill Rats (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1

    Compared to death by burning it's not bad.

  4. Re: Dead in Finland on iPhone 7 Home Button Now Requires Skin Contact To Work (todaysiphone.com) · · Score: 1

    Cold dead fingers.

  5. Or use magnets.

  6. Re:O no on House Committee: Edward Snowden's Leaks Did 'Tremendous Damage' (nbcnews.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    They claim that it caused damage, but they didn't clarify what the damage was specifically.

    It looks like too many were figuratively caught with their pants down when on the loo and then they got embarrassed by that.

  7. Re:Some sensible things on FBI Director James Comey: Cover Up Your Webcam (thehill.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    Switch the web cam to serve a random video stream of cats copulating maybe?

  8. Probably paid by being requested to serve as a serf at a remote embassy. That would please everyone.

  9. Re:Some sensible things on FBI Director James Comey: Cover Up Your Webcam (thehill.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    But you also need a switch on your microphone to turn it off. It's a bigger risk than the camera since eavesdropping on a conversation can reveal a lot more than the camera can when it comes to company secrets.

  10. B.t.w related stories are listed as:

    • World Reacts To The Worst Mass Shooting In U.S. History
    • The Case Against a Universal Basic Income
    • Mass Shooting In San Bernardino Kills At Least 14
    • PayPal Pulls North Carolina Plan After Transgender Bathroom Law
    • Terrorist Attack In Brussels Airport and Metro Station: At Least 34 Dead

    Seems right... Except the PayPal story that's WTF related.

  11. Just avoid blowing up a member of the royal family or you will see that they find a way to reinstate the death penalty.

  12. Re:Prison conversations become more ridiculous on 10 Years in Prison For Online Pirates a Step Closer in the UK (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 1

    Prisoner A: I got 10 years for assault and manslaughter, you?
    Prisoner B: I shared a movie.

    I guess that Prisoner B will have a huge butthole or change to violent crimes instead when he comes out.

  13. The UK starts to look like the world of Max Headroom.

  14. Not with credit card, with cash.

  15. Re:Laws should be changed... on Ubuntu Torrent Removed From Google Due To DMCA Complaint (omgubuntu.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    That's just a nice fee that they are willing to pay to get rid of torrents.

    If it's $1million for a false infringement it would be painful for the companies.

  16. Re:dumb statement on DNA Confirms Cause of 1665 London's Great Plague (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    I would still worry more about tuberculosis and anthrax than the bubonic plauge.

  17. Re:Unearthed Plague on DNA Confirms Cause of 1665 London's Great Plague (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    In addition to the antibiotics the bacteria culled the part of the population that weren't resistant enough to cope with it. This is why the earliest occurrences of the Black Death usually were worst while the subsequent were milder. Darwin at work.

  18. Re: scapegoat much? on Volkswagen Engineer Pleads Guilty in US Diesel Emissions Probe (fortune.com) · · Score: 1

    I'd take a criminal record for something the company is responsible for rather than an employer record where I'm listed as untrustworthy if I have to choose. The latter blocks you from every job out there.

    What you are convicted for actually matters for some employers - breaking the law upon command from a superior or not matters a lot. Even if the command was not written down.

  19. Re: scapegoat much? on Volkswagen Engineer Pleads Guilty in US Diesel Emissions Probe (fortune.com) · · Score: 1

    The choice is to do the job or get fired with a bad reputation. Good luck finding a decent job after that.

  20. Re:aggression inevitable? on North Korea Conducts Fifth Nuclear Test -- The Largest One Yet (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    Most of us don't have to care - until all cheap stuff from South Korea, Japan and Taiwan and possibly China ends due to a local war.

  21. Re:NAND gates smell different in Flash? on Meet URL, the USB Porn-Sniffing Dog (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    Which means that in my apartment they would be busy for a week because I have stuff all over the place.

  22. Re:Check deposit on Apps Are Devouring the Open Web (businessinsider.com) · · Score: 1

    Checks are rare. It was probably 30 years ago I got one for something and it was even then a hassle to cash it.

  23. Re: Don't put your one egg on Satellite Owner Says SpaceX Owes $50 Million Or Free Flight (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Always have an insurance - if you don't have an insurance for your stuff that's launched then it's your problem.

  24. Re: This is not the issue on Apps Are Devouring the Open Web (businessinsider.com) · · Score: 1

    It depends on the application if an app is useful or not. I agree that having an app for banking is if not stupid at least restricting your ability to do banking from the device of your choice.

    But if you have a solution involving data collection then you may want to wait with the upload of the collected data until you are at a reasonable state/point. It may be a sports app collecting health data or some other kind of aggregation of data where the summary of the aggregated data is of interest, not the raw data. So it's not entirely bad with apps.

    I have made an app that's used to inspect railroads - and in some areas there are no mobile phone coverage so they won't be able to upload the data continuously but have to wait until they are at a good location.

  25. Re:This is not the issue on Apps Are Devouring the Open Web (businessinsider.com) · · Score: 1

    Apps are tied to a single platform, so in a way it locks you to that platform.

    But I see apps as a supplement, not the complete solution. An app is the local logic that performs the user interface and data validation before transferring the data to the backend system where the data can be indexed.