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  1. Re:Everyone has a price. on Mozilla Co-Founder's Ad-blocking Brave Browser Will Pay You Bitcoin To See Ads (pcworld.com) · · Score: 1

    Should be 1000 bitcoins.

  2. Re:You want the simple answer? on On Cybersecurity, Execs Are Burying Their Heads In the Sand (bizjournals.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    No, but the other persons on the board will just say STFU, we got this and kick him out.

    That's because they don't think that they will suffer the "pants down" situation when the shit hits the fan.

    And that's why the IT department is held off from the board of directors, and why IT departments are outsourced.

  3. Re:You want the simple answer? on On Cybersecurity, Execs Are Burying Their Heads In the Sand (bizjournals.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Wouldn't help until there's a breach of security anyway.

    Way too many don't see the need for improvements in security until it's too late.

  4. Re:I switched to T-Mobile a few months ago on Verizon Plans $20 Upgrade Fee Even If You Pay Full Price For a Phone (macrumors.com) · · Score: 1

    Any problems with the German support?
    (silently escapes...)

  5. Re:Will they block apple for not giveing the backd on Egypt Blocked Facebook Free Basics For Not Letting It Spy On Users (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    In Egypt - well, considering the amount of extremists there it's not surprising.

    Unfortunately there are also a lot of other people that just have a different opinion also stuck in the surveillance and some of them suffers by the actions of the authorities.

  6. Re:Totaly agree on Study Says People Who Continually Point Out Typos Are 'Jerks' · · Score: 1

    "It looks dark on the Cameroon Bench" stated by a reporter during a football match between England and Cameroon.

  7. Re:Totaly agree on Study Says People Who Continually Point Out Typos Are 'Jerks' · · Score: 1

    Seems like an autocorrect error.

  8. Certified mail, they won't have any excuse.

  9. There is a disadvantage though - what if there's someone creating a malware that goes out and cancels every subscription for Comcast?

    It would be a challenge to clean up that one, so a "one click" solution isn't really good, there should be a confirmation too.

  10. Re:Totaly agree on Study Says People Who Continually Point Out Typos Are 'Jerks' · · Score: 4, Insightful

    When the spelling mistake changes the meaning of the sentence it's more worth to point it out. Sometimes a subtle error can get weird or hilarious.

  11. Re:Garlick and wooden stakes needed ... on 13-Year-Old Linux Dispute Returns As SCO Files New Appeal (theinquirer.net) · · Score: 1

    Maybe what's needed is an exorcist.

  12. Re:Garlick and wooden stakes needed ... on 13-Year-Old Linux Dispute Returns As SCO Files New Appeal (theinquirer.net) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    The first point here is to figure out the individuals behind this and who's sponsoring them. Then publish who they are and see if they still are interested in pursuing the matter.

  13. Looks like a shotgun wedding.

  14. Re:People say "custom-made" like it's a bad thing on Why BART Is Falling Apart · · Score: 1

    That has already been done.

  15. Re: DSL isn't necessarily unreliable on AT&T Wants $100 Million From California Taxpayers For Aging DSL (dslreports.com) · · Score: 1

    And California has a lot higher population density (96 inhabitants per square kilometer) than Finland (17 inhabitants per square kilometer).

    The problem as I see it are all the lawsuits appearing in the US just to delay things to make the existing services not lose to competition from better services. Putting down underground fiber isn't hard with the right equipment, like this way in rural areas here in Sweden: https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

  16. Re:DSL isn't necessarily unreliable on AT&T Wants $100 Million From California Taxpayers For Aging DSL (dslreports.com) · · Score: 1

    It depends on your telecom operator. Some won't give you DSL without a land line.

  17. Re:Don't confuse "old" with "poorly designed" on Why BART Is Falling Apart · · Score: 1

    And those voltages aren't especially tricky. If you look at Europe there are voltages ranging from 600V to 3.3kV for DC and up to about 25kV for AC systems. And on the AC systems there are at least three different frequencies used 16 2/3Hz, 50Hz and 60Hz. (not at the same time though...)

  18. Re:DSL isn't necessarily unreliable on AT&T Wants $100 Million From California Taxpayers For Aging DSL (dslreports.com) · · Score: 1

    I agree, the downside with DSL is that you also need copper, and to get that you "need" a landline.

    Buried optical fiber is the way to go. It costs a bit to put it down but when it's there it will stand up to a lot of what nature can put out except earthquakes, but the fault lines are often known today and can therefore be circumvented. You may not know when the quake will happen, but when it happens you may at least know where it probably will occur. So don't cross a known fault line without appropriate remedies for that like loops on both sides to take up the movement.

  19. Re:With a name like Chamath Palihapitiya on One of Silicon Valley's Most Esteemed VCs Says Startups Are 'Mostly Crap' (vanityfair.com) · · Score: 1

    Over time some rocks gathers moss.

    Some rocks may also look bland on the outside but on the inside they are amazing.

    Or you can trip and hit your head on a rock.

  20. Re:People say "custom-made" like it's a bad thing on Why BART Is Falling Apart · · Score: 1

    That's good in theory, but the price for higher voltage at the same current is (or at least was) increasing exponentially by the voltage. A lot of electronic circuits are actually shaved down in safety margin due to cost constraints. It's fine if you build a prototype to have 4-fold margin but in production it's a different matter.

  21. Re:With a name like Chamath Palihapitiya on One of Silicon Valley's Most Esteemed VCs Says Startups Are 'Mostly Crap' (vanityfair.com) · · Score: 1

    You need fertilizer to make things grow. Sometimes the yield is bad, sometimes it's good, sometimes it's surprising and sometimes it ends up being the most horrible thing ever.

  22. Re:Don't confuse "old" with "poorly designed" on Why BART Is Falling Apart · · Score: 1

    If you look at the complete cars, but if you look at the undercarriages then it don't make sense to make a new one for every car type manufactured.

    And not every car manufacturer is willing to consider to offer cars if the workshop they run don't have the tools and internal tracks for the custom track widths. That pesky detail is a headache.

  23. Re:People say "custom-made" like it's a bad thing on Why BART Is Falling Apart · · Score: 1

    Still there are things like electrical connectors and screw dimensions that existed in the 70's and are pretty common even today.

  24. Re:Indian guage on Why BART Is Falling Apart · · Score: 3

    But it's not common anywhere else, so it don't really make sense to have it in the US unless you are an engineer from India designing it to be able to sell more stuff from India.

    The difference in track width is what has made a lot of things more expensive in the BART installation, just read the article. Custom brakes etc.

  25. Feasible but how useful is it? on Security Flaw In Truecaller Android App Exposes Data of Millions of Users (softpedia.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    It's feasible, but how useful is it? You can of course loop through IMEI codes, but not every phone have registered so it will be some time before you get matching info.

    But otherwise I agree - it's a weakness that should be protected better. It also highlights that too many services requests too much personal information.