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  1. Seriously, most of that kind of malware runs as *YOU*. If you have full access to it, it will be able to encrypt the files. Am I missing something?

  2. Re:Not this again! on Could 'Re-Engineering' Earth Help Ease the Hurricane Threat? (nbcnews.com) · · Score: 1

    But babies taste best!

  3. Re:Not even allowed to use the gym on Facebook Employees Living in a Garage Hope Zuckerberg Will Learn What's Happening in His Own City (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    They should have a roof, but they shouldn't employee people full time to maintain it.

  4. Re:So it's not just me on 24 Cores and the Mouse Won't Move: Engineer Diagnoses Windows 10 Bug (wordpress.com) · · Score: 1

    So Windows 10 is the only one that is actually patched? <Ducks> :)

  5. Re: Not our problem. We'll be dead by then. on We're Creating a Perfect Storm of Unprecedented Global Warming (popsci.com) · · Score: 1

    Some of the skeptics have. Forrest Mims III http://www.mysanantonio.com/li...

    From 2011-2012 he was an Expert Reviewer for First and Second Order Drafts of Assessment Report 5 (2013) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

  6. Re: Misleading Title on An Unexpected Relationship Between Nuclear Power and Low Birth Weight (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    Damn, BIRTH WEIGHT. I am a moron. Carry on ;)
     

  7. Re: Misleading Title on An Unexpected Relationship Between Nuclear Power and Low Birth Weight (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    I would like to see the correlation of the use of coal and the trend toward boob food. Brest fed babies are just smaller.

  8. I've noticed a growing portion of slashdot articles are basically flamebait/choir preaching or things that are otherwise designed to cause maximum bandwagoning and outrage in the comments.

    The stories might technically be relevant or "stuff that matters", but it's really starting to get blatantly obvious.

    You must be new here! ;)

  9. Re:Correlation between Antibiotics and Obesity? on Microbiome Changes Drive the Dieting Yo-Yo Effect, Study Finds (smh.com.au) · · Score: 1

    On a hunch I decided to see if there's a correlation between obesity and antibiotics (which are known to kill both the good and bad types of gut bacteria)

    Here's a map showing antibiotic prescribing rates.
    http://www.cdc.gov/getsmart/co...

    Here's a map showing obesity rates:
    https://www.maxmasnick.com/med...

    Correlation is not causation, but in my unprofessional opinion, these maps look eerily similar.

    I blame it on lightning.

    http://www.vaisala.com/VaisalaImages/Lightning/avg_sd_2005-2014_CONUS_2km_grid.png

  10. Re: Dice, we get it you don't like Ms. Clinton on Dilbert Creator Scott Adams Endorses Gary Johnson For President (dilbert.com) · · Score: 1

    Ditto

  11. Re:They look like horrible eyesores to me on America's First Offshore Wind Farm In Pictures (businessinsider.com) · · Score: 1

    30 miles off shore is international waters, correct? (Though still in the exclusive economic zone.)

  12. Re: this is stupid, that show is stupid on AMC Threatens Copyright Lawsuit Over Walking Dead Spoiler (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 1

    That's exactly why it's Rick.

  13. Re: this is stupid, that show is stupid on AMC Threatens Copyright Lawsuit Over Walking Dead Spoiler (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 1

    It's Rick. He needs to die to move the story beyond the comic.

  14. Yes Please! on Netflix Admits To Capping Video Streams On Wireless Networks (variety.com) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    But Netflix also said it's working on a way to give users control over how much bandwidth they wish to use to access the service.

    For the love of God please implement this. There is no reason for my kids to eat hundreds of gigs of data so that they can watch Power Rangers Dino Thunder in full 1080P on their Kindles. The Disney Jr app has this feature and you can't tell that Doc McStuffins is on the lowest bandwidth setting.

  15. Please direct them to make a gift payment. on Millionaires: Raise Our Taxes To Address Poverty, Fix Roads (go.com) · · Score: 1

    https://www.fms.treas.gov/faq/...

    If they want to may more, no one is stopping them.

  16. Re:Stating the obvious on China Car-Tracking Scheme Could Allow Higher Fuel Prices For Gas-Guzzling Cars (thestack.com) · · Score: 2, Interesting

    NO, they are paying the same prize, just buying more of it...

    I didn't not realize you get a volume discount for fuel. Is that what you are insinuating? Otherwise, your price per mile traveled is higher for vehicles that have lower MPG.

  17. Ever tried to hire a competent developer?

  18. Re:Technology Paradox on Why Some Cities Get All the Good Jobs (chicagotribune.com) · · Score: 1

    Contentment is not settling. He wants to live within his means and he wants to live in Silicon Valley. He appears to be happy with that. Contentment.

  19. Re:Technology Paradox on Why Some Cities Get All the Good Jobs (chicagotribune.com) · · Score: 1

    Silicon valley is not the center of the universe.

    I was born and raised in Silicon Valley. This is my home. People are always surprised that there are natives still left in the area.

    I am one of the few native Nashvillians. People are always surprised there are natives still here as well. They always want to know where I am "from".

    Sounds like you have achieved the American Dream to me, contentment.

  20. Re:The only thing to fear... on The FBI Feared Communist Infiltration of EPCOT (muckrock.com) · · Score: 1

    Perestroika is 1981? I think not. As someone that remembers the time well, I never hear the word Perestroika until Gorbachev was President. That was sometime in 1985 IIRC. Most definitely the later half of the 80's, under Regan. Definitely not during the Carter era or early Reagan.

  21. Re:The brief puff of black soot... on The Dirty Truth About 'Clean Diesel' (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    67% of the electricity in the US is generated from fossil fuels.

  22. Re:The brief puff of black soot... on The Dirty Truth About 'Clean Diesel' (nytimes.com) · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Isn't that the crux of the problem? We have spent the past 40 years tweaking car technology to convert noxious tailpipe gases to clean, non-toxic CO2. Now that isn't good enough. Time to choose our poison.

  23. Re: Constitutionally, the FAA should lose on FAA's Drone Laws Clash With Local Regulations (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    And it is in dispute if those new rules violate the Section 336 of the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012.

  24. If your not passing port to port, your doing it wrong ;)

  25. Re:CG ships could look alot better on Star Trek: Renegades Working On Episodes 2 and 3 (kickstarter.com) · · Score: 1

    The Next Generation ships were models.