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  1. As I recall, under the DMCA, the copyright owner is entitled to damages for this type of abuse.

  2. Re:Settings to check: on The Hostile Email Landscape (liminality.xyz) · · Score: 0

    0. Previous RBL history for the IP address and the block
    1. Not being an open relay for any amount of time while setting up
    2. Reverse DNS
    3. SPF
    4. SMTP server host name
    5. Retry delay not less than 1 hour. And e-mail starts running.

    This guy, right here. His problem is in the above list.

  3. Re:"democratic" ??? on Democratizing the Maker Movement · · Score: 1

    Sounds more like the want of equal outcomes, not equal opportunity to me.

  4. Re:"democratic" ??? on Democratizing the Maker Movement · · Score: 1

    Making something affordable and accessible does not require a government program. The people that think it requires a government program are the problem that got us the national dept.

  5. "democratic" ??? on Democratizing the Maker Movement · · Score: 1

    What does that mean? Making these tools affordable and accessible to muggles is not a bad idea. I'm not sure what is "democratic" about that.

  6. Re:What makes Ubuntu Server unsuitable? on Ubuntu Is the Dominant Cloud OS · · Score: 1, Troll

    Ubuntu is a good enough OS for desktops, but servers are precisely where it should not be used.

    Could you explain in more detail why you believe Ubuntu Server is unsuitable for servers? What change from Debian makes it unsuitable? Or is Debian likewise unsuitable?

    Yes, Debian is likewise unsuitable ;)

  7. Re:Lore Harp sounds awful on How Two Bored 1970s Housewives Helped Create the PC Industry · · Score: 1

    Well, it played out something like this

  8. Re:Vacuum tubes on University Students Made a Working Model Hyperloop · · Score: 1

    But this one is HyperExpensive . . . I wonder how they will maintain breathable air inside the vehicle which is in a near vacuum ?

    CO2 scrubbers?

  9. Re:Update the resume on After Uproar, Disney Cancels Tech Worker Layoffs · · Score: 1

    Which ironically will give them the exact justification to bring in the contractors -

    What does quitting do other than fulfilling what management wanted all along??

    Because you get to do it on your terms, not theirs.

  10. "Crunch Time" == Bad Project Management on Stress Is Driving Developers From the Video Game Industry · · Score: 0

    I wouldn't do "Crunch Time" for $50K/yr unless I was building my chops.

  11. Re:Not buying it, Copper wire is exspensive (V*A=W on How Tesla Batteries Will Force Home Wiring To Go Low Voltage · · Score: 1

    >Ask yourself why Europe uses a ~230V/240V electricity

    Apart from the economical reasons as outlined by yourself, I always assumed it was a safety issue. I was taught that current kills not Voltage. A static shock has huge tension but non-existent current whereas a toaster in the bathtub has (relatively) low voltage and high current.

    Can a sparky weigh in on this for me?

    Not that I'd go licking the sockets in any country.

    Increase the voltage (EMF) presented across a load, and your current increases.

    I=E/R

    So, no, it isn't safer. (Assuming Europeans have roughly the same electrical resistance of their skin as Americans)

    The reason electrostatic charge is not normally harmful is because of how quickly the charge is dissipated. (usually microseconds)

  12. Re:A sane supreme court decision? on Supreme Court Rules Extending Traffic Stop For Dog Sniff Unconstitutional · · Score: 2

    No, it just means you are now going to jail for a seat belt (or other minor) violation, so they can then search your vehicle.

  13. Re:No they don't on Chinese Scientists Plan Solar Power Station In Space · · Score: 1

    This stupid idea gets floated every few years. It doesn't work, even in theory. Do the math yourself.

    I have. No way in hell that is going to work efficiently. 185dB of attenuation from Geosync, best case.

  14. Re:At 5PM.... on You're Doing It All Wrong: Solar Panels Should Face West, Not South · · Score: 1

    So? In the other 8 months it'll still be useful. Or split the difference and point them southwest.

    Or continue trying to find ways in which you're a special little snowflake, and trying to make it so that anything that doesn't make something 100% useful for you personal makes the entire thing pointless.

    No, the point is there are millions of people that live where I do. Many millions more also live at similar longitude or on the eastern side of their timezone. I'm not a "special snowflake".

  15. At 5PM.... on You're Doing It All Wrong: Solar Panels Should Face West, Not South · · Score: 1

    At 5PM the sun is down where I live, 4 months out of the year. No, I didn't RTFA, so I assume he has a good rationale for not taking into account seasonal changes.

  16. Yeah, we got this! on How Nigeria Stopped Ebola · · Score: 1
  17. Re:Are you patenting software? on Ask Slashdot: Handling Patented IP In a Job Interview? · · Score: 1

    Your describing trade secrets. IP covers patents, copyrights, trademarks and trade secrets. Trade secrets are usually covered by private contact and do not have the same protections in law as provided for patents, copyrights, and trademarks.

  18. Is it a Windows box? on Ask Slashdot: Is Running Mission-Critical Servers Without a Firewall Common? · · Score: 0

    If it's a Windows box, the firewall for the local subnet is down if the "Network Location" is a "Domain Network" anyway, so it really doesn't matter.

  19. Hope this pans out on Gene Therapy Converts Heart Cells Into "Biological Pacemakers" · · Score: 4, Interesting

    My daughter has complete congenital heartblock due to exposure to SSa/Ro antibodies. (My wife had undiagnosed Sjogren's syndrome) She has had a pacemaker most of her life, with her first pacemaker implanted at 12 days. I'm very excited about this and hope that one day doctors could grow her a new AV node,

  20. Re: Obvious on The World's Best Living Programmers · · Score: 1

    I believe he also wrote much of the BASIC code for the Color Computer, AKA RsDos by CoCo enthusiasts.

  21. As Bob Widlar used to say... on Are the Glory Days of Analog Engineering Over? · · Score: 3, Funny

    "Every idiot can count to one"

    http://www.theamphour.com/wp-c...

  22. Re:A "millionaire" isn't what it used to be. on Survey: 56 Percent of US Developers Expect To Become Millionaires · · Score: 1

    You should really factor risk into your equation. I would not leverage my house (or car) to do investments. I would never buy a new car, unless I could write the check and not notice. I would absolutely never finance depreciating asset. As far as large ticket, depreciating assets go, cars/boats/bikes/RVs are at the top of the list.

  23. Re:A "millionaire" isn't what it used to be. on Survey: 56 Percent of US Developers Expect To Become Millionaires · · Score: 1

    I think you misunderstood what I said. I'm saying don't get a mortgage, purchase the home outright. :)

  24. A "millionaire" isn't what it used to be. on Survey: 56 Percent of US Developers Expect To Become Millionaires · · Score: 0

    With what developers make in my city (Nashville, TN), yeah. They should be able to accumulate enough money to have a net worth over $1 million dollars, over their career. It comes down to do they have the discipline it takes to direct that nice income in a way that they don't waste it on things like mortgages, car debt, credit cards, and other bad habits that keep people at "average" and "normal" net worth.

  25. Re:Some questions on How Satellite Company Inmarsat Tracked Down MH370 · · Score: 2

    I suspect, and I have zero knowledge of this system, that the satellite used has linear transponders that re-transmit the exact signal it receives. This means that both amplitude and frequency domain are relayed and received at the ground station. I imagine that the ground station is a software defined radio that digitizes and records everything that is passed though the IF.

    Again, I know nothing of this system, but if I was going to build one, that's how I would do it.