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  1. Re:Won't Happen on Facebook Seeks Devs To Make Linux Network Stack As Good As FreeBSD's · · Score: 1

    There are a few "hacks" that do that in linux as well. Basically the network driver is in userland, with a kernel shim to handle DMA and IRQ which isn't available to userland. (in fact, I use that same mode to deal with broadcom SoC's -- not for network traffic, just to configure and monitor) There are advantages to pulling packets direct to userland.

  2. Re:Tek smeck on Hack an Oscilloscope, Get a DMCA Take-Down Notice From Tektronix · · Score: 1

    Right, because they all put $100k worth of tech in a scope for $4k, and get the rest of it when you pay to use that tech. The hardware costs what it costs; if they can afford to put dormant hardware in the thing, then they're just screwing over their customers. It's like a lot of networking vendors being dicks by including a 10G interface put only allowing to link at 100M unless you pay them $$$$$. Or a fiber channel switch with 32 ports, but only 8 enabled in software.

  3. Re:Wayback Machine on Hack an Oscilloscope, Get a DMCA Take-Down Notice From Tektronix · · Score: 1

    Of course, you have to know exactly where in the eeprom to put the SKU's. (which wouldn't take long to figure out, btw.)

  4. Re:Uh... on Barry Shein Founded the First Dialup ISP (Video) · · Score: 1

    Indeed. Somewhere circa 1997(?) -- It was a dark day for the internet: people too stupid to be on the internet were now pooping all over it.

  5. Re:The grip on Robotic Suit Gives Shipyard Workers Super Strength · · Score: 1

    Did you look at the picture? A magnet is what's holding the "heavy" plate. The worker's hands are merely guides; they aren't supporting the weight at all. (assuming it was balanced when it was lifted.)

  6. Re:Well at least they saved the children! on Google Spots Explicit Images of a Child In Man's Email, Tips Off Police · · Score: 1

    It's chain of custody. And it only applies to law enforcement. Tamper with evidence is illegal all the time.

    The problem/question here is why was Google nosing through his email in the first place / what right do they have to do so?

  7. Re:A different service provider on Georgia Tech Researchers Jailbreak iOS 7.1.2 · · Score: 1

    Right, because Verizon doesn't do this, or AT&T, or Sprint, or T-mobile. Bottom line, every major cellular operator in the US does this.

    Verizon was spanked litely for this. Yet they still do it. However, they aren't allowed to stop you from loading apps to enable it anyway. Except on an Apple device, where the provider lock cannot be broken on a stock device.

  8. Re:Easy As 1 on Georgia Tech Researchers Jailbreak iOS 7.1.2 · · Score: 1

    BS. You had to root it to get CM loaded. You could've stopped with rooting the stock firmware and used any of the HUNDREDS of apps and tweaks to disable the vendor bloat and security. (are we talking Samsung and KNOX perhaps. There are entire corners of the internet devoted to that shit.)

  9. Re:Easy As 1 on Georgia Tech Researchers Jailbreak iOS 7.1.2 · · Score: 1

    By "customizing" he means "loaded CM on it" (or someother AOSP based build) that doesn't know how to be efficient.

  10. Re:Why? on Georgia Tech Researchers Jailbreak iOS 7.1.2 · · Score: 1

    what's in the Apple-disapproved and really useful file for the unofficial app stores to offer?

    - Apps to enable the f'ing hotspot that the greedy as hell service provider won't allow you to turn on. (without paying them some idiotic fee to allow me to use my already capped data however I d*** well please.)
    - Full filesystem access
    - Add bluetooth capabilities Apple doesn't think anyone needs
    - WiFi scanning apps
    (I could go on...)

  11. Re:Only ten days? on Fotopedia Is Shutting Down; Data Avallable Until August 10 · · Score: 2

    Hosting isn't free. Bandwidth isn't free.

    Sure, the hard drives could be left sitting on a shelf for 50 years, but won't do anyone any good.

  12. Re:So! The game is rigged! on 35% of American Adults Have Debt 'In Collections' · · Score: 1

    Your credit score is a measure of credit worthiness -- how responsible you are with your debts. The money you have is not credit and not reported to anyone. Likewise, your paycheck is not credit, and it's contents are not published to anyone.

  13. Re:You needn't charge anything on 35% of American Adults Have Debt 'In Collections' · · Score: 1

    Have you ever read your credit report? They do report CC usage (balances), zero use is bad.

  14. Re: Wow ... on A 24-Year-Old Scammed Apple 42 Times In 16 Different States · · Score: 1

    Nope. The $1 charge is "pending"; they have received authorization to charge you, but they never complete it. This is how they verify the card information. The gas you pump is charged immediately after the transaction is completed -- i.e. as soon as there's a final amount to charge. Most places will show up within minutes; if they wait for hours, the card could be over the limit and the charge refused.

  15. Re:RUDEST PASSENGER EVER on Man Booted From Southwest Flight and Threatened With Arrest After Critical Tweet · · Score: 1

    So, rather than recognizing that the other agent had been extra nice granting him a privilege, he disparaged the one who followed the rules.

    Which is his legally protected right. She's acting with government authority (which she doesn't actually have) in demanding he remove the comment. She doesn't have to authority to remove him from the plane -- once he's allowed past the gate, he's allowed. She can lie to TSA or the pilots and claim he's a threat to get them (who do have the authority) to remove him -- but doing so is a very big no-no (felony.) (not that anyone in their circle would do jack about it. just like the PR hand wave SWA is doing now.)

  16. Re:Customer service? on Man Booted From Southwest Flight and Threatened With Arrest After Critical Tweet · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Who gives a shit? He was told no, bitched about it, and the asshole gate monkey had a fucking fit over it. a) she has ZERO right to have him remove the comment [acting with government authority, that's a 1st amendment violation], b) she has no authority to remove them from the plane over it, and c) the only police actionable crime was HERS. Any frustration on his part is understandable; hers, on the other hand, is criminally inexcusable -- dealing with irate, unhappy people is 90% of her damned job.

    Sadly, this is exactly the sort of bullshit over-reaching of authority many people have at airports (esp. big busy ones) -- all the way down to the janitors. (the I-work-here-and-have-a-key-card mentality.)

  17. Re:From AOL having trouble cancelling service? on Comcast Customer Service Rep Just Won't Take No For an Answer · · Score: 1

    In the before times, in the long-long-ago? heh. "back in the days of dialup" (in the voice of the narrator for TA -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J...)

  18. Re:Well on Cambridge Team Breaks Superconductor World Record · · Score: 1

    Multiply by ten, twice, and you'll be closer to the "3 ton" field. I use hard drive voice coil magnets, and most of those don't have 60lbs (1/100th of 3 tonnes) of force. And those are some of the strongest magnets to which consumers have access. The "standard" fridge magnet holding force is at best ounces (grams).

  19. Re:Some nice looking features/updates on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Released · · Score: 1

    It's like that because that's simply where they each "do their thing". Redhat was around long before debian, so the question should be "why did debian change it?" Redhat did it that way to simplify automation and deployment -- one config file per interface isolates interface configurations, and makes parsing far simpler. (if you need to setup or know anything about eth0, it's one file, and everything in it pertains to eth0.)

  20. Re: No one will ever buy a GM product again on GM Names and Fires Engineers Involved In Faulty Ignition Switch · · Score: 1

    Indeed. And that's a point I tried to make about a Prius being run in the 24 Hours of Lemons race(s). It's one of the top rules, yet they have no kill switch and that's 100% O.K. by HQ (because Toyota said it was.) The car has an ECU; that ECU requires power; one can install a mechanical break in that power. Even a manual cut out can be added to the traction batteries. (it already has one. you only need attach a "rope" to it so the driver can pull it.)

  21. Re:Hello automation! on Seattle Approves $15 Per Hour Minimum Wage · · Score: 1

    INCORRECT

    Were you self-employed with earnings of more than $400.00?

    http://www.irs.gov/Individuals/Do-You-Need-to-File-a-Federal-Income-Tax-Return%3F

  22. Re:Even higher! on Seattle Approves $15 Per Hour Minimum Wage · · Score: 1

    So how do you get out of paying taxes if you're making minimum wage?

    You don't, legally. You may qualifiy to get most/all/even more, come April 15. (illegally, you work "day labor" jobs that pay cash without a hint of taxation.)

    (Or tax exempt farm labor, but that's a very low number of hours -- if it even still exists.)

  23. Re:Even higher! on Seattle Approves $15 Per Hour Minimum Wage · · Score: 1

    This may be true on a country wide level, but Seatle alone doing this will lead to higher local prices, downsizing, and businesses leaving the area.

    Prove me wrong Seattle.

  24. Re:I dislike Beats... on Apple Confirms Purchase of Beats For $3 Billion · · Score: 1

    Unless they were milled from a block of gold, no headphones are worth $350, much less $500.

  25. Re:He turned job termination into career terminati on IT Pro Gets Prison Time For Sabotaging Ex-Employer's System · · Score: 1

    Well, they did use the word "fired", which to me means "for cause". I've never been anywhere that would _fire_ a person and let them walk back to their desk and keep working. Layoff's and "down sizing", maybe, but even there care must be taken to avoid letting a pissed (now or soon to be) ex-employee back where they could make a mess.