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  1. Re:It didn't have an off switch before on You Can't Turn Off Cortana In the Windows 10 Anniversary Update (pcworld.com) · · Score: 1

    Or run your own name server, which a lot of us already do. Has anyone written fake bind zone files for these domains?

  2. What about Excel? on Office 365 Gets New Word, PowerPoint and Outlook Features (networkworld.com) · · Score: 0

    Is Excel still a useless shell of the desktop client with no live collaboration that Google has had for the past 10 years?

  3. Two-factor authentication is probably the best solution -- unless your phone is at the bottom of the river, or your employer puts you in a spot where phone service is non-existent, like the basement.

    Some services (ie Google) allow you to have a backup phone number. So my advice is buy yourself a cheap Android phone with a pay as you go SIM just for these types of situations. It's cheap insurance. Some people even use a freedompop sim which is totally free. So $50-$100 onetime cost for the phone and $0 monthly cost.

  4. Large, established companies pay CEOs the most. Because they're already large and successful, it's much more difficult to grow. Lower paid CEOs typically work for smaller organizations that have much more room to grow.

  5. How have you not heard of VIZIO? They're extremely well reviewed, inexpensive and carried by all the major big box stores.

    If you've never heard of VIZIO then I'm guessing you haven't shopped for TVs in about 10 years.

  6. It was only mocked because it was invented by a conservative. It's value is the same as the doomsday clock. People just intentionally ignore the actual use of these things to mock the creator.

  7. Because a "JackHack" sounds like a masturbation shortcut.

  8. Re:Even if you disagree with the judge . . . on Bitcoin Not Money, Rules Miami Judge In Dismissing Laundering Charges (miamiherald.com) · · Score: 2
    I think your original post was sufficiently vague as to just be incorrect. I'm just clarifying that it takes more than just being aware of a crime, which your original post stated.

    So yes, if someone tells you've they've committed a crime or are going to commit a crime you are obligated to report it to law enforcement and refuse the transaction.

    That's certainly not universally true.

  9. Re:Fascinating. All of TWO relevant languages on Programming Language Gurus Converge on 'Curry On' Conference (curry-on.org) · · Score: 1

    'Oh! I know! We'll stack another layer of software on top! That'll just fix everything!'

    Reminds me of one of my favorite quotes:

    "All problems in computer science can be solved by another level of indirection"

  10. Re:Even if you disagree with the judge . . . on Bitcoin Not Money, Rules Miami Judge In Dismissing Laundering Charges (miamiherald.com) · · Score: 4, Informative

    Knowledge of a crime without reporting it is called accessory. Even if they tell you about the crime after they've done it you are still an accessory after the fact.

    Not exactly. You'd have to help conceal the crime to be charged with accessory after the fact.

    http://criminal.findlaw.com/cr...

  11. Microsoft also released Tablet computers in 2002 so why was the iPad successful? Being early is the same thing as being wrong.

    But the ATRIX didn't really have the requisite performance back then, it was just a little too early. Smartphone performance has increased DRAMATICALLY since the Motorola ATRIX. Five and a half years in smartphone advancement is an incredible level of improvement. A dual-core 1Ghz A9 with 1GB of memory (ATRIX 4G, 2011) to quad core1.2Ghz A57 and 4GB of memory.(Samsung S7). There are even eight core ARM CPUs available now. At some point smartphones might be "good enough for enough people" to reach that critical mass to make a product like this successful. Or maybe not.

  12. Re:A bad feeling on Turn Your Android Phone Into a Laptop For $99 With the Superbook (techinsider.io) · · Score: 1

    Because you don't hold a laptop 6" from your face.

  13. Re:But, Apparently, Rural Communities Don't Exist on Google Fiber Reminds People It's a 'Real Business' (dslreports.com) · · Score: 1

    This guy gets it. Providers have a metric which is called "Cost per Home Passed". That is, what does it cost in dollars to lay fiber for each home the fiber is laid near, because each one is a potential customer. If I can pay $1M and pass 10,000 homes versus paying $1M to pass 10 homes, it doesn't take a math wizard to figure out where I'm investing my capital.

    It's not to say that they won't eventually roll out fiber to more rural areas, just that when you have a certain amount of capital to invest, and resources to deploy service, you start with the most profitable markets. Also, the cost to deploy fiber drops constantly, so by the time most of the densely populated areas have fiber, it will be more economical to deploy fiber to rural areas. But we're talking in terms of decades not months before we see truly widespread fiber in even rural areas.

  14. Re: Google giving the Business.. on Google Fiber Reminds People It's a 'Real Business' (dslreports.com) · · Score: 1

    You put way too much faith in the telcos.

  15. Re:Google giving the Business.. on Google Fiber Reminds People It's a 'Real Business' (dslreports.com) · · Score: 1

    $work operates a bunch of branch locations in the southeast. We work with most large cable providers (Charter/Brighthouse, Comcast, Cox, Mediacom, etc) and the best prices we can get is in a few locations for $300/mo we can get 300Mb/s cable. Most locations are either 100 or 150Mb/s for $300. I would GLADLY pay $250 for 1Gb/s (fiber optic) Business Internet Service. We have fiber in a couple places (oddly enough, CSpire in the middle of Mississippi offers very inexpensive 100Mb/s bidirectional fiber along with HQ and larger branch has fiber from other providers, Cox, SouthernLight, etc) and the reliability of fiber versus copper service is night and day. Fiber is FAR more reliable than any of the copper service (DSL or Cable).

    So many times more bandwidth and dramatically better reliability while saving money? Where do I sign up?

  16. Re:Limited availablity. on Google Fiber Reminds People It's a 'Real Business' (dslreports.com) · · Score: 1

    EU has 3x the population density (100 vs 300 per square mile) and the US is over 20 times the size of Sweden. You cannot compare these things.

  17. Re:No it isn't on Google Fiber Reminds People It's a 'Real Business' (dslreports.com) · · Score: 1

    In the end, Google Fiber is near meaningless to a majority of the US.

    The majority of the US doesn't have access to 1Gb/s fiber internet service for $70 a month, with no data cap.

    Some Internet service providers currently cap data downloads at 250 GB per month. You can download that much data on a 1 gig connection in about 33 minutes. Good thing there is no limit on your data downloads with Google Fiber!

  18. Re:Hater's Gonna Hate... on Man Builds $1.5 Million Star Trek-Themed Home Theater (cepro.com) · · Score: 1

    Wow, why all the hate?

    Because they're jealous. The guy's got a hot trophy wife and millions of dollars to burn. I say good for him. It's his money, he earned it and he's enjoying it.

  19. Re:Most "automation" isn't, just like this. on Technology Is Making Doctors Feel Like Glorified Data Entry Clerks (fastcompany.com) · · Score: 1

    He can when he's your GP and he's already familiar with your medical history.

  20. Check the Source on Millennials Set To Earn Less Than Generation X (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    One "study" from the Resolution Foundation established in 2005 which "aim is to improve the standard of living of low- and middle-income families."

  21. Re:This is fucking stupid on DARPA Will Stage an AI Fight in Las Vegas For DEF CON (yahoo.com) · · Score: 1

    What makes you think that isn't virtual reality? No definition of virtual reality says that you have to completely recreate the original experience. It's a simulation. It's called VIRTUAL reality, which literally means "almost or nearly as described, but not completely or according to strict definition."

  22. New Microsoft, Same as the Old Microsoft on Microsoft 'Patch' Blocks Linux Installs On Locked-Down Windows RT Computers (fossbytes.com) · · Score: 1

    âoeThis is an enormously important decision for Microsoft, allowing it to offer its well-known and trusted database to an expanded set of customersâ, said Al Gillen, group vice president, enterprise infrastructure, at IDC. âoeBy taking this key product to Linux Microsoft is proving its commitment to being a cross platform solution provider. This gives customers choice and reduces the concerns for lock-in. We would expect this will also accelerate the overall adoption of SQL Server.â

    http://blogs.microsoft.com/blo...

  23. Re:Because frame rates vary on Ask Slashdot: Why Don't Graphics Cards For VR Use Real-Time Motion Compensation? · · Score: 1

    And even more important once we see single pass widely implemented it will truly be 90 fps with no confusion.

  24. Re:"Controversial" donors? on Guccifer 2.0 Drops New Documents (thehill.com) · · Score: 1

    is kinda smallish, don't you think?

    Are you serious? You think forgetting to report 2/3 of your income is "smallish" ?