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  1. Re:Bury on Microsoft Is Sitting On Six Million Unsold Surface Tablets · · Score: 1

    How do you know iPads have a future? 10 years ago you'd have said the same thing about Microsoft!

  2. Re:Scare tactics on Tennessee Official: Water Complaints Could be "Act of Terrorism" · · Score: 1

    I'm terrified alright. Just not of terrorists.

  3. And have fun getting any of us to buy these products. It's pretty bad when you have a better chance of not getting malware by pirating it.

  4. Re:Really??? on Florida Activates System For Citizens To Call Each Other Terrorists · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Pretty soon it will be illegal to have a hobby. Just consume your goods and go to work like a good little citizen. I'd rather be a victim of a terrorist than live in that society.

  5. Re:Yawn on Printable Gun Downloads Top 100k In 2 Days, Thanks to Kim Dotcom · · Score: 1

    It wouldn't use anywhere near hundreds of dollars worth of material to print just one gun. But you're right, the whole thing is WAY overblown. The cover of the NY post spoke of "terror concerns" with these weapons. Really? A gun that can fire maybe one 22 caliber round that probably isn't even accurate and takes thousands of dollars worth of equipment to produce? A gun that could very likely blow up in your hand when you fire it? I'm more concerned that the government will try to regulate 3D printing.

  6. Re:I've been designing/building a 3D printer for on What's Holding Back 3-D Printing · · Score: 1

    I just downloaded the latest Arduino IDE (from their website) and the latest Marlin firmware (from github) and had no problem. Certainly no more difficult than compiling a program under Linux. In fact I'd say it was much easier. My computer desk is littered with 3D prints in various stages of design.

  7. Re:I've been designing/building a 3D printer for on What's Holding Back 3-D Printing · · Score: 1

    I had no trouble getting marlin compiled and flashed. I didn't have to comment out any "round" definition, which arduino IDE are you using? I'm using v1.0.3 with Marlin v1.

  8. Re:For me... It's the cost of good printers on What's Holding Back 3-D Printing · · Score: 1

    Check out some of the prints they've been doing with nylon (even "tye dyed" nylon) and you might change your mind. The print quality can be quite good if your settings are right.

  9. Re:Um... "suspect" on Police Capture Second Marathon Bombing Suspect in Watertown, Mass. · · Score: 2

    I'm guessing they want him alive so he can be tortu^H^H^H^H^HInterrogated.

  10. Re:It's the Muslims !! on FBI Releases Boston Bombing Suspect Images/Videos · · Score: 1

    Why all the hate on Muslims? I believe all religion is evil.

  11. Re:Good enough for what they are designed for... on The ATF Not Concerned About 3D Printed Guns... Yet · · Score: 1

    I'm looking right now at my 3D printer that I just built for less than $1000. I doubt I'd be able to print firearms with it, but give it time. We're at the very early stages of "consumer" 3D printing and it's very much a hobby at this point, just like PC's were 30 years ago.

  12. Depends on the bitrate. on Can You Really Hear the Difference Between Lossless, Lossy Audio? · · Score: 1

    I have a decent sound system in my car and if the bitrate on a lossy compression is high enough, I can't tell the difference. I'd say 192 KBps and above and I'm good. Streaming Pandora on the same audio system is very "tinny" and I can definitely tell the difference. I still think that a high quality digital system is better than vinyl, even though I might be considered the audiophile's version of the antichrist for saying that. Our ears just aren't as good as we think they are, especially when we get older. Digital audio has the potential to sound exactly the same from one playback to the next, whereas vinyl doesn't.

  13. Re:CO-OP on Ask Slashdot: Dealing With an Advanced Wi-Fi Leech? · · Score: 2

    Since he set up an "evil twin" to trick the OP into connecting to it, I doubt free internet is all the attacker is after. It's probably a bored teenager. Connect to it and then start downloading the latest top 10 pop hits MP3's from thepiratebay and seed the shit out of them. If he tries to hack your network, WPA is actually pretty secure if you use a strong enough password. Or you could just let him connect but redirect his web traffic to lemonparty.org or meatspin.com.

  14. Cross contamination is a possability. on Are Plastic Bag Bans Making People Sick? · · Score: 2

    Grocery store worker here.. When a customer has their own bags, they usually want us to fill them to capacity and that means putting their raw meat in with their other food. When we use plastic, we bag their meat separate unless the customer requests otherwise (they usually don't). Also, some people never wash or clean their bags. I've put food into bags that reeked of cat piss, were littered with animal fur (cats love to sleep/hide in them), or were infested with insects so it doesn't surprise me that people are getting sick.

  15. Sure. Asteroids, right. on California Professors Unveil Proposal To Attack Asteroids With Lasers · · Score: 1

    There is no way this wouldn't be used to take out terrestrial ground targets.

  16. Re:Too bad. on AT&T: Don't Want a Data Plan for That Smartphone? Too Bad. · · Score: 1

    Unfortunately it's now illegal to unlock your phone and switch providers when they decide to violate you rectally.

  17. Re:Excellent fact-checking as usual on Android Botnet Infects 1 Million Plus Phones · · Score: 1

    I love it! I'm sure they made damn sure apps like orbot (tor) are not available, but they could care less if malware gets through.

  18. Re:Closed Room + Faraday Cage on How Do You Detect Cheating In Chess? Watch the Computer · · Score: 1

    Smart phone.

  19. Re:Wow on Teens Drug Parents To Get Web Access · · Score: 1

    Did you watch the video? Yes, they are blaming video games.

  20. Re:This is why you want a walled-off app store on New Android Malware Uses Google Play Icon To Trick Users · · Score: 2

    It does sound more like a proof of concept than an actual attack.

  21. Re:More Irrational Gun Nuts on New York Paper Uses Public Records To Publish Gun-Owner Map · · Score: 1

    I don't know how you got rated "Insightful" for that ridiculous comment. Name calling will not solve anything and neither will creating a list of people who LEGALLY own a gun. Maybe we should compile a list of everyone who owns an iPhone? What is this list supposed to accomplish? If anything it would help criminals know who doesn't have a gun.

  22. Re:For those of us alive when this was launched, on Voyager 1, So Close To Interstellar Space That We Can Taste It! · · Score: 1

    Forty years using technology that is forty years old. I wonder how long it would take with today's technology.

  23. Re:I'm still trying to wrap my brain around... on FBI Dad's Misadventures With Spyware Exposed School Principal's Child Porn · · Score: 5, Informative

    Nope. I've used the software mentioned in the article before, and it would most certainly not survive a proper HD re-image. The computer shop either didn't re-image the HD like they said they did, or the FBI lied about taking it to a computer shop in the first place.

  24. Re:Even if this was true... on Is Intel Planning To Kill Enthusiast PCs? · · Score: 1

    That being said, I never upgrade the CPU in my system without also upgrading the motherboard. The chip may as well be soldered in.

  25. Re:what are the chances... on Verizon To Throttle Pirates' Bandwidth · · Score: 1

    Cellular networks get away with it all the time. They sell "unlimited" plans that have hidden caps where they cut you off for "abuse".