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  1. Re:They might guarantee it... on Snowden Would Return To US If Government Guarantees Fair Trial (thehill.com) · · Score: 1

    You incorrectly assume that there must be a war to have an enemy.

  2. Re:They might guarantee it... on Snowden Would Return To US If Government Guarantees Fair Trial (thehill.com) · · Score: 1

    There would need be no changes in the law to accommodate his demands. He's effectively requesting that he be allowed to reference Jury Nullification. That's 100% legal, but not allowed by the judges due to a decision to hide that legal option from the people. He's simply asking for that 100% legal act to be allowed for his trial. No law changes needed.

  3. Re:Cluster Fuck on Apple's iPhone Already Has a Backdoor · · Score: 4, Insightful

    There are piles of backdoors into iPhones. Apple keeps them locked up and secure. The government wants the tools, not the phone. They are using "terrorism" as the reason to demand the tools.

  4. Re: What? on Rio Has Given Up On Clean Water For Olympics (go.com) · · Score: 0

    Some of the refugees being delivered in Germany are plucked by the UN from camps in Syria and transported to Europe.

    You don't know what's actually happening. You just know that you hate everyone, and are tolerant of none.

  5. She has to work somewhere, so why not Yelp, if they are hiring and paying $2 per hour more than McKFC Bell?

    How would working somewhere else change her argument, other than get it seen by fewer people?

  6. Re:I'm not sure what conclusions to draw from here on Study: Mice Gain Weight In Cold Temperatures Due To Gut Changes (economist.com) · · Score: 1

    RTFA

  7. Re:Sounds a bit sketchy... on US Banks To Test ATMs Which Accept Your Smartphone Instead Of Cards (ibtimes.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    A smartphone in India is cheaper than my bank card (my bank theoretically charges $20 for the card, and you can get a smartphone in India for $5).

    You are confusing your incorrect bias for reality.

  8. Re:Sounds a bit sketchy... on US Banks To Test ATMs Which Accept Your Smartphone Instead Of Cards (ibtimes.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    All one needs to do is swipe the smartphone while it's unlocked, and clean someone out.

    In practice, the only time someone has it unlocked is while they are using it. And you'd need to be in the bank app for it to matter. So the crook would have to be wandering public, looking for people using a banking app, then swipe the phone, and get to an ATM before the robbed person could call their bank.

    Possible, but unlikely. When it's easier to make $500 making a table from scrap wood than to steal it with your method, you can expect that the number of thefts of that manner would be low.

  9. Re:Might be other reasons... on Yelp Employee Posts Open Letter About Cost Of Living And Low Wages, Gets Fired (modernreaders.com) · · Score: 1

    At work we have weekly drinks (limit 2) provided by management. Getting alcohol delivered at work wouldn't be an issue. And the jokes keep the twitter interesting. I know places that would love to have such wit on their twitter feed.

  10. Re:Welcome to July 2015 on Windows 10 Forced Update Resets Default Apps To Microsoft Products (theinquirer.net) · · Score: 1

    So people who use specialized administrator tools to screw with the default apps find their default apps misbehaving? Who would have guessed. So this problem affects 0.001% of users, but that thousandth of a percent is the vocal minority?

  11. Re:Welcome to July 2015 on Windows 10 Forced Update Resets Default Apps To Microsoft Products (theinquirer.net) · · Score: 1

    Posting a question on a forum is a form of research. Others here implied it was wide-spread. I've seen no facts to support that. You don't have any, or you'd have shared. Right?

  12. Re: What? on Rio Has Given Up On Clean Water For Olympics (go.com) · · Score: 1

    And those are the majority of those sitting in camps in a war zone? Nope, those are a small few that pay $20k to get to the front of the queue. The boat refugees are more likely 20s-30s and male. The camp refugees are old or young and adults are more likely female. The males will try to get a foothold for the family they left behind, and cheat to get to the front to get their family in. They sell everything they own for a spot on a boat. That's not rich.

  13. Re: Not sure I understand this. on Apple: Terrorist's Apple ID Password Changed In Government Custody (buzzfeed.com) · · Score: 1

    The practice of unknowable law being binding with ignorance of the law being no excuse is hundreds of years old. ACA didn't start that.

  14. Re:Welcome to July 2015 on Windows 10 Forced Update Resets Default Apps To Microsoft Products (theinquirer.net) · · Score: 2

    It's never happened to me, and didn't this most recent round, either. Maybe because it's not as widespread as you think that it's not an issue.

  15. Re:Ooops, I did it again on Windows 10 Forced Update Resets Default Apps To Microsoft Products (theinquirer.net) · · Score: 2, Informative

    It didn't happen to me. Just checked. All up to date, and nothing MS is my default anything (except some media files I don't use I think would go to WMP, if I had any of them).

  16. Re:What? on Rio Has Given Up On Clean Water For Olympics (go.com) · · Score: 1

    And those are rarely (never?) the conditions of refugees.

  17. In the US, most places pass special laws to make infractions and code violations uncontestable, except to the authority that issued them. That means you can contest your ticket to the parking authority, but they don't need to hold a hearing or anything to find you re-guilty, and you hae no means of appeal, short of suing the government (something that rarely succeeds). An automated contesting bot would be useful, and wouldn't generate any secondary costs in many places.

  18. Re:I'm not sure what conclusions to draw from here on Study: Mice Gain Weight In Cold Temperatures Due To Gut Changes (economist.com) · · Score: 1

    Cutting calories 10% can result in gaining weight. Increasing calories burned by 10% can result in gaining weight. Your understanding of thermodynamics is flawed.

  19. Re:You have no idea how bad it really is... on US School Agrees To Pay $8,500 To Get Rid Of Ransomware (softpedia.com) · · Score: 1

    The schools don't even know what CIPA is or how to meet it. The only one I know that even tried was given official complaint and was about to start the fine phase, before they got outside help to meet the law. Then they paid 10x what they needed to, to bring in an outside firm and put in basic filtering.

  20. Re:Anyone heard of on US School Agrees To Pay $8,500 To Get Rid Of Ransomware (softpedia.com) · · Score: 1

    Take the salary of a sysadmin and multiply by 10. That's the SaaS cost.

  21. Windows 8 home?

  22. Treason is against "enemies" not "only states we are currently at open war with". It seems your definition is the broken one, not everyone else's

  23. Re:It is not a good idea to pay extortionists on US School Agrees To Pay $8,500 To Get Rid Of Ransomware (softpedia.com) · · Score: 1

    It's not the NSA's job. It's the FBI's. The NSA might be able to help the FBI, but the FBI doesn't care because the political will isn't there. Get Congress to fund the FBI for more cybercrime work. Nope. If it's not putting minorities in jail, the Republican-controlled Congress won't fund it.

  24. Re:It is not a good idea to pay extortionists on US School Agrees To Pay $8,500 To Get Rid Of Ransomware (softpedia.com) · · Score: 1

    The nice thing about paying is that the FBI can get involved. And there's always a money trail. When they start getting busted and serving time, the copycats will slow down.

  25. When I left school (yes, it was a while ago) the computers were used to make things easier, but the permenant record was still printed every year and stored in file cabinets. A loss of the computer would cause re-work for the current year's teachers, and delays for those ordering transcripts, but no data loss would happen if every computer were stolen or wiped tomorrow.