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  1. Re:You gotta love this industry on Netflix Decides To Crack Down On VPN Users (netflix.com) · · Score: 1

    http://shop.lenovo.com/us/en/l... before they dropped the 960M video for the cheaper 850M, was top of my list for a new laptop. But it was not sold outside the US I could find. The retailers in the US that sold it wouldn't ship it outside the US, though they normally do (Amazon, NewEgg).

    Many companies try to prevent people from buying outside designates areas. They won't take my money.

    So "no other industry" consists of tech, cars, and others. You have an odd definition of "no other"

  2. Re:In other news on Netflix Decides To Crack Down On VPN Users (netflix.com) · · Score: 1
    The "help" site with finder, despite being an Au domain, doesn't list Au, or NZ. Nor USA. So who is it supposed to be helping? I also note missing Colombia and Mexico.

    I've noticed that content seems to be regional, so groups of countries go together. But my VPN works best in only a few of those countries. So I'll target a few countries and want to know what they have. https://flixsearch.io/ is useful for finding where, if anywhere, to find a specific title, and some browsing capability. But I would love for Netflix to put out a full list per country that someone could browse through. They have to know, they are paying for the rights.

    They're be best [legal] game in town, but I'm sure they're sorry to see you go.

    They block VPNs, they may still be the best legal game, but they'll lose out to the illegal games.

    The obvious fix is for all these TPPA/NAFTA/ETC trade deals to abolish region coding (or restrictions of any kind) among the members. License it to one, it's licensed for all.

  3. Re: Penny on Should the US Change Metal Coins? (networkworld.com) · · Score: 1

    Taxis didn't lobby to abolish slavery, they lobbied more recently to repeal laws against slavery. Again, you are reading something other that what I wrote.

  4. Yes, but Netflix must realize that three people could be in the same room on three different devices, all connected through a different geo gateway, so that one account has 3 connections to the same physical location that "appear" to be from three different countries. I've bounced between countries a bit getting the show I wanted to work, and Netflix doesn't care, when they could easily find and stop it, if they wished.

  5. Re: Penny on Should the US Change Metal Coins? (networkworld.com) · · Score: 1
    In Anchorage, AK, the city isn't limiting medallions. But the system is set up to allow medallion holders to be the only ones who can "vote" in new medallions (that would then be sold by the city). The city started a change to law to allow the city to make more medallions directly. The medalion holders sued for illegal takings, and the city would have to buy out all the medallions at market rate to be able to issue a single new one, and each time after, unless they bought out (or offered to buy out) every single current medallion holder.

    In the end, the city just pretended there was no shortage of cabs.

    There is nothing linking Uber to indentured servitude.

    Read again. Slower. Now once more. The taxi companies lobbied to make slavery legal (and won). It used to be illegal to charge a worker to work. Charge a man $10 to work your field for the day, in exchange for 1/400th of the harvest. So the farmer collects $4000 from the workers (or makes them in debt by that much), and takes a small portion of the yield, and gives the rest away a year after he's paid to the workers. Get some bills passed to make it a felony to run out on a debt, and you have slavery, actual wage slaves, not the loontarian version of it.

    The taxi drivers got slavery laws repealed in some places, so they could charge for a medallion rental.

  6. Re:Penny on Should the US Change Metal Coins? (networkworld.com) · · Score: 1

    It's impossible to calculate the check-out price in the US. The tax rate may not be known, and even if known, the rounding isn't set in law (at least not where I've lived), so the rounding isn't consistent. So getting the exact amount with tax is not practical.

    In most countries with a VAT, the tax rate is set, so you may only advertise after-tax prices (for something targeting those who would be paying that amount). But in the US, I think your idea would work. Advertise the pre-tax price, but give an estimate of post-tax, and post-tax must be the only number listed in-store.

  7. Re:And still unsupported just about everywhere on BBC Confirms 50% Bitrate Savings For H.265/HEVC Vs H.264/AVC (bbc.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    My 2 year old phone will play 4k, with HEVC. So yes, most higher-end new phones should be able to play 4k on their screen (5.5 in my case, your screen may vary).

  8. Re:And still unsupported just about everywhere on BBC Confirms 50% Bitrate Savings For H.265/HEVC Vs H.264/AVC (bbc.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    My 2 year old phone will play 4k, with HEVC. Running bottom of the line hardware for 10 years gets you lots of things that won't work right by the time you finally get rid of it.

  9. Re: Penny on Should the US Change Metal Coins? (networkworld.com) · · Score: 1

    Nothing a simple law change couldn't fix. The Guard started out as state armies. But the standing military gained strength, they were corrupted, along with everything else. They should be state run, not federal.

  10. Re: Penny on Should the US Change Metal Coins? (networkworld.com) · · Score: 1

    Are you a fan of Uber? Because it was the taxi companies (in part) who lobbied for a repeal of laws against indentured servitude. Because the practice was used to charge a worker a fee to allow them to work, and those fees would be higher than the work that was done, and the debt would grow, and the only way out was work more, which built more debt.

    Taxi companies worked to repeal them so that a taxi driver would pay to "rent" a medallion to work a shift as a taxi driver. Such pre-pay to work schemes were generally outlawed with slavery. But the taxi companies fought hard to get slavery repealed. So depending on your definitions used, we have slavery again in the US. We just have to look harder for it (and I'm not talking the illegal kind).

  11. Re: Penny on Should the US Change Metal Coins? (networkworld.com) · · Score: 1

    Yeah, like the national guard didn't shoot at unarmed protesters in the '60s? Sworn to the same Constitution as the regulars, Didn't seem to matter at the time.

  12. Re:Penny on Should the US Change Metal Coins? (networkworld.com) · · Score: 1

    The sensible thing would be for the US to do what the rest of the world does and forced marked prices to reflect tax-inclusive. Yes, that'll screw up TV commercials where the stores covered by the ad are in different tax jurisdictions, but the overall simplicity would be worth it..

  13. Re:Penny on Should the US Change Metal Coins? (networkworld.com) · · Score: 1

    So the elimination of high denomination bills didn't stop the drug dealers from dealing in $1000 and $10,000 notes? Nope, making $100 the largest bill did make things more difficult for criminals. The criminals are following the law. Why can't you?

  14. Re:Penny on Should the US Change Metal Coins? (networkworld.com) · · Score: 1

    You still pay to the penny if you use a card or check. As more people use cards, the number of roundings decreases towards zero.

    As cash is less used anyway, we should drop the penny and nickle, and in their place in the register, add the dollar and $2 coin, like Australia did. Coins are better than bills, because, though they cost more to make, they last longer.

  15. Re: We Need To Add To US Surveillance Programs? on Marco Rubio: We Need To Add To US Surveillance Programs (dailydot.com) · · Score: 2

    Can you point to a single bill introduced to confiscate any guns? There have been some buy back programs, but if there are any federal laws introduced or seriously talked about that would make a gun you own illegal. Changes to buying them is the main focus.

    But apparently, a new law to make private gun sales go through a FFL so background checks get done is the same as confiscation.

  16. Re: We Need To Add To US Surveillance Programs? on Marco Rubio: We Need To Add To US Surveillance Programs (dailydot.com) · · Score: 1

    The Republican platform:

    There's no problem that can't be solved with more guns or more surveillance.

  17. Re: In other words... on Hellfire Missile Mistakenly Shipped To Cuba · · Score: 1

    All sides? I can only find information that indicates some arms supplied to the rebels. What US arms are being supplied to ISIS? Or are you talking of the situation like Reagan and Bush funding and training Al Qaeda? Arming a group that changes allegiance later wasn't a problem when the Republican's funded the 9/11 attackers, but is now, when Daesh isn't striking the US? Such hypocrisy makes you look like a party hack.

    The enemy of my enemy is still my enemy is a lesson the US has learned may times, and forgotten the day after every time.

  18. Re:FTFY... on Twitter Bans 'Hateful Conduct' (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    How dare you lump such a man with the filth of SJW's.

    I didn't mention Dr. Martin Luthor King Jr.. I mentioned King George III in relation to the Founding Fathers, and called the founding fathers SJWs, as I've seen no definition that would exclude them, or MLK, for that matter. You didn't give a definition, other than the one I've used here many times that nobody likes, but nobody corrects.

    SJW:
    Someone I don't like.

  19. Re:It's more subtle on Quantifying How Much the Force Is Used In Star Wars (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Yeah, "canon" doesn't mean shit when the maker is JJ. Though, when he violates it, he likes to complain the complainers were wrong. And there were more than 2 Sith at various times in the canon.

    And how do we know that there aren't multiple Sith cells? 2, 3, 10000 pairs of Sith? Each cell of Sith is 2, but unrelated and not working together. All it takes to be Sith is to declare "I'm a Sith Lord". They aren't like Jedi where you have to take tests to graduate OT levels, and there are tests to measure your Thetan level, and all that. Read some books, claim lordship, and be a Sith.

  20. Re:In other words... on Hellfire Missile Mistakenly Shipped To Cuba · · Score: 4, Informative

    It's not like he's Bush or Reagan, presidents who did actually sell arms, and lots of them, to actual enemies.

  21. Re:It's more subtle on Quantifying How Much the Force Is Used In Star Wars (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Makes sense, R2 used the force to wait for the right moment to have the sabotage land him in the hands of a Skywalker. R2D2 was one of the stronger users of the force. Protecting Luke, always being at the center of attention, and coming out of it usually OK.

  22. Re:It's more subtle on Quantifying How Much the Force Is Used In Star Wars (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Sith apprentices had apprentices. At least canon lists Darth Tyrannus as having an apprentice while still serving Darth Sidious. Yoda's words meant that if one Sith is operating in the open, there must be another. Also note, Yoda isn't an expert in the Dark Side, he has trouble seeing the force around them, and has trouble with English. The quote could be more a guideline than a Sith rule. The Sith never define their rules. Only the Jedi are so OCD and arrogant to think that everything must have rules, and they must be consistent, so the Jedi can use the Sith's rules against them.

    The rule would appear to be more accurately worded as "No Sith would ever reveal himself without having a second Sith working with them."

  23. Re:Respect for the law for everyone, not just the on Uber In Retreat Across Europe · · Score: 1

    We romanticize everything. The south mentioned promotion of slavery as the #1 reason for seceding. Also mentioned was hating states rights. But not a single article of secession mentioned wanting stronger states rights as a reason to secede.

    But these days, people still assert that protecting states rights was a reason for the war.

    And the puritanical puritans are not remembered as such. Yet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... The first Black American pilot is unknown and unremembered. Possibly because the segregationist USA refused to allow him to serve as a pilot, so he fought for the USA under the French flag.

    We refuse to acknowledge things, and romanticize others, to paint a rosy picture of the past. Another reason why old people are conservative. They have lost their minds (mis-remembering the past, and wanting to go back to the simpler times that never existed).

  24. Re:First world problems... on EFF: T-Mobile "Binge On" Is Just Throttling of All Data (eff.org) · · Score: 1

    Do you speak English? It's descriptive, not prescriptive, thus the use of the word defines the definition, not what you think others should use the word to mean.

  25. It's more subtle on Quantifying How Much the Force Is Used In Star Wars (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Where's the accounting for Anakin using the force to win the pod race? Because it wasn't covered with extra voice overs, we don't count it? How about the force working without a human guidance? How else do you explain the timing in the motivator blowing in the other droid so Luke must end up with R2, who is one of the most force-attuned robots in the universe?

    And the force was strong with Han. He shoots to save Lando while blind in EP6. And the flight skills of him is force-touched.

    If I were making the movies, I'd make a 6-movie arc with the first 3 about the destruction of the first order, and the last 3 about the force. Ray should balance the force. The thing we were promised in Ep1 that never happened? Anakin brings about balance. But there never was balance. The monastic extremists called Jedi are not balanced. With vows of poverty and celibacy, if the universe joined them, extinction would follow. That's not balanced.

    The balance in the force is finding someone that can use the light and dark sides of the force at the same time. Someone who isn't monastically good, nor emperor evil, but in the middle. Then this balanced person, opens up the force to everyone. People like Han, Poe, Finn and more all exhibit the force at some time or another. So why do the evil Jedi keep the force to themselves, limiting entrance to the approved few? The Sith will let anyone with force train with them. So those strong in force the Jedi won't take have no choice but the Sith. Balance would be Force for everyone (please use responsibly). After all, everyone has it, not just Jedi or Sith. Some just have it more or less than others.