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  1. Re:I know we don't like EA... on SimCity's Empire Has Fallen and Skylines Is Picking Up the Pieces · · Score: 1

    ideally yes... the cloverleafs in the game are shot.

    but the issue here is they go into the right lane a few exits early... so putting the exit before only work if there is only one exit for a long long long time, which isn't real lifeish.

  2. Small things forgiven... on SimCity's Empire Has Fallen and Skylines Is Picking Up the Pieces · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I've sunk a bunch of time into it and gotten to 7 tiles so far, feels like a big city and a number of highway entrances, subways, trains etc... feels spacious and i don't have to destroy my early area to keep moving forwards...

    But yea, there are some annoyances like the traffic backups here and there and finding ways that shouldn't be needed around them, but they aren't EA, they set the price lower and have been open about what they are doing. They've built up goodwill so I cut them a lot of slack. It's a good game and worth the time and money.

    Now they start doing stuff like EA has over the years with madden exclusivity, the sim city stuff and everything else, then I won't even look at games they release.

    I didn't know they were coming out with a different Europa Universalis, which is a game I enjoyed many years ago and totally forgot about...

  3. Re:I know we don't like EA... on SimCity's Empire Has Fallen and Skylines Is Picking Up the Pieces · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I can work around em, but yea... when my trains all get piled up it is a problem...

    and cars going to the right lane miles before their exit causing a backup with cars merging on is a problem too...

  4. Re:But does it matter any more? on Windows 10 IE With Spartan Engine Performance Vs. Chrome and Firefox · · Score: 1

    I wouldn't put it past Microsoft anymore with the idea of Windows everywhere... they put Office on Ipads, they could decide to do other things as well.

  5. Re:It's not every day you get to... on Doctor Who To Teach Kids To Code · · Score: 1

    True, they did do some power upgrades and features, so a non conductive floor or stairs couldn't stop them. Dalek Sec was different than most and did turn a human into a dalek/human mutant as part of the final experiment... so they did try stuff out

    modern Dr Who creatures are some scary stuff for kids though... Between the Daleks, Cybermen, Angels, the stuff in the library (can't think of their name), the moon spiders recently, and everything else, My kids have to wait till they are older, then I will go back and watch modern Dr Who with them. I don't want to deal with the nightmares just yet.

  6. Re:It's not every day you get to... on Doctor Who To Teach Kids To Code · · Score: 2, Informative

    Daleks aren't machines though... Those are the cybermen.

    A Dalek is a living being inside the armor.

    not sure which would be better to meet, but I would pick the Dalek if I had the choice. Cybermen either upgrade you to a cyberman, or they delete you. There isn't middle ground, while ad Dalek doesn't ALWAYS destroy and kill, they will use people as leverage too.

  7. Re:The THREE shells: on Microsoft's Asimov System To Monitor Users' Machines In Real Time · · Score: 3, Interesting

    it's so classified that you can't even use the number for it.

    Had something similar trying to get support for why a government website wouldn't work for a user. We were supposed to trust a cert issued by a CA we couldn't reach to verify, and the person that called me back (because you can't call them) let me hear about it since i put the ip address of the server I was looking for assistance with in the request. It has no name, but that is apparently a security breach and had to be reported. How else are you gonna know what I am trying to get to?

  8. Re:4-8 LITERS?! on Blood For Extra Credit Points Offer Raises Eyebrows In Test-Mad China · · Score: 1

    It's not THAT much, I give at work when the blood center comes around, so they have me down as 35 donations since 2005, I know some of them were double reds, but even if all of them were one pint only, that's still only 16.5 liters, or a bit over 4 gallons.

    given time it adds up quickly.

  9. Re:magicJack alternative? on Google Hangouts Gets Google Voice Integration And Free VoIP Calls · · Score: 1

    I will continue to keep magic jack, because that means i have a "landline" for kids and babysitters.

    My kids are FAR too young for mobile phones, and i don't want to collect babysitter cell phone numbers. Magicjack fits the need and cheaply, so we won't be dropping them.

  10. Re: Too late on Hackers Behind Biggest-Ever Password Theft Begin Attacks · · Score: 1

    May be off in my understanding of dashlane, but I don't think it decrypts it until you have a request for it. With that something may be able to figure out how to start requesting them, but I have more faith in that process handing the password off to their agent for a browser than what I know of ones that use a file you put on dropbox to keep safe... yes you can encrypt the whole database, but that to me makes it more susceptible...

    I also wouldn't personally trust one from symantec, mcafee or one of those that try to be everything to everyone... I feel better about one that does one thing well instead of an afterthought product to get more in there.

  11. Re: Too late on Hackers Behind Biggest-Ever Password Theft Begin Attacks · · Score: 1

    I THINK the normal trial is a month, so this will give you more time to see if it works for you. Otherwise local only is free, the syncing stuff is what the premium stuff is for.

  12. Re: Too late on Hackers Behind Biggest-Ever Password Theft Begin Attacks · · Score: 1

    Here's a link to the longer trial
    https://www.dashlane.com/en/cs...

  13. Re: Too late on Hackers Behind Biggest-Ever Password Theft Begin Attacks · · Score: 1

    I've been using Dashlane, it's been really good for me, there is a cost and a free trial. If you want the 6 month trial let me know and i'll post a link.

    The benefit that gives is password syncing, so it's stored by them as well as your phone/tablet and computer, your master password decrypts them so they can be used. Dashlane also alerts me to any website i have a password for that reports a hack so i know right away to change the password.

    This won't do anything for device encryption, just passwords.

  14. Re:many sites still dumb on Hackers Behind Biggest-Ever Password Theft Begin Attacks · · Score: 2

    my bank went from unlimited characters to 10 with no special characters...

    Took me so long to figure out why I couldn't change my password... Thought there is no way this isn't complex enough... turns out I had to trim 6 characters off it and remove the symbols and such... made for a sad day.

    Their response was that it didn't matter because a brute force attack would be locked out long before it could try the other characters.

  15. Re: Too late on Hackers Behind Biggest-Ever Password Theft Begin Attacks · · Score: 1

    Get a password management program.

    I've been using one for just over a year, there is a master password that isn't stored anywhere, and everything i log into has a different password.

    If I need to log in at home i fire up the program and it will autofill passwords on the right sites, if i'm at work i use my phone or the website to get the passwords, and it reminds me every x amount of days to reset the passwords.

    not 100% since nothing is, but much better than the old methods.

  16. Re:Not surprising on California DMV Told Google Cars Still Need Steering Wheels · · Score: 1

    So imagine if people are expected to not only realize they are doing it, but to then also hit an override and take over. It ain't gonna happen in time to be meaningful for this type of thing.

  17. Re:Not surprising on California DMV Told Google Cars Still Need Steering Wheels · · Score: 1

    The whole split second decision to me is funny...

    After a while, who is going to be in any kind of position to make a split second decision?

    You will be reading a book, daydreaming, sleeping or just plain zoned out, maybe you realize what is going on, and probably don't have time to remember how to override it plus get yourself into the position to drive your way out of it.

    for a while yes, people will pay attention, but VERY soon after all will be forgotten.

    If you need assurance this will happen I have two things for you. Take the average person you will meet in your life, then remember that by definition half the people out there are dumber than that.

    Those half are clicking the Okay button in the popup DOS window saying their computer is infected because the computer told them to. It's a DOS window, it must be my computer so it's okay to click the big button in it..

  18. Re:Short term on California DMV Told Google Cars Still Need Steering Wheels · · Score: 1

    A taxi service would be excellent this way. drive people around while you can, then return to fill up with gas when needed.

  19. Re:Not surprising on California DMV Told Google Cars Still Need Steering Wheels · · Score: 3, Interesting

    My whole concern is you sit there for say 2 months letting the car drive itself and you sit paying attention and all is good.

    Then you go on a 2-3 hour drive, maybe to the really boring Illinois highways (just drove north on them, and yea, straight and boring) so you nod off a little or pay less attention mainly because you can, and life has been good with no issues.

    How do you know to take sudden control of the car to save your life, or can you even possibly understand and react that fast?

    Is sitting facing forward now a more dangerous position? what if EVERYONE faces backwards in these for safety (granted some will get sick doing it), or maybe you could be better protected laying down?

  20. Re:Not surprising on California DMV Told Google Cars Still Need Steering Wheels · · Score: 1

    Remote controlled car sounds closest to what this sounds like, however that is not at all what Google is trying to do.

  21. Re: The world we live in. on New Nail Polish Alerts Wearers To Date Rape Drugs · · Score: 1

    Now hold on there... I take great offense to this.

    Like Police, Teachers and all kinds of others, I would say 90-95% are good people doing good things, the 5-10% give it all a bad name. If we found/find someone who wasn't living up to standards, we remove them from membership and when applicable alert law enforcement. plain and simple. Most groups I talked to did the same. Our declaration of principles talks about secrets, but it's secrets that a family would keep (and keeping rituals secret is mainly intended to give them value to the person knowing them, not because they are scandalous. Not much value is normally given to public knowledge), breaking the law is not something you can expect to "be covered" on, and being a bad person is a sure way to find the door.

    Now if we are talking frats vs fraternities, then yes there is a difference. a frat is a drinking club, a fraternity is a wholesome thing with adult oversight from local volunteers and a national/international body that also oversees the groups. Yes there are some bad actors, but they are typically either removed, or do something dumb and get the whole chapter closed if they aren't dealt with.

  22. Re:Good, I say on Why Morgan Stanley Is Betting That Tesla Will Kill Your Power Company · · Score: 1

    Brilliant! what could POSSIBLY go wrong?

    I for one can't see anything. Engineers could fix problems from anywhere in the world... from their smart phone.

  23. Re:Bubbles on Inside the Facebook Algorithm Most Users Don't Even Know Exists · · Score: 1

    explains my 4 year old running around the house singing nationwide is on your side...

    The girl is perpetually happy and heard that on the radio, never to be forgotten... along with the "fact" she told me about MLKjr.

    He had a dream, then he died. like Jesus and great grandpa. well yea... but you're kind missing some important parts there... Jesus died in the crosswalk for us.

  24. Re:Does it have Cold resistance level 2 on Ebola Outbreak Continues To Expand · · Score: 1

    I have universal pandemic on my phone, had pandemic before it as well, same game, different name.

  25. Re:Does it have Cold resistance level 2 on Ebola Outbreak Continues To Expand · · Score: 1

    Pandemic reference anyone?

    In the game you can get antibiotics resistance to your deadly virus, cold or heat resistance etc...

    Pretty sure that is where this one was going...