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  1. Anoying Forbes Link! on LIGO Will Make Gravitational Waves Announcement on Thursday · · Score: 2

    The heck with that...

  2. Re:No problem on Wired To Block Ad-Blocking Users, Offer Subscription (wired.com) · · Score: 1

    The advertisers need to understand that they really can't win this war

    I wonder why it would be so difficult.
    Just host the ads on your own site, and use a randomised name for the image (ie not /banner_ad.jpg)

    And don't use JavaScript to deliver the ad. How is that difficult?

    I checked today, and the site was trying to call JavaScripts from fourteen domains!
    And that doesn't count nested calls, which they have a lot of.
    Fourteen! The mind reels.

  3. Re: Nobody is buying email software anymore on Ask Slashdot: Why Are Major Companies Exiting the Spam Filtering Business? (slashdot.org) · · Score: 1

    Also, Microsoft and Google have their own spam filtering solutions

    Not quite right.
    Microsoft did the same thing with Forefront.
    It used to be "Antigen", the MS$ bought it.

    Now they have shut it down as well.

  4. A Distraction on CIA: 10 Tips When Investigating a Flying Saucer (cia.gov) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The release is part of a series of old documents dredged up as a nod to the return of The X-Files to TV this weekend

    Horse manure.
    It's yet another opaque way of distracting the public from the real sh*t they are up to.
    Like:

    NO CARRIER

  5. This technology was used to determine how many coders were used for the Stuxnet attack.
    That was back in 2010.
    Using that, they determined that a team of 20 people were used, indicating a state-sponsored attack of remarkable complexity...

  6. Not At All Surprising on LSD Microdosing Gaining Popularity For Silicon Valley Professionals (rollingstone.com) · · Score: 1

    I remeber reading - decades ago - how the US Military (some division or other) was researching drugs that would increase human intelligence - if only for a short while. No doubt that work continued. One of the most promising was "Lysergine", which is (I believe) a chemical percussor to (or derivative of) LSD.

  7. Christian - inspired violence is so rare as be not merely exceptional, but aberrant. Christians are, sadly, humans, and do engage in violence, but such violence is rarely in the name of their faith.

    I thought you knew what you were talking about until I read that.
    Crusades, anyone?

  8. "Both Russian and Egyptian officials on UK and US Suspect That ISIS Bomb Took Down Flight 9268 (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    "Both Russian and Egyptian officials discount the claim"

    You know the saying...Denial ain't just a river in Egypt...

  9. The Mind Reels on UK Plans To Allow Warrantless Searches of Internet History (telegraph.co.uk) · · Score: 0

    UK and Australia seem to be two of the worst countries in the world,
    followed closely by the USA and Canada.

    What kind of world are we building?

  10. Re:Foreign policy affects on China Ends One-Child Policy · · Score: 1

    Are the parents who have only one child now of an age where they can affect national policy

    Policy is made by the corrupt Communist Party, not voters.
    Party members (as noted above) are not restricted in most any way.
    So, the answer: Not. One. Bit.

  11. Don't Know How You Made That Conclusion on The Hostile Email Landscape (liminality.xyz) · · Score: 4, Informative

    I run a small email system ~2500 users and don't have your problems...

  12. Free Phone Apps! on If You're Not Paranoid About Your Privacy, You're Crazy (theatlantic.com) · · Score: 1

    Why do "free" apps require access to your address book?
    You figure it out...

    Problem is, other people (like IT sales monkeys) have my contact information in their address books.
    And they ignorantly use "free" apps.

    Result: I get targeted spam.

  13. In Other News on 13% of CompSci Grads Have Starting Salaries Over $100K · · Score: 2

    13% of CompSci Grads are Routinely Lying in Surveys

  14. Nice, But on Samsung Releases First 2TB Consumer SSD For Laptops · · Score: 1

    Would like to have seen a SAS version.

  15. Cuba's Charm on Export Ban Drives Cuba To Non-US Analytics Software To Boost Tourism · · Score: 1

    Unfortunately will be lost if Americans are allowed to swarm the place, bringing 7-11s, Motel6s, McDonalds and Coke, etc.

  16. Re:this already exists on USBKill Transforms a Thumb Drive Into an "Anti-Forensic" Device · · Score: 1

    Or when you sneeze!

  17. Re:Looks like the prophet's gunmen on Two Gunman Killed Outside "Draw the Prophet" Event In Texas · · Score: 1

    After the Paris "Charlie Hebdo" shooting, it was obvious that such an event, in Texas, would be well protected against similar attacks. Isn't that attack another proof that fanaticism == stupidity?

    Stupid question: Which "fanatics" are you referring to?

  18. Since We Don't Have Sonny Bono on The Power of Backroom Lobbying: How the Music Industry Got a Copyright Extension · · Score: 1

    Maybe we could name this the "Rita McNeil Copyright Extension Act". Whaddaya think?

  19. BTUs? Are You Frickin Serious? on New Study Suggests Flying Is Greener Than Driving · · Score: 1

    British Thermal Units? What century are you living in?

  20. Male Nurses on How To Increase the Number of Female Engineers · · Score: 1

    How much time, money, and gnashing of teeth is being invested in making sure that 50% of nurses are men?
    The latest stats show that something like 52-54% of university students are female.
    Can we pleeeeeease stop with the quota mentality?

  21. Re:Raise Them To Infinity! on The Great Canadian Copyright Giveaway: Copyright Extension For Sound Recordings · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Typically the artists are encouraged (or coerced) to "sell" their copyrights to publishers/record companies. So extending the copyrights puts more money in corporate pockets, not artists.

  22. Raise Them To Infinity! on The Great Canadian Copyright Giveaway: Copyright Extension For Sound Recordings · · Score: 1

    And Beyond!

  23. Frikin Laser Beams? on ISS Could Be Fitted With Lasers To Shoot Down Space Junk · · Score: 1

    TFA Says Nothing About Sharks Though

  24. Ideum, Idea on Microsoft Rolls Out Project Spartan With New Windows 10 Build · · Score: 0

    The "suggestion box" page for Project Spartan is already filling up with idea from users

    One ideum. Two ideas.

  25. Re:Notify CTO, CFO & CEO offices on How Do You Handle the Discovery of a Web Site Disclosing Private Data? · · Score: 2

    This should not have been modded "Funny"; it's actually a very good strategy. I got taken off a corporate spam list (HP) by contacting "Office of the President". Nothing else I tried would work. Got a similar result with my ban when I couldn't get the payout amount for my mortgage. It was a reasonable request, but I was stonewalled - so I contacted the Pres. Got called back the same day with all the info I needed.