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  1. Re:Frequency != Bandwidth on Next Generation of Wireless -- 5G -- Is All Hype (backchannel.com) · · Score: 1

    I think the idea is that for a given fractional bandwidth, the absolute bandwidth is higher at higher frequency...

  2. They discover you cheated by running the program again and seeing different results?

  3. Re:You simply don't have home automation.. on Ask Slashdot: Can You Have A Smart Home That's Not 'In The Cloud'? · · Score: 1

    Does "some place far away" include sitting on your couch, and using a remote control?

  4. Re:You simply don't have home automation.. on Ask Slashdot: Can You Have A Smart Home That's Not 'In The Cloud'? · · Score: 1

    I was under the impression that Amazon and Google voice recognition was always done on their servers?

  5. Re:The Dumbing of America on Merry Christmas - Be an Erector Engineer! · · Score: 1

    So you think nothing of technological significance has happened since the moon landings? You think there were no dumb people in the 40s and 50s?

  6. Re:Memory erased by cosmic rays on Ask Slashdot: Your Most Unusual Hardware Hack? · · Score: 1

    That's pretty neat... I wonder if it would be feasible to just design the whole thing such that some large fraction of the mass intentionally acts as a gyroscope in normal operation?

  7. Re:Logic on How a Scientist Fooled Millions With Bizarre Chocolate Diet Claims · · Score: 1

    Broccoli is my secret weight loss miracle food. It's both extremely filling and extremely low in calories. If you happen to like the taste of broccoli, there is no better snack food for losing weight.

  8. Re:How far will it go? on Jaguar and Land Rover Just Created Transparent Pillars For Cars · · Score: 1

    All humans are too stupid to drive, which is why computers should be driving instead.

  9. Re:Ss? on When Spies and Crime-Fighters Squabble Over How They Spy On You · · Score: 1
  10. Re:Please explain on How Deep Does the Multiverse Go? · · Score: 1

    Good point! It is my understanding that modern science does not claim knowledge of any events prior to the big bang, nor does it claim that such a region of spacetime (or meta-spacetime, or whatever) exists at all. My understanding certainly could be wrong, but if not, it seems to simply suggest that the author of the article doesn't really know what he's talking about.

  11. Headline is wrong on The Higgs Boson Should Have Crushed the Universe · · Score: 1

    It should read "theory incorrect, must be modified to be compatible with real world"

  12. Re:So how is that going to work on Chinese Vendor Could Pay $34.9M FCC Fine In Signal-Jammer Sting · · Score: 1

    I think he meant "ask that question and also verify that the answer is yes", but in the case of broadcasters, it's clearly no. I don't think any modern citizen has any say over what is transmitted through their property. Seems like probably a good thing to me, though...

  13. Re:So how is that going to work on Chinese Vendor Could Pay $34.9M FCC Fine In Signal-Jammer Sting · · Score: 2

    I saw the "they can find the jammer but not me" angle pretty easily, but not the next thing you said. Just curious, how might you make it truly impossible to find the source of the signal, with multiple antennae? Do you think it would still be impossible if the searchers considered the possibility of multiple antennae? If that's an impossible problem to solve, the reason isn't obvious to me, I wonder if you could explain why?

  14. Why not just use noise from the various antennas? on Physicists Turn 8MP Smartphone Camera Into a Quantum Random Number Generator · · Score: 2

    Bluetooth, GPS, NFC. At the very least, the cell/wifi are listening anytime you're online anyway, and with the relatively large bandwidth there should be plenty of entropy in that noise. Right?

  15. Re:Lack of range on What If the Next Presidential Limo Was a Tesla? · · Score: 1

    You are overlooking the fact that presidential vehicles are extremely over-designed.

  16. Re:The important question is on What If the Next Presidential Limo Was a Tesla? · · Score: 1

    What you mean to say is, GM has a very long track record, while Tesla does not.

  17. Re:There is but one true password manager on Ask Slashdot: How Do You Manage Your Passwords? · · Score: 1

    You're a fucking idiot. There are other options for password management in Linux. Just because this company chooses not to support it, doesn't mean anything.

  18. Re:There is but one true password manager on Ask Slashdot: How Do You Manage Your Passwords? · · Score: 4, Informative

    every platform.... except desktop linux?

  19. Re:Keepass on Ask Slashdot: How Do You Manage Your Passwords? · · Score: 1

    So, do you put the keyfile in your Dropbox folder, or no? If so, how is that more secure than using a password? Otherwise, do you just manually move it to different devices with a thumb drive or email, or what?

  20. Re:Air Gapped Box on Ask Slashdot: How Do You Manage Your Passwords? · · Score: 1

    Can you disable in BIOS?

  21. Re:Air Gapped Box on Ask Slashdot: How Do You Manage Your Passwords? · · Score: 1

    Some older laptops actually do have easily replaceable wifi modules (just unscrew and pry out), and if not, they still might have removeable antennae. Removing the antennae may not totally disable the wifi though.

  22. Re:CC? on The First Open Ranking of the World Wide Web Is Available · · Score: 2

    Maybe because the rank is controlled by links, and many pages link to CC even though people seldom follow those links?

  23. Re:Labview on Ask Slashdot: Why Are We Still Writing Text-Based Code? · · Score: 1

    No, that's really not true. It's the slowest development system I've ever used. The software engineers who develop the editor DO NOT UNDERSTAND that the keyboard is faster than the mouse.

  24. Re:Labview on Ask Slashdot: Why Are We Still Writing Text-Based Code? · · Score: 1

    False. You're an idiot.

  25. Re:WE WANT TEXT SLASHDOT on Ask Slashdot: Why Are We Still Writing Text-Based Code? · · Score: 1

    What's the big deal? Who cares?