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  1. Re:Picked up a book. on Slashdot Asks: How Did You Learn How To Code? · · Score: 1

    Yeah, in grade six (elementary school, gr 1-6), you got to visit junior high (gr 7-9), and during that visit, I saw computers [Apple IIs]. I took the computer class [well, I took every computer class I could]. Day 1, instructor has us do the "Hello World" program in Apple Basic.

    Me: How to I make it do a listing of what's on the floppy disk.
    Instructor: I don't know.
    Me: Can I borrow the manual for the computer until the next class.
    Instructor: Sure, sign it out.

    From that moment until I moved to High School (gr 10-12), I knew more about programming than the instructors.

    And IIRC, you make it do the listing by doing PRINT "(cntl D)CATALOG" Might need a semicolon at the end

  2. Re:Wow, a page from the Valery Fabrikant on UCLA Shooter Accused Victim Of Stealing His Computer Code · · Score: 1

    I just knew learning Cobol was a big mistake.

  3. Re: Recession is really a depression on US Death Rate Rises, Health Officials Aren't Sure Why (nbcnews.com) · · Score: 1

    It may be beef many people are not willing to consume.

    Hell, hot dog "meat" is that expensive, and you do NOT want to know what's in that.

  4. Re:Say what you want about global warming on NASA Satellite Finds 39 Unreported Sources of Toxic Air Pollution (phys.org) · · Score: 1

    You get to stand around, covered in blood, saying to yourself "At least I agree with me."

  5. Re:Private Enterprise at work finding holes on Hackers Find Bugs, Extort Ransom, Call It a Public Service (threatpost.com) · · Score: 1

    Nope, if you incorporate, and then get valued at, say, $50mil or more, then you can probably do this legally, because you are in the "security" business.

  6. Re: First on Eric Holder Says Snowden Performed 'Public Service' (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    He better watch out....Trump is gonna get Putin to deport his ass back to the USA...

  7. Re:Canada gets screwed by the AGW scam on Canada's Energy Superpower Status Threatened As World Shifts Off Fossil Fuel (www.cbc.ca) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    This is a suspect phrase: "cheap renewable electricity".

    It will only be "cheaper" by boosting the prices for all other types of electricity.

  8. Re:Don't use IoT on How The IoT Will Change The Chip (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    Yeah, IoT for business is all over security. Totally secure. It's all plug-n-play heaven with a big security bow on top. Because they've been doing it for so long, they can't do it wrong.

  9. Re: What's wrong with using COBOL? on Department of Homeland Security Still Uses COBOL (softpedia.com) · · Score: 1

    Go is the one true language of evil.

  10. Re: I was young and stupid once. on Scott Walker Rents Out Email and Donor Lists To Pay Campaign Debt (wisconsingazette.com) · · Score: 1

    more like throwing money in a trash fire and declaring it money well spent.

  11. Yeah, for some reason you just happen to max out at just below the number of hours to be considered full time. Sorry, no more room on the schedule for you.

  12. Re:Why would you ever give that refund? on Amazon Stops Giving Refunds When an Item's Price Drops After You Purchase It (recode.net) · · Score: 1

    well, the next move for Amazon will be to charge you the higher of the two prices [the price when you clicked "buy" and the current price when the order is fulfilled], using the claim to charge the higher amount later being that the contract was only entered into/accepted once the order shipped. And that you agreed to it via clause 18.3.6.b.12 of their TOS, which they notified you that they had updated via their email to you saying "The TOS for Amazon has been updated. Log into your Amazon account to accept the new TOS and then read the 427 page document".

  13. Re:Apple has an insane amount of money on Avoiding BlackBerry's Fate: How Apple Could End Up In a Similar Position (marco.org) · · Score: 1

    Guess this is delayed until Intel decides to go back to doing their 'we will have amobile processor that will take over the world and should be available next year' thing that they've been doing for the past 15 years or so and have finally decided to stop doing it...
    http://www.anandtech.com/show/10288/intel-broxton-sofia-smartphone-socs-cancelled

  14. Re:Correct phrasing. on How Militarized Cops Are Zapping Rights With Stingray (alternet.org) · · Score: 0

    Unfortunately, the DoJ has a written opinion from one of their in-house lawyers that says it doesn't apply. And DHS, FBI, NSA, state and local police all operate using this legal opinion.

    And no, you can't see it.

  15. Re:free as in libre not as in beer on Linux Advocate Suggests Using More Closed-Source Software (techrepublic.com) · · Score: 1

    ,,,the less likely you will be to post on slashdot...

  16. Re:Correct phrasing. on How Militarized Cops Are Zapping Rights With Stingray (alternet.org) · · Score: 0

    No, the constitution does not apply to anything invented since it was written.

  17. Re:This is what happens... on Scientists Say Nuclear Fuel Pools Pose Safety, Health Risks (nbcnews.com) · · Score: 1

    so then explain why are anal probes not required to fly yet? we've had the shoe bomber, then the underwear bomber. anal cavity bomber is clearly next on the list.

  18. Re:Old people on Motorola's Legendary RAZR Flip Phone Is Making a Comeback (engadget.com) · · Score: 0

    OMG. it could act as a bluetooth headset, and with all the extra empty space inside, it could also be a small gun. a bluetooth headset gun.

    you're welcome!

  19. Re:TV "journalists" watch a movie on TV Journalists Try Buying AK-47 On Dark Web, Fail (deepdotweb.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Well, you don't really want the gov't, or really anyone else, to be setting some kind of bar to indicate who can be part of the 'press', because then it becomes very open to abuse. And that's generally worse than bad reporting by your grandma.

  20. Re:well intentioned? on Civil Liberties Expert Argues Snowden Was Wrong (usnews.com) · · Score: 2

    "well intentions" is very rarely a good thing for any police or spy agency to follow.

    And there is still no explanation why, when the NSA has someone on staff only to tell them if a given "program" is legal or not legal, presumably with the highest clearance level, they don't actually run all their programs by that person. It's almost like they know it's not legal, but what the hell, we've got good intentions.

    And now that data gets to be datamined by the FBI looking for domestic crimes...

  21. Re:Does it have the special cop capabilities on Real-Life RoboCop Guards Shopping Centers In California (metro.co.uk) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    These things are just begging to be hacked to say something like "I am authorized to use lethal force if you do not put down that weapon in 10 seconds. Nine....." to anybody coming in range, say every couple of days. Just often enough to totally freak someone out, but rare enough that regular, human security thinks they are crazy.

  22. Youtube was not "forced". They CLEARLY had safe harbor protection, as long as they did DMCA takedowns. But instead they chose to create a completely separate system of takedowns where large corporations could arbitrarily claim ownership of either or both audio and/or video of any video clip, and then the same corporation would get to 'judge' whether the uploader has a valid reason for rejecting their claim the video.

  23. Re: Joke's on them! on Google Is A Serial Tracker (softpedia.com) · · Score: 1

    Jokes on you! I'm not even alive!

    Sent from my grave.

  24. Re:Only $9B valuation... on Theranos Withdraws Two Years of Blood Test Results (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    That definitely sounds like something Jesus would say.

  25. Yeah, that's the trick. You just make your failure "classified".

    And there is no chance anything Snowden released surpised Russia. They have well funded, very experienced foreign and domestic spying agencies.

    I would expect that only the dumbest, most naive "terrorist" would get caught using the stuff Snowden released. What catches terrorists is hard work, boots on the grounds. Trying to do it sitting behind a desk gets people killed.