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  1. Re:Blackberry not compatible with anything on BlackBerry Denies QNX Was To Blame In Jeep Cherokee Hack · · Score: 1

    QNX can't run shit. It's the underlying OS, basically a standalone embedded OS. It needs a completely separate layer above the OS to actually present a UI.

  2. Re:And this is a big problem WHERE? on Breathalyzer Bike Lock Stops Drunken Cyclists In Their Tracks · · Score: 1

    Yes, it is.

    But where are my shoe breathalyzers? Do you know how often a drunk person tries to walk home and is hit by a vehicle? I don't, but we still need to stop them from doing it.

  3. Re:Deliverance? on New Video Shows Shot Down Drone Hovered For Only 22 Seconds · · Score: 1

    Why drag George Bush Jr. into this?

  4. Re:Security Alert on HTC Doesn't Protect Fingerprint Data · · Score: 1

    and of course, destroy the gloves after use.

  5. Re:Yay! on Cortana Can Now Replace Google Now On Android Devices · · Score: 1

    Really? Because I used DDG for a month or two, and found the search results MUCH less relevant than doing the same search in Google, and I never am logged into google for doing my searches.

  6. Re:Opportunity on "Pixels" DMCA Takedown Even Worse Than We Thought · · Score: 1

    The 'media' is owned by the same corporations doing this shit. You might find a independent station somewhere that will spend 30 seconds on it in their news broadcast as a 'funny mistake kind of thing' [because to cover it in a way that could make someone care about the situation would probably take 5 or 10 minutes or more]. But none of the major networks will cover this because:
    1) they do it
    2) they are owned by a company that also owns a bunch of other companies that also do it

    And there is nothing you can do about it, because it is literally impossible to roll back copyright legislation.

  7. Re:cat videos for enthropy on Linux Servers' Entropy Pool Too Shallow, Compromising Security · · Score: 1

    There's always somebody who just has to look.

  8. Re:Companies should say"No clicking links from ema on Tech Firm Ubiquiti Suffers $46M Cyberheist · · Score: 1

    Why would you bother phoning the bank after the call, other than to warn them that someone is trying to defraud you?

  9. Re:Don't think you should be interrogating people. on Finnish Police: If You See Uber Car, Call 911 · · Score: 1

    No, he's from America, where it's "shoot first, questions later"

  10. Re:Now that's just evil on Windows 10's Privacy Policy: the New Normal? · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Except it's not about making the software better. It's about making more money by selling the information you get from this 'feedback'.

    This is happening everywhere you have software running connected to the internet. Vehicles, IoT, mobile apps, desktop software, web apps.

    It's the idea that you didn't pay them enough up front, that they deserve an ongoing revenue stream at long as that license is being used and there are no limits as to what they can do to get that money.

  11. Re:Atoms....not Xeons. on Military Data Center In a Suitcase To Get Commercial Release · · Score: 1

    Of course, you also get a 12 cubic foot backpack filled with batteries to keep it running for 30 minutes...

  12. Re:Perfect Cell on Chemical Treatment Transforms Skin Cells Into Neurons · · Score: 1

    hey, that's my brain you are touching!

  13. Re:Waiting for Fantastic Five myself on Fantastic Four Reboot Released To Tepid Reception · · Score: 1

    It's been done, but I understand you hesitation at getting involved with your own mother.

  14. Re:Amazon... on Leaked Documents Suggests Uber Is 'Losing Millions' · · Score: 2

    Oh yes they are immune, because it's all done over the internet.

  15. Re:It is what it is on Twilight of the Bomb · · Score: 1
  16. Re:eff? I will try it on EFF Releases Privacy Badger, an Addon That Algorithmically Blocks Online Trackers · · Score: 1

    No, as they are doing a global 'man-in-the-middle' attack on the internet.

  17. Re:Is there even a reason to patch airgapped machi on Ask Slashdot: Patch Management For Offline Customer Systems? · · Score: 1

    No, the CEO will be even less computer aware than that guy. Most likely, the CEO will have his secretary print out his email. And read it to him.

  18. Re:Does it look like a penis to you, too? on Tesla's Creepy 'Solid Metal Snake' Robotic Charger Slithers Its Way Into Model S · · Score: 1

    It'll ship with a vibrator attachment.

    "Honey, I need to go out to the garage and check the car..."

  19. Re:Oh boy on Israeli Security Company Builds "Unhackable" Version of Windows · · Score: 1

    What do you mean?

    I assume it involves a computer that is unplugged from everything, including it's power cord, in a locked box. And they used linux to erase the Windows partition on internal HD.

  20. Re:It is what it is on Twilight of the Bomb · · Score: 1, Interesting

    The US gov't tried and executed Japanese soldiers for doing to their POWs what their own soldiers [and non-soldiers, ie, the CIA] did to their prisoners.

    Only they went "oh, no. totally different. we call that an enhanced interrogation technique. not torture at all. certainly not a war crime, as these enemy combatants aren't in uniform. in fact, they don't officially exist."

  21. Re:frist post!!! on Zimperium Releases Stagefright Detection Tool and Vulnerability Demo Video · · Score: 1

    Finally, a first post that makes some sense.

  22. Re:Backfire on Microsoft Open-Sources Windows Bridge For iOS · · Score: 0

    'buying' is an overstatement. More like "Given and ordered to use".

  23. Re: Backfire on Microsoft Open-Sources Windows Bridge For iOS · · Score: 1, Troll

    If you have actually used it to run a windows app, you would know IT TOTALLY SUCKS. Yes, the app may 'run', either partially or fully, but it's worse than even a Java app. It sure as hell ain't 'ported' to the OS.

    You only use Wine if you are too lazy to bother pirating Windows to run in a VM.

  24. Re:RTFA? on Ask Slashdot: Can You Disable Windows 10's Privacy-Invading Features? · · Score: 1

    That would be batshit crazy. Dumbing down the interface because you have less data.

    Unfortunately, it is the Microsoft way.

  25. Re: Hmmm on Drone Drops Drugs Onto Ohio Prison Yard · · Score: 1

    Right. Two weeks later, the rest of the crew show up and wipe out your family.