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  1. Re:Utter. Nonsense. on We Could Have Had Cellphones Four Decades Earlier (reason.com) · · Score: 1

    1940 had encryption too...

    But not in real time. The idea of encrypting radio signals dates back to the early 1940s. But the first implementation of this for voice communications wasn't put into operation until the Cuban missile crisis (early 1960s).

    But why tie cellular communications to encryption? AMPS systems were analog, unencrypted and possible to eavesdrop with only a radio scanner. AMPS was in use into the current century. The channel control and cell handoff problem was also dependent on compact digital processing technology, which was developed in the 1960s and '70s.

  2. ... obfuscated C. What's white space?

  3. Re:Firing the starting gun on AGI on US Weighs Restricting Chinese Investment In Artificial Intelligence (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    1984 as a description of utopia.

    The date is a bit off. Try 2:14 a.m. EDT on August 29, 1997.

  4. Re:Car Analogy on Oil Changes, Safety Recalls, and Software Patches (daemonology.net) · · Score: 1

    I do all the work on my cars and I run a Linux desktop.

  5. Like Microsoft's Tay

  6. Have some domain knowledge on Ask Slashdot: How Can Programmers Move Into AI Jobs? · · Score: 1

    Programming is a tool. People with expertise in some STEM area make use of it. And they will increasingly upload their knowledge to AI systems.

    All those people who are self taught coders without a broad educational background will be left behind.

  7. Re:Lack of decent Internet access in most Seattle. on Real Estate Firm Identifies America's 'Top 25 Tech Cities' (cushmanwakefield.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    Having high bandwidth/low latency is more a requirement of MMORPG players than high tech. I've used X11 over DSL. It works. It works just fine on 10 Mbps network connections. Perhaps the desktop you are using just doesn't work well over networks.

  8. hencryption

    Encryption for chickens.

  9. Everybody has admin rights on Developer Accidentally Deletes Production Database On Their First Day On The Job (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    p.And this is what happens. How about dev, test and production accounts or environments? And a QA process in place to make sure code from the devs works properly before promoting it? And scripts prepared (and tested) for every maintenance and operation function. So nobody has to log on as admin and fat-finger anything on the command line.

  10. They were busy ... on Has the 40-year Old Mystery of the 'Wow!' Signal Been Solved? (newatlas.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    ... working on the "Meh" signal.

  11. ... the cell phones have been cracked and the gov't has decided that the data obtained would be better used in further investigations rather then the current prosecutions. So they don't turn it over to the defense as a part of discovery. They don't even admit that they've got it.

  12. At around 20 kV, the wires from the motors will make fine conductors. And a few millimeters of plastic that drones are made of means nothing.

  13. Re:lol theyre stupid on Has the 40-year Old Mystery of the 'Wow!' Signal Been Solved? (newatlas.com) · · Score: 1

    comets dont have radios

    Yes they do

  14. On the encryptionhay.

  15. Re:Wasn't this on here already? on No, Your Phone Didn't Ring. So Why Voice Mail From a Telemarketer? (lifehacker.com) · · Score: 1

    Yes. But you didn't reply to the last one. So we posted it again.

  16. Re:use their tools against them. on No, Your Phone Didn't Ring. So Why Voice Mail From a Telemarketer? (lifehacker.com) · · Score: 1

    leave ring-less voice-mail drops for politicians

    "Hello. This is Lenny."

  17. It can bridge between two phase conductors. Or between one phase and a grounded structure like a pole or crossarm.

  18. Re:any laser will watermark the document on Researcher Wants To Protect Whistleblowers Against Hidden Printer Dots (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 2

    This.

    And even if you feed a color printer a black and while document, what's to stop it's firmware from inserting the yellow dots? AFAIK, these watermarks aren't part of the PDF content. The printer generates them.

    Of course, I could mess up the watermarking process by refusing to replace my printer's yellow ink cartridge.

  19. Knee Jerk on British PM Seeks Ban On Encryption After Terror Attack (boingboing.net) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    What leads May or her advisers to believe that this attack might have been thwarted if they had the powers that they ask for? This is just another tick-mark on the Five Eyes agenda. Conceivably any event could be used to support their argument, no mater how weakly related.

  20. Re:It is pretty shocking and telling of our times on Former FBI Director Admitted He Was the Source Of At Least One Leak To the Press (theoutline.com) · · Score: 1

    He clearly stated that the notes he published contained no classified information

    As for classified notes, he was the head of the FBI. Of course he made classified notes.

    [facepalm]

  21. Re:Beauty is good. Function is good. on The Hidden Ways That Architecture Affects How You Feel (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    And then you still can't get a building permit.

  22. If he worked for Apple Maps it would have been justifiable homicide.

  23. Re:Beauty is good. Function is good. on The Hidden Ways That Architecture Affects How You Feel (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    a city run by Democrats

    But you can't get a building permit.

  24. Re:Full Blown Windows on a phone? on Intel Fires Warning Shot At Qualcomm and Microsoft Over Windows 10 ARM Emulation (hothardware.com) · · Score: 1

    This won't be the first time Microsoft has blown Windows on a phone.

  25. 8 kilobyte move on Ask Slashdot: What Is Your View On Sloot Compression? (youtube.com) · · Score: 2

    But you need to download a 370 Mb CODEC for each one.