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  1. Re:Will that actually help? Also, Wi-Fi on 150 Filmmakers and Photojournalists Call On Nikon, Sony, and Canon To Build in Encryption (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Imagine you interview someone and they say something that might incriminate themselves.

    This is why the smart people disguise themselves before going on camera. You can't trust the reporter. They might be idiots, in bed with local LE, or just want to leave your country with all of their appendages intact.

    From this point on, it's not so much a matter of hiding the raw footage from the police as it is getting it to a neutral jurisdiction for later publication. If they (LE) want to see it, just tell them to watch 60 Minutes next week.

  2. Wifi upload is the best.

    This.

    You can upload to a small Raspberry Pi (or similar) device concealed somewhere nearby. From there, you can implement whole disk encryption and/or forward it to The Cloud. If law enforcement stops you, you can offer to show them how many views their current activity is getting on YouTube.

  3. Re:Broadcast TV fees are ridiculous on Comcast Raises Controversial 'Broadcast TV' and 'Sports' Fees $48 Per Year (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    They didn't have to beg very hard. "Must carry" rules said they had to be carried for free.

    I'm talking about the way things were before that law was passed in 1992. When cable TV systems were largely community antenna systems, they had the option to carry or not carry local broadcast stations. In a few cases, the CATV operators would actually charge broadcasters for the privilege of being on their cable. Broadcasters didn't like this and got a law passed which says if they want a cable system to carry their programming, the cable system must do so. But for free. Broadcasters have the option to request licensing fees for their content, but that triggers a clause in the law which gives cable companies the option to drop them.

    Not a lot. It is really inconvenient to deal with two sources (cable and OTA),

    Your problem, not the cable systems. They are providing you with a service to make your TV watching life easier. The least you could do is to pay for it. And broadcasters have been riding on the cable companies coattails for free as well. Much of the reason that you don't get decent OTA reception is that the broadcasters haven't bothered to maintain equipment suitable to cover their assigned areas, or installed repeaters to fill in dead spots. They can force the cable companies to carry their content (meanwhile whining that the cable systems are getting 'free' content) and leave fringe areas unserved.

  4. Re:Baloney on Fossil Fuel Divestment Has Doubled In the Last 15 Months (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    The "little people", to which you refer, due to sufficient numbers voted in Donald Trump

    One person, one vote. But when it comes to money, most of it flows between businesses. The common man represents a very small slice of the economic activity in this country.

  5. Re:Baloney on Fossil Fuel Divestment Has Doubled In the Last 15 Months (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    When enough customers do that, that (fossil) bank will be in trouble.

    You have an overly simplistic view of where banks make their money. If enough people stop borrowing from them, that could be a problem. But us little people are like the flea on the tail of a dog when it comes to bothering banks.

  6. Re:Isn't this the opposite of what you want to do? on Fossil Fuel Divestment Has Doubled In the Last 15 Months (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    This.

    Shall we explain how dividend yields work? ..... Nah.

  7. Re:Broadcast TV fees are ridiculous on Comcast Raises Controversial 'Broadcast TV' and 'Sports' Fees $48 Per Year (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    I can remember when cable systems were nothing more than community antennas. And the local broadcasters begged to get on them because otherwise in hilly areas not many people could receive them. Then they got greedy and had congress enact a law that required cable operators to pay them to carry their content. So now Comcast is being honest and recovering these costs from their customers. Next step: Make the local broadcast package optional and see how many people will just drop it.

    Look up the definition of "hoist with his own petard." In this case, I'm siding with Comcast.

  8. Re:Broadcast TV fees are ridiculous on Comcast Raises Controversial 'Broadcast TV' and 'Sports' Fees $48 Per Year (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Except the broadcasters aren't all that happy about viewers who fast forward through their commercials.

    Which is what I already do with their OTA broadcasts.

  9. Even if you managed to get some idea for a plane that flew without all that security past the objections that you'd face

    It's called general aviation. Get your own pilot's license and buy your own plane. Don't carry paying passengers and you can carry anything you are allowed to legally possess.

  10. More important problems on Radiation From Fukushima Disaster Reaches Oregon Coast (nypost.com) · · Score: 1

    We have these giant lizards to fight off. Don't bother us with your silly radiation.

  11. Re:Magnetic bullet? on 'Star In a Jar' Fusion Reactor Works, Promises Infinite Energy (space.com) · · Score: 2

    What would happen if you fired a magnetic bullet at it?

    Plant security would return fire, killing you instantly.

  12. Re:Physics Violation? on 'Star In a Jar' Fusion Reactor Works, Promises Infinite Energy (space.com) · · Score: 1

    And when we have converted everything to iron, we're finished.

  13. The IRS pays 30%.

  14. Knowing the IQ at DHS ... on DHS Tried To Breach Our Firewall, Says Georgia's Secretary of State (cyberscoop.com) · · Score: 1

    ... they were probably looking for Chechen rebels.

  15. I would much rather America be indebted to American companies

    The company that is the subject of this discussion is Irish.

  16. You Insensitive Clod! on John Glenn, First American To Orbit The Earth, Dies At 95 (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    Cubs win world series.

    I'm from Cleveland.

  17. Big deal on Audi Cars Now Talk To Stop Lights In Vegas (ieee.org) · · Score: 3, Funny

    I've been talking to traffic signals for years.

  18. Re:China on Audi Cars Now Talk To Stop Lights In Vegas (ieee.org) · · Score: 1

    Cool. A lot like the USA. Green: Everyone drives through. Amber: Everyone drives through. First 3 seconds of red: Everyone drives through.

  19. Re:Change how tickets are sold on Congress Passes BOTS Act To Ban Ticket-Buying Software (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    It's still possible for middlemen to game the system. If the demand for tickets (and the price people are willing to pay) rises as the concert date approaches, people will figure out a way to profit from that. Ban bots? People will figure out a way to have boiler rooms in India (cheap labor) buy tickets.

    The only way to get the profit from the time value of the ticket returned to the event producer and/or performer would be a system like airline tickets. Instead of being a bearer instrument (redeemable by anyone carrying the ticket), they would have to be assigned to an individual. Pretty soon, identification would be required and some phony security theater excuse generated to ensure that this would be enforced.

    No thanks.

  20. I just don't know ... on Congress Passes BOTS Act To Ban Ticket-Buying Software (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    ...how I'm going to break the news to my 'bot that he will have to miss the next Ariana Grande concert.

  21. Lets see .... on 'The Circle' Trailer Looks An Awful Lot Like Google (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    ... if Hanks can crash land this one without killing everyone.

    Wait, that would be more like Yahoo!

  22. Re:An Adam Sandler movie? on Falsely Accused Movie Pirate Deserves $17K Compensation, Court Says (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    Diminished capacity defense.

  23. Air Exposure on Apple Says Air Exposure Is Causing iPhone 6s Battery Problems (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    We never anticipated the users actually taking the phones out of the packaging. We figured they could just gaze lovingly at them through the plastic.

  24. Yep. And then buy an after market phone case with built in back-up battery for it.

  25. Because their streaming catalog still sucks.