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  1. Re:It's not auto-play it's auto-mount on Code Published for Triggering a BSOD on Windows Computers -- Even If They're Locked (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 1

    Linux

    Not by default. At least my Debian system won't. I get an icon and then I've got to mount it manually. If I lock my screen/keyboard, plugging in a USB drive does nothing.

  2. ... an impedance matching stub for an implanted mind control receiver.

  3. They have the money to pay for their sites not to be blocked

    Fine. Pay up.

    and to block other sites.

    I don't think any sane CEO would expose their company to the legal fallout from antitrust and restraint of trade suits.

  4. Re:[...]strike against California[...] on Trump Administration Plans To Freeze Obama-Era Fuel Standards (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Texas called. They want their stricter voter registration laws back.

  5. Re:You mean we won't drive electric cars on the mo on Trump Administration Plans To Freeze Obama-Era Fuel Standards (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Neither the Volt nor the Prius will haul a cord of firewood. And both of them are shit off of paved roads.

  6. "I been in love ten thousand times,
    All you got to do is remember my line."

  7. Re:Every once in a while on You Could Be Flirting On Dating Apps With Paid Impersonators (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    I'd just write a Python script

    She seems nice. But it's just empty space in her head.

  8. not ok to ban conservatives

    That's backwards. It is now OK to ban them. Or anyone else. And all other aspects of Net Neutrality aside, I think I'm going to enjoy all the GOP and evangelical fund raising web sites being blocked.

  9. Re:There is always a Big Future on The Auto Plants of the Future May Have a Surprisingly Human Touch (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    But when the humans break, you just throw them out.

  10. But who chases the bear off the roof to let the balloon release?

  11. Re:How do we know they're fake? on Fake Mark Zuckerbergs Scam Facebook Users Out of Their Cash (nytimes.com) · · Score: 2

    Some outfit calling themselves the IRS is sending me letters, telling me that I owe thousands in back taxes.

  12. Free Market Solution on Google Joins Apple in Condemning the Repeal of the Clean Power Plan (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Google/Apple could just contract with clean power producers to supply their data centers and other operations. And pay what market asks for that type of power.

  13. ... it won't render properly on Slashdot.

  14. A no fly list. How innovative. I wonder how they came up with an idea like that?

  15. Re:experiment for glassholes and snatchchatspeccer on Snapchat Takes a Second Try at Spectacles (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    The glasses are pointless. I can just walk around with my phone, snapping pictures and taking videos of everybody. Nobody questions people fiddling with phones in practically any setting.

  16. Re:Wonderful! on Hackers Built a 'Master Key' For Millions of Hotel Rooms (zdnet.com) · · Score: 2

    You can still secure the door from the inside for privacy. It's just that all bets are off when you leave in the morning for some sightseeing with all your valuables inside.

  17. Watch out where the huskies go ... on Incredible New Gif Shows Cosmic 'Snow' On the Surface of a Comet (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    n/t

  18. Smells like ... on Scientists Discover That Uranus Smells Like Rotten Eggs (space.com) · · Score: 1

    ... the exhaust of a car with a catalytic converter.

  19. Never sell or distribute Microsoft products. Send your refurbished PCs out with Ubuntu disks instead.

  20. So what he was doing was downloading something freely available and selling it copied to a disk. Not 'stealing' Windows (or any component of it) since a valid Windows license would still be needed by the end user. Essentially, he was charging for the service of burning a copy of the restore utility to a CD.

    Sadly, he might have mislead people into thinking it was a Microsoft CD. It was a Microsoft restore utility, just not on their media.

  21. Re:Well, That will stop kids from clicking im 16+! on WhatsApp Raises Minimum Age In Europe To 16 Ahead of Data Law Change (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    WhatsApp runs on mobile platforms. And it depends on you having a mobile phone number, so they can figure out who you are. They might not be able to read your messages. But if they link a device to a person under 16, that's all they need to know to drop you.

    At one point, someone wrote an unauthorized port of WhatsApp. They detected it and blocked those users. So they can find you and stop you if so motivated. Since they are releasing enterprise tools for the app, they can easily be pressured to conform to rules and regulations of jurisdictions they want to do business in.

  22. Re:Well, That will stop kids from clicking im 16+! on WhatsApp Raises Minimum Age In Europe To 16 Ahead of Data Law Change (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    It might not stop kids from lying. But AI is getting better at weeding out underage users. And finding the real identities behind Internet pseudonyms. The result being people getting their accounts suspended.

  23. ... I need to search for is page three.

  24. I do a search for something, lets say a car part. I find it, I buy it. Done. Now, I get ads for the next three months from people trying to sell me this same part. You're wasting your time and money, folks.

    But by the time I might need another part for my shitbox, the advertisers have forgotten what model I drive.

  25. Re:Good job they made that figure public on Atlanta Projected To Spend At Least $2.6 Million on Ransomware Recovery (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Not really. What the hackers know is that Atlanta will spend at least 5x the ransom demand rather then pay it. And I wonder how much of this $2.6 mill is a bounty on the hackers. The guys that bragged about taking the city for $55K has got to be wondering who their friends really are.