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  1. You wish, Apple. on Reactions to the New MacBook and Apple Watch · · Score: 2

    "We don’t need all those other ports, Apple says. We are living in a wireless world now, where we can connect most of our peripherals without cords."

    Try calling your ISP about your poor Internet speeds with your wireless-only laptop and see how far you get.

  2. Re:Hmm, got an idea... on UK ISPs Quietly Block Sites That List Pirate Bay Proxies · · Score: 2

    I just checked Wikipedia, and there is no article named "List of Pirate Bay Proxy Sites" at this time.

  3. Re:Just assure me.. on TSYNC Not a Hard Requirement For Google Chrome After All · · Score: 1

    ...it won't require NSYNC.

    If it does, you're free to kiss Chome Bye-Bye-Bye.
    But with the Google services integration you might enjoy, this can't exactly be called a No Strings Attached relationship.

  4. D-1520: $199
    D-1540: $581

    I know it's twice as many cores, but I wasn't expecting quite that big a jump in price.

  5. Re:I hope the Device Protection is optional. on Google Announces Android 5.1 · · Score: 1

    I'd hate to think my device gets bricked because I delete my Google account or forget the password.

    Don't worry. If you forget your Google password you can reset it from the website. They'll send a security validation code to your mo---
    Oh.. Yeah...

  6. Re:RTFA on Scotland Yard Chief: Put CCTV In Every Home To Help Solve Crimes · · Score: 4, Insightful

    He was not asking that everyone provide a live feed from their house.

    No, we'll just install those cameras (that today are IP-based) and tie them in to the in-home recording device over our router -- which is connected to the Internet.
    But that's okay. There's no way to get into the router from outside -- certainly not through a government-mandated backdoor.

  7. Re:Funny thing... on Listen To a Microsoft Support Scam As It Happened · · Score: 1

    Had one of these (and only one)... told them I only had Mac's at home, and the guy got belligerent and said I was lying, then finally after telling him that over and over for a good minute he basically said FU and hung up

    My mom got called once while I was home and didn't give up even when she told him she was using Linux Mint -- I got on the phone and asked the "Microsoft employee" to confirm our Windows Product Key code -- he should be able to see that if he is monitoring my computer after all, I said.

    After a repeated requests for this the scammer actually tried to give a fake one -- that didn't follow the correct format (number of characters or pattern of letters/numbers).
    I pointed this out laughed in his face before hanging up.

  8. Re:Mailing list sounds like a bunch of Whiners.... on Google Chrome Requires TSYNC Support Under Linux · · Score: 1

    If they know so much about me, then why do I keep seeing ads that I have absolutely no interest in? I don't even own a fucking tv (never owned, never watched cable) and 3/4 of all my ads are of some new hbo programming of some stupid sounding shows.

    If you don't own a TV then you're now a potential customer for one. Duh.
    All they have to do is convince you it's something you need to have -- like with ads for hot new shows you're missing because you don't have one.

  9. Re:Not at all surprising on China's Arthur C. Clarke · · Score: 0

    This will probably come across as a kneejerk response, but the submission makes it sound like Liu's themes are almost entirely derived from PRC propaganda.

    I read that bit about the plot for "The Wages of Humanity" and almost laughed out loud. Straight out of Mao's little red pulp mag. What would aliens care about the form of government used on another planet?

  10. Re:I Don't Know on UK Gov't Asks: Is 10 Years In Jail the Answer To Online Pirates? · · Score: 1

    I don't know what an "appropriate" punishment is for illegally downloading or distributing someone's content, but ten years sounds incredibly excessive...

    That's probably what they're really trying to find out. Not if the populace thinks the punishment is appropriate, but if concept is frightening enough people will obey regardless of how they feel about copyright infringement.

  11. Re: Well, then I guess on UK Gov't Asks: Is 10 Years In Jail the Answer To Online Pirates? · · Score: 1

    That wouldn't be a property tax, though. That would be a sales tax.

  12. Re:Same reasons as autonomous cars on Why It's Almost Impossible To Teach a Robot To Do Your Laundry · · Score: 0

    Sorting garments based on colors shouldn't be beyond robots. I would say some pre-sorting might be needed (like don't stick your delicates in the same laundry hamper as normal-cycle clothes.

    Steps 1-3 are only necessary for robots owned by slobs. Why is the robot having to find the clothes and distinguish them from other clutter? Put your laundry in the hamper when you take it off!

    Step 4: If you're causing the robots sensors to be blocked when it's trying to do it's appointed tasks that sounds like a design problem -- that's the maker's fault, not the robot's.

    Step 5: See Step 4.

    Most of the rest of them are fairly valid.

    Step 8: See Step 5.

    Step 13 is a real catch, folding clothing can vary greatly based on garment type.

    Step 14: Unnecessary. Takes less than a minute. Lazy human is lazy.

  13. LOL@ Use-case on Fujitsu Tech Can Track Heavily Blurred People In Security Videos · · Score: 2

    Like any retailer would be interested in protecting the privacy of their shoppers identity while still wanting to track them.

  14. Re:Relevance to Systemd? on KDE Accepted To Google Summer of Code 2015 · · Score: 1

    KDE is the desktop environment of Kubuntu, which is a variant of Ubuntu, which will soon be switching to systemd.

    See? That wasn't so hard.

  15. Re:Another piece of software to uninstall on uTorrent Quietly Installs Cryptocurrency Miner · · Score: 1

    The source is available on the same website as the installer. But most people aren't interested in the source. They want to install the program and run it.

  16. Possible cause: on Harrison Ford's Plane Crashes On Golf Course · · Score: 3, Funny

    Did they check for snakes in the cockpit?

  17. And was it really a punishment? on FTC Targets Group That Made Billions of Robocalls · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Unless they settled to the tune of tens of billions of dollars, I don't see how we're going to make any progress on this.

  18. Re:Alternate Bank of Canada Press Release on Star Trek Fans Told To Stop "Spocking" Canadian $5 Bill · · Score: 1

    The Bank of Canada wishes to inform Star Trek fans that while they may live long, they may not prosper if other parties refuse to accept defaced $5 bills.

    Whoops, is that legal? In the U.S. you cannot decline payment made in cash (if you normally take cash). But it's also illegal to deface money.
    But if it's not illegal to Spock a 5-spot in Canada that makes the bills legal currency still.

  19. Revisionist history? on Star Trek Fans Told To Stop "Spocking" Canadian $5 Bill · · Score: 1

    I read this story on the BBC site yesterday, and the title of the story was 'Spocking' not illegal, Canada Says at the time. It even still appears on Google search with that title. But now the headline has been changed to Bank spokesman says writing on bills "inappropriate".

    Some shiny-shoed people getting a bit upset and influencing the media?

  20. Re:"Clean power foes"? on The US's First Offshore Wind Farm Will Cut Local Power Prices By 40% · · Score: 1

    I'm sure there are people who oppose this project for stupid reasons, like "it'd ruin the view".

    I'm sure their real concern is how the change in the scenery will effect the resale value of their property, not how the view itself will be different.

  21. Re:With regards to the cape cod nonsense.. on The US's First Offshore Wind Farm Will Cut Local Power Prices By 40% · · Score: 1

    ...I vote we erect...giant penises...

    OOOOkay....

  22. Misery loves company on GitLab Acquires Gitorious · · Score: 1

    “At Gitorious we saw more and more organizations adopting GitLab. Due to decreased income from on-premises customers, running the free Gitorious.org was no longer sustainable. GitLab was solving the same problem that we were, but was solving it better.”

    Sounds like two failing businesses circling the wagons.

  23. Re:The mole is in your household on Blu-Ray Players Hackable Via Malicious Discs · · Score: 1

    Not necessarily, because not everybody lives alone. Anybody in your household with the opportunity to insert a disc can attempt to exploit a vulnerability like this.

    If you're worried about your security from other people in your home, you have bigger problems than your BD player.

  24. Re: Passwords again... on Pharming Attack Targets Home Router DNS Settings · · Score: 1

    Too many people consider this their ISP's job, regardless of where the router came from.

  25. Re:Star Wars! on 20-Year-Old Military Weather Satellite Explodes In Orbit · · Score: 3, Funny

    Explosion after a measurable temperature hike sounds more like a laser or maser attack than a collision

    Really, and how does it sound in space?