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  1. Re:Why on earth is it a GET request? on Also Hackable: Drive-Through Car Washes · · Score: 1

    How else would you GET a free car wash?

  2. Re:...Vladimir Drinkman? on Russian Man Extradited To US For Heartland, Dow Jones Cyberattacks · · Score: 1

    Either way, I don't think he'll be getting any Slurpees where he's going.

  3. Painting himself into a corner on MN Legislature Introduces Amendment To Protect Electronic Communications · · Score: 4, Insightful

    In the Senate, Judiciary Committee Chairman Ron Latz (DFL) had blocked the amendment, stating that he feels it is redundant.

    Saying it's redundant implies there are already laws on the books that protect against unreasonable search and seizure of electronic communications -- yet those actions are being taken.

    So which is it, Ron? Either this is not redundant, and therefore a good idea in the scheme of checks and balances, or LEOs are getting unlawful access to electronic communications. Either way, there's a problem here that needs to be addressed.

  4. Re:Approaching the problem from the outside in. on Nanotech Makes Steel 10x Stronger · · Score: 4, Interesting

    So instead of trying to make the drinking straw stronger, we are just wrapping it in cement?

    So kinda like spiral-welded pipes (except on the outside)?

  5. Re:*sniff* on Wheel of Time TV Pilot Producers Sue Robert Jordan's Widow For Defamation · · Score: 4, Funny

    Responses from other women involved much smoothing of skirts.

  6. Re:TLDR - here's the list on Oxford University Researchers List 12 Global Risks To Human Civilization · · Score: 1

    The summary lists climate change and nuclear war as being "at the top of the list" as though it has some relevance. The list doesn't appear to be ordered by likelihood, otherwise why is "Major asteroid impact" listed above "Ecological catastrophe"?

  7. Re:TLDR - here's the list on Oxford University Researchers List 12 Global Risks To Human Civilization · · Score: 1

    Yup. I busted out laughing here at work when I saw "future" before that one.

  8. Re:Who's Wi-fi? on Cellphone Start-Ups Handle Calls With Wi-Fi · · Score: 1

    I am a bit confused here. Are they installing wifi infrastructure linking back to their own network, or at they depending on the consumer to piggy back on random people's base stations?

    The latter, of course! Why spend money improving your own cellular network or building out wi-fi when you can trick people into using their own internet bandwidth (and leaching off others) to carry their communications.

  9. Feedback on Online UK Courts Modelled On EBay To Settle Legal Disputes · · Score: 0

    His defense was a pushover. Would sue again. A+++++

  10. Re:Ah, here it is on Removing Libsystemd0 From a Live-running Debian System · · Score: 1

    I thought something was off, feels like it's been a week since the last time I saw an article about systemd (not to be confused with all the other Linux articles that are turned into systemd discussions by commenters).

    Bah. Stupid typo.

  11. Ah, here it is on Removing Libsystemd0 From a Live-running Debian System · · Score: 2

    I thought something was off, feels like it's been a week since the last time I saw an article about systemd (not to be confused with all the other Linus articles that are turned into systemd discussions by commenters).

  12. 20 years, not 10. on The Revolution Wasn't Televised: the Early Days of YouTube · · Score: 2

    A decade ago, Netflix meant DVDs by mail, video referred to TV and the Internet meant simple text and pictures.

    In 2005? No, The Internet was a lot more than "simple text and pictures". I think you're remembering 1995.

  13. Re:Nope on Should We Really Try To Teach Everyone To Code? · · Score: 1

    It's completely unnecessary for everyone to learn how to code. If anything, more emphasis should be placed on practical things, like basic home repair. Understanding how your plumbing works, or being able to change a tire, is probably far more practical and relevant to lives globally than being able to write simple software.

    What? Are you crazy? We can't have people repairing things on their own. Why are you trying to put handymen and AAA assistance people out of work. Not to mention if people start fixing shit they will be buying fewer replacements. Think of the impact on corporate prof--- er the economy! Yeah, The economy!

  14. Re:Useless on Starting This Week, Wireless Carriers Must Unlock Your Phone · · Score: 3, Insightful

    With the whole 2-year contract things, most people can basically never have their phone unlocked for international use until it's time to upgrade anyway.

    You say that like people have to upgrade their phone every two years. They could just, I dunno, be happy with what they have. Get a battery replacement if that's the issue you're having (mine personally last closer to 4-5 years). This whole need-to-upgrade thing is only a consumerism mentality.

  15. Re:extra bonus story on The Man Who Invented the Science Fiction Paperback · · Score: 1

    So what's the story here? Is it about a publisher, or about a copyright infringement?

    If Tolkien's rights had lapsed then there was was no copyright infringement, just a guy who screwed himself by not keeping track of his creations.
    Hence, he had to resort to writing angry missives on the back of later printings instead of taking Ace to court.

  16. On the Internet... on NYPD Creates Fake Social Media Profiles To Track Loud Parties, Underage Drinking · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    nobody knows that you're a pig.

  17. Re:Too much money? on Kickstarted Firefox OS HDMI Dongle Delayed, DRM Support Being Added · · Score: 1

    There have been stories before about kickstarter projects going off into the weeds because they were oversubscribed by so much that the projects didn't know how to handle all the extra $$$.

    Is this a similar case? (EG going from dual to quad core because now they have the $$ to do it)

    So you're complaining that they're improving the product over what was initially announced? As long as they deliver the device as originally spec'd in the Kickstarter they are meeting their obligations. They delay might have been inevitable regardless of how much money they received. They could have just pocketed the extra money from all the extra pledges (if they get a higher margin from production economies of scale, etc), but they're going to use the money to upgrade the processor (giving a more responsive UI) and work on the wi-fi (improving network connectivity). Damn them!

  18. Re:Fine, but please on Linux Mint Debian Edition 2 Will Be Rolling-Release · · Score: 1

    LMDE, as the name implies, is based off Debian.
    Sounds like you have a complaint that needs to be directed upstream.

  19. Re:Hey Apple, here's some free consulting on Apple Said To Be Working On a Pay TV Service · · Score: 1

    Ahem... House of Cards (US), Orange is the New Black, Marco Polo... won't find those in the "bargain bin".

    I like how your first example is a show exclusive to NetFlix.
    Apples/Oranges, etc

  20. Re:Picture on Pilot's Selfies Could Have Caused Deadly Air Crash · · Score: 2

    Unfortunately, cell phones are not as durable as flight recorders.

  21. Re:But We Need More H1-Bs! on Massive Layoff Underway At IBM · · Score: 2

    Wouldn't it be interesting if every time there was a bunch if layoffs like this of tech workers the number of H1B visas were automatically lowered by the same amount (since clearly there are a large number of tech workers in America now available to fill those jobs).

    I think it would be fascinating to see the effects of such a rule on corporate decisions regarding these type of actions.

  22. From the Duh Dept... on NFL Asks Columbia University For Help With Deflate-Gate · · Score: 1

    They want to talk to a physicist, I presume, to help determine if a drop in temperature — a slowing of the air molecules inside the football — can explain the low pressure that was found in some of the balls used in the A.F.C. championship game two weeks ago between the New England Patriots and the Indianapolis Colts.

    You don't need a physicist, a local tire dealer will tell you that. As air temperature drops it will cause a loss in pressure in inflated items. In an automotive tire this drop is only about 1 psi per 10 degrees below freezing. Not sure how big a difference this whole "deflate-gate" thing is about but I imagine it's a bit more.

  23. Re:Damn the editor on George R. R. Martin's "The Winds of Winter" Wiill Not Be Published In 2015 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Eagerly awaiting the sequel series:

    A Poop for Penguins

    The two questions on everyone's mind...
      1) Is that going to be a LTS release?
      2) Does it have systemd?

  24. Yo dawg, I heard you like to watch video wherever! on UK Broadcaster Sky To Launch Mobile Service · · Score: 1

    So we took your favorite TV provider, and made them an MVNO, too!
    With a heavy hitter-partner we'll keep your 4G video streaming quality high, while your bill is on the down-low.
    So now you can watch Sky on Sky, as it comes to you through the sky!

  25. Re:Well I guess it's a good thing... on Adobe's Latest Zero-Day Exploit Repurposed, Targeting Adult Websites · · Score: 1

    Yeah, because there's never been a security or privacy exploit on a Linux-based OS made by Google.