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  1. It may simply be there is little interest in a minor character as lead in a movie. I never really followed that character as a kid, in any of the revisions, genders and revivals. Same with the DC character Martian Manhunter. He/She was just not interesting enough to spend my dollars on a separate comic/storyline.

  2. Re:Does someone still believe their research? on More Than One Third of Music Consumers Still Pirate Music (theguardian.com) · · Score: 2

    And how, exactly, do they come up with 'stream-ripping YouTube' as most pppular? Do they have a magic way to tell you are streaming it to a file, rather than just listening to it?

  3. Re: Isn't there a law? on Apple Devices At California Repair Center Keep Calling 911 · · Score: 1

    According to a federal law or regulation http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/consumerfacts/wireless911srvc.html, any cell phone, regardless of activation or billing issues, must be able to make a 911 call.

  4. From their article.... on Pirate TV Services Are Taking a Bite Out of Cable Company Revenue (arstechnica.co.uk) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The number of cable and satellite TV subscriptions has been dropping for years due to rising prices and Internet-based alternatives, both legal and otherwise.

    My conclusion: Charge fair prices, instead of soaking everyone while you can, and while the market will tolerate it. When the cost and inconvenience of replacing cable with internet alternatives and OTA (Digital antenna) becomes less of a deciding factor, more viewers will do so. Also, the younger generation wants portable media, not one bound to the cable box at home.

  5. Re:Ask your dad what the CueCat was on Snapchat Reportedly Stuck With 'Hundreds of Thousands' of Unsold Spectacles (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    They weren't half-bad as a barcode scanner for the time, once you put the jumper in to unencrypt the output.

  6. AnyDvd......Not that expensive.

  7. Re:Not a good hacker... on Man To Pay $300,000 In Damages For Hacking Employer (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Unless you drive a brand-new Ferrari to work, and the boss notices!

  8. From the article: Patel had access to employee credentials because he was one of the company's senior system administrators, and kept a copy of a file with usernames and passwords on his laptop.

  9. My first 'hack' was helping write a program to format the floppy disks on Chromemco computers, as they did not provide one to the user. They made a lot of money for a while, selling you their pre-formatted 8" diskettes. I think they charged about 3 times the price of industry-standard blank media for theirs. Once the hack came out, they realized the game was up, and provided a formatter. Obviously, this was before DMCA, and sue-happy manufacturers. :>

  10. Re:WRONG..!!!! on Ask Slashdot: What Are Some Things That Every Hacker Once Knew? (ibiblio.org) · · Score: 1

    IIRC, Pin 1 was connected to the shield on one end only, to avoid ground loops, for those cables that had a shield.

  11. From the FAQ, the 20 device limit is for other than the IOT devices, which are 'unlimited'. Stills seems low, but at least a more realistic limit.

  12. Re: I tell them that I use wanker auth on Feds Walk Into a Building, Demand Everyone's Fingerprints To Open Phones (dailyherald.com) · · Score: 1

    If you use your thumb instead of your index finger for your unlock, and they find your index finger doesn't work, would compelling you to say which finger unlocks it then violate the 5th amendment?

  13. Re:TFA is not terribly clear... on Suspect Required To Unlock iPhone Using Touch ID in Second Federal Case (9to5mac.com) · · Score: 2

    He means that he would use his little finger for the correct finger, and fail the 5 attempts using any other finger or fingers. At that point, it would also require the PIN.

  14. Facebook glitch was actually the police? on Facebook Decides Which Killings We're Allowed to See · · Score: 1

    Found this on 'The Register' - The deadly shooting of 32-year-old Philando Castile by a cop during a routine traffic stop in Minnesota on Wednesday just got murkier. Multiple sources have told The Register that police removed video footage of Castile's death from Facebook, potentially tampering with evidence. Castile, his girlfriend Diamond Reynolds, and her four-year-old daughter were pulled over by police in the Falcon Heights suburb of Minneapolis for a broken tail light. Using her cellphone and Facebook Live, Reynolds web-streamed footage of her dying boyfriend after he was shot by a police officer as he reached for his ID in his wallet. The video was mysteriously removed from her Facebook profile as it went viral across the internet. On Thursday, Facebook said a âoetechnical glitch" caused the recording to be pulled from its social network. However, Reynolds claimed officers seized her phone and took over her Facebook account to delete the evidence. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2...

  15. Think about it.... on Russian Bill Requires Encryption Backdoors In All Messenger Apps (dailydot.com) · · Score: 1

    A quote from 'V for Vendetta", Cruelty and injustice...intolerance and oppression. And where once you had the freedom to object, to think and speak as you saw fit, you now have censors and systems of surveillance, coercing your conformity and soliciting your submission. How did this happen? Who's to blame? Well certainly there are those who are more responsible than others, and they will be held accountable. But again, truth be told...if you're looking for the guilty, you need only look into a mirror. I know why you did it. I know you were afraid. Who wouldn't be? War. Terror. Disease. There were a myriad of problems which conspired to corrupt your reason and rob you of your common sense................

  16. I agree with you on the 'nothing useful' point. The linked pdf in the post was nothing more than 'Look at this serious threat' on the first page, and how wonderful the virus detection company's product was on the rest.

  17. Re:Evidence seems compelling - MAC address? on Comcast Allegedly Confirms That Prenda Planted Porn Torrents · · Score: 1

    Your memory is still good. The first 3 are the manufacturer, and the remaining 3 are their 'serial' number. Link to first 3 lookup: http://standards.ieee.org/develop/regauth/oui/public.html

  18. Re:Declared underweight? on Container Ship Breaks In Two, Sinks · · Score: 0

    I would at least look at the ship after loading, and see where the waterline is. That would at least tell you the total cargo weight, with I think enough accuracy to indicate overloading.

  19. Disruptive Technologies on The First Fully 3D-Printed Gun Has Been Successfully Test-Fired · · Score: 1

    Guns may be the hot button, but it got the conversation started. These printers have been around for a while. The bigger picture is that anyone can get and use a 3-d printer, cost permitting (which will drop eventually), and 'print' pretty much anything that can be made from these types of plastics. In the future, will the 'copyright/trademark police' come after you for printing copies for profit, rather than pay the manufacturers prices, or 'making available' the files to do so?

  20. Darn it... on NASA Discovers Third Radiation Belt Circling Earth · · Score: 1

    Break out the Moon-based neuralizer! Everyone has just found out about the "Ark Net" shield! http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1409024/plotsummary?ref_=tt_stry_pl

  21. Re:There are sockets for this package style on Is Intel Planning To Kill Enthusiast PCs? · · Score: 1

    Let us hope that they have better QC and design than was used on the X-Box 360. If I recall, the key reason for the RROD (Red Ring of Death) was fractures in the Ball-Grid array soldering due to board flexing, which will occur when memory, PCI cards, cables, etc. are installed or removed.

  22. Re:Kill XP? on Maybe With Help From Google and Adobe, Microsoft Can Kill Windows XP · · Score: 1

    We have many older applications on our systems, that either are not compatible with Win7, even in 'compatibility mode', or would require re-activation with the vendor, which would require either new licenses (send money, please), or is not possible due to the licensing servers no longer being available (Vendor stopped supporting the app). There are no replacement apps for these, either. Also, some of these same older apps that 'shell' out to Internet Explorer will not work with anything above IE6. We fall in the 'not broken, does the job, leave it alone' category.

  23. Did I hear correctly.... on $60 Light Bulb Debuts On Earth Day · · Score: 1

    that Philips was the only entrant, and was the 'winner' by default?

  24. Whose jurisdiction is it? on Police Investigate Offensive Wi-Fi Network Name · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Would this fall under the FCC's control of 'hate' speech in a broadcast, as they are 'broadcasting' the name to anyone with a receiver (aka a wi-fi adapter), or does it fall under the local municipalities' laws about public speech?

  25. I have to wonder... on Ohio Supreme Court Drawn Into Magnetic Homes Case · · Score: 5, Interesting

    ... just how strong the magnetic field is, for it to affect the hard drive of a computer at any likely distance. It seems like metal objects would be flying through the air and sticking to the floor. Also, I have to wonder how a static magnetic field would affect most phones. Seems there would have to be an alternating field of some sort to do so. Finally, any links to the 'numbers' (field strength, gauss, whatever the proper term is)?