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  1. Re: Not true on Google Maps Now Lets You Explore Your Local Planets and Moons (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    That's out of date: now it says "Please do not touch".

  2. Re: Nuclear Winter is A-OK... on EPA Says Higher Radiation Levels Pose 'No Harmful Health Effect' (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    "the Constitutional requirement that the military be funded for no more than 2 years"

    Good luck with that. US society is based on worship of the military and would probably collapse if that was removed.

  3. Re: Well... did they? on IT Admin Trashes Railroad Company's Network Before He Leaves (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 1

    TFA has the same inadequate language including the bit about Grupe asking management to resign.

  4. I used a shorthand because I thought you'd understand that we're not comparing football teams here. A stadium has a fixed number of seats but an ISP doesn't have a fixed number of customers, they can enlarge the stadium to accommodate everyone who wants to see the game. I believe that currently every ISP has to build their own stadium, no sharing allowed.

  5. Living up to your name I see.

  6. The danger is if he doubles down, we know he can never never admit defeat, what will he do?

    For the first time I'm pleased there are military men in government.

  7. It looks like the FCC are favouring the communications companies over everyone else, including all other businesses. How is that not bad for the US? Hands up all those who want better internet.

    Are the Chambers of Commerce, trade associations etc calling for improvements? This lawsuit is being pursued only by consumer advocates so far.

  8. Your analogy is faulty: they're both playing against the consumer. Only the law and corporate morality (the cost of being found out) stop them from colluding to keep prices high.

  9. Re: Price controls = no competition on FCC's Claim That One ISP Counts As 'Competition' Faces Scrutiny In Court (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Eurotrash here (for a year or so more, maybe). £30 per month for 70 Mb/s fibre. According to uswitch.com there are 48 fibre and 32 standard broadband deals available for my address from 15 providers. When they try to put the prices up, I tell them I can get broadband for £20 and they give me a deal for a year. Ok, I live in a big city in a small country, but still.

  10. Re: I don't know who's spying who on Israeli Spies 'Watched Russian Agents Breach Kaspersky Software' (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    From the NYT:

    "Israelâ(TM)s 2014 intrusion into Kasperskyâ(TM)s corporate systems."

    "Kaspersky Lab did not discover the Israeli intrusion into its systems until mid-2015"

  11. Re: How thick is the ice? on A Giant, Mysterious Hole Has Opened Up In Antarctica (vice.com) · · Score: 2

    Um, this is the Antarctic and "hundreds of kilometres from the ice edge".

  12. But in space, no one can hear you scream.

  13. So he doesn't use the phone much but we don't know whether the hackers could listen in when he was carrying it - let's hope a proper analysis of it has been done. I wonder whose malware it was.

    Did he ever use it for official business? The statement didn't categorically deny it. Fingers crossed he doesn't go in for mistresses, insider trading, rent boys, coke deals or any other compromising activities (or if he does, at least uses a burner phone).

  14. Re: Observe and act locally on Three-Quarters of All Honey On Earth Has Pesticides In It (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    The theory is that plants are less likely to be eaten the more ideal their living conditions are and will thus need less pesticide, so avoid stressing plants, eg. when transplanting them, make sure the soil is right (pH, drainage, optimum nutrients etc), as well as the light and watering and position. If your plants have mildew, improve the ventilation; maybe grow them on a raised bed or in a more open site.

  15. Henry Ford's famous speech still resonates.

    "I have a dream that my four little vehicles will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by what's under the hood."

  16. Re: Elon Musk farts butterflies, too? on Elon Musk Says Tesla Could Rebuild Puerto Rico's Power Grid With Batteries, Solar (electrek.co) · · Score: 1

    Is wave power ready for practical use? Are there any commercial installations already working?

  17. Re: Below the limit for humans, perhaps.... on Three-Quarters of All Honey On Earth Has Pesticides In It (theverge.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    "Given that the bees didn't die ..."

    How can you be sure they didn't die?
        Maybe not on that trip but the next or the following day, they go out as usual and feel a bit sick. On the way back, laden with pollen and nectar, the starboard wings misfire then stop responding altogether and she spirals into the ground, only having time for a brief farewell dance to pass on her last message ("God bless the queen") before expiring.

    All those funerals. So many funerals.

  18. Re: Slashdot Died when CmdrTaco Left on 20 Years of Stuff That Matters · · Score: 1

    Little thing called Brexit?

    I'd also like to thank our Russian friends who have reinvigorated Slashdot and made it such a vibrant forum for discussion over the past few years.

  19. Re: FBI subpoena on Ask Slashdot: Share Your Security Review Tales · · Score: 1

    No man, don't you have a clue? The best experts on cyber say you gotta use bleach on the cloth or it leaves bits behind.

  20. Re: unconstitutional on Supreme Court Won't Hear Kim Dotcom's Civil Forfeiture Case (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    I'd like to say how much I respect your decision, Mr Juggler (or may I call you Poopie?), not only to keep the name your parents gave you but to use it proudly on the internet.

    Regards

    Brian Estweasel

  21. Re: if u cant do the time on Supreme Court Won't Hear Kim Dotcom's Civil Forfeiture Case (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    That sounds like the punchline to a joke told at philosophers' parties. Yes I'm sure there are such things.

    If a philosopher tells a joke at a party and no one laughs, is it still funny?

  22. Re: USA does not own the Internet on North Korea Gets Second Route To Internet Via Russia Link (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    I doubt "the people of North Korea" get to use the internet. All access will be entirely controlled by, and for the sole benefit of, the state.

  23. Re: We need more guns on Las Vegas Shooting Leaves at Least 50 Dead, More Than 200 Wounded (wsj.com) · · Score: 1

    It's a mixed bag of 30,000 dead people every year.

  24. Re: Pipe bombs would have killed thousands. on Las Vegas Shooting Leaves at Least 50 Dead, More Than 200 Wounded (wsj.com) · · Score: 1

    "and in turn letting the corrupt politicians steamroll over everyone else at a whim"

    Because guns have done such a good job preventing that.

  25. Re: Here come the regulatory loonies on Las Vegas Shooting Leaves at Least 50 Dead, More Than 200 Wounded (wsj.com) · · Score: 1

    Are you talking about contraception to prevent more Americans being born? Because the Republicans are against that.

    Or perhaps you mean the freedom to wear body armor when going about your daily lives? That would indeed be another step closer to the ideal society.