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  1. Re:It doesn't matter if it was recorded on Prison Hack Shows Attorney-Client Privilege Violation (theintercept.com) · · Score: 1

    So you don't tell the judge where you actually got it. Welcome to "parallel construction".

  2. Re:Still readily available in Canada on The Popular Over-The-Counter Cold Medicine That Science Says Doesn't Work (forbes.com) · · Score: 2

    1. All of them AFAIK. Tylenol has different formulas, some with pseudoephedrine and some with phenelyphrine (look at the ingredients list to tell the difference). Benelyn, Advil, Buckley's, and the store generic brands seem to all be pseudoephedrine.

    2. Most pharmacies around here also carry straight pseudoephedrine tablets. They're behind the counter, but you just ask for it, no ID needed (I'm not sure if there's any kind of limit on purchases, as I've never needed more than the one pack at a time). Comes in packs of twelve 120mg tablets and is good for about 12 hours. These are my go to decongestant.

  3. Re:Dude, we're in the 21st century. on Makers Compete To Produce US Army's Next Official Handgun (military.com) · · Score: 1

    The 1911 that Solid Concepts made is apparently at 5k rounds and counting.

  4. Re:Hopefully it can actually kill someone on Makers Compete To Produce US Army's Next Official Handgun (military.com) · · Score: 1

    It's the Hague Convention of 1899 that prohibits expanding bullets.

  5. Re:Hopefully it can actually kill someone on Makers Compete To Produce US Army's Next Official Handgun (military.com) · · Score: 1

    Ammo manufactures engineered good bullets that reliably penetrate, expand, and are barrier blind

    Yes, but that isn't applicable to this as militaries can't take advantage of those developments. Expanding bullets have been prohibited in warfare for over a century.

  6. Re:Chip is good security theatre on Criminals Hacked Chip-and-PIN System By Perfecting Point-of-Sale Attack (net-security.org) · · Score: 1

    Still no real security for EMV cards online, as there is no EMV in a card-not-present transaction

    There can be, but the number of companies that have implemented it is almost zero

  7. Re:Chip cards would not have prevented Target Brea on Criminals Hacked Chip-and-PIN System By Perfecting Point-of-Sale Attack (net-security.org) · · Score: 1

    You can, but basically no one has implemented Chip Authentication Program.

  8. He had plenty of training

    Probably not. Police training in the USA is typically 4-6 months. Your barber almost certainly was in training longer than the cop was.

  9. Re:Why not just lock down the radio portion? on ESR On Why the FCC Shouldn't Lock Down Device Firmware (ibiblio.org) · · Score: 1

    Because that causes the same damn problem as he's talking about here?

  10. Re:You are right for the wrong reason on Will 'Chip and Pin' Credit Card Technology Really Increase Security? (Video) · · Score: 1

    Then you push chip authentication program to secure card-not-present transactions.

  11. Re: None of my cards have a chip! on Will 'Chip and Pin' Credit Card Technology Really Increase Security? (Video) · · Score: 1

    Up here in Canada, the limit for contactless debit ("Interac flash") is a cumulative of $50 ($100 for gas stations), then it says "Nope. Stick the chip in.".

  12. Re:Good. on In New Study, HIV Prevention Pill Truvada Is 100% Effective · · Score: 1

    40? Unless we're talking about something different, the blood moon is an annual occurrence.

  13. Re:Nothing to see here on Kansas Secretary of State Blocks Release of Voting Machine Tapes · · Score: 1

    Except that the tapes contain no personally identifiable information, so that claim is bullshit.

  14. Re:In other words. on Kansas Secretary of State Blocks Release of Voting Machine Tapes · · Score: 1

    There isn't any meaningful amount of voter fraud.

    What this looks like is electoral fraud, which is something else entirely.

  15. Re:keep honest people safe on Google, Facebook and Twitter To Block "Hash Lists" of Child Abuse · · Score: 1
  16. Re:There is no there there on Microsoft Creates a Quantum Computer-Proof Version of TLS Encryption Protocol · · Score: 4, Informative
  17. Re:Why not both? on Sharp Announces Sales of DC Powered Air Conditioner, Other Products To Follow · · Score: 1

    Or do combined-heat-and-power and use absorption chillers.

  18. Re:Storage? on Clinton Promises 500 Million New Solar Panels · · Score: 3, Insightful

    What's the issue with lead-acid batteries? They're one of the most recycled things around.

  19. Re:Or let us keep our hard-earned money on Clinton Promises 500 Million New Solar Panels · · Score: 0

    Medical care takes an increasing portion of the developed world's economies

    And in other nations, it's a faction of what you spend in the USA.

  20. Re:Won't someone think of the birds. on Energy Dept. Wants Big Wind Energy Technology In All 50 US States · · Score: 4, Informative

    Plus it kills a lot of birds.

    Incorrect.

  21. Re:Alberta not lesson enough? on Canadian Prime Minister To Music Lobby: Here's Your Copyright Term Extension · · Score: 1

    Would you prefer footnotes?

  22. Re:Alberta not lesson enough? on Canadian Prime Minister To Music Lobby: Here's Your Copyright Term Extension · · Score: 4, Informative

    I don't know Canadian politics, so not sure what you mean by your comment.

    In the recent provincial election in Alberta (generally regarded as the core of the Conservatives (Stephen Harper's seat is in Alberta). It gets stereotyped as the Canadian version of Texas), the Progressive Conservative Party (who have held government in that province since 1971 (and before them, the also right-wing Social Credit Party held government since 1935) and before the election held 70 out of the 87 seats in the provincial legislature) were swept out by the social-democratic New Democratic Party. It was a really stunning reversal for the province that has been electing right-wing governments for longer than most have been alive to shift straight to our leftish party and, if the recent polling results are to be believed, it has given the federal NDP a serious boost and turned the upcoming federal election (which is expected to happen in October) into a three-way race.

  23. Re:Work stays at work! on Worker Fired For Disabling GPS App That Tracked Her 24 Hours a Day · · Score: 1

    Ask that of the company. The contract required keeping the phone on them 24x7 to answer client calls.

  24. Re:Last Sentence... the point of this exercise. on Tesla's Household Battery: Costs, Prices, and Tradeoffs · · Score: 1

    Here's an example.

    Surrette 24V, 856Ah bank for $2960. That's 20,544 watt-hours, or 10,272 at 50% DoD. That $0.276/effective watt-hour

    Compared to 10,000 watt-hours out of Tesla's product, or 9,000 at 90% DoD, for $3500. That's $0.389/effective watt-hour.

    The Li-ion is significantly more expensive, but as I said in my first reply, it won't take much more to drive the price of the Li-ion under that of the lead-acid. The price of Li-ion has literally halved over about the last 5 years and Tesla's gigafactory will only help that along.

  25. Re:Last Sentence... the point of this exercise. on Tesla's Household Battery: Costs, Prices, and Tradeoffs · · Score: 1

    Citation for what exactly? That lead-acid shouldn't generally be discharged below 50%? That a 20KW-hr nameplate lead-acid bank costs about $3500?

    And how an I suggesting they fucked up by saying that a product announced last week is competitive with lead-acid? I am talking about this announcement making Li-ion competitive with lead-acid.