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  1. Re:Google could be turning into the new Microsoft on Opinion: Chrome is Turning Into the New Internet Explorer 6 (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    It's already in the early stages of this. For proof, I give you YouTube's CEO who is doing everything in her power to destroy the platform.

  2. Re:The only way that things will change... on Canadian Cellphone Bills Are Some of the Highest In the World, Says Report (straight.com) · · Score: 1

    There will never be any real competition in the market until the federal government repeals the rules requiring 50%+1 canadian ownership of telecommunications companies.

  3. Re:this kills me on Norway Becomes First Country To Switch Off FM Radio (thelocal.no) · · Score: 1

    We tried digital radio here in Canada in the 90s. It was a massive failure. They could attempt it again, but I already don't listen to radio so I wouldn't care.

  4. Re:Norway and cars on Norway Becomes First Country To Switch Off FM Radio (thelocal.no) · · Score: 1

    I doubt that the radio is what keeps people in their cars. More likely, drivers will just switch to using their phones to stream audio or listen to MP3s, and the radio stations will take the hit when nobody buys new radios.

  5. No. They're all white men.

  6. Re:This is a given, but not a big deal on PSA: Comcast Doesn't Really Support Net Neutrality (slate.com) · · Score: 1

    I wonder if I'm close enough to the US Border to use their satellite-based services. (about 40km).

  7. Re:Google on Spam Is Back (theoutline.com) · · Score: 1

    I have this same problem. I routinely get mail for someone with the same name but he has no punctuation. Lots of legal stuff too.

    Part of the reason I'm getting off of Google.

  8. Apparently the new versions will run Android apps, which closes the biggest beef I had with the Chromebook: the inability to actually install software.

  9. Re:Dutch auctions on Paradise Papers Expose Canadian Scalper's Multimillion-Dollar StubHub Scheme (www.cbc.ca) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It'd be even easier if stupid people wouldn't buy tickets from scalpers. After a few concerts with no body in the seats and scalpers on the hook for millions, the problem will solve itself.

  10. Re: Dear cable providers on Cord-Cutters Drive Cable TV Subscribers to a 17-Year Low (houstonchronicle.com) · · Score: 1

    The romans beat you to it. Jesus did die an ugly death.

  11. Re: Lessons to be learned on Cord-Cutters Drive Cable TV Subscribers to a 17-Year Low (houstonchronicle.com) · · Score: 1

    The CRTC really dropped the ball on this one. They should've ditched the requirement for a basic cable package completely. That and channel bundling are what kills it for me.

    I want to buy two channels. It shouldn't cost me more than $5 per month. Deliver it by IPTV for all I care. But the moment I have to pay $25 (plus taxes, fees and rentals) for a basic cable package, I'm out.

  12. Neat how the ACs come out and accuse you of being a nazi for criticising google. No actual though involved, they just vomit up antifa talking points. They're good duckspeakers.

  13. I don't install apps when a web page is sufficient.

  14. That is incorrect. Your MAC address is not contained in the IP Packet. MAC is a layer 2 addressing system while IP is layer 3. The only way for your MAC address to be shared via Layer 3 is if some application has accessed the OSI stack and pulled MAC information from that and then explicitly sent it to a server as part of a payload.

  15. Re:They act like the 800 dollar phones... on Some Low-Cost Android Phones Come at a Price -- Your Privacy (cnet.com) · · Score: 2

    If I can't install slimroms or lineageos, it's not on my purchase list.

  16. Re:How do they know if you're a Muslim? on China Forces Muslim Minority To Install Spyware On Their Phones (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 1

    16:106. Whoever disbelieved in Allah after his belief, except him who is forced thereto and whose heart is at rest with Faith but such as open their breasts to disbelief, on them is wrath from Allah, and theirs will be a great torment.

  17. What about a German band named... on Offensive Trademarks Must Be Allowed, Rules Supreme Court (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    The Krauts.

    I wonder if that would've also been blocked by the USPTO and had to go to litigation to resolve.

  18. Re:The headline is not consistent with the article on Kim Dotcom Loses Latest Battle To Recover Seized Assets (cnet.com) · · Score: 2

    Welcome to the new world where using the legal system to even determine what your rights are classifies you as a fugitive.

  19. This is preferable. on E-cigarettes 'Potentially As Harmful As Tobacco Cigarettes' (uconn.edu) · · Score: 1

    Surely this is preferable, as smokers and vapers will just alter their DNA to the point they are no longer human and then we can really discriminate against them, like denying them health care.

  20. Dear AC:

    I promised I'd never do that again.

    Don't worry though, I still have asteroids to work with.

    Sincerely, God.

  21. Re:No more flights to the US then on US Might Ban Laptops On All Flights Into And Out of the Country (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    We still don't have to remove our shoes at security. So, there's hope.

  22. Re:Free laptop rental service! on US Might Ban Laptops On All Flights Into And Out of the Country (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Then why are you engaging in it?

  23. Re:Maybe this opens up a market for modular laptop on US Might Ban Laptops On All Flights Into And Out of the Country (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    > - Separate your hard drive from your laptop and take the hard drive as carry on. This will be easier if it's an SSD drive.

    Why is it easier if the drive is an SSD?

  24. Re:Maybe this opens up a market for modular laptop on US Might Ban Laptops On All Flights Into And Out of the Country (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Trans-oceanic flights aren't any roomier. It's cattle class all the way. I'm so glad I don't travel for work anymore.

  25. Re: Religion is the enemy on Opera Slows Its Development On The iOS Platform (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    Yeah. Those pesky religious nuts that murdered 45 million people in China and 23 million in Russia and 1.7 million in Cambodia. Yup. Religion is definitely the problem.