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  1. It could be something else as well on Smart Car Tipping Trending In San Francisco · · Score: 0

    For all I jknow, it could be God punishing the gay community, or insurance companies so they can raise their prices.

    Submission is less newsworthy than foxnews

  2. All because ISPs want to crosssell on Dyn.com Ends Free Dynamic DNS · · Score: 1

    At the time of dialup there was an ecuse to not have as many IP adresses as there were customers. Now there will be at least as many IP adresses as there are customers for an ISP. So having a fixed IP would be no problem.
    having a reversed DNS for your mail (on reqiuest) is also no a real issue.
    Goin g from dynamic to fixed DNS for providers should not be a serious issue on a technical level.

    However selling IP adresses is a very profitable business model. No investment (People need an IP adress anyway as they are already only 24/7) on the IP adresses. On the receiving end, just the billing system and you can ask almost anything.

    When comparing prices between fixed and non fixed IP in Belgium, the average difference was about 50EUR per IP adress. This only looking at the speed of the connection. non-fixed would also receive webspace, email accounts and the like.

    That is 50x12=600EUR per year for your IP without any additional investment on part of the ISP. When I asked several ISPs, they basically said: we get away with it so we do it.
    One admitted that having a fixed IP would be cheaper in opperation.

    Luckily I found a provider that has fixed IP and no limit for a reasonable price. Not the cheapest, but the best value for money for what I want.

  3. Re:Everything is watching you these days... on Tesla Model S Has Hidden Ethernet Port, User Runs Firefox On the 17" Screen · · Score: 1

    You are a bit late on that comment.

  4. You only need two people. on How Many People Does It Take To Colonize Another Star System? · · Score: 1

    Don't believe me? There is abook about it. And it will take 6.000 year. Tops.

  5. Re:solution on Ad Tracking: Is Anything Being Done? · · Score: 1

    The problem is that that data is not free (as in gratis). Content will created with profit in mind and not knowledge or anything else.

    Obviously there will be some exceptions.

  6. Re:Touristy places will be in for a surprise.. on European Parliament Votes For Net Neutrality, Forbids Mobile Roaming Costs · · Score: 1

    And also do not forget that many telco's in Europe opperate in differnt countries.
    They even do not mind charging themselves as much as possible for interchange, so they can claim that the cost is real and that is the reason why they need to charge others at least as much.
    That way they have an excuse to charge a high amount to the customer.

  7. Re:So how fast is it...? on How Far Will You Go For Highest Speed Internet? · · Score: 2

    For the people selling it, it is extremely fast. For peole who start using it, it is very fast. For people who use it for a longer time it is pretty fast. For /. people using it on day 2 it is meh.

  8. Re:Now we'll find out something on Mt. Gox Questioned By Employees For At Least 2 Years Before Crisis · · Score: 1

    Why would Karpeles import a Honda Accord R from the UK to Japan? They're made in Japan.

    Availability?

  9. Re:Not just Man-made... on Famous Paintings Help Study the Earth's Past Atmosphere · · Score: 1

    The natural events are not forgotten. In fact they let a modern painter paint while they KNEW there had been a volcanic eruption.

  10. One excludes the other? on Researchers: Rats Didn't Spread Black Death, Humans Did · · Score: 2

    Sicne when does one exclude the other?

    Onky SOME had the DNA. What about the others?
    From what I remeber goint to school. The rats hellped spreading the plague, because they had access to the homes and the cities. This ment that even closing the doors and even city gates did not stop the spreading.

    It might have slowed it down a little bit, but rats (or rather the fleas on the rats) still had access to the humans.
    Then when it was inside a house or a city, contact between huimans helped spreading it further and faster.

    I am sure if you look further, dogs might have had fleas as well and thus also spread it.

  11. Re:So far away on The 3D Economy — What Happens When Everyone Prints Their Own Shoes? · · Score: 1

    What I think what will happen is that you might start seeing 3D printer shops where you bring your design to be printed. Price might be determined by the time and the amount of material(s) used.
    Those places could also have the scanning equipment.

    Do not forget that the cloth business used to be taylor made per person. Mass production become the norm due to price. The only way it might not stick with novelty items (like a coffee cup molded for your hand) is if prices are becoming comparable. If they are the same, you have the convinience of not going to the store.

    But then, people are willing to pay more for having advertisement on their clothes, so who knows.

  12. Re:IP? on Software Upgrade At 655 Million Kilometers · · Score: 2

    IP adresses are hard. That is why they invented DNS. So use: hackme.houghi.org

    To help you start, first do nmap.

  13. Re:Incomprehensible Headline on China Prosecuted Internet Policeman In Paid Deletion Cases · · Score: 1

    So it is basicaly the same as the US, except that in the US you have less difference in the political landscape, but they offcialy have two different names.

    (Just kidding, I am well aware that there is no difference in the US.)

  14. We will rebuild on 5.1 Earthquake Hits California · · Score: 3, Funny
  15. Re:That's Odd on Wal-Mart Sues Visa For $5 Billion For Rigging Card Swipe Fees · · Score: 1

    Doing this requires a serious investment. As it is not their core business, they will get together with a company that already issues credit cards anyway.

    To get people to use it, you need to have an incetive for the customer. e.g. points.

    The easiest way to go about is to have a Visa/MasterCard from Walmart. That way the get both the customer bonding with points AND the kickback from the card fees, even when they use them elsewhere.

    I am sure they already looked at this and decided not to do it, because it would not benefit them (enough).

  16. Re:1) & 2) solved by 60,000 RPM on Prototype Volvo Flywheel Tech Uses Car's Wasted Brake Energy · · Score: 1

    What if you take two flywheels that each rotate in a different direction? The total mass can be the same, but the individual mass would be half.
    The devided mass should be easier and lighter to protect the outside world from.
    The two rotating directions should lift up the gyroscope effect.

    Or am I missing something here?

  17. Not realy debunking privacy on Google Tries To Defuse Glass "Myths" · · Score: 1

    They just say that there are a LOT of camera's. When you read it, it actualy acknoleges the breakdown of privacy.
    At a presentation about the Google Glass, they basicaly said about privacy concerns : "We don't care. We will find a way to make it legal."

  18. The actual blog on Google Tries To Defuse Glass "Myths" · · Score: 2
  19. Re:Evidence that media cycle is useless on French, Chinese Satellite Images May Show Malaysian Jet Debris · · Score: 2

    Why don't they look at the image and just let somebody say 'enhance'. Somebody has to say it, because nobody else thinks of doing that. That and just direct some satelites over that area.

  20. Everybody is reading your email on They're Reading Your Mail: Microsoft's ToS, Windows 8 Leak, and Snooping · · Score: 1

    When comparing email to snail mail, standard email is like a postcard. Everybody who gets their hands on it can read it.

    If I send a postcard and somebody else reads it, should I be upset? I think not. I should not have written it on a postcard.

  21. Re:Um, right. on Don't Help Your Kids With Their Homework · · Score: 1

    I agree. 6000 years old? That can't be right. They have been saying that for many years now. It should be 6025 or something like that.

  22. Re:Church on Creationists Demand Equal Airtime With 'Cosmos' · · Score: 1

    No, it should not. Science has no place in church. Even sugesting it places them on the same level. Making them identical and comparable. They are different.

    Religian should NOT be allowed tv time, just like science. Nor just like porn or like advertrisement. The moment religian starts to compare itself with science, the answer should ALWAYS be no.

    Comparing science and religion is not like comparing two sports. Even not if they are scess and Australian Rules Football. They are not the same. They are not even similar.

    So no, it would not be fair if they would get a place in their church.

  23. Re:Sorry, this is Fox on Creationists Demand Equal Airtime With 'Cosmos' · · Score: 2

    Fox News: where the news is made up and the facts don't matter.

  24. Re:huh? on Getting Misogyny, Racism and Homophobia Out of Gaming · · Score: 0

    Because you ARE a fag? (And I did your mom.)

    I have been called a fag a LOT of times. I am heterosexual, but I never found it being called a fag a serious problem. In fact not a problem at all. I have been called worse names. I have told to get cancer. I have told that my whole family should die.

    I do not let it bother me, unless I know the person. e.g. if my sister would wish cancer upon me, that is bad. When some stranger says it, that is HIS frustration and I won't let it bother me. I will go on with my life, he will still be frustrated.

    What I sometimes do is completely agree with them. e.g. I already HAVE cancer, or Yes, I am a fag, like Freddy Mercury. Want some honey? Or even You look cute when you are angry.

    That last one you can train on your siblings. It will drive them nuts. :-D

    That all said, sometimes people DO get to me and I am always angry at myself for letting that happen.
    This does not mean people should just be allowed to say anything they like to whomever they like. I just try not to feed the trolls, I guess

  25. Re:I hope Nate doesn't become another hack on Nate Silver's New Site Stirs Climate Controversy · · Score: 1

    Wherer is the time that slashdot could slashdot a site? Now it is reddit.