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  1. Re:Jumped the shark a decade ago on 'The Big Bang Theory' Is Finally Ending (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    That is basically what they do for almost all shows. They did that with Friends and many other shows.
    Sometimes they will 'shorten' the laugh and not even use one that was on the show. Yes, there exisat such a thing a too much laughter of a joke, Especialy if it means you cann not hear the next few lines and therefore the setup for the next gag.

    You do understand that a show often is not filmed in order, yet that is how it should sound.

  2. Found the issue. on Tech Industry Pursues a Federal Privacy Law, on Its Own Terms (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    "We are committed to being part of the process and a constructive part of the process,"

    That is your problem right there.

    Remember "For the people, by the people?" That is on par with "Yes, I will pull out." and "The cheque is in the mail."

    And as legal issue, as it is not enforced, just as much of a plot device as "The three laws of robotics."

  3. Re: Seriously, America. on Mass Shooting Reported at Madden Video Game Tournament in Florida (polygon.com) · · Score: 2

    So wning a weapon was to protect against the governement, not against other citizens who might have guns.

  4. Re:Seriously, America. on Mass Shooting Reported at Madden Video Game Tournament in Florida (polygon.com) · · Score: 1

    "Correlation is not causation."

  5. Re: Media 'Reviews' of TV Shows Are Actually Previ on Why Don't We Care About The Rotten Tomatoes Scores Of TV Shows? (digg.com) · · Score: 2

    You should look per season. Season 1, 2 and 3 of coupling where great. There is a reason 4 was the last.

    If you do not know the show, it is Friends for grownups.

  6. Re:TOTP needs SMS, U2F, or Android/iPhone/iPad fir on Phone Numbers Were Never Meant as ID. Now We're All At Risk (wired.com) · · Score: 1

    I have the Google Autenticator for my SSH logins.
    This is what I did:
    1) Down load the app.I use the one from LastPass, not the one from Google
    2) Follow e.g. These instructions. It basicaslly means you install libpam-google-authenticator, configure 2 files and run google-authenticator
    3) ssh and it will ask me for the autenticator. No network needed.

    I use the same app for Amazon.

  7. Re:Drawing in people with free services on Phone Numbers Were Never Meant as ID. Now We're All At Risk (wired.com) · · Score: 1

    Not only the IP. It is Browser Fingerprinting. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

    That will tell them who you are. GDPR related to Brwoser Fingerprinting

  8. Re:Wait, what? on Phone Numbers Were Never Meant as ID. Now We're All At Risk (wired.com) · · Score: 2

    In Belgium we have something that we can use to identify ourselves online. https://eid.belgium.be/en

    First: In Belgium everybody older than 12 has to have an ID. If this is a good idea or not is not part of this discussion.

    On each card there is a chip that can be read by a cheap reader, if you want and with Open Source Software. This can then be used to easily identify yourself both online and in e.g. a store, a hospital, or any other moment you need to.

    A cheap cardreader of 10 EUR is enough. Most people will have one at home to fill out their taxes. Filling out my taxes that way takes about 2 minutes, as I have nothing to declare and everything is already filled out.

    If your card is lost, you phone a numberan the card will be invalid.

    e.g. If you rent out an appartment, you will probably not have the ability to do all this automatically.
    So you read the details with a 10 EUR cardreader that you will already own for your taxes and go to https://www.checkdoc.be/CheckD... to verify if the ID is valid.

    Yes, there are downsides to this system. One of them is that if you use them for e.g. age verification to buy cigarettes, they can potentially read the adress and start spamming as there is no restriction on what they can read. However we do have GDPR.

    However I must say that it is not used enough. Not even as an option. I would LOVE if e.g. my provider would have it as an option to verify if it is me or (espeically) my telecom operator.

    OTOH if I need to change anything with my Telco, I just go to the store, they read the card and I am identified.

    Yes, fraud is always possible.Perhaps people do not trust the code. Well, it IS OSS, so please, I beg you, find issues with it and tell the people who maintain the code. The more issues are found, the safer it will get, as they then can be resolved.

  9. Re: What kids need on Mass Shooting Reported at Madden Video Game Tournament in Florida (polygon.com) · · Score: 1

    When I look at the news, it is the adults who need it mire. People are doing ikkegal things without any consequences.
    Be it politicians, bankers or sportsters. And thise who are honest are labeld liers.

  10. Re: Seriously, America. on Mass Shooting Reported at Madden Video Game Tournament in Florida (polygon.com) · · Score: 1

    So please let me know how that saved lives in this case.

  11. Re:Well Fuck on No Healthy Level of Alcohol Consumption, Says Major Study (theguardian.com) · · Score: 3

    1) I am older that 40
    2) I am aware that I will not be able to do things later that I can do now. That is why I am doing them now.
    3) Great aunt was 115 and it was awesome. She live alone till she wass 106 when she went to a home. She had a lot of people visiting and enjoyed elmsot each moment of her life because of her positive attitude towards it.
    So perhaps it is you who should look at what 'quality of life' actually means.

    I also have had discussions with my sister about the subject. She is a qualified paliative nurse. My mother said no to cancer treatment to get better and shorter quality of life.

  12. Go home, houghi. You are drunk.

  13. Then there is the person on the other side. You can encrypt and destroy all you want. If the other person has it and hands it over, your encryption means nothing.

  14. Want Linux? Run Crouton! on Linux Apps Are Not Coming To Many Still-Supported Chromebooks (betanews.com) · · Score: 2

    I run Debian with Crouton. That way I have a native Linux and if I want it, Chromebook stuff.

    [Crouton] stands for ChRomium Os Universal chrooT envirONment ...or something like that. Do capitals really matter if caps-lock has been (mostly) banished, and the keycaps are all lower-case?

  15. Accountability on Hackers Stole Personal Data of 2 Million T-Mobile Customers (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    As long as that is a word that is meaningless, nothing will happen. And this goes for political situations as well as anything else.

    Basically, as long as they/you can get away with it, why would they/you care. There are three letter agenencies that have admitted to be doing illegal things. Nothing!

    Now imagine that this would happen at T-Mobile Germany. Even before the GDPR heads would roll and not just some poor IT guy. I am sure that at least the COO would have to be looking for a new job. And even that would not mean the end of it. Politicians would get involved and not in any way to calm things or protect the company.

    I often see people here citing laws, amendments and constitutions. As long as there is no accountability, they are as much of a plot device to tell a nice story as the three laws of robotics.

  16. Re: One can dream... on Comcast/Charter Lobby Asks FTC To Preempt State Broadband Regulations (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 2

    You kid, but in Belgium by law, three telecom cellphone networks operators are required.
    So when onebought another in a EU deal, they had to sell.

  17. Re: Keep the content. Label it. on Google Removes Accounts Tied To Iran-Led Misinformation Campaign (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    I am al for blocking these accounts on facebook and twitter. We should go further. Just block people who have a different opinion.

    Before you reply, think if that downside is really one.

  18. If you want to run Netscape on it : http://houghi.org/Fun/Netscape...

    Somehwre I must still have the floppy with Trumpet Winsock on it as well as Eudora.

    To be fair, I really like the first version of Windows 95. The one without IE. After that I went to Linux, so no idea how the rest is.

  19. Re:And when the popular opinion swings... on The Consequences of Indecency (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 0

    Man, if there was a moment for the AC troll to throw the word "nagger" around, it would be now.

    (Had to change the word, because apparently /. thinks the word with an i is indecent.

  20. Re:what is indecent? on The Consequences of Indecency (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    Missed opportunity.Should have gone with your subject as:
    What the fuck is indecent?

  21. Re:Well Fuck on No Healthy Level of Alcohol Consumption, Says Major Study (theguardian.com) · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Too many people are hung up about quantity of life, not quality of life.

    I am fat (for somebody in Europe) that my doctor asked me if I was willing to change my life habits, meaning eating and drinking. I said no.
    I do not want to get old. I know what getting old is. My great-aunt was 115. She was healthy. My parents lived to an above average age and also lived, not just existed.
    If I die, I die. At least I had fun.

    And what greater fun that having a few drinks in great company of friends? In the end, that is all that matters. And I know. My great aunt told me, as well as other old people. And if you look at the photo on Wikipedia that I took, she is taking some advocaat at the age of 113.

    Oh and on the WIki page, the thing about wisdom she told about hering and orange juice was not completely true.
    She said it because she did not want to say anything about alcohol, because kids would read the newspaper and take it out of context. When _I_ asked her why she became so old, the answer was "Luck. Somebody has to be the oldest and by pure luck, this time it is me."

    And even as the oldest person, she choose quality of life over quantity.

  22. Re:Want to bet the researchers couldn't get a date on No Healthy Level of Alcohol Consumption, Says Major Study (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    I have friends who do not drink, because they do not like it or because they do not like the feeling.
    So they do not drink alcoholic beverages.

    Even when I am drunk, I will NEVER force or try to entice people who say no to alcohol for whatever reason and will even speak up if others tell them to drink 'or be a wussy' or whatever they try to do to convice them.

    I like drinking. I even like sometimes being very drunk. That does not mean that others do like it or do not like it. That is up to them.

    And sometimes I like not to drinkl as well. And if they try to make fun of me, they get it coming.

    So if a person does not like the taste for whatever reason. I say OK, do not drink that then.
    Hey, some people do not like fish. Who am I to judge? I am not going around and try to convice them there is good tasting fish.

  23. Well, at leasr he did not loe about getting a blowjob or trie to hide that, because that would be bad.

  24. Re: RMS is right on Millions of Texas Voter Records Exposed Online (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 2

    The fact that this is public is an issue of and by itself. Voter data should have a limited lifetime and only be looked at after a procedure by a selected group of people.

  25. Re: Stupidity is supposed to be painful on As Value of Cryptocurrencies Falls, a Lot of New and Risk-Taking Investors Are Suffering Immensely (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Stocks are an invesatment. That is what yuu explained. The sockmarket is a place where you buy and sell anything. And the target is to sell for a higher price than what you bought it for.

    Please do not confuse the two. They are unrelated.