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  1. Re:Hurr durr on San Francisco's Public Works Agency Tests Paint That Repels Urine · · Score: 1

    That was the third rail that didn't work. The electric fence definitely did work if you were close enough and/or unlucky.

    Having a full thin conductive sheet would vastly improve the odds over a thin wire as well.

  2. Re:Can email service providers do more? on Belgian Government Phishing Test Goes Off-Track · · Score: 2

    It's called DKIM.

    The problem is it works very well for boss@company.com but it would also give the green light for boss@c0mp4ny.com if they also used DKIM.

  3. Re:$805M budget on Smithsonian Using Kickstart Campaign To Save Armstrong's Moon Suit · · Score: 1

    You do realise that 46% of US debt is controlled by foreign countries? And $1.2 trillion of that is controlled by China.

    They kinda own you. They pay for your military.

  4. Re:$805M budget on Smithsonian Using Kickstart Campaign To Save Armstrong's Moon Suit · · Score: 1

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
    There were no US forces in Darwin in pretty much the only real attack we've ever seen.

    Or rather there were 10 P-40 Warhawks there purely by coincidence with crews who were untrained, and a single Destroyer which got sunk.
    The US was not there to help defend Darwin at all, just as a convenient place to stop.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
    When Japanese midget subs were in Sydney Harbour, there were two US ships there. Again using Sydney as a convenient port to stop at. They didn't help dealing with the subs at all.

    The US hasn't ever defended Australian soil.

  5. Re:Too late? on Microsoft Edge Performance Evaluated · · Score: 1

    Err we've been down this path before, its kinda where we came from.
    I thought it was pretty unanimous that we DIDN'T want to go back.

  6. Re:$805M budget on Smithsonian Using Kickstart Campaign To Save Armstrong's Moon Suit · · Score: 1

    USA! USA! USA!
    We're number #1!

    The world would actually prefer it if most of the above was not the case.
    And there would be a massive saving to the US tax payer as well.
    You are under no obligation to do any of that.

    (I'm an Aussie)

  7. Re:$805M budget on Smithsonian Using Kickstart Campaign To Save Armstrong's Moon Suit · · Score: 1

    Last direct attack against the US by a enemy force, might that be Pearl Harbour? (To be honest, US history isn't my strong point, but attacks by a couple of people and the threat of attack doesn't count)

    Number of stupidly pointless wars the US has created since WWII............

    Yeah I wonder why defence is first on the chopping block.

  8. Re:Tidal? on Neil Young Says His Music Is Too Good For Streaming Services · · Score: 2

    Cool so when someone blows a dog whistle in a song, it will be accurately reproduced for my hound to enjoy.

    44kHz just isn't suitable for dogs in the slightest.

  9. Re:Google account required on Google Launches Gmail Postmaster Tools To Eliminate Spam · · Score: 1

    You don't need to.

    Its like if you want to have a bank account, you need to sign up with a bank. Oh the evil!

  10. Re:Dedicated, highly trained staff on Supercomputing Cluster Immersed In Oil Yields Extreme Efficiency · · Score: 1

    Then a hard drive fails and someone has to get very wet and make a big mess to replace it.

  11. Re:No GPL on Ask Slashdot: Choosing the Right Open Source License · · Score: 3, Informative

    You are allowed to use it. You choose not to.

  12. Re:In CS, there is a thing known as ... on Computer Modeling Failed During the Ebola Outbreak · · Score: 2

    If there are way too many variables, then it probably is a really poor candidate for simulation in the first place, and it is just garbage in, garbage out.

  13. Re:You Mean...? on Features That Windows 10 Will Deprecate · · Score: 2

    Or just download a copy. Legal in many places since you have already bought it.

  14. Re:One connector to rule them all. on Intel Adopts USB-C Connector For 40Gbps Thunderbolt 3, Supports USB 3.1, DP 1.2 · · Score: 1

    Well obviously since they have a tendency of getting rid of CD drives on new laptops.

  15. Re:20% to 40% ??? No. Just no. on How Tesla Batteries Will Force Home Wiring To Go Low Voltage · · Score: 1

    All the inefficiencies stack up. 90% DC -> AC, say 80% for a crummy cheap appliance AC -> DC. You are suddenly down to 72% efficiency or 28% loss. Exactly what the article said.

  16. Re:Spin everywhere... on EU Drops Plans For Safer Pesticides After Pressure From US · · Score: 1

    Nope the death industry is doing pretty well. Make sure you fork out extra for a casket with a rubber seal so all the rotting gasses stay inside and explode the coffin once buried.

  17. Re:Is anyone else bothered? on Grand Theft Auto V Keeps Raking In Money · · Score: 1

    *cough* Some people get pleasure from being trolls on the internet so yeah whats so wrong with a game in comparison?

  18. Re:You mean, ensures detection on Self-Destructing Virus Kills Off PCs · · Score: 1

    It isn't about trying to hide the malware, it is very obvious that it is there.

    It is about thwarting any further analysis, or at least making it a pain in the butt.
    So you know for a fact you've found a bit of malware, but as soon as you probe it to find it's secrets it kills its self.

  19. Re:I don't understand the big deal on Researcher: Drug Infusion Pump Is the "Least Secure IP Device" He's Ever Seen · · Score: 3, Informative

    Did you miss the bit where it said that it has wifi?

  20. Re:An ever bigger torpedo on Self-Driving Big Rigs Become a Reality · · Score: 1

    If you program it properly, then that means it fails safe.
    Naturally the software wouldn't be running on Windows. :P

    Not a single Google car has failed gracelessly.

  21. Re:An ever bigger torpedo on Self-Driving Big Rigs Become a Reality · · Score: 3, Informative

    Erm its already sorted out? There is a human in the car/truck you know for that exact reason.
    It detects an unusual situation and gets the fleshy to take over.

    And once a set of road works are mapped, the cars can learn from others that have already gone through.
    Ideally the councils/counties would actually have some ability to control the autonomous cars, specify road closures and stuff like that before the car even gets close.

  22. Re:An ever bigger torpedo on Self-Driving Big Rigs Become a Reality · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Wouldn't you prefer automated trucks?

    Computers can see all directions at once, humans can't.
    That is the main problem motorcycles have.

  23. Re:Ratios? on A Light-Powered Retina Implant For the Blind · · Score: 1

    Technically you just described a fraction. :P

  24. Re:With the best will in the world... on Audi Creates "Fuel of the Future" Using Just Carbon Dioxide and Water · · Score: 1

    Oddly enough all the headlines state carbon dioxide, but the articles body says carbon monoxide.

    Kinda makes sense, this would be an awful lot easier with carbon monoxide than dioxide.

  25. Re:Windows !!! on Buggy Win 95 Code Almost Wrecked Stuxnet Campaign · · Score: 1

    You are clearly clueless about how Linux does it, and yes Windows can not do it.

    On my servers, the DNS server runs under it's own user. It can't touch anything it isn't supposed to. The mail server runs under it's own. The web server runs under it's own. Hell even the server monitoring software runs under it's own user.

    This is by default with nothing further to do - No service can muck with stuff it isn't allowed to, and even if there was autoplay on USB sticks, nothing on that USB stick could touch any of the services.

    How does Windows compare again?